[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H8457-H8466]
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 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 562 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. 3093.

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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. 3093) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, with Mr. 
Hastings of Florida (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

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the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito) had been postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                       Office of Justice Programs


                           justice assistance

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the Missing Children's 
     Assistance Act, including salaries and expenses in connection 
     therewith, the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end 
     the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 
     108-21), the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
     405), the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162), and the 
     Victims of Crime Act of 1984, $250,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $127,915,000 shall be expended in total for Office of Justice 
     Programs management and administration.


                   Amendment Offered by Mrs. Biggert

  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mrs. Biggert:
       Page 41, line 19, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $34,000,000) (increased by $34,000,000)''.

  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Chairman, I offer this amendment with the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Lampson).
  Every year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 
or NCMEC, receives funding through the Justice Assistance Account's 
Missing Children Program. For the past several years, the House has 
allocated funding in the Missing Children Program to NCMEC; however, in 
this year's bill, there is no allocation. My amendment carves out of 
the Missing Children Program $34 million for the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children.
  Authorized by Congress in section 404 of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act, the National Center is a true public-
private partnership, funded in the current fiscal year by Congress at 
$26.6 million and augmented by $11 million in private sector donations.
  Since its inception in 1984, NCMEC has handled more than 2.1 million 
calls, trained 226,000 professionals, printed and distributed over 42 
million publications, worked more than 130,300 missing children's 
cases, and perhaps most importantly, played a role in the recovery of 
more than 112,900 children. In fact, NCMEC's total recovery rate is an 
impressive 96.3 percent.
  Furthermore, the National Center operates the CyberTipline, the 
congressionally mandated ``911 for the Internet.'' NCMEC has handled 
more than 475,000 leads since March 1998. These leads have resulted in 
hundreds of arrests and prosecutions for such crimes as child 
pornography, online enticement of children, and sexual molestation.
  Mr. Chairman, for generations the message was simple. Parents told 
their children to never talk to strangers. My parents told me, and I 
told my children. Times have changed. There are more threats to our 
children, and our message must change with technology. Similarly, the 
role of the National Center has changed. The Internet opened a new 
world of child exploitation, and in order to sufficiently protect our 
children, we must give the National Center the resources it needs to 
help keep our children safe and at home.
  I would urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I know that you are committed to the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children, and I know that this will be an 
important issue discussed at conference, and I understand that you 
would like me to withdraw this amendment.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. BIGGERT. I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and 
at the same time, let me compliment her for her leadership in this area 
and her concern for this huge problem and these extremely important 
programs that are focused in these organizations.
  We have funded this account handsomely. The bill provides $61.4 
million for missing children programs. As we move to conference, I know 
the gentlelady is interested in funding for particular organizations to 
focus on the problem. We are as well. At the same time, we want the 
universe to be able to access these programs, and that's the way we 
have structured our bill.
  As we move toward conference, we look forward to working with the 
gentlelady with regard to her particular concerns in this area.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. I think that if the gentleman would commit to working 
with Mr. Lampson and me to sufficiently fund the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children at conference, I would be willing to 
withdraw the amendment.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Well, we are and we will work toward that. I know that 
we are going to become more specific in these accounts as we move 
toward conference. We anticipate that, and we look forward to working 
with the gentlelady in that regard.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Reclaiming my time, I guess I was really concerned 
because in the past there's always been the definite allocations for 
these various groups.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. There have been earmarks for it, and what we are 
looking forward to doing is working with the Senate on this, and we 
anticipate and will work with the gentlelady to do just that.
  I can't commit to a specific result here, but I can assure the 
gentlelady that we will work for funding for the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children, as we move through conference. All this 
time working with her is all that I can commit to specifically.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from California is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I would like to enter into a colloquy with 
the chairman.
  First of all, I want to thank the chairman and ranking member of the 
committee. Many of you remember, last year I was down here haranguing 
the committee for dropping the ``O'' for oceans out of NOAA, and I want 
to thank the chairman for putting the ``O'' back into the National 
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration in this year's CJS appropriations 
bill, and I want to thank the gentleman for providing ample funding for 
the National Marine Sanctuary program as well.
  It is the funds in the sanctuary program's construction account that 
I would like to ask the chairman about.
  The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary would like to build a 
visitor's center in the city of Santa Cruz. This center will be the 
only one of its kind in the country. The site was chosen because it 
attracts people that do not regularly have access to the ocean.
  It is my understanding that this project is one of NOAA's highest 
priorities, and they intend to grant the city of Santa Cruz $5 million 
from the construction account for the visitors center.
  The question is, is it the intent of the committee to support the 
partnership between NOAA and the city of Santa Cruz by providing NOAA 
with the necessary funds so that they can grant the $5 million to the 
city of Santa Cruz for the construction of the visitors center? The 
money is included in the bill.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR. I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Yes, and that's the intent of the committee, to work 
with you in this regard.
  Mr. FARR. I thank the chairman. That was the purpose of this, to get 
that intent on record, and I want to thank the ranking member as well.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Etheridge

  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Etheridge:
       Page 41, line 20, insert ``(increased by $1,747,111)'' 
     after the dollar amount.

  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Chairman, I offer this amendment with my 
colleague, Mr. Reichert of Washington State, to force the 
administration to really do right by the widows and orphans of fallen 
public safety officers.
  For nearly 4 years, the U.S. Department of Justice has been dragging 
its

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feet on providing benefits to the families of brave men and women who 
have died in the line of duty protecting their communities.
  There are more than 200 claims, some of which have been waiting for 
decisions since 2003, languishing in the Public Safety Officers' 
Benefits office at the Office of Justice Programs.
  This is in clear conflict with the intent of Congress, which 
unanimously passed the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act to 
expedite cases and streamline the process. Instead, there has been 
delay after delay from the Department of Justice, and the PSOB office 
has created an incredibly complicated system that even personnel at the 
PSOB office have been confused by.
  My amendment would simply ensure that there are enough benefits 
personnel to deal with this backlog, enough appeals officers to address 
the concerns of families who are wrongfully denied, and additional 
managers or ombudsmen to help streamline claims and interact with 
claimants to make an emotional and difficult process easier.
  We owe our first responders no less than to be sure that their loved 
ones are taken care of if they fall while working to ensure that our 
communities are safe. These families should not have to jump through 
hoop after hoop to receive what they justly deserve.
  JoAnn Tilton of Katy, Texas, whose husband, Fire Chief Gary Tilton, 
died of a heart attack after responding to a traffic accident, has 
waited 2\1/2\ years to hear from the PSOB office.

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  In that time she has been asked for volumes of information, been 
given conflicting information. She had basically been given the 
runaround in a bureaucratic marathon. She is one of the lucky ones, 
because at least she has gotten information from the PSOB office, even 
though that information includes having been told that a decision would 
be made earlier this month, before going forward with the claim. Now 
she is going to have to go through a second round of medical 
information reviews.
  Shelly Hardin of Hope Mills, North Carolina, whose husband, Sergeant 
James Heath Hardin, died of a heart attack while working to apprehend a 
criminal, did not even receive notice from the PSOB office that their 
claim was being processed. The PSOB office still cannot say when they 
will begin the processing.
  They are but two of the hundreds of individuals whose lives have been 
tragically disrupted, once by the death of the loved ones, and whose 
lives continue to be disrupted by the Department's delays. These 
additional funds will make sure that they wait no longer.
  The brave men and women who serve our communities every day, many of 
whom volunteer their time, don't ask when they get a call from someone 
in distress. They act immediately, and the Justice Department should do 
the same.
  The history of the Hometown Heroes Act is riddled with delays. The 
first delay came when they proposed regulations that were in direct 
conflict with the legislation. Then came more delays when they quibbled 
over wording and phrases and claims that they were waiting for approval 
from the OMB.
  It took 3 years to finalize the process. Since the law went into 
effect, only 10 families have been approved for the Hometown Heroes 
benefit out of 264 that have applied. Forty-seven claims have been 
denied, and more than 200 families still await a verdict.
  The U.S. Justice Department appears to be intentionally 
misinterpreting the intent of Congress to create the presumption that 
the death was caused by work in the line of duty. I urge the Justice 
Department to act swiftly and fairly on the remaining claims to provide 
the needed benefits, the much-deserved benefits.
  I urge my colleagues to support these amendments.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Chairman, I am proud to stand today with my good 
friend Mr. Etheridge in support of this amendment to the CJS 
appropriations bill.
  Nearly 4 years ago the President signed into law the Hometown Heroes 
Survivors Benefit Act. This legislation, which was championed by the 
author of this amendment Mr. Etheridge, corrected a technicality in how 
public safety officers' benefits were paid. Specifically, the law 
allowed for families of those killed in the line of duty, by heart 
attack or stroke, to claim the benefit. It sounds simple.
  I didn't have the opportunity to vote for this legislation because at 
the time I was the sheriff in King County, Seattle, Washington, 
completing my 33-year law enforcement career. During my time as a 
police officer, I saw firsthand the pain that a family endures when 
they lose a loved one. I have lost partners over those 33 years that I 
was in the Sheriff's Office in Seattle. I know that pain. It doesn't go 
away.
  But yet they go out on the street day after day after day, and they 
put their lives on the line. Their families are standing there with 
them. Unfortunately, the families, who are dealing with this pain, and 
who are eligible for this compensation under the Hometown Heroes 
Survivors Benefit Act, are being stalled and denied by our government.
  It took the Department of Justice almost 3 years just to issue a rule 
that would dictate how these benefits would be paid. On top of the 3 
years, in the last 10 months, since the rule was issued, only 10 claims 
have been completed favorably, which averages to 1 claim a month. There 
are approximately 200 claims left, as Mr. Etheridge indicated, still in 
limbo.
  I have seen the tears of these families. We just met with three 
families last week. Through the Federal Government's inaction and 
complacency, more tears will be shed.
  This is absolutely unacceptable, outrageous. This amendment is 
simple. It will double the current funding for the Public Safety 
Officers' Benefit Program. This amendment will take away the excuse 
that the Department of Justice does not have the people or the 
resources to process these claims. The issue of taking care of first 
responders, as I have said, is close to my heart.
  Let's take care of the families. Let's implement a law that we put 
into the books years ago. Passage of this amendment will send a strong 
message to our Nation's first responders that we, the United States 
Government, truly stand behind them and their families.
  Please support the Etheridge-Reichert amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Rhode Island is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the Etheridge-Reichert 
amendment. The Attorney General of the United States, Alberto Gonzales, 
was up here on the Hill this week. The Attorney General was trying to 
appeal to the United States Congress of the United States, trying to 
appeal to the American people to restore the American people's 
confidence in the Justice Department. I think one of the first steps he 
can take to restore confidence in the American people and the 
Department of Justice is to ensure that the people who are on the front 
lines of the war against terror here in our own country, the men and 
women in blue, the people who are protecting our men and women across 
this country from crime, in our neighborhoods and our cities and our 
towns, that those people who make the ultimate sacrifice and lay down 
their lives for the protection of our citizens in our own communities, 
that those people, when they make that ultimate sacrifice, that this 
country is not going to let them down. It's not going to let their 
families down.
  The notion that we're going to make them wait for an insurance 
policy, make their families wait, make their widows wait, make their 
orphans wait, is an insult. The fact that the Department of Justice is 
not willing to simply step up and pay $250,000 tax-free dollars to the 
widow and children of fallen officers who have fallen in the line of 
duty protecting people in this country from the criminal element of 
this society is unforgivable.

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  The fact that this Attorney General is up here on the Hill and has no 
understanding of this, has no sensitivity to this, is one more example 
of how out of touch this Attorney General is.
  This amendment, this Etheridge amendment, is another example of how 
this Congress has to remind the executive branch who needs to be in 
charge when it comes to running the pursestrings around here, where the 
priorities of the American people are. The priorities of the American 
people are let's spend money where our law enforcement is. That is 
where their families are.
  This, my friends, is where our hometown heroes are. In my State we 
have people like Deputy Assistant Day, who died trying to fight a fire, 
and his family's widow is still waiting for that benefit. In the 1970s, 
President Nixon put the public safety officers' benefit in at $100,000. 
We never even increased it. We tried to increase it; wasn't even 
increased for rate of inflation, cost-of-living adjustment. I worked to 
try to increase it, as did Mr. Etheridge.
  It took 9/11, unfortunately, it took a crisis like 9/11, before we 
were able to attach this bill to the PATRIOT Act and get it included as 
part of the PATRIOT Act and get it pushed through this Congress so that 
we could increase it up to over $250,000. Now that it's up there, and 
it's tied to the rate of inflation, it's there.
  But it's not going to do a lot of good unless it's going out the 
door, and it's going into the pockets and into the households and the 
families that need it. That's why we need to pass this amendment to 
give the administration and the Department of Justice the resources it 
needs in order to give them no more excuses in order to process these 
claims and get those families the resources they need in order to take 
care of the widows and the orphans of our fallen heroes.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from West Virginia is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of Mr. Etheridge's 
amendment. I can tell you that the beneficiaries of the Public Safety 
Officers' Benefit Program and the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefit 
Program are extremely lucky to have advocates like Mr. Etheridge in the 
United States House of Representatives. I mention him first and most 
often because he has been all over this issue for the last 6 months, 
since I have been chairman of this subcommittee.
  I am extremely pleased to see Mr. Reichert on this, a person who 
comes from law enforcement, who understands the issues of law 
enforcement, and is probably personally acquainted with cases of 
disappointment of beneficiaries under this program. It is tremendous 
that this program is bipartisan.
  You can tell by Mr. Kennedy's remarks and the sincerity behind them 
that this is an issue of vital concern to the subcommittee as well. Mr. 
Kennedy has been championing Mr. Etheridge's cause and Mr. Reichert's 
cause through the process of this bill.
  I give credit to these people because they have been especially 
attentive to this concern. It is, indeed, something that we should be 
concerned about.
  As we talk about homeland security, as we talk about State and local 
law enforcement, and as we recommend a bill with this kind of funding 
to the House of Representatives, we have to be mindful of those people 
who have made sacrifices and who have suffered greatly. That's what 
these programs are about. That's why the Congress authorized them, and 
that's why we have provided appropriations for them.
  It is not acceptable that the Department of Justice has not moved 
these beneficiary cases, with far greater expediency than they have. It 
is actually a denial of the benefit that some of these cases have been 
processed so slowly. So that's the initiative, that's the purpose of 
Mr. Etheridge's amendment.
  I am pleased to accept the amendment because of its merit.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield to my ranking member, who has likewise been 
passionate about ensuring that the Department of Justice moves these 
beneficiary programs in the Office of Justice programs.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Thank you for yielding. I echo your sentiments.
  Let's move on this amendment. I highly support it.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, we accept the gentleman's amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Etheridge).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. ETHERIDGE. 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 North 
Carolina will be postponed.

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  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:


               state and local law enforcement assistance

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 
     Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
     1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164); the 
     Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162); and the 
     Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
     (Public Law 106-386); and other programs; $1,315,000,000 
     (including amounts for administrative costs, which shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the ``Justice Assistance'' 
     account): Provided, That funding provided under this heading 
     shall remain available until expended as follows:
       (1) $600,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
     Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E 
     of title I of the 1968 Act, as amended by section 1111 of 
     Public Law 109-162 (except that the special rules for Puerto 
     Rico under section 505(g) of the 1968 Act, as amended by 
     section 1111 of Public Law 109-162, shall not apply for 
     purposes of this Act), of which $25,000,000 is for State and 
     local law enforcement for security associated with the 2008 
     Presidential Candidate Nominating Conventions, to be divided 
     equally between the conventions; and $10,000,000 is for the 
     National Institute of Justice in assisting units of local 
     government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and 
     purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement;
       (2) $405,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 
     Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)), as 
     amended by section 1196 of Public Law 109-162;
       (3) $30,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecutor 
     Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, 
     municipal governments only for costs associated with the 
     prosecution of criminal cases declined by local offices of 
     the United States Attorneys;
       (4) $124,500,000 for discretionary grants, notwithstanding 
     the provisions of section 505 of the 1968 Act;
       (5) $1,000,000 for the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient 
     Alert Program, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 
     Act;
       (6) $15,000,000 for activities authorized under Public Law 
     109-164;
       (7) $40,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 
     1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act, as amended by section 
     1142 of Public Law 109-162;
       (8) $7,500,000 for a prescription drug monitoring program;
       (9) $25,000,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution 
     programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 
     2003 (Public Law 108-79), of which $1,800,000 shall be 
     transferred to the National Prison Rape Elimination 
     Commission for authorized activities;
       (10) $10,000,000 for grants for residential substance abuse 
     treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by part S of the 
     1968 Act;
       (11) $5,000,000 for a program to improve State and local 
     law enforcement intelligence capabilities including 
     antiterrorism training and training to ensure that 
     constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and 
     privacy interests are protected;
       (12) $31,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of 
     which--
       (A) $12,000,000 shall be available for grants under section 
     20109(a)(2) of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act;
       (B) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts 
     Initiative; and
       (C) $7,000,000 shall be available for tribal alcohol and 
     substance abuse reduction assistance grants;
       (13) $1,000,000 for a capital litigation improvement grant 
     program;
       (14) $10,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and 
     juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts 
     V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act; and
       (15) $10,000,000 for sex offender management assistance as 
     authorized by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 
     of 2006 (Public Law 109-248), the Violence Against Women and 
     Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
     109-162), and

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     the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
     (Public Law 103-322):

     Provided further, That, if a unit of local government uses 
     any of the funds made available under this title to increase 
     the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 
     government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 
     enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative public 
     safety service.


                  community oriented policing services

       For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 
     Act''), the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162), and the USA 
     PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 
     Law 109-177) (including administrative costs), $725,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
     funds under this heading, not to exceed $2,575,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Justice Programs for reimbursable 
     services associated with programs administered by the 
     Community Oriented Policing Services Office: Provided 
     further, That any balances made available through prior year 
     deobligations shall only be available in accordance with 
     section 505 of this Act. Of the amount provided--
       (1) $30,000,000 is for the matching grant program for armor 
     vests for law enforcement officers, as authorized by section 
     2501 of part Y of the 1968 Act;
       (2) $85,000,000 is for grants to address public safety and 
     methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots as 
     authorized by section 754 of Public Law 109-177;
       (3) $128,000,000 is for law enforcement technologies and 
     interoperable communications;
       (4) $15,000,000 is for an offender re-entry program;
       (5) $12,000,000 is for grants to upgrade criminal records, 
     as authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act 
     of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601);
       (6) $175,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity 
     enhancement program, and for other local, State, and Federal 
     forensic activities, of which not less than $151,000,000 
     shall be for reducing and eliminating the backlog of DNA 
     samples and for increasing State and local DNA laboratory 
     capacity;
       (7) $18,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, 
     including equipment and training;
       (8) $80,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun crime and 
     gang violence;
       (9) $4,000,000 is for training and technical assistance;
       (10) $49,692,000 is for the Office of Weed and Seed 
     Strategies, as authorized by section 103 of the 1968 Act, as 
     amended by section 1121 of Public Law 109-162;
       (11) not to exceed $28,308,000 is for program management 
     and administration; and
       (12) $100,000,000 for grants under section 1701 of title I 
     of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for the hiring and 
     rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under 
     part Q of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such 
     section.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Chabot

  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Chabot:
       Page 47, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $15,000,000)''.
       Page 47, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.

  Mr. CHABOT (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is really very 
straightforward. It would add $15 million to the $15 million presently 
designated for jurisdictions experiencing a high rate of violent and 
drug trafficking crime involving firearms. My amendment would offset 
this increase by taking $15 million from a new offender reentry program 
that the underlying bill appears to authorize.
  Mr. Chairman, there is no doubt that reentry programs play a critical 
role in the criminal justice system, ensuring that offenders who are 
released back into our communities receive the assistance they need to 
make them productive members of our communities. Indeed, millions of 
offenders are released back into our communities each year. More often 
than not, these individuals are released back into society without 
support, increasing the likelihood of recidivism, jeopardizing the 
safety of our communities, and ultimately increasing the cost to 
society.
  In fiscal year 2006, more than $13 million in Federal funds were 
awarded to States to assist them with their reentry programs. During 
that same year, more than $146 million was allocated to the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons to help community corrections centers across the 
Nation get inmates who are close to being released the assistance they 
needed.
  This Congress, the House is set to consider H.R. 1593, the Second 
Chance Act of 2007, of which I am an original cosponsor. This 
legislation would, among other things, reauthorize State and local 
adult and juvenile reentry programs at a level of $65 million for 
fiscal year 2008 and 2009. Yet, at the same time we cannot forget the 
needs of our communities. More must be done to give State and local law 
enforcement the resources they need to combat the violent crime and 
gang activity that continues to plague our cities, including my city, 
Cincinnati, particularly violent crimes committed with firearms.
  According to the Bureau of Justice statistics, in 2005, 65 percent of 
all murders, 42 percent of all robberies, and 21 percent of all 
aggravated assaults that were reported to police were committed with 
firearms.
  Moreover, the violent crime associated with gang activity continues 
to leave residents in our Nation's cities and towns feeling like 
prisoners in their own homes. In my own city, Cincinnati, crimes 
committed with firearms, local gang activity, and drug trafficking 
continue to threaten the well-being of law-abiding citizens. In fact, 
this past spring the Cincinnati City Council voted to obtain the help 
of renowned Professor David Kennedy to assist the city in fighting 
violent crime.
  Making additional funds available in this jurisdiction and 
jurisdictions across the country will empower residents of cities and 
towns to take back their communities and make them a safer place to 
live and work and raise our families. I urge my colleagues to support 
this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from West Virginia is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I admit to being a bit confused by the 
gentleman's logic here, who I have great respect and great regard for. 
He comes out of an exemplary academic background, and I can't imagine 
how we could be thinking differently on this amendment. Nevertheless, 
we do, and I rise in strong opposition to the amendment as I understand 
it.
  I am particularly pleased that the bill provides $80 million for 
State and local grants to address violent crime and gun crime across 
the Nation, the two issues that the gentleman expresses concern about. 
I hope he agreed with the committee when we increased funding for this 
purpose by $35 million over 2007. I have to oppose his amendment 
because of the offset of $15 million for law enforcement costs of 
offender reentry programs.
  These are the programs that go hand in glove with our other law 
enforcement activities. Recidivism is a terrible problem. These 
programs establish partnerships with correctional institutions, with 
community corrections, with social services, with faith-based 
institutions and with community policing groups. They want to help make 
our communities safer.
  Our Nation's prisons are bursting at the seams. In the Federal 
prisons alone we have an inmate population that has risen six-fold 
since 1980; we have 195,000 inmates in Federal prison. The recidivism 
rate is 40 percent, and in the States it is 67 percent. If we reduce 
those numbers, we are dramatically not only reducing crime in the 
country and reducing the recidivism rate in the process, we are doing 
both at one time. So these statistics being deplorable, we need more 
resources applied to addressing recidivism. For those reasons, I must 
oppose the gentleman's amendment.
  In light of the fact that we have increased funding significantly for 
the violent gang and the gun crimes across the country by $35 million 
and by providing $80 million in this bill, that seems to be a healthy 
increase for that purpose that the gentleman expressed his concern 
about.
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. CHABOT. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I want to first of all compliment him for the fact that he also 
attended an institution which I think is probably one of the best 
colleges in the country.

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  Mr. MOLLOHAN. It certainly is.
  Mr. CHABOT. We happened to go to the same college, by the way.
  As far as the committee report, it says that the committee directs 
that the remaining $15 million will be available to jurisdictions 
experiencing a high rate of violent and drug trafficking crime 
involving firearms. And we certainly support that.
  What we are trying to do is increase that, because we think there 
should be additional funding because we do believe that gang activity 
and violence is plaguing a number of communities, including the one 
that I happen to represent, the city of Cincinnati. And when we looked 
into the bill, when we called the committee for further clarification 
about what the other $15 million went toward, we were told that this 
provision had been inserted in previous Congresses, but that they 
weren't really sure what, if any, reentry program that they were 
referring to.
  So rather than just let the money sit, I propose to give it to those 
jurisdictions that are falling victim to violent crime and drug 
traffickers, particularly those that are committed with firearms. And I 
don't believe that the $15 million, as I said, that is currently in the 
bill is sufficient. And since this money was available and wasn't 
designated, to our knowledge, in any particular program, we thought 
that it would be appropriate to increase the funding so that we could 
help more cities better fight against gang activity and violence, and 
particularly when those are involved with firearms.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. I can assure the gentleman that I am fully in support 
of his purpose. This is the first time that I have been introduced to 
his concerns specifically, and I am advised our staff haven't really 
talked.
  I don't know if there is a way that the gentleman feels we can 
accommodate him.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from West Virginia has 
expired.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Mollohan was allowed to proceed for 2 
additional minutes.)
  Mr. CHABOT. If the gentleman would yield, I would be happy to work 
with the gentleman in good faith, and perhaps we could work out 
something that would boost up the money for our cities.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. I just can't believe that we cannot do that, if the 
gentleman would wish to withdraw his amendment.
  Mr. CHABOT. With that understanding, we would be happy to withdraw 
the amendment and work with the gentleman on that issue.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I just wanted to say that it has been interesting 
to be a spectator between two William & Mary graduates. We are not 
allowed to make product endorsements on the floor, but it is good to 
see that the logic will reign, and I will be supporting the Chair's 
logic.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the 
amendment, with the understanding we can work together.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn.
  There was no objection.


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Rogers of Michigan.
  An amendment by Mr. Sessions of Texas.
  An amendment by Mrs. Capito of West Virginia.
  An amendment by Mr. Shimkus of Illinois.
  Amendment No. 22 by Mr. English of Pennsylvania.
  An amendment by Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California.
  An amendment by Mr. King of Iowa.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


           Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Rogers of Michigan

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. Rogers) 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 200, 
noes 228, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 720]

                               AYES--200

     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carney
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Costa
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dingell
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Skelton
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Space
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--228

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Campbell (CA)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)

[[Page H8463]]


     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Sutton
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Clarke
     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Hunter
     LaHood
     Marshall
     Wamp
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1804

  Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. CAPPS, and Messrs. MEEKS of 
New York, WEINER, and McNULTY changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Messrs. DENT, TERRY, UDALL of Colorado, POE, LATHAM, and Mrs. EMERSON 
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Sessions

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Sessions) 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 125, 
noes 294, not voting 17, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 721]

                               AYES--125

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Buchanan
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Conaway
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dreier
     Ehlers
     Everett
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Lamborn
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shuster
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--294

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lynch
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     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
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--17

     Bean
     Clarke
     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Lincoln
     Higgins
     Hirono
     Hunter
     Jones (OH)
     LaHood
     Larson (CT)
     Mahoney (FL)
     Marshall
     Reynolds
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Young (AK)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

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

                              {time}  1808

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


                    Amendment Offered by Mrs. Capito

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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 229, 
noes 196, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 722]

                               AYES--229

     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Berkley
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carney
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)

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     DeFazio
     Dent
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hooley
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Melancon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Royce
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Skelton
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Space
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walz (MN)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wu
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--196

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Becerra
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Brady (PA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castor
     Christensen
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Andrews
     Brown, Corrine
     Clarke
     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Hunter
     LaHood
     Marshall
     Ruppersberger
     Wamp
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1812

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


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Shimkus

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois 
(Mr. Shimkus) 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 340, 
noes 87, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 723]

                               AYES--340

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle
     Castor
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Everett
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hayes
     Heller
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Hill
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Issa
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Levin
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Moore (KS)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--87

     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Blumenauer
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capuano
     Clay
     Culberson
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Ellison
     Emanuel
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gonzalez
     Grijalva
     Hastings (FL)

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     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Holden
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Kingston
     Kucinich
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (WI)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Peterson (MN)
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Serrano
     Simpson
     Sires
     Solis
     Stark
     Tierney
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Waters
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Clarke
     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Hunter
     LaHood
     Marshall
     Nadler
     Wamp
     Young (AK)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

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

                              {time}  1818

  Ms. WATERS and Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California changed their vote 
from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. MARKEY, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, and Ms. BERKLEY changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


        Amendment No. 22 Offered by Mr. English of Pennsylvania

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. English) 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 83, 
noes 342, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 724]

                                AYES--83

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachmann
     Bean
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Boswell
     Buyer
     Cannon
     Capito
     Carter
     Chabot
     Cuellar
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Dent
     Donnelly
     Dreier
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Feeney
     Flake
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Granger
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Kline (MN)
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Manzullo
     Matheson
     McCaul (TX)
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     Meeks (NY)
     Mica
     Murphy, Patrick
     Myrick
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Peterson (PA)
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (MI)
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Smith (WA)
     Space
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Walberg
     Weller
     Wicker
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--342

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cantor
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Marchant
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (KY)
     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
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Clarke
     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Hall (TX)
     Hunter
     LaHood
     Marshall
     Rangel
     Sullivan
     Wamp
     Young (AK)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). There is less than 1 minute 
remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1821

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


           Amendment Offered by Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Zoe Lofgren) on which further proceedings were 
postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The 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 388, 
noes 39, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 725]

                               AYES--388

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle

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     Castor
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     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
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--39

     Alexander
     Baker
     Berry
     Bonner
     Clay
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Ehlers
     Everett
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gutierrez
     Hinchey
     Hoekstra
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Kennedy
     Langevin
     Latham
     Lynch
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Mollohan
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Pascrell
     Rahall
     Rothman
     Ruppersberger
     Sali
     Terry
     Visclosky
     Wilson (SC)
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Clarke
     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Hunter
     LaHood
     Marshall
     Rangel
     Wamp
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1826

  Mr. DELAHUNT changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker having assumed the 
chair, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 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. 3093) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2008, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

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