[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 93 (Thursday, July 11, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H4514-H4521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION ACT OF 2002

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 474 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. 2733.

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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. 2733) to authorize the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology to work with major manufacturing industries on an initiative 
of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise 
integration, with Mr. Jeff Miller of Florida 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 Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) and the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers).
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume; 
and I rise in support of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002.
  Much has changed about the manufacturing industry during the past 30 
years. In the 1970s and 1980s, our manufacturing sector was in trouble. 
Plagued by quality problems and inefficiency, our domestic 
manufacturing sector was on the decline, and it was costing U.S. 
workers their jobs. I saw this firsthand in my home State of Michigan, 
when one observer noted in a national column how much Michigan's auto 
manufacturing sector had fallen and asked for, in print, ``The last 
person to leave the State to please turn off the lights.''
  This decline served as a wake-up call not only for State and Federal 
governments but especially for domestic manufacturers, and they have 
worked hard over the past three decades to become leaner and more 
competitive in the global marketplace. Automation, outsourcing, 
efficiency, and quality became the buzzwords of this effort, as 
manufacturers made fundamental changes to their business models. When 
these changes were coupled with the information technology revolution, 
manufacturers were able to unleash the untapped potential of American 
workers.
  Over the past 10 years, our workers increased their productivity as 
never before in the modern era. These gains led to one of the greatest 
economic expansions in U.S. history and made a bold statement that U.S. 
domestic manufacturing was ready to compete in the global marketplace.
  Domestic manufacturing industries are now beginning to undertake new 
steps to ensure that they stay globally competitive. Our manufacturing 
industries are moving away from the traditional models where products 
are mass produced and consumer preferences are aggregated at the end of 
a manufacturing chain. The new model is marked by a commitment to 
flexibility, networked supply chains, just-in-time inventories, and 
responsiveness to changes and customers' preferences. Underpinning all 
these elements is the need to be able to exchange information quickly, 
reliably, and without fear that the information contains errors or is 
incomplete.
  The purpose of the legislation before us today is to support this 
critical component. H.R. 2733 will establish an enterprise integration 
initiative within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
better known as NIST. At the heart of this initiative is what modern 
manufacturing industry craves--the ability to exchange information up 
and down the supply chain without error or loss.
  For example, with a fully integrated supply chain, if Ford were to 
design a change for a bumper, every one of the suppliers that 
contributes parts to Ford for that bumper would be able quickly and 
easily to see how the new specifications would affect the component 
they manufacture. Each supplier would be able to redesign the component 
knowing that the information used does not have errors and has not lost 
data along the way.
  As I said earlier, the new manufacturing model requires industry to 
respond to consumer choices quickly and with a high degree of quality 
and reliability. This flexibility can only be achieved with a fully 
integrated supply chain.
  Two of Michigan's key industries, automotive and furniture, can 
derive tremendous benefits from this legislation. A 1999 study by NIST 
found that General Motors, Ford and Chrysler together could save $1 
billion per year if they fully integrated their supply chains. West 
Michigan's worldwide office furniture suppliers, Steelcase, Herman 
Miller, and Haworth, are facing significant challenges both as a result 
of the economic downturn and stiff foreign competition. Information 
technology is a powerful tool for bringing together the various 
elements of design, manufacturing, and delivery of furniture, and the 
U.S. furniture industry is beginning to utilize this tool to better 
integrate these elements.

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  All three firms, and others, can realize huge benefits through better 
linkage with their suppliers, which will lead to reductions in 
inventory, fewer manufacturing slow downs, lower purchasing costs, and 
higher quality.
  Achieving this level of integration, however, is complex and requires 
a substantial amount of research regarding what information exchange 
standards need to be developed and implemented for different supply 
changes. H.R. 2733

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will allow NIST to capitalize on its existing knowledge in this field 
by authorizing the agency to work with major manufacturing sectors, 
such as automotive, aerospace, electronics, shipbuilding, and 
furniture, to reach a consensus on what standards are needed to 
integrate supply chains, support the development of those standards, 
and help smaller businesses in those industries integrate fully into 
their respective supply chain.
  Under this legislation, NIST will work with major manufacturing 
industries to identify current enterprise integration standardization 
and implementation activities within the United States and abroad and 
assess the current state of these activities within any given industry.
  NIST will also work with individual industries to develop goals and 
milestones for fully integrating the industry's supply chains. 
Additionally, NIST will support the development, testing, promulgation, 
integration, adoption and upgrading of standards related to enterprise 
integration efforts.
  I want to note that this legislation has strong bipartisan and 
industry support. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) and I have 
introduced this legislation, and we have worked together every step of 
the way as it moved to the House floor. The legislation also 
unanimously passed the Committee on Science. In addition, industry 
groups such as the National Association of Manufacturers and the 
National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing support the legislation.
  If our manufacturing sector is to remain competitive in the global 
marketplace, and if it is going to continue to provide jobs for 
American workers, it must undertake the efforts envisioned by this 
legislation. I urge Members to support the Enterprise Integration Act 
so we can meet this goal.
  Let me also comment to explain this in a very simple fashion, using 
the words that the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Gutknecht) used 
earlier during discussion on the rule, and that is if we do not talk 
the same language with each other, we cannot communicate and we cannot 
get the job done. The whole purpose of this bill is to ensure that the 
computers and the officials of the companies involved can talk the same 
language using the Internet, and that through that common language the 
whole system will work much more efficiently, the manufacturers will 
benefit through increased profits, the workers of the companies will 
benefit through higher pay and more jobs. This is a good bill, and I 
urge all Members to support this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Enterprise Integration Act of 
2002. I rise to commend the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) for 
his vision in creating this legislation, and I thank the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Boehlert) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) 
for their efforts in moving this bill through the legislative process.
  Manufacturing has been and must continue to be one of the pillars of 
the American economy. Federal Government support for U.S. small 
businesses engaged in manufacturing is not a new thing. It dates way 
back to the early days of our century when Alexander Hamilton led 
efforts to help United States manufacturers adjust to the industrial 
revolution. We understood even then, while we are first and foremost a 
Nation of free enterprise, that free enterprise works best when our 
manufacturers are equipped to compete on a level playing field and 
acceptable to American industry.
  As H.R. 2733 clearly points out, we have entered a period that could 
be just as wrenching to today's manufacturers as the industrial 
revolution was to Alexander Hamilton's contemporaries. Even a decade 
ago, it was still possible to think of small manufacturers as 
independent businessmen and women who made products for consumers and 
other companies. Now the business environment is changing rapidly, with 
the advent of the Internet and business-to-business software. Companies 
which cannot function as close partners of other companies at every 
step of the manufacturing process risk being left behind.
  Products are now designed in weeks rather than in months. Products 
become out of date in months rather than years. Suppliers now deliver 
what they call ``just in time.'' In this new time frame, all waste time 
must be squeezed from the manufacturing process. Manufacturers and 
their suppliers must design products together. They must exchange 
manufacturing data electronically. The day when virtual manufacturing 
arrives and it becomes difficult to tell where one company ends and its 
suppliers begin seems just around the corner. Our job is to ensure we, 
the government, do not force them offshore like they have done to the 
chemical companies in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
  Mr. Chairman, I just comment that both software and standards that 
are driving this process, advanced software that knows everything 
happening on a factory floor, are becoming more and more common; and as 
new Internet software will soon make it possible to transmit three-
dimensional data anywhere in the world, this is helpful only if the 
receiving computer system can understand and use what is sent. 
Unfortunately, the millions of legacy computer systems are more like an 
electronic Tower of Babel than a seamless communication system.
  This will change. Work on product data exchange international 
standards that will now solve this problem is ongoing in Europe as well 
as in the United States. However, the European Union is investing much 
more money and much more heavily than in the United States. It is 
funding product data exchange standards, industry by industry, from 
autos and aerospace to textiles and furniture. If we do not match these 
efforts, we run the risk of an international standard being promulgated 
that favors European manufacturers over our own.
  I am pleased that the bill is supported by the trade associations for 
several of these manufacturing sectors, as well as the National 
Association of Manufacturers and the National Coalition for Advanced 
Manufacturing.
  Mr. Chairman, we cannot afford to let our small businesses fall 
behind as the world moves toward Internet-based manufacturing. I urge 
Members to support America's smaller manufacturers, and their larger 
partners as well, by voting for H.R. 2733.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp).
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Enterprise 
Integration Act. This bill authorizes the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to promote best practice standards and 
facilitate understanding between industry and government.
  Approximately 90 percent of U.S. manufacturing companies are small 
and medium-sized businesses. Quick and easy access to information in 
the supply chain is critical for small businesses to be competitive. 
Suppliers without the capability to collect and exchange data 
electronically run the risk of being replaced by other suppliers who 
can.
  The last decade has seen a dramatic shift in the way information and 
data are exchanged. This is due to the emergence of the Internet and 
the movement toward electronically integrated supply chains.
  Enterprise integration permits a group of manufacturers and suppliers 
to operate as a single virtual company, without time delays and data 
loss or corruption. Manufacturers must be flexible, efficient, and 
responsive to changes in customer preference.
  NIST will work with industry and small business to improve the way 
they share product and standard information. With over 20 years of 
experience in data integration, NIST has the experience to accelerate 
efforts to develop industry standards and integration techniques that 
are necessary to increase efficiency and lower costs. Connecting 
enterprise together will streamline the manufacturing process, break 
down communication barriers, improve knowledge sharing, and connect 
information systems.
  In my home State of Michigan, small businesses are vital to the State 
economy. Over 45 percent of Michigan small businesses are in the 
manufacturing sector and enterprise integration is extremely important 
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manufacturing industry in Michigan and around the Nation remain strong.
  The investment in enterprise integration is essential for U.S. 
industry to remain competitive with overseas companies, many of which 
are already heavily investing in electronic standards development.
  I thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) for developing this 
important legislation and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) of 
the Committee on Science for bring this to the floor. I appreciate 
their hard work on behalf of the small business community, and I urge 
Members to join me in supporting the Enterprise Integration Act.
  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Barcia), the creator of this legislation.
  Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 2733, the 
Enterprise Integration Act of 2002; and I thank the chairman of the 
Committee on Science, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert), and 
ranking member, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall), for recognizing 
the importance of this bill and taking the steps necessary for this 
bill to be considered here today. I also want to thank the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers), the subcommittee chairman and lead 
cosponsor, for the gentleman's efforts over the past year. His 
suggested changes have enhanced the legislation, and his legislative 
efforts have contributed significantly to the progress we have made on 
this legislation.
  I just want to take a couple of minutes to outline the need and 
purpose of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 and say I appreciate 
the comments of my colleagues who have spoken before me on the need for 
this legislation to become law, to not only help small and medium-sized 
businesses throughout the Midwest, but across the country. And also to 
say that as impressive as the growth of Internet companies has been, 
its impact pales in significance to the impact that the Internet is 
having on how businesses work together. Changes already under way in 
the manufacturing sector will permit a manufacturer and its suppliers 
to function as one virtual company. Companies will be able to exchange 
information of all types with their suppliers at the speed of light.
  This will dramatically shorten design-cycle times and reduce the 
costs of manufacturing complex products. Information on design flaws 
will be instantly transmitted from repair shops to manufacturers and 
their supply chains.
  However, to exchange this information, each company's computers have 
to speak the same language. Sometimes the document can be converted, 
other times someone has to reenter the information. The problems get 
much more severe when the information being exchanged is three-
dimensional engineering drawings or complex data from the manufacturing 
process. How companies address this basic question of data exchange 
will determine how quickly enterprise integration occurs in the United 
States.
  This legislation tasks the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology to help nine key industries stay competitive in the 
electronic enterprise age, if those industries want the help. The 
legislation instructs the director of NIST, through various NIST 
programs, to support the auto, aerospace, furniture, shipbuilding, 
textile, apparel, electronics, home building, and major construction 
industries in the establishment of an industry-led effort on enterprise 
integration. If an industry has not yet begun an effort, NIST would be 
asked to help convene companies and trade associations in the industry 
to develop a strategy for developing and implementing a unified vision 
for supply chain integration.
  If efforts are already under way and the industry wants NIST's help, 
NIST is to support the ongoing efforts. NIST is asked to look at the 
suite of standards now in place and to help fill the holes such as 
compatibility of older standards with emerging Internet standards.
  With the continued assistance of the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Boehlert), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall), and the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Ehlers), I am hopeful that this legislation will become 
the catalyst to allow American businesses to successfully compete with 
our European counterparts.
  The bill authorizes appropriations of $10 million for fiscal year 
2003 and $15 million for fiscal year 2004, and $20 million in fiscal 
year 2005.
  Enterprise integration has the potential to be the most important 
innovation in manufacturing since Henry Ford's assembly line. I urge a 
``yes'' vote on this bill because H.R. 2733 will give U.S. industry the 
opportunity to be a leader in this innovation.

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  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I regret that my next speaker, the gentlewoman from 
Maryland, had to leave for the Committee on Government Reform to 
present an amendment there. I particularly regret it because she is 
such an outstanding Member of Congress and an extremely conscientious 
member of the committee and has worked very hard on this bill. But her 
comments will be entered into the Record.
  Mr. Chairman, I also want to at this time thank the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Barcia) for his work on this bill and his work on the 
Committee on Science. He has been an outstanding ranking member to work 
with on this subcommittee and we have accomplished a great deal this 
year by sharing ideas and working together on bills.
  I have shared a legislative career with the gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. Barcia) longer than most people in this Congress have. We served 
together in the State House of Michigan and the State Senate of 
Michigan. He preceded me to this Congress by 11 months and 7 days, but 
we have worked together since then in this Congress.
  I am very sorry to see him leave this Congress, even though he will 
be returning to the State of Michigan and will continue to make his 
contributions there. But it has been an outstanding partnership on this 
committee. We have produced some really good work together with a 
minimum of strife because both of us are interested in results and not 
in seeking partisan advantage on an issue. I just want to publicly 
state how much I have enjoyed working with the gentleman, how much I 
appreciate his work and his person and his ethical standards, and just 
state my regret that he will be leaving us at the end of this year.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Michigan (Ms. Rivers), a member of our committee.
  Ms. RIVERS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Enterprise 
Integration Act of 2002. This bill directs the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, NIST, to establish a program to help major 
manufacturing industries, especially small businesses, standardize and 
better integrate exchange of data between manufacturers, assemblers and 
suppliers.
  H.R. 2733 is a timely and smart piece of legislation. Small 
manufacturers are the backbone of our economy. However, they do not 
operate in a vacuum. Manufacturers, large and small, work together 
along a vertical supply chain, making a seamless flow of information 
critical to their success.
  Currently, many small businesses do not have the knowledge or ability 
to access the type of electronic media large manufacturers use to 
integrate purchases. In other cases, compatibility issues between 
different computer networks, software and hardware make it difficult, 
and sometimes impossible, for the full benefits of virtual 
manufacturing environments to be realized.
  This lack of compatibility in computer hardware, software and their 
interfaces with machinery makes it difficult for these supply chain 
firms to supply the goods and services to their traditional clients in 
an efficient manner, and makes it even harder to develop relationships 
with new clients.
  As we move forward into an international economy, our domestic 
producers must be able to keep up with suppliers and manufacturers 
overseas. The European Union is already investing substantially in 
ensuring that its companies will be able to perform in the emerging 
virtual business environment, where the Internet will permit companies 
anywhere in the world to exchange data and function as a single virtual 
company.

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  H.R. 2733 addresses this need and establishes an enterprise 
integration initiative at the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. This will allow NIST to work with industry to develop road 
maps that outline the steps a given industry must take to become more 
integrated electronically and also help industry develop volunteer 
consensus standards and agreements on protocols for information 
exchange which will provide assistance to conduct pilot projects to 
support the initiative.
  The Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 takes the necessary steps to 
get standards in place to create the first truly virtual companies. 
When industries become fully integrated electronically, information can 
flow freely along the entire supply chain without corruption or loss of 
important data. All types of manufacturers, from automobiles to 
furniture to shipbuilding, will stand to benefit from the efficiency 
gains that this legislation will help usher in. I stand in support of 
this legislation.
  Mr. HALL of Texas. I have no further requests for time, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I just want to conclude by saying that this is a very 
worthwhile bill which, even though I gave all the examples as 
benefiting Michigan industry, it will benefit the industry of every 
State in this Union, and, for that matter, every territory. It is a 
good thing for us to do, to help create more jobs and to make sure that 
we are more competitive in the world marketplace. I urge passage of 
this bill.
  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Chairman, it is with great pleasure that I rise in 
support of H.R. 2733, the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002. I want to 
commend Chairman Ehlers and Ranking Member Barcia for their bipartisan 
efforts in bringing this bill before us today.
  Enterprise integration is quickly becoming one of the most important 
business concepts of the electronic age. Developing a seamless exchange 
of information along a vertical supply chain is essential to 
maintaining production in our new, fast-paced, just-in-time-
manufacturing economy. Companies are increasingly interconnected and 
must rely on one another in ways never before imagined. Standardization 
of their means of communication is imperative for their continued 
success.
  Enterprise integration allows a group of businesses to act as a 
single ``virtual'' company. Design or management changes are 
immediately transmitted throughout the supply chain, allowing real time 
integration into the various components. The result is a leaner and 
more efficient manufacturing process. Implementation of such a plan has 
been projected to save the auto industry over $1 billion/year. 
Similarly dramatic savings are possible in a host of other 
manufacturing industries as well. Any industry that relies on a series 
of companies efficiently working together would benefit.
  However, there are significant challenges. Significant numbers of 
incompatible design, engineering and manufacturing systems abound 
within a typical supply chain. Various vendors have been selling 
management systems to individual companies for years without 
incorporating concern for future interconnectivity. Even new 
development causes problems. New software packages with greater 
functionality create difficulties for small companies at the bottom of 
the supply chain, since they can ill-afford to keep up with the latest 
technology.
  One promising solution is in data exchange standards. The creation of 
standard protocols for the exchange of information between systems 
could alleviate the difficulties associated with inter-company 
communication. NIST has over 20 years experience in this critical area 
and is well positioned to take the lead for enterprising integration in 
the United States. NIST has a long track record and a close and trusted 
relationship among industry leaders. It has obtained this reputation by 
working with industry and including them in the standards setting 
process rather than imposing one on them. In addition, NIST already has 
a number of programs designed at improving the role of small businesses 
and is aware of their particular needs.
  Standards are essential to enterprise integration and traditionally 
it has been the role of government to foster their development. NIST 
has all of the expertise and experience required and is the ideal 
agency to lead this effort. I want to thank the leadership for 
recognizing the importance of this issue to the small business 
community and I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in a nature of a substitute 
printed in the bill shall be considered by sections as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment and each section is considered read.
  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair may accord 
priority in recognition to a Member offering an amendment that he has 
printed in the designated place in the Congressional Record. Those 
amendments will be considered read.
  The Clerk will designate section 1.
  The text of Section 1 is as follows:

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Enterprise Integration Act 
     of 2002''.

  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the remainder 
of the bill be printed in the Record and open to amendment at any 
point.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the remainder of the bill is as follows:

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Over 90 percent of United States companies engaged in 
     manufacturing are small and medium-sized businesses.
       (2) Most of these manufacturers produce goods for 
     assemblage into products of large companies.
       (3) The emergence of the World Wide Web and the 
     promulgation of international standards for product data 
     exchange greatly accelerated the movement toward 
     electronically integrated supply chains during the last half 
     of the 1990's.
       (4) European and Asian countries are investing heavily in 
     electronic enterprise standards development, and in preparing 
     their smaller manufacturers to do business in the new 
     environment. European efforts are well advanced in the 
     aerospace, automotive, and shipbuilding industries and are 
     beginning in other industries including home building, 
     furniture manufacturing, textiles, and apparel. This 
     investment could give overseas companies a major competitive 
     advantage.
       (5) The National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
     because of the electronic commerce expertise in its 
     laboratories and quality program, its long history of working 
     cooperatively with manufacturers, and the nationwide reach of 
     its manufacturing extension program, is in a unique position 
     to help United States large and smaller manufacturers alike 
     in their responses to this challenge.
       (6) It is, therefore, in the national interest for the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology to accelerate 
     its efforts in helping industry develop standards and 
     enterprise integration processes that are necessary to 
     increase efficiency and lower costs.

     SEC. 3. ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION INITIATIVE.

       (a) Establishment.--The Director shall establish an 
     initiative for advancing enterprise integration within the 
     United States. In carrying out this section, the Director 
     shall involve, as appropriate, the various units of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology, including the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology laboratories 
     (including the Building and Fire Research Laboratory), the 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnership program established under 
     sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), and the Malcolm 
     Baldrige National Quality Program. This initiative shall 
     build upon ongoing efforts of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology and of the private sector, shall 
     involve consortia that include government and industry, and 
     shall address the enterprise integration needs of each United 
     States major manufacturing industry at the earliest possible 
     date.
       (b) Assessment.--For each major manufacturing industry, the 
     Director may work with industry, trade associations, 
     professional societies, and others as appropriate, to 
     identify enterprise integration standardization and 
     implementation activities underway in the United States and 
     abroad that affect that industry and to assess the current 
     state of enterprise integration within that industry. The 
     Director may assist in the development of roadmaps to permit 
     supply chains within the industry to operate as an integrated 
     electronic enterprise. The roadmaps shall be based on 
     voluntary consensus standards.
       (c) Reports.--Within 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director 
     shall submit to the Committee on Science of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate a report on the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology's activities under 
     subsection (b).
       (d) Authorized Activities.--In order to carry out this Act, 
     the Director may work with industry, trade associations, 
     professional societies, and others as appropriate--
       (1) to raise awareness in the United States of enterprise 
     integration activities in the United States and abroad, 
     including by the convening of conferences;
       (2) on the development of enterprise integration roadmaps;
       (3) to support the development, testing, promulgation, 
     integration, adoption, and upgrading of standards related to 
     enterprise integration including application protocols; and

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       (4) to provide technical assistance and, if necessary, 
     financial support to small and medium-sized businesses that 
     set up pilot projects in enterprise integration.
       (e) Manufacturing Extension Program.--The Director shall 
     ensure that the Manufacturing Extension Program is prepared 
     to advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to acquire 
     the expertise, equipment, and training necessary to 
     participate fully in supply chains using enterprise 
     integration.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

       For purposes of this Act--
       (1) the term ``automotive'' means land-based engine-powered 
     vehicles including automobiles, trucks, busses, trains, 
     defense vehicles, farm equipment, and motorcycles;
       (2) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology;
       (3) the term ``enterprise integration'' means the 
     electronic linkage of manufacturers, assemblers, suppliers, 
     and customers to enable the electronic exchange of product, 
     manufacturing, and other business data among all partners in 
     a product supply chain, and such term includes related 
     application protocols and other related standards;
       (4) the term ``major manufacturing industry'' includes the 
     aerospace, automotive, electronics, shipbuilding, 
     construction, home building, furniture, textile, and apparel 
     industries and such other industries as the Director 
     designates; and
       (5) the term ``roadmap'' means an assessment of 
     manufacturing interoperability requirements developed by an 
     industry describing that industry's goals related to 
     enterprise integration, the knowledge and standards including 
     application protocols necessary to achieve those goals, and 
     the necessary steps, timetable, and assignment of 
     responsibilities for acquiring the knowledge and developing 
     the standards and protocols.

     SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to 
     carry out functions under this Act--
       (1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
       (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
       (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
       (4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.


          Amendment No. 1 Offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 1 offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas:
       Page 5, line 6, insert ``, including awareness by 
     businesses that are majority owned by women, minorities, or 
     both,'' after ``in the United States''.

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. As a Member of the House Committee on 
Science, I remember having the pleasure of joining this committee when 
I first was elected and I started out by saying science is the work of 
the 21st century. This legislation epitomizes that thought.
  I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) for his 
long-standing leadership on this issue to recognize that it is our job 
in this Congress to help create jobs and to make a better pathway for 
those jobs to be created and for the products to be the best product 
that you can produce here in the United States. This legislation does 
that. I do thank him for that.
  I thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) again for his 
leadership and the bipartisan spirit that this legislation has moved, 
and the ranking member, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall), and the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert), the chairman of the committee, 
for putting forward H.R. 2733, the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002.
  I believe that this country loses when we lose the opportunity to 
manufacture. We lose the opportunity to have that kind of technology 
and expertise, because I agree with the chairman of this subcommittee 
and, of course, the ranking member, that computers are very important 
in allowing their language to be the same. We speak now in computers. 
We use computers almost for everything that we can think of. We use it 
in our consumer life and in our nonbusiness life, but we certainly do 
use it in our business life, and it is important for computers of all 
companies, of all size companies, to be able to communicate. That means 
that the language must be the same, the whole system must be integrated 
and they must understand each other.
  I believe that manufacturers in the United States will benefit, and I 
have a particular area in my district where there are small 
manufacturers and small businesses, and they depend upon producing a 
product that large manufacturers will buy. They need to have the right 
language to produce the safest and best product. I believe the workers 
will benefit because that small company will benefit, and, as well, I 
believe that we will have a better and more diverse product.
  With that, Mr. Chairman, I am now submitting this amendment, as I 
said, in order to ensure that our women-owned and minority-owned 
businesses are likewise involved; that they have the same outreach, the 
same capacity, the same language, the same computer technology.
  We said some few years ago, and it seems like it was a long time ago, 
that we must close the digital divide. The Committee on Science has 
worked diligently with many members of the Committee on Science to make 
sure the digital divide is closed and our schools are linked, our small 
businesses are linked, our communities are linked.
  I might say there is work to be done in our rural areas and our urban 
areas and some of the schools across the Nation, I would say a large 
number. This is a step in the direction of ensuring that the 
manufacturing system, large and small, is integrated together. I know 
the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) has worked very long on this, 
and again I would like to say this is where Texas and Michigan are 
working together, because even though we are in different regions, we 
know that automation, technology and manufacturing speak in one voice 
and one language.
  I would like to make sure that when we talk about these issues, we 
talk about the richness of the diversity of America and all businesses, 
small businesses, minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses, 
have the ability to access H.R. 2733.
  With that, Mr. Chairman, I would ask my colleagues to support this 
amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, from the dawn of the computer age, integrated 
automation has been the Holy Grail of computing. Achieving full 
integrated automation remains elusive, despite huge investments in a 
wide array of technologies that promise integration--from database 
technologies to single-vendor application suites. The integration 
challenge is fundamentally twofold: (1) business process assets 
(programs and documentation) and (2) information assets (databases and 
files). A complete enterprise integration strategy must encompass both 
of these critically important asset classes.
  The guiding philosophy behind integration at the data layer is that 
the real currency of the enterprise is its data and that the best path 
to this data is usually not through the original application. 
Additionally, the implied business logic in the data and metadata can 
be easily manipulated directly by applications in the new architecture 
of the enterprise. This premise is underscored by the fact that in both 
application integration and data integration, business logic is 
transferred and/or rewritten outside the original applications. The 
challenge is in actually getting to the data. Current business 
processes are critical to initiatives focused on the improved 
automation of internal workflow as well as interactions with suppliers, 
partners and distributors. Reusing the existing application packages is 
reasonable, because the focus is on improving the delivery mechanism or 
extending the system-level interfaces of the current processes. Data 
asset integration is critical to the success of externally focused 
initiatives that are driven by new business processes. For example, 
self-service initiatives are driven by the needs of new audiences to 
access existing information.
  Today's U.S. economy depends more than ever on the talents of 
skilled, high-tech workers. To sustain America's preeminence we must 
take drastic steps to change the way we develop our technology 
landscape. The continually evolving nature of every business's 
application landscape drives the need for easy-to-use automated 
information integration between application platforms. While the ideal 
is a single database infrastructure that supports all applications 
within a business, the evolutionary nature of technology investments 
makes this an unattainable goal for most.
  To address these challenges, companies are devising integration 
architectures designed to leverage their data assets while insulating 
themselves from ongoing changes in technology. Unfortunately, there is 
no single strategy or product that addresses all the diverse 
integration challenges faced by most enterprises. Therefore, enterprise 
integration is not a one-size-fits-all problem, and there is no one-
size-fits-all solution. The businesses need that drive to search for 
integration solutions that demand a mix of technologies. Understanding 
the dynamics of application-driven and data-driven integration 
solutions empowers technology to implement the right solution for the 
problem at hand.
  By not tapping into the potential of all our groups, we are losing 
ground by not tapping into the potential of all our groups. We must 
take some bold steps today, for the rewards to

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our country and our citizens will be great. Many minority people feel 
it's an impossible field to get into because they have had little or no 
knowledge about career choices in the field.
  Changes are sweeping our computer-intertwined real lives in many 
different directions and our society is being further fragmented, not 
only by levels of education, financial status, and ethnic background, 
but also by accessibility to and knowledge of the world of the 
artificial. The world of interactions with computers has extended from 
programming to dialogs and navigation in virtual and simulated worlds 
of information that will further divide our children and adults into 
``haves and have-nots.'' The underrepresented minority population in 
the United States, while increasing in numbers, is decreasing in 
numbers of people entering the computer field at a time when the bounty 
of new opportunities seems to be rising without end in sight. Large 
segments of the population, on the basis of ethnicity and gender, are 
not participating in proportional numbers in supplying the information 
technology needs of the nation.
  The lack of diversity of science, engineering and technology 
education and careers is nothing new. Stereotypes based on race, 
ethnicity, gender, and disability have long discouraged inquisitive 
minds whose bodies do not match the public image. This is why I have 
proposed these amendments, I believe that women and minorities should 
be included in this technology revolution. They should not be left 
behind.
  I urge support of the amendments to H.R. 2733.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, it is a pleasure to rise and indicate my willingness to 
accept this amendment, just as we did in the previous bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I have worked with the gentlewoman from Texas on many 
issues relating to this. I am very familiar with NIST and their work, 
and, I suspect, in fact, I believe it is correct to say that they are 
as color-blind and gender-blind as anyone I have known, largely because 
on issues such as this they are working primarily on the computer 
language rather than on other issues.
  But, nevertheless, given the past history of our Nation and of some 
business practices, it never hurts to add the language that the 
gentlewoman from Texas has included in her amendment, and it certainly 
enhances the bill, does not detract from it, and I am very pleased to 
accept this amendment.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. EHLERS. I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, let me thank the gentleman 
very much as well, because we have worked on the Committee on Science 
for a number of years and I believe he has consistently joined in on 
issues dealing with outreach to minorities and women. I thank the 
gentleman for accepting this particular amendment that adds to this 
very excellent bill on this issue.
  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite 
number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a good amendment, and I want to thank the 
gentlewoman from Houston, Texas. It is an upgrading amendment. It is in 
the area of a housekeeping amendment, but it is much more than that.
  This amendment actually accentuates awareness, delineates the 
requirement that all sectors are addressed. The gentlewoman included 
all businesses, including women and minorities. It is a good amendment. 
It certainly helps to close the digital divide, and I support the 
amendment and ask for its passage.
  Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I simply want to thank the gentlewoman from Texas for 
her amendment, which strengthens the bill and sends the right signal 
that we all recognize here in Congress and across the country that the 
major growth of small- and medium-sized businesses in this country is 
at the behest of women entrepreneurs, as well as minority 
entrepreneurs. Certainly it is the intent of this legislation to 
include all of those risk-takers who create jobs and create growth in 
our economy. Obviously I think the bill is a better bill with the 
amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee). I am 
fully supportive of the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I also want to thank the gentleman from Michigan 
(Chairman Ehlers) for his kind remarks and say that I have enjoyed 
serving on our subcommittee thoroughly with each and every member of 
that subcommittee who worked so diligently and in a bipartisan fashion 
each and every week throughout the year we are in session to produce a 
great quality of legislation and measures that will enhance 
competitiveness for our domestic business community, as well as 
strengthen science in business and our environmental regulations.
  I am proud as a member of that subcommittee to say that we always 
approached these issues with a bipartisan approach, and I am very 
grateful to the chairman of the subcommittee as well as the members of 
the subcommittee and the full committee, along with the ranking member, 
the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall), and the gentleman from New York 
(Chairman Boehlert), for moving this legislation so expeditiously.

                              {time}  1245

  It will help, and I am grateful for their support.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee).
  The amendment was agreed to.


          Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       Amendment No. 2 offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas:

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 2: Page 5, after line 25, insert the 
     following new subsection:

       (f) Women and Minority Awareness Studies.--
       (1) Baseline study.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit to 
     the Congress a report describing the extent of awareness of, 
     and participation in, enterprise integration development 
     activities by businesses that are majority owned by women, 
     minorities, or both.
       (2) Program evaluation.--Not later than 3 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
     transmit to the Congress a report evaluating the extent to 
     which activities under this section, especially under 
     subsection (d)(1), have increased the awareness of, and 
     participation in, enterprise integration development 
     activities by businesses that are majority owned by women, 
     minorities, or both.

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, let me frame my interest in 
this amendment, and that is that I believe to sustain America's 
preeminence we must take drastic steps to change the way we develop our 
technology landscape. The continually evolving nature of every 
business's application landscape drives the need for easy-to-use 
automated immigration between application platforms.
  This is an excellent legislative initiative that we are now 
discussing. And I wanted to make sure that as we implemented this 
legislation, I encourage my colleagues to vote enthusiastically for 
H.R. 2733, that we would put in place a women-and-minority awareness 
study to ensure that we are reaching out to women-owned businesses as 
we do to all businesses and to minority businesses all over this 
country.
  But I have had the opportunity to discuss with the distinguished 
ranking member of the subcommittee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. 
Barcia), and I am very pleased with both the gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. Ehlers) and his commitment to this issue, and I would like to work 
with them with the idea of working this legislation through its process 
as it works its will to ensure that these aspects of the legislation 
are included, and we will work together on that. And in that vein, Mr. 
Chairman, I am going to ask unanimous consent to withdraw this 
amendment.
  Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. BARCIA. I would like to thank the gentlewoman for withdrawing 
this amendment, but also pledge my support in work with her and other 
members of the subcommittee and Chairman Ehlers, as well as those 
officials at NIST, to accomplish the goals of this amendment, and I 
appreciate again the intent of what she is trying

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to accomplish. It certainly will enhance the mission that we are 
attempting to achieve with this bill, and I want to thank the 
gentlewoman for the amendment which was just adopted which strengthens 
the bill, but also agreeing today to work further on this issue as the 
process moves forward.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I thank very much the distinguished ranking 
member. We are going to miss him very much as he goes on to other great 
opportunities in his great State, and we appreciate very much his 
leadership on this issue.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. EHLERS. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I thank her for 
offering the amendment that once again raises an issue that deserves to 
be raised. But I also appreciate her withdrawing this because it would 
be inappropriate in this bill at this time simply because it would 
likely detract from the central goal and slow it down, and it is very 
important to get this into action soon. But once again, this is 
something we would pursue down the line, I am sure, if there is a 
problem that has to be followed. So I appreciate her offering it, and I 
appreciate her willingness to withdraw it at this time.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I look forward to working with the 
gentleman from Michigan on this.
  Mr. Chairman, with the acknowledgment of the great work of our 
respective ranking member, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall), and the 
gentleman from New York (Chairman Boehlert) and the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) on 
this matter, I look forward to working with them on this. More 
importantly, I am delighted that this legislation will bear the 
gentleman's name and so many lives will be improved by this 
legislation. Mr. Chairman, with that I will work on this matter with my 
colleagues.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to 
withdraw the amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn.
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, as amended.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substituted, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Hastings of Washington) having assumed the chair, Mr. Jeff Miller of 
Florida, 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. 2733) to authorize the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology to work with major manufacturing industries on an 
initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic 
enterprise integration, pursuant to House Resolution 474, he reported 
the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted by the Committee 
of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on the amendment to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute adopted by the Committee of the 
Whole? If not, the question is on the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair 
announces that this vote will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the 
passage of H.R. 2486.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 397, 
nays 22, not voting 15, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 293]

                               YEAS--397

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boozman
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     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
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Frank
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grucci
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Horn
     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)
     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 (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
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, Dan
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Ose
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott
     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
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     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--22

     Akin
     Burton
     Coble
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Duncan
     Flake
     Hefley
     Hostettler
     Kerns
     Miller, Jeff
     Otter
     Paul
     Pence
     Rohrabacher
     Royce

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     Ryun (KS)
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Stearns
     Tancredo
     Toomey

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Barrett
     Becerra
     Blagojevich
     Bonior
     Collins
     Dunn
     Goodlatte
     Hastings (FL)
     Lewis (GA)
     Meehan
     Reyes
     Roukema
     Traficant
     Velazquez
     Watkins (OK)

                              {time}  1314

  Messrs. DUNCAN, SCHAFFER, HEFLEY, AKIN, BURTON, and ROHRABACHER and 
Mrs. CUBIN changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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