Congressional Record, Volume 160 Issue 33 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)

[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 33 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
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[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.

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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

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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

[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

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

[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

Recorded Vote

[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

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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

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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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