[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 91 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H4610-H4616]
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SMALL BUSINESS JOBS AND CREDIT ACT OF 2010
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1436 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill,
H.R. 5297.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program
to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in
eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit
for small businesses,
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and for other purposes, with Mr. Cuellar (Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Wednesday,
June 16, 2010, amendment No. 17 printed in part C of House Report 111-
506 offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) had been
disposed of.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1448, it shall be in order to consider
the amendments printed in House Report 111-508 as if such amendments
had been printed in part C of House Report 111-506. Each amendment may
be offered only in the order printed in the report, by a Member
designated in the report, shall be considered read, shall be debatable
for the time specified in the report, equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Schrader
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1
printed in House Report 111-508.
Mr. SCHRADER. 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:
Add at the end the following new title:
TITLE __--SMALL BUSINESS BORROWER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
SEC. __1. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Small Business Assistance
Fund Act of 2010''.
SEC. __2. SMALL BUSINESS BORROWER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Administrator shall carry out a
program to be called the ``Small Business Borrower Assistance
Program'' to provide payments of principal and interest on
qualifying small business loans.
(b) Automatic Enrollment; Commitment of Funds.--
(1) In general.--To the extent funds are available under
the Program, each borrower that receives a qualifying small
business loan after the date on which the Administrator
issues regulations pursuant to subsection (e) shall be
automatically enrolled in the Program, unless the borrower
requests otherwise, and the Administrator shall commit an
amount to each borrower equal to 6 percent of the principal
disbursed amount of such borrower's qualifying small business
loan.
(2) One year window for participating in program.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a borrower may only be
enrolled in the Program if the borrower is approved for a
qualifying small business loan before the end of the 1-year
period following the date on which the Administrator issues
final regulations pursuant to subsection (e).
(3) Termination of participation in certain
circumstances.--In any instance in which the Administrator
determines that a borrower participating in the Program has
committed fraud or made a material misrepresentation related
to such participation, the Administrator may terminate such
borrower's participation in the Program and ban such borrower
from any future participation in the Program.
(c) Disbursement of Funds.--
(1) In general.--A borrower enrolled in the Program may
submit a request for the payment of committed funds by a
method to be developed by the Administrator.
(2) Multiple disbursements permitted.--A borrower enrolled
in the Program may request multiple payments under paragraph
(1), as long as the aggregate amount of such payments does
not exceed the amount committed to such borrower under
subsection (b).
(d) Terms.--
(1) Payments only to lender or servicer.--Payments made by
the Administrator under the Program shall only be made to the
lender or servicer of a qualifying small business loan to be
applied against outstanding principal or interest, and may
not be made to the borrower.
(2) Program participation only permitted during first 2
years.--
(A) In general.--Payments made by the Administrator under
the Program may only be made with respect to a payment of
interest or principal due on a qualifying small business loan
within the 2-year period following the date on which such
loan is disbursed.
(B) Unexpended committed funds.--
(i) In general.--With respect to any funds committed to a
borrower enrolled in the Program that remain unexpended at
the end of the 2-year period described under subparagraph
(A), such funds shall be paid to the lender or servicer of
the borrower's loan and applied to the principal of such
loan.
(ii) Exception.--In any case in which the amount of
committed funds that remain unexpended is greater than the
remaining principal of a borrower's loan, the amount of any
excess shall be returned to the Treasury.
(e) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall issue
regulations necessary to carry out this section.
(f) Contracting With Agents.--The Administrator may
contract with one or more entities as necessary to carry out
the provisions of the Program. The Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to designate financial institutions, including
any bank, savings association, or trust company, as financial
agents of the Federal government to carry out the authorities
of this section, and such institutions shall perform all such
reasonable duties related to the Program as financial agents
of the Federal government as the Secretary may require. In
engaging any such third parties to carry out the Program, the
Administrator or the Secretary shall seek to involve small
businesses in the provision of the core direct services
required under the engagement.
(g) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(2) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the Small Business
Borrower Assistance Program established under subsection (a).
(3) Qualifying small business loan.--The term ``qualifying
small business loan'' means any loan, up to $300,000, made to
a small business concern and guaranteed under section 7(a) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), other than a loan
made pursuant to section 7(a)(31) of such Act, a revolving
credit line, or any other revolving loan.
(4) Small business concern.--The term ``small business
concern'' has the meaning given such term under section 3 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator
$300,000,000 to carry out this section.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1448, the gentleman
from Oregon (Mr. Schrader) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oregon.
Mr. SCHRADER. I yield myself 5 minutes.
Mr. Chairman, this amendment basically authorizes funding in the
establishment of the Small Business Borrower Assistance Program to
provide temporary assistance for a lot of the struggling small
businesses out in America.
The Small Business Borrower Assistance Program will provide these
small businesses which take out 7(a) loans under $300,000 with a
reserve fund they can use at their discretion to help pay principal and
interest payments if they should hit rough spots in their business
cycles. Eligible small business borrowers will automatically be
enrolled in the program unless they request otherwise, so it is very
easy and unbureaucratic.
Once a borrower has been enrolled, the Small Business Administration
will place an amount equal to 6 percent of the loan principal in
reserve for the borrower. This means that a borrower who obtains a
$300,000 loan will have $18,000 placed in reserve to help the borrower
pay principal or interest payments. These funds can be applied to both
of those at the borrower's discretion.
To be eligible for the program, a borrower must obtain the qualifying
loan within 1 year after the SBA issues final regulations. This is a
temporary bill to help us through the recession. The SBA must issue
those final regulations within 180 days after the enactment of the
program. That is to make sure that the program itself is available in
the crunch times.
To prevent funds from being used for purposes other than for paying
down the balances of small business loans, disbursements will be made
directly to the lenders or to the loan servicers. Additionally, the
Small Business Administration will have the authority to remove
borrowers from the program who commit fraud or material
misrepresentation.
Mr. Chairman, this is just another great tool in the toolbox for our
small businesses in order to help them get back on their feet and to be
the engines of economic growth.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon.
Small business owners are going to be enrolled automatically in a
program that sets aside 6 percent of the value of an SBA guaranteed
loan to pay off that loan, as it was previously described. While I
appreciate very much the gentleman's effort to reduce the financial
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burden on small business owners, there are a number of problems with
this program.
First, it forces business owners to opt out of a federally mandatory
set-aside of funds. This is going to reduce the amount of capital
available because disbursements of those set-aside funds will be made
to a bank or to a loan servicer instead of to small businesses.
Second, by requiring an opt-out, it suggests that a Federal agency,
the SBA, is better at managing the small business rather than its
owner--a conclusion that I, obviously, strongly dispute.
Third, loans under the 7(a) loan program are just that. Mr. Chairman,
they are loans. It seems rather absurd to have the SBA automatically
set aside funds in order to pay off loans it has just approved.
Fourth, the size of loans in the program are limited to those
businesses with loans of less than $300,000.
I wonder: Why are these businesses favored over small business owners
who may need slightly larger amounts of capital? By making the program
available for loans of less than $300,000, I guess it suggests that
small business owners at that level are less credit worthy and are
incapable of managing their finances as opposed to businesses requiring
a little bit larger loans.
All of these points, Mr. Chairman, are points that I am making. I
strongly dispute the reason for this program. For that reason, I oppose
the gentleman's amendment. Again, I appreciate very much his efforts
and what he is trying to do, but I can't agree with this at all.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. SCHRADER. I yield 2 minutes to the chairwoman of the Small
Business Committee, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez).
Ms. VELAZQUEZ. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Chairman, my colleagues, we have spent much of this debate
discussing ways to help the banks, but now it is time that we talk
about helping small businesses directly.
The Schrader amendment does this by providing entrepreneurs with
incentives to expand their businesses. It does so by giving business
owners maximum flexibility because they know best how to purchase
equipment or to hire workers when they need to do so. If we have this
tool now, during the early stages of the recovery, it will allow
manufacturers to purchase the new machine tools they need, and it will
allow retailers to hire a few more salesmen.
As they have created two-thirds of the net new jobs over the past 10
years, it is absolutely critical to get small businesses off the
sidelines. Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer
survey continues to report that loan demand among small firms has
decreased. The most recent NFIB report also confirms this. Only 32
percent of small businesses borrowed last quarter, which is near the
record low. When fewer small businesses take out loans, there is less
employment and more abandoned storefronts. By giving firms access to a
financial backstop, the Schrader amendment will give them the
confidence to turn this around.
With this in mind, it is no surprise that, when small firms are not
active in the capital markets, we lose jobs. This is exactly what
happened between 2007 and 2009 when self-employment declined by 7.5
percent. If we do not want to repeat this, we must embrace the small
business-focused policies contained in the Schrader amendment.
I ask my colleagues to support Mr. Schrader's amendment.
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. I would like to reiterate that this is just a
giveaway. That is all it is. If we want to help small businesses, then
let's reinstate bonus depreciation. Let's shorten appreciation to buy
new equipment and to add more jobs.
The bottom line is let the government get out of the way. Increasing
their taxes at a time when the deficit is running at a record high and
when the administration continues to rack up more debt is not the way
to help small businesses. Again, I oppose the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back
the balance of my time.
Mr. SCHRADER. I appreciate the concerns of the gentleman from
Missouri. I do take issue with them, obviously.
Mr. Chairman, to prevent fraud and abuse--and unfortunately, that
does happen in tough economic times--these payments are made to the
lenders to make sure they go back to where they are supposed to be, as
the taxpayers have authorized under this amendment and this bill. The
7(a) program is the most popular program out there. It is something
banks are familiar with, and it is the small, struggling businesses
that are likely to take loans out for under $300,000 that are most in
need.
So this program is targeted, temporary, and timely. Small business
lending in my State is half of what it was 2 years ago. We need every
tool in the toolbox to encourage the lenders who have shown extreme
reticence to lend to small businesses that this country is willing to
back them up and to help these small businesses pay their loans if they
need to during tough stretches and tough times.
I think if you're in favor of small business and of lending and if
you want to make sure that they have access and that the program that
we are establishing with $30 billion really goes to small business, you
will want to vote ``yes,'' in favor of this amendment.
I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Schrader).
The amendment was agreed to.
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Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Miller of North Carolina
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2
printed in House Report 111-508.
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. I have an amendment at the desk made in
order under the rule.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 6, after line 9, insert the following new clause:
(v) Construction, land development, and other land loans.--
(I) In general.--Loans secured by real estate--
(aa) that are made to finance--
(AA) land development that is preparatory to erecting new
structures, including improving land, laying sewers, and
laying water pipes; or
(BB) the on-site construction of industrial, commercial,
residential, or farm buildings;
(bb) that is vacant land, except land known to be used or
usable for agricultural purposes, such as crop and livestock
production;
(cc) the proceeds of which are to be used to acquire and
improve developed or undeveloped property; or
(dd) that are made under title I or title X of the National
Housing Act.
(II) Construction industry requirement.--Subclause (I)
shall only apply to loans that are extended to small business
concerns in the construction industry, as such term is
defined by the Secretary in consultation with the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(III) Construction defined.--For purposes of this clause,
the term ``construction'' includes the construction of new
structures, additions or alterations to existing structures,
and the demolition of existing structures to make way for new
structures.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1448, the gentleman
from North Carolina (Mr. Miller) and a Member opposed each will control
5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina.
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time
as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, this bill is the right idea. We will not have a strong
recovery until small businesses can again get ordinary loans to expand
and hire new workers. But this bill leaves out an important industry.
In past recessions, the first industry to suffer from the recession and
the first industry to come out of it was residential construction, home
building. There's a reason that housing starts and building permits are
leading economic indicators.
Home building will not lead us out of this recession, no matter what
we do. Too much of the foolishness that led to the financial crisis was
connected to housing. There are some markets that are hopelessly
overbuilt. The inventory of new housing is at a 42-year low, but in
many markets there is a substantial overhang of existing houses and a
shadow inventory of homes destined for foreclosure. But there are many
markets where there is a real demand for
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new housing, and we won't have much of a recovery if we don't bring
residential construction along.
Home building has been 16 percent of our GDP. We can't tell 16
percent of our GDP just to hang out until we get things figured out.
Because of foolish real estate lending a few years ago, many
community banks were under great pressure from banking regulators to
scale back on all real estate lending, including sensible projects
where there is a market for new housing. Community banks are even
calling in performing acquisition development and construction loans.
We've gone from indiscriminate lending to an indiscriminate refusal to
lend that is killing jobs.
We've lost 3 million jobs in home construction and related industries
in the last 5 years. The jobs we lost are jobs for the working man--
carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, painters, landscapers,
roofers, and on and on. We've got to put those Americans back to work.
In the words of Alan Jackson, There's nothing wrong with a hard hat and
a hammer, the kind of glue that sticks this world together.
Our amendment adds construction and land development loans to the
loans that qualify as small business lending under the SBLF program so
we can put the working man back to work. God bless the working man and
woman.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Chair, I claim time in opposition, although I'm
not opposed to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Texas is
recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate what the gentleman's
amendment is trying to do. I think the intent, if this bill goes
forward, is that all small businesses would be eligible under this
program. But I think the gentleman is trying to accentuate the fact
that land developers and home builders in America are also small
businesses and should be able to participate under this program.
As a former developer and builder myself, I'm sympathetic to the
difficulties many of these in the construction and housing business
face. I think we have to be careful here not to send a signal that
would encourage an oversupply in the marketplace and further hurt the
industry and job creation.
Also, I would have to remind my colleagues, though, something that we
talked about yesterday, is that this is a $30 billion lending fund. The
United States Treasury does not have $30 billion, and that's the reason
they have these auctions every week. And we're going to have to go
borrow another $30 billion, which is going to increase the national
debt by another $30 billion.
I have the same concerns about the bill that we had yesterday. We're
not sure that this is the right prescription for small businesses.
We've seen record liquidity in many of the financial institutions. And
as I talk to many banker friends of mine and also the small businesses,
basically what's really holding back the country is sales.
The American people are cutting back; they're balancing their
budgets, but, unfortunately, the Federal Government is not balancing
its budget. In fact, we're going to have a $1.6 trillion deficit this
year. We just went over $13 trillion in debt in this country. We're
approaching a time in this country, and God forbid, where our GDP and
our national debt will be the same number.
So I appreciate what my colleagues are trying to do, but I believe if
you really want to help small businesses, bring some certainty to the
economy. Right now, many businesses are uncertain about what this body
might do to them next. They've imposed massive increases in the cost
through their health insurance, uncertainty about what the cost of
utilities are going to be in the future with cap-and-trade.
So this overall uncertainty is creating a lot of angst in the
marketplace, and I think it's affecting the American consumers.
Certainly, the people that affect American small businesses the most
are the American consumers--the people that are going to buy houses,
going to buy cars, going to buy televisions.
And so while I understand where the gentleman is coming from and
support his intent to make sure this program is all-inclusive, I do not
support the underlying bill. Again, when we say that this is really not
going to put the taxpayers at risk, I remind my colleagues that, in
fact, 91 banks that received TARP money--and, by the way, this is
another TARP program; this is TARP, Junior, TARP II--that another 91
banks missed their dividend payment in May. And so what does that say?
That the Treasury's ability to pay out this money to banks that are not
in trouble is somewhat questioned because, in fact, when 91 banks miss
their dividend payment, evidently there's not something going well in
that bank.
Many people voted against TARP I. I believe a number of people are
going to vote against TARP II, because that's not the right
prescription to get our country going again.
With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he
may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Baca).
Mr. BACA. I rise in support of this amendment and thank Mr. Miller
for this amendment, which will open the programs that include housing
production loans to home builders, which are primarily small
businesses.
As we continue to see some positive signs in the economy, our housing
market and construction industry show signs of distress. Moreover, the
increase in foreclosures has created a perception of overstocked
inventory in the housing market. However, this is not true everywhere.
But the perception has forced the industry to shrink, cutting back on
jobs and projects to save money. This downsizing has only made our
economic troubles worse.
We must create an opportunity for jobs. In order to have a complete
recovery, every aspect of our housing market needs to be supported, and
that includes construction.
The construction industry has been a consistent source of jobs for
the American people, and especially for the Latino community and many
others. In 2006, employment in the construction sector was at 7.7
million. In just 2 years, the number has dropped to 5.6 million. The
drop has been felt hardest in States like Nevada, Florida, and my home
State of California, where the housing crisis has forced the
construction industry to come to a standstill. In fact, we are now
seeing Latino unemployment over 30 percent in the State of California,
and then in my district, 17 percent overall for everyone.
In the committee's testimony, the National Association of Home
Builders stated that the bill will do little to produce jobs and free
up credit for builders. If our goal is to pass legislation that will
work to create jobs, we must target our resources where they are most
needed.
This amendment will address these concerns that include housing
production loans to our Nation's home builders, who are comprised
primarily of small businesses. Our housing collapse led our country
into this economic crisis, and creating incentives to allow the housing
market to thrive will help bring us out of this recession.
Again, I thank Mr. Miller for his hard work on this amendment. I urge
my colleagues to support this amendment.
Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Chair, I have no further requests for time, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. Chair, 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. Miller).
The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North
Carolina will be postponed.
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 C of House Report
111-506 and in House Report 111-508 on which further proceedings were
postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 1 in part C of House Report 111-506 by Mr. Israel of
New York;
Amendment No. 12 in part C of House Report 111-506 by Mr. Cao of
Louisiana; and
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Amendment No. 2 in House Report 111-508 by Mr. Miller of North
Carolina.
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Israel
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment printed in part C of House Report 111-
506 offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel) 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 420,
noes 0, not voting 18, as follows:
[Roll No. 371]
AYES--420
Ackerman
Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boccieri
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Bordallo
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Cao
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Castor (FL)
Chaffetz
Chandler
Christensen
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Djou
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
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 (GA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
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
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hunter
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)
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
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMahon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Minnick
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Norton
Nunes
Nye
Oberstar
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pierluisi
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
Roskam
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
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
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
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
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--18
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Boehner
Brown (SC)
Burgess
Buyer
Childers
Griffith
Hoekstra
Inglis
Meek (FL)
Moore (WI)
Obey
Olson
Payne
Ros-Lehtinen
Sullivan
Wamp
{time} 1307
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Cao
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment printed in part C of House Report 111-
506 offered by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Cao) 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 414,
noes 0, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 23, as follows:
[Roll No. 372]
AYES--414
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 (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Bordallo
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bright
Broun (GA)
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
Christensen
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Djou
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Faleomavaega
Fallin
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Foster
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gordon (TN)
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
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
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hunter
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)
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Kosmas
Kratovil
Kucinich
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lee (CA)
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)
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMahon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Minnick
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
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
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Paulsen
Payne
Pence
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pierluisi
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
Roskam
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
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
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Sutton
Tanner
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
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Miller, Gary
NOT VOTING--23
Barrett (SC)
Bishop (GA)
Boccieri
Boehner
Brown (SC)
Childers
Cummings
Fortenberry
Gohmert
Griffith
Hoekstra
Inglis
Latham
LaTourette
Marshall
Meek (FL)
Moore (WI)
Pascrell
Ros-Lehtinen
Stark
Wamp
Woolsey
Wu
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Members are advised there are 2
minutes remaining in this vote.
{time} 1314
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. BOCCIERI. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 372, the Jackson Lee/Cao
amendment, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 372, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Miller of North Carolina
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment printed in House Report 111-508 offered
by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Miller) 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 will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 418,
noes 3, not voting 17, as follows:
[Roll No. 373]
AYES--418
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
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Bordallo
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown, Corrine
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cantor
Cao
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Chandler
Christensen
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Djou
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Faleomavaega
Fallin
Farr
Fattah
Filner
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 (GA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Guthrie
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
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hunter
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)
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)
Markey (MA)
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMahon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Minnick
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
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)
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
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
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
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Sutton
Tanner
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
Wasserman Schultz
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--3
Campbell
Flake
McClintock
NOT VOTING--17
Barrett (SC)
Boehner
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Castor (FL)
Childers
Cleaver
Griffith
Gutierrez
Hoekstra
Inglis
Linder
Meek (FL)
Moore (WI)
Sablan
Wamp
Waters
{time} 1323
Mr. BACHUS changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
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