[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H5681-H5684]
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              AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2012


                             General Leave

  Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on H.R. 6233.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 6233) to make supplemental agricultural 
disaster assistance available for fiscal year 2012 with the costs of 
such assistance offset by changes to certain conservation programs, and 
for other purposes, will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Denham). Is the gentleman opposed to the 
bill?
  Mr. COSTA. I am opposed to this legislation in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Costa moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6233 to the 
     Committee on Agriculture with instructions to report the same 
     back to the House forthwith with the following amendments:
       Page 1, beginning line 3, strike section 1 and insert the 
     following new section:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS, AND SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF 
                   REPRESENTATIVES.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the 
     ``Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012''.
       (b) Findings.--The House of Representatives makes the 
     following findings:
       (1) Family farms and livestock producers are suffering from 
     the worst drought facing the United States since the 1950s, 
     and this drought affects almost every State.
       (2) This Act does not help pork or poultry producers and 
     provides only limited assistance for dairy producers.
       (3) Many producers of fruits and vegetables may not have 
     crop insurance available to

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     them as a risk management tool, and they too need some type 
     of help, which this Act does not provide.
       (4) Most of the disaster-related provisions of the widely 
     popular Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 
     current farm bill, Public Law 110-246) have expired.
       (c) Sense of the House.--In light of the findings expressed 
     in subsection (b), it is the sense of the House of 
     Representatives that a five-year farm-safety net will provide 
     greater certainty and stability for America's farm families 
     than legislation extending farm policy for only one year or 
     authorizing short-term disaster assistance.
       Page 20, after line 12, insert the following new paragraph:
       (5) Foreign corporations.--Section 1001C of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3) or any successor 
     provisions shall apply with respect to assistance provided 
     under this section.
       Page 21, after line 19, insert the following new 
     subsection:
       (j) No Duplicative Payments.--In implementing any other 
     program which makes disaster assistance payments (except for 
     indemnities made under subtitle A of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and section 196 of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
     U.S.C. 7333)), the Secretary shall prevent duplicative 
     payments with respect to the same loss for which a person 
     receives a payment under subsections (b), (c), (d), or (e).

  Mr. COSTA (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 California?
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I object at the present time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk continued to read.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
  Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from California (Mr. Costa) is 
recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. COSTA. This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill 
the bill or send it back to committee. I repeat--it will not kill the 
bill nor will it send it back to committee. If adopted, however, the 
bill will immediately be amended and proceed under final passage.
  In the Republicans' rush to legislate, they have missed some 
important pieces that the motion to recommit would address.
  First, the bill, H.R. 6233, the Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act 
of 2012, allows disaster payments to go to corporations incorporated 
under State law, but there is nothing in the bill to prevent these 
corporations from being wholly-owned subsidiaries of foreign 
corporations.
  Under current law, for much of the farm safety net, foreign 
corporations--defined under current law as to where more than 10 
percent of the beneficial ownership is held by a non-U.S. citizen--
cannot receive farm payments. This bill fails to do that.
  The farm bill we passed in committee addressed the current law. It 
passed by a bipartisan vote of 35-11. It includes the same provisions 
that are in this disaster package. It also ensures that payments do not 
go to foreign corporations.
  This motion to recommit fixes that.
  Additionally, under current law, there is a provision to prevent 
duplicative payments from being made to producers under disaster 
programs, in other words, double-dipping. This provision was included 
to prevent producers from collecting payments from multiple programs 
for the same disaster. We want to treat those people fairly under this 
disaster, but we don't want people receiving double-dipping payments.
  Again, in the Republicans' rush to legislate, the provision that 
ensures against duplicative payments and double-dipping somehow missed 
the boat.
  This motion to recommit fixes that oversight as well.
  Finally and more importantly, the motion to recommit also gives every 
Member here an opportunity to take a position on what ironically, I 
think, could be called the elephant in the room, and that is whether or 
not the House is going to consider a 5-year farm bill to provide 
certainty and security to rural America and its agriculture economy.
  The motion to recommit expresses the sense of the House that a 5-year 
farm safety net is far better for certainty and security for farmers 
and farm families than this bill or even a short-term extension is. 
After all, the farm bill is traditionally one of the most bipartisan 
things we do around here.
  In a statement regarding the underlying bill, a broad-based coalition 
of farm organizations said that they would:

     support finding a path forward to reaching an agreement on a 
     new 5-year farm bill before current program authorities 
     expire on September 30.

  They go on to say:

       We are disappointed that the House Republican leadership 
     has decided to not move forward with the House Agriculture 
     Committee's bill before adjourning for the August recess. The 
     bill would provide the disaster relief for our farm and ranch 
     families needed at this time.

  Those organizations among them are the American Farm Bureau 
Federation, the National Corn Growers Association, the National Farmers 
Union, the National Milk Producers Federation, the United Fresh Produce 
Association, and Western Growers, to mention but a few.

                              {time}  1630

  Members, we have a chance to take a stand. Are you for regular order, 
or for political messaging? Are you for doing our work, or kicking the 
can down the road? Should we take up a comprehensive farm bill before 
September 30, or add this to the growing list of unfinished business to 
be considered in a lame duck session? I hope not.
  All in all, the motion to recommit makes important fixes in the 
underlying bill, making it consistent with current law regarding the 
treatment of foreign corporations and protections against duplicative 
payments, otherwise known as double-dipping. It puts the House on 
record that we need to consider a 5-year farm bill before the current 
one expires on September 30. I urge my colleagues to support the motion 
to recommit.
  Traditionally, the farm bill is one of the most bipartisan pieces of 
legislation that we act on. The bipartisan support was in the Senate 
and the bipartisan support was in the House Agriculture Committee by a 
vote of 35-11. We have a crisis, and we ought to properly respond.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation, and rise in 
opposition.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Denham). The reservation is withdrawn.
  The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I think everyone in this room knows that I 
and my colleague, the ranking member, Mr. Peterson, and all members of 
the Agriculture Committee, have worked very aggressively to try to move 
the process forward to craft a comprehensive 5-year farm bill, a farm 
bill that addresses all commodity groups, addresses all regions, meets 
the needs of all of our producers so we can, as farmers and ranchers, 
meet the needs of the great American consumer.
  One of the key points in the motion to recommit before us addresses 
the question of doing a 5-year farm bill. That's a sense of Congress. I 
happen to think that that already is the sense of Congress. I would 
suggest to all of you that if you want, as badly as I want, a 
comprehensive 5-year farm bill, then the process here is to take these 
points--they may be valid--but to take these points and bear them in 
mind. Go home and see your constituents for the next 5 weeks. Go home 
and discuss the drought in that 65 percent of the United States that's 
suffering. Go home and explain to them why, from the livestock 
producers' perspective, there's no assistance in a bill that was 
promised when it was put together in '08, or they thought they would 
have access to.
  Go home and explain that, and build the momentum to come back here 
and do the farm bill. Then in regular order, on the floor--I know it's 
kind of a strange concept--we'll debate these and many more amendments, 
and we'll make refinements to what the committee has done. But right 
now, let's reject this motion, and let's go home and prepare for a farm 
bill debate when we come back. Most importantly, let's just go home.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  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.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was 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, if ordered, and the motion to 
suspend the rules with regard to House Concurrent Resolution 127.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 189, 
noes 232, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 553]

                               AYES--189

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barber
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     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
     Connolly (VA)
     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
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Israel
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     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)
     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
     Slaughter
     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

                               NOES--232

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Amash
     Amodei
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     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
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     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
     Paulsen
     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)
     Royce
     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
     Stutzman
     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--9

     Akin
     Black
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell
     Cardoza
     Cohen
     Fleischmann
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)

                              {time}  1649

  Mr. PENCE changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. GARAMENDI changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 223, 
noes 197, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 554]

                               AYES--223

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Amodei
     Austria
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Barton (TX)
     Berg
     Berkley
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Costello
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (IL)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Hirono
     Holden
     Huelskamp
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Kelly
     Kildee
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Loebsack
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson
     Petri
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Ryan (WI)
     Schilling
     Schock
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Womack
     Woodall
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

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                               NOES--197

     Ackerman
     Amash
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Baldwin
     Barber
     Bartlett
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berman
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Fleming
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Harris
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hochul
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huizenga (MI)
     Israel
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kind
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rigell
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Stearns
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth
     Yoder

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Akin
     Black
     Campbell
     Cardoza
     Cohen
     Fleischmann
     Graves (MO)
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)

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  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  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 for:
  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, today, August 2, I missed a 
rollcall vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on No. 
554.


                             General Leave

  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on 
the bill H.R. 6233.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oklahoma?
  There was no objection.

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