[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H2762-H2769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           GULF COAST HURRICANE HOUSING RECOVERY ACT OF 2007

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 254 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 1227.

                              {time}  1308


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 1227) to assist in the provision of affordable housing 
to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina, with Mr. Holden 
(Acting Chairman) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier 
today, 5 minutes debate remained on amendment No. 7 printed in part B 
of House Report 110-53 by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price).
  The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining 
and the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) has 1\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Who yields time?

                              {time}  1310

  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I appreciate the apology of the gentleman from Mississippi. It should 
be noted that it was an offer from this Member to forego what occurred 
over the past hour in this House to the gentleman from Mississippi 
during the process, and that offer was declined. But I appreciate his 
apology, and I accept his apology.

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  Mr. Chairman, it is indeed a remarkable privilege for each and every 
one of us to serve in this House of Representatives. This is the 
greatest deliberative body in the world, and it is the greatest 
deliberative body in the world because we treat one another with 
respect during our deliberations. Our deliberative process works 
because of a level of comity. It is not appropriate to impugn the 
motives of individuals, nor is it appropriate to call one's personal 
character into question.
  My amendment to this bill simply would move us in the direction of 
financial responsibility, a small direction admittedly, but in the 
direction of financial responsibility.
  To correct some historical inaccuracies that have been stated on this 
floor, during the 1998 floods in the Midwest, the local match that was 
required by our government was 25 percent. During the 2004 Florida 
hurricanes, the local match that was required for Federal grants was 10 
percent.
  This amendment would simply state that more resources provided for 
the local communities from this remarkably generous Nation who have 
already provided, authorized over $100 billion for recuperation after 
the remarkable devastation of Hurricane Katrina, that further moneys 
would not be allowed to be utilized for the local match. That does not 
preclude this administration or the Secretary of HUD being able to 
waive that requirement.
  This amendment is a very small step in the direction of fiscal 
responsibility, of respecting the hard-earned taxpayer money that is 
sent to Washington. I would encourage my colleagues to support this 
commonsense amendment that respects that hard work and moves us in the 
direction of accountability in an area that is desperately requiring 
that kind of accountability.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. WATERS. May I inquire of the Chair if we have the right to close?
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentlewoman from California has the right to 
close.
  Ms. WATERS. Has the gentleman exhausted his time?
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has 30 seconds remaining on his 
time.
  Ms. WATERS. If the gentleman would like to use his 30 seconds, then 
we would proceed.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentlewoman reserves the balance of her 
time?
  Ms. WATERS. Yes.
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. May I inquire if the gentlewoman has any other 
speakers?
  Ms. WATERS. No, we will use our balance of the time for our close.
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, then I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the remaining time.
  First, I would like to congratulate Mr. Taylor not only for his 
passion, but for all of the work that he has done to try and help 
restore the gulf coast and his town and his city, and to get the kind 
of development that is necessary for people to restore their lives. He 
has worked very hard, as other Members of the gulf coast have. They 
were on the floor today, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Taylor, 
trying to make the case that this gulf coast catastrophe should not be 
penalized.
  We do not know why and they do not know why they would be prohibited 
from using their CDBG, Community Development Block Grant, funds as a 
match. It is unheard of, it is unprecedented that any town, any city, 
any region that has been hit by this kind of disaster, and there is no 
other like it in the history of this country, would be prohibited from 
using as a match the Community Development Block Grant funds.
  These communities have been virtually destroyed, their city halls, 
their water systems, their schools, their hospitals. They do not have 
any money. They are cash strapped. They do not have any money to use as 
a match, and we do not know why they would be singled out with this 
disaster and told that they could not use Community Development Block 
Grant funds. This is not new money. This would simply allow them to use 
that CDBG money as a match.
  I would ask that this amendment be rejected, and I ask my colleagues 
to vote ``no.''
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. All time has expired.
  The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Price).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will 
be postponed.


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 6 printed in part B by Mr. Neugebauer of Texas.
  Amendment No. 7 printed in part B by Mr. Price of Georgia.
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


               Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Neugebauer

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Neugebauer) 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 Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 185, 
noes 247, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 168]

                               AYES--185

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--247

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio

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     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fortuno
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Cannon
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Pence
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1336

  Messrs. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, BLUMENAUER, and MILLER of 
Florida changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. DOOLITTLE and Mr. PICKERING changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Price of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Price) 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 Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 98, 
noes 333, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 169]

                                AYES--98

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Barrett (SC)
     Barton (TX)
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Boehner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Brown (SC)
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carney
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Dreier
     Duncan
     English (PA)
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Lamborn
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Petri
     Pitts
     Price (GA)
     Radanovich
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--333

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Bonner
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heller
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Davis, Jo Ann
     Delahunt
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Pence
     Shadegg
     Young (FL)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

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

                              {time}  1345

  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  Mr. DICKS changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of House 
Resolution 1227, the Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007. 
This resolution will improve flexibility for previously appropriated 
funds for hurricane recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast. In addition, 
the bill would free up for use $1.175 billion in funds previously made 
available to the State of Louisiana under the Hazard Mitigation Grant 
Program, but not being utilized by

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FEMA. The legislation also includes a number of provisions designed to 
preserve the supply of affordable rental housing and would authorize 
4,500 new housing vouchers for the purpose of project-based assistance 
for supportive housing units for seniors, disabled persons, and the 
homeless. In addition, this bill would require HUD to provide a 
replacement voucher for every public housing and assisted housing unit 
that is not brought back on line. The House also adopted the Green 
Amendment which extends FEMA housing assistance until December 31, 2007 
and then transfers eligible households to HUD's tenant-based rental 
assistance program. This amendment is of vital importance, because it 
addresses the looming September deadline and gives more than 12,000 
families the assurance that they will not be displaced for a second 
time as they await the rebuilding of their housing.
  In effect, this bill provides an opportunity for our government to 
correct some of the injustices to the residents of the Gulf Coast for 
the: slow and sometimes mismanaged response of the Bush Administration. 
This bill helps those displaced residents begin to regain stability in 
their lives.
  A test of our government's commitment to these citizens occurred when 
the first flood waters and storm surges arrived. Unfortunately as the 
waters slowly receded, the government also moved slowly. It is in this 
aftermath, over 18 months later, that we finally begin to address the 
grave miscarriage of justice that occurred.
  The current status has former residents caught in a perpetual, 
vicious circle in that the storm damaged areas do not have enough 
schools, hospitals and services to support their return home. However, 
these resources are not available because there are not enough people 
in their neighborhoods to support having hospitals, schools and 
services. The lack of housing fuels this crisis and prevents many from 
returning to the area.
  Currently, fewer than 200,000 of the 454,000 pre-Katrina displaced 
residents have returned home. The survivors of Hurricane Katrina are 
not asking for a hand out, these survivors were not displaced through 
any fault of their own and we must immediately use our resources to 
help them return home. We must treat the survivors of Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita in the Gulf Coast region the same as we have treated 
survivors of other natural disasters.
  Though we have much work ahead to make the residents of the Gulf 
Coast whole, this is a very important first step.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. There being no further amendments, under the 
rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Hastings of Florida) having assumed the chair, Mr. Holden, Acting 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, 
reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill 
(H.R. 1227), to assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-
income families affected by Hurricane Katrina, pursuant to House 
Resolution 254, he reported the bill, as amended by that resolution, 
back to the House with sundry further amendments adopted in the 
Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any further amendment reported from 
the Committee of the Whole?
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I demand a re-vote on the Green 
amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a separate vote demanded on any other 
amendment? If not, the Chair will then put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment on 
which a separate vote has been demanded.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment:
       At the end of the bill, add the following new title:

  TITLE IX--PROTECTION OF HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING FEMA HOUSING ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 901. EXTENSION OF FEMA HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

       There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary to provide until December 31, 2007, temporary 
     housing assistance, including financial and direct 
     assistance, under section 408(c)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     5174(c)(1)) to individuals and households eligible to receive 
     such assistance as a result of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or 
     Wilma, and to the extent that amounts for such purpose are 
     made available, such assistance shall be so extended.

     SEC. 902. VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING FEMA 
                   RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSEHOLDS RESIDING IN 
                   FEMA TRAILERS.

       (a) Transfer of FEMA Rental Assistance to Section 8 Voucher 
     Program.--There are authorized to be appropriated, for 
     tenant-based rental assistance under section 8(o) of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), such 
     sums as may be necessary to provide vouchers for such 
     assistance for each individual and household that is eligible 
     for such voucher assistance and received financial assistance 
     for temporary housing under section 408(c)(1) of the Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5174(c)(1)) as a result of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or 
     Wilma, for the period beginning upon termination of such 
     temporary housing assistance and continuing through such 
     period that such individual or household remains eligible for 
     such voucher assistance. Such voucher assistance shall be 
     administered by the public housing agency having jurisdiction 
     of the area in which such assisted individual or household 
     resides as of such termination date.
       (b) Voucher Assistance for Households Residing in FEMA 
     Trailers.--
       (1) Offer.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall offer, to each individual and household who, as of the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, receives direct assistance 
     for temporary housing under section 408(c)(2) of the Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5174(c)(2)) as a result of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or 
     Wilma and is eligible for tenant-based rental assistance 
     under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), a voucher for such rental assistance, 
     subject to the availability of amounts for such assistance 
     made available in advance in appropriation Acts.
       (2) Provision of assistance.--There are authorized to be 
     appropriated, for tenant-based rental assistance under 
     section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f(o)), such sums as may be necessary to provide 
     vouchers for such assistance for each individual and 
     household that, pursuant to an offer of such assistance under 
     paragraph (1) requests such assistance, for the period 
     beginning upon occupancy of the individual or household in a 
     dwelling unit acquired for rental with such assistance and 
     continuing through such period that such individual or 
     household remains eligible for such voucher assistance.
       (c) Temporary Vouchers.--If at any time an assisted family 
     for whom a voucher for rental housing assistance is provided 
     pursuant to this section becomes ineligible for further such 
     rental assistance--
       (1) the public housing agency administering such voucher 
     pursuant to this section may not provide rental assistance 
     under such voucher for any other household;
       (2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
     recapture from such agency any remaining amounts for 
     assistance attributable to such voucher and may not 
     reobligate such amounts to any public housing agency; and
       (3) such voucher shall not be taken into consideration for 
     purposes of determining any future allocation of amounts for 
     such tenant-based rental assistance for any public housing 
     agency.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 242, 
nays 184, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 170]

                               YEAS--242

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack

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     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickering
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--184

     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Akin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Marshall
     Pence
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1404

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, according to rule IV, clause 4(a), the 
privileges of former Members on this floor, it states, ``is a 
registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal, as those terms 
are defined in clause 5 of rule XXV.'' Is it true that if a former 
Member was a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal, 
that they could not be on the floor?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is correct.


                Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Jindal

  Mr. JINDAL. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. JINDAL. In its current form, I am.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, having as the manager of the 
bill seen the motion to recommit about 8 seconds ago, I reserve a point 
of order until we get a chance to know what is in it.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman reserves a point of order 
against the motion.
  The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Jindal moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1227 to the 
     Committee on Financial Services with instructions that the 
     Committee report the same back to the House forthwith with 
     the following amendments:
       In section 202(c), strike ``to the extent that'' and insert 
     ``that such Housing Authority or other manager shall prevent 
     a household from occupying such a dwelling unit, and shall 
     provide priority for occupancy in such dwelling units, as 
     follows:''.
       At the end of section 202(c), add the following new 
     paragraphs:
       (1) Notwithstanding any priority under paragraphs (4) 
     through (6), a household shall be prevented from such 
     occupancy to the extent that any other provision of Federal 
     law prohibits occupancy or tenancy of such household, or any 
     individual who is a member of such household, in the type of 
     housing of the replacement dwelling unit provided for such 
     household.
       (2) Notwithstanding any priority under paragraphs (4) 
     through (6), a household shall be prevented from such 
     occupancy if it includes any individual who has been 
     convicted of a drug dealing offense, sex offense, or crime of 
     domestic violence.
       (3) Notwithstanding any priority under paragraphs (4) 
     through (6), a household shall be prevented from such 
     occupancy on the basis of a determination that occupancy of 
     any individual who is a member of the household may 
     constitute a threat to public safety, including a threat 
     caused by occupancy that would facilitate reunification of 
     members of gangs involved in criminal activity.
       (4) Priority in such occupancy shall be provided to 
     individuals who are employed or households that include 
     individuals who are employed.
       (5) Priority in such occupancy in public housing dwelling 
     units shall be provided to--
       (A) individuals who agree to contribute toward community 
     service, or to participate in an economic self-sufficiency 
     program for, more hours per month than is required under 
     section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437j(c));
       (B) individuals who, under paragraph (2) of section 12(c) 
     of the United States Housing Act of 1937, are exempt from the 
     requirement under paragraph (1) of such section; and
       (C) households that include such individuals.
       (6) A household that consists of a family or youth 
     described in section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2); relating to family 
     unification) shall be provided priority in such occupancy.

     The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue 
     regulations to carry out the exceptions under paragraphs (1) 
     through (6).

  Mr. JINDAL (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the motion be considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Louisiana?
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. No, we object to that, because we just 
got it, and it would be inappropriate in 10 seconds to be able to read 
it.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  The Clerk will continue to read.
  The Clerk continued reading the motion to recommit.

                              {time}  1410

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Louisiana is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. JINDAL. I want to thank the chairman and I want to thank Ranking 
Member Bachus for their contributions to this legislation in trying to 
ensure that we do the right thing in New Orleans, that things can 
actually be better, that we do not have to return to the way that 
things were even before the storms.
  Prior to hurricanes, thousands of New Orleans residents living in 
public housing often had to deal with horrific living conditions, 
poorly maintained units, out-of-control crime, drugs, gangs and more. 
It was not the living conditions that any human being should have to 
endure. We must ensure that the residents of Louisiana returning home 
following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have access to 
safe, affordable and quality housing.
  We now have the opportunity to rebuild a significant portion of our 
State,

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and we must make certain that the mistakes of the past are not 
repeated. This includes ensuring that our public housing system does 
not force residents to live in unacceptable conditions, and replacing 
the old public housing units with safe, habitable and affordable 
housing for the future.
  Mixed-income developments have proven to be successful when tried in 
other States and should be given a chance to succeed in New Orleans.
  We must also ensure that the poor, elderly or disabled individuals 
coming back are given the tools that they need to ensure affordable 
housing opportunities. Our housing system must give individuals a range 
of affordable choices. We must ensure that our public housing system is 
not again overwhelmed with drugs and crime, but that it instead serves 
its intended purpose of aiding those in need of housing assistance with 
a safe place to live. That is why I am offering this motion to 
recommit.
  Building upon the base bill, this motion to recommit gives priority 
in the awarding of housing units under the bill to individuals who are 
either employed or residents of households with people who are 
employed, exceed the number of legally required hours of community 
service that public housing residents may perform. Third, are 
individuals who are elderly or disabled. Fourth, who qualify for 
placement in housing to avoid having their families separated under 
existing Federal family unification housing rules.
  The motion to recommit also seeks to ensure that public housing 
facilities in New Orleans foster a safer living environment for 
returning families by precluding availability of housing to individuals 
who have either been convicted of being drug dealers, have been 
convicted of a sex crime, have been convicted of a crime of domestic 
violence, or are a direct threat to public safety. This includes 
allowing a refusal to return if an applicant is a threat to a community 
through gang membership. Given the fact that New Orleans' murder rate 
on a per-capita basis now may be the highest in the Nation, I believe 
this motion to recommit should be supported.
  Mr. Speaker, we must put the residents of public housing in a 
position to succeed. Allowing the old system to be put back in place is 
irresponsible and unacceptable; and especially when you consider the 
fact that we are in desperate need of workers to help us rebuild our 
community. We think this motion to recommit deserves every Member's 
support.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I thank the gentleman.
  Let me ask the gentleman from Louisiana, we have been reading it 
over, and I do regret the fact that we got this a couple of minutes 
ago. I am going to check with Valerie Plame, I don't think there was 
anything secret in here. I don't know why it had to be withheld so we 
couldn't have a sensible analysis, but maybe there is one possibility. 
Could the gentleman tell me what in here changes existing law?
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Lousiana.
  Mr. JINDAL. We are directing the housing authority that they have to 
do these things.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Does this change existing law? The 
housing authority, by the way, so people can understand, the housing 
authority that we are directing here is otherwise known as HUD, because 
HUD controls this housing authority and has for some time since before 
the hurricane. But does this change existing law affecting housing 
authorities?
  Mr. JINDAL. Mr. Speaker, this changes current law by not giving the 
discretion, by directing the housing authority to keep these certain 
criminals----
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. In what areas does it direct them? My 
understanding is that, for instance, the work requirement they have 
already got, the housing authority, that the restrictions on people 
with criminal backgrounds are already there. In what way does this 
recommit? Which I am sure the gentleman has seriously studied and is 
very familiar with it. He wouldn't legislate unseriously. Could he tell 
me what in this changes existing law?
  I will yield to the gentleman from Louisiana.
  Mr. JINDAL. Mr. Speaker, under current law, they have the discretion; 
they are not required. We are requiring the housing authority to do 
this.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The question is, in what area, since in 
the work requirement they don't have discretion. Check with whoever you 
have to check with. In what areas are you changing it from 
discretionary to mandatory?
  I will yield to the gentleman from Lousiana again.
  Mr. JINDAL. The underlying bill prevents the preferences that we have 
listed in this motion to recommit. This would direct the housing 
authority to give preference to those that meet the requirements.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Well, the point that we are directing the 
housing authority to give preference to people who follow existing law; 
Mr. Speaker, I wish we had had this before, we might have been able to 
understand it better. It appears to me to be simply a restatement of 
existing law.
  And apparently Members on the other side are afraid that HUD, which 
is the housing authority, won't follow existing law. And I do have my 
own doubts about this administration's predilection for following 
existing law.
  Mr. JINDAL. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. No. I tried five times. I give up.


                      announcement by the speaker

  Mr. CROWLEY. The audience in not in order, Mr. Speaker. The gallery 
is not in order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Persons in the gallery are reminded to 
refrain from manifestations of approval or disapproval of proceedings.
  The gentleman from Massachusetts may continue.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I just have got to comment 
that some of my friends on the other side appear more concerned about 
enforcing the rules strictly than at other times. I asked several times 
to get an answer. I don't think the answer is over there. I don't think 
this is very well considered. It does not appear to me to change 
existing law.
  And to say that we are going to tell them that they have to follow 
existing law, it seems rather odd. If it is so important, you know, if 
this had been offered as an amendment, we argued successfully all the 
subsequent amendments would be in order. To the extent that it changes 
anything, it changes only for New Orleans. So this is only for people 
whose houses were washed away.
  Now, I don't know how it makes any change. I will take on faith the 
gentleman's assertion that it makes changes, even though he couldn't 
tell me what they were. But I would then say, why would we say only if 
your house had been washed away would you be subject to some 
restriction?
  Mr. Speaker, I will now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Louisiana (Mr. Melancon).
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts must 
reclaim his time.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The gentleman is probably trying to 
figure out what the amendment says, and that is a hard job.
  I will then repeat what he said to me, which is, and read this, this 
I do know, ``it is for New Orleans only.'' Now, we could not amend it 
for the whole area. What about Mississippi? I mean, was the gentleman 
afraid that if he included Mississippi, the gentleman, Mr. Taylor, 
would challenge him to come to Mississippi? I think the gentleman from 
Louisiana has already been to Mississippi. He wouldn't have to change 
his travel plans the way the gentleman from Georgia would have.
  Why should only people who have suffered this enormous trauma, who 
live in New Orleans, be subjected to a special set of rules? By the 
way, we will send the Members long lists of rules already on the books, 
statutory and regulatory, that prevent public housing authorities from 
allowing people with criminal records to come in. You have the ``one 
strike'' situation where they can be easily evicted.
  So this does not add, as nearly as we can tell, to the restriction on 
letting people in. To the extent that it imposes a greater work 
requirement, we are talking about people whose homes were

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destroyed, whose jobs may have been washed away, who may be trying to 
find additional housing.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's time has expired.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for so has my 
patience.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Massachusetts 
withdraw his reservation?
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I withdraw my parliamentary reservation. 
I reinforce my substantive ones.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order reservation is withdrawn.
  All time has expired.
  Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to 
recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. JINDAL. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on 
the question of passage.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 249, 
noes 176, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 171]

                               AYES--249

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carney
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth
     Hill
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     Kildee
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skelton
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--176

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boucher
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castor
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doyle
     Ellison
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Price (NC)
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Solis
     Stark
     Sutton
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Culberson
       

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     Hall (TX)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Pence
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1440

  Messrs. CAPUANO, LANTOS and LARSON of Connecticut changed their vote 
from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Ms. BEAN, Messrs. HARE, YARMUTH, COURTNEY, ELLSWORTH, SPRATT and 
RAHALL changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion to recommit was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the instructions 
of the House in the motion to recommit, I report the bill, H.R. 1227, 
back to the House with an amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       In section 202(c), strike ``to the extent that'' and insert 
     ``that such Housing Authority or other manager shall prevent 
     a household from occupying such a dwelling unit, and shall 
     provide priority for occupancy in such dwelling units, as 
     follows:''.
       At the end of section 202(c), add the following new 
     paragraphs:
       (1) Notwithstanding any priority under paragraphs (4) 
     through (6), a household shall be prevented from such 
     occupancy to the extent that any other provision of Federal 
     law prohibits occupancy or tenancy of such household, or any 
     individual who is a member of such household, in the type of 
     housing of the replacement dwelling unit provided for such 
     household.
       (2) Notwithstanding any priority under paragraphs (4) 
     through (6), a household shall be prevented from such 
     occupancy if it includes any individual who has been 
     convicted of a drug dealing offense, sex offense, or crime of 
     domestic violence.
       (3) Notwithstanding any priority under paragraphs (4) 
     through (6), a household shall be prevented from such 
     occupancy on the basis of a determination that occupancy of 
     any individual who is a member of the household may 
     constitute a threat to public safety, including a threat 
     caused by occupancy that would facilitate reunification of 
     members of gangs involved in criminal activity.
       (4) Priority in such occupancy shall be provided to 
     individuals who are employed or households that include 
     individuals who are employed.
       (5) Priority in such occupancy in public housing dwelling 
     units shall be provided to--
       (A) individuals who agree to contribute toward community 
     service, or to participate in an economic self-sufficiency 
     program for, more hours per month than is required under 
     section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437j(c));
       (B) individuals who, under paragraph (2) of section 12(c) 
     of the United States Housing Act of 1937, are exempt from the 
     requirement under paragraph (1) of such section; and
       (C) households that include such individuals.
       (6) A household that consists of a family or youth 
     described in section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2); relating to family 
     unification) shall be provided priority in such occupancy.


[[Page H2769]]


     The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue 
     regulations to carry out the exceptions under paragraphs (1) 
     through (6).

  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed 
in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Massachusetts?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 302, 
noes 125, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 172]

                               AYES--302

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickering
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--125

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis, David
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Paul
     Pearce
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shuster
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Walberg
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Pence
     Young (FL)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1451

  Mr. HALL of Texas changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________