[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 83 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H6210-H6216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1515


              Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Butterfield

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13 
printed in House Report 111-127.
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 13 offered by Mr. Butterfield:
       At the end of subtitle B of title II, insert the following 
     new section (with the correct sequential provision 
     designations [replacing the numbers currently shown for such 
     designations]) and conform the table of contents accordingly:

     SEC. 240. STUDY ON COMBINATION OF FACIAL AND IRIS 
                   RECOGNITION.

       (a) Study Required.--The Assistant Secretary shall carry 
     out a study on the use of the combination of facial and iris 
     recognition to rapidly identify individuals in security 
     checkpoint lines. Such study shall focus on--
       (1) increased accuracy of facial recognition;
       (2) enhancement of existing iris recognition technology; 
     and
       (3) establishment of integrated face and iris features for 
     accurate identification of individuals.
       (b) Purpose of Study.--The purpose of the study required by 
     subsection (a) is to facilitate the use of a combination of 
     facial and iris recognition to provide a higher probability 
     of success in identification than either approach on its own 
     and to achieve transformational advances in the flexibility, 
     authenticity, and overall capability of integrated biometric 
     detectors and satisfy one of major issues with war against 
     terrorists. The operational goal of the study should be to 
     provide the capability to non-intrusively collect biometrics 
     (face image, iris) in less than ten seconds without impeding 
     the movement of individuals.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 474, the gentleman 
from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina.
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the 
underlying bill, H.R. 2200, the Transportation Security Administration 
Authorization Act of 2009. This is a necessary bill that will help to 
safeguard the American people. I want to commend my friend and 
colleague Chairman Bennie Thompson from Mississippi for steering this 
legislation through this process. Mr. Thompson, your leadership does 
not go unnoticed by Members of this body and the American people, and 
we thank you. We also thank the ranking member of this committee, Mr. 
King of New York, for his leadership and for his work on homeland 
security as well as the other members of the committee. I particularly 
want to thank the hardworking staff of the Homeland Security Committee 
for all that they do and for the work that they've done in getting this 
legislation to the floor today.
  Mr. Chairman, I offer a very simple amendment to H.R. 2200. It 
authorizes a study on the feasibility of combining facial and iris 
recognition technologies for rapid and accurate identification in 
airport security checkpoint lines. The study would focus on merits of 
using the combined technologies and the potential for use. Researchers 
tell us, Mr. Chairman, that this new technology holds great promise for 
providing a highly reliable, efficient, unobstructed and accurate way 
to establish and verify identities. Unlike names and dates of birth, 
which can be changed from time to time, biometrics are unique and 
virtually impossible to duplicate. Biometric information is already 
being collected by DHS, the Department of Homeland Security, through 
its US-VISIT Program. This invaluable information helps prevent people 
from using fraudulent documents to attempt to enter our country 
illegally. Collecting biometrics also helps protect travelers' 
identities in the event travel documents are lost or stolen. One of my 
constituents had his passport stolen, and it was used fraudulently. He 
has been unable to travel overseas to visit his family now for more 
than 1 year. This technology would have made the issuance of new travel 
documents a less cumbersome process.
  Utilizing advanced technologies like special cameras or imaging 
systems with enhanced interoperability of 2-D and 3-D facial 
recognition technology and systems, TSA could collect and analyze the 
biometric data in a few short seconds. The collection, analysis and 
identification of an individual, Mr. Chairman, would only take as much 
time as it takes a person to go through that dreaded security line at 
the airport. In fact, the security process would be sped up and would 
significantly lessen the time an individual spends in line. By 
combining the facial and iris recognition data, TSA officials will get 
an accurate identification of an individual and will have the 
opportunity to investigate further, if necessary. The effective use of 
these databases to confirm or discover personal identities is critical 
in maintaining our national security. Travel is made safer and, again, 
the technology is nonintrusive.
  This study, Mr. Chairman, requested under this amendment will also 
help to identify any specific environmental and operational factors 
that might limit these biometric capabilities and provide insight and 
information for biometric acquisitions and procedures.
  It is my hope, therefore, that Members will support this amendment. 
It is a commonsense approach, using technology to increase the level of 
security at checkpoints. I want to remind my colleagues that this 
technology is totally nonintrusive and has the potential for improving 
accuracy and efficiency and safety for TSA personnel and travelers 
alike.
  At this time I am going to reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I rise to claim time in opposition to the 
amendment, although I am not opposed to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
is recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DENT. I do support this amendment. It's a good amendment. I 
appreciate the gentleman offering it.
  New advances in biometric identifications make this technology an 
exciting new possibility for rapidly identifying individuals 
approaching a security checkpoint. Imagine if someone with a want or a 
warrant or a fleeing felon would approach a security checkpoint and be 
identified as a threat before entering the sterile area of an airport. 
We may be years away from any real breakthroughs in this technology, 
but it certainly does hold some real promise.
  Some would argue that this technology goes too far or invades one's 
privacy, but every individual approaching a TSA checkpoint must already 
provide a valid form of identification. This system, if proven 
effective, could ensure that documentation provided at the checkpoint 
is, in fact, authentic.
  For all those reasons, I would urge my colleagues to support this 
Butterfield amendment. It makes sense, and I strongly urge its 
adoption.
  At this time I would yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. I want to thank the gentleman for his support of 
this amendment and thank him very much for his work here in this body.
  At this time, Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlelady from California (Ms. Richardson), a hardworking member of 
this Homeland Security Committee.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina only has 45 
seconds remaining.
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. I will yield those 45 seconds to the gentlelady from 
California (Ms. Richardson).
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Butterfield 
amendment. This amendment authorizes a study to combine facial and iris 
recognition that would rapidly identify individuals at security 
checkpoints. Additionally, this study authorizes the ability to 
consider environmental and operational factors and any capabilities 
that would hinder future acquisitions.
  As a member of this committee, I support Mr. Butterfield and our 
chairman in his leadership with this bill, and I urge all of my 
colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Roskam

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 14 
printed in House Report 111-127.
  Mr. ROSKAM. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 14 offered by Mr. Roskam:
       At the end of title III of the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM 
                   AND THE RESTRICTION OF SECURITY IMPROVEMENT 
                   PRIORITIES.

       (a) Public Hearings.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 
     shall conduct public hearings on the administration of the 
     security assistance grant program under section 1406 of the 
     Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
     2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135). The Assistant Secretary shall--
       (1) solicit information and input from the 5 urban areas 
     that receive the largest amount of grant funds under such 
     section, including recipients providing mass transportation 
     and passenger rail services; and
       (2) solicit feedback from such recipients on whether 
     current allowable uses of grant funds under the regulations 
     or guidance implementing the grant program are sufficient to 
     address security improvement priorities identified by transit 
     agencies.
       (b) Report to Congress.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland 
     Security of the House of Representatives and the Committees 
     on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate a report on the findings of the public 
     hearings conducted under paragraph (1). The report shall 
     include--
       (1) the Assistant Secretary's determinations with respect 
     to the extent to which security improvement priorities 
     identified by transit agencies are not met by the regulations 
     or guidance implementing the grant program; and
       (2) how such regulations or guidance should be changed to 
     accommodate such priorities, or the Assistant Secretary's 
     justification for not addressing such priorities with the 
     grant program.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 474, the gentleman 
from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois.
  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may 
consume.
  First of all, I want to thank Chairman Thompson and the Homeland 
Security Committee for working with me on this amendment. I appreciate 
their attitude very much and their openness to this suggestion.
  This is a fairly straightforward amendment. What it is trying to do 
is to mirror the resources of the Federal Government and to make sure 
that they're in sync with the needs of local transit systems. This 
actually developed out of a homeland security working group dialogue 
that I had in my congressional district. I represent the west and 
northwest suburbs of Chicago and a wide range of commuters. We've got 
bus lines and rail lines in the Chicago area, and there is a certain 
level of vulnerability. So last March I invited some of the leadership 
of the public transit systems and some of the security agencies to 
really offer ideas, and this is one of the ideas that they had.
  They said, Look, we have needs at the local level, and there are 
resources at the Federal Government, but sometimes those two things 
aren't really in sync. So what this is, it says simply that the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security will hold hearings, if this 
amendment is passed, and those hearings are really about the subject of 
whether current allowable uses of grant funds are sufficient to meet 
the daily security needs and the transit security needs of these local 
agencies. Then after that happens, after this conversation happens and 
these hearings, to come back to Congress and to report.
  I think that this is one of these areas where there's a great deal of 
common ground. There is uncertainty sometimes at the State and local 
level about how Federal funds fit into their agenda. We all know that 
we, in the Congress, are trying to help. And this is a structured way 
to have that conversation, because when it comes down to it, there's 
nearly 12 million Americans that are riding on passenger trains each 
day, and that's six times as many that fly in our skies. I think that 
this is a wise use of resources and urge the adoption of the amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Chairman, while not opposed to the 
amendment, I ask unanimous consent to claim in time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Chair, the Roskam amendment builds 
on this effort to require TSA to engage in an open and constructive 
dialogue on the security priorities that matter most to State and local 
transit agencies. In these difficult times, it is more important than 
ever that we endeavor to make sure our State and local transit agencies 
are able to maximize their limited resources to implement effective and 
cost-effective security programs. The Roskam amendment supports that 
effort. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to vote ``aye'' on this 
amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, I first of all, I want to thank the 
gentleman for his support. And just one other point for the record: The 
amendment is endorsed by the American Public Transportation 
Association. I am not aware of any opponents. I appreciate the 
gentleman's support.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Chair, again, I support the 
amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam).
  The amendment was agreed to.

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                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 111-127 on 
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 2 by Mr. Mica of Florida.
  Amendment No. 10 by Mr. Chaffetz of Utah.
  The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. The 
second electronic vote will be conducted as a 5-minute vote.


                  Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Mica

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Mica) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 219, 
noes 211, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 304]

                               AYES--219

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Berkley
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Costello
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Driehaus
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Griffith
     Guthrie
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hill
     Hirono
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Inslee
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Kratovil
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Marshall
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Melancon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Olson
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Tanner
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Walz
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--211

     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Gonzalez
     Gordon (TN)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kosmas
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (MA)
     Massa
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McMahon
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sires
     Skelton
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tauscher
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Boswell
     Courtney
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Ruppersberger
     Sablan
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Slaughter
     Sullivan
     Wilson (OH)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). One minute remains on this vote.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. WESTMORELAND (during the vote). Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. 
Chairman.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chairman, we've not had any activity on the 
board in the last 3 minutes. Can you tell me what determines the vote 
staying open for over 30 minutes?

                              {time}  1601

  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York, Messrs. BERMAN, KANJORSKI, SIRES, 
GRIJALVA, TEAGUE, LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. DeGETTE, Messrs. GORDON of 
Tennessee, GEORGE MILLER of California, LEVIN, Mrs. HALVORSON, Messrs. 
CLEAVER, RUSH, CHILDERS, SHERMAN, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Messrs. 
CONYERS, LARSEN of Washington, DELAHUNT, HOLT, PAYNE, SCHRADER, HALL of 
New York, DAVIS of Tennessee, FOSTER, PERRIELLO, ACKERMAN, GUTIERREZ, 
BRALEY of Iowa, BERRY and McNERNEY changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Messrs. MURPHY of New York, HILL, HENSARLING, MATHESON, HERGER, 
COOPER, PAUL, BARROW, BUCHANAN, GRIFFITH, and TAYLOR changed their vote 
from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                        Parliamentary Inquiries

  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chairman, parliamentary inquiry.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chairman, in the previous Congress, was there 
not a rule in place to prohibit a vote from being held open for the 
sole purpose of changing the outcome?
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is not the purpose of the Chair to serve as a 
historian.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. I'm sorry, sir, could you repeat that?
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair will not serve as a historian.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Okay, let's try one more. Parliamentary inquiry, 
Mr. Chairman.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Does the rule still exist today that was in place 
in the 110th Congress, that was struck from the 111th Congress rules 
package, thus making it within the rules to hold a vote open for the 
purpose of changing the outcome?
  The Acting CHAIR. There is no rule of that description.

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                    announcement by the acting chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, 5-minute voting will resume.
  There was no objection.


                Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Chaffetz

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. 
Chaffetz) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 310, 
noes 118, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 305]

                               AYES--310

     Abercrombie
     Adler (NJ)
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cao
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Coble
     Cohen
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     Delahunt
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Driehaus
     Duncan
     Edwards (MD)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fudge
     Garrett (NJ)
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holt
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Kline (MN)
     Kosmas
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Petri
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Quigley
     Radanovich
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Roe (TN)
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Space
     Speier
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Walz
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--118

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Andrews
     Barrett (SC)
     Bean
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boustany
     Bright
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Castle
     Clyburn
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Costello
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Eshoo
     Fleming
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Halvorson
     Harman
     Hastings (WA)
     Herger
     Himes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Honda
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kratovil
     Lance
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (NY)
     LoBiondo
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Markey (CO)
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Minnick
     Mollohan
     Murphy, Patrick
     Norton
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Paulsen
     Peterson
     Platts
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (OH)
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Sensenbrenner
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Simpson
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spratt
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Towns
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Waters
     Wittman
     Wu
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Bishop (UT)
     Boswell
     Courtney
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Kennedy
     McMahon
     Ruppersberger
     Sablan
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan
     Wilson (OH)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1610

  Messrs. BLUMENAUER, RAHALL and MOLLOHAN changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mrs. MALONEY, Messrs. HASTINGS of Florida and BACA changed their vote 
from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. McMAHON. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 305, I was detained 
unavoidably from reaching the Chamber. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``aye.''
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chair, I regret that I was unable to participate in 
a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives today.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 305, a Chaffetz (UT)/Shea-
Porter (NH) Amendment to H.R. 2200, the Transportation Security 
Administration Authorization Act of 2009, I would have voted ``aye'' on 
the question.
  The Acting CHAIR. 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 CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Weiner) having assumed the chair, Mr. Holden, Acting Chair 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. 2200) to 
authorize the Transportation Security Administration's programs 
relating to the provision of transportation security, and for other 
purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 474, he 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.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the 
desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. KING of New York. I am in its present form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. King of New York moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2200 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security with instructions to 
     report the same back to the House forthwith with the 
     following amendment:


[[Page H6214]]


       Strike section 405 of the bill and insert the following:

     SEC. 405. SECURING AVIATION FROM EXTREME TERRORIST THREATS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) In 2001, Congress gave the Assistant Secretary, 
     Transportation Security Administration, the task to ``develop 
     policies, strategies, and plans for dealing with threats to 
     transportation security''. The individuals currently held at 
     the Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were detained during 
     armed conflict and pose a serious and continuing threat to 
     the transportation security interests of the United States 
     and its allies.
       (2) Terrorists, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the 
     admitted mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist 
     attacks, have clearly demonstrated their desire and intent to 
     use airplanes as weapons to kill innocent Americans. The 
     August 2006 liquid explosive plot to take down 10 commercial 
     airliners over the United States is positive proof that air 
     transportation continues to be a target.
       (3) In light of al Qaeda's propensity to conduct aviation-
     related attacks and the fact that, according to the 
     Department of Defense, at least 74 former Guantanamo Bay 
     detainees once considered ``non-threatening'' are recidivists 
     to terrorism, restrictions on the air travel of former 
     detainees are necessary to protect the public from future 
     attacks.
       (4) Therefore, individuals who are or have been detained at 
     Guantanamo should not be allowed to fly commercially in the 
     United States and should be added to the Transportation 
     Security Administration's No Fly List, until the President 
     certifies that each individual detainee poses no threat to 
     the United States, its citizens, or its allies.
       (b) Prohibition of Detainee Use of Commercial Aviation.--
     Section 44903(j)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, as 
     amended by section 213 of the bill, is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(vi) Inclusion of detainees on no fly list.--The 
     Assistant Secretary, in coordination with the Terrorist 
     Screening Center, shall include on the No Fly List any 
     individual who was a detainee held at the Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless the President certifies in 
     writing to Congress that the detainee poses no threat to the 
     United States, its citizens, or its allies. For purposes of 
     this clause, the term `detainee' means an individual in the 
     custody or under the physical control of the United States as 
     a result of armed conflict.''.

  Mr. KING of New York (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized 
for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit is very 
basic. It's very direct. It specifies that any detainee who is housed 
at Guantanamo Bay will go on the No Fly List. Very simply, anyone 
released from Guantanamo will not be able to fly on an American 
commercial flight.
  And I have listened to the debate in committee. I've listened to the 
debate on the floor, and quite frankly, I cannot understand the 
opposition to this amendment. We are talking about approximately 240 
people who are still at Guantanamo. These are the worst of the worst, 
the most hardcore.
  Mr. Speaker, we can have various positions on Guantanamo, whether the 
President was right, whether the President's wrong, whether he's 
partially right, whether he's wrong, whether there's going to be 
tribunals, what's going to happen. But the reality is that there's a 
likelihood that some of these detainees could be released into the 
United States, and very simply, we are saying if they are, they should 
not be allowed to fly on American commercial flights.

                              {time}  1615

  Now, recent reports from the Defense Intelligence Agency say that one 
of seven of those who have been released thus far have returned to the 
battlefield, have returned to take part in terrorist activities. Now, 
whether that number is actually one in seven or one in 14 or one in 15, 
I say to anyone in this House, do you want your son or your daughter or 
your grandson or your granddaughter possibly being on the same plane as 
one of those seven or one of those 15? It is too high a risk to pay.
  What the majority did when this was brought up by Mr. Souder, who 
argued it very articulately in committee and on the floor, was to say 
that they would go on the No Fly List, the detainees, after disposition 
by the President.
  ``Disposition'' is not defined. What does ``disposition'' mean? If 
the President says that this person is dangerous, does that mean he 
doesn't go on the No Fly List? Suppose that case is still pending in 
court. Suppose he was released on bail. What does final disposition 
mean? What does it mean?
  Why are we having this debate? I can see if we were talking about 
something involving the civil rights of an American citizen or somebody 
who was legally in the country and we were talking about electronic 
surveillance or stop-and-frisk. We're talking about a person who is a 
detainee at Guantanamo and we're saying they cannot fly on an American 
plane. What human right is being violated by that? Let's balance the 
equities.
  I know in the Dear Colleague that my good friend the chairman sent 
out to his members, he uses a quote from the President, saying that we 
must have an abiding confidence in the rule of law and due process and 
checks and balances and accountability.
  Mr. Speaker, I fail to see the question of a balance here. What 
equities are we balancing?
  Let's assume the worst from those who oppose this motion to recommit. 
Let's assume that someone who is in Guantanamo and really pure of heart 
and has no malice anywhere in the system, that person will not be 
allowed to fly on an American plane. Life is tough. If that's the worst 
he has to endure, I don't think that's going to shock the conscience of 
the Republic.
  But suppose that person does return to violence and does blow up an 
airliner and hundreds of Americans are killed. Where is the cost-
benefit ratio? What equities are we balancing here?
  I would say the clear and correct thing to do here is to make it very 
clear that anyone released from Guantanamo should go on the No Fly 
List.
  Now, if there are foreign policy considerations, if there are 
diplomatic considerations, the motion to recommit specifically says 
that the President can certify that that detainee is no longer a threat 
to American security and the President can take the person off the No 
Fly List.
  So, if there is an injustice being done, if the President feels very 
strongly about this, then the President has the prerogative to exercise 
his power and take the person off the list.
  Again, I just think this is a debate about politics for those who 
somehow think, if we talk about Guantanamo, that we're trying to inject 
some kind of fear. We're trying to protect the American people. And, to 
me, it's a clear issue if you ask any one of your constituency, people 
in your district, say to them, would they rather be certain that their 
relatives going on a plane will not have a detainee from Guantanamo 
sitting next to them or would they rather have the fact that that 
person may have to drive his own car or take a bus rather than fly in a 
plane.
  So I would say in the interest of justice, in the interest of basic 
security for the American people and the interest of doing all we can 
to make this good bill much better and to give us the security that we 
need, that we vote ``yes'' on the motion to recommit.
  In his statements, the chairman says that by not adopting this motion 
to recommit, or not using this language, that would make our skies more 
secure. How can our skies possibly be more secure unless we do 
everything we possibly can to keep Guantanamo detainees off our planes, 
off our commercial planes.
  Those of us who lived in New York, any American, knows the horror of 
September 11. If we can do anything at all to prevent that without 
violating the civil rights of any American citizen, anyone lawfully in 
this country, then we should do it.
  Mr. Speaker, in the interest of justice and homeland security, I ask 
adoption of the motion to recommit.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. I rise in opposition, Mr. Speaker, but 
I'm not opposed to the motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Mississippi is recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, at the beginning, let me 
say that I am not in opposition to the motion to recommit. This motion 
to recommit builds on the underlying provisions of this bill. But it 
also recognizes that the President has significant responsibility in 
making sure that Americans are kept safe.

[[Page H6215]]

  I also support the fact that anyone who was detained at Guantanamo 
should be on the No Fly List. This motion to recommit does that. And I 
support it. I can accept it.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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 motion to recommit was agreed to.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the 
instructions of the House in the motion to recommit, I report the bill, 
H.R. 2200, back to the House with an amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Thompson of Mississippi:
       Strike section 405 of the bill and insert the following:

     SEC. 405. SECURING AVIATION FROM EXTREME TERRORIST THREATS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) In 2001, Congress gave the Assistant Secretary, 
     Transportation Security Administration, the task to ``develop 
     policies, strategies, and plans for dealing with threats to 
     transportation security''. The individuals currently held at 
     the Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were detained during 
     armed conflict and pose a serious and continuing threat to 
     the transportation security interests of the United States 
     and its allies.
       (2) Terrorists, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the 
     admitted mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist 
     attacks, have clearly demonstrated their desire and intent to 
     use airplanes as weapons to kill innocent Americans. The 
     August 2006 liquid explosive plot to take down 10 commercial 
     airliners over the United States is positive proof that air 
     transportation continues to be a target.
       (3) In light of al Qaeda's propensity to conduct aviation-
     related attacks and the fact that, according to the 
     Department of Defense, at least 74 former Guantanamo Bay 
     detainees once considered ``non-threatening'' are recidivists 
     to terrorism, restrictions on the air travel of former 
     detainees are necessary to protect the public from future 
     attacks.
       (4) Therefore, individuals who are or have been detained at 
     Guantanamo should not be allowed to fly commercially in the 
     United States and should be added to the Transportation 
     Security Administration's No Fly List, until the President 
     certifies that each individual detainee poses no threat to 
     the United States, its citizens, or its allies.
       (b) Prohibition of Detainee Use of Commercial Aviation.--
     Section 44903(j)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, as 
     amended by section 213 of the bill, is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(vi) Inclusion of detainees on no fly list.--The 
     Assistant Secretary, in coordination with the Terrorist 
     Screening Center, shall include on the No Fly List any 
     individual who was a detainee held at the Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless the President certifies in 
     writing to Congress that the detainee poses no threat to the 
     United States, its citizens, or its allies. For purposes of 
     this clause, the term `detainee' means an individual in the 
     custody or under the physical control of the United States as 
     a result of armed conflict.''.

  Mr. KING of New York (during the reading). I ask unanimous consent to 
dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  The amendment was agreed to.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 412, 
noes 12, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 306]

                               AYES--412

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Adler (NJ)
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Driehaus
     Duncan
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olson
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Quigley
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--12

     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Conyers
     Filner
     Lee (CA)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Nadler (NY)
     Paul
     Smith (WA)
     Waters

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Boswell
     Courtney
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Space
     Stark
     Sullivan
     Wilson (OH)

                              {time}  1638

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
and Mr. CONYERS changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.

[[Page H6216]]

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 397, 
noes 25, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 307]

                               AYES--397

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Bright
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly (VA)
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Fallin
     Farr
     Filner
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NY)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olson
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Quigley
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--25

     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Campbell
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Deal (GA)
     Duncan
     Flake
     Foxx
     Holt
     Johnson, Sam
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Linder
     Markey (MA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Nadler (NY)
     Nunes
     Paul
     Price (GA)
     Royce
     Shuster
     Stark

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Adler (NJ)
     Blumenauer
     Boswell
     Courtney
     Fattah
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Kennedy
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan
     Wilson (OH)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette) (during the vote). Two minutes 
are remaining.

                              {time}  1655

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

                          ____________________