[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H7878-H7898]
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 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 481 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. 2641.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2641) making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, and for other purposes, with Mr. Tierney (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, a request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) had been postponed.


               Amendment No. 35 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

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

       Amendment No. 35 offered by Mr. Hensarling:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       None of the funds in this Act may be used for the South 
     Carolina HBCU Science and Technology initiative (SC).

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, this particular amendment would save 
the taxpayers $1.5 billion. This would

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strike the funding for the South Carolina HBCU Science and Technology 
initiative.
  Let me say at the outset that I have no doubt that good use could be 
made of these funds by this institution in South Carolina. Let me also 
stipulate I have no doubt that the gentleman from South Carolina, who 
has offered this earmark, knows far more about the good work they do at 
this institution than do I.
  But I do believe that it is critical that every single penny of 
Federal spending be put in the context of its impact, not only on the 
taxpayer, but of future generations. I think if you are going to lead, 
you have to lead by example.
  Now, I wish we had the opportunity to come to the floor each and 
every day and debate what will happen to future generations if we don't 
alter the spending patterns that we presently have in Congress today.
  In fact, the chairman of the Federal Reserve has recently spoken, 
``Without early and meaningful action to address the rapid growth of 
entitlements, the U.S. economy could be seriously weakened with future 
generations bearing much of the cost.''
  A report from the Government Accountability Office, the rising cost 
of government entitlements are a fiscal cancer that threatens 
catastrophic consequences for our country and could bankrupt America.
  I know that principally our spending patterns are driven by 
entitlement spending. But as the late Everett Dirksen once said, $1 
billion here, $1 billion, we are starting to talk about real money. By 
one estimation, we already have 10,000 Federal programs spread across 
600 agencies, and it seems like week in, week out, we just add, add to 
those particular programs.
  The question I have here today again is when we look at this one 
expenditure, and, yes, earmarks are a small part of Federal spending, 
but I believe that they are a large portion of the culture of Federal 
spending. I am not religiously opposed to earmarks.
  Again, maybe good things can be done with this money. But looking at 
the fact that the Federal budget is going way beyond the ability of the 
family budget to pay for it, at what point do we say that maybe, maybe 
the Federal taxpayer shouldn't be asked to spend money that goes to, I 
believe in this case, a private college.
  Again, as I understand it, the funding would be used for math and 
science research at the respective institutions.
  Well, we have got some of these institutions in the Fifth 
Congressional District of Texas. I am sure they could use the money at 
Eastfield College. I am sure they could use the money at Trinity Valley 
Community College. I am sure my alma mater, Texas A&M University, which 
is not in my district, could use this money as well.
  But out of the hundreds of thousands of institutions of higher 
learning, why are we deciding that the taxpayer is supposed to fund 
this one? Is there any good purpose, any good program, any good project 
in America that shouldn't receive a Federal subsidy? That's kind of the 
question that we have here today.
  When I see a group of earmarks that are going to institutions in 
Members' districts, and I reflect upon the fact that we are now on a 
collision course to either double taxes on the next generation, or, for 
all intents and purposes, have no Federal Government, save Medicare, 
Medicaid and Social Security, we have got to start saving the pennies. 
When we start saving the pennies, eventually, the dollars will take 
care of themselves.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the gentleman's 
amendment and claim the time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. I would be happy to yield time to my colleague, the 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn).
  Mr. CLYBURN. I thank my chairman for giving me this time.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas.
  In fiscal year 2003, while I was a member of the Energy and Water 
Subcommittee, I requested an analysis of the Department of Energy 
funding, which had been historically received by historically black 
colleges and universities.
  When I met with the subcommittee staff to go over these numbers, I 
think it is fair to say that we were all shocked. At that time, Mr. 
Hobson was chair of this subcommittee, and he summoned me to his 
office, and we sat down to discuss these numbers.
  What we found was that over the prior 5 years funding to these 
institutions by the Department of Energy had been somewhere around 6.8 
percent of all of their funding to colleges and universities across the 
country. In that 5-year period, that number had dropped to 2.8 percent, 
and we decided that it would be good to take a look at whether or not 
this could be reversed. I want you to just think about that.
  Less than 3 percent of the funding by the Department of Energy was 
going to these institutions, yet over 25 percent of all black students 
in higher education were attending these institutions.
  Now, my congressional district has seven, I would say to the 
gentleman from Texas, seven historical black colleges and universities, 
and he seemed to be discussing this amendment as if it were one.
  I would also say to the gentleman that in my congressional district, 
you will find the University of South Carolina, The Citadel, the 
College of Charleston, Columbia College, Francis Marion University. And 
I would say that as far as the University of South Carolina is 
concerned, in this same subcommittee, you will see some earmarks, if 
you please, I call it targeted funding, to that institution. Yet I 
would ask the gentleman why has he singled out the HBCUs with no 
attention given to the University of South Carolina.
  Mr. Chairman, I would suggest to the gentleman from Texas that this 
funding, $10.5 million, is a very small investment for these students. 
I applaud the gentleman's desire to be a good steward of the taxpayers' 
money. But our suggestion is that his focus is misguided. This small 
investment will pay huge dividends to the constituents I represent, and 
I rise in the strongest objection to this amendment.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I would just add, there is a number of 
amendments I have, not just simply those in the gentleman's district, I 
suppose I could be here all day speaking about them.
  I might also add that I am pleased to have a historically black 
college in my district, Jarvis Christian College in Wood County, Texas. 
Last I looked they don't have any money in this particular bill.
  But the question again is, if we are going to help people with 
education, doubling taxes on the American families, which the budget 
resolution has done, which this bill is a part of, is no way to help an 
education.
  I would urge adoption of this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 
minutes.

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  Mr. HOBSON. Let me say this: as the gentleman spoke, this came about 
when I was chairman of the committee. We relooked at what we were doing 
for HBCU. I happen to have two in my district. These institutions are 
generally underfunded and generally don't have the ability to put the 
emphasis on science and technologies that many of us believe these 
students should have. This is an effort by the committee to direct that 
money so we can increase taxes and can increase funding to the Federal 
Government and to other agencies by getting these people involved in 
science and technology. So I wholeheartedly support the committee's 
recommendation and would urge to vote down the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.

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                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will 
be postponed.


               Amendment No. 36 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

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

       Amendment No. 36 offered by Mr. Hensarling:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       None of the funds in this Act may be used for the 
     Environmental Science Center, University of Dubuque, IA.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I would like to continue on somewhat 
with some of the themes that were touched upon in the last amendment. 
But before I do, I do want to say a few words about the overall bill.
  I do want to say that I think a lot of good work was done by the 
committee, by the chairman, by our ranking member. It is my 
understanding that the dollar value of the earmarks has declined 
substantially from the last bill. I am going to say that I view that as 
progress. But I also want to say that when we are approaching as a 
Nation a very nasty fiscal fork in the road, and in this institution 
unfortunately there is a nasty habit of just kicking that can down the 
road as I mix my metaphors; but, again, don't take my word for it, look 
at the analysis of the Congressional Budget Office, look at the 
analysis of the General Accountability Office, look at the Office of 
Management and Budget.
  Just dealing with the government that we have today, if Congress just 
disappeared and created no new government, we are going to reach this 
fiscal fork in the road in the next generation, where we are either 
going to have to double taxes on our children and grandchildren, or for 
all intents and purposes there will be no Federal Government save 
Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
  It is not my analysis. Look at the analysis of these other bodies. 
And so I believe again that, unfortunately, although earmarks today are 
a small portion of the Federal budget, they are a large portion of the 
culture of Federal spending.
  Another reservation I have is my fear that too often they teach 
people and teach institutions to become dependent upon the Federal 
Government. I come from Dallas, Texas, and a part of the Fifth 
Congressional District takes in the eastern part of the City of Dallas. 
I was dealing not long ago, taking a tour with one of the very revered 
and esteemed medical institutions within the City of Dallas that said 
that for years and years and years they were always happy to 
competitively bid through the NIH process or other processes for their 
research grant money. But they have awakened to the dawn of a new day 
now to where so many of their other competing medical education, 
medical research institutions were receiving their Federal funding via 
the earmark track. And so finally, after all these years, they broke 
down and invested in a Federal lobbyist. Now, they were happy with a 
competitive system, but they have realized that, unfortunately, that is 
increasingly not where this Congress is headed.
  And so I believe that that is a bad thing, again, to try to somehow 
move away from what should be a more competitive process into one that 
does something else. Now, again, I think there is a lot of wonderful 
earmarks here. I have no doubt about it. But, unfortunately, more often 
than not we see earmarks representing a victory of the special 
interests over the national interests, a victory of seniority over 
merit, and too often a victory of secrecy over transparency.
  I am glad that the Democrat leadership recently reversed themselves 
to allow the transparency that we see today, and I believe that that is 
a good thing. But two things we have to remember as we hand out money 
to one specific educational institution, and in this particular case 
the Environmental Science Center at the University of Dubuque. Maybe 
good things can be done with that money, but how about the good things 
that the taxpayers who fund this, how about the good things they could 
have done?
  I recently received some correspondence from a lady in my district, 
Joyce of Tennessee Colony, Texas: ``Dear Congressman, please do what 
you can to stop the wasteful spending. I am retired; I am disabled. I 
am raising three grandchildren and now one great grandchild. I 
sometimes cannot afford my own medicine. It takes everything I have to 
get us from month to month. Gas has become a problem. I can't go to 
church at the end of the month because I don't have gas to get to 
town.''
  So here we are, Mr. Chairman, in an energy and water bill, and we are 
harming the energy program of American families to put energy earmarks 
in this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim the time in opposition 
to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I would simply make the observation that 
for collectively the decisions made for congressional changes in the 
administration's request represent about 1 percent of the total funding 
for the Department of Energy in this bill, and they were very 
thoughtfully made. And whether they be, in this instance, in Dubuque, 
Iowa, or any other community around the United States, it is certainly 
the committee's position and belief that those investments are urged 
for the greater good of everyone living in this country, and that is 
certainly to the advantage of every taxpayer in the United States of 
America.
  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to oppose the 
amendment by the gentleman from Texas, which would prohibit funding in 
the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for the new Environmental 
Science Center at the University of Dubuque in Iowa. When opened, this 
Center will provide State, regional, and national benefit through 
educating undergraduate and graduate level students in the 
environmental sciences, and helping to create the next generation of 
science professionals.
  The need for greater science education has received a lot of 
attention in recent years, and is an integral component of ensuring 
America's global competitiveness. As a Member of the Science, 
Technology, Engineering, and Math Caucus, I believe strongly in the 
need for investment in science education, and I recognize the direct 
role that the Environmental Science Center plays in keeping America 
competitive.
  The University of Dubuque has offered an interdisciplinary major in 
Environmental Science since 1980, with many graduates currently working 
in scientific fields. The environmental science program at the 
university is unique because of its hands-on focus and strict 
scientific training. In nearly every course, a field laboratory 
provides direct, applied experiences for all types of students. 
Furthermore, University of Dubuque's tri-state location affords 
students the opportunity to work with three State natural resource 
agencies--Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Even as an undergraduate, 
students are able to receive a regionally based scientific education.
  The new Environmental Science Center will allow the university to 
expand on its proven record of educating national scientific leaders. 
The Center will specialize in hands-on, applied learning for current 
science teachers, environmental agency personnel, undergraduate 
environmental science majors, and education majors to teach the next 
generation of American scientists. A failure to fund the Environmental 
Science Center would be a step backward for America's scientific 
proficiency.
  This funding is consistent with the President's goal to, ``encourage 
innovation throughout our economy and to give our Nation's children a 
firm grounding in math and science.'' [President George W. Bush, State 
of the Union Address, February 1, 2006] America needs facilities like 
the University of Dubuque's Environmental Science Center to provide a 
grounding in science, and help move America forward.
  I strongly oppose the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas, 
because it will set America back in terms of global competitiveness and 
will endanger programs that will educate the next generation and allow 
them to

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compete with the likes of China, Europe, Japan, and Asia.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling).
  The amendment was rejected.


               Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

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

       Amendment No. 37 offered by Mr. Hensarling:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       None of the funds in this Act may be used for the Emmanuel 
     College Center for Science Partnership, MA.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, in specific, this amendment would 
strike the earmark that would fund the computer and science equipment 
at Emmanuel College Center for Science Partnership.
  Again, following up on some of the debate in the earlier amendments, 
I simply question why, at a time when our Nation continues to face 
great fiscal challenges in the future, that although these individual 
earmarks may be small amounts, I almost feel like the story of the 
three bears, whether the porridge is too hot or too cold. You come to 
debate spending on the floor, and sometimes people will tell you, well, 
that program is so big it is a sacred cow, you can't touch it. And then 
other times, Mr. Chairman, you hear, well, we are dealing with a very 
small amount of money here, so why are we bothering with that? You 
almost believe it is part of the NIMBY syndrome, the ``Not in My Back 
Yard.''
  And, again, I will say I am sure the sponsor of this earmark knows 
far more about it than I do, knows far more about the educational 
institutional, and I have no doubt that good things could be done with 
that money. But that is not really the relevant question. The relevant 
question ought to be, number one, is this something the Federal 
Government ought to be doing in the first place, given all the other 
challenges and needs that we have.
  Second of all, is this a priority? Is this a priority? Because we 
know now that as, recently, Congress voted to increase the debt 
ceiling, continues to raid the Social Security fund. Is it worth taking 
money out of the Social Security trust fund to fund this particular 
earmark or any other particular earmark? And that is what Members have 
to decide.
  And although I am sure the sponsor of the earmark can make a very 
good defense and tell us all the wonderful good ways that this money 
will be used, and I am sure he will tell us that he knows his district 
better than anybody else, I stipulate that. I stipulate that. But, Mr. 
Chairman, I think I know my district, the Fifth Congressional District 
of Texas, better than anybody else in this institution; and I am 
fearful that every time the people of the Fifth Congressional District 
are called upon to fund somebody else's earmark somewhere else across 
the Nation, because, again, as we are trying to fund Federal energy and 
water programs, we are taking away from family energy and water 
programs, including in many of those in the Fifth Congressional 
District of Texas.
  Recently, I heard from Ken of Mabank, Texas. He was concerned about 
this single largest tax increase in the history that was passed as part 
of the Democrat budget. And as you spend more money, you have to tax 
more money. And so we know that the average American family in the next 
5 years is going to be faced with an extra tax burden of about $3,000 a 
year, and part of it pays for earmarks like these. I heard from Ken in 
Mabank, and he said: ``Dear Congressman, any increase in taxes will 
hurt my family budget and cause us to cut back in other key areas. The 
rising gas prices have already made us cut back on spending. Why does 
the Federal Government continue to have an open checkbook based on the 
backs of the taxpayer, me?''
  Well, I get letters like these every day, Mr. Chairman. And, again, 
we have to be cognizant as these so-called investments are made in 
Washington, we are taking away the ability of families including those 
in the Fifth Congressional District of Texas to make their investments 
in energy, their investments in water. And, again, I have no doubt that 
the sponsor of this amendment believes that good things can be done 
with the money, but is every good thing in America due to receive a 
Federal subsidy? Shall we start to subsidize Girl Scout cookies? How 
about cut flowers in everybody's home? My children, who are age 3 and 
5, are just now learning to swim. Maybe we should subsidize swimming 
pools in every community across America. Where does it all end? Where 
does the madness stop?
  This kind of spending fuels the single largest tax increase in 
history and threatens, threatens, to double taxes on our children. I 
urge adoption of the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
gentleman's amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. At this point I would yield time to the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano).
  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Chairman, several questions I guess I heard. Number 
one, about earmarks in general. I respect that. That is a legitimate 
debate to have. I personally thought I wasn't elected just to rubber-
stamp the President's desires or his administration's; I was elected to 
also exercise judgment, judgment on behalf of my constituents and 
judgment on behalf of the people of America. One of the things I think 
is important is to educate the children of America.
  This particular earmark goes to a private college that has entered 
into a private, private partnership with Merck to build a new science 
lab, to educate the children from, I would dare say, some of them might 
be from the Fifth District of Texas. This is a private university run 
by nuns. And, by the way, if Sister Janet ever called you and asked you 
for a favor, you would do it, too, if you had any brains, because I 
wouldn't say no to Sister Janet. So I don't know exactly what the 
debate is. This particular one is to educate our own children in an 
merging field of biotechnology and other sciences.
  Now, I know that some of the people that don't like this amendment 
also don't want us to bring people from overseas for those jobs. I 
question, where would they come from? Who will we hire? If we don't 
want people coming from overseas, which is a fair comment, and we don't 
want to educate our own children, where is the next generation of 
scientists coming from if we don't help?
  Mr. Chairman, this is just another ploy to get some kind of 
philosophical opportunity to make marks. It doesn't help the country, 
it doesn't address the specific item at hand, it is just a way to make 
some television time; and I urge this amendment be defeated.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, now, I have never met Sister Janet, but 
I have heard from Melanie in Chandler, who said: ``If I have to pay 
more taxes, then I can't afford to go to school.'' I have heard from 
Rose in Garland who says: ``I am a divorced mother with a child in 
college. An increase in taxes would wipe out hope of the first college 
graduate in the family.''
  Fueling earmarks like these take away from family education programs, 
Mr. Chairman. And that is why I urge adoption of the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano).
  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Chairman, I understand that people don't like to pay 
taxes. Neither do I, unless those taxes are used for wise and important 
purposes. And if the gentleman is so concerned about every taxpayer 
that doesn't want to pay taxes, then why are we still in Iraq?
  The amounts of money you are concerned with you said is a very small

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amount of money. And it is, to you. It is not to Sister Janet and to 
the students at Emmanuel College. And if you are that concerned with 
it, all you have to do is just shut down Iraq for less than 30 seconds 
and you would have this money available to us. So I don't believe that 
the real concern is tax money, because if it were, we wouldn't be 
having this debate. We would be having a debate on another matter that 
is much more financially irresponsible.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. HENSARLING. 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 Texas will 
be postponed.


               Amendment No. 38 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

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

       Amendment No. 38 offered by Mr. Hensarling:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       None of the funds in this Act may be used for Roosevelt 
     University Biology Laboratory Equipment (IL).

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would strike the earmark 
used to fund the equipping of two laboratories, creating 48 state-of-
the-art work stations at Roosevelt University Biology Laboratory.
  Again, Mr. Chairman, there are so many great colleges, so many great 
universities across our Nation. How do we get into the business of 
subsidizing some and not subsidizing others?

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  Again, there are many worthy colleges in the Fifth Congressional 
District of Texas, Jarvis Christian College, Eastfield College, Trinity 
Valley Community College, and a much greater list beyond that. And so 
somehow, the students who attend those colleges in the Fifth District 
of Texas, either they or their peers are being asked to take money that 
would be destined for their education programs and send them somewhere 
else, in this case Illinois, to fund somebody else's education, 
somebody else's research.
  I again stipulate that I have no doubt that good things could be done 
with this money. I don't know what. I'm sure the gentleman who 
sponsored the earmark would be happy to let us know the good things 
that can be done with this money.
  But too often, Mr. Chairman, we seem to forget whose money it is in 
the first place. And so that's why I bring these letters, this 
correspondence from people from the Fifth Congressional District of 
Texas, because we should never ever forget that as we're plussing up 
some Federal program, be it in energy or water or education, you're 
taking away from some family's program where they're trying to fund 
their energy, their water, their education.
  And again, Mr. Chairman, I just don't know how people can be aware of 
the fact that this Nation is on a collision course for a fiscal 
calamity. Just the government we have today threatens to double taxes 
on the American people. Now, a lot of those people today can't vote. 
Some of those people aren't even born yet. But we know it's going to 
happen.
  Go to the Congressional Budget Office. Go to the Office of Management 
and Budget. Listen to the Federal Reserve Chairman. Let me quote from 
some other sources. I quoted earlier from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben 
Bernanke, that without early and meaningful action, the U.S. economy 
could be seriously weakened, with future generations bearing much of 
the cost.
  CBO, either a substantial reduction in the growth of spending, a 
significant increase in tax revenues relative to the size of the 
economy, or some combination will be necessary to promote the Nation's 
long-term fiscal stability.
  A famous economist, Robert Samuelson, the rising cost of government 
retirement programs, mainly Social Security and Medicare, increase 
taxes or budget deficits so much that they could reduce economic growth 
and this could trigger an economic and political death spiral.
  And so what I hear from too many of my colleagues is, well, this is 
just a few dollars in my particular district. Well, the challenge is 
great. The challenge is great. We must lead by example, and by leading 
by example, we shouldn't be bringing a bill to the floor, number one, 
that has a 4.3 percent increase over last year, 3.7 percent over the 
administration's request, and quite often they request too much, that I 
believe contains 5.6 billion in earmarks. Where does it all stop?
  Is this truly a Federal priority? Or should the priority be to assure 
that we leave the next generation with greater freedom and greater 
opportunity?
  That fight starts today. I know too often the focus in the Nation's 
capital is on the next election and not the next generation. We ought 
to put it on the next generation because if we don't there'll be no 
money for them to fund their education programs. There'll be no money 
at all. And so we need to start today, and in this area of earmarking 
funds to these private educational institutions is a good start.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I would like to claim the time in 
opposition to the gentleman's amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. At this point I would like to recognize my colleague 
from the State of Illinois, Mr. Davis.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman 
from Indiana for yielding.
  I've listened rather intently all afternoon to the gentleman from 
Texas and his amendments. I've tried to find some logic. I've tried to 
find some validity. I've tried to find some argument. And, you know, 
for the sake of me, I have not been able to find any.
  You can talk to any educators in America, and they will talk about 
the great need that exists for science teachers. You can talk to any 
medical schools, anybody really interested in health care, and they 
will talk about the need for scientists. You can talk to researchers. 
You can talk to people who try and keep us competitive with other 
nations, and they will talk about the great need that exists. You can 
talk to school districts who are importing science teachers from other 
countries because we don't have an adequate supply here in the United 
States of America.
  Then I hear the gentleman say, let's not fund these institutions. 
Let's not give the Roosevelt University, named for one of our great 
Presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which provides opportunities for 
young people who would never, ever get the chance to go to college, to 
learn science.
  Well, I can tell you that I still have not been able to find the 
logic of the gentleman's argument, other than to say let's not have 
earmarks. I'm sure that Jarvis Christian could use whatever resources 
that it could get, and of course it would have them if its 
Representative had requested and tried to get what they need.
  So I strongly oppose the gentleman's amendment, urge that it be voted 
down, down, down, as far down as it can get, and that we provide the 
opportunity for young people in America to fulfill the dream of a 
college education, a chance to earn a living, raise their families, 
make America the Nation that it has not been.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the $700,000 from the Department 
of Energy--Science account for biology laboratory equipment for 
Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL. Roosevelt University seeks 
equipment assistance for its biology laboratory which supports student 
and faculty work in cell and molecular biology. These subjects are 
integral to majors in the sciences, pre-health career programs, and 
science education. This request would equip 2 laboratories, creating 48 
state-of-the-art workstations and provide equipment for institutions 
advancing science and science education. The total cost of the project 
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$6,000,000. Roosevelt University has partnered with the State of 
Illinois and local university funds are available for this project. 
This laboratory also supports the summer career pathways biotechnology 
program with Chicago Public Schools.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I'm not sure we're having a debate over 
how much money we're going to spend over education. We are certainly 
having a debate over who should do that particular spending.
  I'm sorry that the gentleman from Illinois doesn't see the logic of 
American families who are working hard trying to save money, trying to 
put their children through college, and yet he has an earmark that is 
helping being funded by the largest tax increase in American history.
  I heard from Joy in Dallas, ``I could not pay for a semester of 
college for my daughter if I had to send $2,200 more dollars to the 
government.'' We can ask her about the logic of the gentleman's 
earmark.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Texas has 
expired.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment from the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling).
  The amendment was rejected.


               Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

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

       Amendment No. 39 offered by Mr. Hensarling:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       None of the funds in this Act may be used for Nanosys, Inc.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, this particular amendment would strike 
the earmark for Nanosys, Inc. The funding would have been used to 
develop a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly to enable the 
production of lightweight fuel cells suitable for automotive 
applications and portable electronic devices.
  Mr. Chairman, I have no doubt that that is a very worthy expenditure 
of funds. I, myself, prior to coming to Congress, used to be an officer 
in what most typically know is a green energy company.
  The issues surrounding fuel cells, the issues surrounding making 
energy more environmentally friendly, making America more energy 
independent are very, very important issues. But I wonder, I wonder 
about the wisdom, about earmarking funds to a specific, which I assume 
to be, for profit company, a private company. Otherwise why are they 
called Nanosys, Inc.?
  There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of 
companies across America, all trying to do good things, trying to feed 
our people, educate our people, clothe our people, heat their homes in 
the winter, cool them in the summer, help them with transportation. 
What isn't a priority here?
  And so now we give all the indication that, instead of having a 
company come and compete in some process, some kind of competitive 
bidding process, instead we have an earmark to a private company. Why 
is their fuel cell technology so superior to somebody else's?
  Back when I was affiliated with Green Mountain Energy of Austin, 
Texas, they were doing a lot of good things to produce power from wind 
energy and solar energy and biomass. Perhaps I should encourage some of 
my former colleagues of that particular private company to, instead of 
competing in the halls and competing in the marketplace, to come 
compete in the halls of Congress for an earmark.
  Now, again, this Nation desperately needs advances in fuel cell 
technology, but to start handing money, through earmarks, to individual 
companies, Mr. Chairman, I do not believe is the way to go.
  And furthermore, once again we face such fiscal challenges. Our 
energy challenge, our educational challenge are not the only challenges 
we face. We face a great fiscal challenge. To paraphrase the Controller 
General Walker, he has said, we are on the verge, in America, of being 
the first generation in our Nation's history to leave the next 
generation with a lower standard of living.

                              {time}  1415

  It has never been done in the history of America. And we will do that 
if we don't stop the ways that we spend the people's money.
  So, again, I am faced with a bill here that spends 4.3 percent more 
than last year. I am faced with an earmark that is part of that 
process. I am looking at a Democrat budget plan, Mr. Chairman, that 
will be $21 billion over the President's request. I am looking at a 
Democrat budget resolution that is going to impose the single largest 
tax increase in America's history not only on the good people of the 
Fifth Congressional District of Texas but everybody. So, again, the 
relevant question is not can good things be done with the money. I am 
sure Nanosys can do a lot of good things with the earmark that they 
will mostly likely receive. But it is coming out of American families. 
It is coming out of their energy budget. It is coming out of their 
education budget. If we don't fund it through that, if we pass more 
debt on to our children, then what are they facing? They are facing 
doubling of their taxes and our generation passing on to them a lower 
standard of living. And, Mr. Chairman, I simply do not wish to be a 
part of that.
  So I urge adoption of this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the gentleman's 
amendment and claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Eshoo).
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for 
the very good work that he has done, all the members of the committee, 
because I know that you have to make difficult choices.
  I am pleased to speak on the floor today about this investment in new 
technologies. As so many Members of the House know, I have the 
privilege of representing a congressional district that is the home of 
innovation and technology, high technology, biotechnology in our 
Nation. So perhaps the gentleman from Texas should come to visit 
because he would quickly come to respect what our country has come to 
rely on as well as our national economy.
  I believe that this is a small but very important investment, and it 
will make vehicles more fuel efficient. I think this is not only a 
value of the people of my congressional district but of the entire 
Nation.
  Our country today is paying too high a price for not being fuel 
efficient, not being energy efficient; and to add insult to injury, we 
are depending upon our opponents and in some cases our enemies to 
supply us. That is a policy that I believe is on its head, and so I was 
pleased to request of the committee that we make an investment in this 
technology.
  Now, what does it do? It develops a new type of cost-effective, 
energy-efficient fuel cell for automobiles. Now, fuel cells, we know 
that they can dramatically improve mileage per gallon, but the downside 
is that they require platinum, and platinum is expensive and it is in 
short supply. But it is needed because it is the catalyst for these 
fuel cells.
  This particular investment actually will go a long way to 
dramatically increase the surface area of the platinum in a fuel cell. 
In other words, it will bring down the price. In fact, this project 
that I have requested funding for promises to produce a one-third cut 
in the overall cost of the fuel cell.
  Now, we are respected around the world for the investments that we 
have made collectively, public and private, in new technologies. It 
seems to me that this is cutting edge, that it is smart, and that it is 
wise.

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  I would like to make two broader observations. Number one, when I 
listen to the gentleman from Texas, he registers the complaints from 
his constituents.
  You know what? You don't have a corner on the market of constituents 
that care about how we spend money. Of course these things should be 
scrutinized. I welcome it.
  But when there is an overall public good here where all of the 
American people win, not just my constituents from the 14th District in 
California or the gentleman's district in Texas but all Americans, that 
is a good investment.
  Number two, my constituents pay taxes, just like yours. And guess 
what? Californians don't get back everything that they send here. So 
are some things appropriate, good investments? We have to scrutinize 
that. But mine pay a fair share just as everyone else's do. As a matter 
of fact, California sends more than it gets back, which includes my 
constituents.
  And I would like to add a final point, and my mother used to say 
this, and now her words, I think, are truer than ever: ``There are some 
that know the cost of everything but value nothing.''
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I have listened intently to the 
gentlewoman's debate. I would simply say that it sounds too good to be 
true. If the company is on the cusp of making such wonderful 
breakthroughs, I just wonder, then, why taxpayer funds are needed. It 
would seem like investors would be knocking on the door to have a part 
of this great technology that this company is about to produce. I would 
love to sometime be able to visit California, visit this particular 
company, although I am not sure how practical it is. And I would 
encourage the gentlewoman to come to the Fifth District of Texas and 
speak to the people who are having to pay for this bill.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Texas has 
expired.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. HENSARLING. 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 Texas will 
be postponed.


            Amendment Offered by Mr. Campbell of California

  Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Campbell of California:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       None of the funds in this Act may be used for the 
     following:
     Ala Wai Canal feasibility study
     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Wailupe Stream Flood Damage 
         Reduction Investigation
     Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, GA
     Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Funds, North Hempstead, New 
         York
     Fumer Creek, NY
     Moyer Creek, NY
     University of North Alabama Green Campus Initiative (AL)
     Upper Mississippi River System Navigation and Ecosystem 
         Sustainability Program
     Ouachita and Black Rivers Navigation Project
     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Bayou DeSiard, Monroe, LA
     J Bennett Johnston Waterway, Louisiana
     Ouachita River Levees, Louisiana
     Camp Ellis, Maine
     Gulf of Maine Research Institute Laboratory Upgrades, Maine
     Port of Pittsburgh Commission
     Kennedy Health System, Voorhees, New Jersey
     Steele Creek, NY
     Upper Susquehanna River Basin Environ Rest, Cooperstown, NY
     Stillwater, MN Flood and Retaining Wall Project, St. Croix 
         River
     Mt. St. Helens Sediment Control, Washington
     Columbia River Channel Improvements, Oregon and Washington
     Columbia River at Baker Bay, WA
     Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration, Washington
     Comite River Diversion Canal, Louisiana
     Bayou Sorrel Lock, Louisiana
     Louisiana State University Ag Center
     Lake Belle View, Wisconsin
     BioEthanol Collaborative, SC
     Augusta, Georgia U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study
     City of Atlanta, Environmental Infrastructure
     Biorefinery and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research, Development and 
         Demonstration Project, Georgia
     Sustainable Energy Research Facility Construction, Frostburg 
         State University, MD
     Johnson Creek Project, Arlington, Texas
     Advancing Texas Biofuel Production Project, Baylor 
         University, Texas
     Center for Renewable Energy, Science, and Technology (CREST)
     Jupiter Oxygen Inc., Dallas, Texas
     Army Corps of Engineers Des Plaines River Project
     Army Corps of Engineers Squaw Creek (Round Lake Drain) 
         project
     Ballona Creek Restoration, CA
     Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration, CA
     Sun Valley Watershed Management Plan, County of Los Angeles, 
         CA
     Tujunga Wash Environmental Restoration, County of Los 
         Angeles, CA
     Arroyo Seco Watershed Management Plan Feasibility Study, CA
     City of North Las Vegas Water Reuse Facility, NY
     Las Vegas Wash Improvement Project, Nevada
     Channel Improvement Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
         Memphis District
     White River, AR
     White River Navigation Study, AR
     Bayou Metro Basin, AR
     Ethanol from Agriculture for Arkansas and America project, 
         Arkansas State University, Arkansas
     Ozark Powerhouse Rehabilitation project, Arkansas
     Mississippi River Levees project, U.S. Army Corps of 
         Engineers, Memphis District
     Orland Wetlands Project, IL
     Aquatic Invasive Species Dispersal Barriers, Chicago District 
         of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, IL
     Lockport Lock Upper Pool Major Rehabilitation and 
         Maintenance, Rock Island District of the U.S.
     Army Corps of Engineers, IL
     North San Diego County Water Recycling Project, CA
     Shoreline restoration Tarpon Springs, FL
     Logan Cancer Center Equipment and Technology, Intermountain 
         Health Care Logan Regional Hospital, UT
     Chattahoochee Dam Removal, GA
     Underground waste pipeline integrity, Albany, GA
     Fire Island Montauk Point Study, NY
     Wolf River, TN
     Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Restoration project, OR
     Table Rock Lake, MO
     High School Branch creek study, MO
     Missouri Alternative Renewable Energy Technology Center, MO
     Jordan Creek, Springfield, MO
     USA Cancer Institute Oncology Medical Record System, 
         University of South Alabama, AL
     Coosa-Alabama civil works project, AL
     Whitewater River Basin Flood Control project, CA
     Murriets Creek Flood Control project, CA
     Rancho California Water District water study project, CA
     Pine Mountain Lake, AR
     National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission, AR
     Agana (Hagatna) River Flood Control, Guam
     Webbers Falls Lock and Dam, OK
     Beaver Creek flood control project, VA and TN
     Philpott Lake, VA
     Levisa and Tug Forks of Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland 
         River, WV, KY, and VA
     Calcasieu Lock, Louisiana
     Southwest Coastal Louisiana Hurricane Protection Study, LA
     Gulf Petro Initiative, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 
         LA
     Florida State University Electric Grid System Study, FL
     Horseshoe Cove, Dixie County, FL
     Clinton Lake, Kansas
     Manhattan Levee Study, KS
     Kansas Flood Damage Reduction project, Topeka, KS
     Town Bluff Dam, Texas
     Schuylkill River at Grand Point, PA
     MRI machine, Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital, TX
     Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Seawall, Philadelphia Industrial 
         Development Corporation, PA
     Environmental Science Center, University of Dubuque, IA
     Lock and Dam 11 project, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock 
         Island District, IL
     Hogan's Creek Ecosystem Restoration, FL
     Jacksonville Harbor, FL
     Jacksonville Marine Science Research Institute, FL
     Georgetown Harbor, South Carolina
     Wauchula Municipal Electric Substation Rehabilitation, FL
     Wares Creek Flood and Coastal Storm Damage project, FL
     Port Manatee, FL
     Pecan Creek, Texas
     Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling, 
         University of North Texas, TX
     Upper Trinity River Basin, TX

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     EnerDel Inc., IN
     Indiana Wesleyan University School of Nursing, IN
     Martin County Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development, NC
     Dismal Swamp Canal, VA
     Heacock and Cactus Channels flood control, CA
     San Clemente Shoreline, CA
     Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Project, CA
     Upper Newport Bay Ecosystem Restoration, CA
     Santa Anna River Mainstem flood control, CA
     Leland Harbor, MI
     Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration, MI
     Boardman River Dam project, MI
     Imaging and Oncology Equipment, Intermountain Healthcare, UT
     Central West Virginia, WV
     Marmet Lock and Dam, WV
     Santa Clara River Watershed Protection Plan Feasibility 
         Study, CA
     Capinteria Shoreline Study, CA
     Matilija Dam Removal and Ecosystem Restoration, CA
     Lake Cachuma Water and Sewage Treatment Replacement Project, 
         CA
     Emmanuel College Center for Science Partnership, MA
     Muddy River Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Control 
         Project, Massachusetts
     San Joaquin County Urban Flood Protection Project, CA
     San Joaquin River Salinity Management, CA
     Saint Genevieve levee, MO
     St. Louis North Riverfront feasibility study, MO and IL
     St. Louis Flood Protection, MO
     Nicholson Borough Authority, Wastewater Collection and 
         Treatment Facility, PA
     Towanda Municipal Authority Public Water Expansion, PA
     Whitpan Township, Pennsylvania
     White River (North) Flood Damage Reduction Project, 
         Indianapolis
     Williamson County Water Recycling Project, TX
     Cardiac Catheterization Research and Equipment, Metroplex 
         Hospital, TX
     Middle Brazos Feasibility Study, Brazos River Authority, TX
     Wilmington Harbor project, New Castle County, DE
     Vehicle to Grid Demonstration Project, Delaware Energy 
         Office, DE
     Bethany/South Bethany Beach Replenishment Project, Delaware
     Good Samaritan Hospital Specialty Cancer Center, OH
     Xavier University Science Equipment, OH
     Central Riverfront Project, OH
     Eastern Kentucky University Chemical Research 
         Instrumentation, KY
     Bluegrass Pride, KY
     Green Visitor Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY
     Blue River Channel, Kansas City, MO
     City of Kansas City Water Services Department, MO
     Swope Park, Kansas City, MO
     Turkey Creek Basin, Kansas City, MO
     Brush Creek Basin, Kansas City Water Services Department, 
         Kansas and Missouri
     Kansas City Plant Multi-Disciplined Integrated Collaborative 
         Environment, Kansas City, MO
     Feasibility study Edisto Beach, South Carolina
     Lake Marion Regional Water Agency, SC
     EngenuitySC, Columbia, SC
     South Carolina HBCU Science and Technology Initiative (SC)
     Wolf River Harbor, Memphis, Tennessee
     Memphis Riverfront Development Project, TN
     O.C. Fisher Lake Ecosystem Restoration, TX
     Lower Colorado River Basin Study, TX
     J. Percy Priest modifications, US Army Corps of Engineers 
         Nashville District
     Mill Creek Watershed feasibility study, TN
     SemiTropic Phase II Groundwater Banking project, CA
     Alton to Gale Levees Districts, IL
     Wood River Levee, IL
     East St. Louis and Vicinity Ecosystem Restoration and Flood 
         Damage Reduction, IL
     Belleville (IL) project, Madison and St. Clair Counties
     Mystic River Harbor Commission, CT
     Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan, Army 
         Corps of Engineers New England District, CT and NY
     Pinhook Creek Flood Control Project, Huntsville, AL
     Integrated Environmental Research and Services (IERS), 
         Alabama A and M, University Research Institute
     Fernandina Beach shore protection project, FL
     Bronx River Basin, Army Corps of Engineers New York District
     Orchard Beach, Army Corps of Engineers New York District
     Soundview Park, Army Corps of Engineers New York District
     Casper College Renewable Energy Program, WY
     Energy-Efficient Green Campus Research Initiative, Texas A 
         and M International University (TX)
     Alliance for Nanohealth, TX
     Brays Bayou, Harris County Flood Control District
     Buffalo Bayou flood control, Harris County Flood Control 
         District
     Marshall Fund, Minority Energy Science Initiative, MD
     Baltimore Harbor and Channels project, Maryland Department of 
         Transportation
     Poplar Island project, Maryland Department of Transportation
     Eastern Shore, Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island project, Maryland 
         Department of Transportation
     McCook Reservoir Project, Metropolitan Water Reclamation 
         District of Greater Chicago
     Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery, MD and VA
     Tennessee-Tombigee Waterway, Tennessee Waterway Development 
         Authority
     Roosevelt University Biology Laboratory Equipment (IL)
     Greenup Locks and Dam Ohio River, Huntington District U.S. 
         Army Corps of Engineers
     Coal Fuels Alliance, KY and IN
     Cumberland County Water Supply, TN
     Belmont Bay Science Center, VA
     George Mason University Center for Biodefense and Infectious 
         Disease Research (VA)
     Broad Creek shallow draft navigation channel, Norfolk 
         District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
     Utility Integration of Distributed Generation, San Diego Gas 
         and Electric, CA
     Buford Dam and Lake Sydney Lanier (GA), U.S. Army Corps of 
         Engineers Mobile District
     International Port of Coos Bay, OR
     Siuslaw River project, Oregon
     Port of Umpqua, OR
     Wave Power Demonstration Project, Reedsport, OR
     Chatfield Reservoir water reallocation study, CO
     Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program and San 
         Juan River Basin Recovery
     Implementation Program, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper 
         Colorado Region
     Ecosystem Restoration project, Treat's Pond, MA
     Aunt Lydia's Cove, New England District of the Army Corps of 
         Engineers
     Sesuit Harbor (MA), New England District Army Corps of 
         Engineers
     Green Harbor (MA), New England District Army Corps of 
         Engineers
     Long Island Dredged Material Management Plan, Connecticut 
         Department of Environmental Protection
     Lehigh River Basin Release, Army Corps of Engineers 
         Philadelphia District
     Advanced Cellular and Biomolecular Imaging, Lehigh University 
         (PA)
     Biodiesel Injection Blending Facilities, Independence 
         Biofuels, PA
     Air Products and Chemicals Inc., PA
     Center for Collaborative Sciences and Research, Barry 
         University, FL
     University-Community Outreach, Research and Training 
         Endeavor, St. Thomas University (FL)
     Everglades Ecosystem Restoration, Seminole Tribe, FL
     Makah Community Water supply project, Makah Tribe, WA
     Grays Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, WA
     Inland Northwest Research Alliance Water Research Consortium, 
         WA
     Pugent Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration study, WA
     Skagit River Flood Control project, WA
     Green Duwamish Ecosystem Restoration Project, Seattle 
         District Army Corps of Engineers
     Mud Mountain Dam, Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District
     National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, MI
     Port of Monroe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit
     Great Lakes Sea Lamprey Barrier, Great Lakes Fishery 
         Commission
     Spring Lake Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project, Texas
     Michigan City Harbor Dredging project, U.S. Army Corps of 
         Engineers Chicago
     Notre Dame Innovation Park, IN
     Placer County Subregional Wastewater Treatment Project, CA
     Placer County Biomass Utilization Pilot Project, CA
     American River Pump Station, CA
     Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Project, U.S. Army 
         Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh, PA
     Lower Monongahela Improvement Project for Locks and Dams 2, 
         3, and 4, PA
     Nuvision Engineering, PA
     Lynnhaven River Environmental Restoration, U.S. Army Corps of 
         Engineers, VA
     Norfolk Harbor, Craney Island, Army Corps of Engineers 
         Norfolk, VA
     Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Demonstration, South Coast 
         Air Quality Management District, CA
     San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund, CA
     Pistol Creek, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville 
         District
     First Creek, Knoxville, TN
     Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute, Texas A&M 
         University
     Meridian Wetlands, Meridian, TX
     Whitney Lake Powerhouse, Whitney, TX
     San Antonio Channel Improvement, San Antonio, TX
     Dallas Floodway Extension, Upper Trinity River Basin, TX
     Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Conservation Project, Waco, TX
     Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel, TX
     Clear Creek, TX
     Texas A&M University Port of Freeport, TX
     Upper Trinity River Feasibility Study, TX

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     Texas City Ship Channel, Galveston, TX
     The Brazos River Authority, TX
     Lower Colorado River Basin Study
     Guadalupe and San Antonio River Basins
     Greens Bayou, Houston, TX
     Brazos Island Harbor
     Lake Whitney, TX
     Brazos Island Harbor, TX
     Houston Ship Channel, TX
     Minnehahah Creek Watershed District, MN
     University of Southern Indiana
     John T. Myers Locks and Dam, IN and KY
     Illinois Institute of Technology's Energy and Sustainability 
         Institute
     DePaul University's Interdisciplinary Science and Technology 
         Center
     Cape Girardeau Floodwall, MO
     Rolla Distributed Energy Research Center, MO
     Clearwater Dam Rehabilitation, Clearwater Lake, MO
     Brois Brule Drainage and Levee District
     Wappapello Lake, MO
     St. Johns-New Madrid Floodway Flood Control Project, MO
     Mississippi River Levees, MO
     Ramapo and Mahwah River Project, NY
     Rockland Community College Science Lab
     Presque Isle Shoreline Erosion Control Project, PA
     Clean and Efficient Diesel Locomotive Project, PA
     Direct Carbon Technologies, CA
     Nanosys, Inc, CA
     San Mateo County Harbor District
     California Coast Conservancy
     Integrated Biomass Refining Institute, North Carolina State 
         University, NC
     Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam, AL
     Ground Water Protection Council, OK
     Watsonville Area Water Recycling Project, CA
     Pajaro River Flood Control Project, Santa Cruz, CA
     Moss Landing Harbor, CA
     Education Advancement Alliance, PA
     City of Philadelphia Water Department
     Rosa Bay Environmental Restoration Project, FL
     Florida Inland Navigation District
     Raritan River, Green Brook Sub-Basin, NJ Flood Damage 
         Reduction Project
     Salton Sea Research Project, Temecula, CA
     Dismal Swamp and Dismal Swamp Canal Feasibility Project, 
         Chesapeake, VA
     Tyler's Beach Boat Harbor and Channel/Upland Disposal Site, 
         Isle of Wight, VA
     Appomattox River Federal Navigation Dredging Project, VA
     Chesapeake Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway-Dismal Swamp Canal, 
         VA
     Antelope Creek Flood Damage Reduction Project, Fremont, NE
     Sand Creek Environmental Restoration Project, NE
     Western Sarpy-Clear Creek Flood Damage Reduction Project, NE
     Lower Platte North Natural Resources District, NE
     Rio Puerto Nuevo Flood Control Project, Puerto Rico
     Portugues and Bucana Rivers Flood Control Project, Puerto 
         Rico
     Appalachian State University
     Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC
     Muddy River Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Control 
         Project, MA
     Westport River and Harbor, MA
     Colorado River Transmission Line Upgrade, Phoenix, AZ
     Saint Clare's Hospital, Denville, NJ
     Upper Passaic River & Tributaries, NJ Project
     New York and New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project, Port 
         Authority of NY and NJ
     Raritan River, Green Brook Sub-Basin, NJ Project
     Jackson Brook, NJ Flood Damage Reduction Project
     Hudson River Estuary Lower Passaic River Restoration Project, 
         NJ
     Calleguas Municipal Water District, CA
     Albright College, Reading, PA
     St. Joseph's University, PA
     Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells North America, PA
     University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ
     Big Elk Creek, Elkton, MD
     Chesapeake Bay Restoration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
         Baltimore District
     Upper Delaware River Basin
     New York City Watershed, NY
     Office of Sponsored Programs and Research, Bowling Green 
         State University, Green, OH
     Defiance County, Office of the Commissioners, Defiance, OH
     Lake Allatoona Operations and Maintenance, Allatoona, GA
     Nueces River Basin, San Antonio, TX
     John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir, VA and NC
     Center for Energy Efficient Design, Rocky Mount, VA
     Roanoke River Flood Control, Roanoke, VA
     J Percy Priest Greenway, Nashville, TN
     Oaklands and Murfree Springs, Nashville, TN
     Dale Hollow Lake, Nashville, TN
     Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
     Central City Corps Project, Fort Worth, TX
     Farmers Branch, Fort Worth, TX
     Benbrook Lake Recreational Facilities, Forth Worth, TX
     Harris Country Flood Control District, Houston, TX
     Yuma East Wetlands Restoration, Yuma, AZ
     Chicago Public Schools Science Laboratory, Chicago, IL
     Northeast Texas Community College, Mt. Pleasant, TX
     Photovoltaic System Demonstration, NY
     Lock and Dam 24, IL and MO
     Mill Creek South Slough, Rock Island, IL
     Rock Island Sunset Marina, Rock Island, IL
     Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc, Torrance, CA
     West Basin Municipal Water District, Carson, CA
     County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors, 
         Marina del Rey, CA
     Sherman Hospital, Elgin, IL
     U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Pacific Northwest Regional Office, 
         Boise, ID
     Herbert Hoover Dike, West Palm Beach, FL
     St. Lucie Inlet, St. Lucie Country, FL
     Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC
     University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
     Nye County, Pahrump, NY
     Photovoltaic green buildings technology art RPI, NY
     Truckers Meadow Water Reclamation Facility, Sparks, NY
     Sacramento River, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, CA
     Hamilton City, CA
     Yuba River, Sacramento, CA
     Sutter County, CA
     U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, 
         CA
     Perkins Country Rural Water System, Bison, SD
     Mni Wiconi Rural Water System, Ft. Pierre, SD
     Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Sioux Falls, SD
     Buffalo Harbor, NY
     Buffalo River, Buffalo, NY
     NanoDynamics, Buffalo, NY
     Ohio River Greenway Development Commission, Jeffersonville, 
         IN
     Next Wave Systems, H.H.C., Pekin, IN
     Solar Consortium, New Paltz, NY
     Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, HI
     Kawaihae Deep Draft Harbor, HI
     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, Fort 
         Shafter, HI
     Mason Run Watershed, City of Whitehall, OH
     Airpark Ohio Sewer Utility, Springfield, OH
     Village of Blooming burg, OH
     Culpepper Area Water System, OH
     Euclid Creek, OH
     Decision Support Tools for Complex Analysis, Springfield, OH
     Hydro Partners Brazil, Solon, OH
     IntelliTech, Fairborn, OH
     Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
     Ohio University, Lancaster, OH
     Brown Street, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
     Laboratory for Advanced Laser-Target Interactions, College of 
         Math and Physical Science, Ohio State University
     New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, 
         Columbus, NH
     Arcadia Harbor, MI
     Pentwater Harbor, MI
     Saugatuck Harbor, MI
     White Lake Harbor, MI
     Sweet Arrow Lake, PA
     SiGNa Chemistry, New York, NY
     Assunpink Creek, Trenton, NJ
     Delaware River Basin, NY, NJ, PA, DE
     Guadalupe River, CA
     San Luis Reservoir, CA
     Coyote and Berryessa Creeks, CA
     Tillamook Bay and Bar, Tillamook, OR
     Yaquina River, OR
     Paint Branch Fish Passage and Stream, MD
     Parish Creek, Anne Arundel County, MD
     St. Jerome Creek, St. Mary's County, MD
     Anacostia River and Tributaries, MD
     Clemson University, Columbia, SC
     Northport Harbor, Huntington, NY
     New York Institute of Technology, NY
     San Luis Rey River, Los Angeles, CA
     Science and Technology Center, Chicago State University, 
         Chicago, IL
     Indian Ridge Marsh, Chicago, IL
     Chicago Shoreline, Chicago, IL
     Cook County, IL
     Alexandria, LA to the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Protection 
         Project, New Orleans, LA
     Lake Shelbyville Wildlife Management Area, Shelbyville, IL
     Dallas Floodway/Trinity Lakes Title XVI Study, City of 
         Dallas, TX
     Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
     Dansby Hall, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
     City of Mayfield Heights, OH
     Wind Spires, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
     Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
     Green Bay Harbor, Detroit, MI
     Kewaunee Harbor, Detroit, MI
     Sturgeon Bay Harbor and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, MI
     Lackawanna River, Scranton, PA
     Wynn Road, Oregon, OH
     Pit-in-Bay, Put-in-Bay, OH
     Huron Harbor, OH
     Ten Mile River, MA
     Saginaw River, MI
     Wyandotte Municipal Services, Wyandotte, MI
     City of Alma Fish and Wildlife Service, Alma, WI
     Driftless Area Initiative, Lancaster, WI
     Jones Inlet, Town of Hempstead, NY
     Glen Cove Creek, Glen Cove, NY
     Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, GA
     Savannah Harbor, GA
     Brunswick Harbor, GA
     Waukegan Harbor, IL
     Des Plaines River, IL
     Palm Beach Harbor, FL
     Broward County, FL
     National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI
     Wavecrest Labs, Rochester Hills, MI

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     Federal Technology Group, Cleveland, OH
     Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
     Spunky Bottoms, Brown County, IL
     Upper Missouri River Restoration, IL
     Meredosia, IL
     Illinois River Basin, IL
     Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
     Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL
     Fountain Creek Watershed, Colorado Springs, CO
     Charlestown Breachway Project, Massachusetts
     Harbor of Refuge, Block Island, Rhode Island
     San Francisco Bay Harbor--Main Ship Channel, California
     Photovoltaic Demonstration Project, Connecticut
     Southington Water Supply Study, Connecticut
     The Winnebago River reconnaissance study, Iowa
     General Investigations study in Perry, Iowa
     Iowa Stored Energy Project
     Luther College Science building renovation, Decorah, Iowa
     Iowa Central Community College Renewable Fuel Labs
     West Jackson Street Water Main Replacement, Painesville, Ohio
     Allen Road/McCauley Road Waterline Construction, Stowe, Ohio
     Ashtabula River and Harbor, Ashtabula, Ohio
     Oakland Harbor, California
     Clinton River, Michigan
     Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
     South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA
     Hi-Desert Water District, Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, CA
     Mojave Water Agency, Apple Valley, CA
     Santa Ana River, San Bernardino, California
     San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, 1350 South E. 
         Street, San Bernardino, CA 92408
     Mission Springs Water District, Desert Hot Springs
     Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, SW, 
         Atlanta, GA 30310-1495
     University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research, 
         Kentucky
     Northern Illinois University Fuel Research and Development, 
         DeKalb, Illinois
     Cook County Environmental Infrastructure Fund, Chicago, 
         Illinois
     Townsend Inlet, Cape May, New Jersey
     City of Pennsville, New Jersey
     New Jersey shore protection, New Jersey
     Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
     Santa Clara Valley Water District, Santa Clara, California
     South County Nature Preserve, Irvington, New York
     Saw Mill River feasibility study, New York
     Bronx River Basin, New York
     University of Oklahoma Center for Biofuels Refining 
         Engineering, Norman, Oklahoma
     Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Sacramento, California
     Parametric Technology Corporation, Needham, Massachusetts
     Muddy River, Massachusetts
     Massachusetts Port Authority, East Boston, Massachusetts
     Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Lee County, Sarasota County and 
         Manatee County, Florida
     Naples to Big Marco Pass, Collier County, Florida
     Estero and Gasparilla Islands, Florida
     Intracoastal Waterway, Jacksonville, Florida
     St. Lucie Inlet, Florida
     New York City Watershed, New York, New York
     Solar 2--Green Energy, Arts & Education Center, New York, New 
         York
     McHenry County Groundwater/Stormwater Protection program, 
         Chicago, lllinois
     Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
     Malden River, Malden, Massachusetts
     Town of Winchester, Massachusetts
     Middlesex Community College, Lowell, Massachusetts
     Ben Hill County Commission, Fitzgerald, Georgia
     Clean Cities Program, Macon, Georgia
     Olijato Chapter of the Navajo Nation, Monument Valley, Utah
     Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah
     Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
     City of Lancaster, California
     CureSearch, Bethesda, Maryland
     Harriet Island, St. Paul, Minnesota
     Minnesota's New Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, 
         Minnesota
     J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, Louisiana
     Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal, Inc., Shreveport, 
         Louisiana
     Elliot Bay Seawall, Seattle, Washington
     Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Study, Seattle, 
         Washington
     Duwamish/Green Ecosystem Restoration Program, Seattle, 
         Washington
     Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration Program, 
         Washington
     Eikos Inc., Franklin, Massachusetts
     Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District, 
         Millbury, Massachusetts
     Blackstone River Coalition, Massachusetts
     NuVision Engineering, Mooresville, North Carolina
     State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego), Oswego, 
         New York
     Catalyst Renewables Corporation, Lyons Falls, New York
     New Topsail Inlet, North Carolina
     Carolina Beach Inlet, North Carolina
     Lockwoods Folly Inlet, North Carolina
     Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina
     Santa Clara River Restoration Project, California
     Eastern Santa Clara River basin Perchlorate Remediation 
         Initiative, California
     Walla Walla Watershed Feasibility Report, Washington
     Columbia Basin Development League, Royal City, Washington
     Electric Utility Transmission and Distribution Line 
         Engineering Program at Gonzaga University, Washington
     Farmington Groundwater Recharge Project, California
     San Francisco Bay to Stockton Project, California
     Mt. Diablo Mercury Mine Cleanup, California
     Mokelumne River Regional Water Storage and Conjunctive Use 
         Project, California
     State University of New York College of Agriculture and 
         Technology at Cobleskill, New York
     Virginia Key Beach project
     Jamaica Bay (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
     Atlantic Coast New York City, East Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica 
         Bay, NY Shoreline Project
     Houma navigation Cal Dredging and Beneficial Use
     Flagler Beach feasibility study, Florida
     Reconnaissance Study of Deep Creek for St. Johns County, 
         Florida
     Stetson University's Sage Hall, DeLand, Florida
     Bucks Harbor, Machiasport, Maine
     Greenville Steam Company, Greenville, Maine
     Los Angeles River, California
     Port of Long Beach, California
     Long Beach Desalination Project, California
     Long Beach Water Refuse Project, California
     City of Creedmoor Corps Study, North Carolina
     North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
     Lexington Harbor, Michigan
     Port Sanilac Harbor, Michigan
     Lepeer Regional Medical Center CT Stimulator, Michigan
     Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Florida
     Santa Ana River Mainstem Project, California
     Orange County regional water reclamation project, CA
     Suisun Bay Channel, California
     San Pablo Bay and Mare Island Strait, California
     Pinole Shoal management study, California
     Napa River Salt March Restoration Project, California
     Lower Walnut Creek, California
     Mt. Diablo Mercury Mine Cleanup, Costa County, California
     Trinity River Restoration Program, Weaverville, California
     Walnut Creek Basin (Grayson & Murderer's Creeks), Contra 
         Costa County, California
     Va Shly-Ay Akimel Salt River Restoration, AZ
     Tres Rios Environmental Restoration, Arizona
     Rio Salado, Phoenix and Tempe Reaches, Arizona
     Parkersburg Riverfront Park project, New Martinsville, West 
         Virginia
     Monongahela Locks Automation project, Morgantown, Hildebrand 
         and Opekiska Locks, West Virginia
     West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flood Control project, 
         Philippi, Parsons and Belington West Virginia; Clymer 
         Pennsylvania
     Turkey Creek flood damage reduction project, Kansas City, 
         Kansas and Missouri
     Upper Turkey Creek project, Kansas
     Kansas City Metropolitan flood protection system, Kansas and 
         Missouri
     Bush Creek Basin project, Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson 
         County, Missouri
     Four Mile Run environmental restoration project, Virginia
     Tripps-Holmes-Cameron Run-Hunting Creek water resources 
         study, Virginia
     National Venter for Biodefense, Virginia
     University of Kansas Medical Center Tele-Oncology Network, 
         Kansas
     Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, New Haven, 
         Connecticut
     Electro Energy, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut
     Environmental restoration feasibility study, Upper South 
         Hampton Township, Pennsylvania
     Philadelphia Navy Yard Seawall, Delaware River, Philadelphia, 
         Pennsylvania
     Flood Plain Management Study, Pennsylvania
     CENTRIA, Moon Township, Pennsylvania
     Dams and Locks on the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania
     Conversion of Waste Biomass into Biodegradable Plastics and 
         Bioethanol: Research on a New Streamline Biomass to Sugar 
         Conversion Process, Indiana, Pennsylvania
     Concurrent Technology Corporation, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
     South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Infrastructure 
         Program
     Structural and nonstructural flood control, stream bank 
         protection, storm water management and channel clearing, 
         Southwestern Pennsylvania
     Sustainable Biofuels Development Center, Colorado State 
         University, Fort Collins, Colorado
     Upper Colorado River/San Juan River basin Endangered Fish 
         Recovery Program, Colorado

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     Sorghum to Ethanol Research, Lubbock, Texas
     Building Materials Reclamation Program, Charlotte, North 
         Carolina
     RenewableNY project, New York, New York
     New School University Green Building, New York
     Coney Island Area Shore Protection Project, New York, New 
         York
     Norwalk, California, Water Supply Improvement
     Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute ($2 million), 
         Springfield, Massachusetts
     Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech 
         University, Lubbock, Texas
     J. Strom Thurmond O2 System for Richard B. Russell 
         Pumped Storage
     Success Dam Seismic Remediation Project, California
     Upper San Joaquin River Storage Investigation, California
     Laurentian Energy Authority, Minnesota
     Garrison-Kathio-West Mille Lacs Lake Sanitary District, 
         Minnesota
     Section 569 authorized in the Water Resources Development Act 
         of 1999, Minnesota
     St. Lawrence Seaway Study
     Duluth-Superior Harbor maintenance and operations, Minnesota 
         and Wisconsin
     Northern Wisconsin Environmental Assistance Program
     Protection of endangered mussels, Minnesota, Wisconsin and 
         Michigan
     City of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
     Lake Superior Small Harbor Dredging, Michigan
     A second lock at Sault St. Marie, Michigan
     St. Croix River Basin Reconnaissance Study, Minnesota and 
         Wisconsin
     Mt. Wachusett Community College Wind Project, Massachusetts
     Integrative Science Building, UMASS, Amherst, Massachusetts
     Milford Pond, Milford, Massachusetts
     Hoosic River Restoration Design, Massachusetts
     Berkshire Environmental Resources Center, Massachusetts 
         College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, Massachusetts
     Popular Brook Continuing Authorities Program, New Jersey
     Shark River Maintenance Dredging project, New Jersey
     Nutley Board of Education, Nutley, New Jersey
     Peckman River and Tributaries, New Jersey
     Rio Salado Oeste project, Salt River, AZ
     Achieving a College Education (ACE) program, Maricopa 
         Community Colleges, Arizona
     Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reuse project, Arizona
     Rio de Flag project, Flagstaff, Arizona
     Seton Hall University Science and Technology Center, South 
         Orange, New Jersey
     Newark Bay, Hackensack, and Passaic Rivers operation or 
         maintenance, New York and New Jersey
     High Efficiency Cascade Solar Cells, New Mexico State 
         University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
     San Francisco MUNI Solar Energy Facility Project, California
     Hamilton Army Airfield Wetland Restoration Project, 
         California
     San Francisco Bay Harbor and Bay Drift Removal project, 
         California
     San Francisco Bay Long Term Site-Monitoring Strategy, 
         California
     University of San Francisco Science Facility and Hamey 
         Science Center, California
     Renewable & Logistical Fuels for Fuel Cells at the Colorado 
         School of Mines, Colorado
     Jefferson County Bioenergy Initiative, Colorado
     White Earth Tribal Nation Wind Energy Project, Minnesota
     Willmar Municipal Utilities Power Generation Study, Minnesota
     Stripper Well Consortium, Penn State University, College 
         Park, Pennsylvania
     Bath house and camping area at Tioga-Hammond Lake, 
         Pennsylvania
     Bath house and playground equipment at Tionesta Dam, 
         Pennsylvania
     Bath house and camping area at Cowanesque Lake, Pennsylvania
     Campground improvements at East Branch Clarion River Chippewa 
         River at Montevideo, Minnesota
     Strategic Biomass Initiative of the Mississippi Technology 
         Alliance, Mississippi
     Sustainable Energy Research Center, Mississippi State 
         University, Starkville, Mississippi
     Laboratory facilities, Messiah College, Grantham, 
         Pennsylvania
     Garrison Diversion Project, North Dakota
     Fargo-Ridgewood Flood Control Project, North Dakota
     Garrison Dam and Power Plant, North Dakota
     Sierra Trauma Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, Las 
         Vegas, Nevada
     West Cary Stream Restoration project, Cary, North Carolina
     Upground reservoir, Marysville, Ohio
     5th Avenue Dam removal, Olentangy River, Columbus Ohio
     Timberlake Wastewater upgrades, Franklin County, Ohio
     Florida Renewable Energy Program, University of Florida, 
         Gainesville
     Friant-Kern and Madera Canals Capacity Improvement, 
         California
     Greenbrier River Basin, West Virginia
     Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River, West Virginia, and 
         Ohio
     Southern West Virginia environmental infrastructure projects, 
         West Virginia
     Fuel Cell balance-of-Plant Reliability Testing Prototype High 
         Altitude Airship Project, Stark State College of 
         Technology, North Canton, Ohio
     Louisville Wastewater Treatment Plant, Louisville, Ohio
     Orrville water main replacement, Orrville, Ohio
     Rolls-Royce Solid Oxide fuel cell systems development, Fuel 
         Cell Proto typing Center at Stark State College
     Center for Zero Emissions Research and Technology, Montana
     State University, Bozeman, Montana
     Western Environmental Technology Office, MSE Technology 
         Applications, Inc., Butte, Montana
     Fort Peck / Dry Prairie Rural Water System, Montana
     King County Biogas and Nutrient Reduction Project, Washington
     Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Beam Therapy, Washington
     Dine Power Authority Project, Window Rock, Arizona
     Little Colorado River Levee project, Winslow, Arizona
     Sparks Arroyo Flood Control, Colonia, El Paso, Texas
     El Paso Flood Control project, El Paso, Texas
     Mill Seat Landfill Bioreactor Renewable Green Power Project, 
         Monroe County, New York
     Alternative Energy/Geothermal Technology Demonstration 
         Program, Daemen College, Amherst New York
     Pikeville Medical Center medical science research facility, 
         Pikeville, Kentucky
     Paintsville Lake recreational improvements, Johnson County, 
         Kentucky
     Southern and Eastern Kentucky Environmental Restoration 
         Initiative, Kentucky
     Wolf Creek Dam Seepage project, Kentucky
     Southeast Bioenergy Initiative, Auburn University, Auburn, 
         Alabama
     MBI International biomass research, Lansing, Michigan
     Intermediary BioChemicals, Okemos, Michigan
     Energy Efficient Press and Sinter of Titanium Powder, 
         Glendale Heights, Illinois
     Miami Museum of Science Renewable Energy Project, Miami, 
         Florida
     Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement, Monroe County Florida
     Lower Saddle River Project, New Jersey
     Hackensack Meadowlands Environmental Restoration, New Jersey
     Port of Los Angeles, Main Channel Deepening Project, 
         California
     Water Replenishment District Regional Groundwater Monitoring 
         Program, Lakewood, California
     Jackson Park Hospital Green Medical Office Building, Chicago, 
         Illinois
     Parker Hannifin Corporation Hybrid Hydraulic Drive Train 
         Demonstration, Youngstown, Ohio
     NorthEast Ohio Pipeline Scooping Study, Mentor, Ohio
     Baard Energy L.L.C., CO2 Production & Emissions Study, 
         Mentor, Ohio
     Lower Girard Dam Repairs, Girard, Ohio
     Struthers South Interceptor Sewer Project, Youngstown, Ohio
     Windham to Ravenna Arsenal Infrastructure Project, Ravenna, 
         Ohio
     Brookfield Center North Sanitary Sewer--Phase II, Vienna, 
         Ohio
     Animas-LaPlata Project, Durango, Colorado
     Arkansas River Fisheries Habitat Restoration, Pueblo, 
         Colorado
     Los Angeles Basin Water Supply Augmentation Study, California
     La Mirada Flood Control and Drainage Study, California
     Barnegat Inlet Navigation Project, New Jersey
     Solid Acid Fuel Cell Research, California
     Metropolitan Region of Cincinnati flood control project, Duck 
         Creek, Ohio
     Perry Township Waterline Extension, Ohio
     Williamsburg Water Treatment Plant Expansion, Ohio
     Borough of Hatfield wastewater and sewer infrastructure 
         improvements, Pennsylvania
     Elizabeth River sediment remediation, Hampton Roads, Virginia
     Cheyney University Science and Technology Building, Cheyney, 
         Pennsylvania
     Stamford Waste-to-Energy Project, Conecticut
     Bridgeport Harbor, Conecticut
     Norwalk Harbor Federal Navigation Project, Connecticut
     Portsmouth Harbor/Pascataqua River Feasibility Study for 
         Navigation Improvement, Portsmouth, NH
     Wiswall Dam Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project, New 
         Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Durham, NH
     Cocheco River Federal Navigation Project, Maintenance 
         Dredging, Dover, NH
     Hampton Harbor Improvement Project, Pease Development 
         Authority, Division of Ports and Harbors, Portsmouth, NH
     Hampton Harbor Maintenance Project, Pease Development 
         Authority, Division of Ports and Harbors, Portsmouth, NH
     Olmstead Lock and Dam Project, USACE Louisville District, 
         Louisville, KY
     Energy Xchange, Yancey County Local Government, Burnsville, 
         NC
     Western North Carolina Clean Energy Business Incubator 
         Consortium, Asheville, NC

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     South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Improvement Program, 
         Altoona-Blair County County Development Corporation, 
         Altoona, PA
     Eastern Idaho Regional Wastewater Authority, City of Shelley, 
         Idaho
     Harbor Deepening Project at the Port of New York and New 
         Jersey, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New 
         York, NY
     Green Department of Public Works/Fleet Maintenance Project, 
         Town of North Bergen's Green
     Maintenance Building, Township of North Bergen, North Bergen, 
         NJ
     Olcott Outer Harbor Breakwater Project, Niagara County 
         Department of Economic Development, Sanborn, NY
     Dredging of the Genesee River at the Rochester Harbor, 
         Buffalo District
     Nanosystems Initiatives at the University of Rochester, 
         University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
     Nanostructured Solar Cell Project, University of Arkansas at 
         Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
     University of Saint Francis Achatz Hall, University of Saint 
         Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
     Monday Creek Watershed, Hocking River, Huntington, WV
     Arbaugh-Hope Water Project, Vinton County Commissioners, 
         McArthur, OH
     South Carolina Lambda Rail Portal, Clemson University, 
         Clemson, SC
     National Energy Resource Center, York Technical College 
         National Energy Resource Center, York Technical College, 
         Rock Hill, SC
     Estudillo Canal Feasibility Study, San Francisco, CA
     Jack D. Maltester Channel (San Leandro Marina), San 
         Francisco, CA
     Dredging of Menominee Harbor, Menominee River, Detroit, MI
     Michigan Technological University Nanostructured Materials 
         Development project, Michigan Technological University, 
         Houghton, MI
     Traverse City Harbor Dredging at Northwestern Michigan 
         College, Traverse City, MI
     McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Locks and 
         Dams, Tulsa, OK
     City of Elyria Water Treatment Plant Water Intake Project, 
         Elyria, OH
     Flood Control Project, Sandy Creek, TN
     Flood Control Demonstration Project, West Tennessee 
         Tributaries, Obion and Forked Deer River, West, TN
     Pinole Shoal Management CA/Delta Long Term Management 
         Strategy for Delta Levee rehabilitation, Contra Costa 
         County, CA
     Contra Costa Water District Alternative Intake Project, 
         Contra Costa County, CA
     Napa River Shallow Draft Dredging, San Francisco, CA
     West Sacramento Flood Control Project Deficiency Study and 
         Repair, Sacramento, CA
     Dredging of Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg, CA
     Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel Dredging, 
         Sacramento, CA
     Warm Springs Dam Inundation maps, San Francisco, CA
     EI Dorado Lake, KS (O&M), Tulsa, OK
     Oologah Lake Watershed, Oklahoma and Kansas, Tulsa, OK
     Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project, City of Wichita, 
         Wichita, KS
     Sustainable Energy Solutions, Wichita State University, 
         Wichita, KS
     Federal Maintenance Dredging of the Newburyport Harbor 
         Entrance Channel, Concord, MA
     Silicon Based Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Chip for Portable 
         Consumer Electronics, Lilliputian Systems, Wilmington, MA
     Urban Environmental Research Center and Greenhouse Project, 
         Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
     Holes Creek Flood Protection Project, Miami Conservancy 
         District, Dayton, OH
     Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC) Hydrogen Energy 
         Production and Storage--Phase IV, Edison Materials 
         Technology Center, Dayton, OH
     South Goose Creek, Cottonwood Pond, Boulder County, CO
     Canyon Road Water Treatment Plant Upgrade, Sante Fe County, 
         Sante Fe, NM
     Jicarilla Apache Reservation Rural Water System, Rio Arriba 
         County, Dulce, NM
     Navajo Hopi Land Commission Office Renewable Energy 
         Generation Project, Window Rock, AZ
     St. Joseph Harbor, St. Joseph, Detroit, MI
     Dredging the harbor at South Haven, MI, Detroit, MI
     Sustainable Energy Center, Biodiesel from farmed algae, 
         Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
     Bioscience Education Center, Germantown Innovation Center, 
         Life Sciences and Technology Park of the Germantown 
         Biotechnology Project, Germantown, MD
     Jupiter Oxy Fuel Technology Project, Illinois
     Northwest Indiana Computation Grid, Indiana
     Pilot Energy Cost Control Evaluations, West Virginia, 
         Pennsylvania, Indiana
     Purdue Calumet Island Water Institute, Indiana
     Purdue Hydrogen Technologies Program, Indiana
     Waste-to-Energy Cogeneration Project, Munster, Indiana
     CIMTRAK Cyber Security software, Indiana
     Bioenergy Cooperative ethanol biomass fuel plant, Indiana
     Little Calumet River, Indiana
     Indiana Harbor--Grand Calumet River Environmental Dredging, 
         Indiana
     Burns Waterway Small Boat Harbor, Indiana
     Burns Waterway and the Bailey intake pipe, Indiana
     Calumet Region Environmental Infrastructure, Indiana
     Cedar Lake, Indiana
     Notre Dame Geothennal Ionic Liquids Research, Indiana
     Purdue Technology Center, Indiana
     Indiana Shoreline, Indiana
     Oregon Institute of Technology Geo-Heat Center, Klamath 
         Falls, Oregon
     Port of Umatilla biodiesel refining plant, Pendleton, Oregon
     Savage Rapids Pumping Plant, Rogue River Basin, Oregon
     Umatilla Basin Project, Umatilla County, Oregon
     Elk Creek Lake permanent trap-and-haul facility, Oregon
     Walla Walla River Restoration Feasibility Study, Oregon
     Environmental System Center at Syracuse University, Syracuse, 
         New York
     Rochester Institute of Technology Integrated Power 
         Microsystems, Rochester, New York
     Woody Biomass Project at State University of New York College 
         of Environmental Science and Forestry
     Limestone Creek, Fayetteville, New York
     Onondaga Lake, New York
     Irondequoit Harbor, New York
     Minnesota Center for Renewable Energy, Minnesota State 
         University Mankato
     Blue Earth Ecosystem Restorations, MN, SD, IA, ND
     Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee River, TN
     Port Everglades Future Dredging Program, Florida
     Seminole Big Cypress Critical Project, Everglades and South 
         Florida
     The Methanol Economy, University of Southern California
     Science and Technology Facility, Bennett College, Greensboro, 
         North Carolina
     Vermont Independent Colleges Zero-Energy Campaigns, Vermont
     Canaveral Harbor, Florida
     Illinois State University Biomass Research, Illinois
     Perry Memorial Hospital Picture Archiving and Communication 
         System (PACS), Illinois
     Will County Government, Illinois
     Port Everglades Dredging Reimbursement Project, Broward 
         County, Florida
     Kentucky Lock and Dam Addition Project, Tennessee River, 
         Kentucky
     Elvis J. Stahr Harbor Project, Hickman-Fulton County, 
         Kentucky
     DeSoto County Wastewater Treatment Facility, Mississippi
     New Albany Electrical Substation, Mississippi
     Carbon sequestration study, Mentor, Ohio
     New Mexico Center for Isotopes in Medicine, University of New 
         Mexico
     Ecosystem Revitalization at Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico
     Rio Grande Bosque Rehabilitation (Bosque wildfires), New 
         Mexico
     Middle Rio Grande Bosque, New Mexico
     Petaluma River Flood Control, California
     Corte Madera Creek, California
     North Bay Water Reuse Project, CA
     San Rafael Channel Dredging, California
     Tools for the Nanotechnology Education Development Program, 
         Oregon
     Tualatin Basin water supply project, Oregon
     CVD Single-Crystal Diamond Optical Switch, Maryland
     Water Infrastructure Project, Mill Creek basin, Louisville, 
         KY
     Water Infrastructure Project, Louisville, KY
     McAlpine Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Louisville, KY
     Math and Science Educational Project, Louisville Science 
         Center, Louisville, KY
     Pinellas County Beach Erosion Control Project, Pinellas 
         County Board of Commissioners, Clearwater, FL
     WaterReuse Foundation Research Activities, WaterReuse 
         Foundation, Alexandria, VA
     Eckerd College Science Center, Eckerd College, St. 
         Petersburg, FL
     Chenega IRA Council, Chenega Bay, AK
     Technology Initiative for Print Disabled Community, Recording 
         for the Blind and Dyslexic, Princeton, NJ
     Kotzebue Electric Association's Wind Program, Kotzebue 
         Electric Association, Kotzebue, AK
     Renewable Energy Biomass Utilization Program, Alaska Village 
         Initiatives, Anchorage, AK
     Tanadgusix Foundation's Hydrogen Project, Tanadgusix 
         Foundation (TDX), Anchorage, AK

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Campbell) and a Member opposed each will 
control 15 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  This particular amendment would eliminate all the earmarks in the 
bill, all 800 of them, all $1.1 billion of them.
  Now, I have two confessions to make about this amendment before I 
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here. Confession number one is that the amendment is rather inartfully 
drafted. And the way it is drafted, it may actually catch some things, 
some elements of spending, that were not technically part of the 800 
earmarks in the bill. But the reason for that is that the 800 earmarks 
are not actually in the bill. Something I would like to address later. 
But the amendment is drafted the only way it can be drafted under the 
current situation, under the current process, to eliminate all of these 
800 earmarks and $1.1 billion.
  The second confession I would like to make is that one of those 800 
earmarks that is in the bill is one I requested. Now, I believe a 
couple other Members requested it as well, but it is definitely one 
that I requested.
  So you may be asking why would I be proposing an amendment to 
eliminate an earmark that I requested. Do I suddenly believe that the 
earmark that I requested is somehow not valid or somehow not 
appropriate? No. Had I believed it was not valid or not appropriate 
when I requested it some months ago, I would not have requested it.
  But the fact is, Mr. Chairman, that the process by which these 
earmarks happen stinks. And I believe that this process is terrible and 
that until we reform this process, we should eliminate all earmarks.
  And that, Mr. Chairman, is why I offer this amendment to you today. 
It is not because I think that necessarily all 800 earmarks, including 
my own, in this bill are inappropriate. I do think $1.1 billion is more 
money than I would like to see relative to this or any earmarks. But it 
is because until we reform this process and have a process that works, 
I don't think we should do any earmarks at all.
  The earmark process has, I believe, actually hurt not just 
Republicans and Democrats and not just taxpayers, but I believe it has 
hurt this institution. And I believe that is why Chairman Obey, the 
gentleman from Wisconsin, has expressed his own distaste for earmarks 
and the earmark process.
  So let me make a few suggestions, 10 of them precisely, if I may, as 
to how this process might be reformed, how we might get it right.
  First, put the earmarks in the bill. The reason we have had to draft 
this amendment so oddly is because the earmarks are not actually 
written in the text of the bill. If we are going to spend the 
taxpayers' money as Members of Congress on specific things, those 
specific things we are spending it on should be in the language of the 
bill that appropriates those expenditures.
  Second, let's have full disclosure of all the earmarks in the bill 
and let's have it at least a week before the vote. I think we got the 
list of these earmarks last, I think it was, Thursday or Friday, and 
here we are debating these today. There are 800 earmarks in this bill. 
It is a little tough for us or anyone else to go through 800 earmarks 
in just a couple of days.
  Third, let's have full disclosure of all earmark requests. Every 
earmark in this bill in theory has a certification from the Member who 
requested it claiming what they have requested and why and also 
claiming that they have no financial interest in that earmark. Let's 
make those public. Those were turned in, I can't remember exactly 
whether it was February or March. I think it was March. Why should 
those be under some secrecy? Why should all those earmark requests not 
be available to the public? And when we have full disclosure of 
earmarks, let's have real disclosure of earmarks. The disclosure that 
we got last week was one list that has the earmark amount and the 
project and another list that has the project and the Member 
requesting. So if you want to take the Member requesting and match it 
up with the amount, you have to match up the two lists somehow. Now, if 
there are only 10 earmarks, you could do that. But with 800 it is 
really hard to do, and not in a searchable database. In fact, in a few 
cases where we were able to get disclosure of the actual earmark 
request, which only happened yesterday afternoon, the description of 
the project in the earmark request is not the same as the description 
of the project on the earmark list. So what we have now is an attempt 
at some late partial disclosure. It is not full disclosure in any way, 
shape, or form of earmarks or earmark requests.
  Mr. Obey has suggested that Members often feel like they are ATMs. 
That is what this earmark process does. It diminishes, I think, the 
value of all of us that serve in this institution. We are here to make 
public policy. We are not ATMs. I was stunned when, in my first few 
months as a Member of this House, 70 different people came into my 
office not asking for a certain element of public policy, not 
encouraging me to support this or that or the other, but asking for 
money, asking for earmarks, because they saw Members of Congress as an 
ATM.
  Number four, we should not have any earmarks for programs that are 
not authorized; otherwise, why do we bother to authorize programs? If 
we are not going to go through the process of authorizing a program, 
then earmarks can come in and be about anything. I think that is what 
you have seen in some of Mr. Hensarling's and Mr. Flake's objections is 
that earmarks have become about almost anything.
  Number five, we should not have earmarks that do not serve a Federal 
interest and have a Federal nexus. This is Federal taxpayers' money.

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  There are many great needs out there in cities, counties and States, 
but cities and counties and States have sources of revenue. It's not 
like we don't have enough to do here. It's not like we don't have other 
things that we could spend the money on. God forbid we might give it 
actually back to the taxpayers. But even if we weren't going to do 
that, there are obviously plenty of truly Federal priorities that we 
should not be fixing sewers and other things like that, which are 
clearly local priorities.
  Six, we should not be including earmarks that are requested outside 
of the State of a Member of Congress. Now, the point of these earmarks 
is to direct funds for things that our constituencies need. Why would 
we ever be wanting to direct funds for things that some other 
constituency needs? We know why. It's because some lobbyist or 
something somewhere requested it. So let's not be requesting or 
honoring earmarks that are outside of one's State.
  Seven, we shouldn't be giving earmarks to private entities without 
some kind of a competitive bidding process. You know, if other elements 
of the Federal Government were to award contracts for millions of 
dollars to private entities without some kind of bidding process, we 
would complain about it here. And we do complain about it when we see 
it, and we should complain about it when we see it. But yet under this 
earmark process, many earmarks are given directly to private entities 
without any competitive bidding process.
  Eight, conference reports should never increase an earmark. Now, 
everything we could do here in the House to disclose and provide 
sunshine for earmarks could be null and void if you simply can drop 
earmarks into a conference report that were not in either the House or 
the Senate version of the bill. So we should never have earmarks coming 
back to this floor that are more than the amount that was in either the 
House or the Senate version of that bill.
  Nine, earmarks should be available for discussion at a hearing. We're 
spending the public's money. It should be exposed, what we're doing; it 
should be clear to people what we're doing; and we should talk about it 
and be willing to stand up and defend it, or not do it.
  Ten, when we eliminate earmarks, the money we save should go into 
debt reduction. It should save the taxpayers' money. It should go to 
reduce the Federal deficit.
  Now unfortunately, if this amendment were to pass, I would love to 
tell you that the $1.1 billion to the taxpayers would be saved, but the 
way the rules are, it would take another amendment, a subsequent 
amendment to then save that money for the taxpayers.
  Mr. Culberson of Texas offered an amendment in the Appropriations 
Committee to change that rule so that if we do strike and/or eliminate 
any number of earmarks, that that money saved is actually saved, that 
it goes to debt reduction. But that amendment was defeated.
  So, Mr. Chairman, those are 10 things that could put sunshine on this 
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from that sunshine. We are a long ways from that accountability. We are 
a long, long ways from all these earmarks being visible, justifiable 
and, in fact, justified.
  So until then, I have made and will continue to make proposals to 
eliminate all the earmarks in any bill regardless of whose they are, 
myself included, or others, until we reform the process.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is recognized for 15 minutes.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. I would be happy to recognize my friend and ranking 
member, Mr. Hobson from Ohio, for such time as he may consume.
  Mr. HOBSON. I would like to thank my chairman.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  We have put together, I think, a very good bill. This bill is $31.6 
billion. The earmarks and the directed spending in this supplemental 
we're talking about today is about 3 percent of the bill, it's $1.09 
billion. There are 777 projects. This includes the plus-ups to the 
administration's request. In some cases the administration asked for 
some money, we decided it wasn't quite enough to finish off something, 
so we added money to it.
  Let me talk a little bit about the Corps. The administration 
requested $4.08 billion for 837 projects. The House adds $777 million 
for 466 projects. There are no new authorizations or new starts. And 
sometimes the President asks for new starts, Members ask for new 
starts; we don't have enough money to do new starts, so we stopped new 
starts.
  The earmarks are 14 percent of the total Corps' budget. I might add, 
when we started with the Corps of Engineers, the Corps didn't have a 5-
year development plan, they had no vision of where it really wanted to 
go. It didn't come from the administration to change that, it came with 
the chairman and myself working together. We changed that in the Corps. 
That didn't come out of the administration, those nameless people down 
there who somehow figure out how they're going to spend the money. At 
least here we know who's spending the money and we know the projects 
that we're looking at.
  Title II. The administration requested $551 million for 146 projects. 
The House added $72 million for 47 projects.
  In DOE, in title III, the House adds $246.5 million for 263 projects. 
This represents less than 1 percent of the total DOE budget, which is 
$32 billion. This is a 50 percent cut to the fiscal year 2006 level. 
And I might say on the Republican side, it is now a 40 percent split 
versus the 60 percent as the majority changed. I think we've done a 
good job at looking at people's needs.
  Let me give an example. In my State, ODOT is the big highway people, 
and they always want to do these big projects. And when I want to do 
something in my town that really impacts people within my city, they 
don't have time to do it. And even when I do an earmark, they fight me 
on the earmark because they want to do the big deals. They want to do 
the big projects that cost a lot of money. And they take care of 
people, too. But at the local community, I think sometimes we are 
better off at what we want to do versus what the large agencies want to 
do.
  So I want to thank the chairman, and frankly, the staff, who has 
looked through all these projects. We've looked through all these 
projects. We've vetted these projects. And we've done as good a job as 
I think we can in looking at them. And we're not the technical people, 
but the staff is more technical. We've gone back on the Corps projects 
and talked to Corps of Engineers and said, do these projects make 
sense? Are they executable? Can we get them done? And they've come back 
and said yes. So we have had a review.
  I think this is a well done bill. I think the earmarks are essential 
to Congress doing its oversight. I wish, frankly, we could work better 
with the administration on their earmarks. We don't know what they're 
going to do. They don't come and talk to us. Even in the hearings, we 
have no idea where they're going to spend all their money on the 
projects they want.
  I think it would be a better process if we could all work together 
and have more transparency, and did more things at the local level. And 
we could take out a lot of the bureaucracy that exists in those huge 
bureaucracies that we tend to fund without anybody ever questioning how 
much money they're spending there.
  And I don't want to pay more taxes either. I think the projects here 
that we do help the quality of life within the communities where we 
live.
  I support the bill. I'm opposed to this amendment. And I would 
request that Members oppose this amendment.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield 4 
minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
  Mr. FLAKE. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for 
this wonderful amendment.
  I rise today out of a concern for what earmarks are doing to this 
body. Those of us on the Republican side understand very well the 
perils of unfettered earmarks. It's part of the reason we're squarely 
in the minority today. But there are greater concerns than which party 
is in the majority. I hope that each of us, Republicans and Democrats, 
would recognize this.
  Proponents of earmarking defend the practice by noting that Article I 
of the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, and that 
earmarking is consistent with that responsibility. It is true that 
Congress has the power of the purse. But the contemporary practice of 
earmarking circumvents, rather than enhances, the careful execution of 
our responsibility as stewards of the public purse.
  Take the Labor-HHS bill that will be coming up later today; it 
contains 1,300 earmarks. Are we to assume that each of these 1,300 has 
been properly vetted and scrubbed? No way. I suspect that, just as the 
distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee noted a couple 
of weeks ago, there is no way to adequately screen these earmarks given 
the tight appropriations schedule. The question needs to be asked, why 
are we so bent on moving forward with 1,300 earmarks?
  I should note that last year there were no House earmarks in the 
Labor-HHS bill. The world didn't come crashing to a halt. The year 
before there were no House earmarks in the Labor-H bill. The planets 
are still in order today.
  Why are we so bent on moving forward when we can't adequately vet 
these earmarks?
  Perhaps the most frequent justification for the contemporary practice 
of earmarking is that ``Members of Congress know their districts better 
than some faceless bureaucrat in Washington.'' Now, I'm not here to 
defend faceless bureaucrats. They waste a lot of money in my district, 
as well as others. Faceless bureaucrats in Federal agencies waste so 
much money that somebody needs to be constantly looking over their 
shoulder and providing oversight. That's why we're here. But let's face 
it, when we approve congressional earmarking for indoor rain forests in 
Iowa or teapot museums in North Carolina, we make the most spendthrift 
faceless bureaucrats look frugal.
  Excess by Federal agencies does not excuse congressional excess. If 
Federal agencies don't follow the procedures requiring competitive 
bidding or other processes, then we should cut their funding and/or 
mandate that they change their practice. We shouldn't try to one-up 
them with equally suspect appropriations.
  Just as an aside, we saw just a couple of weeks ago that the majority 
of this Chamber chose to deny funding for one particular earmark. Now, 
for the Record, it was my amendment to cut funding for the ``Perfect 
Christmas Tree Project.'' There was no Federal nexus, and I didn't 
think it was a wise use of Federal dollars. But it was no less worthy 
than hundreds of projects funded by the same legislation.
  The distribution of earmarks is based on politics, not policy. Most 
appropriation bills award 60 percent of the earmarks to the majority 
party and 40 percent to the minority party. Is there a policy reason 
for this allocation that has reversed with every legislation? Are well-
positioned Members who award themselves with more earmarks than rank-
and-file Members more deserving? Are their districts more

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needy? In some appropriation bills, each member of the committee is 
given an equal share. Are we to assume here that these districts have 
exactly the same needs?
  The truth is, we can try all we want to to conjure up some noble 
pedigree for the contemporary practice of earmarking, but we are just 
drinking our own bath water if we think the public is buying it.
  It seems that over the past few years we've tried to increase the 
number of earmarks enough so that the plaudits we hear from earmark 
recipients will drown out the voices of taxpayers who have had enough. 
It hasn't worked, thank goodness. For every group that directly 
benefits from earmarks, there are hundreds who see it as a transparent 
gimmick to assure our own reelection.
  Mr. Chairman, our constituents deserve better. This institution 
deserves better than we're giving it. Let's return to the time-honored 
process of authorization, appropriation and oversight that has served 
us well for so long.
  Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I would reserve the balance of my time, 
understanding I have the right to close, and I will be the final 
speaker on our side.
  Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Flake said it very 
well. This House can do better than this earmark process. We can do 
better than what is going on. Their earmarks have led to some of our 
colleagues who are now in jail. It has led to other problems with other 
colleagues. Let's reform it or get rid of it.
  This amendment is the beginning of that process. And Mr. Chairman, I 
would urge Members, even if they have earmarks in this bill, to support 
the beginning of reform or elimination of what has hurt this 
institution and has hurt taxpayers so much.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the time and will begin my 
remarks in opposition, first of all, by again thanking my friend and 
colleague from Ohio (Mr. Hobson), all of the members of the 
subcommittee, and the staff, who have done a very good job on this bill 
and improved the circumstances for people's safety, health, security 
and employment opportunities.
  I would like to make a couple of points. The first is, we've heard a 
lot about the expenditures that are enumerated in this legislation, and 
that certainly is worthy of debate. What has been lost today, but was 
covered earlier this year when the bill originally was on the floor, is 
the fact that there are significant cuts that have been made in this 
bill to programs that we felt could be either eliminated or reduced 
because they did not have the same value and merit as those contained 
in the legislation we're considering today.
  And I would note that there were 37 different DOE weapons programs 
that were cut. There were an additional 20 programs, two in the Army 
Corps of Engineers, two in the Bureau of Reclamation, three within the 
independent agencies, and 13 others in the Department of Energy that 
were reduced because we did not feel that they cut mustard and did not 
make the same significant contribution to our country.

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  As far as our infrastructure, and I would want to focus on that for a 
few minutes, the investment in our water infrastructure, for example, 
in this legislation represents a little bit less than 20 percent of the 
overall spending. But I would note that in 2005, the American Society 
of Civil Engineers estimated that nearly 50 percent of the Corps of 
Engineers-maintained locks are functionally obsolete using a design 
life of 50 years. Many of our communities do not enjoy the benefit of 
adequate flood protection.
  We think of moving the commerce of this country. We think of people's 
safety. We are woefully behind. There are numerous channels and harbors 
throughout our Nation, across this country, that are not maintained at 
usable depths, much less at the authorized levels. Again, for every 
ship that uses a channel or a harbor not at depth, they are coming in 
and they are leaving lighter. That is less efficient as far as the 
economy of our country.
  The Corps of Engineers' backlog is $50 billion. One thing that I 
would note for the membership here is that during the last several 
years under Mr. Hobson's leadership as chairman, one of the things that 
we have tried to do is, if you would, to focus funds on some programs 
to meet that backlog, to make sure that some projects ultimately are 
completed.
  I would also point out that the committee is mindful of the 
responsibility that we all have in Congress regarding ensuring that 
Federal funds are spent in a responsible manner. This committee has 
been at the forefront of changes to the fiscal management of the Corps 
of Engineers.
  In light of the challenges involved in modernizing this Nation's 
water resources infrastructure, we have required, again, over the last 
several years, a more disciplined and rigorous approach to fiscal and 
contract management by the corps. This bill continues financial 
management contracting reforms to ensure that the corps manages its 
budget in the best interests of the taxpayers. The recommendations 
include directing that the corps continue to take action in considering 
additional factors as they proceed in the planning of projects.
  Outside of water infrastructure, we do have the Department of Energy 
that encompasses obviously more than three-quarters of the spending in 
this bill. As was noted when we brought the bill to the House floor, 
regrettably, as a citizen, as a public official, I would note that 
since 1990, the Department of Energy has been on the high-risk list of 
the GAO for project management.
  That is all of our money. One of the things that we have, again, 
attempted to do in this bill is to begin to force the issue with the 
Department so these major construction projects are brought in on time 
and on budget.
  As I mentioned, and I will close on this note, in my remarks at the 
beginning of the debate, we started today, the money spent in this 
bill, whether they were enumerated originally by the administration or 
by the Congress, are investments, investments in our national security 
and in the safety and reliability of our nuclear weapons. They are 
investments in our energy security, which is now in economic crisis, a 
national security crisis and an environmental crisis. We have increased 
funding for biofuels. We have increased funding for vehicle technology. 
We have increased funding for renewable energy research. I am proud of 
the subcommittee's work in those areas.
  We have made investments in the health of our people, in that if you 
have clean water to drink, you are going to enjoy good health. If you 
do not, you are going to become very sick. We have also looked at the 
health of those citizens around our country who live in and around 
former weapons sites and the nuclear cleanup that is going to 
unfortunately still take decades to accomplish. These are investments 
in the safety of our citizens. Think about those dams in this country. 
Think about one of those locks failing. Think about the gentleman in 
Highland, Indiana, who lost his life when the Little Calumet River 
flooded.
  They are investments to create a climate and to build the 
infrastructure of our Nation that encourages the development of new, 
well-paying jobs. To the extent we have made changes in the 
administration's priorities, whether they be by earmarks or changes in 
programs, those changes have been to enhance the effectiveness of the 
programs in this bill and to complement them.
  Mr. Chairman, for all of these reasons, I certainly am opposed to the 
gentleman's amendment, I would ask my colleagues to oppose it, and I 
would ask for my colleagues' support of the underlying legislation.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Campbell).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
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  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HOBSON. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LaTourette) for 
such time as he may consume.
  Mr. LaTOURETTE. I want to thank the distinguished ranking member for 
yielding, and I want to thank the body for its indulgence as we wrap up 
this important debate.
  I want to describe and discuss an amendment I was going to offer but 
did not and some of the reasons for it. Contained in this bill is a $2 
million earmark for the Parker Hannifin Company of Cleveland, Ohio, for 
the hybrid drivetrain program.
  I am not going to offer the amendment for three very important 
reasons. One is the earmark was requested by my good friend and 
neighbor, Congressman Tim Ryan; two, in doing research on the hybrid 
drivetrain program, it is a good one, and three, Parker Hannifin is a 
great company that I am going to talking about in a minute.
  But my amendment would have redirected the $2 million from the hybrid 
drivetrain program to their plant in Eastlake. Parker Hannifin has 
announced their intention in the near future to close a plant in 
Eastlake, Ohio, and cause the loss of 177 jobs.
  Most of the folks that work there have been working there for a 
number of years and are members of the International Association of 
Machinists and Aerospace Workers. But I want to talk a little bit about 
Parker Hannifin and why I am not offering the amendment and then have a 
request at the end.
  Parker Hannifin Company was started in 1918 by a guy named Arthur 
Parker. Just to show you how some of our entrepreneurs have had tough 
experiences, in 1919 there was a truck accident that wiped out the 
entire inventory of the company, and he had to go back to another job. 
He started again; and at the height the Depression, he bought an auto 
plant in 1935 in the City of Cleveland, and then during the height of 
World War II, employed 5,000 people in Cleveland, Ohio, supplying the 
war effort.
  The war ended. Mr. Parker died. Again, the defense contracts dried 
up. It looked like there wasn't going to be any progress for the 
company. His widow said no, and they continued to reinvest in 
northeastern Ohio and northeastern Ohio continued to reinvest in them 
and they rewarded them as well. Today, they are a $10 billion company 
employing 50,000 people worldwide.
  My simple request is, I am not going to ask to redirect this money to 
the plant in Eastlake, Ohio, but as this bill moves forward, I would 
hope that we can continue to talk to the folks in Cleveland and Parker 
Hannifin, because if you think about this $2 million, some of those 177 
machinists who potentially will lose their jobs paid into the Federal 
Treasury some of the money that comprises this $2 million that is going 
to the hybrid drivetrain project, and I hope that we are able to 
resolve this in a way that we not only have the new technology for fuel 
efficiency that comes from the hybrid drivetrain technology, but given 
northeastern Ohio's solid commitment to this company since 1918, that 
they take that into consideration as we move forward and they make 
tough decisions in this global economy as to whether or not these jobs 
remain in northeastern Ohio.
  Again, I very much thank the ranking member and the chairman for 
their indulgence.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, if my colleague would yield for a 
moment, I certainly appreciate the gentleman striking and yielding the 
time.
  Again, I understand and appreciate the gentleman's concern and his 
passion about this. Obviously, I cannot make any representations, other 
than I would want to stay in touch with both gentlemen and see what can 
be done and to work closely with you.
  But I appreciate again the circumstances you find yourself in and 
would be happy to try to work with you.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I thank both gentlemen for their comments, 
and I yield back my time.


                  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:
  An amendment by Mr. Flake of Arizona.
  Amendment No. 35 by Mr. Hensarling of Texas.
  Amendment No. 37 by Mr. Hensarling of Texas.
  Amendment No. 39 by Mr. Hensarling of Texas.
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell of California.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on an amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 98, 
noes 326, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 636]

                                AYES--98

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Barrett (SC)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Boehner
     Brady (TX)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carney
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gillmor
     Gohmert
     Graves
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Linder
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Smith (NE)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--326

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey

[[Page H7894]]


     Lucas
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Bishop (GA)
     Bordallo
     Brown, Corrine
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Faleomavaega
     Granger
     Hill
     Hoyer
     Kucinich
     Napolitano
     Solis
     Tancredo

                              {time}  1519

  Messrs. POMEROY, CROWLEY and KANJORSKI changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Messrs. SHIMKUS, NUNES, CARNEY and 
Mrs. BIGGERT changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 636, had I been 
present, I would have voted ``no.''
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 636 on H.R. 2641 I 
was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``no.''


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Remaining votes in this series of votes will be 
2-minute votes. There will be a 1-minute warning and then a 2-minute 
vote.


               Amendment No. 35 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Hensarling) 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 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 70, 
noes 357, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 637]

                                AYES--70

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Boehner
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Duncan
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Graves
     Hastert
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Linder
     Mack
     McHenry
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Smith (NE)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Westmoreland

                               NOES--357

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     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
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     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
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Bordallo
     Brown, Corrine
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Faleomavaega
     Granger
     Hoyer
     Kagen
     Kucinich
     Tancredo


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised there is 1 
minute remaining to vote.

                              {time}  1524

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Hensarling) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.

[[Page H7895]]

  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 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 79, 
noes 337, not voting 20, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 638]

                                AYES--79

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Barrett (SC)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Duncan
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Graves
     Hastert
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Linder
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     McCaul (TX)
     McHenry
     Miller (FL)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Ramstad
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Smith (NE)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--337

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     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
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--20

     Ackerman
     Bordallo
     Boswell
     Brown, Corrine
     Carnahan
     Christensen
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Dicks
     Faleomavaega
     Gonzalez
     Hoyer
     Johnson, Sam
     Kirk
     Kucinich
     Marchant
     Napolitano
     Radanovich
     Tancredo
     Welch (VT)
     Weller


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised there is 1 
minute remaining on this vote.

                              {time}  1527

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Hensarling) 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 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 81, 
noes 348, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 639]

                                AYES--81

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Barrett (SC)
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Boehner
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Duncan
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Graves
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Linder
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     McHenry
     Miller (FL)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Smith (NE)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--348

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     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
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)

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     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     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
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bordallo
     Brown, Corrine
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Faleomavaega
     Hoyer
     Kucinich
     Tancredo


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised there is 1 
minute remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1533

  Mr. WAXMAN changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment Offered by Mr. Campbell of California

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Campbell) 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 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 39, 
noes 388, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 640]

                                AYES--39

     Akin
     Blackburn
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Cooper
     Deal (GA)
     Flake
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Goode
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Issa
     Jindal
     Jordan
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Linder
     Miller (FL)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Price (GA)
     Radanovich
     Ryan (WI)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Westmoreland

                               NOES--388

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

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Abercrombie
     Bordallo
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Faleomavaega
     Hoyer
     Kucinich
     Tancredo

                              {time}  1537

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008''.

  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank my colleagues, 
my good friend from Indiana and chair of the subcommittee, Mr. 
Visclosky, and Chairman Obey, for bringing up this important piece of 
legislation.
  I rise in support of the supplemental report on H.R. 2641.
  Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the subcommittee leadership for their 
inclusion of $18.3 million for the Houston Ship Channel Navigation 
project, which is $2 million more than the President's budget, and for 
including $15.442 million in operations and maintenance

[[Page H7897]]

for the Houston Ship Channel, which is $1 million over the President's 
request.
  While I understand the tight fiscal constraints this Congress is 
under, I hope we increase funding for these projects in the future.
  The continued O&M funding would be used to keep the channel at its 
authorized depth, which is critical to keeping the channel navigable 
for the tankers that bring in crude oil to our refineries. The 
navigation funding goes towards important environmental restoration 
work in the deepening and widening project. We are at the end of that 
project now.
  Our area relies heavily on Corps of Engineers' funding, since we're 
not only an energy-producing area but also a low-lying area in the 
middle of a flood plain.
  I requested funding through the Army Corps of Engineers for Greens 
Bayou, Hunting Bayou and Halls Bayou, which were flooded during 
Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. These authorized projects are located 
in blue-collar residential areas in my district, where the threat of 
future flooding is all too real.
  I am grateful the subcommittee included $588,000 for Greens Bayou, 
which will help conclude the study portion of the project and now the 
project is fast approaching its construction phase. The Greens Bayou 
project has a high 3.7 benefit to cost ratio, and in 2001, over 15,000 
homes in this watershed flooded in Tropical Storm Allison.
  I appreciate the committee's continued understanding of the pressing 
flood control needs in our area, but am disappointed only Greens Bayou 
received funding in this appropriations cycle.
  Hunting Bayou has already started construction and a cut-off of 
Federal funding threatens to put this project into danger of falling 
further behind schedule. Fortunately, this is a 211 (f) project which 
provides the local sponsor--the Harris County Flood Control District--
flexibility to continue work on the project.
  The Hunting Bayou project will reduce the number of homes and 
businesses in the 100-year flood plain by 85 percent, from 7,400 
structures to 1,000. Eight thousand homes flooded in this area during 
Tropical Storm Allison as well.
  I also hope Halls Bayou will receive funding in the future; this 
project is authorized in WRDA 1990 and is included in the pending WRDA 
legislation to become a Sec. 211(t) project.
  Greens Bayou, Hunting Bayou, and Halls Bayou are not projects to 
protect vacation homes or homes in obvious flood hazard areas. Most of 
these areas were outside the flood plain until upstream development 
expanded the flood plains.
  In closing, I want to commend the Chairman, and especially my good 
friend from Texas, Congressman Chet Edwards, for their hard work on 
this legislation, and hope they will continue their progress on funding 
critical needs across the Nation.
  I urge my colleagues to support the supplemental report.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, in accordance with House earmark reforms, 
I would like to place into the record a listing of the Congressionally-
directed project in my home state of Idaho that is contained within the 
report to this bill.
  The project provides $4 million within the Army Corps of Engineers 
Section 595 program for rural water infrastructure upgrades in Idaho 
communities. The funding was authorized in the Water Resources 
Development Act.
  This funding is critical to assisting rural Idaho communities in 
upgrading their water and wastewater treatment facilities. In many 
cases, this funding is required to comply with unfunded mandates passed 
down by this Congress and federal agencies.
  Perhaps the most striking example of why the federal government has a 
responsibility to assist these communities is the burden the EPA's 
revised arsenic standard is having across America. In addition, these 
funds help rural communities in Idaho trying to attract new businesses 
and spur economic development. The vital water funding in this bill 
will assist rural communities in job creation and affordable housing by 
offering improved services at lower costs than would otherwise be 
possible.
  I'm proud to have obtained this funding for Idaho communities and 
look forward to working with them in the future to meet their water 
resource challenges.
  I appreciate the opportunity to provide a list of Congressionally-
directed projects in my region and an explanation of my support for 
them.
  1. Rural Idaho Environmental Infrastructure, $4,000,000.
  Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of 
H.R. 2641, the Energy & Water Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2007. 
I applaud our colleagues on the Energy & Water subcommittee for 
producing a bill that fully funds some of this nation's most important 
basic research under the Office of Science.
  In particular, I commend chairmen Obey and Visclosky, ranking member 
Hobson, and my fellow Long Island colleague, Mr. Israel, for their 
tireless support of ground-breaking research conducted at Brookhaven 
National Laboratory.
  I'm proud to represent BNL and the talented scientists who keep our 
nation at the cutting edge of basic research with projects like the 
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, which helps scientists unravel the big 
bang theory to explain the origins of our universe.
  Fully funding this research will avert the same kind of uncertainty 
that threatened to derail it last year. Preserving BNL's status as a 
leading research institution will hopefully result in more decisions 
like yesterday's announcement that BNL will be the permanent home of 
the NSLS II, which uses intense light for x-ray imaging.
  I also want to commend the committee for allocating $7 million for 
the Fire Island to Montauk Point project, which would protect 83 miles 
along Long Island's south shore.
  Mr. Chairman, fully funding these research and infrastructure 
priorities are good for this nation and our economy. I am proud to 
support H.R. 2641 and again commend our colleagues for a good bill and 
their hard work.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise 
and report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments, with the 
recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill, as 
amended, do pass.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
McNulty) having assumed the chair, Mr. Tierney, 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. 2641) 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
purposes, he reported the bill back to the House with sundry 
amendments, with the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to 
and that the bill, as amended, do pass.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under House Resolution 481, the previous 
question is ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the 
Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 312, 
nays 112, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 641]

                               YEAS--312

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Barton (TX)
     Becerra
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (IA)
     Kingston

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     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     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)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--112

     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Berkley
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (NY)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Lamborn
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Mack
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Reynolds
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Tiahrt
     Walberg
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bean
     Brown, Corrine
     Davis, Jo Ann
     English (PA)
     Jones (NC)
     Kucinich
     Tancredo


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1557

  Mr. SULLIVAN and Mr. BILBRAY changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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