[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H7352-H7369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004
The SPEAKER. Pursuant to House Resolution 326 and rule XVIII, the
Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, H.R.
2799.
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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 further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 2799) making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, with
Mr. Hastings of Washington in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, the
amendment by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) had been disposed
of by a point of order.
Sequential Votes Postponed In Committee Of The Whole
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will
now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were
postponed in the following order: the amendment offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Ose), the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Hostettler), amendment No. 1 offered by the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Hinchey) and the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush).
The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. The
remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Ose
The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr.
Ose) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes
prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
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The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. Ose:
At the end of the bill after the last section (preceding
the short title) insert the following new title:
TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used in violation of section 212(a)(10)(C) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
Recorded Vote
The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 424,
noes 0, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 418]
AYES--424
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Baldwin
Ballance
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Becerra
Bell
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (OH)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carson (IN)
Carson (OK)
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Clay
Clyburn
Coble
Cole
Collins
Conyers
Cooper
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
DeMint
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley (CA)
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehlers
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
English
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Farr
Fattah
Feeney
Filner
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (TX)
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoeffel
Hoekstra
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley (OR)
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inslee
Isakson
Israel
Issa
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Janklow
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
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kleczka
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kucinich
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)
Lynch
Majette
Maloney
Manzullo
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McCotter
McCrery
McDermott
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Nethercutt
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Owens
Oxley
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rodriguez
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Sandlin
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrock
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Souder
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Tierney
Toomey
Towns
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Wexler
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--10
Berkley
Bishop (UT)
Davis (TN)
Ferguson
Ford
Gephardt
McGovern
Pearce
Smith (NJ)
Sullivan
Announcement by the Chairman
The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised 2 minutes remain
in this vote.
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Mr. FILNER changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 418, I was
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
Announcement by the Chairman
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, the remainder of
this series will be conducted as 5-minute votes.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Hostettler
The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr.
Hostettler) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. Hostettler:
Insert in an appropriate place the following:
Sec. ____. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be used to enforce the judgment of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Glassroth v. Moore,
decided July 1, 2003 or Glassroth v. Moore, 229 F. Supp. 2d
1067 (M. D. Ala. 2002).
Recorded Vote
The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 260,
noes 161, not voting 13, as follows:
[Roll No. 419]
AYES--260
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Bereuter
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carson (IN)
Carson (OK)
Carter
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole
Collins
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Doyle
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Etheridge
Everett
Feeney
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (TX)
Green (WI)
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hill
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hooley (OR)
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Isakson
Issa
Istook
Janklow
Jenkins
John
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Langevin
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas (KY)
Lucas (OK)
Lynch
Manzullo
Marshall
Matheson
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (KS)
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Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Ose
Owens
Paul
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Putnam
Quinn
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reynolds
Rodriguez
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sandlin
Saxton
Schrock
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Stenholm
Stupak
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Upton
Visclosky
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--161
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Ballance
Becerra
Bell
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boucher
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Case
Castle
Clay
Conyers
Cooper
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Tom
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley (CA)
Dreier
Edwards
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Frost
Gerlach
Gonzalez
Greenwood
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hoeffel
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
Kleczka
Kucinich
Lampson
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Majette
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNulty
Meehan
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Olver
Otter
Oxley
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Rangel
Reyes
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Simpson
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
NOT VOTING--13
Berkley
Bishop (UT)
Clyburn
Ferguson
Ford
Gephardt
Meek (FL)
Obey
Pearce
Pelosi
Radanovich
Sullivan
Tierney
Announcement by the Chairman
The CHAIRMAN (during the vote.) Members are reminded there are 2
minutes remaining in this vote.
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Mr. OTTER and Mr. OXLEY changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Hinchey
The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Hinchey) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Hinchey:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act to
the Department of Justice may be used to prevent the States
of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine,
Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington from implementing
State laws authorizing the use of medical marijuana in those
States.
Recorded Vote
The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 152,
noes 273, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 420]
AYES--152
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baird
Baldwin
Ballance
Beauprez
Becerra
Bereuter
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bono
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Capps
Capuano
Carson (IN)
Case
Clay
Conyers
Crowley
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Doggett
Dooley (CA)
Doyle
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Flake
Frank (MA)
Garrett (NJ)
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Hooley (OR)
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kilpatrick
Kind
Kleczka
Kucinich
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Majette
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Otter
Owens
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Porter
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Rodriguez
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Simpson
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Solis
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tancredo
Tauscher
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wynn
NOES--273
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Bell
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardin
Cardoza
Carson (OK)
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Clyburn
Coble
Cole
Collins
Cooper
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (FL)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dingell
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehlers
Emanuel
Emerson
English
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Feeney
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (TX)
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hill
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoeffel
Hoekstra
Holden
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Isakson
Issa
Istook
Janklow
Jenkins
John
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Lampson
Langevin
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas (KY)
Lucas (OK)
Lynch
Manzullo
Marshall
Matheson
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
McNulty
Menendez
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Ose
Oxley
Pallone
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sandlin
Saxton
Schrock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Snyder
Souder
Spratt
Stearns
Stenholm
Sweeney
Tanner
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thornberry
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Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Upton
Visclosky
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wu
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--9
Berkley
Bishop (UT)
Ferguson
Ford
Gephardt
Miller, George
Neugebauer
Pearce
Sullivan
Announcement by the Chairman
The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are reminded there are 2
minutes remaining in this vote.
{time} 1456
Mr. THOMAS changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Rush
The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush)
on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes
prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. Rush:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for the sentencing phase of any Federal prosecution
in which the penalty of death is sought by the United States.
Recorded Vote
The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 85,
noes 339, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 421]
AYES--85
Abercrombie
Allen
Baldwin
Bartlett (MD)
Berman
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Carson (IN)
Clay
Conyers
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeGette
Delahunt
Doyle
Ehlers
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Holt
Jackson (IL)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
Langevin
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lowey
Majette
Maloney
Markey
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNulty
Meeks (NY)
Michaud
Miller, George
Mollohan
Nadler
Napolitano
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Payne
Pelosi
Rahall
Rangel
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanders
Schakowsky
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Smith (NJ)
Solis
Stark
Tierney
Towns
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Woolsey
NOES--339
Ackerman
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Andrews
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Ballance
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Becerra
Bell
Bereuter
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardin
Cardoza
Carson (OK)
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Clyburn
Coble
Cole
Collins
Cooper
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeLauro
DeLay
DeMint
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley (CA)
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Emanuel
Emerson
English
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Feeney
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (TX)
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hill
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoeffel
Hoekstra
Holden
Honda
Hooley (OR)
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inslee
Isakson
Israel
Issa
Istook
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Janklow
Jefferson
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kind
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Lucas (KY)
Lucas (OK)
Lynch
Manzullo
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Menendez
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Moore
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Neal (MA)
Nethercutt
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rodriguez
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sanchez, Loretta
Sandlin
Saxton
Schiff
Schrock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Spratt
Stearns
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Visclosky
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weiner
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Wexler
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--10
Berkley
Bishop (UT)
Calvert
Ferguson
Ford
Gephardt
Gingrey
King (IA)
Rogers (MI)
Sullivan
Announcement by the Chairman
The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised that 2 minutes
remain in this vote.
{time} 1504
Mr. OBEY and Mr. ENGEL changed their votes from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The CHAIRMAN. There being no further amendments, the Clerk will read
the last lines of the bill.
The Clerk read as follows:
This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2004''.
Mr. REYES. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 2799, the bill
providing appropriations for the Department of Commerce, Justice, State
and the Judiciary.
As you know, Mr. Chairman, I represent a district that lies along the
U.S.-Mexico border. For many years, the region along the 2,000 mile
stretch of our southern border was ignored. The bill before us today,
will make tremendous strides to recognize the need for increased
resources along the southwest border.
This bill includes 168 additional positions for the United States
Marshals Service for areas of high priority need and specifically
recognizes that the southwest border is such an area.
My district of El Paso lies within the Western District of Texas.
This judicial district has been one of the greatest increases of
criminal caseloads over the last decade. The majority of these cases
are being heard in the El Paso Division of the Western District. The
number of federal criminal cases filed in El Paso County has increased
from 443 to 2,192 cases since 1994. Last year, the El Paso Division
received its second federal judge. Pending Senate confirmation this
year, the El Paso Division will have a total of four federal judges.
Mr. Chairman, needless to say, our case backlog is being addressed
and more of our cases will be heard. This increase of work for our
judges, in turn, means more work for our Marshals Service. Currently,
our Marshals are reporting inoperable work load levels in the southwest
border districts. As you know, our Marshals are responsible for
providing protection for the federal judiciary, transporting federal
prisoners, protecting endangered federal
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witnesses and managing assets seized from criminal enterprises. This
bill would provide much needed relief for our United States Marshals
Service along the southwest border communities.
This bill also provides an increase of appropriations for the State
Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) from $250 million to $400
million. SCAAP is vital to communities all across the country. This
program has been dodging the President's ax for the last couple of
years. The President has proposed to eliminate this program in his last
two budget proposals. Mr. Chairman there is at least one jurisdiction
in every state and territory that receives SCAAP funding. Last year,
SCAAP appropriations were cut by over 50 percent. Although not nearly
enough to fully reimburse our states and localities, the increase for
this program is a step in the right direction.
El Paso County relies on SCAAP funds to assist in detaining federal
criminals. Without these funds, El Paso County would be forced to tap
into other over-stretched resources. These resources are generated by
local revenues and are being used to provide for this otherwise federal
responsibility. I support this provision in the bill before us, and I
will continue to work with my colleagues to see that SCAAP is
adequately funded in the future.
I would like to thank my friends and colleagues, the Chairman, Mr.
Wolf, and the Ranking Member, Mr. Serrano, for their work on this bill.
I urge my colleagues to support the passage of this bill.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, while overall funding has increased
from fiscal year 2003, I hope that we can address some key issues
before this bill comes back from conference for approval. One program
that was particularly hard hit this year is the Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP). The funding level this
year is $32.5 million--less than half of last year's appropriation of
$73.3 million. As the founding Chair of the Congressional Public
Broadcasting Caucus, I have seen first hand how vital the PTFP program
is to communities across the country. Every public television station
in America has been issued a mandate to be on the air with a digital
signal. The enormous costs of the conversion from analog transmission
to digital transmission, estimated at $1.7 billion, are simply too much
for the system to bear alone. If we are to ensure that our local
communities continue to receive the rich educational, cultural and
informational programs and services offered by local public television
stations, we must provide them some financial assistance. Local
stations are working with state and private funders, and a federal
commitment of matching funds would greatly enhance their success. In
fact, much of the state funding is contingent upon a federal match, and
many state budget constraints limit public broadcasting funding to well
below the need.
The language in the bill regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (BATF) licensing of firearms dealers is clearly
destructive. This bill specifies that BATF could request transaction
records from gun retailers only if the request was part of a criminal
investigation to determine the disposition of a firearm that is the
subject of the investigation, or to identify an individual offender who
is the subject or target of the investigation. The measure prohibits
the use of funds in the bill to implement or promulgate any rule
requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business licensed under
federal law, or to deny licenses to dealers because of low sales
volume. This language was added in subcommittee with the adoption of an
amendment backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA has
opposed any meaningful additions to gun safety legislation because they
believe we aren't enforcing the laws that already exist. Now they are
making it impossible to enforce these laws by cutting back on the scope
of the funding, placing restrictions on what can be done, and taking
the already weak and porous gun safety legislation and rendering it
almost meaningless. Every individual has the right to freedom from the
threat of gun violence. Yet, gun violence continues to be an epidemic
of enormous proportions year after year. In 2000, there were 28,663 gun
deaths in the United States, 10,801 of which were homicides. These
numbers are drastically larger than those of any other developed
nation. Clearly we are not doing enough to protect our citizens from
gun violence.
This bill seriously weakens the reporting and licensing laws for gun
dealers. Under current law it is already too easy for a convicted felon
to purchase a weapon with the aid of a companion. Registration and
licensing requirements are strong tools to keep our cities safe. In
Massachusetts, a state which requires both registration and licensing,
69 percent of guns used to commit crimes were purchased out of state.
In states which have neither licensing nor registration requirements,
89 percent of guns used in crimes are purchased in-state. Gun
registration and licensing is a patchwork, state by state system of
gun-control which allows criminals access to legitimately purchased
guns. This bill will weaken already insufficient gun safety laws,
putting the citizens of our nation in harm's way.
While I am concerned with the funding level of the PTFP and the
language included regarding BATF licensing of firearms dealers, I vote
in support of this bill to move the appropriations process forward. I
call on the conference committee to work to address these shortfalls
before reporting the bill back for final approval.
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to
the violation imposed on women prisoners' right to reproductive choice.
Abortion has been legal in this country for more than thirty years. Roe
v. Wade did not lay out specifics that only white women or black women
could get an abortion, that only the rich or the poor could have this
health care service or that is to be taken away if a woman is
imprisoned.
In 1993, Congress lifted the six year funding restriction that had
prohibited the use of federal funds to provide abortion services to
women in federal prison. After the restrictions were lifted, the Bureau
of Prisons required medical, religious or social counseling sessions
for women seeking these services. The Bureau even took the steps to
respect others views by not requiring the participation of any staff
personnel that personally did not agree with reproductive choice. Yet
in 1995, the funding restriction was put back in place and once again,
women prisoners were denied their reproductive choice.
All the cards are stacked against women in prison. In the last
decade, the number of women in federal prison has increased by 182
percent, compared to 152 percent for men, making women 7.5 percent of
the prison population. The rates of infection for HIV and AIDS in women
exceed the rate of infection for men in prison with the number of
infected women increasing by more than 88 percent since 1991. Amnesty
International USA released a report in 1999 revealing that
gynecological services, in general, for women in prisons were
inadequate and of poor quality. Many women prisoners are victims of
physical or sexual abuse and vulnerable to sexual abuse or misconduct
by correctional officers.
Now imagine a women in prison being in those conditions, with those
circumstances being isolated from family and friends, not earning
meaningful compensation from prison jobs, and being pregnant knowing
she will receive poor prenatal care, the loss of custody upon the
birth, and without the ability to make a decision on her reproductive
rights. These women are completely dependent on the health care
services provided by the Bureau of Prisons. This ban prevents them from
seeking needed reproductive health care and prohibits them from having
a reproductive choice.
Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, it is with great reluctance that I
oppose this bill. However, I cannot support a bill that makes such deep
cuts in investments important to our nation.
Mr. Chairman, among the many egregious cuts in this bill, this
Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations bill for 2004 decreases funding
for two critical agencies--the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NOAA, and the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, NIST.
The bill appropriates 6 percent less, or $181 million, than the
current fiscal year for NOAA programs, and is even 8 percent less than
the President's request for 2004.
The bill also funds several distinct programs within NOAA, which will
also suffer serious cuts. The National Weather Service, while receiving
a small 3 percent increase over the current fiscal year, will actually
receive $24 million below the President's request. The National Ocean
Service will receive 16 percent less than the current fiscal year. The
National Marine Fisheries Service will suffer a 19 percent cut. Funding
for programs in Oceanic & Atmospheric Research will decrease by 18
percent. Finally, funding for the National Environmental Satellite
Service will decrease by $3 million.
Mr. Chairman, these are programs that serve the public good in a
variety of important ways. They help advance America's commerce,
promote environmental protection, preserve our fisheries and other
natural resources, and protect lives by monitoring the weather. We are
doing a great disservice to the American people by slashing these
programs.
Cuts to the National Institute of Standards & Technology, NIST, are
just as troubling. This appropriations bill provides a staggering 35
percent less than the current fiscal year. This is a terrible blow to
scientific research--the key to our future if we are to compete in the
global marketplace.
For example, this bill provides no funds for the Advanced Technology
Program started by the Clinton administration to assist the development
and utilization of new technologies by the private sector. This could
result in a reduction-in-force of as many as 250 NIST personnel from a
program that works well.
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In fact, the net impact of this bill could be a reduction-in-force of
up to 300 people, roughly 10 percent of the NIST staff. Cost-of-living
adjustments are not fully funded in this bill, forcing other programs
within NIST to absorb $6.8 million in costs. This could well result in
the loss of 50 NIST personnel through attrition or reductions-in-force.
For my constituents, these are devastating cuts. But these cuts are
just as significant to the American people outside my area because
these cuts in scientific research will curtail NIST's ability to
address America's national priorities.
This bill does not fully fund the majority of NIST's proposed
initiatives. In some cases, funding is completely wiped. Delays or
under-investment in measurement science now will have significant
future impact--delaying the commercialization of emerging technologies.
The House Committee's allowance for NIST's efforts related to
development of the standards, technology, and practices needed for the
cost-effective safety and security of buildings and technical support
of fire fighting communities, including emergency response, is less
than half of what is required. As a result, the standards and
measurements support for upgrading the capabilities of the Nation's
fire fighters and the emergency response communities will be
significantly delayed. In addition, the shortfall in nanotechnology
funding will delay NIST's critical contributions to the National
Nanotechnology Initiative.
This bill also does not provide the full funding requested to equip
and maintain the new Advanced Measurement Laboratory (AML). Lack of
funding for the proper maintenance and operation of the building and
the equipment necessary to realize the capabilities of the AML will
severely hamper NIST's ability to provide industry and science with the
ever more accurate and demanding measurements and standards needed to
support advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information
technology, advanced materials, new manufacturing technology, and other
key growth areas. To construct this world-class facility, and then to
short-change its maintenance, operation, and equipment needs is
inconsistent with the $235 million investment made in the construction
of the AML.
Mr. Chairman, some of these programs may seem mundane to many of us
in this chamber. But these are crucial scientific programs that will
have long-range benefits for all Americans.
Mr. Chairman, we need to ask: are we really helping the American
people by slashing these programs? The answer, clearly, is no. These
cuts are the price we must pay for an ill-conceived budget and tax
policy.
Mr. Chairman, I hope to be able to support this bill when it emerges
from Conference. I am grateful to the Ranking Member of the
Subcommittee, Mr. Serrano, for agreeing to work with me to address the
concerns I have expressed.
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Chairman, the serious effects this bill
will have on my district and on the nation are explained in news
stories from several Colorado newspapers, which I am including for the
interest of my colleagues.
[From the Rocky Mountain News, July 23, 2003]
Colorado Science Jobs on the Line
(By M.E. Sprengelmeyer)
Washington.--Congress is considering deep cuts in federal
research funds that would cause an estimated 190 Colorado
scientists to lose their jobs.
About $14 million in cuts to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration projects in Colorado, and
additional cuts to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, were contained in an appropriations bill being
considered by the House of Representatives late Tuesday.
If approved as expected, they still must be considered by
the U.S. Senate.
``Obviously, it has me gravely concerned,'' said Susan
Avery, director of the University of Colorado Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences. ``These
are cuts that could be very detrimental to our research
programs.''
The cuts are contained in a $38.6 billion appropriations
package for the Commerce, Justice and State departments and
the federal judiciary.
The bill would cut $3 million from the Space Environment
Center in Boulder and $6.7 million from climate and global
change programs. Meanwhile, the bill would eliminate a $4.5
million line item meant to cover rent on NOAA facilities in
Boulder, meaning those expenses would have to come out of
other programs, such as research funds.
NIST would lose about 300 jobs nationwide, including about
60 in Boulder, said Representative Mark Udall, a Boulder
Democrat, who tried unsuccessfully to reserve the cuts on the
House floor.
``It is one thing to make government leaner. It is another
thing to cut jobs year in and year out at facilities all over
the country,'' Udall said in a release.
Avery said the cuts would affect research at both the
University of Colorado and Colorado State University,
including climate modeling programs and research into weather
phenomenon such as El Nino and La Nina.
``Unless the bill is greatly improved in a House-Senate
conference committee, it will continue a pattern of bleeding
these agencies dry,'' Udall said.
If approved by the House, the bill would move to the
Senate, where state researchers hope the cuts will be
reversed by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, an Ignacio
Republican and a member of the Appropriations Committee.
``Senator Campbell has a lot in his hands right now because
he could do it,'' Avery said. ``He could make it happen. A
lot rides on him.''
Camden Hubbard, a spokeswoman for Campbell, said his office
is researching the issue.
``He needs to look into it and see exactly what is being
cut and make a decision accordingly,'' Hubbard said. ``I have
to tell you, money is really tight this year . . . he will
see what he can do.''
____
[From the Boulder Daily Camera, July 23, 2003]
Science Community Faces Cuts
(By Kate Larsen)
The U.S. House of Representatives approved federal budget
cuts Tuesday that could cost Boulder's science community $14
million and nearly 200 jobs, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall's staff
said.
The 2004 House Commerce, Justice and State spending bill
includes large cuts--for the second consecutive year--to
Boulder's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and
many labs connected to it. The bill reflects a radical
difference in the suggested appropriation from President
Bush.
If the Senate passes a similar bill, and the cuts clear a
joint conference committee and are approved by the president,
local research on climate, air quality and space
environmental hazards would be affected.
``It is one thing to make government leaner; it is another
thing to cut jobs year in and year out at facilities all over
the country,'' Udall, D-Colo., said in a statement.
Camden Hubbard, spokeswoman U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse
Campbell, R-Colo., warned that is still early in the process.
The Senate has yet to take on this issue.
``Money is very tight and (Sen. Campbell's) going to be
looking into this situation to see if these cuts are a good
idea or a bad idea,'' Hubbard said.
The proposed cuts would come on top of $7 million in cuts
NOAA and other labs endured this year.
``Very important weather and climate research would have to
be terminated,'' said Alexander MacDonald, director of NOAA's
forecast systems laboratory.
NOAA's Space Environment Center is facing about $3 million
in cuts for 2004. The lab provides forecasts of solar storms
for NASA, commercial aviation, the military and power
companies.
Severe weather forecasts, long-term and seasonal climate
changes also would suffer, MacDonald said. Similar to this
year's cuts, this round also withholds a $4.5 million
appropriation for rent at NOAA.
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences--a partnership between the University of Colorado
and NOAA--and other labs affiliated with NOAA stand to lose
an estimated $6.7 million, said agency Interim Director Koni
Steffen.
``It's not something where you can just do less science--
you have to lay off people,'' Steffen said. ``Our reputation
certainly is at stake here.''
____
Feds To Cut Research Dollars
(By Sarah-Jane Wilton)
Officials at the University of Colorado Boulder campus
Tuesday called for action from the U.S. Senate to prevent
massive cuts in federal funding for research labs across the
state, many of which have strong ties with the university.
The U.S. Congress was scheduled to vote on the Commerce,
Justice and State appropriations bill for the 2004 fiscal
year Tuesday evening, which could see $14 million cut from
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
labs and from the National Institutes of Standards and
Technology (NIST).
NOAA provides $6.7 million in crucial funding for the
Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in the
Environmental Sciences (CIRES), the University Corporation
for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), and the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
CU could be one of 40 leading research universities with
research projects funded by NOAA facing cuts.
According to Lawrence Pacheco, spokesman for Congressman
Mark Udall, explained that $4.5 million of NOAA's funding is
used covering the organization's rent.
Pacheco said, ``130 people will lose their jobs . . . from
NOAA alone. Not only can they (cut the funding), they are
doing it.''
Pacheco said that Udall has been working with the research
community to try to restore the funding.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the Boulder
campus, Carol Lynch, said that CU-Boulder would be impacted
more directly by the cuts to NOAA than those to NIST, both of
which have intimate relations with two of CU-Boulder
institutes, CIRES and JILA.
``If NOAA is cut, it would maybe not destroy CIRES, but
come close to it,'' said Lynch. ``We would really have to
restructure that institute into something significantly
smaller.''
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Both CIRES and JILA are cooperative entities within the
university, receiving block funding from NOAA as well as a
share of lab resources and personnel.
``The cuts that (Congress) are proposing are just
absolutely drastic,'' said Lynch.
Among other projects, NOAA conducts research in climate
diagnostics that provide crucial understanding of global
warming, weather and climate patterns and the impact of
atmospheric conditions.
``This is not just fun and games sciences--this is really
important areas of research,'' said Lynch.
Although Lynch was not sure of the exact amount of funding
CIRES received, she thought it was well over half the
institute's budget.
``If these cuts go through we will have a very different
institute with far less ability to manage the science that
they have been mandated to manage,'' said Lynch.
Lynch has not seen a detailed analysis on where cuts would
come and which programs would be targeted. But she said much
of the staff support was funded by grant-support from NOAA.
Cuts would also hinder the ability of CIRES to undertake
new initiatives, such as the recent study on ``Water in the
West.''
Lynch said serious budget cuts could impact the
intellectual environment of the campus.
``I would worry about losing faculty,'' said Lynch. ``We
have some very high-quality faculty (working at CIRES).''
Undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students have
always had great support in their research at CIRES, and this
would also be in jeopardy, she said.
Chair of the Council of Boulder Laboratories Directors,
Randall Dole, who is also Director of the Climate Diagnostics
Center said that until the cuts were finalized it would be
hard to say exactly how much staff would be laid off.
``This is not just a NOAA problem--frankly this is a
Colorado problem,'' said Dole. ``Because it seats back in the
whole community, you could see the potential for manifold
effects which go beyond the loss of 50-100 jobs.''
Dole said there was no question of the impact the cuts
would have on the volume and the rate of progress of research
being conducted by the various organizations, much of which
focuses greatly on the state's drought, ozone and climate
issues.
Pacheco said he was certain Congress would approve the
bill, the U.S. could amend it.
Mr. MATHESON. Mr. Chairman, over the last few months, I have met with
local law enforcement in Utah and the message is loud and clear, COPS
and Byrne grants are efficient and effective programs. As a result of
these meetings, I fought hard to preserve some of the most basic and
fundamental law enforcement funding mechanisms offered by the federal
government.
The number one program that Utah law enforcement officers bring to my
attention is the importance of the Byrne Grant program. This
partnership among federal, state, and local governments creates safer
communities by providing funds for personnel, equipment, training,
technical assistance, and information systems for more widespread
apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, detention, and rehabilitation
of offenders who violate such state and local laws.
Another successful program is Community Oriented Policing Services,
COPS. Since its inception in 1994, the COPS program has been one of the
most successful law enforcement grant programs in American history. A
central goal of the COPS Office is to help law enforcement agencies
implement and enhance community-based policing, and this program in
particular has been successful in Utah.
While I am pleased to see that the House Appropriations Committee
provided $683 million for the Community Oriented Policing Services,
COPS program, it deserves more funding. I am happy that the House
Appropriations Committee funded the Byrne Formula Grants at $500
million. This grant program is vital to local law enforcement in Utah.
It is my hope that Congress and the Administration can recognize the
value of these programs and that in the future we can work toward full
funding.
Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, the following table details budget authority
of the Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies:
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Mr. MATHESON. Mr. Chairman, our nation is facing a protracted
economic downturn, and manufacturers have been particularly hard hit.
It is crucial that the federal government assists the smaller
manufacturing businesses, which contribute significantly to the
economy. This is why I support the Manufacturing Extension Partnership,
MEP, program.
Many small businesses in my home state of Utah have benefited
substantially from the MEP. I believe that if the federal government is
content to merely study the problems of manufacturers, without
providing a plan of action or tangible assistance, then our efforts to
improve local economies will necessarily fall short.
While I am pleased to see that the House Appropriations Committee
provided $39.6 million for MEP, I hope that this worthy program will
receive full funding during Senate consideration. Our government has
devised and implemented an excellent resource for manufacturers and I
believe that it deserves the continued support of Congress and the
administration. Thank you for your consideration.
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
LaTourette) having assumed the chair, Mr. Hastings of Washington,
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. 2799) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, pursuant to
House Resolution 326, he reported the bill back to the House with
sundry amendments 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 any amendment? If not, the Chair will
put them en gros.
The amendments were 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.
Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 400,
nays 21, not voting 13, as follows:
[Roll No. 422]
YEAS--400
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Alexander
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Baldwin
Ballance
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Becerra
Bell
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (OH)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carson (IN)
Carson (OK)
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Clay
Clyburn
Coble
Cole
Collins
Conyers
Cooper
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
DeMint
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley (CA)
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Dunn
Edwards
Ehlers
Emanuel
Engel
English
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Farr
Fattah
Feeney
Filner
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (TX)
Greenwood
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Herger
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoeffel
Hoekstra
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley (OR)
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inslee
Isakson
Israel
Issa
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Janklow
Jefferson
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kleczka
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kucinich
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)
Lynch
Majette
Maloney
Manzullo
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McCotter
McCrery
McDermott
McGovern
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Nethercutt
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Nunes
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (NC)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rodriguez
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Sandlin
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrock
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Souder
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Sweeney
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Tierney
Toomey
Towns
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Velazquez
Visclosky
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Wamp
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Wexler
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NAYS--21
Akin
Costello
Duncan
Flake
Franks (AZ)
Green (WI)
Hefley
Hensarling
Jones (NC)
McCarthy (NY)
McInnis
Musgrave
Oxley
Paul
Pence
Royce
Tancredo
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Udall (CO)
Van Hollen
NOT VOTING--13
Berkley
Bishop (UT)
Emerson
Ferguson
Ford
Gephardt
Gutknecht
Kennedy (RI)
Lewis (GA)
Norwood
Pryce (OH)
Sullivan
Walsh
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette) (during the vote). Members
are advised there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.
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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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