[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H4202-H4239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 300 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. 2112.

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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. 2112) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other 
purposes, with Mr. Bass of New Hampshire (Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Tuesday, 
June 14, 2011, a request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered 
by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Richardson) had been postponed 
and the bill had been read through page 26, line 17.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, 
     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $770,956,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2013: Provided, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     construction and improvement of buildings and public 
     improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 
     of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 
     public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 
     further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
     on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
     obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

       Under the authorities of Section 14 of the Watershed 
     Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $15,000,000 is provided.


            Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. 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:

       Page 27, line 23, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would eliminate one 
of the 20 different conservation programs USDA currently operates, the 
water rehabilitation program. The chairman of the subcommittee, my good 
friend from Georgia, has stated during debate on funding for 
agriculture programs that he hopes to see a reduction in the number of 
Federal programs included in this bill.

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  I understand that some of my colleagues have a vested interest in 
this program, but when we have a program that is funding projects in 
only a handful of States, we must take a long, hard look at our 
priorities.
  Mr. Chairman, even the President did not request funding for this 
program. It cannot be understated that we are facing unprecedented 
fiscal challenges in our Nation. We just simply have to stop spending 
money that we don't have, and we have to start creating jobs out in the 
private sector. My amendment, by cutting this program, will help to 
stop the bleeding economically that we're having. The consequences of 
failing to reduce spending and the deficit jeopardize the current and 
future stability of our Nation.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LUCAS. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to this 
amendment, and I think it might be worthwhile to explain for just a 
moment what the small watershed program is and what the small watershed 
rehabilitation program is all about.
  These were efforts begun in the 1940s and 1950s by this body in an 
effort to address flooding conditions. Under this program, 10,000 small 
earthen dams were built across the country, working in interlocking 
series to prevent downstream flooding by capturing flood waters at the 
source.
  Now, like anything after 50 years, its life expectancy can be 
expected to come to a conclusion. In 2000, we created the 
rehabilitation program to extend the life of these structures by 
additional time, and it now appears, based on the modern techniques 
being used, engineering technologies, that these 50-year structures 
will wind up with a 150-year total life expectancy in many instances.
  This is a program where the rehabilitation resources are allocated 
based on need as scored by USDA. It's not an earmark program. It's not 
a targeted program. The money is made available, and as the structures 
need work, they are prioritized. It's a wonderful way to address this 
issue.
  Now, if you look at the amount of property and life and 
infrastructure that have been protected in the life of these programs, 
it's almost incalculable. In Oklahoma, in the range of $81 million a 
year worth of property has been saved.
  My colleague alluded to programs that only affect limited numbers of 
areas. I would note even in the great State of Georgia, there are 357 
of these watershed structures. There are 69 that within the next 10 
years will need the rehabilitation program. There are benefits in every 
State.
  I would just simply say, if you care and you believe that 
infrastructure is a part of our responsibility, if you believe that 
protecting every life below that dam all the way to the ocean is 
important, and the property, then this is a wise, small use of 
resources. What my friend attempts to do here is to zero out the whole 
program. No money for rehab this year. No money for rehab this year.

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  That would be a travesty. That would be a tragic use of resources in 
the past. It's important, I think, that we continue this program.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. LUCAS. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. KINGSTON. As the chairman of Agriculture knows and is fully 
aware, I wanted to underscore the point that you just made that the 
ordinary mandatory authorization for this program is $165 million. That 
has been zeroed out, and the only thing we're doing this year is this 
$15 million. And so even at the current $15 million level, it's still 
150 less than it ordinarily has been.
  Mr. LUCAS. I would say, reclaiming my time, that the gentleman is 
right. This is a dramatic reduction over what had been expected during 
the farm bill. Yet this $15 million will do tremendous work, and it is 
allocated on a 65-35 cost basis. Local and State government have to 
come up with more than a third of the money to be able to implement 
these rehabilitation programs.
  For a few pennies, we do a great deal across the country based on 
need, not anyone's political priorities but based on need. This is an 
exceptional program. I would ask my colleagues to turn back this 
amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               TITLE III

                           RURAL DEVELOPMENT

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Rural Development, $760,000.

                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs in the Rural Development 
     mission area, including activities with institutions 
     concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
     cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $161,011,000: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated under this section may be used for 
     advertising and promotional activities that support the Rural 
     Development mission area: Provided further, That not more 
     than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest non-monetary 
     awards to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any 
     balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities 
     Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be 
     transferred to and merged with this appropriation.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $24,845,666,000 for loans to 
     section 502 borrowers, of which $845,666,000 shall be for 
     direct loans, and of which $24,000,000,000 shall be for 
     unsubsidized guaranteed loans; and $58,617,000 for section 
     515 rental housing loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $40,000,000 for 
     502 direct loans; and $20,000,000 for repair, rehabilitation, 
     and new construction of section 515 rental housing: Provided, 
     That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, the 
     amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
     Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural 
     Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, 
     shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
     designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership Zones.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
     contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 
     $12,500,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
     farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
     grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances available 
     for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred and 
     merged with this account.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $400,000,000 
     shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or 
     agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
     payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
     502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $890,000,000; and, 
     in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of 
     this amount not less than $1,500,000 is available for newly 
     constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing Act 
     of 1949, and not less than $2,500,000 is for newly 
     constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance 
     agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 
     year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, 
     That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 
     one-year agreements may be transferred and used for the 
     purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or 
     rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
     rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 
     Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
     agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2012 for a farm 
     labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 
     or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in

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     another project until such assistance has remained unused for 
     a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a 
     waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 
     project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 
     receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such 
     recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
     practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 
     housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act.

          multi-family housing revitalization program account

       For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
     section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding 
     subsection (b) of such section, $11,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, which shall be available for rural 
     housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those 
     not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property 
     financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after 
     September 30, 2005: Provided, That the amount of such voucher 
     shall be the difference between comparable market rent for 
     the section 515 unit and the tenant-paid rent for such unit: 
     Provided further, That funds made available for such vouchers 
     shall be subject to the availability of annual 
     appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
     to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers 
     with current regulations and administrative guidance 
     applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 32, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 35, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 49, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $200,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I am offering an amendment that reduces the 
funding for the billion dollar Food for Peace program. Regardless of 
its perceived merits, our country is deep in debt, and we have problems 
here in America, particularly rural America, that need to be addressed.
  The Food for Peace program has been rightly criticized as a waste of 
money and ineffective in achieving its stated goals. But the reason for 
my amendments are more direct: the current budget funding for this 
program is over $1 billion. We stand today with a $14.3 trillion 
deficit, and at the same time, we have unmet needs in our own 
backyards.
  My first amendment cuts $200 million from this program and my second 
amendment sets aside $100 million into the spending reduction account. 
Then, of the $200 million cut in my first amendment, $100 million each 
is directed into Rural Development, Title III, here in the United 
States.
  The reason for these amendments is straightforward. Parts of rural 
America rival parts of some Third World countries where we send tens of 
millions of dollars. We need to focus on our own people and our own 
communities before we spend taxpayer money in foreign lands.
  One example here in the United States is the area known as the former 
Bennett Freeze area, an area consisting of 1.5 million acres of Navajo 
Nation reservation land, where the housing units have been described as 
``little more than hovels'' and ``80 percent of the homes have no 
electricity'' and there are few paved road or communication structures. 
How do we justify spending $1 billion in foreign countries when we have 
so many unmet needs in the United States?
  The Rural Development loan program would receive additional funding 
under this amendment, a program that gets high marks for its success; 
so, too, would the Multifamily Housing Revitalization Program. With 
millions of people losing homes, they are moving into multiunit 
housing. This program will help Americans.
  It is easy to understand the emotional appeal programs like Food for 
Peace may have, a program that would be reduced by this amendment. But 
ultimately, we are using taxpayer money for charity. Improving 
literacy, reducing hunger, and educating girls in foreign countries are 
issues that are, in fact, charitable and emotionally appealing, but we 
have our own literacy, hunger, and gender issues in our country. But at 
a time when we have a $14.3 trillion public debt, massive unemployment, 
and rural rates of poverty, illiteracy, and school underperformance, we 
should focus our money here at home. We owe it to our constituents, the 
taxpayers, to help them. Certainly one can see that this program has 
laudable aspirations, but laudable aspirations will not help the U.S. 
economy or the U.S. taxpayer. The problems in rural America are 
staggering.
  On June 9, 2011, President Obama issued an Executive order to create 
a commission to study problems in rural America. In the Executive 
order, the President stated:
  ``Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. 
Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the 
future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These 
communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural 
resources, and are essential in the development of science and 
innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they 
also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an 
important role to play in order to expand access to capital necessary 
for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care 
and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public 
lands.''
  I agree. But instead of just forming a committee to study the 
problems, problems that are well-known and need no further study, my 
amendment would do something about it and direct money to the 
Multifamily Housing Revitalization Account Program for a rural housing 
voucher program and the Rural Business Program Account, which provides 
loan guarantees and grants for ``rural businesses development 
programs,'' including business grants to Indian tribes and rural 
economic partnership zones for farm and rural development.
  Again, instead of just studying the problems of high unemployment, 
lagging schools, lagging infrastructure and opportunities, let's do 
something about it. The rural American poverty rate has exceeded the 
national rate since 2001 by 3 percentage points. The child poverty rate 
in rural America is 5 percentage points higher than urban-metro areas.
  Why can't we invest millions in our rural communities instead? Why 
should we tolerate poverty, unemployment, and a lack of infrastructure 
in our rural communities while we send millions and billions of dollars 
to build up other countries?
  In good faith, knowing how hard so many people in my district work 
and knowing how little they have to show for it at the end of the day, 
I can't agree to send their money overseas to help others while they 
suffer in our backyards. Knowing that infrastructure is lacking, this 
amendment helps start the process of directing our money to the unmet 
needs here in the United States.
  I ask my colleagues to closely consider these amendments.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I wanted to make a few notes on it. I appreciate my 
friend for offering it, and I think he's raised some very serious 
philosophical questions, particularly about Pub.L. 490, the foreign 
food program.
  I wanted to point out we have reduced that by 31 percent in this 
account, but we've also reduced the Multifamily Housing Revitalization 
Account, as he's well aware, but his amendment would actually increase 
that 10 times. It's at $11 million, and he would bring that up to $111 
million. The highest funding level for that was in FY 2010 at $43 
million, and so we have been ratcheting it down using a voucher program 
but feel that it was overfunded.

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  The Rural Business Program Account right now is about $64 million, so 
this amendment almost doubles that. It doesn't quite double it. But 
there again, we have brought that account down from a high of $97 
million; and with his amendment, it would go up to $164 million. These 
two accounts would go to higher levels than they historically had. And 
in contrast, the PL 480, the foreign food program, is at one of

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the lower levels that it has been at. So I have to say to my friend 
that I'm sorry to reluctantly oppose you, but we are going to oppose 
the amendment at this point.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. I think the amendment is well intended. I think the author 
is well intended. Rural America is hurting. Rural America is really 
under a depression. We have not done a very good job of having a rural 
strategy for America.
  I applaud Secretary Vilsack for trying to pull together programs to 
invest in rural America and make sure that the different agencies in 
the Federal Government are working in collaboration. And I think this 
amendment addresses some of those issues, not in a collaborative way 
but just in putting more money into rural America. But unfortunately, 
that good intent is offset by the evil done in taking it out of the 
foreign ag account. And I can't support the amendment for that.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, 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 Arizona will 
be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $22,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to 
     the amount of Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants allocated 
     by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones 
     for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 
     2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. I rise to engage in a colloquy with my friend from 
California (Mr. Farr) about cuts in this legislation.
  As I have been analyzing the legislation coming before us, Mr. Farr, 
it appears that the legislation, if approved in the form that is before 
us, would have a really devastating impact upon American farmers, 
families, and the environment. The legislation before us, as I 
understand it, cuts nearly $1 billion from the five main conservation 
programs, conservation programs that put money directly in the pockets 
of family farmers.
  Over the last 5 years, these programs have been so popular that the 
list of farmers who want to participate greatly outweighs the 
availability. Both the Conservation Stewardship Program and the 
Environmental Quality Incentives Program have twice as many applicants 
as they can serve. And the Wetlands Reserve Program and the Grasslands 
Reserve Program combined have over 1 million acres waiting to apply.
  These are not programs that are underutilized or ineffective. They 
appear to be widely popular and provide a direct benefit to America's 
farmers and ranchers. These would appear to be exactly the type of 
programs we should be supporting. They provide support for family farms 
and producers who are doing exactly the right thing, ensuring that we 
use precious tax dollars not only to support farmers and ranchers but 
to ensure clean water, clean air, and fertile productive soil.
  They are a blueprint for a better path forward, a farm bill that 
helps farmers add value and truly supports small- and mid-sized 
operations. I was wondering if you would care to comment on my 
concerns.
  Mr. FARR. I appreciate my good friend from Oregon's (Mr. Blumenauer) 
sentiments. And as ranking member of the House Ag Appropriations 
Subcommittee, I am a strong supporter of these conservation programs 
used both in Oregon and in my State of California. And I am distressed 
by the proposed cuts to these programs.
  I would like to point out that the Farm Bureau also opposes large 
cuts to the important working lands program and the Environment Quality 
Incentives Program. I find it especially disappointing that these 
funding levels are low enough that the USDA will have to break current 
contracts. That is an unfair result for our farmers and ranchers who 
have counted on the support and technical assistance for the year 
ahead.
  The funding levels for the 2008 farm bill were carefully negotiated, 
and it is frustrating to me and to many others to see the mandatory 
funding for conservation programs decrease so drastically because this 
bill was given such a low allocation.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. I appreciate the sentiments of my good friend from 
California, as I appreciate his leadership on issues that relate to 
both agriculture and protecting the environment.
  Mr. Chairman, I am hopeful that Members will spend time looking at 
what this means to farmers and ranchers in their communities and hope 
that as the legislation works its way through Congress, we will be able 
to reverse these efforts.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                    rural housing assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair 
     made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     1474, $32,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That of the total amount appropriated under this 
     heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing 
     Assistance Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural 
     Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, 
     shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
     designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership Zones.


            Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 33, line 12, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $20,480,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,480,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I rise to offer my amendment, which would 
reduce the budget for the Rural Housing Assistance Grants Program by 
over $20 million. My amendment would drop the allocation for this 
program from $32 million to just around $12 million. This is a modest 
request, particularly considering the President initially asked for a 
funding level of just $12 million, and we would simply be dropping the 
levels back down to what the administration, itself, requested.
  It is absolutely critical that this Congress cut spending wherever 
possible; and if the President could do without that extra $20 million, 
so can we. I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. It's very interesting that your colleague from Arizona (Mr. 
Gosar) just a minute ago was trying to add money to this account 
because of the catastrophe in rural America. This Rural Housing 
Assistance Grants Program is primarily to repair very low-income rural 
housing. This account was increased from the request of the President 
by the committee. The effect of this amendment would be to knock it 
back, and the reason the committee increased it was because of the need 
out there.
  We know what kind of a housing crisis we're having in America, 
particularly when people have no other place to go. This allows the 
lowest of income people in the poorest areas in the country, in rural 
America, to have some assistance to upgrade their houses so that the 
cost of high utility bills can be brought down with weatherization 
upgrades and things like that. I mean,

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this is not a smart cut. This will be hurting the people who can least 
afford it and at a time when they most need it, and I would oppose this 
amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

               Rural Community Facilities Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans and grants for rural community 
     facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, $18,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available for a 
     Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 
     That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
     and ability of private, non-profit community-based housing 
     and community development organizations, low-income rural 
     communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
     to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
     of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds 
     from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: 
     Provided  further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Community 
     Facilities Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary 
     for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 
     2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for 
     communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural community 
     programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
     sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
     available under this heading.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural 
     business development programs authorized by sections 306 and 
     310B and described in section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, $64,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall 
     be made available for a grant to a qualified national 
     organization to provide technical assistance for rural 
     transportation in order to promote economic development: 
     Provided further, That $2,250,000 shall be for grants to the 
     Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any 
     Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as described in 
     section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and rural 
     Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 
     for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 
     $3,400,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized 
     Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a 
     qualified national organization to provide technical 
     assistance for rural transportation in order to promote 
     economic development: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the 
     amount of Rural Business Program Account funds allocated by 
     the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for 
     the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 
     2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the 
     rural business and cooperative development programs described 
     in section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act: Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 
     381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
     not applicable to funds made available under this heading: 
     Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural 
     Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for 
     programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in 
     section 381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with 
     this account and any other prior balances from the Rural 
     Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that 
     the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.

              rural development loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
     $14,758,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
     $750,000 shall be available through June 30, 2012, for 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 
     $1,500,000 shall be available through June 30, 2012, for 
     Mississippi Delta Regional counties (as determined in 
     accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated 
     under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural 
     Development Loan Fund Program Account funds allocated by the 
     Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the 
     fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, 
     for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $3,500,000 shall be paid to the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

            Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account

                   (including cancellation of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
     purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
     creation projects, $33,077,000.
       Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
     payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be 
     obligated and $155,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled.

                  rural cooperative development grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $22,500,000 of which, 
     $2,000,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
     Provided, That, not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for 
     cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 
     focus is to provide assistance to small, socially 
     disadvantaged producers and whose governing board and/or 
     membership is comprised of at least 75 percent socially 
     disadvantaged members; and of which $12,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for value-added 
     agricultural product market development grants, as authorized 
     by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).

                    rural energy for america program

       For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and grants, 
     under the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
     9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
     U.S.C. 8107), $1,300,000: Provided, That the cost of loan 
     guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974.

                        Rural Utilities Service

                 rural water and waste disposal program

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans and grants for the rural 
     water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
     management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
     306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 
     306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act, $500,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which not to exceed $497,000 shall be available 
     for the rural utilities program described in section 
     306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $993,000 
     shall be available for the rural utilities program described 
     in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That $65,000,000 of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans 
     and grants including water and waste disposal systems grants 
     authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act, Federally-recognized Native 
     American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Department 
     of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided 
     further, That funding provided for section 306D of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided 
     to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 
     105-83: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the 
     funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska 
     and/or by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 
     Public Law 105-83 for training and technical assistance 
     programs: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 
     technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems 
     pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the 
     Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of which 
     $3,400,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 
     non-profit multi-state regional technical assistance 
     organization, with experience in working with small 
     communities on water and waste water problems, the principal 
     purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 
     with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, 
     financing, development, operation, and management of water 
     and waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 
     shall be for a qualified national Native American 
     organization to provide technical assistance for rural water 
     systems for tribal communities: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading shall be for contracting with qualified national 
     organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 
     technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $3,400,000 shall be

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     for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal 
     to the amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program 
     Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be 
     available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
     Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs described 
     in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act: Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 
     381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
     not applicable to the funds made available under this 
     heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the 
     Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 
     account programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
     306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 
     306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and 
     merged with this account and any other prior balances from 
     the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 
     account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to 
     transfer.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as 
     authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 
     made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
     $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
     rural electric, $6,500,000,000; 5 percent rural 
     telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural 
     telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made 
     pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 
     loans, $295,000,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $30,000,000, 
     which shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural 
     Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

                   (including cancellation of funds)

       For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services 
     in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, $689,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except 
     section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $18,770,571,000, to 
     remain available through September 30, 2013, of which such 
     sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
     available for the same time period and purposes as provided 
     herein: Provided, That of the total amount available, 
     $16,516,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): 
     Provided further, That section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, 
     Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 is amended by adding at 
     the end before the period, ``except section 21, and the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except 
     sections 17 and 21''.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $6,048,250,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2013: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
     $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, not less than 
     $50,000,000 shall be used for management information systems, 
     not less than $75,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding 
     peer counselors and other related activities, and not less 
     than $7,500,000 shall be used for breastfeeding performance 
     awards: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
     this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 
     formula except in accordance with the cost containment and 
     competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
     such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     shall be available for activities that are not fully 
     reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act.

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               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 44, line 19, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $604,000,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $604,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, this Nation has almost a $14.5 
trillion debt. Forty cents of every dollar the Federal Government 
spends, we're borrowing. We've just got to stop the outrageous spending 
that's going on here in Washington. And both parties have been guilty 
over the years.
  This amendment would simply cut 10 percent out of a program--10 
percent. Some people say, well, it's just a small amount of money. But 
as I was doing a town hall meeting back, during last week, in Georgia, 
in Hoschton, Georgia, one lady got up and said, $1 million makes a lot 
of difference. It is a lot of money.
  This does cut a great deal of money out of this program. But, Mr. 
Chairman, we just have to stop spending money that we don't have. It's 
just absolutely critical. The economy depends upon it. Creating jobs in 
the private sector depends upon it. The future of our Nation depends 
upon it.
  We're in an economic emergency, Mr. Chairman, and if we don't stop 
spending money that we don't have, we're going to have an economic 
collapse of this Nation.
  I'm a physician. I've worked in emergency rooms. I've seen a doctor 
open up a man's chest and do open-heart massage in the emergency room 
trying to keep a patient alive.
  It's time for open-heart massage of our economy. We've got to stop 
spending money that we don't have. We've got to put this country back 
on the right financial course and start creating jobs out in the 
private sector. And my amendment will be just one small step towards 
that.
  So, Mr. Chairman, I hope that my colleagues will support this 
amendment so that we can put this country back on the right course, so 
that we can create jobs in the private sector and can have a strong 
economy again.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. I would be curious if, at your town hall meeting, you got 
up and asked people would you rather take $604 million out of the 
program that feeds women, infants, and children or would you like to 
take $604 million out of the Defense Department for a war that we're 
putting on a credit card, for an Afghan war that we're putting on a 
credit card, the Iraq war we're putting on a credit card, or the 
prescription drug program that wasn't paid for under the Republican 
program? How about asking the people's choices?
  We just authorized a defense bill in committee where we talked about 
billions and billions of dollars, and those are all borrowed money. So 
why don't we get our priorities straight?
  We spent 3 hours here last night discussing what the implications are 
of cutting the WIC program. I don't think this is a country that wants 
to balance its budget on the backs of the poorest people in the United 
States, on the people most vulnerable, on the people that need just 
basic services. And that's what this amendment does.
  Mr. Broun, I know you're interested in cutting, squeezing, and 
trimming, but there are places to do that, and this is not one of them. 
Certainly, if you were here on the floor listening to the passions of 
last night, of 3 hours of debate on what the implications were for 
cutting the WIC program--and it seems that none of that was listened to 
by you because this is an amendment that goes right back to reducing 
that account by $604 million.
  Take the money out of the people most vulnerable in the United States 
to write down the deficit and ignore the Defense Department, ignore the 
spending for weapons programs, ignore the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
ignore everything that is with DOD, and expose everything that's with 
people in poverty.
  This is a wrong amendment, and I hope it's soundly defeated.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR. I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I thank the gentleman for yielding.

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  In answer to your question, I want to do both. I think every dollar 
that the Federal Government spends needs to be looked at, and we're 
spending money that we don't have, even in DOD. I think we would cut a 
lot of funding there, particularly with the wasteful spending that the 
Department of Defense does that we all recognize.
  So I want to do it all. The thing is, if we continue down this road 
that we're on economically, everybody's going to be poor. Nobody's 
going to have money for any groceries. Nobody's going to be able to get 
any health care. We're just going to be in a financial quagmire as a 
nation. And so it's absolutely critical, in my opinion, that we do 
emergent procedures to try to get this country back on the right course 
economically.
  So, to answer to your question that you asked me very graciously, I 
answer, yes, we need to do all of the above, and I am eager to do both.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I think Dr. Broun has raised a lot of good points in 
terms of our financial future. In America today, for every dollar we 
spend, 40 cents is borrowed. The national debt right now is 95 percent 
of the GDP. Clearly, we have to make some very difficult choices ahead. 
And that's why, in this committee mark, we actually have reduced WIC 
funding already $686 million.
  Now, these numbers aren't random. WIC participation in 2010 was 9.2 
million; in 2011, it's 8.9 million. Our committee mark for FY 2012 
contemplates a participation level of 8.3 million. However, if the 
economy does not improve and the number goes back up, with contingency 
funds, we have enough money to fund a participation level of over 9 
million.
  But it's very difficult, Mr. Chairman, because, as we said many times 
during yesterday's debate, the only budget that has actually passed 
either House is the Ryan budget, and our 302(b) allocation funding 
level comes from that budget. The President's own budget failed in the 
Senate 97-0. The Democrat leadership in the Senate is unable to pass a 
budget. They're not trying to pass a budget.
  So using the 302(b) allocation which we have, we have come up with 
these numbers, not done in random, not done with any recklessness at 
all. We're trying to be very careful to make sure no one falls through 
the crack.
  But because this is a delicate card house, I rise in opposition to 
the gentleman's amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1340

  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, 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 Georgia will 
be postponed.


                  Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Foxx

  Ms. FOXX. 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:

       Page 45, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $75,000,000'').
       Page 45, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $7,500,000'').
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $82,500,000'').

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order on this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes in 
support of her amendment.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Chairman, my amendment today is an effort to save 
taxpayers' hard-earned money by ending funding for an unnecessary 
program that spends money coming to the Federal Government from our 
hardworking taxpayers.
  Mr. Chairman, I want to say that I very much believe in breast-
feeding. We wouldn't have a human race here today if it weren't for the 
fact that breast-feeding has been in existence since the beginning of 
time; however, I am opposed to the Federal Government funding breast-
feeding programs.
  Under the special supplemental program for women, infants and 
children, or the WIC program, Congress directed the United States 
Department of Agriculture to create a national program for the 
promotion of breast-feeding. In fiscal 2010, the Federal Government 
spent $85 million to educate women on how to breast-feed.
  We are facing a national debt of over $14 trillion. Spending taxpayer 
money to promote breast-feeding is simply not the proper role of the 
Federal Government and serves to illustrate just one reason--government 
mission creep--that we are so deeply in debt.
  In the last 10 years, administrative costs for the WIC program have 
grown by 72 percent while enrollment has increased by only 26 percent. 
It is difficult to understand how this program's bureaucracy has grown 
three times as fast as its enrollment. Again, it's an accepted fact 
that breast-feeding is good for infants and mothers, and I support 
mothers who choose to breast-feed, but coaching women on breast-feeding 
is not the role of Washington.
  This program came to my attention earlier this year because of the 
budget crunches that all levels of government are feeling. I was 
contacted by counties in North Carolina about this program, and it was 
brought to my attention that most of the money is being used to pay 
salaries and benefits, some is being used for travel expenses, and some 
is being used for cell phone use so that the peer counselors are 
available 24 hours a day to the people that they are counseling.
  My colleagues across the aisle will shout about this, and I may even 
be opposed by my colleagues on this side of the aisle, but last year my 
colleagues across the aisle cut more than $550 million from the WIC 
program to fund unrelated activities at the USDA. These were totally 
unrelated. It was obviously not a high priority then.
  If we want to promote the health and well-being of women, infants and 
children, then let's get serious about it by creating a job-friendly 
environment that puts people back to work and allows American families 
to keep more of what they earn. Let's stop spending money on every 
well-intentioned program and return the Federal Government to its 
constitutionally mandated purposes.
  Mr. Chairman, the American people are tired of Washington taking 
their hard-earned dollars in taxes and wasting it on a bloated Federal 
bureaucracy. It's time we stop the culture of spending in Washington. 
That's why I urge adoption of my amendment, which will save taxpayers 
$82.5 million in just 1 year. The money will go into the Spending 
Reduction Account. And I want to say my total concern here is the 
spending of hard-earned taxpayers' dollars on a program that the 
Federal Government has no business running.
  Mr. Chairman, it has come to my attention that I need to ask 
unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment and offer an amendment that 
was not printed in the Record.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina?
  There was no objection.


                     Amendment Offered by Ms. Foxx

  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 44, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $82,500,000'').
       Page 45, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $75,000,000'').
       Page 45, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $7,500,000'').
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $82,500,000'').

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Chairman, I will not take advantage of this mistake 
that I made. I appreciate the indulgence of the ranking member and the 
chair of the committee, and I will just say that I would appreciate 
very much having the support for my amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.

[[Page H4209]]

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, again, how many times do they have to keep 
attacking the WIC account, women, infant and children?
  America has long decided that we ought to be taking care of the most 
vulnerable people in America. There are women who are pregnant, low-
income, and what we've found is if you don't invest in teaching them 
how to have proper nutrition during their pregnancy, you have a risk of 
having a low-weight baby. A low-weight baby, as Dr. McDermott told us 
yesterday on the floor, can cost up to a quarter of a million dollars 
in incubation and hospital costs, and this is preventable with good 
nutrition.
  We go on to teach women, once that baby is born, how to breast-feed 
that child. We know that is good health practices. And then we keep the 
children with nutrition in the first 5 years. That's why it's called 
women, infant and children; it's about pregnancy, birth and raising 
that child. And this amendment wants to take $82 million out of that 
program which instructs women how to do proper breast-feeding and works 
with the States to do educational programs.
  We spent 3 hours last night debating the consequences of these cuts. 
And it's one of those penny-wise, super-pound foolish. It's also one of 
those where you know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. 
There is a lot of value in keeping women well nourished during 
pregnancy and certainly keeping that newborn child well fed and 
nourished.
  To strike money from this program is ill founded, and I strongly 
oppose the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield to the 
gentlelady from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), who is an expert on this 
topic and whom I rely on. And I want to thank the gentlelady for her 
comments today.
  Ms. FOXX. I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding to me.
  I think it's unfortunate that our colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle characterize our doing our best to bring fiscal sanity to this 
country by saying that we do not care for people who are poor or 
disadvantaged.

                              {time}  1350

  Mr. Chairman, I grew up as poor as anybody in this body, and I know 
what it means to be poor and to be hungry. I have no malice toward any 
person in this country, none, no malice toward anyone in this body. 
However, we are on the verge of a fiscal disaster in this country. 
There are many things that could be done at the local level and the 
State level, that should be done at the local and State level, but 
absolutely should not be done at the Federal level.
  Again, my colleagues across the aisle come here and say what a shame 
it is that you are picking on the WIC program. Well, they took over 
$500 million out of the WIC program last year, put it in a totally 
unrelated program and said nothing about it. We didn't come to the 
floor and say, you are mistreating poor and disadvantaged women and 
children. No comments were made about that.
  Again, I think it is very unfortunate that that is how we are 
characterized. I believe that we have an obligation, an obligation 
given to us by God, to help our fellow Americans who are less fortunate 
than we are. But it is not our responsibility as Members of Congress to 
tax hardworking Americans who are working all the time just to pay 
their bills and survive and use that money to help other people. That 
is not our job. Our job is to do everything we can to create a good 
environment in this country for everyone to succeed, and that is the 
direction that I want to go. By lowering our dependency on foreign 
governments, we will make our country a better place to be.
  As my colleagues have said over and over and over again in the debate 
on this bill, we are borrowing 43 cents for every dollar that we spend. 
We have a $14 trillion debt. There is a huge debate about our raising 
the debt ceiling that is going to be facing us. Do we really want to 
ignore the opportunity to save $82.5 million in a program that has no 
business being run out of the Federal Government and help us deal with 
the big issue that is facing us? That is what Congress should be 
dealing with. We should be dealing with the big issues. We should let 
these other issues be dealt with at the local and State level.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I want to thank my colleague from North Carolina for 
putting this discussion on the table, because I think that it is 
important for us to look at the WIC program and make sure we are doing 
everything as efficiently and effectively as possible and we are 
putting the money in the right direction.
  We had a very thorough, about a 6-hour debate about WIC yesterday. It 
is a delicate card house that we are trying to balance with our 
committee mark. But I think the more sunshine we have, not just on WIC, 
but on other Federal feeding programs, I think the better product we 
are going to come up with. So she and I have had some discussions on 
this. We are going to continue to have discussions on it. But I wanted 
to say I think it is a good debate to be having, although I am not 
supportive of the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield to my good friend, the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina, Virginia Foxx.
  Ms. FOXX. I thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding.
  I just want to make a point in response to my other colleague from 
Georgia. I agree with him. We are bringing light to many of these 
programs, and I think it is very important that we do so.
  I want to point out again, the WIC bureaucracy has grown three times 
as fast as its enrollment in the last 10 years. This is an increase of 
$800 million in administrative costs. If we are not prepared at least 
to cut administrative costs and programs that have no business being 
offered at the Federal level, then we are never going to get control of 
our debt and our deficit. I want to encourage both my Republican and 
Democratic colleagues to think about this. We have got to have 
accountability and we have got to start cutting, especially in the area 
of administration.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North 
Carolina will be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $71,173,308,000, of 
     which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2013, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
     amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry 
     out program operations: Provided, That funds provided herein 
     shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 
     workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided 
     further, That funds made available for Employment and 
     Training under this heading shall remain available until 
     expended, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading, $1,000,000 may be used to 
     provide nutrition education services to state agencies and 
     Federally recognized tribes participating in the Food 
     Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
     available to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 
     studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to 
     program integrity provided that

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     such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act 
     of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
     the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by 
     section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 
     of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected 
     islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of 
     Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); 
     and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
     $192,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2013: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with 
     funds made available in fiscal year 2012 to support the 
     Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 
     2013: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for 
     costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
     Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
     assistance program, $125,000,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     provided herein, $1,500,000 shall be used for the purposes of 
     section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as amended by section 
     4401 of Public Law 110-246.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     including not to exceed $158,000 for representation 
     allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act 
     approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $175,000,000: 
     Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or 
     reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
     of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
     institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the 
     agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
     1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
     States Agency for International Development: Provided 
     further, That funds made available for middle-income country 
     training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 
     International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship 
     program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
     fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 
     subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     shall remain available until expended.


            Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. 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:

       Page 48, line 11, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $175,000,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $175,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer my amendment 
which would cut $175 million in FY 2012 by eliminating the Foreign 
Agricultural Service. This is a corporate welfare program that 
essentially gives handouts to private businesses that don't need 
taxpayer dollars in order to grow their profits. It is essential that 
we make significant cuts to our budget this year and focus on reducing 
our deficit and tackle our debt. This is an unnecessary program and a 
waste of money that we could use to reduce this fiscal burden.
  I understand the position that my dear friend from Georgia is in. It 
is true that the Ryan budget is the only budget to pass either House. I 
supported the Ryan budget, and I supported the Republican Study 
Committee budget, which would have reduced even more money from this 
bill.
  Regardless of how one voted on a particular budget, we all have an 
obligation to move the debate in a direction that calls for more 
serious spending cuts. It is critical for the economic future of our 
Nation. It is critical for our children and our grandchildren. It is 
critical in creating new jobs and having a stronger economy here in 
America.
  So I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, 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 Georgia will 
be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

  food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
     of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the 
     Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,385,000, which shall be 
     paid to the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
     and Expenses'': Provided, That funds made available for the 
     cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean 
     freight differential may be used interchangeably between the 
     two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                     food for peace title ii grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 
     83-480, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection 
     with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
     $1,040,198,000, to remain available until expended.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 49, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 
minutes.

                              {time}  1400

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment that would 
cut $100 million from the billion-dollar Food for Peace program and 
redirect it to the rural American communities, specifically to the 
Rural Business Development Loan Program. This $100 million will provide 
resources to rural business development loan programs. Small rural 
businesses and Indian tribes and community organizations can use these 
loans to jump-start businesses in our devastated rural comments.
  I'll give you one example: the Bennett Freeze.
  In the 111th Congress, we lifted the ban on this part of the Navajo 
Nation last year. This ban prohibited any type of improvement to homes, 
businesses and livelihoods. As a result of the Bennett Freeze, this 
area is worse than in many Third World nations.
  What we are trying to do is address this need, and we are trying to 
provide some resources to this group of folks. We need to address the 
high unemployment by empowering our rural communities. Please vote in 
favor of this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. This amendment reduces $100 million for Food for Peace. I 
don't know if the gentleman from Arizona was here last night, but there 
was a lot of discussion about the American image abroad. Certainly, at 
a time when the world economy is hurting, this Food for Peace program 
is exactly that.
  We buy American goodwill. We buy this food from American farmers. 
They produce it. We buy it. We ship it in American ships, and we 
distribute it in a food program that buys a lot of goodwill for America 
at a time when the conflicts of this globe are generated in cultures of 
poverty, where people don't have access to proper nutrition, diet.
  I know from being a Peace Corps volunteer that the first thing people 
try to do is figure out where they're going to get enough food to eat. 
You can't go to school with kids because you're

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hustling to get firewood or you're hustling to get water or you're 
hustling to find anything that will produce food for the day. A woman 
can't do any of the other things, maybe raising livestock, if she is 
just trying to hustle for food all-day long.
  I mean, it just seems to me that the most basic investment in 
preventing violence and war is the investment in nutrition and in 
trying to get fed particularly those people in the poorest sectors of 
the world. We've got Sub-Saharan Africa, and if people don't get fed 
there, you're going to have migrations of millions and millions of 
people, and there is going to be no place to put them. Nobody is going 
to want a big immigration of starving people from other parts of 
Africa. It's going to have an impact on us. Our intelligence agencies 
tell us it's a security threat.
  An investment in food for people at the basic level is absolutely 
essential. This is food raised by American farmers, paid for by 
American dollars and sent where it is most needed in the world. It is a 
very good program, and it does, indeed, trade food for peace and 
stability, so I think it would be unwise to cut it by $100 million.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I had an amendment following this 
one that would have totally eliminated funding for this program and, 
thus, would have presented a problem to the House. So I am going to 
withdraw my amendment since Dr. Gosar has introduced his.
  It is absolutely critical that we stop spending money we simply do 
not have. Frankly, I don't like transferring money from account to 
account, because I think the only transfer that we should do is the 
transfer into the debt reduction program so that we can reduce the 
Federal debt. It is absolutely critical for the economic future of this 
Nation.
  Since I am going to withdraw my amendment following this, I wanted to 
get up and speak about this particular amendment and just say that I 
really appreciate what my good friend from California (Mr. Farr) was 
saying about poor people. I am a medical doctor, and I deal with 
problems of nutrition for my patients. I appreciate what Dr. Foxx did 
with her amendment about eliminating this breastfeeding program.
  But you see, we are constrained by the Constitution--or should be--
and Congress has gotten way, way away from the original intent of the 
Constitution. We cannot try to feed everybody in the world. We cannot 
continue to try to be a nanny state for everybody, even in this 
country. In the private sector, if we mobilized them, there would be 
plenty of dollars to take care of the needs of American citizens as 
well as those of the people around the world by leaving dollars in the 
hands of the private sector--in people's hands, in churches, in 
synagogues, in mosques, and in different areas--with the Salvation 
Army, et cetera.
  So I think we need to as a Congress start being fiscally responsible, 
but we have been fiscally irresponsible for many years during Democrat 
as well as Republican administrations, as well as under Democrat- and 
Republican-controlled Congresses. We just have to stop spending money.
  Mr. FARR. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I appreciate Mr. Farr, and I yield to the 
gentleman from California.
  Mr. FARR. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I just want to point out that you used the term ``nanny state.'' 
Since we're government, I don't think anybody wants to be responsible 
for everybody, to be responsible to raise the whole society; but I do 
think that this help that you give people from the Federal Government 
and from local and State governments is absolutely essential.
  When you don't have that infrastructure of social services and needs 
there, I'll tell you what happens--people still have those problems. 
Only they don't have a place to go get them. So do you know what they 
do? They knock on your door. In America, we don't have to open our door 
day after day, with somebody holding a baby, as I saw in the Peace 
Corps. There were people all the time with dead babies, infants. There 
were people who were begging for money to bury them properly or there 
were people asking you for extra food after you finished your meal. 
They know what time you eat, and ask, Can you give your leftovers to 
us?
  We don't have that in America because we have an infrastructure that 
takes care of people. I think, if you totally wipe that out and say, 
well, leave it to charity, charity is just voluntary. It doesn't always 
work. When the markets crash, the charity isn't there. Poverty is still 
there. The need is still there. You saw it as a doctor, and you know 
you've serviced people who couldn't pay their bills; but you do have 
Medicare reimbursements and other kinds of Medicare reimbursements so 
that you can, even if they can't pay their bills, get some form of 
payment. If it were all left up to voluntary, the doctors would have to 
serve people who just have no money. I don't think all the poor people 
in America would be taken care of.
  So we do have to concern ourselves with how much care and spending we 
do, but at the same time, don't wipe out the programs that are 
essentially the life support systems of a society that is as rich as 
America. We can afford to take care of the people most vulnerable, 
whether they are aging or infants, and I think a lot of the discussion 
here has been about trying to delete the programs that help people at 
their most vulnerable stages of life.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Reclaiming my time, I appreciate your comments.
  But, you see, when I was sworn into the Marine Corps and when I was 
sworn into Congress--now three times--I swore to uphold the 
Constitution. I believe in this document as our Founding Fathers meant 
it, which means very limited government. In fact, we are destroying the 
very thing that has made this country so great, so powerful, so rich as 
a Nation, which is constitutionally limited government, the free 
enterprise system, private property rights, personal responsibility, 
the rule of law, and morality.
  It is absolutely critical, if we are going to have a bright, shining 
star of liberty over the heads of America, that we rebuild those 
foundational principles. That's what I'm fighting for and will continue 
to do.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. McGOVERN. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I want to rise in opposition to a 
previous amendment, to the Gosar amendment, which would eliminate the 
Food for Peace program and transfer it to rural development.
  I also was going to rise in opposition to the gentleman from 
Georgia's amendment, which also goes after Food for Peace. I am glad he 
is withdrawing it, but I find it astonishing that there are so many on 
the other side who are attacking programs that I think are so vital to 
our national security.
  Mr. Gosar's amendment would tell farmers that we will take away from 
them $1 billion in U.S. purchases of their crops so that we can borrow 
money in the form of loans for other purposes. That's essentially what 
he is proposing. Does that make sense to anyone?
  So we tell U.S. farmers who have been selling wheat, rice, soybeans, 
vegetable oil, beans, peas, lentils, and other commodities to the U.S. 
Government that this market is closed to them. So long. Goodbye. Go 
borrow money. Go into debt. Take out a loan to develop the rural 
economy.
  Now, Mr. Chairman, I support the Rural Development program, and I 
obviously support the Food for Peace program. Both of them directly 
benefit American farmers. Mr. Gosar himself said Food for Peace title 
II (P.L. 480) merits support.

                              {time}  1410

  Well, let's talk about why. It supports U.S. farmers, millers, 
freight rail, truck, and shipping. Food aid provided by USAID is a 
lifesaving measure for 11 million to 16 million vulnerable people 
overseas. Our largest emergency food aid programs include Darfur and 
southern Sudan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, and Ethiopia. U.S. food 
aid not only helps people survive; it supports

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U.S. national security interests. It promotes stability and goodwill, 
especially in Libya, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Our emergency and 
humanitarian food aid sends the clear message to desperate people in 
need that the American people care. The Gosar amendment sends the 
opposite message--that the American people don't care at all; go ahead 
and starve.
  We need to support Food for Peace, and we need to oppose that 
amendment. But we also need to oppose amendments that gut essential 
food and nutrition programs for poor people not only here in the United 
States but around the world. This notion that somehow when we support 
programs like Food for Peace, that it's just helping a bunch of 
foreigners overseas, is just wrongheaded. It is American farmers that 
produce much of the food that goes to support the hungry around the 
world. It is American farmers that are so important in our battle 
against terrorism because, quite frankly, I think these programs, as 
Secretary Gates has said, do more to enhance our national security than 
anything else.
  I urge my colleagues who are coming to the floor with amendments to 
gut these programs, to stop it. Enough. These are essential programs. 
They help people who are helpless overseas but also help support our 
economy here in the United States and help our U.S. farmers.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Number one, we have actually reduced this account 31 
percent. Again, as I have said many times, passing an appropriation 
bill that is building a card house, there's a delicate balance. I have 
got my friend, Mr. McGovern, who believes that we've cut too much. I've 
got my friend, Dr. Broun, who believes we haven't cut enough. And so 
we're trying to move this legislation.
  I wanted to talk a little bit about PL-480 and say a couple of 
things. Number one, there is a national security interest in it. This 
is not about international charity alone. We do have an interest. 
America needs to be engaged around the world. When there is a natural 
disaster or manmade disaster, if we're not there, who will be there? 
And this is very important. My friend Mr. Dicks is here, former 
chairman of the HAC-D Committee, and knows that in terms of the 
national defense, we have soldiers right now as I speak in 60 different 
countries around the globe. Now, they are engaged for a reason. It's 
not a job-creation program. They're keeping an eye on national security 
interests.
  If you travel in Africa or travel in South America right now, you'll 
see a new player that was not there 10 years ago, and that is the 
country of China. China is not necessarily an immediate threat to us, 
but it is a concern to us. China is rising as a military force and 
certainly as an economic source, and they are engaged all over the 
globe. Often our international programs, including food programs, keep 
us engaged and gives us an opportunity to have some doors open which we 
would not ordinarily have.
  America provides 57 percent of the food aid in the world, followed by 
the EU at 27 percent and Japan at 6 percent. Right now, China is not a 
major player. The oil-rich Middle East countries certainly aren't major 
players. But it is about engagement. And it's interesting that we have 
a balance between developmental aid and emergency aid. Because if there 
is a Haitian disaster, we're the first on the ground trying to get food 
to the people. But we need to also be there with developmental aid to 
make sure that these countries are independent and that these countries 
do know how to grow their own food and have their own resources.
  So I just want to emphasize again that this program has been trimmed 
already 31 percent, and it seems to me the balance that will get this 
bill over to the Senate so that we can negotiate further on it. We are 
in many, many different countries around the world.
  With that, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona, Dr. Gosar.
  Mr. GOSAR. Thank you, my friend.
  I would like to reiterate that there is an issue that we also have to 
take care of folks at home. For example, I brought up the Navajo Nation 
in the Bennett Freeze area. This is a treaty responsibility of the 
United States in which we forbade different groups from even raising to 
take care of a window pane or create economic certainty. We have to 
take care of our own, or we'll not be able to help anybody across the 
world. And that's why I actually rise in support of my amendment.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I do want to point out some of the things 
that this program is doing in Pakistan, Haiti, the Sudan, and 
Afghanistan. And I will submit that for the Record.

                           P.L. 480 Title II

                                History

       For more than 50 years, the United States Government has 
     played a lead role in meeting emergency humanitarian food 
     needs through P.L. 480 Title II (Title II). Some of the first 
     U.S. food assistance resources assisted the war-devastated 
     economies of Europe. As these economies regained their 
     strength they began to pay for American farm commodities. 
     President Eisenhower signed P.L. 480 Title II into law in 
     1954 and it was later renamed the ``Food for Peace'' Act.

                    Current Need and Impact of Cuts

       Currently, overall U.S. funding to WFP feeds on average 35 
     million people. A cut of Title II to $1,040,198, as marked-up 
     by the House Agricultural Appropriations sub-committee, would 
     mean that 15 million people--primarily women and children--
     suffering from hunger as a result of conflict and natural 
     disasters would lose access to life saving food. These cuts 
     would significantly reduce the United States' ability to 
     address instability in volatile countries and decrease its 
     capacity to respond quickly to the needs of hungry people 
     affected by natural disaster or armed conflict.

         Title II Assists People Affected by Natural Disasters


                                Pakistan

       In July 2010, floods ravaged Pakistan, affecting millions. 
     WFP was able to reach people quickly and began to distribute 
     food just days after the record monsoon rains began. The 
     first food to reach the affected population was funded by 
     U.S. Food for Peace. The first helicopters that lifted food 
     to remote valleys in Swat and the northern regions were also 
     carrying U.S. food. Within the first month, WFP was able to 
     reach approximately 3 million people and then scaled up very 
     quickly to 7 million. Life-saving support was then followed 
     by early recovery activities which included school feeding 
     and nutrition support.
       Story from the field: Razia Bibi and her family were badly 
     hit in the floods that devastated Pakistan last summer. Razia 
     lives in a little village called Chandia in central Pakistan. 
     She and her family lived on an embankment for a month last 
     summer as monsoon flooding flattened all the homes in her 
     community. As floodwaters subsided in September, they started 
     to pick up the pieces of their lives. Monthly food rations 
     from WFP have kept them going while they have rebuilt their 
     house and life has slowly returned to normality. Razia and 
     her husband sold their three goats, their last major assets, 
     to rebuild their house using high-quality bricks that would 
     be more resistant in case of another flood. In December 2010, 
     Razia picked up the family's last food ration. Now that her 
     husband is back at work and they have a house, she and her 
     family are able to support themselves. Their six children are 
     back at school and because of food assistance they were able 
     to get back on their feet.


                                 Haiti

       In Haiti, in the immediate aftermath of the January 12th 
     earthquake, WFP began providing assistance within 24 hours 
     and swiftly organized general food distributions. Only six 
     weeks after the quake, WFP assistance, through partners such 
     as World Vision, was reaching more than 4 million people, 35 
     percent of which was from the U.S. government. In the 
     following months, WFP also put in place safety net 
     interventions--including school feeding and nutrition. 
     Following the large general distribution, school feeding was 
     the quickest safety net intervention to scale up, reaching 
     over 500,000 school children. At the request of the 
     Government, WFP then scaled up to assist 1 million children. 
     In October, a take-home ration was also given to family 
     members to get children back in school, especially those who 
     had dropped out after the earthquake. WFP also launched a 
     blanket supplementary feeding program to all children five 
     years of age and under and pregnant/lactating women.
       Story from the field: When the earthquake struck Haiti in 
     January of 2010 Cassandre Chery and her family were just 
     leaving their home. A piece of concrete fell and broke her 
     foot but otherwise they were uninjured. Her home, however, 
     was badly damaged. ``It's difficult to find work now,'' said 
     Cassandre who used to be a beautician. Her husband also has 
     trouble finding work. Their two girls, who live with them in 
     a tent in Port-au-Prince, were forced to go hungry some days. 
     But now Cassandre is back to work and she is rebuilding her 
     country with a food for work project with World Vision and 
     WFP. She receives food and cash to work clearing rubble from

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     roads and drainage channels. ``This works means a lot to 
     me,'' she said. ``It has helped me pay school fees and feed 
     my two daughters.''
       Story from the field: At Sister Mary Bernadette's primary 
     school in Port-au-Prince, students began gathering after the 
     earthquake, though classes had not yet resumed. Most had lost 
     their homes, and a family member or friend. They came in 
     search of support and in search of something familiar. As 
     plans came together to begin makeshift lessons, WFP started 
     distributing daily meals to Sister Mary Bernadette's 
     students. ``They'd simply be too weak to study if they 
     weren't able to eat something at school,'' she says. ``It's 
     important for them to have a meal here. Most of them come 
     from very poor families.'' Sister Mary Bernadette says that 
     the food ``helps [them] to study and stay focused in class. 
     When they don't eat, they don't hear, they don't listen, they 
     don't see.'' A year after the earthquake, things in her 
     school are improving. During the summer break, crews tore 
     down the damaged building and workers are now putting the 
     final touches to temporary classrooms. The students seem to 
     be recovering too, said the school principal. ``Some of them 
     are still struggling though. When you lose a member of your 
     family, your mother or your father, you just can't forget. 
     But we do our best to help them.''

   Title II Assists Those Affected by Conflict and Helps Restore and 
                 Maintain Stability in Volatile Regions


                                 Sudan

       WFP assistance in Sudan, reaching 6.7 million people, has 
     been a critical stabilizing factor since the Comprehensive 
     Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed in 2005. In 2010, nearly 
     half of assistance to WFP in Sudan was generously provided by 
     the U.S. government. This assistance has provided stability 
     throughout the South Sudan referendum process. Readiness, 
     contingency measures and pre-positioning, has allowed WFP to 
     respond quickly to any situation, including the current 
     population displacements in Abyei (an area between south 
     Sudan and Sudan). WFP's strategic engagement for post-
     referendum South Sudan is vital for ensuring a smooth 
     transition. WFP's engagement will support the restoration of 
     sustainable assets for the communities, infrastructure 
     (feeder roads), safety nets (school feeding, seed protection, 
     nutrition), strategic food reserve, Government capacity in 
     food security analysis, and support to smallholder farmers 
     through purchase-for-progress.
       Story from the field: Food assistance has played a critical 
     role in southern Sudan over the last few years and has been 
     key in supporting families returning home. Grace Lado, a 25 
     year old mother of 2, fled fighting in Juba in southern Sudan 
     when she was only 7 years old. When her family decided to 
     move back a WFP food ration made it possible. In spite of the 
     deteriorating security situation, WFP is currently feeding 
     some 530,000 people across southern Sudan. In addition to 
     food assistance WFP is also helping to repair roads and 
     assist farmers across the region so that those the country 
     can get on a path to sustainable growth. Until then, however, 
     these lifesaving food rations are helping people to build a 
     stable and secure foundation in a country that is hopeful for 
     a brighter future.


                              Afghanistan

       In 2010, the U.S. government supplied 36 percent of the 
     assistance to WFP in Afghanistan, enabling WFP to assist 7 
     million people (or 25 percent of the population) and, through 
     its strategic engagement, helps deploy an effective system of 
     safety net interventions and build sustainable assets for the 
     communities through food-for-education, food-for-work, and 
     food-for-training.
       Story from the field: When Taliban forces arrived in their 
     village Jamila's husband lost both his legs during the 
     fighting. Jamila's family was forced to sell their farmland 
     to pay for his treatment and they suddenly found themselves 
     unable to feed their four children. ``I will never forget the 
     day I realized we had nothing to eat,'' Jamila said. Her 
     husband's family refused to provide assistance and told her 
     to marry off her teenage daughters in order to get dowry 
     money. Jamila's husband, frustrated, depressed and hungry, 
     often took his anger out on her. All of that changed, 
     however, when Jamila began a training program with WFP that 
     provided her with a new set of skills while her family 
     received food rations. Now Jamila is able to support her 
     family by selling children's clothes to a local shop. ``Now 
     that I have a skill and am providing for my family, all the 
     members of my family respect me,'' she says. By providing 
     food aid while Jamila received training she was able to stave 
     off hunger while she built a new life for her family.
       Story from the field: For years the people of Dega Payan 
     had to travel five hours on foot or by donkey to the nearest 
     medical clinic. Travel by car was impossible as there were no 
     roads leading to their remote village in one of Afghanistan's 
     poorest provinces (Badakhshan) which has high level of 
     undernutrition and food insecurity. Now, as a result of a WFP 
     program that employed local villagers to build a road while 
     providing their families with much needed food assistance, a 
     road has been completed connecting Dega Payan to the larger 
     town of Ziraki, where there is a clinic. This has made the 
     village accessible by road and allows local farmers to get 
     their crops to markets more easily and allows traders to 
     bring supplies into the village that were not available 
     before.

            McGovern-Dole International School Meals Program


                               Background

       Approximately 2.7 million children receive McGovern/Dole 
     school meals through WFP, which helps them fight short-term 
     hunger, increase their concentration/performance in school, 
     encourages parents to send them to school, and helps girls to 
     get an education. A better educated girl will make more 
     informed choices and will grow up to raise a more food secure 
     family. Promoting girls education is crucial in countries 
     where there are serious gender disparities. Every $50 cut in 
     the program would deny a child access to food for a whole 
     school year. Without a daily meal, many poor children would 
     not attend class with long-term ramifications for the child, 
     the community and the country.
       Story from the field: In Afghanistan WFP hands out take-
     home rations of vegetable oil to approximately 600,000 girls 
     (in addition to the on-site meals) as an incentive for the 
     parents to send their girls to school. In a school in Laghman 
     Province, one of the teachers told WFP ``There are more girls 
     coming to school now because of the food. Before I had six 
     classes, now I have twelve.'' In the same region, girls' 
     enrolment increased by 40 percent by end of 2008 from the 
     baseline data 2 years earlier, and attendance rate for girls 
     improved by 30 percent from baseline. Families realize that 
     girls are bringing income by going to school. A girl at the 
     same school queuing for her oil ration said ``We are so happy 
     to get this oil. We are poor and our family is happy with us 
     since we can bring something of value to our homes''.

  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, 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 Arizona will 
be postponed.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 49, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $940,198,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $940,198,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  Again, as I spoke on the previous amendment, we just don't have the 
money. It's very altruistic of my friends on both sides to want to feed 
people all over the world. I very much would like to be able to do so, 
but we can't feed our people here at home. We've got a high jobless 
rate. We just have to simply stop spending money that we don't have. 
And this would just zero out the balance of the funds if my friend from 
Arizona's amendment is indeed passed into this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, as we look at where we're going as a Nation, we've got 
to be focusing on jobs and the economy. We have to leave dollars in the 
hands of businesses, particularly small businesses. Leave the dollars 
in the hands of individuals so that they can take care of their own 
needs and their own communities instead of building a bigger and bigger 
Federal program to try to take care of everybody's needs all over the 
world.
  We just simply do not have the money. And it just has to stop. And 
it's time to stop right now. We're headed toward an economic cliff in 
this Nation. And it may be very soon where we're going to be off that 
cliff, where everybody in this country except for the extremely wealthy 
are going to be forced into just tremendous poverty.
  We have a potential of having riots in the streets and bloodletting 
in this country because of the great debt and spending that's going on. 
We're destroying jobs. We're destroying our economy. And it just must 
stop. The sooner, the better. My amendment would simply zero out the 
rest of the funds in this program. I think it's critical for us just to 
stop spending money.

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                              USDA                                               State Department
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                    Programmed food aid, 2010                            Voting practices in the UN, 2010
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                     2010--received food aid                      Votes only (%)    Overall (%)    Important (%)
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Algeria.........................................................            30.4            81.7            16.7

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Angola..........................................................            30.6            81.9            33.3
Burkina Faso....................................................            32.3            82.7            25.0
Burundi.........................................................            25.0            79.3            77.8
Cameroon........................................................            44.7            88.9            60.0
Central African Rep.............................................            37.7            84.1            66.7
Chad............................................................             0.0            66.7             0.0
Congo, Democratic Rep. of.......................................            46.2            87.2            75.0
Congo, Republic of..............................................            37.9            84.3            42.9
Djibouti........................................................            33.8            82.8            40.0
Ethiopia........................................................            32.8            83.2            44.4
Gambia..........................................................            31.3            82.0            40.0
Guinea-Bissau...................................................            31.3            82.2            40.0
Kenya...........................................................            31.7            83.0            57.1
Liberia.........................................................            35.9            83.9            54.5
Madagascar......................................................            32.3            82.5            44.4
Malawi..........................................................            35.3            83.2            50.0
Mali............................................................            30.8            82.4            30.0
Mauritania......................................................            32.4            82.4            30.0
Mozambique......................................................            27.9            81.1            33.3
Niger...........................................................            32.8            83.1            33.3
Rwanda..........................................................            50.0            86.9            57.1
Senegal.........................................................            31.8            82.7            33.3
Sierra Leone....................................................            38.6            83.6            55.6
Somalia.........................................................            28.8            80.7            27.3
Sudan...........................................................            31.4            81.8            30.8
Tanzania........................................................             n/a             n/a             n/a
Uganda..........................................................             8.6            76.3            60.0
Zambia..........................................................            33.3            82.9            44.4
Zimbabwe........................................................            30.4            81.3            30.8
Afghanistan.....................................................            34.3            82.4            46.2
Bangladesh......................................................            32.9            82.2            77.8
Cambodia........................................................            30.9            81.9            25.0
India...........................................................            25.4            82.6            14.3
Laos............................................................            27.4            81.6            22.2
Nepal...........................................................            35.8            83.5            33.3
Pakistan........................................................            21.3            81.2            22.2
Philippines.....................................................            31.3            82.7            33.3
Sri Lanka.......................................................            31.9            82.1            25.0
Tajikistan......................................................            30.0            82.1            30.0
Yemen...........................................................            33.3            82.6            40.0
Colombia........................................................            36.1            84.7            50.0
Dominican Republic..............................................            36.4            83.4            36.4
Ecuador.........................................................            32.4            82.4            30.0
Guatemala.......................................................            37.9            84.2            62.5
Haiti...........................................................            31.8            82.6            30.0
Honduras........................................................            63.4            83.6            60.0
Nicaragua.......................................................            30.4            81.7            15.2
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  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. Again, I don't know how many times we have to reiterate 
that these cuts, squeezes, and trims hurt the most vulnerable people in 
America and abroad. My good friend talked about a fiscal disaster that 
we are having in America and then just goes amendment after amendment 
attacking the people that are most vulnerable. This one just wipes out 
the entire program.
  I wish the Member had been here to watch what happened in the early 
part of this decade when a partnership with the rich was created in 
this Congress to help in every tax way possible, in every expenditure 
way possible, in building up the war machine to respond to Iraq and 
Afghanistan. The rich got richer. The corporations that built all the 
equipment for our men and women in uniform got a lot of profits. We did 
that by putting it all on the credit card of the American taxpayer. We 
just charged it up. Yes, we ran up an incredible deficit.

                              {time}  1420

  The gentleman fails to look at the other side of the coin. He talked 
about the fact he had been in the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps was 
also put on that tax credit card. The uniform, the free medical service 
he got, the food that he ate while he was a Marine, all those things, 
thank God, we paid for. But then to say, okay, we're going to now 
reduce this fiscal disaster by just attacking the most vulnerable 
people in the world and wiping out the Food for Peace program.
  Where are we? Where is the image of America? Where is that heart and 
soul? Where is that feeling of people that love our country because of 
the handouts we do give at a time of need? We're there to respond to 
disasters. And we can't just be that responder that says, okay, we're 
going to respond with our war machine. We've got to respond with our 
heart and our soul and the character of American human beings, which is 
very giving and very compassionate. To wipe out the Food for Peace 
program is not a wise thing to do.
  Mr. DICKS. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR. I yield to the gentleman from Washington.
  Mr. DICKS. I would just say to the Chair and to the author of the 
amendment, who's a doctor, a medical doctor, remember the Hippocratic 
oath: Do no harm.
  This amendment, if it is enacted, will deny millions of people 
getting food. Millions of children's lives have been saved because of 
this program and I hope the Broun amendment will be defeated.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR. How much time do I have left?
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Schock). The gentleman has 1\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. FARR. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I appreciate the gentleman yielding.
  Mr. Dicks, I resent the fact that you accuse me of wanting to do 
harm, because I do not----
  Mr. DICKS. You don't think your amendment will do harm, sir?
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. No, sir. Actually, it will do good.
  The thing is, we come to the crux of the problem here in that some 
people in this body believe that the Federal Government ought to take 
care of everybody in the world, and I would love to be able to do that. 
There's no end of good things that can be done all over this world. But 
for you to accuse me of wanting to do harm to people, I resent that.
  Mr. DICKS. It's your amendment, sir. I didn't get up here and offer 
an amendment that would cut funding.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Sir, I have the time.
  I do resent the fact that you accuse me of wanting to do harm. Mr. 
Chairman, I'm not sure if this comes to a point of order of taking down 
the gentleman's words, but I bring forth a point of order.
  Mr. FARR. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, in finishing, I would 
just like to say, there is some inconsistency and insincerity here in 
stating what you did as a profession and then cutting these programs, 
because these go to the children that we think the medical profession 
so much appreciates trying to care for. I mean, if you can't feed 
children, if you can't feed women, and you can't feed infants, no 
matter where in the world they are, problems are going to occur. Big, 
serious problems. That is not fiscal conservative. That is just not 
very intelligent.
  The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I would like to bring a point of 
order about the gentleman's accusations that I want to do harm. I 
believe this meets the criteria of taking down his words, and I would 
like a ruling from the Chair regarding that.
  The Acting CHAIR. All Members will suspend.
  The Clerk will report the words.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The demand is withdrawn.
  Mr. DICKS. I will revise my words and make sure that it will not be 
an insult to the gentleman.
  I appreciate him withdrawing his point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Washington 
may revise his remarks.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in very, very, very strong 
opposition to this amendment gutting the Food for Peace program. Food 
for peace.
  I find it somewhat ironic that we have people who oppose food for 
peace but support weapons for war without giving it a second thought. 
The fact of the matter is that this amendment would do great harm to 
some of the most helpless people in the world. I believe very, very 
strongly on a bipartisan basis that this amendment should be defeated.
  The Food for Peace program has saved the lives of millions and 
millions of people. It is a good program. It is something we should be 
proud of in this country, and on a bipartisan basis, I believe, we are 
proud of the Food for Peace program. I think we need a big bipartisan 
vote to defeat this amendment.
  I appreciated the chairman's remarks earlier, and I thank him for his 
comments on this issue.
  Mr. DICKS. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. McGOVERN. I yield to the gentleman from Washington.
  Mr. DICKS. We've already cut this program by 38 percent below the 
President's budget request and 31 percent below last year. That is a 
major cut in this program. To go any further, I think, would be a big 
mistake.

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  I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. McGOVERN. I thank the gentleman. I would just say that, yes, we 
need to get serious about the deficit and we need to find ways to bring 
this deficit down. But taking food out of the mouths of children is not 
the way to do this.
  I can go through a litany of things that deserve to be cut, from some 
of the subsidies that we provide some of the big agricultural 
businesses to the subsidization of the oil companies to some of the tax 
breaks for the Donald Trumps of the world. I would rather start there. 
But to take, to denigrate this program, I think, is wrong. This is 
something we should be proud of, and, in a bipartisan way, we should be 
proud of this. Presidents, both Republican and Democratic, have 
supported this program, and this is vital to the survival of so many 
people around the world.
  Again, I would reiterate what Secretary Gates said. These programs, 
these developmental programs, are important to our national security. 
I'm going to tell you, they do more to help improve our image and 
protect our security around the world than a lot of these other 
programs that we have that export military hardware all around the 
world. This is important. This is real. This saves lives.
  I would urge my colleagues on a bipartisan basis to soundly reject 
this amendment and let us support food for peace. Let us support food 
programs for the poor. That's who we are. That reflects well on this 
country. I urge my colleagues to defeat this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Missouri is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mrs. EMERSON. I have been sitting back listening to all of the 
discussion here on a subject that is near and dear to my heart, and it 
has been near and dear to our family since the very first time my late 
husband came back from Ethiopia having sobbed, as he told me, a story 
about a child from Ethiopia who died in his arms.

                              {time}  1430

  Now, I will say that there's been an awful lot of rhetoric on this, 
and I think that the chairman, in spite of the fact that I don't like 
the number, I don't like the numbers that we've been given, the 
chairman, who also has traveled to Africa and has seen up close and 
personal how these programs really do make a difference for those of us 
who live here in the United States, how important these programs are 
for our national security, as Mr. McGovern said and Mr. Dicks, and also 
how important it is that America, which is still the richest country in 
the world in spite of our financial difficulties, has respect and wants 
to help others because we ourselves have been so well blessed.
  So I rise in opposition to this amendment, and I want to thank my 
colleagues from the other side and thank Mr. Kingston as well and hope 
that as we proceed through the process that we might be able to find 
some common ground, perhaps get a little bit more assistance for these 
vital programs, but let's try to keep our emotions down a little bit 
because everybody feels very strongly, but yet our common goal is to 
lift this country up, and by helping others, we do that.
  I yield back the balance of time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, 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 Georgia will 
be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

 commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and 
     GSM 103, $6,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $6,465,000 shall be paid to the 
     appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
     and Expenses'', and of which $355,000 shall be paid to the 
     appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

  mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition 
                             program grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1), $180,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
     facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
     such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 
     herein.


            Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. 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:

       Page 50, line 18, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $180,000,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $180,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer my amendment 
which would zero out the McGovern-Dole program and save taxpayers $180 
million in the coming fiscal year. We simply cannot continue to dole 
out money that we simply don't have, particularly when we're 
experiencing such a huge economic crisis and economic emergency here at 
home.
  It's important to make serious cuts wherever and whenever we can, and 
this funding is not tied to a specific national security interest. So 
we can afford to do without it. I think we should do without it, but 
I'm offering my amendment, and I hope it passes.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, this is simply a bad amendment. It 
eliminates funding for one of the U.S. signature programs to reduce 
child hunger in the world. I helped establish the George McGovern-
Robert Dole International Food For Education Program, first as a pilot 
project in 2000, and then as a permanent program in the 2002 farm bill. 
It has always had strong bipartisan support, including from my 
colleague and my friend Jo Ann Emerson and then-Congressmen, now-
Senators John Thune and Jerry Moran.
  McGovern-Dole has one basic goal: provide at least one nutritious 
meal to some of the world's most vulnerable children in a school 
setting. It has reduced the incidence of hunger among school-age 
children. It has increased school enrollment and attendance. It has 
increased the support of families and communities for education, 
especially for girls.
  McGovern-Dole is a proven success. Instead of cutting its funding, 
let alone eliminating it, we should be scaling it up. The cuts to 
McGovern-Dole already in the bill would end school meals for more than 
400,000 children. Eliminating the funding would literally take the food 
out of the mouths of over 5 million of the world's most vulnerable 
children.
  Mr. Chairman, it's bad enough to ignore hungry children. It's even 
worse to give a hungry child a meal, to give their parents hope for a 
better future, and then take it away. These are not just numbers in a 
bill. These are real living, breathing human beings, real children who 
are in school, many for the very first time because the U.S. is working 
with local communities to advance education and nutrition.
  Now, I've visited some of these programs around the world. I 
respectfully suggest to those who want to eliminate them to first go 
and see with their own eyes what they are doing on the ground, look 
these children, their parents, their teachers, their community leaders 
in the eye, and make sure you want to tell them you don't care if they 
go hungry or get a chance to go to school.
  In Colombia, I visited a program in Soacha, on the outskirts of 
Bogota. On barren hillsides, surrounded by shanties housing thousands 
of internally displaced families, children were receiving a school 
breakfast and lunch. Mothers and grandmothers were training as cooks, 
preparing the meals. Clearly visible in the cafeteria were

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USAID bags of grains, beans, and lentils.
  One mother came up to me and said, Please thank the American people 
when you go back home. I couldn't feed my children. I couldn't send 
them to school. I was afraid my son--who was 11 years old--was going to 
join the paramilitaries or the guerrillas just to get food. Now my son 
is getting fed, and he's staying in school. Please tell the American 
people thank you.
  In Nairobi, Kenya, in the largest slum in the world, I went to a 
McGovern-Dole breakfast and lunch program. I was amazed by the 
students' energy and achievements. The school principal showed me how 
they store and prepare the U.S. commodities that feed her students and 
how all the students know that this is a program from the people of the 
United States of America.
  I ate a cereal mush made from yellow peas, grown by American farmers, 
in a room full of children. The kids dug into this food like it was 
manna from heaven. One little boy would take a bite and then scoop a 
small amount out of his bowl and put it into his pockets. He was taking 
food home to his younger siblings who don't get anything to eat at all.
  Outside of Nairobi is Masai country and a school for girls where 
McGovern-Dole provides a hot lunch. I helped cook and serve the meal of 
U.S. bulgur wheat and locally grown vegetables. One student told me how 
grateful she was to go to school and eat every day.
  She grew up in a village over a hundred miles away. When she was 12, 
her father told her that she had to marry a much older man. She 
refused. Her father ordered her to go to her uncle's house, get his 
machete, and bring it back to him. She knew that her father was going 
to kill her. She ran away, walking alone for days, because she had 
heard of this school. She was then 15, healthy, well-fed, and at the 
top of her class. I knew I was talking to someone who could be 
president someday. In the very best way, this young woman will never 
forget us.
  And in the very worst way, when we take food away from children, 
families, and schools, those communities will never forget us either. 
They won't forget that we took away their children's future. I wouldn't 
forget it if it were my child. Would you?
  Mr. Chairman, there are many ways to advance U.S. national security 
and economic interests abroad. Education and child nutrition are very 
much at the top of that list. It is important that we support the 
McGovern-Dole program. This has enjoyed incredible bipartisan support, 
and I'm going to tell you this does more to enhance our national 
security than sending weapons to countries all over the world.
  The people who benefit from this program know it comes from the 
people of the United States of America. This is a good program. Support 
the McGovern-Dole program. Reject this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. EMERSON. I move to strike the last word, Mr. Chairman.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Missouri is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mrs. EMERSON. I'm not going to take the entire 5 minutes. I do want 
to say a couple of things.
  Number one, I totally associate myself with the remarks of my 
colleague from Massachusetts, and it is quite true that taking away the 
program funding would, in fact, literally take food out of the mouths 
of 5 million hungry, hungry children.
  I also want to add, because I know that people probably don't 
understand this if you haven't been working with this program, is that 
countries actually graduate from this program. This is not an ongoing 
effort in every single country, whether Colombia might have graduated, 
Nicaragua, and other countries.
  But, you know, with so many threats against our Nation, I just think 
it's important to share America's bounty with hungry children in other 
places and in critical places around the world so that we can help 
America feed their hungry bodies out of goodness.

                              {time}  1440

  And it really is something that the entire Defense Department--you 
ask any Army officer or any member of the armed services, when they are 
in areas where these children's lives are being changed by a bowl of 
mush, as Mr. McGovern said, it makes a huge difference. It makes them 
able to go to school. It makes little girls have the only opportunity 
they will ever get for any kind of education, and it is absolutely 
ridiculous that people don't understand how important this is for the 
security of our country.
  I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. McGOVERN. I just want to thank the gentlewoman for her comments 
and to thank her for her leadership not only on this issue but on some 
of the other issues to help hungry children around the world.
  I just want to also commend her for making the point that in the 
McGovern-Dole program, there are provisions that require that countries 
graduate out of the program. So this is not a permanent U.S. handout, 
if you will. This is some support to help get established school 
feeding programs that will, one, get more kids in school; and two, give 
kids a nutritious meal.
  Mrs. EMERSON. And if I could reclaim my time, the countries actually 
take this program over. This is a jump-start and one that, you know, 
for no other reason, little girls would never go to school. And to me, 
it's just shocking. We take these things for granted in this country. 
But it sets a very, very good example and gives these children and 
their families an opportunity to do more for themselves with just a wee 
bit of help from us.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. EMERSON. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. McGOVERN. I also want to say that this program is named after 
George McGovern and Robert Dole. So by the very naming of this program, 
it shows the bipartisanship that has been involved in forming this 
program from the very beginning. I think we all should be proud of that 
in this Congress.
  Mrs. EMERSON. And we should be. Elizabeth Dole took over for Bob 
after he left the Senate. And this was a very important issue for her, 
but it has always been one that is bipartisan and one that helps lift 
other people up because we really do have so much here.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  I just want to make one short comment. What happens in this program 
is that we contract with countries to create these incentives to get 
kids to go to school. And you have heard the incredible stories that 
the gentleman from Massachusetts, Congressman Jim McGovern, just gave 
us on his experiences in visiting these countries.
  It's not only that these contracts are made with countries so they 
have to put something into it, but they also have a way of working 
themselves out. So it's not one of those, going back to Congressman 
Broun's comment earlier about Nannygate--this is a ``work yourself out 
of a program.'' You can get off the program by having it work. And then 
you can move the moneys to another country. So I think it's an 
outstanding program and worth keeping and certainly this cut would ruin 
it all.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this shortsighted 
and I believe dangerous amendment that will increase suffering and 
misery all around the world and put American men and women in danger. 
And my colleagues have addressed that issue as well.
  The appropriations legislation before us is already remarkably stingy 
with regards to international food aid. It cuts the McGovern-Dole Food 
for Education Program by 10 percent below the President's request and 
Food for Peace by an astonishing $650 million. It is a 38 percent 
reduction. Now Mr. Broun proposes to zero out McGovern-Dole entirely. 
This is a program that, as you can tell by its name, has been a 
hallmark of bipartisan leadership for over a decade now. It is a 
linchpin in our diplomatic efforts in developing nations.
  Make no mistake. Cutting McGovern-Dole endangers our national 
security.

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Zeroing out this program, as this amendment calls for, would needlessly 
put the safety and the security of American families at risk.
  For the first time in history, over 1 billion people--one in six--are 
undernourished worldwide. Every 6 seconds, a child dies because of 
hunger and related causes. And this hunger forces people into desperate 
acts and dangerous pacts. Famine and starvation create the conditions 
for militant extremism, the very extremism our troops fight in 
Afghanistan and around the world.
  And so McGovern-Dole, and the international food aid it provides, is 
a crucial front in our efforts to combat global terror. We fight hunger 
and poverty, and we undercut the recruiting base of those who would 
threaten us. As former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger wrote in 
The Los Angeles Times, ``Ensuring that no child goes to school hungry 
is the single greatest investment we can make in building prosperous, 
healthy, and stable societies.''
  McGovern-Dole is that investment, and it works. Operating in 28 
countries around the world, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, 
McGovern-Dole provides at least one nutritious meal each day to 
vulnerable children in schools. It has shown demonstrated success in 
both reducing hunger and increasing school enrollment and attendance, 
especially, as my colleagues pointed out, for girls. Otherwise, little 
girls in these countries don't get any education, and they don't get 
any food.
  Last month, the GAO released a report on McGovern-Dole, and it called 
for strengthening monitoring by the USDA, accelerating the timeframe of 
reporting. It did not, however, call into question any of the 
objectives of the program. This program works. Since becoming a 
permanent program in the 2002 farm bill, it has reduced hunger and 
violence, increased education and nutrition, and has become a vital 
element in our international diplomacy. Zeroing out the program, as 
this amendment demands, would not only destroy all these many benefits 
for America and the developing world, it would mean 5 million kids will 
go hungry again, 5 million children. And yet, even as this amendment 
threatens to force millions into starvation, somehow the majority's 
budget still finds money for oil company subsidies and tax breaks for 
millionaires.
  Cutting this funding is shortsighted in the extreme. McGovern-Dole 
works. It works for America. It works for developing nations around the 
world. It moves children from starvation to education. And it undercuts 
the recruiting ability of those who would do America harm.
  I urge my colleagues, stand with our troops. Stand against hunger 
worldwide and oppose this disastrous amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, 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 Georgia will 
be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
     section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $3,654,148,000: Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading, $856,041,000 
     shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized 
     by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended, and shall not include any 
     fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for 
     fiscal year 2013 but collected in fiscal year 2012; 
     $67,118,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 
     authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 
     account and remain available until expended; $21,768,000 
     shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 
     section 740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
     U.S.C. 379j-12), and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $5,706,000 shall be derived 
     from animal generic drug user fees authorized by section 741 
     of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-
     21), and shall be credited to this account and shall remain 
     available until expended; and $477,000,000 shall be derived 
     from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; $12,364,000 shall be derived from food and 
     feed recall fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75-717), as amended 
     by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; $14,700,000 shall be derived from food 
     reinspection fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75-717), as amended 
     by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; and $36,000,000 shall be derived from 
     voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by 
     section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
     (Public Law 75-717), as amended by the Food Safety 
     Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), and shall be credited 
     to this account and remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical 
     device, animal drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product 
     assessments for fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 
     2012, including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 
     2012 but credited for fiscal year 2012, shall be subject to 
     the fiscal year 2012 limitations: Provided further, That in 
     addition and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
     heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees 
     that exceed the fiscal year 2012 limitation are appropriated 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated: (1) $799,820,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
     $1,031,205,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
     and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs; (3) $327,651,000 shall be for the Center 
     for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
     $157,874,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine 
     and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (5) $321,171,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 
     and Radiological Health and for related field activities in 
     the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $51,461,000 shall be 
     for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $454,751,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and 
     for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (8) not to exceed $124,273,000 shall be for Rent and 
     Related activities, of which $37,073,000 is for White Oak 
     Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
     Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed 
     $177,130,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
     Administration for rent; and (10) $208,812,000 shall be for 
     other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; 
     the Office of Foods; the Office of the Chief Scientist; the 
     Office of Policy, Planning and Budget; the Office of 
     International Programs; the Office of Administration; and 
     central services for these offices: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
     for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, 
     That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 
     another with the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     381, and priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     360n may be credited to this account, to remain available 
     until expended.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns

  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 51, line 18, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $392,000,000)''.
       Page 52, line 11, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $392,000,000)''.
       Page 54, line 6, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $392,000,000)''.
       Page 80, line 2, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $392,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5 
minutes.

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  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, let me just briefly say, this is a very 
simple amendment. It takes the Center for Tobacco Products back to the 
2009 level. Now all of you should realize, this agency never existed in 
2006. There have been prodigious increases in this center. We are 
taking the funding for this Center for Tobacco Products back to the 
2009 level.
  Now under the President's plan, the budget for the FDA's Center for 
Tobacco Products has simply exploded. The administration's budget 
justification to Congress states, ``FDA is experiencing an 
unprecedented and dramatic surge in staffing and facility needs that 
will cause FDA facility requirements to exceed the scope of the 2009 
master plan.''

                              {time}  1450

  I understand that. The FDA is expanding, does good work. I'm not 
criticizing it.
  But one area of the FDA's budget that is growing way too fast under 
this administration's budget is the brand-new Center for Tobacco 
Products. Again, this agency, this center did not exist in 2006.
  In the FY 2012 Agriculture appropriations legislation reported by the 
committee, it continues the trend of major discretionary spending 
reduction sought by the Republican majority. This same fiscal restraint 
should be applied to the Center for Tobacco Products. We're talking 
about appropriation levels going back to 2006, 2009, 2010. So all I'm 
asking is let's move this back to 2009.
  An FY 2012 budget that was requested by the FDA's Tobacco Act was 
$454 million, an increase of $238 million from fiscal year 2010 enacted 
levels of $235 million. So think of that: in 1 year it practically 
doubled, 110 percent increase.
  Now, this is when we have a deficit, $1.5 trillion every year, and we 
have a debt that's approaching $15 trillion.
  If we look at FY 2009, an $85 million funding, from the fiscal year 
2009 there's been a 500 percent increase in this new Center for Tobacco 
Products.
  Tobacco regulation, obviously, is a new program at the FDA. They have 
been just champing at the bit over there for the last 25 years to be 
involved with the regulation of cigarettes and everything like that. 
They want to regulate tobacco, and I think, frankly, you know, the 
House voted for it. I accept that.
  But we don't need to increase from 2009 up to what we're looking at, 
these large increases. We've got to return some of these increases to 
the debt and to the deficit. So a 500 percent increase in a budget is 
way too large. I suggest that funding should continue at the 2009 
levels.
  We are rolling back funding for many other programs, and it's proper 
to ensure that FDA also bears some of the burden during some of these 
most austere budgetary times.
  Now, all of us know that smoking is bad. And the question is, what is 
the FDA doing through this Center for Tobacco Products? It's not clear 
to me, but do they have to increase over the years almost 500 percent?
  Reducing their funding to fiscal year 2009 levels will be a restraint 
and will give the authorizing committee a chance to review the FDA 
regulations and review how the FDA plans to implement the law. I simply 
want to ensure that the FDA does not overreach with their authority, 
and ensure that it is using the best approach to ensure that tobacco 
harm is reduced. We all want to see it reduced.
  But the question, we all have to take a sacrifice--doesn't the Center 
for Tobacco Products also have to contribute? There's no reason for it 
to have over these years a 500 percent increase.
  And so, Mr. Chairman, I think this is a modest attempt to try and 
save money. It's quite a substantial amount of money for a good cause, 
which is reducing our deficit, our debt. In the long term, let the FDA 
and this new Center for Tobacco Products move forward, but not at these 
chomping, prodigious, gargantuan increases because they felt that it's 
catch-up time. I mean, every agency down here can come and say it's 
catch-up time. But obviously, under this economy and under this huge 
deficit, we cannot continue to look at agencies like this over this 
period of time getting a 500 percent increase in funding.
  So I ask my colleagues to support my amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. First of all, I hope that we don't have more of these 
ambush amendments that we haven't had a chance to really look at. And 
this one really has serious implications. What it seems that this 
amendment does is, first of all, reduce the tobacco industry's fees 
that they have to pay the Federal Government. This is a big help to the 
tobacco industry. It cuts fees that the private sector has to pay the 
Federal Government. And what do those fees go into? Into campaigns to 
reduce tobacco consumption and to treat the issues related to tobacco. 
That's the way the amendment reads to us.
  And I'd just like to remind the author that I represent California. 
California has, time after time, put taxes on the ballot to increase 
tobacco taxes, and they've passed overwhelmingly. And we use those fees 
that would come from the industry from the sale of--not even the 
industry, they come from the user to run very effective anti-tobacco 
campaigns.
  We reduced smoking in California almost to zero. I mean, it's 
incredible. Most cities in California don't allow any smoking in public 
places. The communities I represent on the coastline don't allow you to 
even smoke on the beaches. You certainly can't smoke in public 
buildings and in any other kind of public space, even in public places 
that are privately owned.
  So to do this, to ambush the anti-tobacco campaign with this 
amendment is just--it's a giveaway to the tobacco companies and reduces 
the fees they have to pay and hurts the ability to eliminate the 
illness caused by tobacco; and anybody who's had cancer in their 
family, as I've had, is very, very aware of the illnesses caused by 
tobacco users.
  I think this is a very dangerous amendment and, hopefully, the 
gentleman will withdraw it. If not, we ought to oppose it.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida.
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, 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 Florida will 
be postponed.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I was going to introduce an amendment, but I 
just want to make a statement and I'll withhold the amendment.
  The statement I want to make is about what this underlying bill does 
to FDA. It cuts FDA, Federal Drug Administration, by 21 percent, about 
$580 million. On top of that, the FDA has to absorb another $37 million 
in higher rent costs. So we're really talking about a reduction to FDA 
of about $600 million. And yet we keep the law in place so they have to 
continue all the current requirements and activities that are mandated 
to them.
  This kind of cut means that 2,000 fewer domestic and foreign 
inspections of firms that manufacture food and medical products can be 
made. This kind of cut means that more than 9,000 fewer FDA import 
inspections to verify that imported food and medical products meet 
safety standards. This kind of cut means there will be 4,000 fewer food 
and medical product samplings to identify safety problems.
  The amendment that I was going to introduce would have moved some 
funds from the Commissioner's Office to the Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, or known as CDRH. The Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health is responsible for bringing new technologies to 
market, and to make the medical devices that are already on the market 
safer and more effective.
  The FDA has implemented a more streamlined process by which medical

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devices can get to market called the Innovation Pathway. But with the 
cuts to the FDA budget in this bill, the Innovation Pathway will become 
Innovation Roadblock.
  At a hearing at the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on 
February 17, 2011, the Director of CDRH, Dr. Jeffery Shuren, testified 
that these cuts: ``The Innovation Pathway would be a non-option. And 
for the rest of what we do, this would result in increased delays in 
decisions. It would deny patients truly safe and effective innovative 
technologies. And it will result in jobs being lost.''

                              {time}  1500

  So moving funds, even nominal funds, to CDRH makes a point that we 
would have to maintain a commitment to getting critical medical devices 
to market and to patients.
  The other point I wanted to make is the Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health is also responsible in part for the FDA advances in 
medical countermeasures. This medical countermeasures program extends 
across several FDA offices. The program coordinates the appropriate 
responses to national medical catastrophes. For CDRH, that means 
putting in place the right medical responses to radiological threats, 
threats like a dirty bomb, a rogue nuclear device, or even a natural 
disaster like the one that occurred in Fukushima after the earthquake 
and tsunami.
  This isn't just a health concern. It's a homeland security concern. 
Unless we are ready to handle these emergencies, many, many people 
could die or be permanently disabled. We have to prepare. The CDRH can 
do that for us, but not with a budget cut like the one the FDA is 
facing. The 21 percent cut in the FDA budget means the public health of 
Americans is put at risk, is put on hold. Medical safety devices are 
put on hold. Medical countermeasures are put on hold. Radiological 
treatment improvements, like new forms of x rays, PET scans and MRIs 
are put on hold.
  I say it again, the 21 percent cut in the FDA budget is not good for 
America's health. I wish that we didn't have to adopt a budget with 
that kind of a cut.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of 
     or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not 
     otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  commodity futures trading commission

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
     of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere, $171,930,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2013, including not to exceed $3,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, and not to 
     exceed $25,000 for the expenses for consultations and 
     meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental 
     and other regulatory officials.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $62,000,000 (from assessments collected from 
     farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural 
     Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current 
     fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 
     12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
     apply to expenses associated with receiverships.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

      (including cancellations, recissions and transfers of funds)

       Sec. 701.  Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
     appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
     Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall 
     be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
     specifically provided for, of not to exceed 461 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 456 shall be for replacement only, 
     and for the hire of such vehicles.


            Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. 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:

       Page 56, line 18, insert ``231'' in place of ``461''.
       Page 56, line 19, insert ``231'' in place of ``456''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer my amendment, 
which would reduce the fleet of passenger vehicles that the USDA is 
able to purchase by half. Cutting the size of their fleet from 461 to 
231 is a simple way to save our taxpayers some of their hard-earned 
money.
  Mr. Chairman, I know many of my amendments cut programs that are near 
and dear to my colleagues' and their districts' hearts. We have heard 
clearly from our friends on both sides regarding that. But together, my 
amendments cut over $2 billion, and we accrue more than twice that 
amount of debt every single day.
  It's time to make the hard choices for the greater good of our 
economy. We have to cut wherever we can, and cutting about 230 vehicles 
out of the USDA's fleet is another way to save taxpayers money.
  I encourage people to vote for my amendment.
  Mr. FARR. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. FARR. I'm just curious. I have a point of inquiry for Mr. Broun.
  Mr. Broun, do you lease a car?
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. No, sir, I do not.
  Mr. FARR. You just drive your own private car?
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I do, indeed.
  Mr. FARR. So you want to cut this account that is vehicles for the 
Department.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. By 230 vehicles, yes, sir.
  Mr. FARR. And how do you expect them to get around?
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Well, maybe they could ride share. That would 
be a good way to save taxpayer dollars also.
  Mr. FARR. Well, I don't think we can operate government on a maybe, 
and I oppose this amendment.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Sec. 702.  The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
     unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by 
     this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 
     balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
     Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 
     equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
     administrative, and information technology services of 
     primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
     Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
     by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the 
     Working Capital Fund without the prior notification to the 
     agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
     this section shall be available for obligation without the 
     prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That of annual 
     income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department 
     of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance Center, the 
     Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for the 
     replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
     equipment for the improvement and implementation of a 
     financial management plan, information technology, and other 
     systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any 
     unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance 
     Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
     shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary 
     submits notification of the obligation to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate: Provided further, That the limitation on the 
     obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional 
     Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as 
     determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a 
     declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the 
     operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate 
     employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to 
     continue operations of the National Finance Center.
       Sec. 703.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the Department of Agriculture 
     and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the 
     total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such 
     cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 
     interest between the two

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     parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of 
     indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions 
     when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for 
     all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this 
     Act.
       Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for 
     the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund 
     program account, the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural 
     Housing Insurance Fund program account.
       Sec. 706.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry 
     Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
       Sec. 707.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer unless prior 
     notification has been transmitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds available to the Department of 
     Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for 
     projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by 
     the Chief Information Officer.
       Sec. 708.  Funds made available under section 1240I and 
     section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 
     524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) 
     in the current fiscal year shall remain available until 
     expended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
     year.
       Sec. 709.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, 
     direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act 
     of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to 
     receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be 
     eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of such 
     Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.
       Sec. 710.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none 
     of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to prohibit 
     the provision of in-kind support from non-Federal sources 
     under section 412(e)(3) of such Act in the form of 
     unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged against the 
     grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost approved for 
     a recipient.
       Sec. 711.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of 
     the fiscal year from appropriations made available for 
     salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 
     and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2013, for information 
     technology expenses.
       Sec. 712.  The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a 
     State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the 
     maximum amount of liquid infant formula specified in 7 C.F.R. 
     246.10 when issuing liquid infant formula to participants.
       Sec. 713.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
     the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention 
     of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 714.  In the case of each program established or 
     amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
     (Public Law 110-246), other than by title I or subtitle A of 
     title III of such Act, that is authorized or required to be 
     carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation--
       (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
     administrative expenses, including technical assistance, 
     associated with the implementation of the program, without 
     regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments 
     and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
       (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
     considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of 
     applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
     fund transfers contained in such section.
       Sec. 715.  In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of 
     the Housing Act of 1949, the Secretary may use the authority 
     described in subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such 
     Act.
       Sec. 716.  Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``fiscal years 2008 through 
     2012'' and inserting ``certain fiscal years''; and
       (2) in the text, by striking ``2012'' and inserting 
     ``2014''.
       Sec. 717.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to carry 
     out section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
     U.S.C. 950bb) for the cost of direct loans shall remain 
     available until expended to disburse valid obligations made 
     in fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
       Sec. 718.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay 
     the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program 
     under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section 14222 of Public Law 
     110-246 in excess of $948,000,000, as follows: Child 
     Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities - $465,000,000; 
     State Option Contract - $5,000,000; Removal of Defective 
     Commodities - $2,500,000; Disaster Relief - $5,000,000; 
     Additional Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Purchases -
     $206,000,000; Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program - 
     $20,000,000; Estimated Future Needs - $196,713,000; and, 
     Administrative Funds - $47,787,000: Provided, That none of 
     the funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall 
     be used for salaries and expenses to carry out section 
     19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110-246 in 
     excess of $20,000,000, including the transfer of funds under 
     subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246, until 
     October 1, 2012: Provided further, That $133,000,000 made 
     available on October 1, 2012, to carry out section 
     19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110-246 shall be 
     excluded from the limitation described in subsection 
     (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 
     the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department of 
     Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     carry out clause (3) of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), or for any surplus removal activities 
     or price support activities under section 5 of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, That of the 
     available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section 
     14222 of Public Law 110-246, $150,000,000 are hereby 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 719.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
     more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
     expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
     panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
     Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     awarded grants.
       Sec. 720.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
     research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the 
     National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 
     percent of total Federal funds provided under each award: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants 
     awarded competitively by the National Institute of Food and 
     Agriculture shall be available to pay full allowable indirect 
     costs for each grant awarded under section 9 of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
       Sec. 721.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to write, prepare, develop, or publish 
     a final rule or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or 
     otherwise to implement, the proposed rule entitled 
     ``Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of 
     the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in 
     Violation of the Act'' (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)).
       Sec. 722.  The unobligated balances available for the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forestry Incentives 
     Program, as identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 
     12X3336, $5,500,000 are rescinded, and the unobligated 
     balances available for the Natural Resources Conservation 
     Service, Great Plains Conservation Program, as identified by 
     Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X2268, $500,000 are 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 723.  Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 
     section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 
     $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 724.  Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and 
     inserting ``2014''.
       Sec. 725. (a) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' 
     and inserting ``2014''.
       (b) Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
     (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking ``fiscal 
     year 2012'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2012 through 
     2014''.
       Sec. 726.  Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
     (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``2012,'' and inserting ``2012 (and fiscal year 2014 in the 
     case of the programs specified in paragraphs (3)(B), (4), 
     (6), and (7)),''; and
       (2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ``fiscal year 2012'' 
     and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014''.
       Sec. 727.  Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security Act 
     of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking 
     ``2012'' and inserting ``2014''.
       Sec. 728.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the 
     following:
       (1) The Conservation Stewardship Program authorized by 
     sections 1238D-1238G of the

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     Food Security of Act 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d-3838g) in excess 
     of $634,000,000.
       (2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program authorized by 
     section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and Flood 
     Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)).
       (3) The Environmental Quality Incentives Program as 
     authorized by sections 1241-1240H of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa-8) in excess of $1,400,000,000.
       (4) The Farmland Protection Program as authorized by 
     section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3838i) in excess of $150,000,000.
       (5) The Grassland Reserve Program as authorized by sections 
     1238O-1238Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3838o-3838q) in excess of 209,000 acres in fiscal year 2012.
       (6) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by sections 
     1237-1237F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837-
     3837f) to enroll in excess of 185,800 acres in fiscal year 
     2012.
       (7) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act authorized by 
     section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3839bb-1)) in excess of $50,000,000.
       (8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives 
     Program authorized by section 1240R of the Food Security Act 
     of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-5).
       (9) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized by 
     section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111).
       (10) The Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels authorized 
     by section 9005 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
     of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105) in excess of $55,000,000.
       (11) The Rural Energy for America Program authorized by 
     section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107).
       (12) The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program 
     authorized by section 6022 of the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2008s).
       (13) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a performance-based premium 
     discount in the crop insurance program.
       (14) Agricultural Management Assistance Program as 
     authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 
     as amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of $2,500,000 for the 
     Natural Resources conservation Service.
       Sec. 729.  The funds made available in Public Law 111-344 
     through February 12, 2012 for trade adjustment for farmers 
     are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 730.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out the emergency food 
     assistance program authorized by section 27(a) of the Food 
     and Nutrition Stamp Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) if such 
     program exceeds $200,000,000.
       Sec. 731. (a) Closure and Conveyance of Agricultural 
     Research Service Facilities.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     may close up to 10 facilities of the Agricultural Research 
     Service, as proposed in the budget of the President for 
     fiscal year 2012 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
     1105 of title 31, United States Code.
       (b) Conveyance Authority.--With respect to an Agricultural 
     Research Service facility to be closed pursuant to subsection 
     (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may convey, with or without 
     consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to any real property, including improvements 
     and equipment thereon, of the facility to an eligible entity 
     specified in subsection (c). If the Agricultural Research 
     Service facility consists of more than one parcel of real 
     property, the Secretary may convey each parcel separately and 
     to different eligible entities.
       (c) Entities.--The following entities are eligible to 
     receive real property under subsection (b):
       (1) Land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in 
     section 1404(13) of the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
     3103(13)).
       (2) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the 
     Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
     301 note; Public Law 103-382)).
       (3) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities 
     (as defined in section 1404(10) of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3103(10)).
       (d) Conditions on Receipt.--As a condition of the 
     conveyance of real property under subsection (b), the 
     recipient of the property must--
       (1) be located in the same State or territory of the United 
     States in which the property is located; and
       (2) agree to accept and use the property for agricultural 
     and natural resources research for a minimum of 25 years.
       Sec. 732.  Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(l) Food Donation Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--Each school and local educational agency 
     participating in the school lunch program under this Act may 
     donate any food not consumed under such program to eligible 
     local food banks or charitable organizations.
       ``(2) Guidance.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
     develop and publish guidance to schools and local educational 
     agencies participating in the school lunch program under this 
     Act to assist such schools and local educational agencies in 
     donating food under this subsection.
       ``(B) Updates.--The Secretary shall update such guidance as 
     necessary.
       ``(3) Liability.--Any school or local educational agency 
     making donations pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt 
     from civil and criminal liability to the extent provided 
     under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1791).
       ``(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `eligible 
     local food banks or charitable organizations' means any food 
     bank or charitable organization which is exempt from tax 
     under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)).''.
       Sec. 733.  Notwithstanding this Act or any other Act, of 
     the unobligated balances available to the Department of 
     Agriculture from prior appropriations, with the exception of 
     Rural Development and Domestic Food Programs, $63,000,000 in 
     appropriated discretionary funds are hereby rescinded: 
     Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
     were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.
       Sec. 734.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and 
     Drug Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise 
     make available to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-
     Department of Health and Human Services employee questions or 
     responses to questions that are a result of information 
     requested for the appropriations hearing process.
       Sec. 735. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
     a reprogramming of funds, or in the case of the Department of 
     Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by section 
     702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 
     (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 
     2263), that--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
     restricted;
       (4) relocates an office or employees;
       (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
       (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such 
     funds or the use of such authority.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
     programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
     authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in 
     excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
       (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
       (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or
       (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such 
     funds or the use of such authority.
       (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
     any program or activity not carried out during the previous 
     fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this 
     Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
       Sec. 736.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's Budget submission to the Congress of 
     the United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
     Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from 
     the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not 
     been enacted into law prior to the submission of the Budget 
     unless such Budget submission identifies which additional

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     spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees 
     proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 
     of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2013 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 737.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
     none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 
     executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story 
     intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States 
     unless the story includes a clear notification within the 
     text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
     prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
     executive branch agency.
       Sec. 738.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this act to any other agency or office of the Department for 
     more than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or 
     office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
     for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of 
     assignment.
       Sec. 739.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to--
       (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
       (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
     Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
     note; Public Law 104-127); or
       (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code of 
     Federal Regulations.

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                    Amendment Offered by Mrs. Lummis

  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 77, line 12, strike the semicolon and insert ``; or''.
       Page 77, line 15, strike ``; or'' and insert a period.
       Page 77, strike lines 16 through 17.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wyoming is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would remove the 
restriction only on the fee-for-service horse meat inspection portion. 
Since fiscal year 2006, Congress has prohibited the use of Federal 
funds to inspect horses. However, the USDA allowed for a fee-for-
service program for mandatory inspection of horses destined for food 
until 2008, when Congress prohibited the program through an 
appropriations rider.
  Before these bans, horse processing was a $65 million a year industry 
and owners could receive about $400 to $800 when selling a horse. I am 
offering this amendment because owners should have the option of 
selling their horse for processing under their personal property 
rights. It is not the Federal Government's role to ban this option. The 
decision to allow for processing should be made by the States.
  The Senate Committee on Appropriations has directed GAO to examine 
the effects of this ban on the welfare of horses and on the agriculture 
industry. This report was expected by March 1 of 2010. Over a full year 
later, we still have yet to be delivered a final report from GAO, but 
expect one within weeks of this debate. It is important that this 
analysis be considered when determining whether to consider this ban.
  In particular, the GAO was asked to examine how many horses are now 
being shipped to Mexico and Canada for slaughter, which outside 
analysis has confirmed is increasing. With the increased exporting of 
animals comes the concern of longer transportation times to slaughter 
and reduced inspections by USDA of travel conditions. USDA has no 
authority to ensure humane treatment once horses cross the border to 
Mexico or Canada, and there is no reason to believe horses are 
receiving better treatment by continuing this ban.
  Additionally, there continue to be reports of increased animal abuse 
during the reduced options for unwanted horses. I can assure you this 
is true in my home State of Wyoming. Recently, 100 horses have been 
seized from a western Wyoming ranch where they were being starved and 
had to be transported to the eastern side of the State to the State's 
Cheyenne stockyards. While the state veterinarian is caring for the 
animals currently, the options for selling these horses are limited.
  There is just no place to send unwanted horses, and neglect will 
continue to rise across the country without a viable alternative. In 
fact, the Wyoming legislature this year made it a crime to release a 
horse on to public lands. Now, the reason people do that is because 
there is no other way to get rid of an unwanted horse. There is no 
opportunity to sell them into this meat market, so people are turning 
them loose with the feral horses, the wild horses, further exacerbating 
the Federal wild horse problem.
  Congress needs to examine these concerns, and the GAO report should 
provide us the information needed to make an educated decision on this 
matter.
  Now, I plan to withdraw my amendment after discussing this issue, but 
would like to provide my colleagues with the opportunity to present 
their States' concerns with this ban and to ensure moving forward we 
examine the GAO report before finalizing any appropriations language 
for fiscal year 2012.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Mexico is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentlelady from Wyoming 
bringing this amendment.
  You know, many times people think that horse slaughter is just simply 
inhumane. Somehow they think that horse starvation is somehow more 
humane. The truth is that people are going to get rid of their horses 
in some way, so what they do in New Mexico and in the Western States is 
they simply take them out and turn them loose.
  Right now we are struggling with an economy, an economy that is 
having difficulties from every area, and too often we say it is just a 
problem of the economy. We don't break it down to its individual 
components.
  One of the components in New Mexico is that we have completely 
eliminated sheep from New Mexico. New Mexico used to be a large area of 
sheep production. That piece of the economy is simply gone because of 
regulations we in Washington and the States have put into place. New 
Mexico also used to have a vibrant apple economy. That is now gone 
because we have given favorable treatment to overseas products.
  But then this is another element of the economy that has simply 
disappeared. New Mexico used to have a vibrant horse trade. Prices were 
high. Now prices on horses are low because people know they have no 
option at the end of a horse's life, so it is simply doing away with 
the horse market.
  So we find that we in Congress are causing the economic decay of our 
entire Nation, and the gentlelady's amendment simply says let's study 
the facts. Let's understand what is going on that we ourselves are 
causing. Let's understand the economic duress that Washington and the 
States are putting on their own economies. It makes ultimate sense, and 
for us in the West it should be absolutely reinstated. We should 
reinstate the market there, because horses are being very inhumanely 
treated in the guise of some more humane treatment. So I thank the lady 
for her presentation.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I rise in support of the Lummis amendment. I am 
disappointed that she is planning to withdraw it and that we will not 
be having a vote on it. We had a vote on it in full committee. It was 
actually Mr. Moran's amendment that pulled it out. I did not support 
the gentleman from Virginia's amendment because I believe there is a 
lot of emotion that goes on when we are dealing with a horse. It still 
is a private property issue, a personal property issue, and while I do 
not own horses, I have family members who own horses. I know that you 
do have to have someplace to move the horse on to when it ages out on 
you.
  It is very emotional in America. We look down at other nations that 
eat horses, but I have eaten horse before. In Kazakhstan I ate horse, 
and it wasn't bad. But we as Americans, we have an obesity problem, so 
we can pick and choose what we want to eat and what we don't want to 
eat, and people feel like, well, we are too good to be eating horses. I 
understand that, but the rest of the world does eat horses and I think, 
frankly, that is a different discussion, as my friend from Virginia 
knows. But I wish we were having a vote on it.

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  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1520

  Mr. MORAN. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. MORAN. I do rise in opposition to this amendment that would allow 
horse slaughtering to resume in the United States.
  The language that the gentlelady's amendment would strike was put 
into the bill as a bipartisan amendment by two Republicans and a 
Democrat--Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Whitfield and Mr. Spratt. What it did is to 
restrict funding for Federal activities involved with meat inspection. 
Thereby, it stopped horse slaughter for the purpose of human 
consumption in any facility in the United States, and it stopped new 
facilities from opening. It passed this body by an overwhelming vote: 
269-158. Now, every year since, the language has been retained in the 
Agriculture appropriations bill. There are six very good reasons for 
doing this.
  One, it's money badly spent. Only foreign corporations which deal in 
horse meat for consumption in foreign markets would benefit from the 
Federal inspection of U.S. horse slaughter plants. So we are using 
American taxpayer money to inspect meat so that foreign corporations 
can send it overseas so that people living in foreign countries can 
consume it. There is a $37 million cut below last year's levels in the 
Food Safety and Inspection Service. So here you are cutting $37 million 
in food safety inspection. Yet you would be adding this additional 
burden onto the Food Safety and Inspection Service, an additional 
responsibility to inspect horse meat. Remember, this is meat that will 
be exclusively consumed in foreign countries. Before the ban, most meat 
was exported to France, Belgium and Japan. We should be using our 
resources to focus on meat consumed by our constituents.
  Secondly, the American public overwhelmingly does not support the 
slaughter of horses for human consumption. Three-quarters of our 
constituents across the country oppose the slaughter of horses for 
human consumption.
  Thirdly, American horse meat invariably contains harmful chemicals 
because horses are not raised for human consumption. A recent FDA 
toxicity report found any number of substances that could cause adverse 
effects in humans. One example is phenylbutazone. It's known as 
``bute.'' It is the most common anti-inflammatory given to horses. It 
is difficult to know every substance given to every horse in the United 
States. Because they're not intended to be raised as food, they're 
given different chemicals. The only way to ensure that such harmful 
substances don't make it into the food supply is to prevent horse meat 
from entering the market.
  Fourth, most horses sent to slaughter are, in fact, healthy. 
Sometimes it's framed, as my friend from Georgia suggested, as a way to 
dispose of unwanted horses. The facts don't support this claim. When 
horse slaughter was allowed in the U.S., 92 percent of horses sent to 
slaughter were healthy and could have continued to have been used as 
productive animals. They weren't old and infirm, because sick and old 
horses aren't used as a food source. People don't want to eat meat from 
sick, old horses. So we are talking about primarily healthy horses.
  Fifth, other, more humane options are available. A licensed 
veterinarian can humanely euthanize a horse for $225. That is not cost-
prohibitive.
  I want to underscore, too, that my very good friend was complaining 
that there was too much emotion in this argument. What's wrong with 
emotion? I mean, the horses inspire us. That's why most of the statues 
around the U.S. Capitol are of horses and of heroes riding on horses. 
Horses were critical to the expansion of the West. They aided in the 
development of agriculture. They provide entertainment and recreation 
similar to dogs and cats. They are treasured and loyal companion 
animals, and we revere them. That's why the American public rejects 
slaughtering them for human consumption.
  So let's just summarize here.
  A vote for this amendment is a vote to overturn established policy 
that was enacted under Republicans and supported by the American people 
to prevent horse slaughter to resume in this country. It would be 
diverting inspection funding, which is being cut substantially, to 
inspect meat that foreign corporations will be able to sell to foreign 
consumers. That's not something this body should support.
  With that, I can argue against every claim that was made, but I don't 
think I will take up the time to do that.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Chairman, I do want to clarify for the 
record that this amendment is not about tax dollars. This amendment is 
about adjusting some policy that was put into an appropriations bill 
some time ago, long before the current makeup of Congress. We are 
talking about a fee-for-service scenario that would allow the private 
sector to ensure that there is safe, affordable horse meat to the 
general public, to a market overseas that is very robust.
  Let me also say that a GAO study on the effects of horse slaughter 
plant closings on the welfare of horses and on the farm economy as a 
whole was requested by the Senate Ag Appropriations Committee more than 
a year and a half ago, and is overdue for a report.
  The devastated horse industry continues to be attacked by 
misinformation, and we certainly have a problem here because I would 
allege that the economics of the ownership of horses are upside down. 
Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, the result of this misguided campaign will 
eventually be a Nation where very few can even afford to own a horse. 
Without a secondary market, the value of horses at every level has 
plunged. Fewer horses mean fewer jobs, fewer horse trailers sold, fewer 
veterinary service dollars spent, fewer saddles sold--and the list 
continues.
  Destroying the U.S. horse industry closed the U.S. to a very robust 
global market and gave other countries this economic opportunity. With 
the ability to ethically produce horse meat under regulated, humane 
conditions in the United States, we would almost immediately create 
jobs and minimize suffering.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member seek recognition?
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Virginia inadvertently 
misrepresented the terms of this amendment. They only applied to the 
fee-for-service component.
  With that, Mr. Chairman----
  Mr. DICKS. A point of order.
  I think the gentlelady has already spoken on her amendment.
  Mrs. LUMMIS. I am asking for unanimous consent to withdraw my 
amendment.
  Mr. DICKS. We never heard that. I object. If you withdraw the 
amendment, I won't object.
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Now I am not going to withdraw the amendment. I will ask 
for a vote.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Let me just say to the gentlelady that this is 
an emotional issue, and those of us who do not agree with you feel 
strongly about it.
  Now, I believe, if you put that amendment in, it could very well 
jeopardize the ag bill. I don't think you want to do that, so I hope 
you will reconsider withdrawing this amendment. In committee, your 
amendment was defeated. There are a lot of people in this country who 
feel very strongly on both sides of this issue, but the American 
public, whether or not you agree with them, feels very strongly, as Mr. 
Moran said, so I hope you will change your mind.
  Regarding some of the things I've heard about these horses starving 
to death on the plains and everything--and I was not going to speak on 
this--there are a number of people in this country who are willing to 
put up millions and millions of dollars. In fact, I know some of them. 
They have bought ranches and want to take these wild horses and put 
them into an area where they will be safe, where they will be

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protected, where they will be cared for. We are talking about, in 
addition to the ranches, maybe another 600,000 or 700,000 acres that 
would be used for these horses and for them to be able to survive.

                              {time}  1530

  If you have ever looked at the way they transport these horses to 
slaughter, they cram 20 horses into a truck that's built for 10. They 
don't feed them. They don't water them properly. And those horses are 
so mistreated, it's unbelievable, when they go to slaughter. And that's 
why they close these slaughterhouses. In addition, you ought to see 
what they do in these slaughterhouses for these horses. They hang them 
up by a hook while they're still alive and they're squealing, and they 
kill them in a very inhumane way.
  I am not for changing our agricultural attitudes in this country. We 
have to have the slaughter of pigs and cows and chickens and that sort 
of thing. So a lot of times people say if we're against horse 
slaughter, we want to do something to hurt the agriculture community. 
That couldn't be further from the truth. We just want to make sure that 
these animals are treated in a humane way, number one, and, number two, 
that the American taxpayer is not paying for the French to get horse 
meat.
  So let me just say to the lady one more time, I sincerely hope that 
she will reconsider. We have a disagreement. I hope you will reconsider 
and withdraw this amendment because I don't think something of this 
emotional status should impede or impair something as important as the 
ag bill.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KINGSTON of Georgia. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. KINGSTON of Georgia. I rise in strong support of the amendment 
and believe that while it may be an emotional issue--and as my friend 
from Virginia said and my friend from Indiana said, emotion is good. I 
think that there can be emotion on both sides. But there's also a lot 
of logic in the gentlewoman's position, and that's why I'm a strong 
supporter of it.
  I yield to the gentlewoman from Wyoming.
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Before I withdraw the amendment, I wish to correct that 
this amendment has never been considered in committee or on the floor. 
This amendment only applies to the two lines in this horse inspection 
issue which deal with an individual's right to pay their own money to 
have a horse inspected. There are no taxpayer dollars involved in this 
amendment. I'm only striking the two lines that now you're even not 
allowing people to pay their own money to have a horse inspected.
  With that opportunity to correct the record, Mr. Chairman, I withdraw 
my amendment.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BOSWELL. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment offered by 
Congresswoman Lummis.
  As a farmer and senior member of the authorizing committee, I 
appreciate the opportunity to discuss this issue and speak in 
opposition to the language in section 737 of the agriculture 
appropriations bill for FY 2012 and its attempt to limit state rights 
and commerce with respect to horse meat, and the safe and healthy 
inspection of those deceased animals.
  The amendment before us would simply allow horse slaughter facilities 
to use their own money for inspections.
  While no one likes the idea of slaughtering horses we must deal with 
the problem of abandoned and neglected horses in the United States.
  We hear frequently on this topic the issue of humane treatment. 
However, on average, adoption facilities used as a ``last resource'' 
can only house approximately 30 horses.
  Often times these adoption facilities are so over-crowded that older 
horses end up starving to death because the real last resort is 
abandoning these horses, which happens all too frequently.
  Each year there are almost 100,000 abandoned and neglected horses in 
the United States. Opponent of horse slaughter often claim that 
unwanted horses can be moved to adoption facilities.
  I believe that current limits on horse slaughter set poor precedent 
for legitimate livestock slaughter for reasons other than for food 
safety or public health.
  As a long time horse owner, I understand the emotional attachment one 
can feel for an animal, however, currently with the over capacity of 
animal adoption facilities I have concerns on what would happen to 
abandoned and neglected horses each year.

             Restore the Horsemeat Industry and Create Jobs

       Two weeks ago, the House Appropriations committee voted to 
     reinsert language into the Agriculture Appropriations bill to 
     prevent funds for inspections--inspections that are required 
     by law--of horsemeat, continuing a logic-defying policy that 
     harms the welfare of horses, infringes on the rights of horse 
     owners, and cripples the horse industry. Most of all, it 
     prevents the immediate creation of hundreds of good, American 
     jobs. The unemployment rate just hit 9.1 percent and both 
     parties are blaming the other for it. In this instance both 
     are to blame for killing the highly regulated horsemeat 
     industry.
       Before 2005, the horsemeat industry was a $65 million a 
     year business. In 2003, the two Texas plants employed a total 
     of 130 people to process 40,000 horses per year. One small 
     business that shipped the meat noted in a 2002 letter that it 
     employed twenty-one people, all of whom were heads of 
     households. Their annual horsemeat airfreight exports 
     generated $4 million for the airlines they used. These jobs 
     are all gone.
       Instead, they are in Mexico and Canada. Now horses are 
     shipped much greater distances and at higher costs to 
     slaughter, and are slaughtered without USDA regulation. Last 
     year, over 150,000 horses were sent across the boarders to be 
     processed. Horse processing serves to set a floor price for 
     horses. The higher cost of shipping them to Canada and Mexico 
     has lowered the price owners receive for any horse, and the 
     effects ripple through the entire horse industry. Many U.S. 
     zoos use horsemeat to feed their animals because it's high in 
     protein and low in fat. Ironically, those zoos now have to 
     buy horsemeat--derived from American horses--from Mexico or 
     Canada.
       Advocates in favor of this irresponsible policy, like my 
     former colleague, Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), say that horse 
     processing is ``not humane.'' He's wrong, and the American 
     Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American 
     Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) say he's wrong. 
     The U.S. plants used ``penetrating captive bolt'' to 
     euthanize horses before they closed, a technique common to 
     the beef industry and considered humane for horses by AVMA 
     and AAEP. As with processing plants for all animals, there 
     are laws on the books for humane slaughter methods for 
     horses, and FSIS inspectors present to ensure those laws are 
     followed.
       Concerns about the safeness of horsemeat are misplaced. 
     Both USDA and the European Union regulate horsemeat 
     stringently, and the U.S. processing plants kept horses for 
     withdrawal periods depending on the drugs (if any) that had 
     been administered to them. The plants also performed constant 
     residue testing in their holding pens, and if a harmful 
     substance was detected the entire lot would be condemned. To 
     my knowledge, the EU has never had any issues with 
     ``contaminated'' horsemeat imported from the U.S.
       I believe the shuttering of the processing plants, combined 
     with the recession has led to an increase in abandoned and 
     neglected horses. Others disagree. GAO is planning to release 
     a report on the impact of the closing of the processing 
     plants on horses hopefully by the end of the month, yet the 
     House is scheduled to vote on Tuesday to continue this policy 
     without having the benefit of this report's conclusions, 
     whatever they may be. I think that is bad governing.
       Let's be clear: horses are livestock under the law--not 
     companion animals such as dogs as Rep. Moran has said--and 
     are allowed to be deducted as diminishing assets and their 
     expenses written off accordingly. Horses are expensive to 
     maintain, and can cost $500 to $2,000 to euthanize by lethal 
     injection and bury--assuming you can find a place that is 
     willing to dispose of a 1,500 pound animal filled with drugs. 
     Horse owners deserve a humane end of life option for their 
     horses that has monetary value. Right now, Republicans and 
     Democrats are using emotional arguments to an ill-informed 
     public to deny horse owners their rights. In the process, 
     they are preventing the creation of American jobs and causing 
     more inhumane treatment of horses.
       Charles W. Stenholm served the 17th U.S. House District of 
     Texas as a Democrat, 1979-2005. He is now a Senior Policy 
     Advisor with Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC.

  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn.
  There was no objection.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order:
  The amendment offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.
  The amendment offered by Mr. Sessions of Texas.
  The amendment offered by Mr. Farr of California.
  Amendment No. 8 by Mr. Broun of Georgia.

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  The amendment offered by Mr. Chaffetz of Utah.
  Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  The amendment offered by Mr. Clarke of Michigan.
  Amendment No. 9 by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  The amendment offered by Ms. Richardson of California.
  Amendment A by Mr. Gosar of Arizona.
  Amendment A by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  The amendment offered by Ms. Foxx of North Carolina.
  Amendment No. 12 by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  Amendment B by Mr. Gosar of Arizona.
  Amendment B by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  Amendment No. 6 by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  The amendment offered by Mr. Stearns of Florida.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                    Amendment Offered by Ms. DeLauro

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 193, 
noes 226, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 420]

                               AYES--193

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--226

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Cardoza
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Costa
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Andrews
     Bachmann
     Bass (CA)
     Chu
     Eshoo
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Honda
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner

                              {time}  1602

  Messrs. STUTZMAN, AUSTRIA, JOHNSON of Ohio and HALL changed their 
vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. WALDEN changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. CHU. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 420, the DeLauro amendment to 
increase funding for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
by $1 million, had I been present I would have voted ``aye.'' This 
amendment would have improved food safety and protect the American 
people from E. coli bacterial outbreaks.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Long was allowed to speak out of order.)


                   honoring missouri tornado victims

  Mr. LONG. Mr. Chairman, I ask that the House observe a moment of 
silence in honor of the victims of the tornado which hit Joplin, 
Missouri, on May 22. As the Congressman representing Missouri's Seventh 
District, which includes Joplin, I ask that we observe a moment of 
silence for those effected by the EF-5 tornado that struck this town of 
50,000 people on the 22nd of May. This horrific event led to a loss of 
life of 153 individuals, from babies to folks in their nineties. Also, 
they lost 54 percent of their school capacity, 8,000 homes, and 500 
businesses.
  The Acting CHAIR. Will the Members please rise and observe a moment 
of silence.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Sessions

  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, 2-minute voting will continue.
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Sessions) 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 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 226, 
noes 199, not voting 7, as follows:

[[Page H4226]]

                             [Roll No. 421]

                               AYES--226

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--199

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is less than 1 minute 
remaining on this vote.

                              {time}  1609

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Farr

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Farr) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 352, 
noes 70, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 422]

                               AYES--352

     Ackerman
     Akin
     Alexander
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunnelee
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes

[[Page H4227]]


     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                                NOES--70

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Altmire
     Amash
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Conaway
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Duncan (SC)
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Harris
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Huelskamp
     King (IA)
     Labrador
     Long
     Lucas
     Matheson
     McClintock
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Paul
     Peters
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rooney
     Royce
     Scott (SC)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Westmoreland
     Woodall
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Herger
     Markey
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Ruppersberger
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in 
this vote.

                              {time}  1613

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 120, 
noes 304, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 423]

                               AYES--120

     Adams
     Altmire
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cooper
     Cravaack
     Davis (KY)
     Dent
     Doggett
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Green, Gene
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Harris
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Himes
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Inslee
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     King (NY)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Larsen (WA)
     Long
     Lummis
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Peters
     Petri
     Pitts
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Rigell
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     West
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--304

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Herger
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Marino
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stark
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bilbray
     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in 
this vote.

                              {time}  1618

  Mr. TURNER changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Chaffetz

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. 
Chaffetz) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
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 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 83, 
noes 338, not voting 11, as follows:

[[Page H4228]]

                             [Roll No. 424]

                                AYES--83

     Adams
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bono Mack
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Duncan (SC)
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Griffith (VA)
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurt
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Latta
     Long
     Lummis
     Mack
     Manzullo
     McClintock
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     West
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--338

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marchant
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Gardner
     Giffords
     McHenry
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Sullivan
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining on 
this vote.

                              {time}  1621

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 125, 
noes 298, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 425]

                               AYES--125

     Adams
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bono Mack
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cooper
     Dent
     Doggett
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Green, Gene
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Harris
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Hochul
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Inslee
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     King (NY)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Larsen (WA)
     Lewis (CA)
     Long
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Peters
     Petri
     Pitts
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (WA)
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--298

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Butterfield
     Camp
     Canseco
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford

[[Page H4229]]


     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marchant
     Marino
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stark
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Eshoo
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Rangel
     Rogers (KY)
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining on 
this vote.

                              {time}  1624

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


              Amendment Offered by Mr. Clarke of Michigan

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. Clarke) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 142, 
noes 282, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 426]

                               AYES--142

     Ackerman
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bono Mack
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Capito
     Capps
     Carnahan
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Ellison
     Engel
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harris
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Mack
     Markey
     Matsui
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Moore
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pitts
     Posey
     Quigley
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schwartz
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--282

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Conaway
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Moran
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schilling
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Watt
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Cole
     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining on 
this vote.

                              {time}  1628

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 9 Offered By Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 107, 
noes 318, not voting 7, as follows:

[[Page H4230]]

                             [Roll No. 427]

                               AYES--107

     Adams
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bono Mack
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coffman (CO)
     Cooper
     Cummings
     Doggett
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Farenthold
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith (VA)
     Hensarling
     Himes
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Long
     Lummis
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Petri
     Polis
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (WA)
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     West
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--318

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marino
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stark
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting Chair (during the vote). One minute remains in this vote.

                              {time}  1631

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                  Amendment Offered by Ms. Richardson

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Richardson) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 200, 
noes 224, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 428]

                               AYES--200

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herger
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Miller (NC)
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Platts
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shuster
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Wilson (FL)
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--224

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Cardoza
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole
     Conaway
     Costa
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Holden
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter

[[Page H4231]]


     Hurt
     Israel
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Loebsack
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mulvaney
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Walz (MN)
     Webster
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Woolsey
     Yoder
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Brady (TX)
     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1634

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendment A offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. 
Gosar) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 139, 
noes 285, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 429]

                               AYES--139

     Adams
     Akin
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Cravaack
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gardner
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guinta
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hochul
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Kline
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latta
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKinley
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Owens
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Quayle
     Reed
     Renacci
     Richardson
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Tipton
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     Westmoreland
     Woodall
     Yoder

                               NOES--285

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Camp
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hirono
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Labrador
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Noem
     Nunnelee
     Olver
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Herger
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1637

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendment A offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. 
Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 64, 
noes 360, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 430]

                                AYES--64

     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bartlett
     Black
     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Flake
     Fleming
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Griffith (VA)
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Huelskamp
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Lamborn
     Long
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McClintock
     McHenry

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     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Paul
     Pence
     Petri
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Rohrabacher
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Walsh (IL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall

                               NOES--360

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Kucinich
     Labrador
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     McDermott
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1641

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     Amendment Offered by Ms. Foxx

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North 
Carolina (Ms. Foxx) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 119, 
noes 306, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 431]

                               AYES--119

     Adams
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Cole
     Conaway
     Culberson
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Fincher
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith (VA)
     Hall
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latta
     Long
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Smith (NE)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--306

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Gosar
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hultgren
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Polis
     Posey

[[Page H4233]]


     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1644

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 99, 
noes 324, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 432]

                                AYES--99

     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coffman (CO)
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Green, Gene
     Griffith (VA)
     Hall
     Harris
     Hensarling
     Hultgren
     Hurt
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Latta
     Long
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     Woodall
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--324

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Kucinich
     Labrador
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stark
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Yoder

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Herger
     LaTourette
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1647

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 432, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendment B offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. 
Gosar) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 124, 
noes 300, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 433]

                               AYES--124

     Adams
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coffman (CO)
     Conaway
     Cravaack
     Culberson
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guinta
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurt
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Lankford

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     Latta
     Long
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Renacci
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Tipton
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     Westmoreland
     Woodall
     Yoder

                               NOES--300

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Paul
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in 
this vote.

                              {time}  1651

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendment B offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. 
Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 108, 
noes 316, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 434]

                               AYES--108

     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bono Mack
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coffman (CO)
     Conaway
     Cravaack
     Culberson
     Duncan (SC)
     Farenthold
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guinta
     Hall
     Harris
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurt
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latta
     Long
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--316

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Noem
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.

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     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Paul
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is less than 1 minute 
remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1655

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 120, 
noes 303, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 435]

                               AYES--120

     Adams
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Bilbray
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buerkle
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Conaway
     Cravaack
     Culberson
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guinta
     Hall
     Harper
     Harris
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Latta
     Long
     Lummis
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--303

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Noem
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Paul
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in 
this vote.

                              {time}  1659

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Stearns) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 164, 
noes 257, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 436]

                               AYES--164

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Benishek
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Mica

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     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pastor (AZ)
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Rahall
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--257

     Ackerman
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Cantor
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleming
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gerlach
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marchant
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Noem
     Nunes
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     West
     Wilson (FL)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Burton (IN)
     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Keating
     Paul
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Slaughter
     Stivers
     Weiner
     Young (IN)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in 
this vote.

                              {time}  1702

  Mr. JONES changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained and missed 
rollcall vote Nos. 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 
430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, and 436. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``aye'' on rollcall vote Nos. 420, 422, 426, and 428. I would 
have voted ``no'' on rollcall vote Nos. 421, 423, 424, 425, 427, 429, 
430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, and 436. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that my statement appear in the permanent Record immediately 
following this vote.
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mrs. Myrick). The gentleman from New Jersey is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LANCE. The language of section 740 is within the jurisdiction of 
the Energy and Commerce Committee, on which I serve, and our committee 
is the appropriate forum for considering such language. Having said 
that, the House should know--and the Food and Drug Administration 
should know--that we agree with the spirit of the language and the goal 
of the members of the Appropriations Committee, who supported its 
inclusion in the bill.
  After speaking with the sponsors of the language, we know that 
together we share a concern about what is happening at the FDA. We 
believe that policy decisions at the FDA should be based on science and 
not on any irrelevant consideration.
  As much as officials at the FDA claim that their decisions are based 
on sound science, their recent actions give us pause. For example, 2 
months ago, Chairman Upton, along with Chairman Lucas and Chairman 
Graves, sent a letter to the FDA regarding the potential ban of 
antimicrobial animal drugs and the lack of scientific support for that 
action. This potential ban has caused significant worry among our 
Nation's producers, veterinarians, and consumers. The chairmen finally 
received a response from the FDA last Friday, and the FDA refused to 
answer the questions about the scientific basis of their action, 
claiming that the matter is still, quote, under consideration. This 
response is unacceptable and makes us wonder why the FDA refuses to 
discuss the scientific basis for its conclusions.
  We pledge that the Energy and Commerce Committee will explore whether 
there are steps that Congress should take to prevent the FDA from 
pursuing regulatory actions that are not based on sound scientific 
analysis and fact. Those at the FDA should know that many in Congress 
are watching and carefully studying whether the FDA's actions are 
justified.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. REHBERG. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Montana is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. REHBERG. I rise to speak briefly about the language that is about 
to be stricken from this bill, which has come to be called the ``hard 
science amendment.'' I offered this language in committee on behalf of 
ranchers in Montana. They sat across the table from me and shared the 
significant concerns they have over the lack of a scientific basis 
being used by the FDA in developing rules and regulations affecting 
their ranches and the livestock industry. For me, this isn't faceless 
regulation. The consequences of these regulations have faces. They wear 
cowboy boots.
  Agriculture is the number one industry in Montana. The State raises 
2.6 million cows and calves annually, 180,000 hogs and pigs, 230,000 
sheep, and I know of at least 600 goats. The cattle industry alone is 
responsible for $1.4 billion in sales every year.
  Ranchers in Montana and across the United States have a strong 
incentive to preserve a healthy food supply for the American public, 
and that means making sure their animals are healthy. The use of 
antibiotics in livestock significantly improves the health of animals, 
which in turn lowers the risk of food borne illnesses which may show up 
later in the process.
  FDA has refused to release risk assessments on the impacts 
antibiotics may have on humans who consume these meats. And while they 
have not released any credible evidence to support their efforts, FDA 
bureaucrats are still pushing ranchers to remove these valuable 
antibiotics from livestock production. This is of grave concern to 
Montana ranchers, and I will keep fighting alongside Montana producers 
to get this problem addressed. In fact, I would like to submit letters 
from those organizations into the Record.
  I hope to work with my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee as 
well as the Energy and Commerce Committee to work with FDA in order to 
ensure that they examine the facts before moving forward with 
regulations that will significantly impact Montana's number one 
industry.

[[Page H4237]]

                                              National Cattlemen's


                                             Beef Association,

                                    Washington, DC, June 14, 2011.
     Hon. Denny Rehberg,
     House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Representative Rehberg: On behalf of the membership of 
     the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), I want to 
     thank you for your amendment during the House Appropriations 
     Committee markup of the Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture 
     Appropriations Bill which would require the Food and Drug 
     Administration (FDA) to use hard science in its regulatory 
     actions. For years now, the beef industry has seen many 
     rules, regulations, and guidances that have been based on 
     personal agendas and political science rather than hard facts 
     and data. As such, NCBA supports your amendment and will work 
     to keep it in the underlying bill.
       The FDA has a huge impact on America's cattle producers. 
     From drug approvals and regulation, to feed and some foods 
     safety activities, our industry finds itself dealing more and 
     more with FDA. We believe that FDA has a role to help our 
     industry and to help keep our consumers safe, but we have 
     seen repeated attempts to strip cattle producers of the use 
     of fully tested and approved drugs and technologies. The 
     attack on ranchers' use of antibiotics to prevent and treat 
     disease in cattle is one of many instances.
       It is time that Congress exercised its right to perform 
     regulatory oversight of Federal agencies, and your amendment 
     will go far in calling attention to the concerns we have with 
     FDA. It is our hope that FDA will heed this message and 
     return to using risk assessments, facts, and widely accepted 
     peer reviewed data in its regulatory decisions, rather than 
     allowing activist groups and some administration officials to 
     drive their personal and skewed views of science, food 
     production, and regulation.
       Thank you for your efforts and we look forward to helping 
     you work to maintain this language in the bill.
           Sincerely,
                                                      Bill Donald,
     President.
                                  ____

                                                     Montana Pork,


                                            Producers Council,

                                        Jordan, MT, June 14, 2011.
     Hon. Denny Rehberg,
     House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Representative Rehberg: Montana's pork industry, 
     including over 48 Hutterite colonies engaged in a wide range 
     of agricultural operations, strongly support of your 
     amendment to the FY12 Appropriations Bill for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies, which urges the Commissioner of the Food and Drug 
     Administration (FDA) to give the greatest weight to readily 
     available hard science data in making critical policy 
     decisions. The Montana Pork Producers Council needs to 
     science to come first in a wide range of jurisdiction 
     involving food supply, especially when such determinations 
     have the potential to affect Montana's agricultural 
     communities.
       Montana's growing isowean market is testament to the care 
     provided to pigs here, in this case from birth to weaning, 
     and their disease-free status. We currently have 3 large 
     barns supplying pigs throughout the Midwest. The state's 
     isolation plays a distinct role in this, but so does a 
     responsible health program. Each year our producers have met 
     with your staff to discuss issues affecting the care and 
     well-being of their pigs, their communities and their 
     consumers. We strongly feel your commitment to these concerns 
     is expressed in your amendment to the FY12 Appropriations 
     Bill.
       Antibiotics have been used to treat, control, and prevent 
     disease or promote growth in animals for more than 50 years. 
     Existing FDA regulations ensure adequate safeguards against 
     antibiotic resistance, and all of the animal drugs the pork 
     industry can utilize today have undergone rigorous FDA review 
     to ensure their safety for livestock, humans, and the 
     environment. Any regulatory decisions or legislative action 
     on antibiotic use in animals must be transparent and made 
     based on sound science and scientific risk analysis. 
     Recently, some in Congress and the FDA have attempted to 
     dismantle long-standing and effective industry practices with 
     regard to antibiotic use without a scientific and risk based 
     approach, putting animal health and well-being and pork 
     producers' livelihoods at risk without any proven benefit to 
     human health.
       As our Representative, we ask that you continue to fight 
     for our industry and voice our concerns to FDA. We work daily 
     to produce safe and wholesome pork products for the American 
     consumer, and we do so using scientifically proven techniques 
     and innovative technologies. Overly expansive regulation of 
     antibiotics based on an unproven scientific theory promoted 
     by certain advocacy groups not only will undo long-standing, 
     effective production practices but will jeopardize the 
     collaborative relationship the pork industry has with FDA.
       MPPC appreciates your support of the U.S. pork industry and 
     we thank you for championing this cause in the FY12 
     Appropriations Bill for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. Please let us 
     know if there is anything we can do to move this issue 
     forward.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Anne L. Miller,
     Executive Director.
                                  ____

                                                     National Pork


                                            Producers Council,

                                     Washington, DC, June 2, 2011.
     Hon. Denny Rehberg,
     House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building, 
         Washington, DC. 20515
       Dear Representative Rehberg: On behalf of America's 67,000 
     pork producers, I write in support of your amendment to the 
     FY12 Appropriations Bill for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
     Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, which 
     urges the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration 
     (FDA) to give the greatest weight to readily available hard 
     science data in making critical policy decisions. The 
     National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) thanks you for your 
     focus on the need to allow science to dictate this nation's 
     policy decisions on antibiotic use in pork production.
       As you know, America's pork producers are strongly 
     committed to providing for the well-being of their animals 
     and to raising them in a humane and compassionate manner. We 
     depend on safe and effective animal health products to 
     maintain animal health, prevent animal suffering, and ensure 
     that consumers have access to safe and wholesome pork 
     products.
       Antibiotics have been used to treat, control, and prevent 
     disease or promote growth in animals for more than 50 years. 
     Existing FDA regulations ensure adequate safeguards against 
     antibiotic resistance, and all of the animal drugs the pork 
     industry can utilize today have undergone rigorous FDA review 
     to ensure their safety for livestock, humans, and the 
     environment. Any regulatory decisions or legislative action 
     on antibiotic use in animals must be transparent and made 
     based on sound science and scientific risk analysis. 
     Recently, some in Congress and the FDA have attempted to 
     dismantle long-standing and effective industry practices with 
     regard to antibiotic use without a scientific and risk based 
     approach, putting animal health and well-being and pork 
     producers' livelihoods at risk without any proven benefit to 
     human health.
       We urge you to take up this issue and communicate our 
     concerns to FDA. Our industry works daily to produce safe and 
     wholesome pork products for the American consumer, and we do 
     so using scientifically proven techniques and innovative 
     technologies. Overly expansive regulation of antibiotics 
     based on an unproven scientific theory promoted by certain 
     advocacy groups not only will undo long-standing, effective 
     production practices but will jeopardize the collaborative 
     relationship the pork industry has with FDA.
       NPPC appreciates your support of the U.S. pork industry and 
     we thank you for championing this cause in the FY12 
     Appropriations Bill for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and we look 
     forward to working with you on this important issue.
           Sincerely,
                                                        Doug Wolf,
                                                        President.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam Chair, I would like to express my thanks 
to the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and to the 
gentleman from New Jersey for his comments in behalf of the committee 
of their willingness to help find a solution to the issue that serves 
as the basis for this point of order, these regulations.
  We have cotton, peanuts and pecans in my district, and we also have 
poultry. We have pork, and we have cattle operations. The decisions of 
the FDA have an enormous impact on the farmers in my district at many 
levels. Many of the producers in my district are worried about some of 
the conclusions that FDA seems to have reached regarding antibiotics. 
They're worried about what will come next. They conduct themselves 
every day with the best interests of their animals in mind. A healthy 
animal means healthy food for consumers.
  If there is scientific evidence that shows that current practices are 
not in the interest of public health, my farmers, of course, will 
change their practices, but there should and there must be clear 
evidence. Not unnecessary regulation. Certainly with the job situation 
today and the state of our economy, the FDA must be very careful, very 
precise, and very certain that any regulatory action they take is 
supported by scientific evidence. I very much welcome the involvement 
of the authorizing committee to help find a solution to this issue.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1710

  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

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       Sec. 740.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Food and Drug Administration to write, 
     prepare, develop or publish a proposed, interim, or final 
     rule, regulation, or guidance that is intended to restrict 
     the use of a substance or a compound unless the Secretary 
     bases such rule, regulation or guidance on hard science (and 
     not on such factors as cost and consumer behavior), and 
     determines that the weight of toxicological evidence, 
     epidemiological evidence, and risk assessments clearly 
     justifies such action, including a demonstration that a 
     product containing such substance or compound is more harmful 
     to users than a product that does not contain such substance 
     or compound, or in the case of pharmaceuticals, has been 
     demonstrated by scientific study to have none of the 
     purported benefits.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. LANCE. Madam Chair, I raise a point of order. Section 740 
constitutes legislating on an appropriations bill because it requires a 
new determination and, therefore, violates clause 2 of rule XXI of the 
rules of the House and should be struck from the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member wish to be heard on the point of 
order?
  If not, the Chair will rule.
  The Chair finds that this section includes language requiring a new 
determination. The section, therefore, constitutes legislation in 
violation of clause 2 of rule XXI.
  The point of order is sustained, and the section is stricken from the 
bill.
  Mr. FINCHER. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Tennessee is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FINCHER. Madam Chairman, the American taxpayers are crying out 
for commonsense spending of Federal tax dollars and urging Congress to 
review those rules and regulations which may stifle innovation and job 
creation.
  I introduced House Resolution 98, along with my colleagues from North 
Carolina and Tennessee, to send a bipartisan, commonsense message to 
the Food and Drug Administration to rely on scientific facts in its 
development of rules and regulations.
  We are supporting this resolution now because we understand that the 
FDA may be contemplating some regulations in the future that may ignore 
hard science when creating rules regulating food, drugs, medical 
devices, and cosmetics, among other products. These regulations may 
harm industry and hinder job creation in the future.
  The FDA was set up to be a science-based agency; but American 
farmers, people I represent in Tennessee's Eighth Congressional 
District, are crying out for commonsense regulations and urging 
Congress to review those rules and regulations which may hamper 
innovation and American business.
  I know that the FDA is well-intentioned in their efforts. However, 
today's FDA is not putting science first. Instead, they are picking and 
choosing which scientific studies they want to use to support their 
original theory.
  The FDA has been slowly expanding their efforts to regulate, 
regardless if the science is there to back up their efforts. Therefore, 
I also would hope that this body would be willing to investigate all 
efforts, guidelines, and rules by the FDA, and review whether they 
followed the science to get to their decisions.
  The FDA is a needed agency, but Congress also needs to do its proper 
due diligence of oversight to ensure American industries prosper and 
the American population is safe.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Sec. 741.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the 
     payment rate for upland cotton under section 1103(b) of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713(b)) 
     as necessary so that reductions in the amount of direct 
     payments made to producers for upland cotton completely 
     offset the costs incurred by the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to provide payments to the Brazil Cotton Institute.

                             Point of Order

  Mr. LUCAS. Madam Chairman, I make a point of order against section 
741 which begins on page 78, line 8, and ends on page 78, line 15, in 
that it violates House rule XXI, clause 2, by changing existing law and 
inserting legislative language in an appropriation bill.
  I ask for a ruling from the Chair.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member wish to be heard on the point of 
order?
  If not, the Chair will rule.
  The Chair finds that this section includes language imparting 
direction. The section, therefore, constitutes legislation in violation 
of clause 2 of rule XXI.
  The point of order is sustained, and the section is stricken from the 
bill.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Sec. 742.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
     understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
     to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation 
     that was convicted (or had an officer or agent of such 
     corporation acting on behalf of the corporation convicted) of 
     a felony criminal violation under any Federal or State law 
     within the preceding 24 months.

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Ms. DeLAURO. I rise in opposition to this bill because it puts the 
interests of Brazilian farmers above the very real needs of American 
women and children. It leaves the very next section of this bill, 
section 743, subject to a point of order.
  As everyone knows, the Women, Infants, and Children program provides 
nutrition assistance grants to States for low-income, pregnant, breast-
feeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to the age of 
five. It serves 9 million mothers and young children nationwide, 
including 58,000 in my State of Connecticut.
  Nearly half of the babies born in the United States every year 
participate in this program. It is a short-term intervention, but it 
can help to provide a lifetime of good nutrition and health behaviors.
  While in our subcommittee, this appropriations bill slashed WIC 
funding by $650 million. That means that as many as 300,000 women and 
children will be turned away and forced to go hungry; and, in fact, 
Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack has warned our subcommittee that this 
number could be as high as 750,000.
  To alleviate this glaring shortfall, my amendment to restore $147 
million to the WIC program, paid for with $147 million currently 
provided to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, passed with a bipartisan 
vote during full committee consideration. But the rule for this bill 
arbitrarily took away the pay-for and, instead, requires that $147 
million be cut out from WIC or other programs in this bill already 
woefully underfunded.
  What are we doing here? We are giving the money back to Brazilian 
farmers. The majority has decided that is more important. Where is our 
sense of justice to women and children in the United States?
  To be sure, there are many egregious cuts in this appropriations bill 
and not just to WIC. Other vital nutrition programs like the 
Commodities Supplemental Food Program and the Emergency Food Assistance 
Program, school lunches, food safety, the CFTC, international food 
aid--all of these basic, commonsense priorities of the American people 
take a huge hit in this legislation, mainly so the majority can 
preserve oil company subsidies and tax breaks for the rich.
  To their credit, even the Republicans on our committee saw this $147 
million handout to Brazilian farmers as a bridge too far. So they and 
Democrats alike overwhelmingly approved the transfer of these funds to 
WIC--until the Republican leadership stepped in and negated our vote.
  We cannot be taking food out of hungry people's mouths here at home 
in order to subsidize overseas cotton production. It makes no sense. As 
my colleague Mr. Flake noted at the committee markup, it is quite 
ironic that we would subsidize Brazilian agriculture so that we can 
continue to excessively subsidize agriculture here.
  I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to abide by the 
overwhelming vote of our subcommittee, to stand up for American women 
and children, and to reject this bill. This is not what we voted for 
and not what the American people want.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Sec. 743.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to provide payments (or to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to provide payments) to 
     the Brazil Cotton Institute.


[[Page H4239]]




                             Point of Order

  Mr. LUCAS. Madam Chair, I make a point of order against section 743 
which begins on page 78, line 24, and ends on page 79, line 2, in that 
it violates House rule XXI, clause 2, by changing existing law and 
inserting legislative language in an appropriation bill.
  I ask for a ruling from the Chair.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member wish to be heard on the point of 
order?
  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Chair, I wish to be heard.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Thank you, Madam Chair. Let me clarify what insisting 
on this point of order means.
  It means that the amendment that Ms. DeLauro offered in committee, 
which was approved in the Appropriations Committee, is nullified, which 
means that Brazilian cotton farmers get subsidies and poor pregnant 
women and children do not get the money for WIC.

                              {time}  1720

  I have nothing against Brazilian cotton farmers, but Brazil's economy 
is doing pretty good right now.
  The Rules Committee could have protected the money for WIC. The Rules 
Committee waived points of order against a whole bunch of stuff in this 
bill except for three provisions. So it wouldn't have been unusual or 
extraordinary for the Rules Committee to protect this provision. Many 
of us pleaded with the committee to do just that, to respect the work 
of the Appropriations Committee when it came to protecting WIC, when it 
came to protecting poor pregnant women and children.
  Madam Chair, my friends on the other side of the aisle say all the 
time that they're with us in trying to cut excessive subsidies and 
putting the focus back on the people here in the United States who need 
help. This would have been an opportunity. If not now, when are we 
going to do this?
  So, Madam Chair, I would hope that my colleagues on the other side of 
the aisle would reconsider and not insist on their point of order. I 
think poor pregnant women and children in this country who benefit from 
WIC are more important right now than subsidizing Brazilian cotton 
farmers.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Chair, I would like to speak to the point of 
order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized.
  Mr. KINGSTON. The gentleman says, If not now, when? It is our 
intention to restore this at the proper place in the bill, the DeLauro 
amendment. I wanted to clarify that because we've discussed that, and 
we intend to follow through with that.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is prepared to rule.
  The Chair finds that this section addresses funds in other acts. The 
section, therefore, constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of 
rule XXI.
  The point of order is sustained, and the section is stricken from the 
bill.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Sec. 744.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of 
     Agriculture to provide any benefit described in section 
     1001D(b)(1)(C) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
     1308-3a(b)(1)(C)) to a person or legal entity if the average 
     adjusted gross income of the person or legal entity exceeds 
     $250,000.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. LUCAS. Madam Chairman, I make a point of order against section 
744 which begins on page 79, line 3, and ends on page 79, line 10, in 
that it violates House rule XXI, clause 2, by changing existing law and 
inserting legislative language in an appropriation bill.
  I ask for a ruling from the Chair.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member wish to be heard on the point of 
order? If not, the Chair will rule.
  The Chair finds that this section addresses funds in other acts. The 
section, therefore, constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of 
rule XXI.
  The point of order is sustained, and the section is stricken from the 
bill.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Sec. 745.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
     understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
     to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation 
     that any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, 
     for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been 
     exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a 
     timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority 
     responsible for collecting the tax liability.

                       spending reduction account

       Sec. 746.  The amount by which the applicable allocation of 
     new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives under section 302(b) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of 
     proposed new budget authority is $0.

  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Conaway) having assumed the chair, Mrs. Myrick, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2112) 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes, had come to no 
resolution thereon.

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