[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 88 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H4143-H4154]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 462 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. 5011.

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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. 5011) making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, 
with Mr. Gillmor 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 Ohio (Mr. Hobson) and the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson).
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to present the House recommendation 
for the military construction appropriations bill for fiscal year 2003. 
This legislation provides funds for many types of construction projects 
on military installations here in the United States and abroad. 
Projects range from barracks and housing to urban assault training 
ranges and runways.

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  I want to particularly thank my ranking member, the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), for his help in producing this bipartisan 
bill. I also want to thank the committee on both sides of the aisle and 
the staff on both sides of the aisle. We have worked together in unison 
to produce a bipartisan bill.
  In my opinion, the projects included in this bill are vital to the 
security of the United States, especially at this time. Equally 
important, the project contributes to the health and safety of the 
troops and their families and the quality of life and their training.

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  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a fair and bipartisan bill that deserves the 
full support of all the Members of this Congress. The chairman has done 
an excellent job with the resources that he has been given; however, we 
are looking at a bill that is $522 million, which is 5 percent below 
last year's enacted bill which of course was signed by the President, 
and last year's level was determined before 9-11. I think most of us 
would agree that in the wake of 9-11 there is much more that we should 
be doing, including funding critical force protection projects like 
perimeter fencing and better inspection stations to secure access to 
our bases, including building safer barracks for our troops in 
locations so they are not sleeping right next to the public highways, 
including providing security and protection for stockpiles of old 
chemical weapons while we get about the destruction of those 
stockpiles, and including making certain that we have the capacity in 
our labs and in our pharmaceutical supplies to meet multiple acts of 
biological warfare.
  Mr. Chairman, in the years that I have had the privilege to serve as 
ranking member of this Subcommittee on Military Construction under the 
excellent leadership of the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Hobson), we 
have made real progress in a bipartisan way in improving housing for 
singles and for families, in improving the workplaces for the men and 
women who serve America both at home and overseas. And this bill 
continues our progress. But because of the cut from last year's 
funding, it continues our progress more slowly in addressing the 
backlog of needs. Yet it does make an important contribution to our 
efforts to address the shortfall of military housing and making decent, 
safe workplaces available to our servicemen and women. We cannot 
continue, however, that progress if we face additional cutting in the 
coming years.
  Mr. Chairman, finally, I want to thank the staff from both sides of 
the aisle who have worked so hard to put this bill together: Valerie 
Baldwin, Brian Potts, Mary Arnold, and Luis James for the majority and 
of course Tom Forhan for the minority. And I especially want to thank 
Suzy DuMont of my personal staff after years of dedicated service to 
the First Congressional District of Massachusetts. This will be Suzy's 
last MILCON bill. Suzy has served my district and this subcommittee 
well. She has been a valuable member of my staff, and I wish her all 
the best as the gentleman from Massachusetts' (Mr. Meehan) legislative 
director.
  I urge the Members of the body to support this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Farr), a member of the subcommittee.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), the ranking member, for yielding me 
this time.
  I rise to engage the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction in a colloquy.
  I appreciate this opportunity to have this colloquy with the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson) to clarify and explain certain 
language in the bill relating to Fort Ord in my district. The bill in 
section 130 prohibits the Army from expending any money to prepare 
legal documents relating to the title transfer of lands at Fort Ord 
that are intended for the purposes of housing development.
  If I may ask the chairman, is my characterization of section 130 
correct to his understanding?
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR of California. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, that is correct. Section 130 limits the 
ability of the Army to prepare documents having to do with the transfer 
of land at Fort Ord that is planned for housing development.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, if the Chairman will indulge 
me, I would like to explain to him and my other colleagues that this 
language was inserted into the bill not because of any action or 
misaction by the Army, but as a signal to the Fort Ord community that 
the thousands of acres of Federal land being given to the reuse 
authority for free should be used to mitigate the housing crunch on the 
central coast of California.
  Despite local governments acknowledging the need for upwards of 
23,000 new units to meet the housing demand, the plans for housing 
development at Fort Ord contain insufficient, if not meager, units 
available to the local workforce. Instead, that free Federal land will 
be used to build megamansions out of financial reach for our local 
workers.
  With the language in this bill, title transfers are put on hold until 
the plans for housing development at Fort Ord reflect a better mix of 
affordable housing. The local reuse authority is aware of the urgent 
nature of this language and today's debate and has agreed to re-examine 
the housing development plans at Fort Ord. I feel confident that 
eventually this limitation on the Army can be lifted and land transfers 
for housing development at Fort Ord can proceed again.
  I appreciate the Chairman's support and assistance in the matter. He 
has been a tremendous help in signaling to the Fort Ord community its 
need to concentrate on affordable housing, given the valuable land that 
is being given to them.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to be able to assist the 
gentleman on this matter. Affordable housing is a critical issue, not 
just at Fort Ord but around the country. Where valuable assets are 
being given outright to communities as they are under base closure 
circumstances, those assets ought to be used in a manner that best 
benefits that community and are not simply sold to the highest bidder.
  These are never easy issues because it means discord between Federal 
and local governments, but I commend the gentleman for confronting this 
difficult matter. I too am confident that it will be resolved in such a 
way that more affordable homes will soon be made available at Fort Ord.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his 
remarks.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston).
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the distinguished chairman and 
the ranking member for yielding some time to me, and I just wanted to 
discuss something with the chairman and enter into a colloquy about the 
aviation support facility at Fort Stewart/Hunter in Savannah, Georgia.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. KINGSTON. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, clearly the Military Construction, Army 
National Guard account is a project that plans and designs an aviation 
support facility at the Fort Stewart/Hunter Army airfield in Georgia, 
which I might add I have landed at. The amount listed in the report is 
$1,158,000; however, the amount actually required for the project is 
$1,580,000. Unfortunately, an error was made in the report that we plan 
to rectify as this legislation moves forward.
  The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), the ranking member of 
the subcommittee, agrees this correction is necessary.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I certainly thank the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Hobson), and I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) 
as well; and I also appreciate the visit that the gentleman made to 
that very facility a little over a year ago. As my colleague knows from 
the visit, the facility is very dilapidated and soldiers need a little 
more elbow room, and they do not certainly need to be operating out of 
a building that is falling apart.
  Just recently, in fact, they have moved into a temporary tent 
facility; but unfortunately, that even leaks when it rains and in 
Savannah, Georgia, we get some heavy rains from time to time. Recently, 
one of my staffers was down there to visit with them, and they actually 
had to leave the tent because the leak was so bad.
  I know that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson) and the ranking 
member,

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and certainly the distinguished chairman who has also visited some of 
the facilities in Georgia, know the importance of providing our troops 
with the best facility possible and that these funds will go a long way 
to helping our servicemen and women. So I thank the gentleman again for 
everything that he has done in support of Fort Stewart/Hunter and all 
the other bases and posts in Georgia.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to make these changes, 
especially for such a worthwhile project.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Edwards), also a member of the subcommittee.
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, I am going to be brief, but I would like to make 
several comments. First, I want to, as a member of the committee, 
commend the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson), the chairman, and the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), the ranking Democratic 
member, for working together on a bipartisan basis once again to do the 
work of our country and to provide the best services, giving a certain 
amount of dollars for our servicemen and women. They have done an 
outstanding job of leading this committee, and I thank them for that.
  I especially want to applaud them for their continued efforts to 
fight for better housing for overseas servicemen and women, people who 
do not have a constituency back here with a Member of Congress fighting 
for better housing for them, people who have been forgotten in decades 
past but now have two leaders in this House fighting for them.
  I want to commend their leadership on the new innovative RCI program, 
the Residential Community Initiative program, that is going to combine 
private expertise and resources with public resources to get a better 
bang for the buck out of the taxpayers' money we spend and improve 
housing for our military men and women.
  The one concern I do want to say, Mr. Chairman, is at the end of the 
day, this appropriation bill is a half a billion dollars below what we 
spent last year. That was not the responsibility of the subcommittee 
chairman or the ranking member. That decision was made above our pay 
grade; but as we go into next year, I hope we can send a message to the 
leadership of this House and to the administration that America's 
battles and wars cannot just be won with technology. They have to be 
won with the best and brightest of our young men and women willing to 
put on their uniform, risk their lives and serve our country; and I 
think it does send as a bad message to many of them that we are 
spending half a billion dollars less this year on military construction 
programs.
  I would remind all of us, Mr. Chairman, that it is estimated that 60 
percent of the servicemen and women living in government-provided 
housing are living in housing that does not even meet minimum DOD 
standards. We can do better; but today, given the money that this 
subcommittee was afforded, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson) and the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) did an outstanding job, and I 
thank them and commend them for their great efforts.
  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 5011, the 
Military Construction Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2003. It is 
the second bill we are considering pursuant to the 302(b) allocations 
filed by the Appropriations Committee on June 24th. I am pleased to 
report that it is consistent with the levels established in H. Con. 
Res. 353, the House concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2003, which we subsequently deemed as having the effect of a conference 
report on the resolution. The budget resolution provided $393.8 billion 
in budget authority for national defense, including $10 billion for a 
war reserve fund. This bill funds the military construction and family 
housing portion of that commitment to our men and women in uniform.
  H.R. 5011 provides $10.1 billion in new budget authority and $10.1 
billion in outlays for fiscal year 2003. It is therefore equal in 
budget authority and outlays to the 302(b) allocation to the House 
Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations. It does not 
contain emergency-designated new BA. It does include $50 million worth 
of rescissions of previously enacted BA and $3 million in related 
outlays.
  Accordingly, the bill complies with section 302(f) of the Budget Act, 
which prohibits consideration of bills in excess of an appropriations 
subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of budget authority and outlays 
established in the budget resolution.
  H.R. 5011 represents this House's solemn commitment to the quality of 
life of those who put their lives on the line every day for our 
freedom. It not only addresses the long-term infrastructure problems at 
military bases, it sustains barracks, family housing, medical 
facilities, and child support centers across the country and at bases 
overseas. It also provides infrastructure funding for National Guard 
and Reserve troops who now find themselves on the front lines of the 
war against terrorism.
  In conclusion, I express my support for H.R. 5011.
  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 5011, the bill 
making appropriations for our nation's military construction needs for 
Fiscal Year 2003. This bill is important legislation that will 
strengthen our nation's defense capability in addition to directly 
benefiting our nation's military community by improving the quality of 
life for our dedicated military personnel and their families.
  The bill ensures that the infrastructure and facilities at our 
military installations get needed attention. Towards this end, I am 
especially pleased that this bill includes $75 million in military 
construction projects for Guam, protecting its strategic role to our 
national security in the Western Pacific.
  I am most pleased that this bill includes funding for Phase III of 
the Guam Army National Guard Readiness Center. The funding will 
complete the remaining designs for this Armory and provide for 
necessary training, assembly, and physical fitness space that will 
allow for demanded readiness and mission capability levels to be 
fulfilled. Moreover, the bill includes $15 million for a new on-base 
water supply system for Andersen Air Force Base, a project that will 
provide a reliable and safe water supply system essential for mission, 
fire protection, living conditions, and quality of life. Additionally, 
I am pleased that the bill includes roughly $17 million to continue the 
replacement of Andersen's hydrant fuel system, funding that will equip 
the base with the largest fuel capability in the entire Pacific.
  The people of Guam welcome this significant continuation in military 
construction activity and appreciate the recognition this funding 
provides for our people in uniform, particularly the Guam Army National 
Guard. I urge passage of H.R. 5011 as it bolsters our national defense, 
advances our readiness and supports our men and women in uniform. I 
commend the Chairman, Mr. Hobson, and the Ranking Member, Mr. Olver, 
for their work in bringing this legislation to the floor today. As 
always, their leadership has been integral in the annual appropriations 
process and I thank them for their efforts on behalf of our nation's 
military and the people of Guam.
  Ms. LEE. Mr. Chairman, the House GOP Leadership has gagged Democrats, 
seniors, and our disabled community by not allowing the chance to first 
offer and debate a real prescription drug plan. This undermines our 
democracy, and the true meaning of representative government.
  The growing elderly community, most of whom live on a fixed income, 
consistently pay ridiculously high costs for prescription drugs. Many 
in the disabled community, who are often ignored in this debate, are 
also forced to pay an enormous amount. The high price of prescription 
drugs must not concern the Republican member in this House, because 
they are only willing to cover less than 25% of the Medicare 
beneficiaries. This is opposite of the Democratic substitute that would 
have guaranteed a benefit to everyone.
  Democrats know that we must provide government guaranteed 
comprehensive drug coverage. Under the Democratic plan we would have 
ensured that seniors, and people with disabilities have affordable, 
comprehensive, and guaranteed access to prescription drug coverage. But 
nothing Democratic really matters here today. The Republican plan 
allows privatization. They continue to protect their big business 
donors and corporate bedfellows.
  In my own district, Oakland, CA, elderly and disabled are paying up 
to $2,000 more a year for basic drugs than those in Canada, Europe, and 
Japan. This another example of dramatic price discrimination. Democrats 
understand that this is unfair and we implore seniors across the 
country to stand up to the bully-tactics that the Republicans continue 
to use.
  Women need prescription drugs too! More than half of the nearly 40 
million Medicare beneficiaries are women. Let me remind the Republicans 
that although insurance plans routinely cover prescription drugs, they 
fail to cover prescription contraceptives and related medical visits 
and exams. Women on Medicare spend 20% more than men on prescription 
drugs, especially since prescription drugs are important for treating 
chronic illnesses which increase in age.
  Maybe Republicans need to be reminded that the average woman on 
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care expenses, including prescription drugs. And this is worse for poor 
women without insurance. For poor women this figure rises to 53%.
  I'm sure that seniors, the disabled community, and women would like 
to know what they could received under the Democratic plan: a $25 
monthly premium; a $100 yearly deductible; 80/20 cost sharing between 
Medicare beneficiaries, a $2,000 maximum for medicate beneficiaries, 
and a sliding scale for low income individuals for up to 150% of median 
income. But we have been muzzled. We cannot even debate a real 
prescription drug plan. What a shame! What a sham.
  Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Chairman, for much of the twentieth century, our 
great steel companies churned and poured out the material used to build 
our nation creating the skeletons of our battleships, military 
equipment and installations. Today, during floor consideration of the 
Military Construction Appropriations Act of 2003 (H.R. 5011), I 
intended to offer an amendment to ensure that only domestic steel could 
be used for military construction. However, due to restrictions under 
the rule for funding limitations, my amendment was subject to a point 
of order and was not offered. For the record, I would like to fully 
explain the intent of this amendment.
  Mr. Speaker, my amendment to Section 108 of H.R. 5011 was designed to 
help American industry ailing from the effects of globalization. 
Section 108 currently states that no funds appropriated in H.R. 5011 
may be used for procurement of steel for construction projects or 
activities for which American Steel producers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. While I support this 
provision, the goal of my amendment was to strengthen that Section and 
require that the funds made available in H.R. 5011 would be spent on 
purchasing equipment, products or systems which contain steel 
manufactured in the United States. In other words, competition is good, 
but I wanted to go one step further and guarantee our military 
construction contracts involve U.S. steel. Our national defense depends 
on a healthy U.S. steel industry and it makes sense to offer some 
federal guarantees to this struggling industry at this critical time. I 
will continue to work with my colleagues in the House and the Senate to 
ensure the dollars we spend will protect the security of America, 
protect American jobs and the livelihood of the American Steel worker.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule. During consideration of the bill for 
amendment, the Chair may accord priority in recognition to a Member 
offering an amendment that has been printed in the designated place in 
the Congressional Record, and those amendments will be considered read.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 5011

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure functions administered by the Department of Defense, 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
     purposes, namely:

                      Military Construction, Army

  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the remainder 
of the bill through page 22, line 7, be considered as read, printed in 
the Record, and open to amendment at any point.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill from page 2, line 5, through page 22, line 7, is 
as follows:


                        (including rescissions)

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, military 
     installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
     currently authorized by law, including personnel in the Army 
     Corps of Engineers and other personal services necessary for 
     the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and 
     operation of facilities in support of the functions of the 
     Commander in Chief, $1,514,557,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2007: Provided, That of this amount, not to 
     exceed $158,664,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
     design, architect and engineer services, and host nation 
     support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of 
     Defense determines that additional obligations are necessary 
     for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his 
     determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated for ``Military Construction, 
     Army'' under Public Law 107-64, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                      Military Construction, Navy


                         (including rescission)

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, 
     facilities, and real property for the Navy as currently 
     authorized by law, including personnel in the Naval 
     Facilities Engineering Command and other personal services 
     necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 
     $1,245,765,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: 
     Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $94,825,000 
     shall be available for study, planning, design, architect and 
     engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 
     of Defense determines that additional obligations are 
     necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his 
     determination and the reasons therefor.

                    Military Construction, Air Force


                         (including rescission)

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, military 
     installations, facilities, and real property for the Air 
     Force as currently authorized by law, $964,302,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of this 
     amount, not to exceed $78,951,000 shall be available for 
     study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, as 
     authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines 
     that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
     and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress of his determination and the reasons therefor.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide


              (including rescission and transfer of funds)

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, installations, 
     facilities, and real property for activities and agencies of 
     the Department of Defense (other than the military 
     departments), as currently authorized by law, $901,066,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That 
     such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such 
     appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
     military construction or family housing as he may designate, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
     and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
     which transferred: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated, not to exceed $45,432,000 shall be available 
     for study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
     as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 
     determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
     purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress of his determination and the reasons 
     therefor: Provided further, That of this amount, $84,400,000 
     shall not be available until five days after the Army 
     notifies the Senate and House appropriations committees that 
     it is able to meet milestones for construction of chemical 
     weapons destruction facilities agreed upon by the Office of 
     the Secretary of Defense and the Office of Management and 
     Budget.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Army National Guard, and contributions 
     therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
     $159,672,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
     therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
     $119,613,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
     1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $99,059,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2007.

                  Military Construction, Naval Reserve

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the reserve components of the Navy and 
     Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 
     Acts, $75,821,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2007.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
     chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $75,276,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2007.

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                   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                      Security Investment Program

         For the United States share of the cost of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for 
     the acquisition and construction of military facilities and 
     installations (including international military headquarters) 
     and for related expenses for the collective defense of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized in Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts and section 2806 of title 10, 
     United States Code, $168,200,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army


                         (including rescission)

       For expenses of family housing for the Army for 
     construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
     expansion, extension and alteration, as authorized by law, 
     $283,346,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

       For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation 
     and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor 
     construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 
     premiums, as authorized by law, $1,119,007,000.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps


                         (including rescission)

       For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine 
     Corps for construction, including acquisition, replacement, 
     addition, expansion, extension and alteration, as authorized 
     by law, $380,268,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2007.

    Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

       For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine 
     Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, 
     leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
     and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $867,788,000.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force


                         (including rescission)

       For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
     construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
     expansion, extension and alteration, as authorized by law, 
     $689,824,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

       For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
     operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
     minor construction, principal and interest charges, and 
     insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $874,050,000.

               Family Housing Construction, Defense-Wide

       For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
     agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
     military departments) for construction, including 
     acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and 
     alteration, as authorized by law, $5,480,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2007.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

       For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
     agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
     military departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
     and minor construction, as authorized by law, $42,395,000.

         Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund

       For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 
     Fund, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 
     2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing alternative 
     means of acquiring and improving military family housing, and 
     supporting facilities.

                  Base Realignment and Closure Account

       For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 
     Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 
     Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991 (Public Law 
     101-510), $545,138,000, to remain available until expended.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts shall be expended for 
     payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for 
     construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be 
     performed within the United States, except Alaska, without 
     the specific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense 
     setting forth the reasons therefor.
       Sec. 102. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     for construction shall be available for hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles.
       Sec. 103. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     for construction may be used for advances to the Federal 
     Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the 
     construction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
     title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized 
     therein are certified as important to the national defense by 
     the Secretary of Defense.
       Sec. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used to begin construction of new bases inside the 
     continental United States for which specific appropriations 
     have not been made.
       Sec. 105. No part of the funds provided in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts shall be used for purchase 
     of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of the 
     value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or the 
     Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where there 
     is a determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases 
     negotiated by the Attorney General or his designee; (3) where 
     the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise 
     determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public 
     interest.
       Sec. 106. None of the funds appropriated in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts shall be used to: (1) 
     acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or (3) 
     install utilities for any family housing, except housing for 
     which funds have been made available in annual Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 107. None of the funds appropriated in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts for minor construction may 
     be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one base or 
     installation to another, without prior notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 108. No part of the funds appropriated in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts may be used for the 
     procurement of steel for any construction project or activity 
     for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
     manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for 
     such steel procurement.
       Sec. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense for military construction or family housing during 
     the current fiscal year may be used to pay real property 
     taxes in any foreign nation.
       Sec. 110. None of the funds appropriated in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts may be used to initiate a 
     new installation overseas without prior notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 111. None of the funds appropriated in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts may be obligated for 
     architect and engineer contracts estimated by the Government 
     to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan, 
     in any NATO member country, or in countries bordering the 
     Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
     States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
     host nation firms.
       Sec. 112. None of the funds appropriated in Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts for military construction in 
     the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific 
     and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian 
     Sea, may be used to award any contract estimated by the 
     Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: 
     Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to 
     contract awards for which the lowest responsive and 
     responsible bid of a United States contractor exceeds the 
     lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor 
     by greater than 20 percent: Provided further, That this 
     section shall not apply to contract awards for military 
     construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest 
     responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 
     contractor.
       Sec. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the 
     appropriate committees of Congress, including the Committees 
     on Appropriations, of the plans and scope of any proposed 
     military exercise involving United States personnel 30 days 
     prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for construction, 
     either temporary or permanent, are anticipated to exceed 
     $100,000.
       Sec. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the appropriations in 
     Military Construction Appropriations Acts which are limited 
     for obligation during the current fiscal year shall be 
     obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year.
       Sec. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     for construction in prior years shall be available for 
     construction authorized for each such military department by 
     the authorizations enacted into law during the current 
     session of Congress.
       Sec. 116. For military construction or family housing 
     projects that are being completed with funds otherwise 
     expired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
     be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, 
     inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those 
     projects and on subsequent claims, if any.
       Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds appropriated to a military department or defense agency 
     for the construction of military projects may be obligated 
     for a military construction project or contract, or for any 
     portion of such a project or contract, at any time before the 
     end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which 
     funds for such project were appropriated if the funds 
     obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from funds 
     available for military construction projects; and (2) do not 
     exceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus any 
     amount by which the cost of such project is increased 
     pursuant to law.
       Sec. 118. During the 5-year period after appropriations 
     available to the Department of Defense for military 
     construction and family housing operation and maintenance and 
     construction have expired for obligation, upon a 
     determination that such appropriations will not be necessary 
     for the liquidation of obligations or for making authorized 
     adjustments to such appropriations for obligations incurred 
     during the period of availability of such appropriations, 
     unobligated balances of such appropriations may be 
     transferred into the appropriation ``Foreign Currency 
     Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'' to be merged with and 
     to be available for the same

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     time period and for the same purposes as the appropriation to 
     which transferred.
       Sec. 119. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives with an annual report by February 15, 
     containing details of the specific actions proposed to be 
     taken by the Department of Defense during the current fiscal 
     year to encourage other member nations of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization, Japan, Korea, and United States allies 
     bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the 
     common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
       Sec. 120. During the current fiscal year, in addition to 
     any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
     Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department of Defense Base 
     Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) of the 
     Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and 
     Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526) pursuant to section 
     207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account 
     established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of 
     Defense Authorization Act, 1991, to be merged with, and to be 
     available for the same purposes and the same time period as 
     that account.
       Sec. 121. (a) No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
     may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 
     2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
       (b) No funds made available under this Act shall be made 
     available to any person or entity who has been convicted of 
     violating the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
       Sec. 122. (a) In the case of any equipment or products that 
     may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance 
     provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that 
     entities receiving such assistance should, in expending the 
     assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
     products.
       (b) In providing financial assistance under this Act, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of 
     the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
     subsection (a) by the Congress.
       Sec. 123. Subject to 30 days prior notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, such additional amounts as may 
     be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred 
     to the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
     from amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family 
     Housing'' accounts or construction of military unaccompanied 
     housing projects in ``Military Construction'' accounts, to be 
     merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for 
     the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to 
     the Fund: Provided, That appropriations made available to the 
     Fund shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in 
     section 502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
     direct loans or loan guarantees issued by the Department of 
     Defense pursuant to the provisions of subchapter IV of 
     chapter 169, title 10, United States Code, pertaining to 
     alternative means of acquiring and improving military family 
     housing and supporting facilities.
       Sec. 124. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing any 
     solicitation for a contract with the private sector for 
     military family housing the Secretary of the military 
     department concerned shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees the notice described in subsection (b).
       (b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice 
     of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental 
     payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private 
     party under the contract involved in the event of--
       (A) the closure or realignment of the installation for 
     which housing is provided under the contract;
       (B) a reduction in force of units stationed at such 
     installation; or
       (C) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at 
     such installation.
       (2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the 
     nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and 
     likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal 
     Government with respect to the guarantee.
       (c) In this section, the term ``congressional defense 
     committees'' means the following:
       (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military 
     Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate.
       (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military 
     Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       Sec. 125. During the current fiscal year, in addition to 
     any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
     Defense, amounts may be transferred from the account 
     established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of 
     Defense Authorization Act, 1991 and from funds appropriated 
     for the operation and maintenance of the military departments 
     contained in Title II of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2003, to the fund established by section 
     1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
     Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses 
     associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program. Any 
     amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for 
     the same purposes and for the same time period as the fund to 
     which transferred.
       Sec. 126. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of 
     law, funds appropriated in Military Construction 
     Appropriations Acts for operations and maintenance of family 
     housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and 
     maintenance of all family housing units, including general or 
     flag officer quarters: Provided, That not more than $35,000 
     per unit may be spent annually for the maintenance and repair 
     of any general or flag officer quarters without 30 days 
     advance prior notification to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees 
     on Appropriations all operations and maintenance expenditures 
     for each individual general or flag officer quarters for the 
     prior fiscal year.
       Sec. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Navy is authorized to use funds received 
     pursuant to section 2601 of title 10, United States Code, for 
     the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of the 
     historic residences located at Marine Corps Barracks, 8th and 
     I Streets, Washington, D.C.: Provided, That the Secretary 
     notifies the appropriate committees of Congress 30 days in 
     advance of the intended use of such funds: Provided further, 
     That this section remains effective until September 30, 2006.
       Sec. 128. Of the funds provided in previous Military 
     Construction Appropriations Acts, a total of $44,627,000 is 
     hereby rescinded, as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
     from the following accounts in the specified amounts to 
     reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluctuations:
       ``Military Construction, Army'', $13,676,000.
       ``Military Construction, Navy'', $1,340,000.
       ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $10,281,000.
       ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'', $2,976,000.
       ``Family Housing Construction, Army'', $4,920,000.
       ``Family Housing Construction, Navy'', $2,652,000.
       ``Family Housing Construction, Air Force'', $8,782,000.
       Sec. 129. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 130. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to prepare any documents relating to the conveyance 
     out of United States ownership of real property at former 
     Fort Ord, California, intended for use for housing 
     development, as defined in the redevelopment plan for Fort 
     Ord.
       Sec. 131. Amounts appropriated for a military construction 
     project at Camp Kyle, Korea, relating to construction of a 
     physical fitness center, as authorized by section 8160 of the 
     Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 
     106-79; 113 Stat. 1274), shall be available instead for a 
     similar project at Camp Bonifas, Korea.


                    Amendment Offered By Mr. Collins

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Collins:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to relocate the headquarters of the United States Army, 
     South, from Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, to a location in the 
     continental United States.

  Mr. COLLINS (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 
Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield, we are 
prepared to accept the amendment.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield, we also are 
prepared to accept the amendment.
  Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Chairman, I would like to say thanks to the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson), the chairman, and to the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), the ranking member, and also to the 
full committee chairman for funding a chapel at Fort Benning, Georgia, 
one that burned previously this year; and it was the most desired 
MILCON project at Fort Benning by the chief of the infantry, Major 
General Paul Eaton. I thank them very much on behalf of the families 
that are there.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any further amendments?
  If not, the Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  I wonder, Mr. Chairman, if the Chair could inform us how much time 
this bill has taken today in comparison to

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how much time the defense appropriation bill took earlier in the day. I 
know the gentleman from Pennsylvania was interested.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, we hope we have completed within our time 
allotment to preserve our win of previous years, and that is only due 
to the cooperation of all the Members. So I am not going to talk 
anymore because I may overstay my time.

                              {time}  1815

  The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Gillmor). Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Nussle) having assumed the chair, Mr. Gillmor, 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. 5011) 
making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and 
base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, pursuant 
to House Resolution 462, he reported the bill back to the House with an 
amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro temore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  The question is on the amendment.
  The amendment 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.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 426, 
nays 1, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 277]

                               YEAS--426

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Allen
     Andrews
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Boozman
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Frank
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grucci
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kerns
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kleczka
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Lynch
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, Dan
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, Jeff
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins (OK)
     Watson (CA)
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--1

       
     Paul
       

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Brown (SC)
     Engel
     Gordon
     Miller, George
     Roukema
     Tierney
     Traficant

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  Ms. SANCHEZ changed her 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. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 277 I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

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