[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H2401-H2405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF THE LAW ACT OF 2014

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 
consideration of H.R. 3973 will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered

[[Page H2402]]

by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. DeSANTIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 191, 
nays 227, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 127]

                               YEAS--191

     Barber
     Barrow (GA)
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     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
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--227

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     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
     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
     Jolly
     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
     Maffei
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McAllister
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     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--13

     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bass
     Cantor
     Dingell
     Franks (AZ)
     Gosar
     McKeon
     Rangel
     Rush
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Waxman

                              {time}  1642

  Messrs. POSEY, MARCHANT, BUCSHON, RYAN of Wisconsin, and MAFFEI 
changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. HIGGINS and Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California changed their vote 
from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  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. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I have a 
motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
  Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed 
to the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico moves to recommit 
     the bill H.R. 3973 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:

     SEC. 3. PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN 
                   ENEMIES AND SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

       The amendments made by this Act do not apply to information 
     that would expose critical national security and foreign 
     policy legal, strategic, and tactical positions to 
     terrorists, drug cartels, money launderers, or foreign 
     enemies of the United States.

                              {time}  1645

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
New Mexico is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion.
  Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. 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, we have heard passionate arguments in support of and in 
opposition to this bill. We have heard Members argue that this bill is 
needed to prevent the Obama administration's overreach on issues such 
as immigration and health care.
  Conversely, we have heard Members note that the Republican leadership 
has refused to pass comprehensive immigration reform, refused to raise 
the minimum wage, and refused to compromise on a budget until they had 
shut down the Federal Government. These Members argue that this has 
forced the President to act within his constitutional authority to 
faithfully execute the law.
  That sharp rhetoric and disagreement is a result of the political 
realities that we find ourselves in today, and it reflects Congress's 
failure to work together and solve problems on behalf of the American 
people.
  I oppose the underlying bill, but I more strongly oppose the gridlock 
that has consumed this Congress and is leading it to become the most 
unproductive Congress and uncompromising Congress in the history of the 
United States.
  I believe that we can move past that today by coming together and 
supporting my amendment, which would address significant national 
security concerns raised by this legislation.
  My amendment would ensure that the bill's requirement that the 
executive branch explain why it prioritizes resources would not impact 
or expose critical national security and foreign policy interests, 
positions, or strategies to terrorists, drug cartels, and foreign 
enemies of the United States.

[[Page H2403]]

  Mr. Speaker, Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National 
Laboratory are located in my home State of New Mexico. These 
laboratories ensure the safety, reliability, and effectiveness of the 
Nation's nuclear deterrent.
  The experiments and tests that they conduct are at the cutting edge 
of science and human understanding. They work every day to study, 
analyze, solve, and prepare for emerging and potential national 
security threats, contingencies, and risks.
  They help inform our Nation's defense and foreign policy 
decisionmakers on how to confront the increasingly complex dangers that 
our Nation faces.
  I am sure there is not one Member of this body that would want the 
sensitive national security work conducted at the National Laboratories 
and other government agencies to be revealed to terrorists, to drug 
cartels and foreign enemies. But that is the risk that all of us will 
bear if we pass this bill today with this current broad language.
  This bill requires the Attorney General to monitor every executive 
branch agency and every Federal officer who issues a formal or informal 
policy that refrains from enforcing any Federal statute, rule, 
regulation, program or policy.
  So let me say that again: it would require the Attorney General to 
monitor every Federal officer's alleged non-enforcement of any Federal 
statute, rule, regulation, program, or policy.
  The language would include Federal officials who are making decisions 
on national security concerns and interests, based on information and 
assistance supplied, in many cases, by the national labs in my home 
State.
  This could put the Attorney General in the dangerous position of 
choosing between keeping strategic foreign policy positions and 
information from foreign enemies, and complying with the requirements 
of this legislation.
  This would, undoubtedly, lead to litigation, court cases, and 
appeals, costing the American government embarrassing legal battles and 
leaving taxpayers to foot the bill.
  That time and money is better spent on the activity that these 
national security agencies are intended to conduct: providing for the 
safety of the American people.
  It just doesn't make sense to impose costly reporting requirements on 
activities that could potentially hurt national security interests. You 
wouldn't require a general to reveal his strategy and tactics before he 
goes into battle.
  Mr. Speaker, we came together just last week to pass an aid package 
for Ukraine to address national security concerns due to recent Russian 
aggression. We passed that bill on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis. 
Leaders of both parties came together in solidarity.
  We can do that again today with the adoption of this amendment, which 
ensures that nothing in this bill adversely impacts our Nation's 
security.
  I want to be clear. The adoption of this amendment will not prevent 
the passage of the underlying bill. If adopted, it will be incorporated 
into the bill and will be immediately voted upon.
  Although we may all disagree on the need for the underlying bill, we 
have an opportunity to stand united and support our Nation's vital 
policy and foreign policy goals.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this final amendment.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DeSANTIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to 
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DeSANTIS. Mr. Speaker, we have in this country a government of 
laws, not of men. The Congress passes laws, the President executes 
laws, and the courts adjudicate disputes under those laws.
  One law on the books already requires the Attorney General to report 
to Congress when the executive branch suspends enforcement of a law due 
to constitutional concerns, and AGs ranging from Holder to Gonzalez 
have done this.

  When the executive branch suspends execution of the law for other 
reasons, this same reporting requirement should apply, and, in fact, 
may even be more important on separation of powers grounds. This 
transparency will help Congress safeguard its constitutional authority, 
and will allow the American people to evaluate the actions of the 
executive branch.
  Now, why is this necessary?
  Yesterday's paper, The Wall Street Journal:

       Last week the administration quietly excused millions of 
     people from the requirement to purchase health insurance or 
     else pay a tax penalty.
       This latest political reconstruction has received zero 
     media notice, and the Health and Human Services Department 
     didn't think the details of this delay were worth discussing 
     in a conference call, press materials, or fact sheet. 
     Instead, the mandate suspension was buried in an unrelated 
     rule that was meant to preserve some health plans that don't 
     comply with ObamaCare benefits and redistribution mandates.

  This is no way to run a government. Surely, this is not consistent 
with being the most transparent administration in history.
  Now, some have said that the transparency requirements would be 
burdensome, but this raises the question, exactly how many laws is this 
administration suspending?
  This bill can only be burdensome if the administration is 
consistently suspending duly enacted laws.
  My question is: What is wrong with a little sunlight?
  Now, I have not heard the President's defenders articulate a limiting 
principle regarding his actions. ``If Congress does not do what I want, 
I will do it anyway'' is not a limiting principle, and is not 
consistent with constitutional government.
  Here is a limiting principle. U.S. Supreme Court, Kendall v. United 
States:

       To contend that the obligation imposed on the President to 
     see the laws faithfully executed implies a power to forbid 
     their execution is a novel construction of the Constitution, 
     and is entirely inadmissible.

  Now, news reports have detailed how the latest ObamaCare suspensions 
are tailored to help the President's party in the midterm elections. 
Now, this is not sufficient justification. Of course there is always 
going to be another election around the corner.
  Once you do suspension to get to 2014, well, you are going to have 
2016. Do you need to get Hillary across the finish line?
  Then when a Republican President takes over, guess what? That 
President's supporters are going to say, hey, they suspended these 
provisions. Why don't you suspend the provisions that we don't like?
  Pretty soon, you end up with Presidents of both parties picking and 
choosing what they want to enforce.
  Here is the deal. Short-term political advantages and fleeting policy 
victories do not trump our duty to support and defend the Constitution. 
This is true whether the President is a Democrat or a Republican.
  I would much rather lose out on my preferred policy outcomes and see 
my party lose an election while safeguarding our constitutional order, 
because it is, ultimately, that Constitution which does the most to 
protect our freedoms.
  If we go down the road where Presidents of both parties simply 
enforce what is good for their party and disregard what is not, then we 
will no longer be a government of laws, but a government of men, and 
this institution will be forever diminished.
  The Constitution delegates the Congress the power to make law, not to 
make suggestions. The Faithful Execution of the Law Act will help shine 
a light on executive branch failures to faithfully execute the laws of 
our land.
  A vote for this bill is a vote for transparency, for the rule of law, 
and for constitutional government.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this motion, and vote ``yes'' 
to pass this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, 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. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I demand a 
recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.

[[Page H2404]]

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on 
the question of passage of the bill.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 192, 
noes 225, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 128]

                               AYES--192

     Barber
     Barrow (GA)
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     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
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     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
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--225

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     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
     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
     Jolly
     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
     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
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Runyan
     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
     Upton
     Valadao
     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

     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bass
     Capito
     Courtney
     Dingell
     Franks (AZ)
     Gosar
     McClintock
     Rangel
     Rush
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Waxman

                              {time}  1702

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 128 I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. MEEHAN was allowed to speak out of order.)


                     Congressional Hockey Challenge

  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to address 
our colleagues for 1 minute on behalf of the Congressional Hockey 
Caucus and our colleagues from both sides of the aisle who now, for the 
sixth year, have participated in what we call the Congressional Hockey 
Challenge.
  This is the game for charity in which we have Members of Congress who 
play hockey and three of our friends from the Parliament in Canada, 
representing the lawmakers, play against a team of lobbyists. The game 
specifically supports hockey for children in underprivileged 
communities who would not otherwise have access to the game.
  In addition, it has raised dollars for scholarships for children from 
underprivileged communities to go on to play hockey in college. This 
was the sixth annual game, and to date, we have raised over a $500,000 
for that charity.
  Let me just close with this observation. In addition to being able to 
play with our colleagues and the lobbyists, we were joined on each side 
by very, very special guests. They were members of the Wounded Warriors 
ice hockey team.
  The lobbyist team was privileged to have retired Army reservist 
Joseph Bowser, who lost a leg in Iraq, playing on their team. Our side 
was joined by retired Army Captain Mark Little, who lost both legs in 
Iraq.
  I might tell you that there is no more inspirational thing than to 
see the courage of two young men who have found hockey as a way to find 
continued aspiration and accomplishment.
  I will close my observations by saying that the winning goal--and 
this was no giveaway. This was a remarkably competitive game. The 
winning goal was scored by Captain Mark Little.
  So on behalf of my colleagues, I am pleased to report that the pride 
of the institution is intact. Congress won 7-5.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, 5-minute voting will 
continue.
  There was no objection.
  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. CONYERS. 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 244, 
noes 171, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 129]

                               AYES--244

     Aderholt
     Amash
     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)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     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

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     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frelinghuysen
     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)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     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
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peters (CA)
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Rahall
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schneider
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--171

     Beatty
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     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
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rohrabacher
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bass
     Becerra
     Courtney
     Dingell
     Franks (AZ)
     Gosar
     Hinojosa
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Rush
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Waters
     Waxman


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining.

                              {time}  1714

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York changed her vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________