[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 44 (Thursday, April 1, 2004)]
[House]
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House of Representatives

        TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEGACY FOR USERS--Continued
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  Now, undoubtedly, supersized trucks mean growing safety risks for 
highway drivers and pedestrians on narrow roads. According to the U.S. 
Department of Transportation, an estimated 5,000 Americans die each 
year in accidents involving large trucks, and an additional 130,000 
drivers and passengers are injured. New Jersey has a proportionate 
number of deaths and injuries.
  This amendment is not anti-truck. Of course we need trucks for our 
commerce. The amendment simply ensures that a State can see to it that 
the trucks travel on roads that are capable of handling that traffic 
safely.
  The resulting costs from trucks must be borne by State and local 
taxpayers; and at a time when there already exists a huge backlog of 
highway and bridge maintenance projects and many States are facing 
their worse budget crises since before the Second World War, we must 
take that into consideration.
  States are really in the best position to make the determination of 
how the roads within those States should be used. New Jersey did that 5 
years ago with the authorization of the U.S. Department of 
Transportation. That limitation that New Jersey placed on these trucks 
5 years ago has worked very well. It has resulted in, we believe, a 
reduction of accidents and better safety record and a better record of 
wear and tear on the small, generally two-lane, roads.
  So my amendment simply maintains current practice. It does not make 
sense to enable large trucks to make a bad situation worse, to compel 
cash-strapped States, counties and municipalities to spend more of 
their limited resources on bridge and road repairs that are damaged by 
the supersized trucks. My amendment would address that.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I will say, though, I am usually in favor of what occurs by State 
action, but what this amendment does, it allows the State of New Jersey 
to limit large trucks and twin-trailer combination trucks to the 
interstate system, not intrastate, the New Jersey Turnpike and the 
Atlantic City Expressway, except when making local deliveries. It is 
amazing when you need your donors you allow a twin-trailer truck to 
arrive at the door but nobody else.
  In 1999, the New Jersey DOT actually allowed New Jersey to ban, that 
is DOT of New Jersey, large trucks from certain roads. However, that 
was challenged in court by the trucking industry; and if I am correct, 
just recently, last week of this year, the U.S. District Court from New 
Jersey ruled that the New Jersey truck highway access regulatory system 
discriminated against interstate commerce and violated the commerce 
clause of the U.S. Constitution.
  This amendment would reverse that decision; and, again, I would 
suggest that New Jersey use all the recourse through the law. Because 
to take now a case that has been won by one side of the argument in the 
court and now us, as a Congress, to reverse that----
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, the purpose of the amendment, in fact, is to 
maintain current law and current policy, to make sure that this new 
law, should it take effect, would not change anything.
  New Jersey will continue and has declared its intention of arguing 
this in court; and we, the State of New Jersey, expect to win in court. 
We just do not want to change the policy with this new legislation. So 
this was not to side-step the courts but, rather, to keep the law the 
same.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, but the 
industry or the plaintiff that filed the suit is now being precluded 
from going forth. If my colleague wants to do that, have the court or 
New Jersey file an injunction against the court's decision. Do not ask 
us to undo what a court has ruled.
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will continue to yield, this 
would not preclude the truckers from continuing their suit or the 
State.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Reclaiming my time, they can continue their 
suit, but they are not the ones now that have to pursue the suit. They 
are the ones that won the case, and they can drive their trucks on 
interstate commerce because of the clause in the interstate commerce 
clause under the Constitution. What the gentleman is asking us to do in 
the Congress is to undo what the court has ruled.
  I am not a lawyer. Thank God for that. We have got enough of those 
around here. But I am a little concerned that what we are doing here is 
really not fair to the persons that filed the suit to begin with. We 
are saying you cannot do it. You can go back to court. As we go back to 
court, well, you cannot use the truck. Under the interstate clause, 
that is against the Constitution, as the court has ruled.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, how much time remains on both sides?
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Alaska 
(Mr. Young) has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey 
(Mr. Holt) has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman 
from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar).

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  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, this language is not well-drafted, I must 
say to the gentleman. He has a very good purpose but very unclear and 
unsure language; and as I read the language approved under unanimous 
consent, it makes the authority even broader.
  It says trucks that are specifically allowed by Federal law to travel 
on the national network now can be disapproved by New Jersey. We cannot 
have one rule for local trucks and a different rule for through trucks.
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of the time, and I 
will address those points.
  The amendment simply allows the States to have the authority that the 
Department of Transportation determined 5 years ago that they had under 
that existing transportation law. We just want to make sure that in the 
legislation we are considering today we do not change that. If it is 
determined that that is in violation of the Constitution, certainly 
they will be the governing decision, but if it is not determined, we do 
not want anything in this law to preclude those States' rights.
  With that, I ask support for my amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment, as 
modified, offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).
  The amendment, as modified, was rejected.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment 
No. 12 printed in House report 108-456.


                 Amendment No. 12 Offered by Ms. Waters

  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 12 offered by Ms. Waters:
       At the end of subtitle H of title I, add the following (and 
     conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly):

     SEC. 1819. LIMITATION ON PROJECTS AT LOS ANGELES 
                   INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

       No funds may be provided for surface transportation 
     projects that are planned or required to implement 
     Alternative D of the Master Plan for Los Angeles 
     International Airport or any other proposal to build a remote 
     passenger check-in facility at Los Angeles International 
     Airport.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 593, the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters).
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield to myself such time as I may 
consume.
  My amendment would prohibit the use of funds for surface 
transportation projects that are planned or required to implement 
Alternative D of the Master Plan for Los Angeles International Airport 
or any other proposal to build a remote passenger check-in facility at 
LAX.
  Mr. Chairman, this proposed project is mired in scandal and pay-to-
play contracting schemes. The FBI and the DA are now investigating all 
of the alleged corruption.
  Los Angeles International Airport, which is located in my 
congressional district, is already the third largest airport in the 
United States, with a capacity to serve 78 million air passengers every 
year. Alternative D is the latest of several proposals to make LAX even 
bigger, not safer.
  Alternative D is a $9 billion scheme that would demolish homes, 
disrupt the communities of Manchester Square, Inglewood, Hawthorne, El 
Segundo and other communities near LAX in order to construct a remote 
passenger check-in facility at Manchester Square, which is several 
blocks away from the airport terminals.
  There is a broad coalition that have already agreed that we need a 
regional response, that this area is landlocked, and it does not make 
good sense to try to expand LAX this way. The regional response to 
growth would be a good response. This is an ill-conceived project.
  The highly respected Rand Corporation evaluated this project, and 
they concluded that it does not make good sense, and in the event of a 
terrorist attack, passengers would be at great risk because they would 
all be concentrated in this so-called remote facility.
  Alternative D would be inconvenient for airport passengers and their 
families. Local families could no longer drive to the central terminals 
in order to drop off passengers. Instead, airport employees and 
passengers would have to go to this so-called remote passenger check-in 
facility and ride an automated people mover to the airport terminals 
carrying their carry-on baggage with them. This would be extremely 
inconvenient for most passengers, and it would present special 
hardships for the elderly, the handicapped, and families traveling with 
small children.
  Alternative D would displace thousands of Manchester Square 
residents. In order to construct this remote passenger check-in 
facility, the City of Los Angeles would have to acquire and demolish 38 
houses, 179 apartment buildings and a 52-year-old elementary school, in 
addition to the 263 structures it has already acquired. It would also 
have to relocate about 6,200 people, some of whom have federally 
subsidized housing vouchers. I strongly oppose the forced relocation of 
any of these residents.
  Alternative D would increase traffic congestion in communities near 
LAX. The proposal would concentrate airport traffic on the east side of 
the airport near the proposed remote passenger check-in facility, 
causing a shift in airport traffic to the I-405 freeway near the Arbor 
Vitae/Manchester Avenue exits. This could cause a tremendous increase 
in traffic congestion which already has heavily congested this area. It 
also would increase traffic congestion in the surrounding communities 
as airport passengers and other drivers seek alternative routes to get 
to and from and around the airport.
  Mr. Chairman, these funds are intended for surface transportation 
projects that will benefit local communities and alleviate traffic 
congestion. If we permit the funding of any projects that enable the 
implementation of Alternative D, the results will be a tremendous 
inconvenience for passengers, huge increases in traffic congestion, and 
massive disruptions of local communities surrounding LAX. My amendment 
would ensure that no funds are provided for surface transportation 
projects that are planned or required to implement this destructive 
airport expansion project.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Who claims the time in opposition to the 
amendment?
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) who wishes to 
speak on the amendment.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the Chair for yielding me the 
time, and I reluctantly oppose the amendment of the gentlewoman from 
California with whom I am in accord on most issues, and I think she 
makes a very good point about this remote security facility.
  I raised such concerns many years ago in Paris when Charles de Gaulle 
Airport said, for American check-in passengers, we are going to have a 
separate little place called the hutch. I went over to inspect it, and 
I said, my goodness, this is terrific, you collect all the Americans in 
one place so a terrorist can throw a bomb and kill them all at once. Of 
course, I said it in French; and they said, oh, we had not thought 
about that. They backed away and said, well, we will not make Americans 
do that.
  So the gentlewoman makes a good point, but it is the point that is 
part of a larger process and that is to stop the expansion of the Los 
Angeles Airport. The Metropolitan Planning Organization is the agency 
in an urbanized area with the responsibility to determine the needs for 
projects to be advanced to meet transportation needs for the area. We 
really should not be inserting ourselves into that debate, certainly 
not at this time; and, reluctantly, I oppose the gentlewoman's well-
intentioned

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amendment and well-expressed amendment.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I reserve my time.
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  It is unfortunate that there seems to be some agreement between my 
friends on the opposite side of the aisle and my own caucus in opposing 
my project. It is very important to my district and all of the areas in 
the surrounding communities that has formed a coalition, and this is 
simply a request to say let us not use any of this money for any 
selfish projects.
  This has nothing to do with the building of the facility itself; and, 
unfortunately, since there has been an agreement, I know that it will 
be voted down, but I am not at all happy about it.

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  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The gentlewoman's time has 
expired.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). The question 
is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. 
Waters).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment 
No. 13 printed in House Report 108-486.


                Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. LoBiondo

  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 13 offered by Mr. LoBiondo:
       At the end of the matter proposed to be added by section 
     2003(b)(6) of the bill, strike the closing quotation marks 
     and the final period and insert the following:
       ``(J) Program for impoundment of vehicles.--A program to 
     impound a vehicle operated by a person who is arrested for 
     operating the vehicle while under the influence of 
     alcohol.''.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 593, the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo).
  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, my amendment would make States eligible to receive 
section 410, Alcohol-Impaired Countermeasures grant funding to cover 
the cost of DWI vehicle impoundment programs.
  The motivation for my amendment is the result of a very tragic death 
of one of my constituents. U.S. Navy Ensign John Elliott, who had just 
received his commission from the naval flight school in Pensacola, 
Florida, was struck and killed by a drunk driver on July 22 of the year 
2000. The accident instantly killed Ensign Elliott and seriously 
injured his passenger, Kristen Hoinwarter.
  Sadly, it was later discovered, and it was very sad, that the driver 
responsible for Ensign Elliott's death had been arrested for drunken 
driving earlier in the evening. He was released from custody, obviously 
while still being intoxicated, and returned to his car. Elliott was on 
his way home for his mother's birthday party when he crossed paths with 
the intoxicated driver.
  Nearly 3 years after that tragic accident, his parents, Bill and 
Muriel Elliott, continue the fight to save other families from the 
grief they have endured. Lobbying the New Jersey State legislature, the 
Elliotts saw to fruition the drafting, passage, and ultimate enactment 
of John's Law. The law ensures that individuals who pick up an arrested 
driver sign a document accepting custody. Additionally, it gives State 
Police the authorization to impound the automobile of an arrested 
driver for up to 12 hours.
  My amendment will encourage States to establish DWI impoundment 
programs for making them eligible for an existing grant program, 
helping them to defray costs. My amendment does not, I repeat, does not 
require States to enact impoundment programs, nor does it stipulate the 
terms of their programs, nor does it penalize States for not enacting 
such programs. And since funds come from an existing grant program, it 
will not cost the Federal Government a single penny.
  We are making important strides to eliminate the senseless deaths 
caused by the lethal mix of alcohol and automobiles. Annual deaths from 
drinking and driving have decreased. However, much work remains to be 
done. Each death is a preventable one, and this amendment will go a 
long way to ensuring deaths like Elliott's are prevented, and families 
are saved from the pain that the Elliotts have experienced and other 
families have experienced across the Nation.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge all Members to support my amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, and I 
yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I believe, with further discussion, we can find a way 
to come to a resolution.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Oregon 
(Mr. Blumenauer).
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the concept that 
is being advanced by my friend from New Jersey. One of the things that 
I had worked on prior to coming to Congress dealt with taking away the 
cars of repeat drunk drivers.
  I listened to the story of Ensign Elliott and, sadly, this is a 
pattern that is repeated time after time after time. People who commit 
carnage on our highways, repeat drunk drivers, too often there is a far 
too long history. If we had an effective program of impoundment or 
vehicle confiscation, I think we would make a dramatic statement 
towards the people who are serial abusers.
  It is something that I think makes clear that the license to drive is 
not a license to kill; that if we had a more aggressive program to 
disarm people who have shown that they are repeatedly dangerous 
drivers, we can find some common ground.
  Too often we have had people who are, for example, in the restaurant 
and beverage industry that are concerned about how low the blood 
alcohol level is going to fall. We have had concerns from our friends 
with the Mothers Against Drunk Driving who want to move forward. Well, 
this is one people can unite behind.
  I appreciate the gentleman bringing it forward. I hope that we can 
put something in this legislation before we are through that speaks to 
vehicle impoundment, that encourages States to have vehicle forfeiture, 
and that we can take a dramatic step towards eliminating the tiny 
fraction of people who are repeat drunk drivers who inflict such damage 
on the highways.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume, and I thank the gentleman for his very cogent statement.
  Section 410 of existing law gives States eligibility to receive funds 
for alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures. It is a good program, a 
good provision. New Jersey is the first and only State to enact a law 
to impound a vehicle operated by a person who was arrested for drunk 
driving.
  Now, section 410 requires that States meet six of nine criteria to 
qualify for a grant. If the gentleman's amendment is accepted, it would 
expand that number to seven. If the gentleman from New Jersey, as I 
understand from previous discussion on this amendment, would agree that 
as we move further into conference, that the number of criteria 
necessary to qualify for a grant should be reduced to six, so we not 
expand the number and make it easier to evade, then I would concur in 
this amendment.
  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBERSTAR. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I 
would answer, absolutely yes, that is a commonsense approach, and I 
would agree to that.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the 
gentleman.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBERSTAR. I yield to the gentleman from Alaska.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I simply wanted to compliment

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the gentleman and the gentleman from Oregon for their presentations. As 
I told the gentleman from New Jersey, I did support the concept of this 
amendment.
  I also agree with my ranking member that, as we go through it, we 
will do it the right way and do it correctly so we can actually solve a 
serious problem. His story is a very telling story.
  So with that, I guess we will have a voice vote; is that correct?
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, yes, we are; and I 
thank the chairman and the gentleman from New Jersey for a very 
thoughtful constructive matter that now has been resolved in, I think, 
a very positive way.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume 
for a few closing remarks.
  I would just again like to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. 
Young), the chairman of the committee. And to the ranking member, the 
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), I thank you. I know we have 
had extensive discussions over this issue.
  I want to also thank the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), who 
came to me when he first heard of my story, and he told me about 
situations that he had experienced and the work he had done on this. 
And I think he is absolutely correct, we have to find a common ground 
in these areas where we can avoid these senseless tragedies for 
families like that of Ensign Elliott. This is a commonsense measure 
that can move us forward.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment 
No. 14 printed in House Report 108-456.


                   Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Wu

  Mr. WU. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 14 offered by Mr. Wu:
       In the matter proposed to be inserted as section 5309(e) of 
     title 49, United States Code, by section 3010(d) of the bill 
     after ``or entered into a full funding grant agreement'' 
     insert the following:

     or received an application for final design


           Modification to Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Wu

  Mr. WU. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be 
modified in the form at the desk.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will report the modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modification to amendment No. 14 offered by Mr. Wu:
       Insert the following in lieu of Amendment 14:
       In the matter proposed to be inserted as section 5309(e) of 
     title 49, United States Code, by section 3010(d) of the bill 
     insert the following:
       Subsection (d) does not apply to projects for which the 
     Secretary has received an application for final design.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the modification 
offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Wu)?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 593, the 
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Wu) and a Member opposed will each control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Wu).
  Mr. WU. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, there are projects that have undergone all aspects of 
FTA New Starts review and have, in fact, received recommended ratings 
in the FTA 2005 New Starts Report, and they are simply awaiting 
approval to enter final design. These projects have been through 
financial review, environmental review, project management review, and 
have fulfilled all of the prerequisites for entering into final design.
  However, under our subject legislation, only projects with a full 
funding grant agreement or letter of intent before enactment of this 
bill are exempt from the provisions for major projects and small 
starts. This is a serious problem for smaller projects like a commuter 
rail project in my congressional district, which are in final design or 
in the process of having final design approved. I might add this also 
affects a rail project in the San Diego metropolitan area.
  These projects will essentially have to start all over again under 
the small starts program and, furthermore, such projects will have to 
await the promulgation of small starts rules before proceeding. This 
process will result in a year-long delay for projects that are near the 
end of an already lengthy Federal approval process.
  In the case of the commuter rail project in my congressional 
district, this long delay will seriously endanger State funding and 
agreed-to rail agreements.
  Mr. Chairman, my amendment will exempt projects for which the 
Secretary of Transportation has received an application for final 
design from the small starts provisions of the bill. This fair and 
balanced amendment will allow recommended new starts which have applied 
for final design to move forward on their original time line and avoid 
unnecessary delay.
  This is expressly limited to subsection (d), small start projects 
only. My amendment will only affect two recommended small start transit 
projects in the entire country, but it will save unnecessary 
administrative delay and also improve the commuting lives of millions 
of citizens in Oregon and in the San Diego metropolitan area.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. The 
language of the amendment of the gentleman from Oregon as originally 
drawn was way beyond the scope of what he intended, and we greatly 
appreciate the cooperation of the majority giving the gentleman the 
opportunity to have unanimous consent to correct the language to 
reflect exactly what he wants to do, to limit this amendment to small 
starts, which it does; and I think that relieves the concerns on both 
sides of the aisle.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, we are going 
to support the amendment as intended. However, there is a slight, as I 
think the gentleman from Minnesota mentioned, drafting error, the 
section that applies to both the current new starts and the new small 
starts process. We will take the amendment at this time with the 
gentleman's understanding we want to correct the language in conference 
so that the exemption applies only to the new small starts process.
  Does the gentleman understand that?
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I believe under the unanimous consent 
agreement, the gentleman has already made that correction in the 
language pending.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Reclaiming my time once again, Mr. Chairman, if 
he has done that, I apologize. I was talking to my staff and they did 
not advise me of that. If that has already been done, we do not have to 
worry about that.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. If the gentleman will continue to yield, I would just 
add that the principle remains.
  Mr. WU. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume to 
assure the chairman and ranking member that as originally drafted it 
applied to both subsection (d) and (e), major starts and small starts. 
As redrafted in the modified language, this amendment applies only to 
subsection (d), the small starts provision.
  So I want to assure the chairman and ranking member that it does only 
apply to small starts, what would otherwise be small starts.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment, as 
modified, offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Wu).
  The amendment, as modified, was agreed to.

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  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). It is now in 
order to consider amendment No. 15 printed in House Report 108-456.


               Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. LaTourette

  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 15 offered by Mr. LaTourette:
       In section 3023(g) of the bill, redesignate paragraphs (1) 
     through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively, and 
     insert before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the 
     following:

       (1) In general.--Section 5323(j) is amended by striking 
     paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--Funds made available to carry out this 
     chapter may only be used if--
       ``(A) in the case of a construction project--
       ``(i) the steel or iron used shall be of United States 
     origin;
       ``(ii) more than 60 percent of the cost of the components 
     and subcomponents, in the aggregate, of all manufactured 
     products shall be of United States origin; and
       ``(iii) labor costs related to on-site construction shall 
     not be included in calculating the costs under clause (ii);
       ``(B) in the case of a system acquisition--
       ``(i) more than 60 percent of the cost of the components 
     and subcomponents, in the aggregate, of all manufactured 
     products shall be of United States origin; and
       ``(ii) labor costs related to installation and testing 
     shall not be included in calculating the costs under clause 
     (i);
       ``(C) in the case of a manufactured product--
       ``(i) more than 60 percent of the components and 
     subcomponents shall be of United States origin;
       ``(ii) final assembly shall occur in the United States; and
       ``(iii) labor costs related to final assembly shall not be 
     included in calculating the costs under clause (ii).
       ``(2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue regulations 
     to carry out this section.''.
       In section 3023(g)(2) (as so redesignated), strike ``is 
     amended'' and all that follows through ``following:'' and 
     insert ``is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
     following:''.
       In section 3023(g)(3) (as so redesignated), strike 
     ``5323(j)(6) (as so redesignated)'' and insert 
     ``5323(j)(5)''.
       In section 3023(g)(4) (as so redesignated), redesignate the 
     quoted paragraph (9) as paragraph (8).

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 593, the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LaTourette) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LaTourette).
  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I am proud to offer this amendment with the gentlewoman from Michigan 
(Ms. Kilpatrick). I offered a similar amendment in committee, and the 
chairman and the ranking member have been kind enough to work with us 
to incorporate as much as possible into the manager's amendment today.
  Mr. Chairman, as Members know, we have a manufacturing crisis in this 
country. We have lost an estimated 3 million manufacturing jobs. While 
many of us may hold different views on how that came about, I think we 
can all agree that the Federal Government should be part of the 
solution to the crisis.
  The problem here is that there is too much confusion currently as to 
what a manufactured good is. The gentleman from Washington (Mr. Baird) 
had a sense of Congress on the floor a little earlier that addressed 
this issue. Today, Buy America requires that a manufactured good must 
be made with components assembled in the United States. Subcomponents, 
however, do not have to be American made. This has caused a good deal 
of confusion.
  This amendment that the gentlewoman from Michigan and I are offering 
will correct the problem. The amendment is a modified version of H.R. 
3682, the Protecting American Manufacturing Jobs Act, which was 
introduced by the gentlewoman from Michigan. We were able to work this 
out with input from the Federal Transit Administration so they can 
implement it.
  Under this amendment, we clarify that 60 percent of the components 
and subcomponents in a manufactured product must be American made. For 
construction projects and system acquisition, the amendment requires 
that 60 percent of the total cost of components and subcomponents in 
manufactured products must be American made. We also required that 
final assembly of any manufactured product must happen in the United 
States. By making these changes we will make sure that Federal dollars 
support American jobs.
  This is, in my opinion, a good amendment. It helps take care of our 
own manufacturing jobs in this country. I urge support.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in 
opposition.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Tom Davis) 
is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the LaTourette amendment.
  First, let me say to my friend from Ohio, the domestic steel industry 
has no stronger advocate in the Congress than the gentleman from Ohio. 
He has been a leader in this area, but on this particular amendment I 
take issue with it and disagree.
  This amendment would require that more than 60 percent of the 
components and subcomponents of manufactured products used for 
construction projects be of United States origin. Of course, this means 
that, instead of going to the lowest bidder, the taxpayers getting 
their best bang for the buck, it could raise costs conceivably as much 
as 15 percent on a project with its components. That means that there 
is less money to build more roads with, to buy additional rail cars, to 
build intersections that are needed, and it means fewer people can 
become employed because we may be paying more money just to buy 
domestically. This would constitute a radical and in my judgment 
harmful expansion of the current law.
  There is already in my judgment a very wrongheaded 50 percent ceiling 
on non-U.S. components. I have serious concerns about raising it 
another 10 percent. I think we ought to be going in the other 
direction, and I think that this amendment makes bad policy even worse.
  We need to beware the law of unintended consequences. Domestic source 
restrictions such as this one may indeed be well intentioned, but they 
only serve to increase the cost of our critical transportation projects 
by reducing competition available for Federal contracts and raising the 
cost to the taxpayers. These restrictions are often self-defeating as 
they can well lead to reprisals from overseas trading partners. We 
often lose much more business than we gain.
  Restrictions such as those proposed here could possibly provide some 
immediate short-term benefits to some American companies, but in the 
long run, in my judgment, they hurt the overall economy. We cannot 
maintain our global leadership in manufacturing by artificially 
propping up industries that are not able to compete in the global 
marketplace.
  Mr. Chairman, we are here today touting the job creation potential of 
this reauthorization bill, so I have to ask this question: Have we 
considered the counterproductive, anticompetitive consequences of 
restrictionist amendments like this one? How many jobs could be created 
with the dollars firms will have to spend to comply with these 
government-unique restrictions? Our goal should be to ensure that we 
have access to open world markets so that we can get the best deal on 
the best goods available, regardless of their location. The American 
taxpayer deserves nothing less. This again allows us to spend more 
money from this transportation bill on transportation products, which 
means we can employ more people than these restrictions would otherwise 
give us.
  I cannot overstate the potential harm posed by such economic 
isolationist restrictions, harm to our critical transportation 
infrastructure, because by paying more we end up being able to do less; 
harm to our Nation's

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place in the global economy; and harm to our job creation agenda.
  We have to remember a couple of things.
  First of all, the details of the certification contained in this bill 
in my judgment means that if there is not availability of U.S. parts 
then we are going to need waivers. Waivers are going to have to be 
obtained. In these waivers, of course, it takes more time, which delays 
transportation projects.
  Secondly, it could have the unintended consequences of allowing by 
these waivers more foreign products in the U.S. than you may get 
otherwise in some instances.
  Thirdly, and most important, this can invite retaliation from foreign 
countries who, as we restrict the ability of their goods to get into 
markets, they retaliate against us.
  What does this mean? It could be retaliation against agricultural 
products, information technology, even other manufactured products. It 
is anticompetitive, and it is antijobs, in my opinion, as it is 
currently constructed. I rise in opposition.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.


       Modification to Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. LaTourette

  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to modify the 
amendment with the text which I have placed at the desk.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will report the modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modification to amendment No. 15 offered by Mr. LaTourette:
       In the table contained in section 1702 of the bill, as 
     amended--
       (1) strike ``Conduct a project study to examine an 
     interchange at State Route 165 and Bradbury Road, Merced 
     County.'' in item 1544 and insert ``Conduct a Project Study 
     Report for new Highway 99 interchange between State Route 165 
     and Bradbury Road, serving Turlock/Hilmar region''; and
       (2) strike ``$500,000.00'' in item 2844 (relating to 
     construction of roads in Rockdale Veterans Memorial Park, 
     Georgia) and insert ``$1,000,000.00''.

       In item 13 of the table contained in section 3038 of the 
     bill, as amended (relating to Burlington County, New Jersey), 
     strike ``Transit'' and insert ``transit''.

       At the end of such table after item 358, insert the 
     following:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Project                                  FY 05           FY 06            FY 07
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
359. State of Wisconsin buses and bus facilities.............   $9,600,000.00   $9,900,000.00     $10,500,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Mr. LaTOURETTE (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the modification be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to 
object, could I just ask what the purpose of the modification is?
  Mr. LaTOURETTE. If the gentleman will yield, the committee, both 
minority and majority, have asked me to use this amendment as a vehicle 
to make technical corrections in the bill.
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. This makes a bad amendment better.
  Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Without objection, the modification is 
agreed to.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to 
the distinguished gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Kilpatrick), who, as I 
indicated in my other remarks, is the sponsor of the original 
legislation and the coauthor of this amendment.
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Chairman, let me thank the gentleman from Ohio 
for his leadership in continuing the provision to buy America. We are 
in a downturn in our country. Many manufacturing jobs have been lost. 
This Congress has always supported Buy America in earlier years and in 
times past. We hope they will come together today to support our 
amendment.
  It is important that we make sure, and a previous speaker said that 
we may not get the best price. We believe that American workers will 
have the best price, will have the best manufactured goods and that in 
this $275 billion bill, much of it should be spent with American 
manufacturers.
  I was just visited by a group of bus manufacturers in my office just 
last week. They were complaining about how much business they are 
losing and how many jobs they are losing. I think it is imperative that 
we adopt the LaTourette-Kilpatrick amendment.
  Buy America keeps Americans working, keeps families together and 
additionally offers revenues for cities across America. I would hope 
that we would support the LaTourette-Kilpatrick amendment.
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance 
of my time.
  Let me just say on this amendment, this may expand the Buy America 
for steel, but it shrinks Buy America in other areas, other 
manufactured areas, perhaps agriculture, perhaps information 
technology, because of this kind of action that basically invites 
retaliation from foreign countries.
  America is only 5 percent of the world's consumers. If we want to 
succeed from a manufacturing standpoint and economically around the 
world, we need to expand those markets. This goes in the opposite way. 
We ought to be reducing the Buy America requirements, reducing the 
certification process that does nothing but invite waivers which delays 
transportation projects; and we ought to put our transportation dollars 
into getting as much road money, as much money to buy rail cars, to lay 
track and move America as we can. This raises the cost of doing that 
with this legislation. It is for that reason that I oppose this and 
urge opposition to this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to yield such time as 
he may consume to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the 
distinguished ranking member of the committee.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding time 
and thank the gentleman and the gentlewoman for bringing this amendment 
forward.
  In the 1980s, as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight, I held extensive hearings on the status of manufacturing in 
light rail, passenger vehicles and buses during which we demonstrated 
the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in America to underbid products 
coming in from overseas. We shipped overseas tens of thousands of jobs 
in the light rail, passenger rail and bus sector of our economy.
  Now it is coming back. Now we are recapturing those jobs. We now are 
putting in the next 6 years $51.5 billion into transit systems in 
America. We ought to have those jobs in America as well and reclaim the 
technology and the jobs that go with them for America. That is what 
this amendment will do.
  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  I want to make this observation. The Federal Government in the 
procurement process has no greater champion in this Congress than the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Tom Davis), the chairman of the Committee 
on Government Reform. The hearings that he has conducted have literally 
saved the country and the taxpayers billions of dollars.
  This issue, however, while I appreciate every argument that he has 
made, it is time, not by being protectionist but it is time in the 
manufacturing sector that we take care of our own in the United States. 
It is not unreasonable to require that 60 percent, we are not asking 
for 100 percent, but 60 percent of these goods and projects be 
manufactured in the United States and there not be some shell game 
where they simply have to be assembled in the United States. You could 
have a machine with 150 parts and today's requirement is they could all 
be made overseas as long as we had a shop that assembled them here in 
this country. It is wrong, and I ask for support of the amendment.

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  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment, as 
modified, offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LaTourette).
  The amendment, as modified, was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment 
No. 16 printed in House Report 108-456.


                Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Crowley

  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 16 offered by Mr. Crowley:
       At the end of title III, add the following (and conform the 
     table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 3045. AIRPORT BUS REPLACEMENT AND FLEET EXPANSION PILOT 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot 
     program for awarding grants on a competitive basis to 
     eligible entities for facilitating the use of natural gas 
     buses at public airports through airport bus replacement and 
     fleet expansion programs under this section.
       (b) Requirements.--Not later than 3 months after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and 
     publish in the Federal Register grant requirements on 
     eligibility for assistance, and on management, transfer, and 
     ultimate disposition of buses, including certification 
     requirements to ensure compliance with this section.
       (c) Solicitation.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit 
     proposals for grants under this section.
       (d) Eligible Recipients.--A grant shall be awarded under 
     this section only to a public agency responsible for bus 
     service at a public airport.
       (e) Types of Grants.--
       (1) In general.--Grants under this section may be for the 
     purposes described in paragraph (2), paragraph (3), or both.
       (2) Replacement bus grants.--A grant under this section may 
     be used for the acquisition of replacement buses pursuant to 
     subsection (f).
       (3) Fleet expansion bus grants.--A grant under this section 
     may be used for the acquisition of not more than 10 buses to 
     expand a fleet of airport buses at any single airport.
       (f) Replacement Bus Grants.--
       (1) Replacement.--For each bus acquired under a replacement 
     bus grant, 1 older model year bus shall be retired from 
     active service and crushed as provided in paragraph (2).
       (2) Bus acquisition.--Buses acquired under a replacement 
     bus grant shall be acquired in the following order:
       (A) First, new buses will replace buses manufactured before 
     model year 1977, and the older buses replaced shall be 
     crushed.
       (B) If all buses manufactured before model year 1977 owned 
     or operated by the grant recipient have been replaced, 
     additional new buses will replace diesel-powered buses 
     manufactured before model year 1991, which shall either--
       (i) be crushed; or
       (ii) be exchanged by the grant recipient for buses 
     manufactured before model year 1977 from another bus fleet, 
     with that bus then being crushed.

     Exchanges made under subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be made 
     without profit or other economic benefit to the grant 
     recipient.
       (3) Priority of grant applications.--The Secretary shall 
     give priority to awarding grants to applicants emphasizing 
     the replacement of buses manufactured before model year 1977.
       (g) Conditions of Grant.--A grant provided under this 
     section shall include the following conditions:
       (1) All buses acquired with funds provided under the grant 
     shall be operated as part of the airport bus fleet for which 
     the grant was made for a minimum of 5 years.
       (2) Funds provided under the grant may only be used--
       (A) to pay the cost, except as provided in paragraph (3), 
     of new natural gas airport buses, including State taxes and 
     contract fees; and
       (B) to provide--
       (i) up to 10 percent of the price of the natural gas buses 
     acquired, for necessary natural gas infrastructure if the 
     infrastructure will only be available to the grant recipient; 
     and
       (ii) up to 15 percent of the price of the natural gas buses 
     acquired, for necessary natural gas infrastructure if the 
     infrastructure will be available to the grant recipient and 
     to other bus fleets.
       (3) The grant recipient shall be required to provide--
       (A) in the case of a replacement bus acquired as described 
     in subsection (f)(2)(A) to replace a bus manufactured before 
     model year 1977, 10 percent of the total cost of the bus, but 
     not more than $10,000;
       (B) in the case of a replacement bus acquired as described 
     in subsection (f)(2)(B)(ii) to replace a diesel-powered bus 
     manufactured before model year 1991 for exchange for a bus 
     manufactured before model year 1977, 10 percent of the total 
     cost of the bus, but not more than $10,000; and
       (C) in the case of a replacement bus acquired as described 
     in subsection (f)(2)(B)(i) to replace a diesel-powered bus 
     manufactured before model year 1991, 25 percent of the total 
     cost of the bus, but not more than $25,000.
       (h) Buses.--Funding under a grant made under this section 
     may be used to acquire only new airport buses--
       (1) with a gross vehicle weight of greater than 14,000 
     pounds;
       (2) that are powered by a heavy duty engine;
       (3) that emit not more than--
       (A) for buses manufactured in model years 2001 and 2002, 
     2.5 grams per brake horsepower-hour of nonmethane 
     hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01 grams per brake 
     horsepower-hour of particulate matter; and
       (B) for buses manufactured in model years 2003 through 
     2006, 1.8 grams per brake horsepower-hour of nonmethane 
     hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01 grams per brake 
     horsepower-hour of particulate matter; and
       (4) that are powered substantially by electricity 
     (including electricity supplied by a fuel cell), or by 
     liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied 
     petroleum gas, hydrogen, propane, or methanol or ethanol at 
     no less than 85 percent by volume.
       (i) Deployment and Distribution.--The Secretary shall seek 
     to the maximum extent practicable to achieve nationwide 
     deployment of natural gas airport buses through the program 
     under this section, and shall ensure a broad geographic 
     distribution of grant awards, with a goal of no State 
     receiving more than 10 percent of the grant funding made 
     available under this section for a fiscal year.
       (j) Definitions.--In this section, the following 
     definitions apply:
       (1) Airport bus.--The term ``airport bus'' means a bus 
     operated by a public agency to provide transportation between 
     the facilities of a public airport.
       (2) Eligible entities.--The term ``eligible entities'' 
     means the owners and operators of the 25 public airports in 
     the United States with the most passenger boardings in the 
     prior calendar year.
       (3) Public airport.--The term ``public airport'' has the 
     meaning such term has under section 47102 of title 49, United 
     States Code.
       (k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this 
     section--
       (1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
       (2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
       (3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
       (4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
       (5) $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 593, the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Let me state first my admiration for both the chair and the ranking 
member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 
work that they have put into creating this bill before us today. I do 
not pretend to know all the difficulties that they have been through in 
trying to craft this legislation, not being a member of the committee, 
but having done a good bit of extensive reading through the papers have 
come to understand that this has not been an easy process for them. I 
do extend to them my congratulations on coming this far.
  Mr. Chairman, I do have an amendment at the desk that I believe will 
enhance this bill and make it a better bill. So many of us who 
represent airports know the economic benefits airports bring to our 
communities, but we also, unfortunately, know the environmental damage 
that airports can cause the surrounding communities. While everyone 
thinks it is the airplanes themselves which bring elevated levels of 
pollution and ill health effects to surrounding communities, studies 
have shown that the more pressing concern is the emissions of shuttle 
buses, private cars and taxis, tarmac equipment and other vehicles 
which elevate local pollution levels, causing complaints and health 
concerns for many of our constituents.
  A study in 2002 showed the emission reduction performance of natural 
gas transit buses versus conventional diesel counterparts, that the 
natural gas buses had a 53 percent lower oxides of nitrogen, 85 percent 
lower total particulate matter, and 89 percent lower carbon monoxide 
emissions. In fact, right here in Washington, D.C., officials developed 
a plan in 2001 to convert much of the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority bus fleet from diesel to clean natural gas.
  My amendment will create a pilot program that facilitates the use of 
natural gas buses at our Nation's top 25

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busiest airports, New York's three airports, Chicago O'Hare, Los 
Angeles, Atlanta, Miami and others that handle millions of passengers, 
employees and visitors a day.
  My amendment would entail buses not only shuttling passengers 
connecting to terminals but also buses taking passengers from the 
airport to the public airport parking lots and employees to and from 
employee parking lots. This would be done by awarding grants on a 
competitive basis for the use of natural gas buses at public airports 
through airport bus replacement and fleet expansion programs.
  My amendment makes sure that the priority is given to those public 
airports running the oldest buses. We have to get these old polluting 
buses out of service and ensure we can start to reduce air pollution. 
As most of us know, natural gas buses are not something new. This 
amendment will help clean up the air around America's busiest airports 
by improving health and quality of life at the same time.

                              {time}  1630

  Mr. Chairman, my amendment is supported by the Natural Gas Vehicle 
Coalition, and I encourage all my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). The gentleman 
from Alaska (Mr. Young) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Although it is well merited, the Federal Public Transportation 
program does not provide programs for airport-based services. In 
addition, we understand that this amendment, according to our figures, 
adds $300 million to the cost of the bill, and that concerns me a great 
deal.
  And, lastly, may I suggest respectfully, as important as natural gas 
is, we have some real problems getting natural gas to the United 
States, and we had better start looking at that problem very quickly; 
and under the energy bill we can do that. We have not passed the energy 
bill, but it is crucially important for this Nation to have a new 
supply of natural gas.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for yielding.
  I too support the spirit of the gentleman's amendment, but not the 
language and not the approach and certainly not the additional cost 
without offsets. I do want to point out that under FAA's Airport 
Improvement Program and with the use of passenger facility charges, 
airports can accomplish this purpose. In fact, provided that the 
vehicle is owned by the Airport Authority, operated solely on airport 
property, the funds from passenger facility charges can be used to 
purchase such vehicles.
  Where a vehicle is not AIP eligible, FAA would pay for the difference 
in cost between low emissions and a regular vehicle. We have addressed 
this matter already in the appropriate context in the FAA 
reauthorization bill. So there is a way of accomplishing it.
  Under Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement, funds are 
apportioned to the States to improve their air quality in nonattainment 
areas. The pilot program, unfortunately, does not address nonattainment 
areas within States. So just as we opposed taking FAA money off 
airports, we are in the position of taking CMAQ money and putting it 
into airports. So the purpose of the gentleman is at cross purposes 
with public policy already in place, and reluctantly we must oppose the 
amendment. But we will work with the gentleman and find a way that we 
can accomplish this purpose.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I appreciate the comments of both gentlemen whom I respect very much 
on those issues. I would say that it is not an attempt on my part to 
take from Peter to pay Paul or vice versa. I was really trying to find 
a solution to the problem of congested airports and the pollution that 
they emit to surrounding communities. And I look forward to working 
with the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), ranking member, in 
the future to further address this issue.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment 
No. 17 printed in House Report No. 108-456.


                 Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mr. Bachus

  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Chairman pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 17 offered by Mr. Bachus:
       After section 4131, insert the following (and redesignate 
     the subsequent section of subtitle A of title IV, and conform 
     the table of contents, accordingly):

     SEC. 4132. HOURS OF SERVICE RULES FOR OPERATORS PROVIDING 
                   TRANSPORTATION TO MOVIE PRODUCTION SITES.

       Notwithstanding sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, 
     United States Code, and any other provision of law, the 
     maximum daily hours of service for an operator of a 
     commercial motor vehicle providing transportation of property 
     or passengers to or from a theatrical or television motion 
     picture production site located within a 100 air mile radius 
     of the work reporting location of such operator shall be 
     those in effect under the regulations in effect under such 
     sections on April 27, 2003.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 593, the 
gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus).
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
  Mr. Chairman, the U.S. motion picture and TV industry makes movies 
that are seen around the world. But, unfortunately, foreign countries 
are offering tax incentives to attract that production overseas, and I 
think most of us have seen movies lately that were set here, but filmed 
in Canada or Mexico.
  This amendment would help stop that, and it simply will allow the 
motion picture industry, the TV industry, to operate under the current 
Hours of Service regulations. Not only the motion picture industry and 
the TV industry which asked me to bring this amendment, but the 
Teamsters Union have endorsed this amendment. It will simply allow 
those drivers who drive out to the location for an hour or 2 hours, 
then have 9 hours of rest and then have 2 hours in the evening to 
continue those hours of service. They have an excellent and exemplary 
safety record.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) 
is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2 minutes.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise not only in opposition to this amendment, but to 
the many assaults upon the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration's hours of service rule announced just recently. But 
this one in particular, the FMCSA revised the hours of service pursuant 
to legislation that we enacted that moved out of our committee, through 
this body, through conference, signed into law. It has taken years for 
them to get this rulemaking after many hours of public discussion, 
debate, publishing in the Federal Register; and now people who are 
unhappy with the outcome are coming to the Congress to overturn a 
rulemaking. They have another procedure to do that. We should not by 
law go in and just be a congressional wrecking crew for safety.
  Major change in the rules was to lengthen the required rest time 
after a long day on duty from 8 hours to 10 hours. An 8-hour rest is 
not enough. They barely get time to get home from their job, maybe get 
a shower, have something to eat, go to bed, and then they are going to 
be on duty again. A 10-hour off-duty period allows a driver reasonable 
time to get home, be with

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family, have dinner or lunch or whatever his shift allows, and then get 
that 7 to 8 hours of sleep.
  I have heard this said many times, including the President of the 
Motion Picture Association say they start at seven o'clock and they may 
finish at eight or nine o'clock at night, and they are not doing 
anything all this time. I say those who only stand and wait also serve.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Mrs. Tauscher).
  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me 
this time.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Bachus-Tauscher 
amendment to clarify the hours of service rule for drivers in the 
motion picture and television industry.
  This industry is vital to California and the Nation, and these new 
rules inadvertently impact their business model and encourage offshore 
production. The Teamsters strongly support this amendment because it 
will save jobs for their members who contribute so much to our economy.
  I have tremendous respect for the ranking member of the committee and 
chairman of the committee, but the facts are that the rulemaking is 
about long-haul drivers, drivers who are driving many consecutive, 
consistent hours. This is not the situation here. This industry and the 
Teamsters have an unblemished record. They have a tremendous safety 
record. They are not driving for long hours. They are actually driving 
for less than 100 miles, waiting until the production is done, and then 
driving back.
  We are all for safety, but we also want to keep jobs in this country. 
This is vital to California. I urge my colleagues to support the 
Bachus-Tauscher amendment.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Coble), who is one of 38 Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure members who have signed a letter in 
support of this amendment.
  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a good amendment. Outside of industry centers 
such as New York and California, North Carolina, my State, leads the 
country in attracting film and television production to our State. This 
hours of service amendment would allow the motion picture industry to 
operate under the old hours of service rules under which they have an 
excellent safety record, but this will also afford them to keep 
production costs down.
  It is imperative, Mr. Chairman, that my State and other States be 
able to compete for this business. Too much of it is lost to Canada and 
other countries. As my friend from Alabama just said and gentlewoman 
from California mentioned, it is a good amendment. The Teamsters 
support this amendment. I support this amendment. I urge my colleagues 
to do likewise.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Foley) in support of this amendment.
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate what the ranking member and the 
chairman are trying to do relative to truck safety, but this is a very 
unique issue. As chairman of the House Entertainment Task Force, we 
have been working consistently to try to keep jobs in America. We are 
talking about jobs not only about movie stars, but for the grips, the 
caterers, the production folks. This is a totally different issue.
  The truck arrives on the set of a production in the morning, having 
driven maybe 50, 75 miles, and remains on the set for the remainder of 
the day before it moves back to its location. This is not long-haul 
shipping.
  Mr. Chairman, we have had enough runaway productions leaving to 
Canada and other locales. This is one more impediment to keeping film 
production in the United States. It is a jobs opportunity provision. 
The gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Tauscher), and the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. 
Coble), I appreciate their sentiments on this. So, please, as we get 
ready to vote for this amendment, this is not contrary nor trying to be 
argumentative with our great chairman and ranking member on safety. We 
all join in the safety of our streets and highways. But we have to be 
very careful and make this unique distinction to protect jobs.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to include in the Record a letter from the 
Teamsters in support of this amendment, and these are the very drivers 
that are driving these trucks. And as the gentleman from Florida said, 
these drivers drive and our amendment limits them to 100 miles. They 
drive out in the morning. They drive back at night, and that is their 
responsibility, and they do have 9 hours of rest. This does not include 
overnight. They go with the film crews. They go with the actresses. 
They go with the actors. They go with the camera people. And they are 
all out there from sunup to sundown. And the Teamsters, if the Members 
look at the letter that I am introducing, they will tell them that they 
are afraid they will either lose their job because they will continue 
to go out of country or they will turn these jobs into 2- or 3-hour 
part-time jobs and hire two crews. And instead of having a good-paying 
job, they will have no job.

                                    Studio Transportation Drivers,


                                Teamsters Local Union No. 399,

                               North Hollywood, CA, July 16, 2003.
     Re: support for exemption from new hours of service 
         regulations.

     Hon. Ernest Istook, Jr.,
     Chairman,
     Hon. John W. Olver,
     Ranking Member,
     House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, 
         Treasury, and Independent Agencies, Washington, DC.
       Gentlemen: I understand that your committee is considering 
     amendments that would provide relief to certain industries 
     from aspects of the new hours of service (``HOS'') 
     regulations published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration. On behalf of the Studio Transportation 
     Drivers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 
     399, I wish to express our support for a proposal to permit 
     commercial drivers to continue to comply with current HOS 
     regulations concerning daily, on-duty time when operating to 
     and from a motion picture or television production site 
     located within a 100 air-mile radius of their work reporting 
     location.
       Existing HOS duty time regulations are better suited to the 
     unique schedules of studio transportation drivers than th new 
     regulations that will take effect January 4, 2004. Drivers 
     assigned to productions drive only a few hours each day; 
     these are short haul assignments. These drivers have had an 
     excellent safety record, and their schedules meet the current 
     HOS limitation. To comply with the new regulations, the 
     industry will not be able to use the same drivers for an 
     entire production day. Thus, each driver will receive 
     significantly less compensation than under the current 
     system. Given our excellent safety record, and that new HOS 
     regulations largely were designed to address the fatigue of 
     long-haul drivers, application of new duty-time limits to our 
     drivers will increase operating costs without a corresponding 
     safety benefit.
       I hope that you will support retaining current hours of 
     service regulations for studio transportation drivers.
           Sincerely,
                                                      Leo T. Reed,
                            Secretary-Treasurer/Principal Officer.

  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Lipinski).
  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me 
this time.
  There are at least three other, and perhaps four other, industries in 
this country that have come to me asking for an exemption from this 
hours of service rule, and we have looked at it very closely, and we 
feel very strongly that these exemptions should not be granted.
  I am a long-time supporter of the Teamsters. I do not think there is 
an issue that has come before this House that I have not been on their 
side, but there are some times that we have to protect people from 
themselves. Consequently, I have to strongly oppose this amendment.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
  I thank the gentleman for his statement.
  If I may have the attention of the gentleman from Alabama, he has 
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referenced that drivers have 9 hours off during the day. If he would be 
willing to limit his amendment to those cases where they have 9 hours 
off during the day, I think we could accept that.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBERSTAR. I yield to the gentleman from Alabama.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, as the gentleman knows, this amendment was 
first proposed last October and we have tried to work in committee. We 
tried to work on this issue. What we are talking about is we have 
restricted it to 200 miles: 100 miles in the morning, 100 miles at 
night. To me it is almost a joke to say that that would fatigue these 
drivers. The very drivers that are driving, they have been operating 
under these rules for years and years and years and have an exemplary 
safety record.

                              {time}  1645

  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, under the language provided for us here in this 
amendment, a driver could start work at 8 o'clock in the morning, work 
until midnight with 2 hours off during the day, and be expected back at 
work at 8 o'clock the following morning. I do not think it is right to 
put drivers on the road with so little rest, so much fatigue and so 
great potential for fatalities.
  Now, the industry argues, well, we have not had any fatalities. But I 
have been involved in this fatigue issue in aviation, railroading, 
maritime and over-the-road truck driving for 25 years, and I know that 
the next fatality is just around the corner from the next weakening of 
safety regulations.
  It is inappropriate to make the change in the way in which it is 
proposed here. This is not the right venue, it is not the right 
approach, it will endanger worker safety, and we ought to oppose this 
amendment.
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Bachus amendment. 
I understand the effects that the new hours of service rule is having 
on the trucking industry and I also understand the unique operation of 
the motion picture drivers.
  There are a number of groups who are seeking a modification to the 
hours of service rule and its for a simple reason--one size doesn't fit 
all.
  The modifications sought by individual groups are understandable and 
I do support the motion picture industry's efforts. However, I also 
want to mention that I am also a strong supporter of taking a broader 
approach to assist all drivers, including short-haul operators in 
dealing with the new rule.
  Options such as providing another 16-hour day to the short-haul 
drivers and providing all drivers with a defined two-hour rest period 
are viable options. I plan to continue working on this issue because 
there are several matters that deserve consideration.
  Again, I support the Bereuter amendment and I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). All time has 
expired.
  The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Alabama (Mr. Bachus).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote, and pending 
that, I make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. 
Bachus) will be postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.
  It is now in order to consider Amendment No. 18 printed in House 
Report number 108-456.


                Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr. Bereuter

  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 18 offered by Mr. Bereuter:
       At the end of title IV, add the following (and conform the 
     table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 4133. OPERATORS OF VEHICLES TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL 
                   COMMODITIES AND FARM SUPPLIES.

       (a) Agricultural Exemption.--Sec. 345(a)(1) of the National 
     Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 
     109 Stat. 613) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Transportation of agricultural commodities and farm 
     supplies.--Regulations prescribed by the Secretary under 
     sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, 
     regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used 
     by motor carriers shall not apply to drivers transporting 
     agricultural commodities or farm supplies for agricultural 
     purposes in a State if such transportation is limited to an 
     area within a 100 air mile radius from the source of the 
     commodities or the distribution point for the farm 
     supplies.''.
       (b) Definitions.--Section 345(e) of such Act of 1995 (109 
     Stat. 614) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Agricultural commodity.--The term `agricultural 
     commodity' means products grown on and harvested from the 
     land during the planting and harvesting seasons within each 
     State, as determined by the State.
       ``(8) Farm supplies for agricultural purposes.--The term 
     `farm supplies for agricultural purposes' means products 
     directly related to the growing or harvesting of agricultural 
     commodities during the planting and harvesting seasons within 
     each State, as determined by the State, and livestock feed at 
     any time of the year.''.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 593, the 
gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter) and a Member opposed will be 
recognized for 5 minutes each.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter).


        Modification to Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr. Bereuter

  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the 
amendment be modified in the form at the desk.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will report the modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modification to Amendment No. 18 offered by Mr. Bereuter:
       On page 1, line 13, after the word ``apply'' insert the 
     phrase ``during planting and harvest periods, as determined 
     by each state''.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the modification 
offered by the gentleman from Nebraska?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 3 minutes.
  Mr. Chairman, first, I want to thank the leadership of the committee 
for accepting the perfecting amendment. It does track the existing 
regulations.
  This amendment, based upon H.R. 871, which this Member offered last 
year, would assure that agriculture transporters would continue, that 
is the important part, would continue to be exempt from hours of 
service requirements when operating within a 100-mile radius of their 
point of origin during the very busy and at times short, weather-
restrained planting and harvesting seasons of the year.
  This is a matter of great importance to the transporters of 
agriculture commodities and supplies as well as consumers. However, 
this amendment narrows the definition of commodities and farm supplies, 
and I think it is appropriate.
  The business of farming is driven largely by the weather and the 
significant demands of spring planting and fall harvest, and farmer's 
yields and the qualities of their crops depend, to a major extent, on 
timing. Planting, fertilizing, application of crop protection products 
and harvest all must be done at the right time, fitted in and around 
the ups and downs of weather.
  During the 1995 National Highway System Designation Act, this 
Member's initiative led to regulations creating the current exemption. 
This relief has been threatened by proposed changes to hours of service 
rules. The provisions to include this amendment are needed to safeguard 
the continuation of this necessary exemption and to provide a clearer 
definition and a more restricted definition of agriculture commodities 
and farm supplies.
  It is for this reason that I offer the amendment today. The 
legislation is supported by 40 cosponsors on a bipartisan basis. The 
chairman and the ranking member of the committee have received letters 
from about 35 organizations supporting the amendment.
  I ask for its approval.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BEREUTER. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I will not have to claim time in 
opposition. The unanimous consent request includes restoring the 
language ``during planting and harvest periods as determined by each 
State'' is restoration

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of current law and is not an expansion thereof.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, that is correct.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. With that understanding, we can accept the amendment on 
this side.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman 
very much.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the cosponsor of 
the legislation, the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm).
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from Nebraska for 
yielding me time. I also thank the ranking member for his acceptance of 
this amendment and also the chairman of the committee.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a very important amendment for agriculture, the 
agriculture exemption for truck drivers. Without this exemption, 
drivers employed by agriculture retailers and farmers during the busy 
planting and growing season would have to comply with the same 
stringent rules that apply to long-haul drivers.
  U.S. agriculture depends heavily on this limited relief. We have a 
great opportunity with this amendment to develop a uniform set of 
regulations that haulers of agriculture commodities will use.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to 
the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), the distinguished chairman of 
the committee.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding 
me time and especially thank the gentleman for his perseverance and the 
work he has done, as well as the ranking member for accepting the 
amendment to the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I think what I have said before is it is a way to have 
a little logic in this body. I do compliment the gentleman for bringing 
this amendment to the floor.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his support and appreciate 
the assistance of the staff on both sides of the aisle as we moved in 
this direction.
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Bereuter 
amendment. I understand the effects that the new hours of service rule 
is having on the trucking industry and I also understand the unique 
operation of the drivers of agriculture commodities.
  There are a number of groups who are seeking a modification to the 
hours of service rule and it's for a simple reason--one size doesn't 
fit all.
  The modifications sought by individual groups are understandable and 
I do support the agriculture modification. However, I also want to 
mention that I am also a strong supporter of taking a broader approach 
to assist all drivers, including short-haul operators, in dealing with 
the new rule.
  Options such as providing another 16-hour day to the short-haul 
drivers and providing all drivers with a defined 2-hour rest period are 
viable options. I plan to continue working on this issue because there 
are several matters that deserve consideration.
  Again, I support the Bereuter amendment and I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment, as 
modified, offered by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter).
  The amendment, as modified, was agreed to.


          Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, 
proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further 
proceedings were postponed in the following order: Amendment No. 3 
offered by Mr. Flake of Arizona, Amendment No. 4 offered by Ms. 
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Amendment No. 9 offered by Mr. Chocola of Indiana 
and Amendment No. 17 offered by Mr. Bachus of Alabama.
  The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. The 
remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.


                  Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Flake

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on Amendment No. 3 offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 60, 
noes 367, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 106]

                                AYES--60

     Akin
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Bass
     Bishop (UT)
     Boehner
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Collins
     Cox
     Davis (FL)
     Deal (GA)
     Everett
     Feeney
     Flake
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gutknecht
     Harman
     Harris
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hensarling
     Hunter
     Isakson
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline
     Kolbe
     Linder
     Lofgren
     Majette
     Miller (FL)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Norwood
     Otter
     Paul
     Pence
     Putnam
     Ramstad
     Renzi
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Rush
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Simpson
     Smith (MI)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Thornberry
     Weldon (FL)
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--367

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Ballance
     Ballenger
     Barton (TX)
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Bell
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Case
     Castle
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     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
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hyde
     Inslee
     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 (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Kleczka
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nethercutt
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Ose
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)

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     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sweeney
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     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
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--6

     DeMint
     Gephardt
     Hulshof
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Waxman


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington) (during the 
vote). Members are advised there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1718

  Messrs. STRICKLAND, HASTINGS of Florida, SPRATT, HOYER, ACKERMAN, and 
Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. BROWN-WAITE of Florida, and Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of 
Virginia changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. SIMPSON, ROHRABACHER, HAYWORTH, COLLINS, and EVERETT changed 
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

                              {time}  1720


                Announcement By the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). Pursuant to 
clause 6 of rule XVIII, the remaining votes of this series will be 
conducted as 5-minute votes.


          Amendment No. 4 Offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas 
(Ms. Jackson-Lee) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 50, 
noes 376, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 107]

                                AYES--50

     Ballance
     Bell
     Bonilla
     Brady (TX)
     Burgess
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Conyers
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis, Tom
     DeLay
     Doggett
     Flake
     Foley
     Fossella
     Frost
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Hall
     Hastings (FL)
     Hensarling
     Hinojosa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Lampson
     Neugebauer
     Otter
     Paul
     Pence
     Pitts
     Sandlin
     Scott (VA)
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Thornberry
     Toomey
     Turner (TX)
     Udall (CO)
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Watson
     Weldon (FL)
     Wynn

                               NOES--376

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (OK)
     Case
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole
     Collins
     Cooper
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dooley (CA)
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     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
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     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
     McGovern
     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
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Ose
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     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
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott (GA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner (OH)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watt
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     DeMint
     Gephardt
     Hulshof
     Lewis (KY)
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Waxman


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised there 
are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1726

  Ms. MAJETTE changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. DOGGETT, SHADEGG, OTTER, and FROST changed their vote from 
``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Chocola

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana 
(Mr. Chocola) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 198, 
noes 228, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 108]

                               AYES--198

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachus
     Baird
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bishop (UT)
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner

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     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Coble
     Cole
     Collins
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hill
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hunter
     Isakson
     Issa
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Majette
     Manzullo
     Marshall
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Ose
     Otter
     Oxley
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Toomey
     Turner (OH)
     Turner (TX)
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--228

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Ballance
     Ballenger
     Becerra
     Bell
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Boozman
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown, Corrine
     Burgess
     Camp
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson (OK)
     Case
     Castle
     Chandler
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley (CA)
     Doyle
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foley
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Israel
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Kleczka
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (MI)
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Snyder
     Solis
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     DeMint
     Gephardt
     Hulshof
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Waxman
     Young (AK)


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised there 
are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1736

  Ms. DeGETTE changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. SMITH of Texas, OTTER, McINNIS and FORBES changed their vote 
from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mr. Bachus

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). The pending 
business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus) on which further proceedings 
were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 365, 
noes 62, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 109]

                               AYES--365

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Allen
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Ballance
     Ballenger
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Bell
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     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
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole
     Cooper
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doggett
     Dooley (CA)
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grijalva
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Lynch
     Majette
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     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
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nethercutt
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Olver
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)

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     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott (GA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner (OH)
     Turner (TX)
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--62

     Alexander
     Andrews
     Berry
     Bonilla
     Capuano
     Carter
     Case
     Collins
     Conyers
     Costello
     Crowley
     Davis, Jo Ann
     DeFazio
     Delahunt
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Gonzalez
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Holt
     Hostettler
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kleczka
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Markey
     McCollum
     Mollohan
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Petri
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Scott (VA)
     Sherwood
     Skelton
     Snyder
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Weldon (FL)
     Wolf
     Wu
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--6

     DeMint
     Gephardt
     Hulshof
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Waxman


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised there 
are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1744

  Mr. RANGEL and Mr. RUSH changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now 
rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Hastings of Washington) having assumed the chair, Mr. Simpson, Chairman 
pro tempore 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. 3550) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes, had come 
to no resolution thereon.

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