[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 88 (Monday, June 9, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D611-D614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 4809-
4820; 1 private bill, H.R. 4821; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 116, 612; 
and H. Res. 613, were introduced.                        
  Pages H5185-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5186-87
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Womack to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5075
Recess: The House recessed at 12:11 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5076
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015: The House began consideration of H.R. 4745, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2015. Consideration is expected to continue 
tomorrow, June 10th.                        
  Pages H5077-H5106, H5149-84
Agreed to:
  Walberg amendment that strikes section 102 of the bill, relating to 
the ability of the Secretary to engage in activities with States to 
consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities; 
                                                         Pages H5090-91
  Butterfield amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the 
Federal Transit Administration by $2,000,000 for Technical Assistance 
and Training;                                                
Page H5097

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  Griffin (AR) amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration by $500,000; 
                                                         Pages H5097-98
  Duffy amendment that increases funding for continuum of care and 
rural housing stability assistance programs by $10,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H5160-61
  Conyers amendment that increases funding for the national homeless 
data analysis project by $2,000,000;                         
Page H5161
  Lee amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Fair Housing 
Activities by $10,000,000;                                   
Page H5164
  Grayson amendment that increases funding for the creation and 
promotion of translated materials and other programs that support the 
assistance of persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the 
services provided by HUD by $150,000;                    
Pages H5164-65
  Waters amendment that prohibits funds from being used to require the 
relocation, or to carry out any required relocation, of any asset 
management positions of the Office of Multifamily Housing of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development in existence as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act;                            
Pages H5171-72
  Norton amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of the 5th or 14th Amendment to the Constitution or title 
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;                          
Page H5174
  DeFazio amendment that prohibits funds from being used to approve a 
new foreign air carrier permit or exemption application under U.S. law 
of an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate issued 
by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air 
Transport Agreement where such approval would contravene U.S. law or 
the Agreement;                                           
Pages H5175-76
  Jackson Lee amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code; 
                                                             Page H5176
  DeSantis amendment that prohibits funds from being used to repay any 
loan made, guaranteed, or insured by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development;                                           
Page H5177
  Grayson amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
a contract with any offeror or any of its principals if that offeror 
has (1) within a three-year period preceding this offer been convicted 
of or had a civil judgment rendered against it for commission of a 
fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to 
obtain, or performing a public contract or subcontract; violation of 
Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, 
falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax 
evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen 
property; or (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or 
civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of any of the 
offenses enumerated in paragraph (1); or (3) within a three-year period 
preceding this offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes 
in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
unsatisfied;                                                 
Page H5177
  Garamendi amendment that prohibits funds from being used to develop 
or implement any rule to modify the criteria relating to citizenship 
that are applied in determining whether a person is eligible to be an 
operator of a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; and 
                                                             Page H5178
  Gosar amendment that prohibits funds from being used to administer 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Roadside 
Survey.                                                      
Page H5180
Rejected:
  Farenthold amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
the Department of Transportation by $6,000,000 for facilities and 
equipment;                                                   
Page H5089
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation and apply the $340,000,000 in 
savings to the spending reduction account;               
Pages H5095-96
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to reduce funding for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation by $34,000,000 and apply the savings to 
the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 154 ayes to 248 
noes, Roll No. 273);                                 
Pages H5096, H5149
  Chabot amendment that sought to reduce funding for Public and Indian 
Housing by $2,910,252,900 for section 8 housing programs and apply the 
savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 127 
ayes to 279 noes, Roll No. 274);                  
Pages H5104, H5149-50
  Poe (TX) amendment that sought to strike section 165 of the bill, 
relating to a new light or heavy rail project to be constructed on 
Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard 
north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas (agreed by unanimous consent 
to withdraw the request for a recorded vote to the end that the 
amendment stand rejected by the earlier voice vote thereon); 
                                               Pages H5098-H5100, H5150
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to reduce funding for the community 
development block grant program by $200,000,000 and apply the savings 
to the spending reduction account; and                       
Page H5159
  Grayson amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
authorize, approve, or implement

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a toll on existing free lanes on any segment of Interstate 4 in the 
State of Florida.                                            
Page H5183
Withdrawn:
  Duffy amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have inserted language relating to vehicles transporting raw or 
unfinished forest product on I-39 in Wisconsin between certain mile 
markers;                                                 
Pages H5193-94
  Jackson Lee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that would have increased funding, by offset, for Policy Development 
and Research, Research and Technology by $1,000,000; and 
                                                         Pages H5163-64
  Lowenthal amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have allowed unobligated funds made available to a State in 
fiscal year 2010 for the Interstate Maintenance Discretionary program 
under section 118(c) of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of the Moving Ahead for Progress 
in the 21st Century Act to be made available to the State for any 
project eligible under section 133(b) of such title.     
Pages H5176-77
Point of Order sustained against:
  Meehan amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Federal Railroad Administration by $3,000,000;           
Pages H5088-89
  Nadler amendment that sought to increase funding for Public and 
Indian Housing by $988,471,000 for the section 8 tenant-based rental 
assistance program;                                      
Pages H5104-05
  Himes amendment that sought to insert a new section providing for the 
establishment of a budget-neutral demonstration program for mulitfamily 
housing energy and water conservation;                   
Pages H5168-69
  Burgess amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used by 
the Secretary of Transportation to authorize a person (1) to operate an 
unmanned aircraft system in the national airspace for the purpose of 
using the unmanned aircraft system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon 
against a person or property or (2) to manufacture, sell, or distribute 
an unmanned aircraft system, or a component thereof, for use in the 
national airspace system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon against a 
person or property;                                          
Page H5172
  Garamendi amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for 
recapitalization of the Ready Reserve Force of the National Defense 
Reserve Fleet except in a manner consistent with the Buy American Act; 
                                                             Page H5181
  Grayson amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
make bonus awards to contractors for work on projects that are behind 
schedule or over budget;                                 
Pages H5181-82
  Garamendi amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used on 
a transportation project unless all contracts carried out within the 
scope of the applicable National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
finding, determination, or decision are Buy American compliant; and 
                                                         Pages H5182-83
  Grayson amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
provide a per-passenger subsidy in excess of $250 under the Essential 
Air Service program.                                     
Pages H5183-84
Proceedings Postponed:
  Gohmert amendment that seeks to reduce funding for the Public Housing 
Capital Fund by $7,100,000 and the Public Housing Operating Fund by 
$17,600,000 and apply the $24,700,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account;                                       
Pages H5155-56
  Nadler amendment that seeks to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program by $29,100,000; 
                                                         Pages H5157-58
  Capito amendment that seeks to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Community Development Fund by $100,000,000 for carrying out the 
community development block grant program;               
Pages H5158-59
  Broun (GA) amendment that seeks to reduce funding for the community 
development block grant program by $20,000,000 and apply the savings to 
the spending reduction account;                          
Pages H5159-60
  Broun (GA) amendment that seeks to reduce funding for Rental Housing 
Assistance by $7,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account;                                       
Pages H5162-63
  Broun (GA) amendment that seeks to reduce funding for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation Office of Inspector General by 
$1,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending reduction account; 
                                                         Pages H5169-70
  Hartzler amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
enforce section 319 of title 23, United States Code;     
Pages H5173-74
  Daines amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
develop, issue, or implement regulations that increase levels of 
minimum financial responsibility for transporting passengers or 
property as in effect on January 1, 2014, under regulations issued 
pursuant to sections 31138 and 31139 of title 49, United States Code; 
                                                         Pages H5174-75
  Gosar amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to retain any legal counsel 
who is not an employee of such Department or the Department of Justice;
                                                         Pages H5177-78
  Gosar amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule entitled 
``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'', published by the Department

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of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal Register on July 19, 
2013; and                                                
Pages H5178-80
  Fleming amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
acquire a camera for the purpose of collecting or storing vehicle 
license plate numbers.                                   
Pages H5180-81
  H. Res. 604, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4745) and (H.R. 4681), was agreed to on May 30th.
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Urging the Government of Afghanistan, following a successful first 
round of the presidential election on April 5, 2014, to pursue a 
transparent, credible, and inclusive run-off presidential election on 
June 14, 2014: H. Res. 600, amended, to urge the Government of 
Afghanistan, following a successful first round of the presidential 
election on April 5, 2014, to pursue a transparent, credible, and 
inclusive run-off presidential election on June 14, 2014, while 
ensuring the safety of voters, candidates, poll workers, and election 
observers;                                               
  Pages H5106-08
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 
2014: H.R. 4412, amended, to authorize the programs of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
401 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 272;                 
  Pages H5108-26, H5148
  Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act: 
S. 1254, amended, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia 
Research and Control Act of 1998;                        
  Pages H5126-30
  Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act: H.R. 2072, amended, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Inspector General of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs;                          
  Pages H5130-34
  Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to 
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964: H. Con. Res. 100, to authorize the use of the rotunda of 
the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;               
  Pages H5134-36
  Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to 
award the Congressional Gold Medal to the next of kin or personal 
representative of Raoul Wallenberg: S. Con. Res. 36, to permit the use 
of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional 
Gold Medal to the next of kin or personal representative of Raoul 
Wallenberg;                                              
  Pages H5136-37
  Mortgage Choice Act: H.R. 3211, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection 
with a mortgage transaction;                             
  Pages H5137-38
  Amending the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the 
application of that Act to American Samoa: H.R. 1679, amended, to amend 
the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that 
Act to American Samoa; and                               
  Pages H5138-39
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Expedited 
Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to 
American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.''.          
Page H5139
  DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act: H.R. 4228, 
amended, to require the Department of Homeland Security to improve 
discipline, accountability, and transparency in acquisition program 
management.                                              
  Pages H5139-48
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
the victims of the tragic incident in Las Vegas, NV on Sunday, June 
8th.                                                     
  Pages H5148-49
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H5077.
Senate Referral: S. 1044 was held at the desk.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5148, 
H5149, and H5150. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 11:15 p.m.