[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H5537-H5542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1257 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. 6063.

                              {time}  1558


                     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. 6063) to authorize the programs of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes, with Ms. 
Clarke (Acting Chairman) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose on 
Thursday, June 12, 2008, amendment No. 8 printed in House Report 110-
707 offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee) had been 
disposed of.
  Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on 
those amendments printed in House Report 110-707 on which further 
proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 5 by Mr. Lampson of Texas.
  Amendment No. 10 by Mr. Hodes of New Hampshire.
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for the second electronic 
vote in this series.


                 Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Lampson

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

       Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. Lampson:
       In title XI, add at the end the following new section (and 
     amend the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 1109. EXCEPTION TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL PROCUREMENT 
                   REQUIREMENT.

       Section 526(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
     of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142(a)) does not prohibit NASA from 
     entering into a contract to purchase a generally available 
     fuel that is not an alternative or synthetic fuel or 
     predominantly produced from a nonconventional petroleum 
     source, if--
       (1) the contract does not specifically require the 
     contractor to provide an alternative or synthetic fuel or 
     fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source;
       (2) the purpose of the contract is not to obtain an 
     alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional 
     petroleum source: and
       (3) the contract does not provide incentives for a refinery 
     upgrade or expansion to allow a refinery to use or increase 
     its use of fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source.


                             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 429, 
noes 1, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 418]

                               AYES--429

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     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
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     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

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     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     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)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     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)
     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)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     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
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Scalise
     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
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     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
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--1

       
     Blumenauer
       

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Faleomavaega
     Gilchrest
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Meeks (NY)
     Peterson (PA)
     Rush
     Stark

                              {time}  1616

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


                 Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Hodes

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

       Amendment No. 10 offered by Mr. Hodes:
       In title XI, add at the end the following new section (and 
     amend the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 1109. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR FIELDS 
                   RELATED TO THE MISSION OF NASA.

       The Administrator shall establish a scholarship program in 
     honor of Christa McAuliffe, who died in the 1986 Challenger 
     Space Shuttle Disaster. The scholarship fund would provide 
     scholarships each year of $10,000 each to three women who are 
     going to college to study in fields related to the mission of 
     NASA, with the goal of seeking careers in space science, 
     aeronautics, and other fields related to NASA.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 423, 
noes 3, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 419]

                               AYES--423

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     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
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     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
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     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)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     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)
     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)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     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
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Scalise
     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
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton

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     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     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
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--3

     Broun (GA)
     Flake
     Paul

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Boehner
     Faleomavaega
     Foster
     Gilchrest
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Issa
     Meeks (NY)
     Peterson (PA)
     Poe
     Rush
     Stark


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining 
in this vote.

                              {time}  1625

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Boswell was allowed to speak out of 
order.)


                Moment of Silence for Iowa Flood Victims

  Mr. BOSWELL. I think all of you have been watching the news the last 
few days out in the Midwest and Iowa. This is the Iowa delegation here, 
of course.
  It's been tough, it's been really rugged, and I think you know that, 
because you've been watching the news. It's devastating to communities 
to see what's going on when you have a flood. I know last Saturday, for 
example, all of us have been in and out of the emergency operating 
centers, and I flew over the district, flew up to Vinton, Iowa, those 
of you know. I went close to Waterloo and then down to Belle Plaine, 
around up to Vinton and then down over Iowa City, Cedar Rapids. It was 
really tough.
  When you see a little town where all you see is rooftops, you know 
that there is a lot of pain there, fields flooded and so on. We are 
just very appreciative that the people have really bonded together.
  I will just say this, and I would guess every one of us could bear 
testimony. For example, I was talking to some of the folks in one of 
the emergency operations centers, and after he told me all the things 
that were going on there, losing their power plant, this, that and many 
things, I said, how are you feeling?
  They said, you know, we're like family. It's bonded us together, and 
we're going to conquer this. We hope that we could, of course, have 
some help.
  I was reminded of that just yesterday when I was here for a moment of 
personal privilege, or the 1-minute, as we call it, and was asked to 
give the Pledge, and so I did. Of course, the part of the pledge that 
says ``one Nation, under God, indivisible,'' and that word 
``indivisible'' all of a sudden meant so much to me, because we are a 
great country, and we won't have to face this alone. We know that.
  I wanted to appreciate that to all of you. All the damage to 
businesses and homes and everything else is tough, and that's all up 
and down the whole way from Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana or Illinois, 
Missouri, right on down the river. That whole area is under this. 
Businesses and homes can be rebuilt, but lives are lost and suffering 
takes place. Over 20 at this point that we know about.
  If I could, Madam Chairman, I would like to ask us to take a moment 
of silence in memory of those that are suffering at this time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Members will rise and observe a moment of 
silence.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Chairman, I rise in strong support of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 
2008.
  The bill supports NASA's missions and goals in space with a $20 
billion authorization that, in addition to funding such important 
programs as the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space 
Station, will also enable NASA to inspire a new generation of Americans 
through its plans for additional manned space exploration.
  The bill continues other important NASA programs including its 
climate research programs which help us understand how solar radiation 
and human activities are affecting the Earth's climate; the Space 
Shuttle mission to the International Space Station to deliver the Alpha 
Magnetic Spectrometer (an instrument that measures cosmic rays and 
particulate matter in space); NASA's Science Directorate, which studies 
Earth and the solar system; and NASA's many inspirational educational 
programs.
  The educational programs are of particular importance as current 
science and engineering workers across the country begin to retire. To 
help ensure that the U.S. continues to meet the growing demand for 
scientists, mathematicians and engineers, it is important that Congress 
supports programs that encourage more young people to pursue careers in 
the sciences.
  I want to especially acknowledge one such program--the NASA Goddard 
High School Internship Program which has educated and inspired students 
across this country--including some from my district. The NASA Goddard 
High School Internship Program is a research intensive program allowing 
interns to apply science, technology, engineering and mathematics 
disciplines to ``real time'' research. The program enables students to 
work on projects relevant to NASA's goals and then share the results of 
their research with NASA management, personnel and fellow interns.
  I commend NASA for the role it continues to play in helping maintain 
and strengthen the vitality of science and engineering in the United 
States and for its ongoing efforts to inspire, educate and engage our 
young people.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, as amended.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Weiner) having assumed the chair, Ms. Clarke, 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. 6063) to 
authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and for other purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 
1257, she reported the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted 
by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment 
reported from the Committee of the Whole? If not, the question is on 
the amendment.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.

                              {time}  1630


               Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Gingrey

  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. GINGREY. I am in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Gingrey of Georgia moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6063 
     to the Committee on Science and Technology with instructions 
     to report the same back to the House promptly in the form to 
     which perfected at the time of this motion, with the 
     following amendment:
       In section 1106(a), insert ``, and the United States,'' 
     after ``can assist NASA''.
       In section 1106(b)(1), amend the proposed subsection (b) to 
     read as follows:
       ``(b) Topics.--(1) In selecting topics for prize 
     competitions, the Administrator shall consult widely both 
     within and outside the Federal Government, and may empanel 
     advisory committees. The Administrator shall give 
     consideration to prize goals such as the demonstration of the 
     ability to provide energy to the lunar surface from space-
     based solar power systems, demonstration of innovative near-
     Earth object survey and deflection strategies, and innovative 
     approaches to improving the safety and efficiency of aviation 
     systems.
       ``(2) At least one of the prize competitions awarded under 
     this section shall focus on lowering the cost of aviation 
     fuel, and shall give consideration to technologies aimed at 
     converting coal, oil shale, tar sands, and biomass to liquid 
     fuel for aviation uses.''
       In title XI, strike the section (added by the amendment 
     offered by Mr. Lampson of Texas) regarding section 526 of the 
     Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and insert the 
     following new section (and amend the table of contents 
     accordingly):

     SEC. 1109. FUEL USE.

       The Administrator of NASA (or his designee) may waive the 
     prohibition contained

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     in section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
     2007 (P.L. 110-140) if such a waiver is deemed necessary by 
     the Administrator, in his sole discretion, to further the 
     mission and objectives of NASA.

  Mr. GINGREY (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the motion be considered read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, there is no Federal agency that has risen 
to the challenge of innovation over the last 50 years like NASA. When 
the Soviets put a man into orbit, NASA put men on the moon. We, as a 
Nation, are today the fortunate heirs of NASA's legacy: conviction, 
resolve, and achievement. As a Congress, we owe it to NASA to create an 
environment that promotes creativity rather than one that prevents 
innovation.
  Unfortunately, I deeply regret this House has not fully empowered the 
men and women of NASA to meet the challenges of our Nation in the 21st 
century. Instead of providing it the tools needed to thrive in energy 
innovation, the Democratic majority chose to handcuff NASA when it 
enacted section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007.
  Section 526 placed an artificial limitation on the ability of Federal 
agencies, including NASA, to utilize alternative fuel sources for their 
energy needs; even if they could be safely developed within the United 
States. These domestic energy sources would reduce the cost of fuel and 
save the American taxpayers billions of dollars.
  While families across the Nation pay higher and higher prices for 
their own fuel needs at the pump, section 526 ensures that they will 
also bear the full cost of the Federal Government's fuel needs, no 
matter how high they may go. That, Mr. Speaker, is an inconvenient 
truth that even politicians turned documentary filmmakers can 
understand.
  This motion to recommit will provide a waiver for NASA from this 
misguided provision. It will also foster the American innovative and 
competitive spirit by putting in place prizes for the private sector to 
work with domestic sources of energy that are readily available--coal, 
oil shale, tar sands, and biomass--to develop liquid fuels that will 
reduce costs.
  Mr. Speaker, today nearly a year and a half after Speaker Pelosi 
promised the American people a ``common-sense plan'' to bring down gas 
prices, the price of a gallon of gasoline is $4.08. This marks an 
increase of $1.75 since the beginning of the 110th Congress, a nearly 
75 percent increase since the Democrats took control. Indeed, a Pelosi 
premium that is wrecking this economy.
  Since we are the people's House, one might presume that the Democrats 
would listen to the American people. However, the 20 percent of 
Americans who favor suing our way to lower gas prices have trumped the 
nearly 60 percent of Americans who favor domestic drilling. Perhaps 
this is motivated out of a deference to the trial lawyers and 
environmental extremist groups who are, shall we say, ``closely tied to 
the Democratic Caucus.''
  Mr. Speaker, this same establishment is preventing us today from 
extracting oil shale in the western United States in which an estimated 
1.2 trillion barrels of petroleum is trapped in porous shale rock, of 
which 70 percent is on public Federal land. That is exactly where it is 
going to stay, trapped as long as section 526 remains intact.
  Whatever action this Congress does take, a repeal of section 526 is 
in order--or at the very least a waiver, grant a waiver as this motion 
to recommit proposes--so we do not hinder progress at the very agency 
that has been on the cutting edge of technology for these last 50 
years. But time after time, in the committee rooms of the House, in the 
Rules Committee and on the floor of this body, my Democratic colleagues 
have refused to address section 526 in any meaningful way.
  And let me point out, Mr. Speaker, the Lampson amendment does 
virtually nothing. It only allows us to continue importing oil from 
Canada, our largest source of imported oil because it might contain 
just a little trace of petroleum that was obtained from tar sands. 
That's all that does.
  If this Congress insists on sacrificing American competitiveness and 
innovation on the altar of environmental extremism, then it will be one 
small step for NASA, but one giant leap for Greenpeace.
  Mr. Speaker, this is about more than the pain at the pump. It is also 
about the spirit of discovery and innovation that is the backbone of 
our great Nation. The decisions we make today will not only impact this 
generation, but generations to come. We can either provide American 
engineers and innovators the tools they need to realize limitless 
opportunities for the American people, or this majority can continue to 
put up arbitrary roadblocks that stymie their potential.
  Now, while I believe that many on the other side have good 
intentions, I cannot sit idly by while the Democratic Leadership seems 
to care more about a carbon footprint than an American footprint on 
Mars. I cannot sit idly by while this Majority continues to say ``no'' 
to American entrepreneurship in energy exploration. I cannot sit idly 
by while this Majority seems content to blame the President or the 
previous Republican Congress.
  Blaming the past while ignoring the future is not leadership; that's 
not why the American people award Majority status to one party or 
another.
  The American people awarded you the leadership reins to solve the 
problems our country faces on a daily basis, and nothing is more 
important than our energy independence. I therefore challenge the 
Democrats and all of my colleagues to start solving the biggest problem 
facing our country today, energy independence, by supporting this 
Motion to Recommit with its instructions to relieve NASA of the 
shackles of section 526.
  Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 
motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, for Members who weren't here 
last Thursday, let me just remind you and recap some of the testimony 
on this authorization.
  This is a bipartisan bill that passed unanimously out of the Science 
and Technology Committee. It is fiscally responsible. It is a balance 
between aviation, science research and human exploration; and, quite 
frankly, it is too important to our Nation, both to our prestige as 
well as to our future, to jeopardize it trying to score political 
points.
  This amendment was not offered in the subcommittee markup, although 
there was an enormous amount of collaboration. And it was not even 
presented to the full committee until less than 24 hours before we 
voted on it. If this was so important to the Nation, you would think 
that my friend during the previous 6 years when there was a Republican 
House, a Republican Senate and a Republican President could have easily 
passed this. This bill is too important to try to score political 
points. We need to get something done for the Nation.
  Let me just remind you of some of the endorsers of this good bill, 
and this is a very small listing of so many: Association of American 
Universities, Aerospace Industry Association, National Association of 
Manufacturers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Universities Space Research 
Association, Information Technology Association of America, National 
Business Aviation Association, and General Aviation Manufacturers 
Association. I can go on and on and on. This is too good a bill to be 
killed on this floor today for partisan reason.
  I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).
  Mr. WAXMAN. I urge my colleagues to oppose this motion to recommit. 
For the last 8 years, our Nation's energy policies have been a fiasco. 
Gasoline prices are skyrocketing, our dependence on foreign oil is 
growing, and we are fueling dangerous global warming.
  Yet when the Democrats passed even modest reforms that say we need to 
invest in cleaner fuels, not dirtier ones, the Republican leadership 
brings forth a motion to repeal them.
  This motion would repeal a provision in the energy bill, the Energy 
Independence and Security Act, that Congress passed last year. In that 
bill we included a provision that said tax dollars should not be used 
to purchase new

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types of fuels that would cause more global warming than conventional 
gasoline and diesel fuels. This provision was not controversial. It had 
broad support, and it would be foolhardy to invest our tax dollars in 
new fuels that would make us face a greater global warming problem.
  Now there have been misconceptions about all of this, and that is why 
I was pleased the House just adopted overwhelmingly the Lampson 
amendment. Some of the misconceptions about section 526 say that it 
would affect the oil companies. But, in fact, the oil companies and 
other energy companies can do what they want with their own money. If 
they want to invest in dirtier fuels, they can. This just says the 
taxpayers are not going to be used to subsidize them.
  Some people say section 526 would prevent NASA and other agencies 
from buying generally available fuel that contains small amount of fuel 
from tar sands. Well that's not accurate, and the Lampson amendment 
makes it clear that we could continue to import fuel from Canada. And 
in all of the acres that are not being drilled on now throughout the 
west, they can be drilled and this section is not keeping them from 
drilling. They could be drilled if the oil companies wanted to do it.
  Section 526 does not prohibit investments in coal-based fuels so long 
as the fuels would be as clean as conventional gasoline and diesel 
fuel.
  Global warming is real and it is dangerous and threatens our health, 
our environment, our economy and our national security. We have to stop 
making things worse before they will get better. That is a philosophy 
that makes no sense. And what's worse is this motion to recommit would 
be a motion that says ``promptly'' and that means that it would kill 
the legislation by sending the bill back to committee. The bill gives 
NASA the resources it needs to ensure that those investments are 
effective. It will enhance NASA's work, and we should not vote for this 
motion to recommit that would kill the legislation.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, isn't it true that if this motion were 
to pass, the bill could be recommitted back to the committees from 
which it came and reported back the next legislative day?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. No. As the Chair reaffirmed on November 15, 
2007, at some subsequent time, the committee could meet and report the 
bill back to the House.
  Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to 
recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 
5-minute votes on passage of H.R. 6063; and the motion to suspend the 
rules on H. Res. 1002.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 196, 
noes 225, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 420]

                               AYES--196

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

                               NOES--225

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Cantor
     Gilchrest
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meeks (NY)
     Pickering
     Poe
     Rangel
     Rush
     Stark


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are reminded there 
are less than 5 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1700

  Mr. SPRATT and Ms. HOOLEY changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. WILSON of Ohio changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:

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  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 420, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 409, 
nays 15, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 421]

                               YEAS--409

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     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
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clarke
     Clay
     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
     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
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     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)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     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
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
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     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
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     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
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     Towns
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     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
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     Velazquez
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     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
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     Watt
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     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
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     Wexler
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     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--15

     Blunt
     Broun (GA)
     Cubin
     Duncan
     Flake
     Franks (AZ)
     Hoekstra
     LoBiondo
     McHenry
     Myrick
     Paul
     Petri
     Ryan (WI)
     Sensenbrenner
     Tancredo

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Berman
     Gilchrest
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Meeks (NY)
     Murtha
     Poe
     Rush
     Stark


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are reminded 
there's less than 2 minutes remaining on this vote.

                              {time}  1711

  Mr. CHABOT and Mrs. SCHMIDT changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``yea.''
  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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