[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 132 (Monday, September 30, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H6031-H6040]
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               CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2014

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 
367, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, with the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment thereto, and ask for its 
immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the Senate 
amendment.
  The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:
  Senate amendment:
       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:
     the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
     in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of 
     applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, 
     for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and 
     other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 
     2014, and for other purposes, namely:
       Sec. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate 
     for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations 
     Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the authority and 
     conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or 
     activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan 
     guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for 
     in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 
     2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
     were made available in the following appropriations Acts:
       (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 
     (division A of Public Law 113-6), except section 735.
       (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of Public Law 113-6).
       (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 
     (division C of Public Law 113-6).
       (4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
     2013 (division D of Public Law 113-6).
       (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E of 
     Public Law 113-6).
       (6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 
     (division F of Public Law 113-6).
       (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) for 
     each account shall be calculated to reflect the full amount 
     of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pursuant to--
       (1) any provision of division G of the Consolidated and 
     Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-
     6), including section 3004; and
       (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 
     2013, except as attributable to budget authority made 
     available by--
       (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Continuing 
     Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175); or
       (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 
     Law 113-2).
       Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
     authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 
     of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items 
     not funded for production in fiscal year 2013 or prior years; 
     (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained 
     with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) the initiation, 
     resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 
     operation, or organization (defined as any project, 
     subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
     subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 
     items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget activity within 
     an appropriation account and an R-1 line item that includes a 
     program element and subprogram element within an 
     appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or 
     other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013.
       (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
     granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
     shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing 
     advance procurement funding for economic order quantity 
     procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
       Sec. 103.  Appropriations made by section 101 shall be 
     available to the extent and in the manner that would be 
     provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
       Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
     appropriation or funds made available or authority granted 
     pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume 
     any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or 
     other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013.
       Sec. 105.  Appropriations made and authority granted 
     pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 
     or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during 
     the period for which funds or authority for such project or 
     activity are available under this joint resolution.
       Sec. 106.  Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 
     resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
     year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 
     authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be 
     available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) 
     the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or 
     activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) the 
     enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for 
     fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or 
     activity; or (3) November 15, 2013.
       Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 
     resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
     fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such 
     applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained 
     is enacted into law.
       Sec. 108.  Appropriations made and funds made available by 
     or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be 
     used without regard to the time limitations for submission 
     and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of 
     title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this joint 
     resolution may be construed to waive any other provision of 
     law governing the apportionment of funds.
       Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that 
     would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or 
     complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of 
     fiscal year 2014 because of distributions of funding to 
     States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high 
     initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
     be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs 
     funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 
     funding prerogatives.
       Sec. 110.  This joint resolution shall be implemented so 
     that only the most limited funding action of that permitted 
     in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to provide 
     for continuation of projects and activities.
       Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
     whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts 
     for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the 
     rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the 
     authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
     appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be continued 
     through the date specified in section 106(3).
       (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory 
     payments due on or about the

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     first day of any month that begins after October 2013 but not 
     later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) 
     may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for 
     such payments.
       Sec. 112.  Amounts made available under section 101 for 
     civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 
     department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for 
     operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such 
     department or agency, consistent with the applicable 
     appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such 
     authority provided under this section shall not be used until 
     after the department or agency has taken all necessary 
     actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related 
     administrative expenses.
       Sec. 113.  Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may 
     be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of 
     Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), 
     section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 
     504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3094(a)(1)).
       Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
     joint resolution that was previously designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being 
     for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such 
     Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster relief 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
       (b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 for 
     ``Social Security Administration, Limitation on 
     Administrative Expenses'' for the cost associated with 
     continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the 
     Social Security Act and for the cost associated with 
     conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of 
     the Social Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the 
     terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
     $469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified for 
     purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act.
       (c) Section 5 of Public Law 113-6 shall apply to amounts 
     designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism.
       Sec. 115.  Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 113-6 
     shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 
     resolution by substituting ``fiscal year 2014'' for ``fiscal 
     year 2013'' each place it appears.
       Sec. 116.  Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
     section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``December 31, 
     2012''.
       Sec. 117.  Amounts made available under section 101 for 
     ``Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'' 
     may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
     maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar 
     Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational 
     Environmental Satellite system.
       Sec. 118.  The authority provided by sections 1205 and 1206 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2012 (Public Law 112-81) shall continue in effect, 
     notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the 
     earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
     resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities 
     of the Department of Defense.
       Sec. 119.  Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, 
     shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint 
     resolution by substituting the date specified in section 
     106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October 1, 2012''.
       Sec. 120.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 
     Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ``District 
     of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and activities under 
     title IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
     at the rate set forth under ``District of Columbia Funds--
     Summary of Expenses'' as included in the Fiscal Year 2014 
     Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-127), as modified as 
     of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution.
       Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for ``The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District 
     Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services'' at a 
     rate for operations of $1,012,000,000.
       Sec. 122.  For the period covered by this joint resolution, 
     section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295 (6 U.S.C. 121 note) 
     shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
     section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October 4, 
     2013''.
       Sec. 123.  The authority provided by section 532 of Public 
     Law 109-295 shall continue in effect through the date 
     specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
       Sec. 124.  The authority provided by section 831 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue 
     in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of 
     this joint resolution.
       Sec. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to 
     section 101 for ``Department of Homeland Security--U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection--Salaries and Expenses'', 
     ``Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection--Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and 
     Technology'', and ``Department of Homeland Security--U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries and Expenses'' 
     shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to 
     respectively--
       (1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection Officers, equivalent to the staffing levels 
     achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with the last 
     proviso under the heading ``Department of Homeland Security--
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Salaries and Expenses'' 
     in division D of Public Law 113-6;
       (2) sustain border security operations, including 
     sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems; 
     and
       (3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to the staffing levels 
     achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with the sixth 
     proviso under the heading ``Department of Homeland Security--
     U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries and 
     Expenses'' in division D of Public Law 113-6.
       (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this 
     section.
       Sec. 126.  In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
     section 101 for ``Department of the Interior--Department-wide 
     Programs--Wildland Fire Management'', there is appropriated 
     $36,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2014, to 
     remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire 
     suppression activities:  Provided, That of the funds 
     provided, $15,000,000 is for burned area rehabilitation:  
     Provided further, That such funds shall only become available 
     if funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression 
     will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of the 
     Interior notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate in writing of the 
     need for these additional funds:  Provided further, That such 
     funds are also available for transfer to other appropriations 
     accounts to repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire 
     suppression.
       Sec. 127.  In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
     section 101 for ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--
     Wildland Fire Management'', there is appropriated 
     $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2014, 
     to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire 
     suppression activities:  Provided, That such funds shall only 
     become available if funds previously provided for wildland 
     fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the 
     Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     in writing of the need for these additional funds:  Provided 
     further, That such funds are also available for transfer to 
     other appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously 
     transferred for wildfire suppression.
       Sec. 128.  The authority provided by section 347 of the 
     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of 
     division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall 
     continue in effect through the date specified in section 
     106(3) of this joint resolution.
       Sec. 129.  The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of 
     section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
     2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106-79), as amended, 
     shall continue in effect through the date specified in 
     section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
       Sec. 130.  Activities authorized under part A of title IV 
     and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except for 
     activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 
     through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
     resolution in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2013, and 
     out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 
     otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 
     sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
       Sec. 131.  Notwithstanding section 101, the matter under 
     the heading ``Department of Labor--Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration--Salaries and Expenses'' in division F of 
     Public Law 112-74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by 
     this joint resolution by substituting ``is authorized to 
     collect and retain up to $2,499,000'' for ``may retain up to 
     $1,499,000''.
       Sec. 132.  The first proviso under the heading ``Department 
     of Health and Human Services--Administration for Children and 
     Families--Low Income Home Energy Assistance'' in division F 
     of Public Law 112-74 shall be applied to amounts made 
     available by this joint resolution by substituting ``2014'' 
     for ``2012''.
       Sec. 133.  Amounts provided by section 101 for ``Department 
     of Health and Human Services--Administration for Children and 
     Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance'' may be obligated 
     up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program 
     operations at the level provided in fiscal year 2013, as 
     necessary to accommodate increased demand.
       Sec. 134.  During the period covered by this joint 
     resolution, amounts provided under section 101 for 
     ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the 
     Secretary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' 
     may be obligated at a rate necessary to assure timely 
     execution of planned advanced research and development 
     contracts pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 
     Service Act, to remain available until expended, for expenses 
     necessary to support advanced research and development 
     pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 247d-7e) and other administrative expenses of the 
     Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
       Sec. 135.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie 
     Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a 
     Senator from New Jersey, $174,000.
       Sec. 136.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for ``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental 
     Administration--General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
     Administration'' at a rate for operations of $2,455,490,000.

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       Sec. 137.  The authority provided by the penultimate 
     proviso under the heading ``Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development--Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in division C 
     of Public Law 112-55 shall continue in effect through the 
     date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
        This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Continuing 
     Appropriations Resolution, 2014''.


                Motion Offered by Mr. Rogers of Kentucky

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion.
  The text of the motion is as follows:
  Mr. Rogers of Kentucky moves that the House recede from its 
amendments to the amendment of the Senate, and concur therein with the 
amendment printed in House Report 113-239.
  The text of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the text 
is as follows:

       In the matter proposed to be added by the Senate amendment, 
     insert at the end (before the short title) the following:
       Sec. 138.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     joint resolution, the date referred to in section 106(3) 
     shall be December 15, 2013.
       Sec. 139.  For the period covered by this joint resolution, 
     the authority provided by the provisos under the heading 
     ``Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission--Capital 
     Construction'' in division E of Public Law 112-74 shall not 
     be in effect.
       Sec. 140.  Section 1244(c)(3) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157 note) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Fiscal year 2014.--
       ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clauses (ii) and 
     (iii), the total number of principal aliens who may be 
     provided special immigrant status under this section in 
     fiscal year 2014 during the period ending on December 15, 
     2013 shall be the sum of--

       ``(I) the number of aliens described in subsection (b) 
     whose application for special immigrant status under this 
     section is pending on September 30, 2013; and
       ``(II) 2,000.

       ``(ii) Employment period.--The 1-year period during which 
     the principal alien is required to have been employed by or 
     on behalf of the United States Government in Iraq under 
     subsection (b)(1)(B) shall begin on or after March 20, 2003, 
     and end on or before September 30, 2013.
       ``(iii) Application deadline.--The principal alien seeking 
     special immigrant status under this subparagraph shall apply 
     to the Chief of Mission in accordance with subsection (b)(4) 
     not later than December 15, 2013.''.
       Sec. 141. (a) Delay in Application of Individual Health 
     Insurance Mandate.--Section 5000A(a) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``2013'' and inserting 
     ``2014''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 5000A(c)(2)(B) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (A) by striking ``2014'' in clause (i) and inserting 
     ``2015'', and
       (B) by striking ``2015'' in clauses (ii) and (iii) and 
     inserting ``2016''.
       (2) Section 5000A(c)(3)(B) of such Code is amended--
       (A) by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015'', and
       (B) by striking ``2015'' (prior to amendment by 
     subparagraph (A)) and inserting ``2016''.
       (3) Section 5000A(c)(3)(D) of such Code is amended--
       (A) by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2017'', and
       (B) by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2016''.
       (4) Section 5000A(e)(1)(D) of such Code is amended--
       (A) by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015'', and
       (B) by striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2014''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in section 1501 of the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
       Sec. 142.  Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(D) Members of congress, congressional staff, the 
     president, vice president, and political appointees.--'';
       (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
       (A) by striking ``and congressional staff'' and inserting 
     ``, congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, 
     and political appointees''; and
       (B) by striking ``or congressional staff'' and inserting 
     ``, congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, 
     or a political appointee'';
       (3) in clause (ii)--
       (A) in subclause (I), by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, and includes a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress'';
       (B) in subclause (II), by inserting after ``Congress,'' the 
     following: ``of a standing, select, or joint committee of 
     Congress (or a subcommittee thereof), of an office of the 
     House of Representatives for which the appropriation for 
     salaries and expenses of the office for the year involved is 
     provided under the heading `House Leadership Offices' in the 
     act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
     fiscal year involved, or a leadership office of the Senate 
     (consisting of the offices of the President pro Tempore, 
     Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, 
     Conferences of the Majority and of the Minority, and Majority 
     and Minority Policy Committees of the Senate),''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(III) Political appointee.--The term `political 
     appointee' means an individual who--

       ``(aa) is employed in a position described under sections 
     5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
     the Executive Schedule);
       ``(bb) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency 
     appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive 
     Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), 
     respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code;
       ``(cc) is employed in a position in the executive branch of 
     the Government of a confidential or policy-determining 
     character under schedule C of subpart D of part 213 of title 
     5 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or
       ``(dd) is employed in or under the Executive Office of the 
     President in a position that is excluded from the competitive 
     service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, 
     policy-making, or policy-advocating character.''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) Government contribution.--No Government 
     contribution under section 8906 of title 5, United States 
     Code, shall be provided on behalf of an individual who is a 
     Member of Congress, congressional staff, the President, the 
     Vice President, or a political appointee for coverage under 
     this subparagraph.
       ``(iv) Limitation on amount of tax credit or cost-
     sharing.--An individual enrolling in health insurance 
     coverage pursuant to this paragraph shall not be eligible to 
     receive a tax credit under section 36B of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 or reduced cost sharing under section 
     1402 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the total amount 
     which a similarly situated individual (who is not so 
     enrolled) would be entitled to receive under such sections.
       ``(v) Limitation on discretion for designation of staff.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of 
     Congress shall not have discretion in determinations with 
     respect to which employees employed by the office of such 
     Member are eligible to enroll for coverage through an 
     Exchange.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 367, the motion 
shall be debatable for 40 minutes, equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) and the gentlewoman from New 
York (Mrs. Lowey) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky.


                             General Leave

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on the further consideration of 
H.J. Res. 59.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kentucky?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to move forward once again with H.J. Res. 59, the 
short-term continuing resolution that will keep the government open 
after the end of the 2013 fiscal year at midnight tonight.
  We simply can't wait a second longer. At this late hour, we must move 
ahead at an accelerated pace to keep the doors of our government open. 
For the sake of our Nation, we must pass this continuing resolution. 
Mr. Speaker, the operative word here is ``continuing.''
  The bills we've had on the floor, including this most recent version, 
do not shut down the government, as many colleagues on the other side 
of the aisle have falsely said. This bill, and the ones before it, 
continues the important functions of the Federal Government. That means 
our citizens will continue to benefit from these programs and services, 
and passing this bill will allow this Congress to continue to make 
progress on our important legislative work, including finding 
meaningful, responsible, bipartisan solutions to our fiscal problems, 
like the debt ceiling, sequestration, and the most immediate issue at 
hand, funding the government for the 2014 fiscal year.
  We did not bring a resolution to shut down the government, Mr. 
Speaker. We brought a continuing resolution to continue the government.
  A shutdown will help no one. It will only harm our Nation's security 
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our economy. It will hurt our people, who rely on the Federal 
Government's programs and services in some way or another and who put 
faith in their government to act in their best interests.
  Mr. Speaker, the House is not the body that is refusing to act. We 
aren't the ones who are not willing to budge. This is the third or 
fourth compromise we've offered to the Senate. They simply ignore us, 
throw it in the trash can.
  House Republicans have now offered multiple bills, including one with 
just a repeal of the widely unpopular medical device tax. We've even 
incorporated changes that the Senate had proposed, but the Senate still 
refuses to engage, as does the White House. Today we offer yet another 
piece of legislation designed to keep the government open.
  As with the previous CRs that the House has considered, this 
continuing resolution will fund the government through December 15 at 
the current post-sequestration funding rate.

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  It will incorporate most of the Senate's changes to our first CR, and 
include the few additional changes that I proposed as an amendment and 
that were added in the House on Saturday night. It will also delay for 
1 year ObamaCare's individual mandate, and eliminates the employer 
subsidy for the health insurance plans of Members of Congress and our 
staffs and for political appointees at the White House.
  No one, Mr. Speaker, is going to like everything in this bill. I 
don't like everything in this bill. But the continuing resolution 
before us today is the most immediate path to avoiding a shutdown. I 
expect that the House will do the right thing and approve this CR 
today.
  I remain hopeful that the Senate will work with the House and pass 
this legislation. The people of this great Nation deserve more. They 
deserve a government that works for, not against, them. At the very 
least, that is a government that keeps its doors open.
  So I urge all Members, every single Member, to vote ``yes'' on this 
continuing resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Here we go again. Republicans insist on including riders that do not 
belong in an appropriations bill. Both the Senate and the President 
already made clear they will not accept these provisions. Still, the 
majority insists on taking the country toward a shutdown in a few short 
hours.
  As the clock ticks toward midnight, when appropriations will lapse 
and the government will shut down, Republicans have put forward the 
third version of a bill that is designed to shut down government unless 
we delay, defund, and deny affordable health care to American families.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans claim Democrats refuse to negotiate. Let's 
review the history and Democrats' support for a compromise to keep 
government running:
  Republicans pushed us to the brink of default in the summer of 2011, 
resulting in a credit downgrade;
  Republicans walked out of negotiations with the President last 
December aimed at reaching a budget deal for this year;
  Republicans have refused to work with the Senate on the budget all 
year long;
  Republican leadership caved to the Tea Party and withdrew a plan 
that, in all likelihood, would have ended this standoff by separating 
health care legislation from a bill to keep the government running;
  And now Republicans refuse to say ``yes'' to the great concession 
made by Democrats in the Senate and the White House on the Republican 
spending level.
  The shutdown isn't only tarnished by Republican fingerprints, it is 
entirely of their making. We could avoid a shutdown by allowing a vote 
on the Senate's clean bill, but Republicans just won't allow it.
  This is no way to run the House of Representatives. This is no way to 
serve the hardworking people of the United States of America whom we 
represent. I urge my colleagues to vote against the Republican 
government shutdown.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
distinguished gentleman from Florida (Mr. Ross).
  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, you know, I never supported ObamaCare because 
it's not sound policy. But if my fellow Americans have to endure this 
law, then why should not the Congress, the President, and the Vice 
President endure it as well?
  You see, today's vote is about fairness. It's why I introduced my 
amendment to the continuing resolution, to make sure that we would 
eliminate the ObamaCare fix that was given to us by the Office of 
Personnel Management.
  The American public understands what's going on. They understand that 
Congress always carves out their own little special interest, their 
little special treatment. The amendment today, this CR, would eliminate 
that. It would do one thing that this Congress so desperately needs, 
and that's to gain the sense of credibility that the American people 
are looking for.
  It's not about gamesmanship. They're tired of that. This is about 
leading by example.
  And while I laud my colleagues for allowing us to have this vote here 
today, I stood on this floor on Saturday explaining why this was so 
important to the American people, why it is so important to Congress. 
And therefore, I will say to you, even though it's politically 
difficult and sometimes politically hard to do the right thing, doing 
the right thing is always the right thing to do.
  I would urge support of this CR.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Gene Green) for a unanimous consent request.
  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to revise and 
extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, here we are, within hours of shutting down most of the 
programs that this Congress has approved or funded.
  Do my Republican friends know how silly it sounds to threaten 
shutting down the government just to ensure that Members of Congress, 
our staff and White House staff don't receive the same health care 
benefits as other federal employees do?
  To gamble with valuable federal programs should be embarrassing.
  Here are just a few examples of programs that will be affected if the 
GOP pursues this strategy that I doubt they'd want to see happen.
  The GOP shutdown would mean that the Centers for Disease Control 
would be unable to support annual seasonal influenza program.
  Also, in the event of H7N9 influenza or Middle East Respiratory 
Syndrome related incident, preparation and response could be delayed.
  The GOP shutdown means we rely more on foreign energy as the issuance 
of permits for energy production on federal lands stop. I certainly 
know that my Republican colleagues wouldn't want to see that happen.
  Head Start centers around the country will close. During FY12, an 
estimated 1,600 Head Start agencies served over 950,000 children, 
including 71,963 children in Texas. Apparently, our children are okay 
to target in this political debate.
  Under the GOP shutdown, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives will be affected and gun permits will not be processed.
  And very importantly, veterans' educational, compensation, and 
pension benefits processing would likely be delayed, as happened in the 
1995-96, shutdowns. Texas has the second highest number of veterans in 
the country at nearly 1.7 million.
  To make this even more unreasonable, the Affordable Care Act, which 
you hate, will continue to go forward even if you shut down the United 
States Government since it's mandatory spending.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to be reasonable and pass a 
clean CR.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the distinguished ranking member of the 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this 
amendment. We are hours away from a shutdown of the Federal Government 
that will damage our economy and make life harder for millions of 
families, especially families living on the edge.
  If the majority continues down this path, hundreds of thousands of 
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continue to work without pay; antihunger and nutrition support for 
women, infants, and children will dry up; home and small business 
lending will freeze; lifesaving research will be put on hold; parks and 
museums will close.
  The one thing this will not stop is the Affordable Care Act going 
into effect. That act is the law of the land, passed by the Congress, 
signed by the President, upheld by the Supreme Court, and endorsed by 
the American people last November. Tomorrow, regardless of what the 
majority tries to do here tonight, enrollment begins so that affordable 
health insurance coverage is available.
  Instead of working with Democrats to move a budget forward, the 
majority's leadership is allowing the fringe ideologues in their party 
to turn the budget process into a hostage crisis. Kill the Affordable 
Care Act, they argue, or America gets it. This is not responsible 
leadership.
  Nonpartisan studies have shown that the delay in this amendment will 
cause higher health insurance premiums, higher costs for the 
government, and worse health care coverage for everyone.
  The majority knows exactly what they are doing. Two days ago they 
introduced amendments that were poison pills. Now we see an equally 
poisonous amendment to the budget today. They are rooting for a 
shutdown. One Republican Member even said, and I quote, ``We're very 
excited. It's exactly what we wanted, and we got it.''
  Another said, and I quote, ``It's wonderful.''
  It is not wonderful. It is terrible for our economy and for our 
families.
  This is extortion and this is hostage-taking. I urge my colleagues to 
oppose it.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).
  Ms. KAPTUR. I thank Ranking Member Lowey for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, our Nation is stronger when we come together as we, the 
people, to solve the serious challenges facing our country, yet we find 
ourselves on the precipice of a GOP-driven government shutdown.
  The standoff between the Tea Party and other Republicans is now 
leading to a GOP shutdown of our entire Federal Government. Extreme 
partisanship threatens our economic recovery and job creation across 
our country. Thousands of workers at Ohio's largest employer, Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, are about to be furloughed. Most 
NASA employees, including the NASA Glenn Research Center at Brook Park, 
near Cleveland, will be sent home.
  Here in Washington, World War II veterans on their way here with 
Honor Flights across this country to visit the World War II Memorial on 
The Mall will find the Visitor Center closed.
  Mr. Speaker, we cannot continue to govern by staggering from 
manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. The madness must stop. 
America needs leadership, not extreme partisanship. We need 
statesmanship, not brinksmanship. America has work to do putting our 
people back to work, educating the next generation, curbing crime, and 
improving health care.
  So the Republicans want to shut down the government? This will deeply 
hurt our country. It will hurt Ohio. There's no reason for it beyond 
shameful, partisan politics. It's time for the Republicans in Congress 
to come to their senses.
  Vote against the GOP shutdown.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Lexington, Kentucky (Mr. Barr), my neighbor.
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, tonight the House is voting once again to fund 
the government and to prevent a shutdown. The House is also continuing 
the effort to listen to the American people and give a voice to those 
who want to limit the harmful impact of ObamaCare.
  The President said that the House is shutting down the government, 
but the House has acted multiple times to prevent a government 
shutdown. It is the President and the Senate majority leader who are 
refusing to negotiate, refusing to compromise, refusing to seek a 
bipartisan solution or a middle ground.
  The President will negotiate with Vladimir Putin, the President will 
negotiate with the leaders of Iran, but he won't negotiate with the 
duly elected Representatives of the people in Congress.
  In divided government, the only way forward is to negotiate. The 
American people witnessed one-party rule in 2010 when Congress rammed 
through ObamaCare on a party-line vote, and they didn't like it. The 
only thing that was bipartisan about ObamaCare in 2010 when it was 
enacted was the bipartisan opposition to it, and so they elected a 
different Congress and they divided power. So when you have divided 
power in government, the only way forward, when there is a difference 
of opinion, is to negotiate and compromise.
  I come from the district, Mr. Speaker, of Henry Clay, a great Speaker 
of the House. Henry Clay is a model for this President and this 
Congress. We need to come together and negotiate and abandon the 
stubborn refusal to lead, which will guarantee a government shutdown. 
The President needs to work with House Republicans to find a middle 
ground, and this bill is the middle ground, Mr. Speaker.
  When I found out that Members of Congress, the President, members of 
his Cabinet, and the political elite in Washington got a special 
exemption from ObamaCare, I introduced a simple, two-page piece of 
legislation, and it's called the Live by the Laws You Write Act, and 
it's a simple concept:
  Why should we allow the administration to delay ObamaCare for large 
employers and exempt Members of Congress, himself, and the elite, but 
not also provide relief for individuals and families?
  I believe that the President and Members of Congress should live by 
the same health care law that they have imposed on the American people. 
And so I call on my colleagues in the House, both on this side and that 
side of the aisle, to support fairness for the American people. If 
ObamaCare is what the President insists on, then it should apply to 
everyone, and that includes the politicians in Washington.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky).
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. I appreciate the gentlewoman yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I have heard a lot of discussion about the budget. I 
have heard a lot of discussion about a continuing resolution, and I 
have heard a lot about the Affordable Care Act; but I see the chairman 
of the Appropriations Committee here on the floor, and I see the 
ranking member of the Appropriations Committee on the floor, and I 
don't hear a lot of discussion about what I would call the operative 
word tonight, and that is ``appropriations.''
  In article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, the 
Congress is charged with constituting tribunals, courts, inferior to 
the Supreme Court. In the very next section, we are told we need to 
appropriate those monies to do so. We are told in article I, section 8 
of the United States Constitution that Congress must provide and 
maintain a Navy. In section 9, we are told, absent an appropriation 
from the Congress, that will not happen.
  The fiscal year begins tomorrow, and my great fear is that when a 
resolution of this continuing resolution occurs, if the date is 
December 15, we are going to make every agency and every department of 
United States Government operate just as they did last year--and, of 
course, last year we made them operate the way they did the year 
before--and have them wait for another 2\1/2\ months before we tell 
them what we are going to do.

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  I would suggest the operative word tonight is ``appropriations.'' We 
should do the Defense appropriations bill. We should do the Energy and 
Water appropriations bill. We should do the Homeland Security 
appropriations bill. We should do the Military Construction/VA 
appropriations bill.
  We should do the other appropriations bills that are necessary to 
fund the operation of the greatest country on the planet Earth, and we 
should stop what we're doing here.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber).

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  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, fact one: ObamaCare passed the House 
with 219 Democrats. Thirty-four Democrats joined the Republicans in 
opposition. Let us see how many of those will join us in this upcoming 
vote.
  Fact two: Republicans have been and are poised to fund everything in 
government at the current levels--and are eager to do so.
  Fact three: polls show that Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of 
defunding ObamaCare.
  Fact four: the House, like it or not, our colleagues on the other 
side of the aisle, is the keeper of the purse under the Constitution, 
and we are well within our authority to defund an ill-conceived and 
unpopular program in the law.
  They say that the Republicans are going to shut down the government, 
but I will submit this, Mr. Speaker: the Democrats began to shut down 
the government in 2010, when they passed ObamaCare without bipartisan 
support. They not only began to shut down the government but the 
recovery of the American economy. And for them to come now and say that 
this is a Republican shutdown is unbelievable. We stand ready, willing, 
and able to fund the Government.
  There's only really one question that remains, Mr. Speaker. Four 
facts, one simple question. Will those same Democrats that voted in 
opposition to ObamaCare and the Senate listen to the American public, 
will they listen to their constituents, and will they vote with us this 
time so that our government can be funded, no shutdown will be 
necessary, and the American economy can continue to thrive?
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
distinguished gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), the ranking member 
of the Interior Subcommittee.
  Mr. MORAN. I thank my good friend.
  Mr. Speaker, apparently we're here, largely, because a bunch of folks 
on the Republican side--Tea Party folks--fancy themselves strict 
constructionists. But I would remind them that the Founders set up the 
Senate to ensure that the House would act rationally and responsibly on 
a consistent basis.
  George Washington warned us against factualism. They expected us to 
fund the government, to pay our debts, and they underscored the fact 
that when you have a disagreement, it ought to be resolved 
democratically.
  So here we have a bill that passed the House and the Senate. The 
conference report passed the House and Senate. It was signed by the 
President. We had two national referenda, called Presidential 
elections. President Obama wins by 5 million votes.
  We don't have the right to repeal ObamaCare. Call it what you want, 
it's the law of the land.
  But now I understand that we are being told that unless you gut this 
legislation for an entire year, the Republican majority will not even 
fund the government for 45 days. Really? What kind of a deal is that? 
That's not reasonable.
  The idea that you would send 800,000 people home tomorrow, not 
knowing when they can come back to work, not even allowing them back to 
their offices, and take billions of dollars out of this economy, erode 
the confidence that people in the United States and around the world 
ought to be able to have in the United States, and you are going to do 
all this because you want to repeal a bill that is the law of the land, 
just because you have the leverage that you can hold up the government 
from being able to operate for 45 days? That's nuts.
  Our Founders would be ashamed of what this Congress has become. We're 
dysfunctional. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. This ought to be 
defeated.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the ranking member of the 
Homeland Security Committee.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker we're now just hours away 
from the Tea Party-inspired government shutdown. Here our Republican 
colleagues go again, holding the economy hostage to their ideological 
demands and their take-it-or-leave-it politics. This isn't the behavior 
of responsible legislators or of a serious political party willing to 
do what it takes to govern.
  The only party that has actually compromised on the bill before us is 
Democrats, who have agreed to a short-term funding level below the 
Senate budget resolution, despite our belief that we should be 
replacing sequestration instead of locking it in.
  By contrast, Republican leaders have steadfastly refused to go to 
conference to work out a budget with Senate Democrats. They walked away 
from negotiations with the President on a comprehensive budget deal in 
December. And now it is Republicans, as the President said, who are 
demanding a ransom merely for doing their job of keeping the government 
open. That ransom, incredibly, is health insurance for millions of our 
fellow citizens.
  The Affordable Care Act has been upheld as the law of the land by a 
majority of Congress, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, and a 
majority of Americans at the ballot box. If the junior senator from 
Texas and his acolytes think they can overturn those decisions 
unilaterally, I suggest they consult the Constitution. I'd be happy to 
loan them a copy.
  Mr. Speaker, we've got to reject this latest Republican ploy, and 
this body, this country, has got to get back to the basics: keep the 
government running, pay the country's bills, and negotiate a 
comprehensive budget plan that ensures our fiscal future.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).
  Mr. FARR. Thank you very much, Congresswoman Lowey, for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, for those that may not understand what we're trying to 
do, all we have to do is pass one simple bill that was here in the 
House--the Senate gave it to us--and let's keep the government up for a 
number of days and continue to argue the other issues. But no, that's 
not what we're doing. We're taking that bill and just loading it up 
with a bunch of stuff that's been rejected time and time again. The 
consequence of that is you're not going to have a bill to the President 
tonight and the government will have to shut down.
  It's a huge mistake. And it's not something we do. We've never done 
it. In fact, in the time I've been here, we've had big partisan 
disputes. Our party fought vehemently against President Bush's decision 
to go to war in Iraq. We thought it was without evidence and certainly 
was going to cost the government a lot of money and probably not have a 
great outcome. We didn't shut down the government after we lost that 
debate. Instead, we tried to make it work.
  We fought against welfare reform. We thought that that reform of 
making everybody go to work even though they didn't know how to read 
and write--and mothers should be taking care of their children--we 
fought vehemently against it. And we lost. We didn't shut down 
government. We made it work.
  We fought again when Wall Street came in and said, Tomorrow, we fail. 
We thought, Well, it's the Republican watch. They're responsible for 
this. Wall Street is their business. They like that. But when we were 
told that this was going to bring down the economy of the Nation and 
the world, we helped get it passed. In fact, there were more Democratic 
votes than Republican votes. We didn't shut down government. We made it 
work.
  Tonight, we're on the verge of shutting down government. It's going 
to hurt a lot of people. It's going to hurt farmers who want to export 
food. It's going to hurt 8.7 million mothers in this country who want 
to feed their children on the WIC program. It's going to hurt 13 
million children who go to school and will lose access to a school 
breakfast. It's going to hurt 31 million children who will lose their 
school meals. It will hurt 47 million low-income people who will not 
have food stamps.
  It's a mean, reckless, ill-conceived idea to shut down the 
government.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).

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  Ms. LEE of California. I want to thank the gentlelady for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, first, let me just say: here we go again, Mr. Speaker. 
It's really no secret that the Tea Party Republicans came here not 
really as public servants but to destroy and to decimate our 
government. We are only hours away from Tea Party extremists achieving 
their goal of shutting down the government. This is their dream goal. 
They want to shut down the government and declare victory.
  Frankly, Mr. Speaker, this is shameful, and it is downright wrong. 
Their dream of shutdown will create a nightmare for millions. What 
about the government workforce, who have families to feed and mortgages 
or rent to pay? What about small businesses that stand to pay the costs 
of these Tea Party antics? And yes, what about women and children who 
will lose nutrition assistance? This is downright mean.

  Make no mistake, the unnecessary GOP shutdown will have serious 
consequences for millions. And it's entirely unnecessary. It's not 
enough that the Republicans already voted 45 times to repeal all or 
parts of the Affordable Care Act. It's not enough that the Affordable 
Care Act is the law of the land and was upheld by the Supreme Court. 
Tea Party extremists now want to violate this law in a very sinister 
way.
  It's not enough that their shutdown will hurt families and our 
economy. This Tea Party obsession--and it's an obsession--to kill the 
government and to deny health care to millions of Americans must end. 
They need to do their job and keep the government open.
  As President Obama said this afternoon:

       You don't get to extract a ransom for doing your job.

  This hostage-taking must end. We must vote ``no.'' We must keep the 
government open. I urge all of us to think about those people who will 
wake up tomorrow morning with their lives in such disarray and the 
uncertainty that's going to exist. We should not do this. The American 
people don't deserve this. We need to keep the government open. We're 
pleading with the Tea Party extremists, Do not shut the government 
down.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston), chairman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human Services.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I thank the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to say that we are here tonight to keep the 
government open. I keep hearing that we want to shut the government 
down. And yet this is actually our third attempt to send something to 
the U.S. Senate to give them an opportunity to negotiate with us.
  And why are we here talking about a continuing resolution to begin 
with? We're here because this year, the House Appropriations Committee, 
with my colleagues on the other side, has passed five separate 
appropriations bills. There are 12 in total. Unfortunately, during the 
time period that we've passed five, the Senate has passed zero. Last 
year, the House passed seven and the Senate passed one.
  After a while, you see there's a pattern. The Senate doesn't want to 
work on regular order. The Senate really does prefer continuing 
resolutions because then they can pull stunts like the one Harry Reid 
is doing now.
  You know, Mr. Speaker, where were they yesterday? Where were they 
this weekend? The Senate adjourned. Where was the President? He was 
playing golf. He was so concerned about the government being shut down.
  Now, what is the issue with ObamaCare? The Speaker at the time, Ms. 
Pelosi, said we need to pass the bill so we can find out what's in it.

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  Now, that bill has grown to 7.5 feet in height, and we are reading 
what's in it. But two things we know that it does not accomplish is it 
does not decrease the cost of health care, and it does not increase the 
accessibility. Those were the two major objectives. Those were the 
selling points.
  Health care is one-sixth of the economy. Therefore, I think it's the 
right thing to fight over.
  This is something that affects every American. We know already that 
premiums have skyrocketed under ObamaCare and that they will only grow 
worse. We also know that many major companies and smaller companies are 
stopping providing insurance to their employees. Accessibility is going 
down as well.
  So ObamaCare has been a failure. Why is it that the Democrat Party 
believes in it so bad? Even when it fails, they can't let go. I don't 
think it's a bad thing to say, hey, you know what, we were wrong. We 
tried to decrease the cost of health care, we tried to increase the 
accessibility, but we did not achieve that. Therefore, maybe Harry Reid 
should sit down with Speaker Boehner. Maybe the President of the United 
States can interrupt his negotiations with the Iranians and come and 
talk to the Americans, i.e., Republican Americans. I think it would be 
a good thing. Again, Mr. Speaker, this will be our third attempt to 
work with the Harry Reid Democrats to keep the government open.
  But I want to say this also to my friends on the other side of the 
aisle who have said they want to shut down the government. Let me 
mention, we had 17 shutdowns since 1976. And often one might say, well, 
that's when you had split government.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. The gentleman is recognized for an additional 
1 minute.
  Mr. KINGSTON. In 1977, the government shut down three separate 
times--once for 8 days, a second time for 8 days, and another time for 
12 days. The Democrats controlled the House, the Democrats controlled 
the Senate, and there was a Democrat in the White House. Indeed, over 
the history of the last 25 years, there have been a number of 
government shutdowns until the Senate, the House, and the White House 
sat down and negotiated. That's all we're saying tonight is, you know 
what, we understand we don't control government, but we are willing to 
negotiate.
  It is time for cooler heads to prevail in the U.S. Senate. It's time 
for the U.S. Senate to have some adult leadership and sit down with 
House leadership and hammer out the differences. That's why we're here 
right now, while the Senate, I believe, has already gone home. I guess 
the President is no longer playing golf. But we are ready to negotiate.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is 
remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 4 minutes 
remaining, and the gentleman from Kentucky has 5\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mrs. LOWEY. I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, as 800,000 Federal employees think about 
what their fate is going to be in a very few hours from now, we are on 
the House floor as our Republican colleagues say, well, we'll pay for 
the government if you accede to these three or four demands. It seems 
like every day they come up with some new demands, but they don't ever 
arrive at funding the government.
  The American people know, Mr. Speaker, that there is a Senate bill, a 
CR, a continuing resolution, which is ready that we can put on the 
floor now and fund the government and avert the shutdown. My question 
is, Will our Republican colleagues, will our Speaker do that?
  There are moments when leadership is at issue, and this is one of 
them. We need the leadership that will stand here and put the Senate's 
clean continuing resolution on the floor so that we can avert a 
government shutdown and make sure that Federal employees can pay their 
mortgage, can buy groceries, and can have a future.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner), the very distinguished Speaker of 
the House of Representatives.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Let me thank my colleague for yielding.
  The American people don't want a shutdown, and neither do I. I didn't 
come here to shut down the government. I came here to fight for a 
smaller, less costly, and more accountable Federal Government. But here 
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ourselves in this moment dealing with a law that's causing unknown 
consequences and unknown damage to the American people and to our 
economy, and that issue is ObamaCare.
  For those of you who don't recall, it was passed in the middle of the 
night, 2,300 pages that no one had ever read, and it's having all types 
of consequences for the American people, our constituents; having all 
kinds of consequences for employers. As a result, over the last couple 
of years, the President has given his friends in the labor unions some 
1,100 waivers to this law.
  This summer, the President decided, well, we're not going to enforce 
the employer mandate. Big employers around the country are all upset 
about having to make sure they provided health care for their 
employees, causing big problems. The result of all this is you've got 
employers all over the country who can't hire people and who are 
cutting the hours of their workers. It's having a devastating impact. 
Something has to be done. So my Republican colleagues and I thought we 
should defund the law for a year. We thought we should delay it for a 
year. Our friends over in the Senate don't seem to want to go down that 
path.
  But I'm going to tell you what, this is an issue of fairness. How can 
we give waivers and breaks to all of the big union guys out there, how 
can we give a break to all of the big businesses out there, and yet 
stick our constituents with a bill that they don't want and a bill they 
can't afford? That's what this fight is all about.
  I talked to the President earlier tonight: I'm not going to 
negotiate. I'm not going to negotiate. We're not going to do this. 
Well, I would say to the President, this is not about me and it's not 
about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the 
American people.

  Why don't we make sure that every American is treated just like we 
are? But, no, under the law and some decision, there's this idea that 
we're going to get some exemption. No, we're not going to get an 
exemption.
  So the bill before us is very simple. It funds the government, and it 
says let's treat our constituents fairly. No more mandate for the next 
year that you have to buy insurance that you can't afford. No more 
mandate that Members of Congress get some so-called ``exemption.'' 
Those are the only two issues here. All the Senate has to do is say 
``yes'' and the government is funded tomorrow. Let's listen to our 
constituents, and let's treat them the way we would want to be treated.
  Mrs. LOWEY. I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, tonight is about the continuing destructive 
obsession that our Republican friends have and their refusal to 
recognize that there was an election just some months ago. You made the 
argument to the American people, and they rejected that argument and 
reelected President Obama. You have not gotten over that to this 
minute; and as a result, you are about to shut down the government. You 
can get up here and say over and over and over and over again, We don't 
want to shut down the government; but, Mr. Speaker, their actions belie 
their words.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats--as will surprise no one--are against shutting 
down this government. It's bad for our people, it's bad for our 
security, it's bad for our economy, it's bad for jobs. And you all know 
that.
  And you don't have the votes because the people elected Democrats as 
the majority in the Senate and the President of the United States, and 
they don't agree with you. Newt Gingrich said when that was the case, 
you had to compromise.
  What compromise are we talking about? We're taking your number--your 
number--and you will not take ``yes'' for an answer. How sad. What a 
shameful day this is in the history of the House of Representatives.
  A shutdown would be harmful to our economy, our national security, 
and the creation of jobs, as I just said. That's why we have 
compromised and said we'll take your number to keep government open 
while we negotiate over the next 6 weeks.
  Nobody in your party rationally believed that you were going to 
succeed in your objective--nobody. It's a political ploy. It's a 
message, Mr. Speaker, to their most radical contingent. We are willing 
to take the next 6 weeks to discuss how we get from where we are to 
where we need to be.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. I yield the gentleman an additional 1 minute.
  Mr. HOYER. We could do that, Mr. Speaker, if only Republicans would 
take ``yes'' for an answer.
  Their Tea Party faction has made clear where it stands. They don't 
like the Affordable Care Act--I don't think anybody doubts that--but 
the Affordable Care Act has been upheld by the Supreme Court and 
remains the law of our land.
  Mr. Speaker, the Senate has now voted twice to send us a clean CR. 
Now it's time for the Speaker and the majority leader to put the 
Senate's clean compromise CR on this floor and, in their words, let the 
House work its will. Have the courage, Mr. Speaker, to have the 
majority party put on this floor a bill which will keep the government 
open and which the Senate will pass.
  Mr. Speaker, have the Republican Party have the courage of its 
rhetoric and let the House work its will. I dare you to do that.
  Let democracy work. Don't be dictating to America that they're going 
to shut down the government. Let's vote on it. Put a clean CR on this 
floor.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how many speakers 
the gentlelady has remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman from New York 
has expired.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time, 
1 minute, to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the very 
distinguished majority leader of the House.
  Mr. CANTOR. I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his leadership in 
bringing this bill to the floor.
  It's interesting, my colleague who just spoke, the Democratic whip, 
talked about democracy and insisting that we bring democracy to the 
House. Well, I would respond to my friend and tell him that democracy 
is founded upon the principle that there is equal treatment under the 
law.
  So tonight's debate is not about trying to stifle democracy. 
Tonight's debate is trying to insist that the minority party and its 
policies, it's trying to stop the administration from carving out 
special treatment for its special interests. It's about telling this 
administration and this President that there should be no special 
treatment for Members of Congress, there should be no special treatment 
for big business. We all live under the same laws.

  Mr. Speaker, hardworking Americans around this country want a 
government that puts people first. Since ObamaCare was passed--in a 
highly partisan manner--the President himself and other Members of his 
party have offered unilateral exemptions and delays for special 
interest groups and for Members of this Congress. So you've got to ask, 
Why are Members of Congress exempt from the pains of ObamaCare? Why are 
these special interests exempt from the pains of ObamaCare? Shouldn't 
we also exempt the hardworking families of this country from the pains 
of ObamaCare?
  There should be no special treatment for anyone under the law. That 
is a founding principle of this country. No special treatment for 
anyone. Equal application, equal treatment under the law.
  Delaying the individual mandate for American families and withdrawing 
the exemption for Members of Congress is what this bill is about, and 
it is the right thing to do.
  Now is the time for our President to lead. Now is the time for the 
Senate to act. Their stubborn refusal to work across the aisle is the 
reason why Americans today are so frustrated by what they see in 
Washington.
  House Republicans have now offered three possible solutions to fund 
our government and to protect working middle class families from losing 
a job, from losing their health care, or losing part of their paycheck 
due to ObamaCare.

                              {time}  2015

  Senate Democrats have offered nothing. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, they 
didn't even show up for work.
  No one should shut down the government in order to protect special 
treatment from Members of this House or

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the other body. No one should shut down this government in order to 
protect special treatment for big business and special interests. It is 
time for all of us to think about America's hardworking middle class 
families.
  Now is the time to pass this resolution to keep the government 
working on behalf of the people who sent us here, and I urge my 
colleagues in the House to support this continuing resolution.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on the Continuing 
Resolution to fund the Federal. The Senate sent over a Continuing 
Resolution that would fund the government and included an agreement 
that the men and women of the armed services should receive their pay.
  Unfortunately, the House Rules Committee, which must review and 
establish a rule for all bills brought before the House has once again 
changed the Senate bill to require a 1 year delay in the personal 
mandate for the Affordable Care Act, but added another change that 
would remove a subsidy for members of Congress and their staff.
  What they fail to say is that Congress and Congressional staff are 
the only group in the nation that is required by the law to only get 
its healthcare through the Affordable Care Act Health Exchange 
Marketplace.
  Ecclesiastics says that ``To everything there is a season, and a time 
to every purpose under the heaven: There is a purpose or reason for 
everything that happens, be it called good or be it called bad, by 
whomever perceives it as such. No matter, there is a time and place for 
everything.''
  The men and women of this Congress know that the time and season for 
making decisions regarding the budget of our Nation ends at midnight 
tonight--Monday, September 30, 2013.
  The season for making decisions about funding the government began in 
January of this year, stretched on through the Spring, and was with us 
during the Summer now the end is upon us.
  The majority of this body has not been able to organize themselves to 
do--or consider anything during the season for budget drafting and 
appropriations' legislation except to attempt to end the Affordable 
Care Act.
  The members of the United States House of Representatives know the 
rules for the legislative budgetary process very well, but for the 
benefit of the millions of people who are watching this debate or 
listening to it--you might find it helpful to understand why there is 
so much dissention.
  I would like to give you a brief outline of the work we are supposed 
to do on your behalf regarding funding the government: The Congress is 
to:
  Pass a budget that is agreed to by both the House and the Senate;
  Pass 12 appropriations bills that do not exceed the agreed upon 
budget to fund the entire Federal Government for the next fiscal year;
  Complete the appropriations bills with both the House and the Senate 
agreeing to the language of each before and agreed to by both the House 
and the Senate and sent to the President's desk for signature; and 
rarely use Continuing Resolutions when Congress fails to complete all 
12 bills before the fiscal year ends to ensure that the business of the 
Federal Government continues uninterrupted.
  For most Americans this may mean very little because it is a 
Congressional administrative function that often used to help fund a 
few appropriations measures that may not be completed before the end of 
calendar year, which is midnight, Monday, September 30, 2013.
  This year the use of the Continuing Resolution is different because 
we have not completed work on a budget bill nor have we completed work 
on any appropriations bill--not even the Defense Department's 
Appropriations legislation.
  The House and the Senate have found agreement that a Continuing 
Resolution for the next Fiscal Year that will begin at 12:01 Tuesday, 
October 1, 2013 should provide that the Armed Forces who risk their 
lives to protect our freedoms deserve the support and resources needed 
to perform their duties, and that includes being paid in full and on 
time so they can provide for their families and loved ones.
  Mr. Speaker, it would not be necessary to have to devote the 
considerable amount of time needed to debate and pass this legislation 
in the House and Senate and present it to the President if the House 
would simply pass the clean continuing resolution passed yesterday by 
the Senate.
  The CR approved by the Senate funds the government and avoids a 
shutdown. President Obama has stated that he will sign it into law.
  The clean CR passed by the Senate ensures that all the employees of 
the federal government are paid for the valuable and important service 
they provide to our nation.
  Mr. Speaker, instead of exempting certain groups and persons from the 
harm caused by a government shutdown, we should instead be focused on 
avoiding a shutdown, which helps no one and hurts our economy.
  Those of who were serving in this body 17 years ago remember the harm 
caused when the Republicans shut down the government on two different 
occasions, which directly cost taxpayers $1.4 billion. That is $2.1 
billion in today's dollars.
  The last time Republicans engineered a shut down of the government:
  368 national park sites were closed.
  200,000 applications for passports went unprocessed.
  $3.7 billion of $18 billion in local contracts went unpaid.
  My state of Texas would be hit very hard and suffer unnecessarily if 
a government shut down is not prevented.
  Within days Texas would begin experiencing the impact of cutbacks in 
the $64.7 billion in federal spending that it receives annually, 
including the loss of:
  $518 million in federal highway funds,
  $411 million for interstate highway maintenance,
  $130 million in home energy assistance for the poor,
  $71 million in Homeland Security grants,
  $55 million in coordinated border infrastructure and
  $97 million in federal adoption assistance.
  As a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, I am 
particularly concerned over the impact of a government shutdown on 
operations and activities that protect and secure the homeland Impacts 
of shutdown in Texas on homeland security.
  For example, a shutdown would adversely affect the following:
  Law Enforcement and Other Training: Law enforcement training would 
cease, including those conducted through the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center and the Secret Service's J. Rowley Training Center. 
This would impact CBP, ICE, Secret Service, the Federal Air Marshal 
Service, and would delay their ability to bring new hires into 
operational service. TSA would also not be able to conduct training for 
screeners, Behavior Detection Officers or canine units.
  Frontline Personnel Hardships: The majority of the workforces in 
Custom and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol, Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, (ICE) enforcement efforts, Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) aviation passenger screening, and the Coast Guard, 
who are heavily reliant upon receiving biweekly paychecks, would not be 
paid biweekly during a federal funding hiatus
  Grant Programs for State and Local Preparedness: All DHS and Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel working on grants programs 
would be furloughed, ceasing any further activity intended to help 
build state and local resiliency. Should a federal funding hiatus be 
prolonged, state and local communities may have to eliminate jobs that 
are dependent upon grants funding. Further activity under the Securing 
the Cities program would be suspended.
  In addition, a government shutdown will hurt children, seniors, 
working families, and the economically vulnerable:
  Military Readiness: In Texas, approximately 52,000 civilian 
Department of Defense employees would be furloughed, reducing gross pay 
by around $274.8 million in total.
  Law Enforcement and Public Safety Funds for Crime Prevention and 
Prosecution: Funding will be halted to Texas on an annualized portion 
of the $1,103,000 in Justice Assistance Grants that support law 
enforcement, prosecution and courts, crime prevention and education, 
corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, 
and crime victim and witness initiatives.
  Vaccines for Children: In Texas around 9,730 fewer children will not 
receive vaccines for diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, 
whooping cough, influenza, and Hepatitis B due to reduced funding for 
personnel who administer programs that provide funding for 
vaccinations.
  Nutrition Assistance for Seniors: Texas would lose approximately 
$3,557,000 in funds that make it possible to provide meals for seniors.
  For these reasons, we should be working to pass H.J. Res. 59 as 
amended by the Senate. That is the best way to keep faith with all 
persons who serve the American people as employees of the Federal 
Government, and those who depend upon the services they provide.
  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Continuing 
Resolution to delay the individual mandate for a year and undue the 
ObamaCare exemption for Members of Congress. This is about fairness to 
the American people, who are sick and tired of the hypocrisy of the 
political class.
  We are a nation of laws and when the ruling elite are given a free 
pass while millions of our constituents are forced into a new health 
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regime that drives up premiums, erodes the quality of care and puts the 
government between them and their doctors, we lose the trust of the 
American people.
   As Teddy Roosevelt once said, ``No man is above the law and no man 
is below it.'' Yet, through administrative ruling the Obama 
Administration has exempted Members of Congress and their staff from 
the very health care law that bears the President's name. Meanwhile, 
the President, Vice President and their political employees are not 
even required to be part of the new health exchanges. If this law is so 
great, Mr. President, then why won't you and your political appointees 
be subject to it?
   The answer is simple: ObamaCare is not working and the doctor 
doesn't want a taste of his own medicine.
   Karen, from Cypress, Texas in my district wrote to me this week that 
``as a benefits department employee of an independent oil and gas 
exploration and production company, I have major issues with ObamaCare. 
I abhor the waste of my department's time and expense in documenting 
our policies just to show Congress that we already comply with the 
mandates, despite the lack of guidance we get. Seems to me Congress is 
punishing employers who offer good coverage. How is this going to help 
anyone? And don't even get me started on the administration exempting 
themselves all from it. That rankles more than almost anything else.''
   Another one of my constituents, an insurance agent who also happens 
to be the Mayor of Tomball, Texas, called my office this week and told 
me that her clients--which include businesses in and around my 
district--have no idea what is required of them under the law. The 
Obama Administration has given thousands of waivers to businesses, 
delayed implementation of dozens of provisions of the law and no one 
know what to expect next.
   What we do know if that ObamaCare is not ready for prime time. We 
must give our constituents the certainty of a full year delay of the 
individual mandate. Anything short will only result in more chaos and 
confusion, not to mention skyrocketing premiums, billions in new taxes 
and the erosion of the doctor-patient relationship.
   Most importantly, elected officials must be treated the same as the 
people they represent. No exemption for Members of Congress!
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 367, the previous question is ordered.
  The question is on the motion.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on adoption of the motion will be followed by a 5-minute 
vote on approval of the Journal, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 228, 
noes 201, not voting 3, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 504]

                               AYES--228

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachus
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barrow (GA)
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boehner
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Daines
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Holding
     Horsford
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kelly (PA)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Maffei
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Radel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--201

     Andrews
     Bachmann
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Granger
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Massie
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Rogers (AL)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--3

     McCarthy (NY)
     Rush
     Stockman

                              {time}  2040

  Mr. CRAWFORD changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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