[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 72 (Thursday, May 20, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H3411-H3414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

   Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall vote number 
200, the Kennedy Amendment, I inadvertently voted ``yes,'' when I meant 
to vote ``no.'' I support delaying BRAC.

                              {time}  1246


         Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The unfinished business is the 
demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) on which further proceedings were 
postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania:
       At the end of subtitle A of title XII (page 424, after line 
     12), insert the following new section:

     SEC. 12  . SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DESTRUCTION OF ABU GHRAIB 
                   PRISON IN IRAQ.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, the Abu Ghraib 
     prison in Iraq was one of the world's most notorious prisons.
       (2) Under that regime, as many as 50,000 men and women were 
     jammed into the prison at one time in 12 feet by 12 feet 
     cells.
       (3) Under that regime, many people were tortured and 
     executed in the Abu Ghraib prison.
       (4) Recent activities have further highlighted the horrible 
     memories that Abu Ghraib stands for.

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       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the Secretary of Defense should assist the Iraqi 
     Government, with the approval of that government, in 
     destroying the Abu Ghraib prison and replacing it with a 
     modern detention facility.


                             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 308, 
noes 114, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 201]

                               AYES--308

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Bass
     Becerra
     Bell
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Camp
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Castle
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cole
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Gephardt
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Goss
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley (OR)
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Kirk
     Kleczka
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Matheson
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner (OH)
     Turner (TX)
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Watson
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NOES--114

     Aderholt
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Beauprez
     Bilirakis
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Brady (TX)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Cannon
     Carter
     Case
     Chabot
     Coble
     Collins
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Duncan
     Everett
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fossella
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hayes
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Honda
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lucas (OK)
     Majette
     Marshall
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Nethercutt
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Ose
     Otter
     Paul
     Payne
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pombo
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rangel
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Saxton
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Smith (MI)
     Snyder
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tanner
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Upton
     Vitter
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watt
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Ballance
     Carson (OK)
     Deutsch
     Dooley (CA)
     Fattah
     Hoyer
     Johnson, Sam
     Leach
     Matsui
     Norwood
     Tauzin


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1257

  Messrs. GINGREY, CONYERS, DOOLITTLE, FOSSELLA, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. BONO, 
and Ms. GRANGER changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Skelton

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri 
(Mr. Skelton) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 14 offered by Mr. Skelton:
       At the end of title V (page 200, after line 24), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 598. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY AND PROCEDURES ON 
                   PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULTS 
                   INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Comprehensive Policy on Prevention and Response to 
     Sexual Assaults.--(1) Not later than January 1, 2005, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall develop a comprehensive policy for 
     the Department of Defense on the prevention of and response 
     to sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.
       (2) The policy shall be based on the recommendations of the 
     Department of Defense Task Force on Care for Victims of 
     Sexual Assaults and on such other matters as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate.
       (b) Elements of Comprehensive Policy.--The policy developed 
     under subsection (a) shall address the following matters:
       (1) Prevention measures.
       (2) Education and training on prevention and response.
       (3) Investigation of complaints by command and law 
     enforcement personnel.
       (4) Medical treatment of victims.
       (5) Confidential reporting of incidents.
       (6) Victim advocacy and intervention.
       (7) Oversight by commanders of administrative and 
     disciplinary actions in response to substantiated incidents 
     of sexual assault.
       (8) Disposition of victims of sexual assault, including 
     review by appropriate authority of administrative separation 
     actions involving victims of sexual assault.
       (9) Disposition of members of the Armed Forces accused of 
     sexual assault.
       (10) Liaison and collaboration with civilian agencies on 
     the provision of services to victims of sexual assault.
       (11) Uniform collection of data on the incidence of sexual 
     assaults and on disciplinary actions taken in substantiated 
     cases of sexual assault.
       (c) Report on Improvement of Capability To Respond to 
     Sexual Assaults.--Not later than March 1, 2005, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to Congress a proposal for such 
     legislation as the Secretary considers necessary to enhance 
     the capability of the Department of Defense to address 
     matters relating to sexual assaults involving members of the 
     Armed Forces.
       (d) Application of Comprehensive Policy to Military 
     Departments.--The Secretary shall ensure that, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, the policy developed under subsection (a) 
     is implemented uniformly by the military departments.
       (e) Policies and Procedures of Military Departments.--(1) 
     Not later than March 1, 2005, the Secretaries of the military 
     departments shall prescribe regulations, or modify current 
     regulations, on the policies and procedures of the military 
     departments on the prevention of and response to sexual 
     assaults involving members of the Armed Forces in order--
       (A) to conform such policies and procedures to the policy 
     developed under subsection (a); and
       (B) to ensure that such policies and procedures include the 
     elements specified in paragraph (2).
       (2) The elements specified in this paragraph are as 
     follows:
       (A) A program to promote awareness of the incidence of 
     sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.

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       (B) A program to provide victim advocacy and intervention 
     for members of the Armed Force concerned who are victims of 
     sexual assault, which program shall make available, at home 
     stations and in deployed locations, trained advocates who are 
     readily available to intervene on behalf of such victims.
       (C) Procedures for members of the Armed Force concerned to 
     follow in the case of an incident of sexual assault involving 
     a member of such Armed Force, including--
       (i) specification of the person or persons to whom the 
     alleged offense should be reported;
       (ii) specification of any other person whom the victim 
     should contact;
       (iii) procedures for the preservation of evidence; and
       (iv) procedures for confidential reporting and for 
     contacting victim advocates.
       (D) Procedures for disciplinary action in cases of sexual 
     assault by members of the Armed Force concerned.
       (E) Other sanctions authorized to be imposed in 
     substantiated cases of sexual assault, whether forcible or 
     nonforcible, by members of the Armed Force concerned.
       (F) Training on the policies and procedures for all members 
     of the Armed Force concerned, including specific training for 
     members of the Armed Force concerned, including specific 
     training for members of the Armed Force concerned who process 
     allegations of sexual assault against members of such Armed 
     Force.
       (G) Any other matters that the Secretary of Defense 
     considers appropriate.
       (f) Annual Assessment of Policies and Procedures.--Not 
     later than January 15, 2006, and each year thereafter, each 
     Secretary of a military department shall conduct an 
     assessment of the implementation during the preceding fiscal 
     year of the policies and procedures of such department on the 
     prevention of and response to sexual assaults involving 
     members of the Armed Forces in order to determine the 
     effectiveness of such policies and procedures during such 
     fiscal year in providing an appropriate response to such 
     sexual assaults.
       (g) Annual Reports.--(1) Not later than April 1, 2005, and 
     January 15 of each year thereafter, each Secretary of a 
     military department shall submit to the Secretary of Defense 
     a report on the sexual assaults involving members of the 
     Armed Force concerned during the preceding year.
       (2) Each report on an Armed Force under paragraph (1) shall 
     contain the following:
       (A) The number of sexual assaults against members of the 
     Armed Force, and the number of sexual assaults by members of 
     the Armed Force, that were reported to military officials 
     during the year covered by such report, and the number of the 
     cases so reported cases that were substantiated.
       (B) A synopsis of and the disciplinary action taken in each 
     substantiated case.
       (C) The policies, procedures, and processes implemented by 
     the Secretary concerned during the year covered by such 
     report in response to incidents of sexual assault involving 
     members of the Armed Force concerned.
       (D) A plan for the actions that ware to be taken in the 
     year following the year covered by such report on the 
     prevention of and response to sexual assault involving 
     members of the Armed Forces concerned.
       (3) Each report under paragraph (1) in 2006, 2007, and 2008 
     shall also include the assessment conducted by the Secretary 
     concerned under subsection (f).
       (4) The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives each report submitted to the Secretary under 
     this subsection, together with the comments of the Secretary 
     on each such report on 2004 not alter than May 1, 2005, and 
     shall transmit the report on any year after 2004 not later 
     than March 15 of the year following such year.
       (h) Requirement To Develop Definition of Sexual Assault.--
     Prior to developing policies and programs on the prevention 
     of and response to sexual assaults, the Department of 
     Defense, in consultation with the Service Secretaries, shall 
     develop a definition of sexual assault that is uniform for 
     all the Armed Forces, including but not limited to rape, 
     acquaintance rape, sexual assault, and other criminal 
     offenses.


                             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 410, 
noes 0, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 202]

                               AYES--410

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Bell
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Case
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Collins
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gephardt
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kleczka
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Lynch
     Majette
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCotter
     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
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nethercutt
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pearce
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner (OH)
     Turner (TX)
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Ballance
     Brown (OH)
     Cantor
     Carson (OK)
     Carter
     Cole
     Deutsch
     Dooley (CA)
     Fattah
     Hoyer
     Johnson, Sam
     Leach
     Matsui
     McCrery
     Miller, George
     Murphy
     Norwood
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Radanovich
     Spratt
     Stupak
     Tauzin


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood) (during the vote). Members are 
advised that 2 minutes remain in this vote.

                              {time}  1304

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. MURPHY. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 202 I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

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  Mr. COLE. Mr. Chairman, on May 20, 2004, for rollcall vote 202, I was 
unavoidably detained. If I had been present, on rollcall vote No. 202, 
I would have voted ``aye.''


                          Personal Explanation

   Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Chairman, earlier today I was unavoidably detained 
and missed rollcall vote 202. I wish the Record to reflect I would have 
vote ``yes'' on that amendment.


                          Personal Explanation

   Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I was unavoidably detained and 
missed rollcall vote 202. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yes.''


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma. Mr. Chairman, on Thursday, May 20, 2004, I 
regret that I was unable to cast my floor vote on rollcall Nos. 200, 
201, and 202. The votes I missed include rollcall vote 200 to eliminate 
the 2-year Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) delay contained in H.R. 
4200; rollcall vote 201 expressing the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of Defense should assist the Iraqi Government in destroying 
the Abu Ghraib prison and replacing it with a modern detention 
facility; and rollcall vote 202 requiring the Secretary of Defense to 
develop a comprehensive policy to prevent and respond to sexual 
assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.
   Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote 200; 
I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall vote 201; and I would have voted 
``aye'' on rollcall vote 202.
  Mr. HUNTER. 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. 
Simpson) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaHood, 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. 
4200) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes, had 
come to no resolution thereon.

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