[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 51 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2565-H2567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AMENDMENTS, 2011

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
at any time to take from the Speaker's table the bill H.R. 1363, with 
the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the House, without 
intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chair of 
the Committee on Appropriations or his designee that the House concur 
in the Senate amendment; that the Senate amendment be considered as 
read; that the motion be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations; and that the previous question be considered as ordered 
on the motion to final adoption without intervening motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, this only 
affects this bill tonight; isn't this correct?
  Mr. DREIER. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. DICKS. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for yielding.
  Let me say, yes, this only addresses the measure, the short-term 
continuing resolution, that we are considering this evening.
  Mr. DICKS. And the only amendment to this is the $2 billion in cuts; 
is that correct?
  Mr. DREIER. If the gentleman would further yield, the gentleman is 
absolutely correct.
  Mr. DICKS. So this would look a lot like the Dicks amendment that was 
offered in the Rules Committee for a clean CR?
  Mr. DREIER. If the gentleman would yield, I would say that the 
groundwork that was laid earlier this week by my very good friend from 
Seattle has, I know, played an integral role in getting us to this very 
important point.
  Mr. DICKS. We could have done it a little earlier, is all I am 
saying.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the order of the 
House of today, I call up the bill (H.R. 1363) making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2011, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendment thereto, and I 
have a motion at the desk.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the Senate 
amendment.
  The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:

       Senate amendment:
       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

       Section 1. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public 
     Law 111-242) is further amended--
       (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
     inserting ``April 15, 2011'';
       (2) by adding after section 294, as added by the Additional 
     Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 (section 1 of 
     Public Law 112-6), the following new sections:
       ``Sec. 295.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Transportation--Office of the 
     Secretary--Transportation Planning, Research, and 
     Development' at a rate for operations of $9,800,000.
       ``Sec. 296.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Aviation 
     Administration--Facilities and Equipment' at a rate for 
     operations of $2,927,500,000.
       ``Sec. 297.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Aviation 
     Administration--Research, Engineering, and Development' at a 
     rate for operations of $187,000,000.
       ``Sec. 298.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Railroad 
     Administration--Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
     Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service' at a rate for 
     operations of $1,000,000,000.
       ``Sec. 299.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Railroad 
     Administration--Railroad Research and Development' at a rate 
     for operations of $35,100,000.
       ``Sec. 300.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Transit 
     Administration--Capital Investment Grants' at a rate for 
     operations of $1,720,000,000.
       ``Sec. 301.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Transit 
     Administration--Research and University Research Centers' at 
     a rate for operations of $64,200,000.
       ``Sec. 302.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for `Department of Housing and Urban Development--
     Public and Indian Housing--Public Housing Operating Fund' at 
     a rate for operations of $4,626,000,000.
       ``Sec. 303.  Notwithstanding sections 101 and 226, amounts 
     are provided for `Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development--Community Planning and Development--Community 
     Development Fund' at a rate for operations of $4,230,068,480, 
     of which $0 shall be for grants for the Economic Development 
     Initiative (EDI), $0 shall be for neighborhood initiatives, 
     and $0 shall be for grants specified in the last proviso of 
     the last paragraph under such heading in title II of division 
     A of Public Law 111-117:  Provided, That the second and third 
     paragraphs

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     under such heading in title II of division A of Public Law 
     111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.''.
        This Act may be cited as the ``Further Additional 
     Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011''.


                            Motion to Concur

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Rogers of Kentucky moves that the House concur in the 
     Senate amendment to H.R. 1363.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, 
the motion shall be debatable for 20 minutes, equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) and the gentleman from 
Washington (Mr. Dicks) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky.


                             General Leave

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 1363.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kentucky?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, we come here tonight just moments before the government 
is forced to close its doors with very good news. We have an agreement 
with the Senate and the White House to fund the government for the rest 
of the fiscal year, while providing critical resources for our national 
defense.
  In addition, when this agreement is signed into law, we will have 
taken the unprecedented step of passing the largest non-defense 
spending cut in the history of the Nation, tens of billions of dollars 
larger than any other non-defense reduction. This remarkable 
achievement is the result of hard-fought negotiations that required all 
sides to come together to find common ground.
  The American people need and deserve to have a functioning 
government, but they also deserve a government that spends its taxpayer 
dollars responsibly, a government that won't saddle their children and 
grandchildren with unsustainable and reckless debt.
  Our constituents have sent us the message that the standard tax-and-
spend culture in Washington is no longer acceptable. It has been the 
goal of this new Republican majority to keep precious tax dollars where 
they are needed most, in the hands of businesses and individuals across 
the Nation so that they can create jobs and grow our economy.
  This agreement will mark the end of a budget process that should have 
been completed almost a year ago by the previous Congress. Yet 
sometimes the end result is worth the wait, and the unparalleled 
spending cuts in this bill will not only save the taxpayers tens of 
billions of dollars this year, but will allow Congress to continue the 
trend of reductions to dig our Nation out of our dangerous deficits and 
debt for years to come.
  Now that a broad agreement has been reached, my committee will work 
over the next few days to craft legislation to bring to the floor next 
week.
  While we continue to work, we must make responsible decisions to fund 
our troops and their families, keep the lights on in government, and 
continue to provide the services that Americans depend on every day.
  This temporary CR allows us to meet these needs by providing funding 
through next Friday, April 15, while also making $2 billion in 
additional spending cuts to show the American people that we are 
serious about cutting spending wherever and whenever we can.
  Mr. Speaker, I guarantee the final legislation will rein in Federal 
spending, and this CR keeps us on track to cut excessive Federal 
spending as we continue to finalize a deal. We are determined to 
deliver to the American people a complete budget with historic levels 
of deep and real spending cuts, cuts that will keep our economy moving 
in the right direction.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DICKS. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  First of all, I would like to thank the President and the leaders in 
the House and Senate on both sides for the compromise and for averting 
a government shutdown.
  I think there was a major decision made tonight by both parties and 
by the administration to keep the government open.

                                 (0010)

  That's what the American people sent us here to do. They sent us here 
to work out compromises, to be able to resolve issues and to move 
forward, and I think this is an example of that.
  Now, this CR will run for 1 week to April 15. It is basically a clean 
CR in the sense of there is no ideologically driven language. It has $2 
billion in it in cuts, but they are in the underlying agreement. And so 
I think this is acceptable.
  My understanding is that there are cuts in discretionary spending and 
in some of the mandatory accounts. I am pleased that the leaders were 
able to reach this agreement.
  We still have a lot of work to do. I want to say to my chairman that 
I still look forward to working on the 2012 appropriations bills, and I 
hope that we can work and have an open process where we can bring these 
bills to subcommittee, full committee and to the floor with open rules.
  I would like to yield to my chairman just to make sure that that is 
still the path we want to go in this year. We want to avoid what 
happened in 2006.
  Now, I reminded you--sometimes you forget a little bit--that when the 
Republicans lost in 2006, there were a number of unfinished 
appropriations bills and we had to do an omnibus in 2007. We did it a 
little faster, by the way. It didn't take quite as long. But we're glad 
that this agreement was reached, and I look forward to getting on with 
the work of the 2012 appropriations items.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. DICKS. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I really deeply appreciate the gentleman's 
reminding us again that he and I are determined to bring to the floor 
every single one of the 12 appropriations bills and complete our work 
in the House before the August recess.
  Mr. DICKS. Absolutely. And we will work hard to cooperate in order to 
do that. We will try to keep a reasonable number of amendments on our 
side. I hope you can do that on your side.
  I yield back the remainder of my time and ask for a vote.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the previous question is 
ordered.
  The question is on the motion by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. 
Rogers).
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 348, 
nays 70, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 253]

                               YEAS--348

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett

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     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Eshoo
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hoyer
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watt
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                                NAYS--70

     Amash
     Bachmann
     Baldwin
     Barton (TX)
     Blumenauer
     Broun (GA)
     Canseco
     Capuano
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu
     Clarke (NY)
     Crowley
     Davis (IL)
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellison
     Engel
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Gohmert
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Gutierrez
     Harris
     Hastings (FL)
     Hirono
     Holt
     Honda
     Huelskamp
     Jackson (IL)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Kucinich
     Labrador
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Long
     Mack
     Maloney
     Markey
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Miller, George
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Payne
     Pearce
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Scott (SC)
     Serrano
     Southerland
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Walsh (IL)
     Weiner
     Wilson (SC)
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Ackerman
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Cleaver
     Fortenberry
     Frelinghuysen
     Giffords
     Hinchey
     Moore
     Paul
     Polis
     Waters
     Waxman
     Young (AK)

                                  0040

  Mr. SCHOCK and Ms. BASS of California changed their vote from ``nay'' 
to ``yea.''
  So the motion to concur 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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