[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 66 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H2633-H2636]
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 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2013

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. West). Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule 
XIX, further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5326) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and 
for other purposes, will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. NADLER. I am opposed.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Nadler moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5326 to the 
     Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       Page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,500,000)''.
       Page 21, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 37, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,500,000)''.
       Page 38, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 39, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 39, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $4,500,000)''.
       Page 39, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000)''.
       Page 40, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 40, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 65, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $9,000,000)''.
       Page 70, line 6, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $7,000,000)''.

  Mr. NADLER (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Parliamentary Inquiry
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his inquiry.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, if the final amendment I am offering were to 
be adopted, is it not the case that the bill will be amended and that 
the House will then proceed to final passage right away?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair stated earlier today, if a 
motion to recommit with forthwith instructions is adopted, the 
amendment is reported by the chair of the committee and is immediately 
before the House.
  Mr. NADLER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  Mr. Speaker, whether it is an attempt to deny women reproductive or 
other health services, or a refusal to support efforts to achieve equal 
pay for equal work, many women in America today feel under siege. 
Indeed, many women across the country feel a war is being waged upon 
them by policymakers.
  Today, with this final amendment to the CJS Appropriations bill, 
Members of the House will have a chance to say where they stand.

                              {time}  1420

  This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill or 
send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill,

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as amended, will proceed to final passage.
  This amendment would increase, by $20 million, money spent on grants 
under the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA.
  Passed in 1994, VAWA is a landmark piece of legislation that has 
helped an incalculable number of women and families avoid or recover 
from crimes of violence. Grant programs under VAWA target domestic 
violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and rape. These 
are crimes many women know all too well.
  Indeed, violence against women remains a pervasive problem and a 
national tragedy. In 2008, about 1.8 million women over the age of 12 
were subjected to a crime of violence. In that same year, almost 3,000 
women were murdered, many by someone close to them. Every year, 1.3 
million women over the age of 18 are assaulted by intimate partners. We 
need to do more to stop this epidemic; we need to do more for America's 
women.
  I want to acknowledge what I expect the opponents of this motion may 
say--that funding for the VAWA grant programs in the underlying bill is 
a few million dollars above last year's level and above the President's 
request. I would point out, as a response, that the money in this bill 
is hundreds of millions of dollars below the last authorized amount and 
$15 million below the appropriation for fiscal year 2010. Additionally, 
this is not the last stop for this bill. When we conference with the 
Senate, which has a higher total funding level for CJS, we should have 
the highest possible funding level for VAWA from which to negotiate.
  The amendment offsets the $20 million increase for VAWA by cuts to 
administrative accounts. We have heard from our colleagues of the need 
to cut government spending, to cut administrative expenses, to prevent 
the types of excesses we have seen recently in the GSA and other 
agencies with Las Vegas conference extravaganzas. Well, now is our 
chance to put our money where our mouth is and shift funding from these 
types of administrative expenses to preventing violence against women.
  This is a question of values and priorities. What kind of message do 
we want to send to women across the country? Do we want GSA-style wild 
party, extravagant conferences or do we want to safeguard the lives of 
women? Do we value women's safety? Are we willing to make sure that we 
have the resources needed?
  I ask all Members today: Stand up for your mothers; stand up for your 
wives; stand up for your daughters and for women everywhere. Stop the 
violence. Pass this motion to recommit.
  I now yield to the sponsor of a truly meaningful bill to reauthorize 
VAWA based on bipartisan legislation which has already passed the 
Senate and a former victim of domestic violence herself, the gentlelady 
from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore).
  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to please see this 
request through the eyes of a child who was assaulted by a family 
member and comes forward at school to confide in a beloved teacher; the 
woman in an isolated rural area, where local law enforcement is under-
resourced and transportation or legal services may be lacking or 
nonexistent; the women on college campuses, where rates of intimate 
partner violence are among the highest. Please, Mr. Speaker, see this 
through the eyes of victims with disabilities who are at high risk of 
abuse and are often dependent on their abusers for care.
  In short, this VAWA funding means that a woman--and even men--who 
have been victimized can step out of the shadows away from their 
abusers and get access to counseling, legal services, or other 
services. And, Mr. Speaker, every single day, for three women, this 
VAWA funding is a difference between life and death.
  It is so true that the CJS legislation before us has provided the 
requested level of support for victims and their families; but it's 
been chronically underfunded since the day they opened their doors, and 
there are thousands of men, women, and children who are not being 
served.
  Please, this is an opportunity to provide a small increase to fill 
the gap between available resources and the desperate need to serve 
folks. We must commit adequate resources toward these effective, 
lifesaving programs. And, Mr. Speaker, we must do it now.
  I ask my colleagues to vote for this motion to recommit.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, to summarize, we can devote $20 million to 
Las Vegas-style conferences and administrative expenses or to services 
to prevent violence against women. That's the choice. Vote ``yes'' on 
the motion to recommit.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to 
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WOLF. You know, Mr. Nadler, you could have offered an amendment 
last night. We had a whole total open process. And Mr. Runyan--where is 
Mr. Runyan?--Mr. Runyan added money to this project, to Violence 
Against Women.
  Secondly, this is a bipartisan bill. There's been no political 
shenanigans at all. And let me tell you something--I wasn't going to 
mention it; we didn't make it a big deal--this bill has $420 million. 
We're $7.5 million above the current fiscal year for this issue. Also, 
we're $7.5 million above President Obama's request for Violence Against 
Women. We're above it. And then with Mr. Runyan, we are even higher 
above it.
  Also, this administration has not been good on sexual trafficking. We 
have language in this bill to direct the Attorney General to have a 
task force at every U.S. attorney's office for sexual trafficking. We 
are above the administration on sexual trafficking. So, I mean, it is 
kind of political. We are above the administration, and we have a task 
force on this issue. And so I could go on and on and on.
  But last night, we had a whole, totally open, and we accepted a 
number of amendments. You could have come down here up to midnight last 
night.

  There is no disagreement about the importance of these programs and 
need to stop it. It is very important. This is a good bill, a solid 
bill, bipartisan support. Members on both sides of the aisle had ample 
opportunity to have their amendments considered. In fact, on floor 
consideration, 63 amendments were offered and 36 were adopted.
  We were above the President's request on Violence Against Women. We 
were above the President's request on the issue of sexual trafficking. 
Also, and I know some of you were concerned about it, the NICS 
background check, we were above the administration on that, and also 
have language directing the Attorney General to deal with that NICS 
issue. The Brady Commission, the Brady people support it, and the NRA 
supports it. So on all of those issues, we were above the 
administration.
  I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida.
  Mrs. ADAMS. I thank you, and I would again ask my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle to quit making politics with an issue so near 
and dear to all of us.
  We are above what the President put in. Just like the chairman said, 
we have constantly been above what the President has asked for. And 
you, as well as I, know that this has become a political issue when it 
should never have been a political issue. We can no longer allow 
politics to take control over good policy. We can no longer allow 
misrepresentation about amounts and this and that over good policy.
  We have a bill coming to the floor. We know that we need to address 
this issue, and it has been addressed even more than the administration 
has asked for. So with that, I would ask that you do not--do not--
approve this motion to recommit.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I think we have actually said enough. I think 
it is a good bill. I want to thank again Mr. Fattah and all the Members 
on both sides of the aisle. It was a good, bipartisan bill. I urge 
rejection of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.

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  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 
5-minute votes on passage of the bill, and approval of the Journal, if 
ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 181, 
nays 233, not voting 17, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 248]

                               YEAS--181

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     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
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     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 (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)
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--233

     Adams
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amash
     Amodei
     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
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     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
     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
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     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
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--17

     Aderholt
     Berman
     Burgess
     Cardoza
     Donnelly (IN)
     Filner
     Heinrich
     Mack
     Markey
     McIntyre
     Napolitano
     Noem
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Royce
     Slaughter
     Stutzman

                              {time}  1445

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 248, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ''yea.''
  Mr. LUJAN. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 248 on H.R. 5326, I 
mistakenly recorded my vote as ``nay'' when I should have voted 
``yea.''
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 248, I was unavoidably 
detained, but had I voted I would have voted ``yea.''
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, I was 
absent during rollcall vote No. 248 in order to attend my grandson's 
graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the 
Motion to Recommit with Instructions H.R. 5326, Making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 
purposes.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 247, 
nays 163, not voting 21, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 249]

                               YEAS--247

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amodei
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carney
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Costa
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dold
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frelinghuysen
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Hochul
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)

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     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NAYS--163

     Altmire
     Amash
     Andrews
     Baldwin
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     Butterfield
     Campbell
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Flake
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--21

     Baca
     Barton (TX)
     Berman
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Cooper
     Costello
     Donnelly (IN)
     Filner
     Gallegly
     Heinrich
     Mack
     McIntyre
     Napolitano
     Noem
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Slaughter
     Stutzman

                              {time}  1451

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 249, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``nay.''
  Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be present for rollcall vote 
No. 249 today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, I was 
absent during rollcall vote No. 249 in order to attend my grandson's 
graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on final 
passage of H.R. 5326, Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.


                          personal explanation

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and missed 
rollcall vote Nos. 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, and 249. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall vote Nos. 246 and 248. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall vote Nos. 
244, 245, 247 and 249.

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