[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 33 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H2014-H2028]
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          ALL ECONOMIC REGULATIONS ARE TRANSPARENT ACT OF 2014

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Denham). Pursuant to House Resolution 
487 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration 
of the bill, H.R. 2804.
  Will the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Yoder) kindly take the chair.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2804) to amend title 5, United States Code, to require 
the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
to publish information about rules on the Internet, and for other 
purposes, with Mr. Yoder (Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Wednesday, 
February 26, 2014, amendment No. 6 printed in House Report 113-361 
offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton) had been disposed 
of.


                Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Connolly

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7 
printed in House Report 113-361.
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       In the table of contents of the bill, insert after item 
     pertaining to section 405 the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

Sec. 501. Exception.

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       Add, at the end of the bill, the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

     SEC. 501. EXCEPTION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions 
     of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
     apply in the case of a rule pertaining to air quality or 
     water quality, or a consent decree or settlement agreement 
     pertaining to such a rule. In the case of such a rule, 
     consent decree, or settlement agreement, the provisions of 
     law amended by this Act shall apply as though such amendments 
     had not been made.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 487, the gentleman 
from Virginia (Mr. Connolly) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia.
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I am pleased to offer this simple amendment that would exempt rules 
that further protect our Nation's air and water quality from these new 
proposed hurdles. It is no surprise that a 2012 American Lung 
Association report found that Americans support the Clean Air Act by a 
2 to 1 margin. Why? Because it is working. Harmful emissions are 
dropping, and air quality is better than it was a decade ago. But we 
still have 131 million fellow Americans--42 percent of the Nation--
living in communities where pollution levels are deemed harmful for at-
risk populations: young people and senior citizens. In fact, the 
national capital region is one of those areas. It is a nonattainment 
area for ground-level ozone.
  It is pretty clear what my friends on the other side of the aisle 
think of government regulation, but I am curious if they have actually 
asked their own constituents what they think. For example, I wonder if 
the residents living downstream from the West Virginia chemical spill 
where a toxic substance has now been carried into neighboring Ohio and 
other points south and west share the same disdain for water quality 
regulation as some of my friends on the other side of the aisle. Or 
what about the residents near the North Carolina coal ash spill which 
is affecting drinking water there and in some parts of my own home 
State, Virginia?
  Maybe we should ask the millions of parents who own one of the child 
car safety seats that are now the subject of a massive nationwide 
recall if they would feel more comfortable with less rigorous standards 
for safety for their children. I introduced another amendment to this 
bill to exempt those rules for child car safety seats so we can 
continue to have rigorous standards. Unfortunately, my friends on the 
other side of the aisle who control the Rules Committee refused to 
allow a vote on that amendment.
  A poll conducted by the American Lung Association found nearly three 
of four respondents believe we shouldn't have to choose between this 
health and safety standard and promoting the economy on the other hand. 
They understand that is a false choice and that we can and must do 
both. But my friends on the other side of the aisle continue to 
perpetuate this canard that government regulation is a heavy boot on 
the neck of business in America.
  Another poll conducted by the American Sustainable Business Council 
found 78 percent of employers believe responsible regulation is 
important for protecting small businesses from unfair competition and 
leveling the playing field. In fact, the most recent Wells Fargo/Gallup 
index of small businesses found just 11 percent cited regulations as a 
significant challenge when rated against other challenges they face in 
the economic marketplace.
  Employers and the American people get it, Mr. Chairman. They 
recognize there is a role for fair, reasonable, and responsible 
regulation in protecting public safety and health and in promoting the 
economy. Again, the American Lung Association poll found a 2-to-1 
majority believes environmental safeguards will spur innovation and 
investment and create jobs.
  Now, I understand the frustration expressed by some of my colleagues 
that the current regulatory process can sometimes be too long, and 
sometimes it is, averaging 4 to 8 years in some cases. But the bill 
before us today will do nothing to reduce that timeline. Instead, it 
prolongs that process by requiring even more redundant analysis. How 
ironic is that?
  This bill would strengthen the hand of special interests by allowing 
them to challenge Federal agencies on whether they assessed every 
possible alternative and chose the one least costly to it. Their bill 
would erect new hurdles for citizens to petition their government to 
finally act on long overdue or congressionally mandated safeguards and 
protections.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and to 
beat back these tired and hackneyed efforts by my friends on the other 
side who, on behalf of corporate polluters, have proposed this 
legislation. Our constituents expect safe drinking water, reliable 
child car safety seats, clean air, and countless other protections. 
Let's work together to improve the regulatory process rather than gut 
it and return our communities to the law of the jungle.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, air and water quality 
regulations, done properly, serve important goals, and I agree with my 
friend from across the aisle. He said the bill, however, his 
interpretation and ours are just different. The bill does nothing to 
frustrate the achievement of these goals.
  But Federal air and water regulations have been the source of many of 
the most abusive, unnecessarily expensive, and job- and wage-destroying 
regulations in American history. Air regulations, for example, were 
precisely the regulations that inflicted the harm on Rob James, Avon 
Lake, Bob Sells and his workers, and Allen Puckett and his workers that 
I mentioned in, frankly, my opening statement in discussion yesterday. 
To remove these areas of regulation from the bill would severely weaken 
the bill's important reforms to lower the crushing costs of Federal 
regulation.
  In looking at this amendment and looking at the discussion that was 
just had, Mr. Chairman, by the gentleman offering, it goes back to a 
tired argument that is not worthy of debate on this floor. For the 
opposite to present an amendment is fine. To present an amendment to 
say that you don't like the way we are wanting to do that is fine. But 
to retread and rework the idea that I or my children or anybody else's 
children want to breathe dirty air or drink dirty water or have child 
seats fall apart or child restraints be broken or anything else is just 
not worthy of debate here on this floor.
  Let's take the bill. I will take your amendment, and it is offered in 
good faith. But when we look at this bill, we are looking at jobs. 
Again, the argument that was made to protect the government bureaucracy 
from more work is not also an accurate statement, especially when it 
does protect the men and women--the workers.
  I said it yesterday. I will say it again. Do you want a clear 
determination on what party is looking out for whom? Do you look out 
for government workers and more regulations, or do you look out for the 
moms and dads who go to work to earn their living to take care of their 
families, to breathe clean air, to have clean water, and to have safety 
environments in a limited regulatory reform, which is what our Founders 
intended? That is what we do here.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment and reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Gosh, if there is a tired debate on this floor, my good 
friend from Georgia has just identified it. It is that hackneyed 
phrase, ``crushing burden of regulation.'' Well, that would come as 
news to most Americans who have benefited from clean air regulation, 
which, by the way, has net created jobs, not destroyed them.
  The Republican narrative here couldn't be more false except that they 
are protecting their base--their corporate base, in my view--at the 
expense of the average American citizen who wants to breathe clean air, 
who wants to drink clean water, and who wants to protect their 
children.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I have learned here through 
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times here in Congress that we do come from different areas, but I am 
just amazed at my friend across the aisle because I am not sure which 
business, which one is working out when you look at the workers that I 
just named and you look at the businessowners that come to my office 
and discuss the fact that jobs are being lost and that things are being 
taken here because of regulatory burden. The tired argument here is not 
the fact.
  The honest argument here is: What is the role that we are supposed to 
be doing? Where is the government role that should be there that should 
provide good regulatory reform? And I think what was actually said was 
that providing hurdles to keeping regulatory reform open. What we are 
saying is we want it transparent. We want businesses to be a part. And 
to have anything said less and to say, again, to rehash an argument 
that implies that others want to breathe dirty air, to drink dirty 
water, and to in any way harm the American people by simply bringing 
sense to our regulatory process is just simply a straw man. When you 
have got nothing else to talk about, let's throw the kitchen sink at 
it.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time and urge a ``no'' vote 
on this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 
printed in House Report 113-361.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       In the table of contents of the bill, insert after item 
     pertaining to section 405 the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

Sec. 501. Exception.
       Add, at the end of the bill, the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

     SEC. 501. EXCEPTION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions 
     of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
     apply in the case of a rule made by the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, or a consent decree or settlement agreement 
     pertaining to such a rule. In the case of such a rule, 
     consent decree, or settlement agreement, the provisions of 
     law amended by this Act shall apply as though such amendments 
     had not been made.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 487, the gentlewoman 
from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.

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  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to speak to the Jackson Lee 
amendment with great enthusiasm for its seriousness, and I say to my 
colleagues, there are no smoke and mirrors here.
  This amendment exempts rules made by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security or any consent decree or settlement made as a result of this 
rule.
  I don't think that we need to further educate our very diligent 
Members, whether they are on the Homeland Security or Judiciary or 
Intelligence or Armed Services Committees, or many other committees, 
about the new climate in which we live in this world after 9/11. We 
simply have to look at the landscape that we are around as we speak: 
Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ukraine, Venezuela, Nigeria, and 
Syria. Just a few days ago, I was on the Israeli side of the Syrian 
border, and I could look into a city very close and see constant mortar 
fire.
  Everybody understands that with the new climate of franchise 
terrorism, al Qaeda travels from one conflict area to another, each 
time posing a threat to the United States of America or the West. Yet, 
we have legislation that does not exempt the actions of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, who may be required to make emergency decisions.
  This particular legislation has 60 new barriers, procedural 
requirements, before an important rulemaking can go forward. It 
requires a 6-month online presence before you can move forward.
  I would offer to say that the conflicts in the Central African 
Republic and South Sudan, the crisis in the Ukraine, on which America 
is standing on the sides of those who believe in democracy, the 
fighting in Nigeria between Christians and Muslims, and the conflict in 
Syria that has a terrible impact as we move forward on the Palestinian 
and Israeli peace process--how can we not exempt the Secretary of 
Homeland Security?
  Mr. Chairman, not only do we deal with issues of terrorism, but it is 
also the stand-up agency when America faces natural disasters. For 
example, Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most-powerful Atlantic storm in 
history, and made landfall with 120-mile-per-hour winds, which had 
devastating consequences for many of my Texas constituents. That 
occurred just a few years ago. Hurricane Rita came out of the gulf, but 
Hurricane Sandy came out of the east coast and the Atlantic waters. It 
brought havoc that no one ever expected. FEMA was vital in the 
restoration of the lives of Americans. In that instance, I would think 
we would want any rulemaking process to move quickly, to be able to 
bring aid to those in need.
  As indicated, this is a question of national security and the 
protection of our people. We need swift responses to imminent threats 
to national security. We need to have flexibility for the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to make those decisions. H.R. 2804 was created under 
the guise of increasing transparency. I would offer to say that there 
are instances when all of us know that our security is crucial.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask that my colleagues support this exemption for 
Homeland Security to protect America's homeland and national security.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of my amendment to H.R. 
2804 that provides a common-sense exception to the ``All Economic 
Regulations are Transparent Act of 2014.''
  H.R. 2804 makes numerous changes to the federal rule-making process, 
including:
  1. requiring agencies to consider numerous new criteria when issuing 
rules, such as alternatives to rules proposals;
  2. requiring agencies to review the ``indirect'' costs of proposed 
and existing rules;
  3. giving the Small Business Administration expanded authority to 
intervene in the rule-making of other agencies; and
  4. requiring federal agencies to file monthly reports on the status 
of their rule-making activities.
  My amendment provides an exception to the ``All Economic Regulations 
are Transparent Act of 2014'' for rules made by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security or any consent decree or settlement made as a result 
of the rule. My amendment is simple in that it provides an exception 
for critical agency rules that the general safety and well-being of 
individuals in the United States.
  Mr. Chair, Hurricane Rita, which was the fourth most powerful 
Atlantic storm in history made landfall with 120 mile per hour winds 
and had devastating consequences to Texans, many of whom were my 
constitutients. Without Homeland Security how do Americans get through 
hurricanes and tornadoes?
  The ALERRT Act packages four measures, all of which are designed to 
stop, delay, or weaken new protections. The Regulatory Accountability 
Act (RAA) is the most far-reaching of these measures. It amends the 
Administrative Procedure Act, but goes far beyond establishing 
procedures for rulemaking. The RAA acts as a ``super mandate'' 
overriding requirements of landmark legislation such as the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act and Mine Safety and Health Act.
  Homeland Security is one of the most preeminent concerns of the 
federal government. The increased need for national security following 
the attacks of September 11th has increased the demand for Homeland 
Security to find more effective means to preempt attacks against our 
nation. And that is why my colleagues should vote to exempt the 
Department of Homeland Security from this legislation today.
  And Mr. Chair, I was pleased to meet with, Jeh Johnson the new 
Secretary, on Tuesday and he appeared before the Homeland Security 
Committee yesterday, and I am encouraged to see that he understands 
just how critical his mission is and the utter importance of being able 
to respond swiftly to address problems as they arise. Swift responses 
to imminent threats to national security allow the Department of 
Homeland Security to protect the

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rights and interests of individuals in the United States. Unnecessary 
delays to rules set forth by the Department of Homeland Security can 
waste scarce resources that keep our nation safe as well as impede the 
regular operations of the agency.
  What we have before us in H.R. 2804 is an unnecessary reporting 
burden for the Department of Homeland Security. The Regulatory 
Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 already requires agency 
status updates twice a year. H.R. 2804 requires monthly reporting, 
which would create additional difficulties for agency to produce 
requisite reports. H.R. 2804 requires the OIRA to issue an annual 
cumulative report even though this reporting is already part of 
existing laws, thus creating duplicative reporting mechanisms and 
wasting limited federal resources.
  The additional reporting requirements create a delay on agency 
activity and waste valuable resources in creating extraneous and 
duplicative records. The bill also prematurely calls for agencies to 
provide cost estimates for proposed rules that are to be finalized in 
the following year. Executive Order 12866 does not require agencies to 
report full cost estimates, but rather makes cost-benefit information 
discretionary. Even though the rule requires the estimation of costs, 
it prohibits benefit calculations of agency rules.
  Further, H.R. 2804 precludes rules from taking effect until the 
information required by the act is available on the Internet for at 
least six months. This provision of the bill severely limits agencies' 
abilities to respond to imminent threats of national security. The 
amendment would preclude such a delay in relation to Homeland Security 
rules, consent decrees, or settlements.
  H.R. 2804 was created under the guise of increasing agency 
transparency and regulation, but in actuality, the bill serves as an 
impediment to the government's ability to implement national security 
protections with expedience. My amendment to H.R. 2804 is necessary to 
curb unnecessary delay, waste, and duplication and ensuring that the 
Department of Homeland Security is able to make haste--not waste.
  I ask my colleagues to please support the Jackson Lee amendment.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, the amendment seeks to shield the 
Department of Homeland Security, a department in need of good 
government reform, from all of the government rulemaking reforms in 
this bill. We should not do that. The bill does not threaten needed 
regulation in the Department of Homeland Security's jurisdiction but 
simply ensures that DHS will avoid unnecessary regulation, issue 
smarter, less costly regulation when necessary, and not enter into 
sweetheart backroom deals for more regulation under the cloak of 
judicial orders. I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman very much, and 
we obviously have a great deal of mutual respect, I hope, but a great 
deal of disagreement on the intent and the impact of this legislation.
  Let me say that Homeland Security has vast jurisdiction. Congress 
created it. In the course of that, it has a great deal of jurisdiction 
dealing with humanity and the necessity to help humanity. So in the 
crisis of dealing with issues of individuals who have been unfairly put 
in front of a deportation order who need to have the response of this 
agency, or the agency needs to correct some aspect of the many 
responsibilities that it has, from natural disaster to terrorism to 
ensuring the security of the border, the needs of Customs and Border 
Protection, the needs of ICE officers for regulatory schemes that will 
give them better tools to ensure the security of this Nation, I would 
argue that a 6-month delay, that 60 barriers being put in place of that 
regulatory scheme, does not give comfort to the American people that 
their homeland is secure. Give the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
his fellow Secretaries or Assistant Secretaries or Directors the 
responsibility and the leadership that they need to have to protect the 
homeland.
  I would just offer to say that my amendment is common sense. It deals 
with consent orders and settlements that the Homeland Security 
Secretary is making in the course of making America safe. Please 
support the Jackson Lee amendment, commonsense security, protecting the 
homeland, and having us do the job we should be doing on behalf of the 
American people.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I do respect the concerns raised by the 
gentlewoman from Texas. The Department of Homeland Security has vast 
jurisdiction, however, and it is an agency cobbled together, a 
department cobbled together with authorities from a whole host of other 
areas, and they have not always made things work very effectively 
there. One of the things that they need is more discipline and guidance 
in terms of how regulations are written, and that is exactly what this 
legislation does.
  The gentlewoman raises a legitimate concern with regard to the speed 
with which regulations can be issued in certain emergency 
circumstances. I would call her attention to section 653 of the 
legislation, which covers just those circumstances in which the 
President can take action swiftly because of an imminent threat to 
health or safety or other emergency. As a result of that, this 
amendment is not needed because it takes the Department completely out 
of the reforms provided in this bill. Therefore, I must continue my 
opposition to the amendment. I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GOODLATTE. I am happy to yield to the gentlewoman.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gentleman for his explanation. We have 
noted 653, and you are absolutely right. It thrusts that in the hands 
of the President of the United States, but I would argue that the 
Congress created the Department of Homeland Security with a Secretary 
to be able to be the first line of defense, and I would argue that it 
is important that we exempt the Secretary of the Department from that 
because of their number one responsibility, which is securing the 
homeland, and we live in a different climate.
  I think the gentleman accepts the fact that terrorism has become 
franchised at this moment. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I 
ask individuals, again, to support the Jackson Lee amendment.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. I thank the gentlewoman. I am not persuaded that the 
Department of Homeland Security, especially with a provision that 
provides for emergency relief from any of the provisions of the bill, 
cannot be greatly benefited, and all those who have to deal with the 
Department of Homeland Security will not be greatly benefited, if the 
Department is operating more effectively and if the regulations they 
promulgate are more efficient and more effective and more addressed 
toward what really needs to be done to address problems and not simply 
adding to the regulatory burden that businesses and American citizens 
face. So I continue my opposition to the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will 
be postponed.


               Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 
printed in House Report 113-361.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk as the 
designee of Mr. Johnson.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       In the table of contents of the bill, insert after item 
     pertaining to section 405 the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

Sec. 501. Exception.
       Add, at the end of the bill, the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

     SEC. 501. EXCEPTION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions 
     of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
     apply in the case of a rule that the Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget determines would result in net job 
     creation and

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     whose benefits exceeds its cost, or a consent decree or 
     settlement agreement pertaining to such a rule. In the case 
     of such a rule, consent decree, or settlement agreement, the 
     provisions of law amended by this Act shall apply as though 
     such amendments had not been made.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 487, the gentlewoman 
from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, as I indicated, I am moving this on 
behalf of Mr. Johnson. The amendment is simple. It would exclude from 
this bill any rule that would result in net job growth.
  I ask that my colleagues support this commonsense amendment to 
promote job growth and strengthen the middle class. After all, the 
stated purpose of the ALERRT Act is to grow the economy and create 
jobs. Although this bill purports to grow the economy and create jobs, 
we cannot pretend that this bill's myopic focus on regulations will 
accomplish any of these goals.
  I have profound concerns with the ALERRT Act. The bill would 
undermine the ability of agencies to protect the public interest. It is 
a continuation of the majority's obstructionist approach that led to 
the sequester and the shutdown of the Federal Government. The majority 
continues to rely on debunked and partisan studies that presuppose that 
regulations have harmful effects. Far from it. There is ample, 
bipartisan evidence that have found that regulations have a negligible 
effect on the economy and create jobs.
  No one would argue that there is not a positive impact from the Clean 
Water Act and the Clean Air Act, and all of the regulatory scheme that 
has provided for a safe workplace for our workers under OSHA, and those 
who protect the quality of life of Americans from sea to shining sea.
  Leading scholars such as Wake Forest law professor Sidney Shapiro has 
testified that all of the available evidence contradicts the claim that 
regulatory uncertainty is deterring business investment. Bruce 
Bartlett, a senior policy analyst in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush 
administrations, has observed that regulatory uncertainty is the canard 
invented by Republicans that allows them to use current economic 
problems to pursue an agenda supported by the business community year 
in and year out. In other words, it is a simple case of political 
opportunism, not a serious effort to deal with high unemployment.
  Nevertheless, the House Republican leadership continues to bulldoze 
its deregulatory agenda through Congress. This deregulatory train wreck 
threatens to send us back to the days before the Wall Street collapse, 
a financial catastrophe that could have been avoided by responsible 
policies. Instead of working together to come to a bipartisan solution 
and end sequestration, this Congress has continued an agenda to make 
life worse for American families. I urge all of my colleagues to 
support the Johnson amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I share and welcome the gentlewoman's 
concerns about the impacts of regulations on jobs, but I submit that 
the right way to address that concern is to join me in supporting the 
Rothfus-Barr amendment that would make sure that agencies do a much 
better job of identifying adverse job impacts before they impose them.
  The gentlewoman's amendment, offered on behalf of the gentleman from 
Georgia, unfortunately would have the opposite effect; that is because 
it would give the executive branch a strong incentive to manipulate its 
jobs impact and cost-benefit analyses to avoid the requirements of the 
bill.
  The amendment also puts the cart before the horse, offering carve-
outs from the bill based on factors that cannot be determined 
adequately unless the important analytical requirements in the bill are 
applied in the first place.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, a few minutes ago I stood to the floor 
of the House and showed a picture that has been made by the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Garamendi) of a long line of suit-wearing 
Americans looking for jobs. Yet this Congress, my friends on the other 
side of the aisle, have refused to pass extended unemployment 
insurance, emergency unemployment insurance. Yet they put legislation 
on the floor pretending to create opportunities for American workers. I 
can tell you what will create opportunities for American workers, and 
that is to extend the unemployment insurance, or in actuality, pass my 
legislation, H.R. 3888, that provides training for individuals for 
newly created job skills. Or, in fact, as so many of us have done, sign 
a discharge petition to raise the minimum wage. That is a story for 
creating jobs or lifting up the opportunities for the American people.
  This amendment says simply, if you join us and you believe in job 
growth, if there is a regulatory scheme that in fact deals with job 
growth, then this is the amendment that you should support. And I would 
argue you should support an increase in the minimum wage, and today we 
should put on the floor of the House the extension of the unemployment 
insurance, emergency insurance for my constituents and Americans across 
America. The number is 1.3 million in 2013, rising to 2 million now, 
with no relief. There is no excuse. The other body had a bill that was 
paid for, and yet it was refused by Republican Senators in the other 
body.
  I would simply ask that we work together to create job growth. This 
amendment will say to my good friends that if it creates jobs, then we 
should in fact support it, that particular regulatory regulation, and 
we should not subject it to this legislation.
  With that, I ask for the support of this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.

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  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I would reiterate that the right way to 
address the concern about the impact of regulations on jobs is to join 
me in supporting the Rothfus-Barr amendment that would make sure that 
agencies do a much better job identifying adverse job impacts before 
they impose them on the businesses and individuals that have to make 
the tough decisions to close businesses, like the family that 
manufactures bricks that we referred to yesterday that is looking to 
have to eliminate two-thirds of the jobs in their business because of 
repeated increased government regulations, making it less and less 
likely that they can grow their business, much less add jobs, and are 
facing the loss of jobs and possibly the loss of the business 
altogether.
  The way to do this is to figure out the impact on jobs before you 
impose the regulation, and that is what the Rothfus-Barr amendment 
does. I support that. I oppose this, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will 
be postponed.


      Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. George Miller of California

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 
printed in House Report 113-361.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I offer amendment No. 
10.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       In the table of contents of the bill, insert after item 
     pertaining to section 405 the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

Sec. 501. Exception.

       Add, at the end of the bill, the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

     SEC. 501. EXCEPTION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions 
     of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
     apply in the case of a rule made by the Administrator of the 
     Occupational Safety and

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     Health Administration to prevent combustible dust explosions 
     and fires, or a consent decree or settlement agreement 
     pertaining to such a rule. In the case of such a rule, 
     consent decree, or settlement agreement, the provisions of 
     law amended by this Act shall apply as though such amendments 
     had not been made.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 487, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. George Miller) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer 
an amendment to this misguided piece of legislation.
  This bill would impose layers of red tape and erect new obstacles to 
protecting American lives.
  Congress already has the power to disapprove any rule through the 
Congressional Review Act, as well as through appropriations bills and 
other legislation, if it disagrees with a regulation.
  This new imposition of nearly 60 additional analytical and procedural 
requirements is a deliberate effort to impose a procedural choke hold 
on protecting American citizens.
  One regulation that would be affected by this is a proposal by OSHA 
to prevent a litany of workplace fires and explosions that are caused 
by combustible dusts.
  It has been abundantly clear for a decade that Federal regulatory 
action is needed to prevent combustible dust explosions and fires.
  My amendment would prevent today's bill from getting in the way of 
this much-needed OSHA regulation, so that OSHA can continue its efforts 
to prevent combustible dust explosions and fires. This amendment is 
necessary to protect workers' lives.
  In 2003, the Chemical Safety Board found that the existing 
protections to stop these explosions was grossly inadequate. A Board 
study has identified hundreds of combustible dust fires and explosions 
that have caused at least 119 fatalities and 718 injuries over a 15-
year period.
  The investigators are not alone in demanding action. Tammy Miser of 
Kentucky testified before Congress about her brother Shawn, who was 
killed in a metal dust fire at an aluminum wheel plant in Huntington, 
Indiana, in 2003. She told us that he was left lying there on a 
smoldering floor after the explosion, while aluminum dust burned 
through his flesh and muscle tissue; and each breath caused his 
internal organs to be burned even more.
  Shawn wasn't the first to die at work this way, and he won't be the 
last. It has been more than 6 years since the Imperial Sugar explosion 
in Georgia that killed 14 workers. That explosion resulted in hundreds 
of millions of dollars in damages because an unchecked accumulation of 
sugar dust ignited and caused a chain of explosions, leveling the 
plant.
  These workplace explosions have not stopped. More recently, three 
workers were killed when a combustible metal dust explosion ripped 
through the AL Solutions metal recycling factory near Weirton, West 
Virginia. Flames shot in all directions. Two brothers died from the 
heat and smoke inside the building. Another man made it out, but he 
suffered burns over most of his body. He died 4 days later in a 
Pittsburgh hospital, all because the factory lacked adequate controls 
to manage metal powders.
  In another incident, five workers were killed in three separate 
events at a factory north of Nashville because an iron powder 
processing plant failed to abate repeated dust hazards. Each of the 
five left behind a wife and children. One had four children under 11. 
These widows have called for their government to protect them.
  That is where OSHA comes in. The Chemical Safety Board has recently 
declared that OSHA's combustible dust rule is one of the most wanted 
safety protections.
  In 2009, OSHA finally started working on a rule to reduce the risk of 
these explosions. The rulemaking will involve small business panels, 
risk assessments, public hearings, and an opportunity to comment.
  Despite the clear need to move forward, this bill would give special 
interests new ways to block these vital protections.
  The sad truth is that the underlying bill is nothing more than an 
effort to put the powerful above the lives and limbs of working 
families and their widows.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. First, let me be very clear to my good friend from 
California. I share his concern about the kinds of explosions that he 
is concerned about and want to see appropriate ways to deal with these 
problems through the regulatory process.
  It is pretty clear that OSHA has done a pretty poor job of it thus 
far, and I believe that this legislation will help to improve the 
rulemaking process and create greater transparency, so that we will get 
to a resolution of what needs to be done and not do what does not need 
to be done, in the most effective way.
  The amendment attempts to shield yet another agency in need of good 
government reform from all of the good government rulemaking reforms in 
the bill. The bill does not threaten needed regulation in OSHA's 
jurisdiction, but it simply assures that OSHA will avoid unnecessary 
regulation; issue smarter, less costly regulation when necessary; and 
not enter into sweetheart backroom deals for more regulation under the 
cloak of judicial orders.
  Ironically, the amendment actually could slow down the progress of 
improving safety in the workplaces of concern. The whole point of the 
bill is to assure that regulation remains effective while imposing 
lower costs.
  If employers could spend less money on equally effective OSHA dust 
regulations, then they would be free to invest in additional safety 
measures on their own; or, of course, they could use the money to hire 
more workers and pay higher wages.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman 
for his comments.
  I would just say that OSHA has already undertaken these standards; 
but if this legislation passes, all of the processes and procedures 
that are in this underlying legislation would have to go first.
  The fact is people are dying at work. They are dying at work because 
of the fact that they haven't been able to get this standard in place.
  This is a very serious standard that directly relates to the lives of 
these workers in the workplace. To suggest now that they would have to 
go through this process, if this becomes the law, is just unacceptable 
when you consider the urgency of this matter.
  When we took up this question of grain dust--grain dust explosions, 
which are some of the most powerful explosions that can take place--
that look like a place has been hit by tons of TNT--that was killing 
workers, they have reduced the number of fatalities by 70 percent, and 
you rarely hear about grain explosions any longer.
  But dust explosions from other sources continue to be the kind of 
problem that threatens workers on a daily basis when they report to 
work in these various industries where the standards are not adequate 
to protect the workers.
  As I pointed out in my opening statement, across a number of 
different industries, that dust collection--whether it is iron or sugar 
or wheat dust--becomes a huge explosive device that continues to take 
the lives of workers.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, in response to the gentleman from 
California, let me say that, with regard to the efforts that need to be 
undertaken when a regulatory process is already underway, is 
accommodated for in the bill in the new section 553(g), subsection 
2(A):

       When the agency for good cause, based upon evidence, finds 
     (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of 
     reasons therefor in the rules issued) that compliance with 
     subsection (c), (d), or (e) or requirements to render final 
     determinations under subsection (f) of this section before 
     the issuance of an interim rule is impracticable or contrary 
     to the public interest, including

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     interests of national security, such subsections or 
     requirements to render final determinations shall not apply 
     to the agency's adoption of an interim rule.

  So I would argue that this is going to improve and enhance the 
process, but it is also going to create more transparency; it is going 
to create more cost-effective rulemaking; and it is going to prevent 
lawsuits being brought--the so-called sue-and-settle lawsuits--where a 
friendly government agency is sued by an organization that wants 
something; and the settlement of the suit leaves out all the parties 
who are going to have to provide for it, have to pay for it, have the 
impact on their workers considered. They don't even get notice of that.
  So all of these reforms are good reforms that make the regulatory 
process better.
  I do not believe that it will be appropriate to adopt this amendment. 
I urge my colleagues to oppose it, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded 
vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


      Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. George Miller of California

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11 
printed in House Report 113-361.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I offer amendment No. 
11.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       In the table of contents of the bill, insert after item 
     pertaining to section 405 the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

Sec. 501. Exception.
       Add, at the end of the bill, the following:

                           TITLE V--EXCEPTION

     SEC. 501. EXCEPTION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions 
     of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
     apply in the case of a rule that has been recommended in 
     writing by the Inspector General of a Federal agency, 
     including but not limited to those which would improve 
     protections for taxpayers, students, public and workplace 
     safety and health, or increase effectiveness or efficiency of 
     agency activities, or in the case of a consent decree or 
     settlement agreement pertaining to such a rule. In the case 
     of such a rule, consent decree, or settlement agreement, the 
     provisions of law amended by this Act shall apply as though 
     such amendments had not been made.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 487, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. George Miller) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an 
amendment that would exempt from this bill any regulations that have 
been recommended by the inspector general.
  This amendment will improve protections for taxpayers and students, 
protect public and workplace safety and health, and otherwise increase 
the effectiveness or efficiency of agency activities.
  Inspector generals are the taxpayers' independent watchdogs. They 
perform an investigative role that is above politics, seeking to find 
out what has gone wrong and what should be done to improve the 
efficiency and effectiveness of government.
  My amendment would ensure that IG recommendations will not be buried 
in mountains of red tape that this bill creates. For example, the 
Department of Labor's inspector general found that the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration had a regulation with gaping loopholes that 
allowed mine operators who habitually violated mine safety standards to 
easily evade sanctions and continue to operate unsafe mines.
  Massey Energy expertly exploited these loopholes at its Upper Big 
Branch mine in West Virginia, Massey consistently putting coal 
production ahead of safety, with more than 684 mine safety violations 
in the 18 months prior to the tragic explosion in 2010 that killed 29 
miners.
  But the most powerful regulatory tool in MSHA's arsenal was not 
deployed. In fact, the inspector general found that the potentially 
lifesaving sanctions had never been used over a 32-year period. The 
price of that 32-year period was the miners' lives.
  The inspector general's investigation found that the rule was, by 
design, set up to be gamed, so it was recommended that MSHA close the 
loopholes. MSHA then quickly adopted the new regulations that will 
prevent 1,800 miner injuries each decade.
  Had today's bill been the law of the land, that lifesaving rule would 
be delayed for years; and had this bill's requirement requiring that 
agencies use the least-costly rule been the law, these dangerous 
loopholes could be left in place.
  Mr. Chairman, after every mine tragedy, elected representatives mourn 
the dead and declare they will take action to make sure that such 
tragedies never happen again. Then Congress comes along and works 
overtime to pass legislation like this, which would delay or block the 
rules that can save hundreds of lives.
  Mr. Chairman, at this time, I would like to yield my remaining 2 
minutes to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney).
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Chairman, in addition to protecting workers, the 
inspector general's office also makes recommendations which call for 
new and better regulations to protect America's taxpayers.
  The Department of Education provides more than $150 billion every 
year in aid to more than 15 million college students with grants and 
low-cost loans. An alarming audit issued just this past week by the 
Department of Education's IG found that we need to crack down on 
shysters and fraud rings related to long-distance education.
  Despite the Department of Education's recent efforts to curb this 
fraud, the audit found that sophisticated criminals are able to scam 
Federal programs through false identities and phony attendance records.
  The IG urged the Department to quickly create new rules to ensure 
that billions of dollars it offers in financial aid are not wasted on 
people who take advantage of our distance education programs and siphon 
off precious resources that students and families desperately need.
  This bill would cripple and hamper that necessary work. The 
legislation before us would also hamper the DOE from moving forward 
with other inspector general recommendations to reduce student loan 
defaults, root out wasteful spending that would save taxpayers $1 
billion, and strengthen the overall accountability of our Nation's 
higher education programs.

                              {time}  1315

  The bill's lengthy list of at least 60 additional procedures would 
add years to the rulemaking process and would significantly hamstring 
the Education Department's ability to adopt regulations that protect 
taxpayers and students in a timely manner. This amendment would ensure 
that this bill does not compromise the ability of agencies to follow up 
on IG recommendations and would protect taxpayers from waste, fraud, 
and abuse.
  All who patted themselves on the back about the student loan bill 
last summer, you are crippling the ability of this country to help 
students and families pay for college, which we need as a Nation. Let's 
adopt the Miller amendment in order to protect the inspector general's 
integrity and independence to get good reforms to protect the taxpayers 
and students of America.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, when inspectors general find agency 
waste, fraud, and abuse and recommend that new regulations be issued or 
old regulations be modified, the natural instinct of the guilty agency 
is to try to evade the recommended corrections to its bad behavior. By 
shielding agencies from the bill's transparency and accountability 
requirements, the amendment would help them do just that. It

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would further entrench the ability of recalcitrant agencies to shirk 
the recommendations of inspectors general and continue their habits of 
waste, fraud, and abuse.
  Especially in these times of fiscal austerity, we must do everything 
we can to make sure that agencies pay heed to inspector general 
recommendations and purge all waste, fraud, and abuse from their 
operations. The ALERRT Act includes powerful tools to make them do just 
that.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I was assuming that 
when the gentleman was speaking about the effectiveness of the 
inspector general reports that he was going to join in support of the 
amendment. I guess I misunderstood that.
  The point is this:
  In the case that I cited, the inspector general came in and found out 
the agency wasn't using the powers that it had and that it needed 
additional powers for miners who were trying to avert their obligations 
under the safety laws of this Nation. Again, that is not an action that 
should be delayed. That is not a finding by one party or the other or 
by one group of people in the Congress or the other. That is the 
inspector general. He looked at the situation and said that this was 
leading to an increased likelihood of accidents and deaths on behalf of 
miners and that the rules had to be changed and that they had to be 
changed right away. I don't know why we would interrupt that process.
  That is the point of this amendment. This Congress has a lot of 
trust, I believe, in the inspectors general, and we should not get in 
and make them run through a lot of hoops when urgency is the matter.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded 
vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 113-361 on 
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 3 by Mr. Rothfus of Pennsylvania.
  Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Connolly of Virginia.
  Amendment No. 8 by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas.
  Amendment No. 9 by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas.
  Amendment No. 10 by Mr. George Miller of California.
  Amendment No. 11 by Mr. George Miller of California.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.


                 Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Rothfus

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 249, 
noes 162, not voting 19, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 71]

                               AYES--249

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

                               NOES--162

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

                             NOT VOTING--19

     Bass
     Blumenauer
     Butterfield
     Ellison
     Frankel (FL)
     Garamendi
     Gosar
     Johnson, Sam
     McCarthy (NY)
     Olson
     Pastor (AZ)
     Reed
     Rice (SC)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Rush
     Thompson (MS)
     Upton
     Walz

                              {time}  1346

  Messrs. CROWLEY, GUTIERREZ and GARCIA changed their vote from ``aye'' 
to ``no.''

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  Messrs. YOUNG of Alaska, DUFFY, MEADOWS, SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 
York, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia and Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 71, had I been 
present, I would have voted ``no.''


                Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Connolly

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 181, 
noes 235, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 72]

                               AYES--181

     Barber
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     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
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--235

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

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Bass
     Blumenauer
     Butterfield
     Ellison
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     McCarthy (NY)
     Pastor (AZ)
     Rice (SC)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Rush
     Upton

                              {time}  1353

  Ms. BROWNLEY of California changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 180, 
noes 232, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 73]

                               AYES--180

     Barber
     Barrow (GA)
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)

[[Page H2023]]


     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--232

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Daines
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     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
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     Matheson
     McAllister
     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
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--18

     Bass
     Blumenauer
     Bucshon
     Butterfield
     Davis, Danny
     Diaz-Balart
     Ellison
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     McCarthy (NY)
     Pastor (AZ)
     Rice (SC)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Rush
     Upton
     Waxman


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1357

  Mrs. LOWEY changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 179, 
noes 235, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 74]

                               AYES--179

     Barber
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     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
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--235

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

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Bass
     Blumenauer
     Butterfield
     Davis, Danny
     Ellison
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     McCarthy (NY)
     Pastor (AZ)
     Polis
     Rice (SC)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Rush
     Upton


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1401

  So the amendment was rejected.

[[Page H2024]]

  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


      Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. George Miller of California

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 183, 
noes 229, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 75]

                               AYES--183

     Barber
     Barrow (GA)
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     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
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--229

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

                             NOT VOTING--18

     Aderholt
     Barr
     Bass
     Blumenauer
     Butterfield
     Cleaver
     Davis, Danny
     Ellison
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     McCarthy (NY)
     McHenry
     Pastor (AZ)
     Rice (SC)
     Runyan
     Rush
     Upton


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1405

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 75 I was unavoidably detained. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''


      Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. George Miller of California

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 181, 
noes 232, not voting 17, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 76]

                               AYES--181

     Barber
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     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
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

[[Page H2025]]



                               NOES--232

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

                             NOT VOTING--17

     Bass
     Blumenauer
     Butterfield
     Davis, Danny
     Engel
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     Huelskamp
     Kaptur
     McCarthy (NY)
     Pastor (AZ)
     Rice (SC)
     Runyan
     Rush
     Stivers
     Upton

                              {time}  1410

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Ribble) having assumed the chair, Mr. Yoder, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2804) to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish information 
about rules on the Internet, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to 
House Resolution 487, he reported the bill back to the House with an 
amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment 
reported from the Committee of the Whole?
  If not, the question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
  Ms. ESTY. I am in its present form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Ms. Esty moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2804 to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith, with the following 
     amendment:
       Add, at the end of the bill, the following (and conform the 
     table of contents accordingly):

                    TITLE V--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION

     SEC. 501. NO DELAY OF ANY REGULATION THAT SAVES TAX DOLLARS, 
                   HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES AND VETERANS, PREVENTS 
                   DISCRIMINATION, OR PROTECTS CONSUMERS.

       This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
     apply in the case of any rule, consent decree, or settlement 
     agreement that--
       (1) saves tax dollars or provides refunds, rebates, or 
     savings for taxpayers;
       (2) provides assistance and regulatory relief for small 
     businesses;
       (3) expedites or settles cases involving veterans benefits;
       (4) prevents discrimination based on race, religion, 
     national origin, or any other protected category, or that 
     provides pay equity for women; or
       (5) protects the health and safety of consumers, seniors, 
     and children, including ensuring--
       (A) the safety of the food supply from salmonella and other 
     food-borne illnesses; or
       (B) a safe drinking water supply that is free from toxic 
     substances and chemicals that can cause cancer.

  Ms. ESTY (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 
gentlewoman from Connecticut?
  There was no objection.

                              {time}  1415

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, which 
will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the 
bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended.
  Mr. Speaker, let's be reasonable here. This bill before us is an 
ideological attempt to weaken and delay all regulations, even those 
that protect consumers and small businesses, help veterans, and keep 
our families safe. I think we can all agree, just as it is ridiculous 
to say that all regulations are good, it is also ridiculous to say that 
all regulations are bad.
  I am the mother of three children, and I know how important 
regulations can be to keep our children safe. A few years ago, Congress 
passed a bill to strengthen standards on baby cribs. Regulations 
prohibited drop-side cribs and required all new cribs to have stronger 
mattress supports. And do you know why? To save lives. There were 
devastating instances of children suffocating and dying because of 
drop-side cribs. Clearly, this regulation is critical to our children's 
safety.
  But, unfortunately, the bill before us today would delay the 
implementation of safety regulations like baby crib standards and 
safety regulations like those that prohibit the sale of contaminated 
food from China here in America like rat meat labeled as lamb in 
Shanghai and the Chinese chickens likely infected with bird flu. 
Americans have the right to know that the food they are feeding their 
families is safe, and that is why the bill before us today just doesn't 
make sense.
  Delaying all regulations across the board and preventing the Federal 
Government from rapidly responding to situations, even when the 
American people are asking for safeguards, is dangerous and harmful.
  This ideologically driven bill does not just harm Americans by 
derailing safety regulations; this bill would also weaken and delay 
regulations that are important to our economy, regulations that protect 
consumers and small businesses.
  Folks, we are just 6 weeks away from when tax returns are due. Why 
would we want to pass a bill that may delay provisions that save 
taxpayers money? Why would we get in the way when taxpayers want their 
refunds and rebates returned quickly?
  But not only that. This bill would delay regulations that would help 
ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. This bill would weaken 
regulations that could help protect small

[[Page H2026]]

businesses against predatory loans and hinder job growth. This bill 
would delay protections that could help ensure that workplace 
environments are safe for all workers. And this bill would delay our 
efforts to speed up veterans receiving their benefits.
  And something that is particularly important to my State and my 
district, where folks are concerned about fatal accidents and service 
delays on the Metro-North railroad, this bill would delay the very 
regulations that will help ensure that Metro-North is safe and timely 
for commuters. On-time, safe rail service is critical to our State's 
economy, and this bill could jeopardize that. My district, 
Connecticut's economy, and our Nation's economy cannot afford this 
ideological, destructive bill.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I am here today to offer an amendment, an amendment 
that will help make this bill work better for families and small 
businesses. I was sent to Congress to get things done, and I am working 
to eliminate and streamline unnecessary regulations and to help cut 
through red tape and save taxpayers money. At the same time, though, we 
know that smart regulations save money and save lives.
  I hear all the time from people back home that Washington isn't 
working for them and that they are sick and tired of partisan gridlock. 
My constituents want Washington to be responsive to their needs and to 
get things done. And that is why I oppose this bill. It unnecessarily 
delays our ability to act swiftly and decisively. My amendment would 
work to make sure that smart regulations are not weakened or delayed--
regulations that could save taxpayers money, that could help small 
businesses, that expedite veterans' benefits, that protect our 
families' safety and the safety of our food supply, and that could 
prevent pay discrimination just because you are a woman or because of 
your race or sexual orientation.
  We were sent here to work together to help the American people, not 
to engage in an ideological battle. Let's do the right thing. Let's do 
the responsible thing. I ask all House Members to join with me to vote 
for this motion.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized 
for 5 minutes.

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Congressmen Holding, 
Collins, and Subcommittee Chairman Bachus for their hard work on this 
bill as well as committee staff on both sides of the aisle. Four bills 
combined into one and still under 100 pages will do much to reform, and 
in some cases eliminate, hundreds of thousands of pages of Federal 
Government regulations in the future.
  Mr. Speaker, we are more than 5 years into the Obama administration. 
Real unemployment is still a massive problem in this country. America's 
labor force participation is at record lows. The nominal unemployment 
rate is down, but that is only because desperate Americans dying for 
work are abandoning the workforce in droves.
  Everybody knows that the only real long-term solution is to restart 
the engines of economic growth in this country. If we could just 
somehow increase our growth rate by as little as 2 additional 
percentage points, things would begin to turn around. One way to do 
that is to pass the ALERRT Act.
  The cost of Federal regulation today is estimated to be a staggering 
$1.86 trillion. That almost wipes out the $2 trillion this Nation's 
manufacturers have just produced, the first time in history we have hit 
that level in 1 year. There is our 2 percent growth right there, and 
more, gobbled up by the mind-boggling tide of tyrannical regulation 
flowing out of Washington.
  If we could just cut our regulatory burdens by a portion, we could 
turn this economy right around. The ALERRT Act would do that. It 
promises real relief from our regulatory nightmare. If enacted, it 
would change night to day in terms of the level of regulatory costs 
Washington imposes on our economy, and it would do so without stopping 
one needed regulation from being issued.
  How do I know? Because it says so right in the bill. Right on page 
27, it says:

       The agency shall adopt the least costly rule considered 
     during the rulemaking that meets relevant statutory 
     objectives.

  Take away a few key words and what does that say? The agency shall 
adopt the rule that meets statutory objectives.
  So the rules will still be made, and statutory goals will still be 
met. But put the key words back in, and what happens? America starts to 
save hundreds of billions of dollars it doesn't need to spend, because 
the agency shall adopt the least costly rule that meets statutory 
objectives.
  Do that over and over again, and that is real money that we will 
save, real money that can produce jobs for our constituents, real money 
that hardworking Americans can use to grow their businesses, all 
without stopping a single needed regulation from being issued.
  My friends across the aisle say that won't happen. They say the bill 
will bring all good rulemaking to a screeching halt. My goodness, it is 
ObamaCare all over again. My friends across the aisle haven't read the 
bill. You have to read the bill to know what is in it. If you read the 
bill, you understand it. You see there on page 27, the agency shall 
adopt the rule that meets statutory objectives.
  My friends, the people in my district and yours are smart. They can 
read the bill. They can tell that, although Chicken Little and the Boy 
Who Cried Wolf seem to want to talk about this bill, the sky is not 
falling and the wolf is not coming on account of this bill. What is 
coming on account of this bill is real relief for hardworking Americans 
and prosperity around the corner.
  Vote against this motion to recommit. Vote for this bill. Take 
Americans' hard-earned dollars out of the hands of Washington's 
bureaucrats who want to flush it down the regulatory drain. Let it stay 
in the hands of workers and businessowners who know how to spend it 
wisely and well. Oppose the motion to recommit. Support the 
legislation.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute 
vote on passage of the bill, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 187, 
noes 229, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 77]

                               AYES--187

     Barber
     Barrow (GA)
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard

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     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     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
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--229

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

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Bass
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Butterfield
     Davis, Danny
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     McCarthy (NY)
     Pastor (AZ)
     Rice (SC)
     Runyan
     Rush
     Upton

                              {time}  1431

  Mrs. WAGNER changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. GUTIERREZ 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

  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 236, 
noes 179, not voting 15, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 78]

                               AYES--236

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

                               NOES--179

     Barber
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     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
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Bachus
     Bass
     Blumenauer
     Butterfield
     Costa
     Davis, Danny
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     McCarthy (NY)
     Pastor (AZ)
     Rice (SC)
     Runyan
     Rush
     Upton

                              {time}  1438

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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