[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 72 (Thursday, May 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3452-H3457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in part B of the House
Report 111-479 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the
following order:
Amendment No. 34, by Mr. Boccieri of Ohio;
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Amendment No. 38 by Mrs. Halvorson of Illinois;
Amendment No. 50 by Mr. Flake of Arizona.
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 34 Offered by Mr. Boccieri
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Boccieri) 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 248,
noes 171, not voting 17, as follows:
[Roll No. 267]
AYES--248
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boccieri
Bordallo
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Bright
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Childers
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Driehaus
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellison
Ellsworth
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Faleomavaega
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Giffords
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Herseth Sandlin
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kilroy
Kind
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Kosmas
Kratovil
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Markey (CO)
Markey (MA)
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McMahon
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Minnick
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Norton
Nye
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Pierluisi
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sablan
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schmidt
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Skelton
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--171
Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Cao
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Conaway
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dreier
Duncan
Emerson
Fallin
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Griffith
Guthrie
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kline (MN)
Lamborn
Lance
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Olson
Owens
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
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
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--17
Barrett (SC)
Bishop (UT)
Carney
Christensen
Cole
Davis (AL)
Diaz-Balart, L.
Doyle
Higgins
Hoekstra
Honda
Lee (NY)
Rush
Serrano
Slaughter
Teague
Wamp
{time} 1145
Messrs. DAVIS of Kentucky, SCALISE, LATHAM, CALVERT, and ADLER of New
Jersey changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. BRIGHT 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. 38 Offered by Mrs. Halvorson
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Illinois
(Mrs. Halvorson) 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 Acting CHAIR. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 419,
noes 0, not voting 17, as follows:
[Roll No. 268]
AYES--419
Ackerman
Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boccieri
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Bordallo
Boren
Boswell
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
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Castor (FL)
Chaffetz
Chandler
Childers
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Faleomavaega
Fallin
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
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
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hunter
Inglis
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
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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 (CA)
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
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
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
Myrick
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Norton
Nunes
Nye
Oberstar
Obey
Olson
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Paulsen
Payne
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pierluisi
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Putnam
Quigley
Radanovich
Rahall
Rehberg
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sablan
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sestak
Shadegg
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Skelton
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Sutton
Tanner
Taylor
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--17
Barrett (SC)
Bishop (UT)
Carney
Christensen
Cole
Davis (AL)
Doyle
Higgins
Hoekstra
Lee (NY)
Pence
Rangel
Rush
Serrano
Slaughter
Teague
Wamp
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining in
the vote.
{time} 1153
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 50 Offered by Mr. Flake
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona
(Mr. Flake) 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 Acting CHAIR. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 419,
noes 0, not voting 17, as follows:
[Roll No. 269]
AYES--419
Ackerman
Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Baldwin
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
Bordallo
Boren
Boswell
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
Campbell
Cantor
Cao
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Castor (FL)
Chaffetz
Chandler
Childers
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Faleomavaega
Fallin
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
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
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hunter
Inglis
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
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 (CA)
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
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
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
Myrick
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Norton
Nunes
Nye
Oberstar
Obey
Olson
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Paulsen
Payne
Pence
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pierluisi
Pingree (ME)
Platts
Poe (TX)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Putnam
Quigley
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
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sablan
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
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
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Sutton
Tanner
Taylor
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--17
Barrett (SC)
Camp
Christensen
Cleaver
Cole
Davis (AL)
Doyle
Higgins
Hoekstra
Lee (NY)
Pitts
Radanovich
Rush
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Teague
Wamp
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1201
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
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.
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The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Pastor of Arizona) having assumed the chair, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas,
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. 5116) to invest in innovation through research and
development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and
for other purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 1344, she reported the
bill back to the House with an amendment adopted in the Committee of
the Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
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 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. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the
desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. HALL of Texas. I am, in its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. HALL of Texas. moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5116 to
the Committee on Science and Technology with instructions to
report the same back to the House forthwith with the
following amendment:
Strike page 91, line 9, through page 98, line 4.
Strike page 163, line 3, through page 164, line 11.
Strike page 176, line 15, through page 187, line 13.
Strike page 187, line 14, through page 195, line 11.
Strike page 235, line 15, through page 244, line 1.
Page 245, lines 12 through 24, amend section 702 to read as
follows:
SEC. 702. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
For the purposes of the activities and programs supported
by this Act and the amendments made by this Act--
(1) institutions of higher education chartered to serve
large numbers of students with disabilities, including
Gallaudet University, Landmark College, and the National
Technical Institute for the Deaf, and institutions of higher
education offering science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics research and education activities and programs
available to veterans with disabilities, shall receive
special consideration and have a designation consistent with
the designation for other institutions that serve populations
underrepresented in STEM to ensure that institutions of
higher education chartered to serve or serving persons with
disabilities benefit from such research and education
activities and programs; and
(2) agencies for which appropriations are authorized by
this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall also
conduct outreach to veterans with disabilities pursuing
studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
to ensure that such veterans are aware of and benefit from
the research and education activities and programs authorized
by this Act.
At the end of the bill, insert the following new sections:
SEC. 704. NO SALARIES FOR VIEWING PORNOGRAPHY.
None of the funds authorized under this Act may be used to
pay the salary of any individual who has been officially
disciplined for violations of subpart G of the Standards of
Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch for
viewing, downloading, or exchanging pornography, including
child pornography, on a Federal Government computer or while
performing official Federal Government duties.
SEC. 705. INELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS OR GRANTS.
None of the funds authorized under this Act shall be
available to make awards to or provide grants for an
institution of higher education under this Act if that
institution is prevented from receiving funds for contracts
or grants for education under section 983 of title 10, United
States Code.
SEC. 706. ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATIONS.
Notwithstanding sections 212, 402, 611, and 622, in any
year following a year in which there is a Federal budget
deficit the authorization levels in those sections and the
amendments made by those sections shall be in the amount
specified as follows:
(1) Alternative authorizations for the national science
foundation.--
(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Foundation $6,872,510,400 for each of the fiscal years
2011 through 2013.
(B) Specific allocations.--Of the amount authorized under
subparagraph (A) for each fiscal year--
(i) $5,563,920,400 shall be made available for research and
related activities;
(ii) $872,760,000 shall be made available for education and
human resources;
(iii) $117,290,000 shall be made available for major
research equipment and facilities construction;
(iv) $300,000,000 shall be made available for agency
operations and award management;
(v) $4,540,000 shall be made available for the Office of
the National Science Board; and
(vi) $14,000,000 shall be made available for the Office of
Inspector General.
(2) Alternative authorizations for the national institute
of standards and technology.--
(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Commerce $839,300,000 for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for each of the fiscal
years 2011 through 2013.
(B) Specific allocations.--Of the amount authorized under
subparagraph (A) for each fiscal year--
(i) $515,000,000 shall be authorized for scientific and
technical research and services laboratory activities;
(ii) $120,000,000 shall be authorized for the construction
and maintenance of facilities; and
(iii) $204,300,000 shall be authorized for industrial
technology services activities, of which--
(I) $70,000,000 shall be authorized for the Technology
Innovation Program under section 28 of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n);
(II) $124,700,000 shall be authorized for the Manufacturing
Extension Partnership program under sections 25 and 26 of
such Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 278l); and
(III) $9,600,000 shall be authorized for the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award program under section 17 of
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15
U.S.C. 3711a).
(3) Alternative authorizations for the office of science of
the department of energy.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary for the activities of the
Office of Science $4,904,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2011 through 2013, of which for each fiscal year--
(A) $1,637,000,000 shall be for Basic Energy Sciences
activities under section 604;
(B) $604,000,000 shall be for Biological and Environmental
Research activities under section 605; and
(C) $394,000,000 shall be for Advanced Scientific Computing
Research activities under section 606.
(4) Alternative authorizations for arpa-e.--No funds are
authorized to be appropriated to the Director of ARPA-E for
deposit into the Fund for fiscal years 2011 through 2013.
Mr. HALL of Texas (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent to dispense with the reading of the motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Texas?
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. I object.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
The Clerk will read.
The Clerk continued to read.
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order is reserved.
The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to make a few points about
the motion to recommit before I hand it over to the gentlewoman from
Kansas.
The motion to recommit addresses the biggest concern I, and many of
the Members on this side of the aisle, have with the legislation, which
is the excessive spending. It will address this issue by reducing the
authorization to 3 years instead of 5, striking the new programs in the
bill, and reducing the spending down to the fiscal year 2010
appropriated levels. It also would prohibit Federal funds from being
used by Federal employees to view, download, or exchange pornography,
including child pornography. Additionally, it will ensure that the
institutions that we're giving Federal funding to through this act will
repay the Federal Government by allowing the military onto their
campuses for recruitment.
Finally, the motion to recommit will invest in an issue that's very
dear to our hearts, our Nation's disabled veterans. This motion would
ensure that our colleges and universities that make STEM programs
available to our disabled veterans and those schools chartered to serve
disabled veterans receive the same special consideration afforded to
other schools serving the underrepresented populations.
A much broader version of this language was unanimously accepted at
the
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committee level. A very watered down version that does not stand the
chance of helping a single veteran is included in the manager's
amendment. And this compromise language filed at Rules was not made in
order for consideration.
I cannot for the life of me understand why there's a resistance to
assisting the Nation's disabled veterans. Of the 3.1 million disabled
veterans in this country, over 50,000 are currently training to receive
undergraduate degrees and an additional 2,800 participate in graduate
school programs. The schools serving these men and women deserve the
same consideration as those assisting other underrepresented
populations. But there's not one school in the Nation that would meet
the standards created by the language in the manager's amendment.
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I don't buy the argument that this special consideration will open a
floodgate of eligible schools, providing no guarantee that the disabled
veterans will actually benefit from the funding. There are already
several hundred well-known and -respected schools that qualify for
special consideration under a variety of statutes for underrepresented
populations with no guarantee that a particular grant would benefit a
designated group. Why shouldn't those schools helping our disabled
veterans have the same consideration?
Frankly, it should not matter how many disabled veterans a school
enrolls. These fine young men and women, who every one of us will see
over Memorial Day, have made tremendous personal sacrifices for us. The
Speaker rightfully has us bow our heads in silence once a month to
honor them. We should also be lifting our chins and our praise and our
gratitude to those who cross foreign borders to ensure that everyone
within our own are free. This is but a small way we can show our
appreciation not only to them, but to the schools that are reaching out
to them.
Now I yield to Ms. Jenkins.
Ms. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit is concerning to
me, and I encourage a ``yes'' vote.
I would just like to highlight one provision because there has been a
great deal of press lately about the misuse of government computers and
the waste of time and taxpayer dollars by Federal employees at the
Securities and Exchange Commission who are spending as much as 8 hours
a day viewing pornography on government computers. However, this
problem is not limited just to the SEC. The Inspector General at the
National Science Foundation, which is authorized by this Act, found
similar problems there. So what happened to these employees? According
to the Inspector General, and I quote, NSF issued a formal proposal
followed by a decision suspending them for 10 calendar days without
pay. Ten days' suspension, unacceptable. Taxpayers deserve better.
This motion to recommit is simple. If you're a government employee,
and you are disciplined for viewing, downloading, or e-mailing
pornography, including child pornography, on government computers or
during work hours, you will no longer be paid. You will be fired. If
you think a couple of days of suspension, a reprimand, a transfer is
the right response when someone uses government computers to spread
pornography, then vote against this motion. But if you think spreading
pornography with a government computer is an act that should lead to
dismissal, then vote for this motion. I urge a vote for this motion.
Mr. HALL of Texas. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. I withdraw my point of order and rise in
opposition to this motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, let me also take just a moment
to thank the minority and majority members of the Science and
Technology Committee for the many hours they've put in to making this
bill a very good bipartisan bill. And also I want to thank the staff
members who have put in even more hours to making this good bill.
Now let me take just a moment to tell you why this is an important
and a good bipartisan bill. There are 6.5 billion people in the world.
Half of those that are working make less than $2 a day. Now, if we try
to compete in a global economy on that type of labor, then you're going
to see your kids and grandkids wind up with a national standard of
living less than their parents. So we can't win in terms of wages. We
have to win by having a higher technological base here.
In the last few years, you've seen that the public sector dollars
have been stagnant in terms of our investment in research and
development. And on the private sector level, they've actually gone
down. Why does this matter? Because the rest of the world is increasing
their investments in research and development, and the importance to us
here in this country is that 50 percent of the growth in the GDP in our
Nation since World War II has been a result of research and
development. But we have to have more than just R&D. We have to have a
workforce that can work at that higher level, and that's what this bill
does also. There's a great STEM educational piece that will help not
just Ph.D.s, but it will help those high school graduates, junior
college graduates, and college graduates to work that higher level.
So what does all this mean? There's a cycle. The cycle is that you
invest in R&D. R&D gives you innovation. Innovation gives you jobs,
which creates the type of standard of living and revenue that allows us
to reduce the deficit as well as to continue the R&D again.
Another important part of this bill is the energy independence. Right
now we have to reduce our dependence on our foreign oil for our
economic as well as our national defense. And I don't want to trade our
dependency on foreign oil to foreign technology.
Now let me get to some of the criticisms of this bill. We said, Well,
it's a pretty good bill. As a matter of fact, it's a very good bill,
except that it costs too much. Well, let me remind you that in 2007,
367 Members of this body voted for the original authorization. In the
other body, there were 69 cosponsors of the original authorization, and
it passed unanimously. But we recognize these are difficult economic
times, and so we made some changes. This bill has been cut by 10.3
percent from the bill that you voted for in 2007. That is $9.6 billion.
Now tell me, what authorization has been cut by over 10 percent? This
is the only one.
Mr. Hall has very good concerns about our veterans, and every day
when we see him, we see him as an example of those World War II
veterans. So language was put in the bill both for scholarships for
individual veterans and also for those institutions. Let me read this
to you, For the purposes of the activities and programs supported by
this Act and the amendments made in this Act, institutions of higher
education offering STEM research education activities and programs that
serve veterans with disabilities shall receive special consideration
and review. And on and on. So we have taken care of that.
Now let's get down to the heart of it. And quite frankly, it saddens
me to have to go into this. I mean, it saddens me that when we look at
our kids--I have a 9-year-old daughter, and what about her future? What
about your family's future? Oh, we're going to hide behind this little
bit. We're going to gut this bill for this little bit. A few days ago
there were some NSF employees who were patching pornography. Of course
that was bad, and they were disciplined. Throughout the whole executive
offices, there is filtering on that now. Nobody seriously thinks that
we don't want to deal with pornography here. For God's sake. And when
it gets to the conference, we'll take care of that even more.
Everybody raise your hand that's for pornography. Come on, raise your
hand. Nobody? Nobody is for pornography? Well, I'm shocked. So I guess
we need this little bitty provision that means nothing; that's going to
gut the entire bill. This is an embarrassment, and if you vote for
this, you should be embarrassed.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds all Members not to traffic
the well while another Member is under recognition. All Members will
address their remarks to the Chair.
Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to
recommit.
There was no objection.
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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. HALL of Texas. 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 a
5-minute vote on passage of H.R. 5116, if ordered, and motions to
suspend the rules with regard to House Resolution 1338 and House
Resolution 1337.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 292,
noes 126, not voting 12, as follows:
[Roll No. 270]
AYES--292
Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Arcuri
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bean
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boccieri
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Cao
Capito
Carnahan
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Chandler
Childers
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Dahlkemper
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Edwards (TX)
Ellsworth
Emerson
Etheridge
Fallin
Fattah
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garamendi
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Griffith
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hall (TX)
Halvorson
Hare
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heinrich
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth Sandlin
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Hodes
Holden
Hunter
Inglis
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kildee
Kilroy
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Kline (MN)
Kosmas
Kratovil
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Maffei
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey (CO)
Marshall
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMahon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Minnick
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Nunes
Nye
Olson
Owens
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pomeroy
Posey
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Rehberg
Reichert
Richardson
Rodriguez
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Salazar
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schauer
Schiff
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sestak
Shadegg
Shea-Porter
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Souder
Space
Spratt
Stearns
Sullivan
Sutton
Tanner
Taylor
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Titus
Tonko
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Weiner
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Wu
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--126
Ackerman
Andrews
Baird
Baldwin
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Blumenauer
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dingell
Edwards (MD)
Ehlers
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hall (NY)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kennedy
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kucinich
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Markey (MA)
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks (NY)
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reyes
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sherman
Sires
Snyder
Speier
Stark
Stupak
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--12
Barrett (SC)
Cole
Davis (AL)
Doyle
Higgins
Hoekstra
Lee (NY)
Melancon
Rush
Slaughter
Teague
Wamp
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Messrs. LEVIN, COHEN, FARR, TOWNS, GEORGE MILLER of California and
Ms. DeLAURO changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. WEINER, BISHOP of New York, COSTA, SCHIFF, LARSEN of
Washington, SMITH of Washington, ISRAEL, SERRANO, SESTAK, TANNER,
KANJORSKI, MEEK of Florida, FATTAH, GUTIERREZ, BRALEY of Iowa, PETERSON
of Minnesota, HEINRICH, KAGEN, PASTOR of Arizona, BOYD, CUELLAR, WALZ,
LYNCH, HILL, MATHESON, POMEROY, DeFAZIO, KILDEE, CHANDLER, NEAL,
LIPINSKI, EDWARDS of Texas, HINOJOSA, COURTNEY, MURPHY of New York,
ETHERIDGE, VISCLOSKY, KIND, COSTELLO, RODRIGUEZ, CONNOLLY of Virginia,
RUPPERSBERGER, WU, ARCURI, DEUTCH, GARAMENDI, BRADY of Pennsylvania,
SPRATT, CARNAHAN, CROWLEY, LANGEVIN, TONKO, MOORE of Kansas, DICKS,
BACA, HARE, LOEBSACK, SALAZAR, BISHOP of Georgia, DOGGETT, Mrs.
HALVORSON, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. SUTTON, Mrs.
MALONEY, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Ms. BEAN, Ms.
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California and Mrs. McCARTHY of New York changed
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to recommit was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
proceedings on H.R. 5116 are postponed.
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