[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H7372-H7377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2011
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1682, I call up
the bill (H.R. 3081) making appropriations for the Department of State,
foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendments
thereto, and offer the motion.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Larsen of Washington). The Clerk will
designate the Senate amendments.
The text of the Senate amendments is as follows:
Senate amendments:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of
applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds,
for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and
other organizational units of Government for fiscal year
2011, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2010 and under the authority and conditions
provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities
(including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees)
that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act,
that were conducted in fiscal year 2010, and for which
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available
in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111-80).
(2) Division A of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 111-118).
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(3) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-85).
(4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2010 (Public Law 111-83) and section 601 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212).
(5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A of
Public Law 111-88).
(6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
(division A of Public Law 111-68).
(7) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
111-117).
(8) Chapter 3 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212), except for appropriations
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' relating to
Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, or the
Port of Guam: Provided, That the amount provided for the
Department of Defense pursuant to this paragraph shall not
exceed a rate for operations of $29,387,401,000: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall allocate such
amount to each appropriation account, budget activity,
activity group, and subactivity group, and to each program,
project, and activity within each appropriation account, in
the same proportions as such appropriations for fiscal year
2010.
(9) Section 102(c) of chapter 1 of title I of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212)
that addresses guaranteed loans in the rural housing
insurance fund.
(10) The appropriation under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--United States Patent and Trademark Office'' in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-224).
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department
of Defense shall be used for (1) the new production of items
not funded for production in fiscal year 2010 or prior years;
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained
with fiscal year 2010 funds; or (3) the initiation,
resumption, or continuation of any project, activity,
operation, or organization (defined as any project,
subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment
items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget activity within
an appropriation account and an R-1 line item that includes a
program element and subprogram element within an
appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2010.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing
advance procurement funding for economic order quantity
procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be
available to the extent and in the manner that would be
provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume
any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or
expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the
period for which funds or authority for such project or
activity are available under this Act.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011,
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of
the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an
appropriation for any project or activity provided for in
this Act; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 without any provision
for such project or activity; or (3) December 3, 2010.
Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted
into law.
Sec. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of
apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United
States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to
waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment
of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2011
because of distributions of funding to States, foreign
countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of
operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no
grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act
that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act
shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2010, and for activities under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the
rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the
authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory
payments due on or about the first day of any month that
begins after October 2010 but not later than 30 days after
the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made,
and funds shall be available for such payments.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for
civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such
department or agency, consistent with the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until
after the department or agency has taken all necessary
actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related
administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. The following amounts are designated as an
emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs
pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13
(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2010:
(1) Amounts incorporated by reference in this Act that were
previously designated as available for overseas deployments
and other activities pursuant to such concurrent resolution.
(2) Amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (8) of
section 101 of this Act.
Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
funds appropriated under the heading ``Food for Peace Title
II Grants'' in chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212) may be used to
reimburse obligations incurred for the purposes provided
therein prior to the enactment of such Act.
Sec. 116. The authority provided by section 18(h)(5) of
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1769(h)(5)) shall continue in effect through the earlier of
the date of enactment of an authorization Act related to the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
Sec. 117. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--
Periodic Censuses and Programs'', for necessary expenses to
collect and publish statistics for periodic censuses and
programs provided for by law, at a rate for operations of
$964,315,000.
Sec. 118. The authority provided by section 1202 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
(Public Law 109-163), as most recently amended by section
1222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2518), shall continue
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of
this Act.
Sec. 119. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 310 of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32;
123 Stat. 1870), a claim described in that subsection that is
submitted before the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act shall be treated as a claim for which payment may be made
under such section 310.
Sec. 120. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of
authority provided for investigations under the heading
``Department of Defense--Civil, Department of the Army, Corps
of Engineers--Civil, Investigations'', in chapter 4 of title
I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
111-212; 124 Stat. 2312) is rescinded as of the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act--
(1) there is appropriated to the Department of the Army,
Corps of Engineers, an amount equal to the unobligated
balance rescinded by subsection (a), to remain available
until expended, for investigations;
(2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment
of this Act; and
(3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement
and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections
403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 121. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of
authority provided for in section 401 of chapter 4 of title I
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-
212; 124 Stat. 2313) for drought emergency assistance is
rescinded as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act--
(1) there is appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation, an
amount equal to the unobligated balance rescinded by
subsection (a), to remain available until expended, for
drought emergency assistance: Provided, That financial
assistance may be provided under the Reclamation States
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.)
and any other applicable Federal law (including regulations)
for the optimization and conservation of project water
supplies to assist drought-plagued areas of the West;
(2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment
of this Act; and
(3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement
and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections
403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 122. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of Energy--Weapons Activities'' at
a rate for operations of $7,008,835,000.
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Sec. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local
funds for programs and activities under the heading
``District of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and
activities under title IV of S. 3677 (111th Congress), as
reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, at
the rate set forth under ``District of Columbia Funds'' as
included in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request Act (D.C. Act
18-448), as modified as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Sec. 124. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295, as amended
by section 550 of Public Law 111-83, shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
for ``October 4, 2010''.
Sec. 125. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5133(m)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified
in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2010''.
Sec. 126. Any funds made available pursuant to section 101
for the Federal Air Marshals may be obligated at a rate for
operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain domestic
and international flight coverage at the same level as the
final quarter of fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 127. Any funds made available pursuant to section 101
for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be obligated at a
rate for operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain
the numbers of personnel in place in the final quarter of
fiscal year 2010. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use of
the authority provided in this section.
Sec. 128. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of the Interior--Minerals
Management Service--Royalty and Offshore Minerals
Management'' at a rate for operations of $365,000,000:
Provided, That amounts provided herein from the general fund
shall be reduced in an amount not to exceed $154,890,000, as
receipts from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993,
and from cost recovery fees are received: Provided further,
That of the prior-year unobligated balances available for
``Department of the Interior--Minerals Management Service--
Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management'', $25,000,000 are
rescinded.
Sec. 129. Section 2(e)(1)(B) of Public Law 109-129 shall
be applied by substituting the date specified in section
106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2010''.
Sec. 130. From funds transferred to ``Department of Health
and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health
and Social Services Emergency Fund'' by Public Law 111-117 in
the fourth paragraph under such heading, amounts shall be
available through the date specified in section 106(3) of
this Act to support advanced research and development
pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act, at
a rate for operations of $305,000,000.
Sec. 131. (a) Extension of the Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families Program.--Activities authorized by part A of
title IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act
(other than the Emergency Contingency Fund for State
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs established
under subsection (c) of section 403 of such Act) shall
continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, subject to
the amendments made by subsection (b) of this section, and
out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and
payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the
applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2011
at the pro rata portion of the level provided for such
activities through the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Supplemental grants for population increases.--Section
403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(3)(H)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
``(ii) subparagraph (G) shall be applied as if `the date
specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2011' were substituted for `fiscal year 2001'; and''.
(2) Contingency fund.--
(A) Deposit into fund.--Section 403(b)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended--
(i) by striking ``fiscal years 1997'' and all that follows
through ``2003'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2011 and
2012''; and
(ii) by striking ``$2,000,000,000'' and inserting ``, in
the case of fiscal year 2011, $506,000,000 and in the case of
fiscal year 2012, $612,000,000''.
(B) Conforming amendment.--Section 403(b)(3)(C)(ii) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking
``fiscal years 1997 through 2010 shall not exceed the total
amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2)'' and inserting
``fiscal year 2011 and 2012, respectively, shall not exceed
the total amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) for
each such fiscal year''.
(3) Maintenance of effort.--Section 409(a)(7) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 2011'' and
inserting ``2011, or 2012''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``2010'' and
inserting ``2011''.
Sec. 132. Activities authorized by section 429 of the
Social Security Act shall continue through September 30,
2011, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, and out
of any money in the Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and
payments may be made pursuant to this authority on a
quarterly basis through fiscal year 2011 at the level
provided for such activities for the corresponding quarter of
fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 133. Effective October 1, 2010, subpart 2 of part B
of title IV of the Social Security Act is amended--
(1) in section 436 (42 U.S.C. 629f)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) by striking ``2011'' and inserting ``2010''; and
(ii) by inserting before the period the following: ``, and
$365,000,000 for fiscal year 2011''; and
(B) by striking ``$10,000,000'' in subsection (b)(2) and
inserting ``$30,000,000''; and
(2) in section 438 (42 U.S.C. 629h)--
(A) by striking ``2010'' in subsection (c)(2)(A) and
inserting ``2011''; and
(B) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the following
flush sentence: ``For fiscal year 2011, out of the amount
reserved pursuant to section 436(b)(2) for such fiscal year,
there are available $10,000,000 for grants referred to in
subsection (b)(2)(B), and $10,000,000 for grants referred to
in subsection (b)(2)(C).''.
Sec. 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
for payment in equal shares to the children and grandchildren
of Robert C. Byrd, $193,400 is appropriated.
Sec. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for deposit into ``Department of Defense Base
Closure Account 2005'' at a rate for operations of
$2,354,285,000.
Sec. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of State--Administration of Foreign
Affairs--Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' at a rate for
operations of $8,601,000,000.
Sec. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``International Security Assistance--Funds
Appropriated to the President--Foreign Military Financing
Program'' at a rate for operations of $5,160,000,000, of
which not less than $2,775,000,000 shall be available for
grants only for Israel, not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be
available for grants only for Egypt, and not less than
$300,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Jordan:
Provided, That the dollar amount in the fourth proviso under
such heading in title IV of division F of Public Law 111-117
shall be deemed to be $729,825,000.
Sec. 138. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``International Security Assistance--Funds
Appropriated to the President--Pakistan Counterinsurgency
Capability Fund'' at a rate for operations of $700,000,000.
(b) Amounts provided by subsection (a) shall be available
to the Secretary of State under the terms and conditions
provided for this Fund in Public Law 111-32 and Public Law
111-212 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act.
Sec. 139. Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 4,
1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by substituting
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
``September 30, 2010''.
Sec. 140. (a) Section 1115(d) of Public Law 111-32 shall be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this Act for ``October 1, 2010''.
(b) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 1,
2010'' in paragraph (2).
(c) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
for ``October 1, 2010'' in paragraph (2).
(d) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting the
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 1,
2010'' in subparagraph (B).
Sec. 141. The authority provided by section 1334 of the
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22
U.S.C. 6553) shall remain in effect through the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
Sec. 142. Commitments to guarantee loans incurred under
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized
by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed a rate for
operations of $20,000,000,000: Provided, That total loan
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, may be
apportioned through the date specified in section 106(3) of
this Act, at $80,000,000 multiplied by the number of days
covered by this Act.
Sec. 143. The provisions of title II of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) shall
continue in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act,
through the earlier of: (1) the date specified in section
106(3) of this Act; or (2) the date of the enactment into law
of an authorization Act relating to the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act.
Sec. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of
this Act, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit
approval for the borrower during fiscal year 2011, the second
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)) shall be considered to require that in no
case may the benefits of insurance under such section 255
exceed 150 percent of the maximum dollar amount in effect
under the sixth sentence of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)).
Sec. 145. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For
mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for
the borrower during fiscal year 2011, if the dollar amount
limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage
determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing
Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for any size residence for any
area is less than such dollar amount limitation that was in
effect for such size residence for such area for 2008
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pursuant to section 202 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-185; 122 Stat. 620), notwithstanding any
other provision of law or of this Act, the maximum dollar
amount limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage
for such size residence for such area for purposes of such
section 203(b)(2) shall be considered (except for purposes of
section 255(g) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g))) to be
such dollar amount limitation in effect for such size
residence for such area for 2008.
(b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law or of this Act, if the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development determines, for any
geographic area that is smaller than an area for which dollar
amount limitations on the principal obligation of a mortgage
are determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National
Housing Act, that a higher such maximum dollar amount
limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of
residences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in
such sub-area, the Secretary may, for mortgages for which the
mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during
fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum dollar amount
limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such sub-
area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section), but in no case to an amount
that exceeds the amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of the
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
Sec. 146. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For
mortgages originated during fiscal year 2011, if the
limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a
mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National
Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation determined under section 302(b)(2) of the Federal
National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C.
1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1754(a)(2)) respectively,
for any size residence for any area is less than such maximum
original principal obligation limitation that was in effect
for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to
section 201 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law
110-185; 122 Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision
of law or of this Act, the limitation on the maximum original
principal obligation of a mortgage for such Association and
Corporation for such size residence for such area shall be
such maximum limitation in effect for such size residence for
such area for 2008.
(b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law or of this Act, if the Director of
the Federal Housing Finance Agency determines, for any
geographic area that is smaller than an area for which
limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of a
mortgage are determined for the Federal National Mortgage
Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
that a higher such maximum original principal obligation
limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of
residences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in
such sub-area, the Director may, for mortgages originated
during fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum original
principal obligation limitation for such size or sizes of
residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect
(including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for
such Association and Corporation, but in no case to an amount
that exceeds the amount specified in the matter following the
comma in section 201(a)(l)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of
2008.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2011''.
Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other
purposes.''.
Motion to Concur
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion.
The text of the motion is as follows:
Mr. Obey moves that the House concur in the Senate
amendments.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1682, the
motion shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations.
The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and the gentleman from
California (Mr. Lewis) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin.
General Leave
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include
extraneous material on the pending legislation.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Wisconsin?
There was no objection.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LEWIS of California. I yield myself such time as I might consume.
(Mr. LEWIS of California asked and was given permission to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I had planned to deliver a 10-
minute oration outlining my concerns about this CR before us. However,
given the late hour, I'll simply say that I believe it spends too much
by continuing funding at least year's levels.
Mr. Speaker, I am reminded of the words of my friend and yours, Will
Rogers, whose statue stands outside the door of the House Chamber. He
said, ``Never miss a good chance to shut up.''
Mr. Speaker, by any definition, this year's appropriations process
has been a complete and utter failure. The current fiscal year ends
tomorrow and to date, only two spending bills have cleared the full
Appropriations Committee and passed the House. In two of the last four
years under Democrat control, Congress has failed to enact a single
appropriations bill by the beginning of the new fiscal year.
It is now certain that any further consideration of the ten
unfinished spending bills is unlikely this year, leaving a massive,
end-of-the-year omnibus bill as the most likely course of action
following the November elections.
The omnibus would be the latest in a long list of big money bills
passed by this Congress--on top of health care reform, Stimulus, TARP,
and too many bailouts to mention by name--over the loud objections of
House Republicans. Taken together, these costly measures have cemented
this legislative session's reputation as the most expensive in our
country's history.
According to CNN, this Democrat-controlled Congress has committed our
country to at least $11 trillion in bailout spending alone over the
last 2 years. Let me repeat that: Over eleven trillion dollars in new
bailout spending in just two years paid for by the American taxpayer.
It is this spending by this Administration and this Democrat
controlled Congress that has resulted in historic deficits and record
levels of debt. Add to this spending the potential cost of cap and
trade legislation, more costly regulations on small businesses, and the
prospect of higher taxes on all Americans at the end of this year, it's
no wonder that our country is facing 10 percent unemployment.
This is the most pro-spending, pro-regulation, anti-small business
Congress in memory. What company or small business wants to hire anyone
in this environment?
This record is all the more striking when you consider the fact that
the House has spent week after week, month after month, considering
hundreds of insignificant bills while ignoring the substantive work
required of Congress each year to pass a federal budget.
This Continuing Resolution would have been the Democrat majority's
last hope of telling voters that they're listening to the public's
concern about out-of-control spending--and yet, one more time, they
have turned a deaf ear. If voters need any additional motivation to go
to the polls in November, this Democrat-controlled Congress has
certainly provided it.
While I recognize the need to keep the government running in the
absence of any spending bills being enacted, I cannot and will not
support this CR because it continues unsustainable and unrestrained
levels of spending established last year. Republicans have, and will
continue, to advocate for lower spending that is nearly $100 billion
below the current level set by Chairman Obey and the White House.
We should pass a bill that includes these reductions while
maintaining the essential functions of government until Congress
completes this year's budget. This CR as presently written fails that
critical test.
In closing, I want to applaud the Senate for resisting the temptation
to add a variety of legislative items and billions in additional
spending requested by the Obama White House. At a time of extreme
spending fatigue, it's simply unacceptable to use a must-pass CR as a
legislative vehicle for more wasteful federal spending or completing an
array of unfinished political business before the election.
Mr. Speaker, I don't believe we should shut down the government. But
voters are telling Congress that Uncle Sam needs a diet. At a time of
historic deficits, record debt, and 10 percent unemployment, I believe
we owe our constituents more than the status quo. There's no question
that we can keep government running and spend far less of the voters'
money than we're presently spending.
With that, Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote and yield back the
balance of my time.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, this continuing resolution is designed to keep the
government open and running. We have an obligation to do this. We've
got enough problems in the economy right now without adding to
uncertainty. The Senate passed this continuing resolution by a vote of
69-30. The House ought to pass it. It is a relatively straightforward
and unadorned CR which simply keeps the government open for 64 days.
As far as the funding levels are concerned, in total this CR is a bit
below what was enacted in 2010. The CR allows agencies to continue
fiscal 2010
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levels, with three exceptions. First, it provides additional funding
for the National Nuclear Security Administration at the President's
requested level of $7 billion. This is for weapons security, included
at the request of Senate Republicans. Second, the CR provides less
funding for the Census and Defense BRAC activities because less is
needed for 2011. Third, the CR provides funding equal to last year's
security assistance for Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, and the State
Department operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This exception is needed
because some of last year's funding was provided in the 2009
supplemental. It also extends a number of authorizations that would
otherwise expire, such as TANF. It also extends higher mortgage loan
limits, stop-loss payments to our troops, and other programs.
Frankly, I had hoped that this CR would do a few other things, but
the Senate would not accept them. For example, I had hoped that the CR
would allow continuation of the emergency job program through which 37
States provide subsidized jobs for nearly 250,000 otherwise unemployed
parents and youth. The Senate would not allow this program to continue.
I urge an ``aye'' vote on the legislation. And I would simply note
that, given the calendar, a vote against this proposition would be a
vote to shut down the government.
Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this Continuing
Resolution, which will fund continued government operations through
December 3, 2010.
Mr. Speaker, I have no substantive objection to the temporary
funding, authorization extensions and other spending included in this
legislation. They are necessary to keep the government running and to
minimize program disruption until Congress' FY 2011 appropriations
bills can be enacted into law. But I am deeply disappointed that due to
Republican opposition in the Senate the bill does not include a
critical provision for our nation's wounded warriors.
This zero-cost technical correction, developed in consultation with
and supported by the Department of Defense, would have allowed $300
million of already appropriated FY 10 funds to be spent on needed BRAC-
related infrastructure improvements at our nation's military medical
hospitals. As a result of the action in the Senate, wounded warriors
and their families may very well not get timely access to the care they
have earned and deserve.
Mr. Speaker, I will support today's Continuing Resolution, but I will
continue to work with the Department of Defense and my colleagues in
both chambers on both sides of the aisle to make sure the federal
government meets its responsibilities to our nation's wounded warriors.
With BRAC-mandated consolidation at our military medical facilities now
less than a year away, there is literally not a moment to waste.
Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Senate
Amendment to H.R. 3081 and the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011.
This bill is necessary to keep federal agencies running and I support a
number of provisions contained in it. These programs provide vital
assistance to American families across the country as we continue to
experience the worst economic downturn in recent history.
However, I cannot support any bill that provides funding for the wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq. Vice President Joe Biden was recently quoted
in The Washington Post as telling President Obama that we were ``locked
into Vietnam'' with the war in Afghanistan. The expose on the war by
veteran journalist Bob Woodward showed a military that was unwilling to
provide our Commander in Chief with a way out. We are stuck in a
seemingly endless war in Afghanistan.
The Obama Administration also wants us to believe that combat
operations in Iraq have ended. The reality is that the remaining 50,000
U.S. troops in the country continue to conduct joint combat operations
with Iraqi military forces. This number does not reflect the 11,000
private security contractors currently operating in Iraq. Innocent
Iraqi civilians and U.S. troops continue to be killed.
I also oppose funding in this bill that provides counterinsurgency
assistance to Pakistan. These funds go toward their military, police
and Frontier Corps forces--and toward U.S. military personnel operating
in the country. I have long expressed concern over the growing presence
of U.S. military personnel in Pakistan and the implications it has for
our own national security.
We cannot afford to continue the status quo in Pakistan, Afghanistan
and Iraq. Our counterinsurgency strategy places our troops and our
national security in great peril. The truth is that we cannot afford
these wars. We cannot afford an open-ended commitment to wars that have
done nothing to further our security or moral standing in the world.
The American people cannot afford to have Congress allocate vital
resources under the facade of nation-building overseas, especially
while people here at home have such urgent unmet economic needs.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1682, the previous question is ordered.
The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Obey).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to concur will be followed by a 5-minute vote
on concurring in Senate amendments to H.R. 3940.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 228,
noes 194, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 564]
AYES--228
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boccieri
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Cao
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Clarke
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
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
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
McMahon
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Speier
Spratt
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Teague
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--194
Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bean
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Djou
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
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Graves (GA)
Griffith
Guthrie
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth Sandlin
Hodes
Hoekstra
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kline (MN)
Kratovil
Kucinich
Lamborn
Lance
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (NY)
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Minnick
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Nye
Olson
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Perriello
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Posey
Price (GA)
Putnam
Rehberg
Reichert
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Space
Stark
Stearns
Sullivan
Taylor
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walden
Wamp
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Young (AK)
NOT VOTING--10
Blunt
Childers
Clay
Delahunt
Fallin
Graves (MO)
Himes
Radanovich
Watt
Young (FL)
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining in this vote.
{time} 0018
So the motion was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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