Congressional Record, Volume 160 Issue 90 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)

[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H5296-H5312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Holding). Pursuant to House Resolution
616 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. 4800.
Will the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan) 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. 4800) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other
purposes, with Mr. Duncan of Tennessee (Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today,
a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 7, printed in the
Congressional Record, offered by the gentleman from California (Mr.
Royce), had been postponed, and the bill had been read through page 16,
line 19.
The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).

limitation on administrative expenses

Not to exceed $60,709,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated or other
uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

(including transfers of funds)

Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife
Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formulation
and administration of marketing agreements and orders
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

payments to states and possessions

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing
activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000.

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, $43,722,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Gardner

Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, and I ask
unanimous consent that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun) be listed
as a cosponsor of my amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. An amendment may not be cosponsored.
The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 18, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $3,461,000)''.
Page 42, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $3,461,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman
from Colorado and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado.
Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the amendment
which provides an additional $3.4 million for telemedicine and distance
learning services in rural areas.
The Distance Learning and Telemedicine program was reduced from FY14-
enacted levels, and my amendment restores some of the funding to
improve access to health care and education for rural areas.
Rural areas are typically areas where they have local primary care
physicians who perform routine checkups and primary care. But what if a
patient requires a specialist or has a more complicated medical
condition?
My hometown of Yuma, Colorado, is more than 2 hours from a number of
specialized medical services, complex trauma centers, or oncology
centers. The doctors in our area and in other rural areas do the best
job they can with the resources that they have, but most lack the
specialization to treat more complicated cases.
We can improve patient outcomes, quality of life, lower costs, and
improve care by utilizing technology that is already available. This
amendment provides additional resources for our rural communities to do
just that. Increases in funding for telemedicine will give patients
access to health care anywhere at any time.
Additionally, this amendment would provide funding to support
distance learning services. These funds will go toward providing better
educational opportunities to students in rural areas. There is no
reason children should be at a disadvantage simply because of their
location.
This amendment reduces the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration by $3.4 million back to the FY14-enacted levels. GIPSA's
responsibility is to oversee the marketing of livestock, poultry,
meats, grains, and other agriculture products. This agency has more
than ample resources to do its work, and it is only reducing funds to
the FY14-enacted levels.
This amendment will provide so much more to the people in our rural
communities, and I urge a ``yes'' vote.
I reserve the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. Does anyone wish to speak in opposition to the
amendment?
Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for his support, and
I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for his support and encourage
passage of this bill to help rural Colorado and rural America produce
and provide greater telemedicine opportunities for the country.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner).
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities
require additional supervision and oversight, or other
uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary
for Food Safety, $816,000.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act,
including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,005,189,000; and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from
fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as
authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided,
That funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication
Infrastructure system shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent
positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2015 for
purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement
related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent
of the current replacement value of the building.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Grayson

Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 19, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,500,000)''.
Page 20, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(decreased by $5,500,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman

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from Florida and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, the purpose of this amendment is to
reverse $5.5 million in cuts for food safety and food inspection here
in the United States.
Currently, the Food Safety and Inspection Service is funded at
$1,005,189,000 in this bill. That is $5.5 million below the current
enacted amount and $17.581 million below the Senate allocation in their
agriculture appropriations bill.
This bill seeks to remove $5.5 million from a pay-for from the Farm
Service Agency. The Farm Service Agency is funded at $1,205,068,000 in
this bill. That is over $27 million above the current enacted amount,
and it is $65.5 million above the President's request and $22.5 million
above the Senate allocation.
Certainly, farm conservation and regulation is very important, and
that is the function of the Farm Service Agency. However, food safety
and food inspection is paramount because of all the problems that the
country is facing today on this count.
According to this study by Robert Scharff that I have in my hand here
from the Journal of Food Protection, dated 2012, the economic burden of
health loss is due to foodborne illnesses in the United States. The
cost of foodborne illnesses in the United States each year is $77.7
billion. That is $77.7 billion. Food safety and food losses and
foodborne illnesses lead to 128,000 hospitalizations every year and,
unfortunately, 3,000 deaths every year in the United States.
Specifically, we have a total of 3,036 deaths caused by bacteria, by
parasites, and by viruses. The shame of it, Mr. Chairman, the ultimate
shame, is that food poisoning is 100 percent preventable. Every single
instance of death, hospitalization could be avoided if we had a
properly funded and fully funded food inspection system. That is the
dilemma that faces us today.

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Each year, under this bill, the inspectors are required to inspect
every animal before slaughter and each carcass after slaughter, in
order to ensure that public health requirements are met.
In one recent year, this included 50 billion pounds of livestock
carcasses, 59 billion pounds of poultry carcasses, and 4.3 billion
pounds of processed egg products. At U.S. borders, they also inspected
3.3 billion pounds of imported meat and poultry products.
Increasingly, food safety is a global concern. Globalization of food
production and trade increases the likelihood of international
incidents involving contaminated food. Imported food products and
ingredients are common in many countries, including our own.
Stronger food safety systems in export countries can reinforce local
and cross border health security, but, frankly, the ultimate
responsibility is ours.
Seventy-five percent of new infectious diseases affecting humans over
the past 10 years were caused by bacteria, viruses, and pathogens that
started in animals and in animal products. Many of these diseases are
in people who are related to the handling of infected domestic and wild
animals during food production, in food markets, and at
slaughterhouses.
Preventing disease starts at the farm, which is where the inspections
take place. Preventing animal infections at the farm level can reduce
foodborne illnesses.
For example, reducing the amount of salmonella in farm chickens by 50
percent through better farm management and inspections results in 50
percent fewer incidences of people getting sick from the bacteria.
Salmonella-free chicken herds are what this country needs.
It is fundamentally irresponsible for this body to be cutting the
Food Safety and Inspection Service budget. God help us all if there is
some widespread outbreak in this country where we don't have 3,000
deaths a year, we don't have 30,000 deaths a year, but we have 300,000
deaths a year caused by poor food inspection standards.
We must restore this money to the budget, and I ask my colleagues to
support this amendment.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, the bill that we have on the floor
provides over $1 billion for the Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The amount is an increase of $3.8 million above the President's own
request.
Food safety is certainly important. I don't think anyone can argue
that that is not a very important issue that we have made in this bill.
We have proven that by exceeding the amount requested by the minority's
own administration request.
Now is not the time to be reducing funds from the Farm Service
Agency. They are tying trying to implement the new farm bill and
provide assistance to American farmers and ranchers.
We have a bipartisan request to prevent the administration from
implementing their plan to close FSA offices. Support of the amendment
is equivalent to supporting a closure of FSA offices across the
country.
I urge my colleagues to oppose this amount, and I reserve the balance
of my time.
Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, I would simply submit that we cannot
expect more for less. If we are going to be reducing the budget for
food inspection in this country, we will have less food inspections, we
will have more disease, we will have more hospitalizations, and we will
have more deaths.
That is not something that I want on my conscience. God help us all
if such a thing happens, but I want to know that I did everything I
could to avoid that from happening. It is fundamentally silly and wrong
to think that we can cut the budget and somehow expect people to do
more for less.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, let me just say that the Farm Service
Agency is a very important aspect of this bill. We are hearing from a
lot of our Members about FSA office closure. If this amendment passes,
this may mean the closure of some of the FSA offices.
Again, I would oppose the amendment, and I yield back the balance of
my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. GRAYSON. 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 Florida will
be postponed.
The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $898,000.

Farm Service Agency

salaries and expenses

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency,
$1,205,068,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to
use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the
funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program
payments for all programs administered by the Agency:
Provided further, That other funds made available to the
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and
merged with this account: Provided further, That funds made
available to county committees shall remain available until
expended.

Amendment Offered by Mr. McNerney

Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Holding). The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 20, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $11,000,000) (increased by $11,000,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman
from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, the amendment my colleague Mr. Garamendi
and I are offering simply decreases the funding for the Farm Service
Agency by $11 million and increases it by the same amount. The intent
of this amendment is to ensure

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that $11 million goes towards the Emergency Conservation Program, or
ECP.
Mr. Chairman, you might wonder why I would decrease and increase the
amount by the same amount, but in the arcane world of appropriations,
it is the intent of Congress--and we want to make sure that the intent
is there--to put this money into the Emergency Conservation Program.
The ECP helps farmers and ranchers during severe drought. They are
able to use this program's funding to repair damaged farm land or
install measures for water conservation.
My State of California has more than 80,000 farmers and ranchers,
accounting for 15 percent of national receipts for crops and 77.1
percent for the U.S. revenue for livestock and livestock products.
State exports totaled approximately $18 billion in value.
Unfortunately, California is experiencing a prolonged and serious
drought. Conditions haven't improved. Snowpack and reservoirs are at
historically low levels. This drought is a State emergency, and support
will be needed through the rest of this year and next.
Our farmers and ranchers need every available resource right now,
rather than responding after the fact when the damage is more severe.
Programs like the ECP are critical for these farmers and ranchers in
times of exceptional drought.
Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to my colleague from
California (Mr. Garamendi).
Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Chairman, my colleague from California has it
right. California is in a severe drought, as well as half a dozen other
States, including Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and
Nevada.
The intent of this amendment is to signal to the Department of
Agriculture to move some money out of the salaries and the support for
the Farm Service Agency and over to the Emergency Conservation Program.
We know $11 million isn't going to do it, but it is a good start, and
it is a signal that we need to send.
I know that, in my own district, we normally have over 500,000 acres
of rice. This year, it will be 300,000 acres of rice planted. We have
tens of thousands of acres of walnuts and almonds. Many of those
orchards are going to die, unless there is an opportunity to provide
for the emergency conservation programs that will be needed. Those are
wells, pumps, and other systems.
We ought to do this. I urge an ``aye'' vote on this amendment. It
moves money from one account to another account and back to the
original account.
This is a messaging amendment. I ask for your ``aye'' vote.
Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, our farmers need the assistance right
now. I am glad that the House appears to be ready to take a vote.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes,'' 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. McNerney).
The amendment was agreed to.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 20, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``, of
which $50,000,000 shall be for the emergency conservation
program under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman
from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Chairman, I love messaging, and I appreciate the
House acquiescing to the previous amendment that is a messaging
amendment.
Now, let's do something. Let's not just send a message. Let's send
$50 million to the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Conservation
Program, so that they can carry out an absolutely essential task, which
is to assist farmers in States such as California, Nevada, Oregon, New
Mexico, Texas, and Georgia. Those States are all experiencing drought.
There will be others as this year progresses.
The money can be used immediately to set up water conservation
programs. For example, earlier today, a research program that has been
administered by the Department of Agriculture that has proven in
several States, such as Maryland, Georgia, California, and others, is
using modern technology like soil moisture sensing devices, coupled
directly with irrigation systems that can be turned on when the plant
needs water, not when the irrigator needs water.
Those systems can save between 20 and 40 percent of the normal
consumption in the agricultural sector. That applies to virtually every
kind of plant that might be grown.
It certainly applies in my own district with those almond orchards
that are now without an adequate supply of water. If this was available
to them now--as it could be if we were to pass this amendment and the
appropriation bill--those farmers could then access this money, put in
place those water conservation technologies, and stretch their supply,
allowing them to keep their orchards alive.
God forbid that we have another drought.
Under the present scenario, thousands of orchards in California will
die for lack of water, but if we can save this year and next year 20 to
40 percent of the water that is available, which is possible if we
actually enact this legislation and provide the kind of incentive--in
this case, 75 percent Federal, 25 percent farmer--we could keep those
orchards alive.
So I appeal to my colleagues that we allow this to be done. The money
comes from the overall account that is within the Department that
provides for administrative expenses and salaries. Move it from there
over to this conservation account. That money would then be available
to farmers to use.
We ought to do this. We have other drought legislation that has moved
through this House and went to the Senate, but there is no money in
those accounts--well, we have the money.
The question is: Are we willing to make it available for farmers in
any State where there is a drought emergency?
I would ask for your ``aye'' vote on this, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, this is the first time that we have seen
this amendment.
I do have to rise in opposition. We are very concerned that this is
not the appropriate time to be reducing funds for FSAs. We are trying
to implement the new farm program at this time, providing assistance to
the farmers and ranchers across America.

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We have had bipartisan requests to prevent the administration from
implementing its plan to close FSA offices. Members on both sides of
the aisle have voiced their concerns to us about these closures.
Supporting this amendment is equivalent to supporting the closure of
offices, so I would urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. GARAMENDI. 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.
The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

state mediation grants

For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106),
$3,404,000.

grassroots source water protection program

For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $2,500,000, to
remain available until expended.

dairy indemnity program

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
payments to dairy farmers and

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manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy indemnity
program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such program is carried out by
the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity
program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387, 114 Stat. 1549A-12).

agricultural credit insurance fund program account

(including transfers of funds)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and
operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7
U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25
U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed
conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from
funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows:
$2,000,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and
$1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans;
$1,393,443,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans
and $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency
loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans,
$2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000;
Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for
boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000: Provided,
That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll
weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program
loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm
operating loans, $63,101,000 for direct operating loans,
$14,770,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, and
emergency loans, $856,000, to remain available until
expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $314,918,000, of
which $306,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses''.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and
conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be
transferred among these programs: Provided, That the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

Risk Management Agency

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency,
$77,094,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses,
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

CORPORATIONS

The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or
agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such
corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be
necessary, to remain available until expended.

Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

reimbursement for net realized losses

(including transfers of funds)

For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15
U.S.C. 713a-11): Provided, That of the funds available to the
Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for
the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural
Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by
the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource
management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service
that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation
business.

hazardous waste management

(limitation on expenses)

For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit
Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site
investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and
maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of
section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(42 U.S.C. 6961).

TITLE II

CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary
for Natural Resources and Environment, $898,000.

Natural Resources Conservation Service

conservation operations

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of
the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm
irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for
soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control
agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil;
dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water,
and interests therein for use in the plant materials program
by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to
exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of
permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and
maintenance of aircraft, $843,053,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for
construction and improvement of buildings and public
improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost
of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other
public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided
further, That when buildings or other structures are erected
on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is
obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

watershed rehabilitation program

Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $25,000,000 is provided.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk,
and I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
Duncan) be listed as a cosponsor of my amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. An amendment may not be cosponsored.
The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 26, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced to $0)''.
Page 82, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $25,000,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman
from Georgia and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would eliminate all
funding provided in the bill for the Watershed Rehabilitation Program.
Across the United States, 11,000 dams have been constructed in local
communities under this program for the purpose of mitigating flood
conditions. Most of these dams were built in the 1940s and 1950s, and
thousands of them are suspected to be in need of attention. Of this
amount, only about 120 dams have been repaired so as to extend their
use into modern times. Indeed, given the advances of engineering
technology in the last 50 years, these refurbished dams may last well
into the next century, but Federal funding to maintain these many-State
infrastructure projects is simply not sustainable.
Under the farm bill passed earlier this year, the Watershed
Rehabilitation Program was authorized to receive both increased
mandatory as well as discretionary funding. However, the President has
not requested funding for this program in over 3 years, in large part
because he recognizes that the responsibility to maintain these
projects must ultimately fall on the local project sponsors. Likewise,
over in the Senate, zero dollars has been provided via discretionary
spending in recent years; and according to the Congressional Research
Service, it is expected that the mandatory spending will ultimately be
canceled permanently. In fact, the Watershed Rehabilitation Program has
never been allowed to spend mandatory funding.
So why is the House falling all over itself to fund this program?
Mr. Chairman, as long as the Federal Government is involved in this
dam program, the process of identifying problem dams and implementing
rehabilitation plans will be much like everything else the Federal
Government undertakes. It will be slow, painstaking, and way too
expensive.
In my home State of Georgia, we have many dams that we depend on to
mitigate heavy rains and prevent floods. I have to say, Mr. Chairman,
that I agree with the President here. I don't agree with him sometimes,
and I do agree with him many times, but in this place, I agree with him
in that we ought to leave the maintenance of

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these projects to the States. They know better than the Federal
Government what works for their communities.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, which is to limit
spending money that we just don't have.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to hear that my friend from
Georgia agrees with the President on something. That is kind of a
fascinating turn of events considering his traditional record, but
let's focus for a moment on what the upstream flood control dams do.
This is a program that began in the 1940s to build small earthen
dams--too small to fall within the Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction--to
act as interlocking flood control structures to protect people and
property and assets below the structures wherever they may be, all the
way to the Atlantic Ocean or all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
The problem, you see, is that, as meritorious and as wonderful as
these 3,000 structures have worked, time takes its toll on everything,
and if we don't pursue this program to rehabilitate them--to extend the
life--not only will they not continue the protection of people and of
property and of wildlife and not only will they not restrain the silt
and manage floods, but they will have to be taken out, and all of the
good they have done will be undone.
So what does this language in the bill do?
It provides cost share money so that local entities can rehabilitate
these structures.
My colleague was exactly right in that the advance of technology is
tremendous. The work that is done should last--instead of 50 years--100
years or more, but we have got 3,000 of these structures, and they are
getting older. Spending a little money to extend their lives to
continue to protect wildlife and people and property from every
structure all the way to the ocean seems like a wise use of resources.
Now, I understand that there is something like $900 million in
requested funding in 2014 to meet this need. This farm bill language
doesn't meet all of that need, but it takes a huge step in the right
direction. We spend a lot of money around here on things that last just
a few minutes or a few hours or a few days. This is an investment that
will last a century in building on a previous half century's
investment--a wise use of resources.
The government built these dams to protect life and property, and
many of these structures are hitting their life expectancies. Let's
spend a little bit to continue that wise investment. Yes, let's keep
the silt out of the streams, and, yes, let's enhance the wildlife
qualities up and down these streams, but don't ever forget not just the
property but the people who can sleep at night without the fear of what
Mother Nature may do because of the upstream flood control dams.
I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment. I urge them to
continue to support the investment that has been so wisely made since
the 1940s. Please vote ``no.''
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, my good friend, the chairman of
the Agriculture Committee, is very erudite in his discussion against my
amendment, but the facts are these: there is $250 million authorized in
the farm bill--in his own bill. In this bill, there is $92 million in
mandatory spending that is being appropriated, and I am not touching
debt whatsoever. The mandatory spending has never gone out.
I certainly know about farm dams and how flood control works. In
fact, back in 1994, I was living in Americus, Georgia--I was practicing
medicine there--and we had a hurricane that parked itself right over
Americus, Georgia. In a 24-hour period, we had 25 inches of rain, and
30 people died in southwest Georgia because of the upstream dams'
failing one by one in a fashion that was just like dominoes that were
falling over. The water ran into Lake Blackshear, Georgia. Then it went
from there down to Albany, Georgia, and there was a tremendous flood in
Albany. All of southwest Georgia got flooded, and 30 people were killed
because of it.
I certainly know about that, and I have a great feeling for that, but
the problem is that the mandatory spending has never been spent. What I
am doing in my amendment is just striking the $25 million extra in
discretionary spending. I believe that we ought to repair those dams.
We need to help make sure that we have some flood mitigation, but we
are not utilizing the authorized money or the appropriated money
appropriately.
We are in an economic emergency as a nation. Let's utilize our money
from a fiscally sane perspective. That is what I am trying to do, and I
encourage the acceptance of my amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. BROUN of Georgia. 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 Georgia will
be postponed.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Duncan of Tennessee

Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the
desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 26, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
Page 82, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman
from Tennessee and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee.
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, my amendment deals with the
same part of the bill as Mr. Broun's, and it is very similar.
My amendment would save $10 million by reducing the increase in this
program, the Watershed Rehabilitation Program. Let me repeat that, Mr.
Chairman. My amendment simply reduces the increase. It is not a cut. In
fact, this program would still be getting a 25 percent increase in
discretionary funds even if my amendment were approved. In addition,
this program has had a restriction on mandatory spending since 2002.
Under this bill, this restriction is being removed.
This means that, without my amendment, spending on this program,
which was $12 million this year and $13.6 million last year, will go to
$117 million this next fiscal year. No other department or agency in
the Federal Government is receiving this type of increase--almost 10
times what is being spent on this program during this fiscal year.
This is a program for which the President requested no funding, as
Mr. Broun mentioned, and for which the Senate Appropriations Committee
provides no funding, which he also mentioned. Surely, Republicans in
the House are not going to allow the President or the Senate to act in
a more fiscally conservative manner than we here in the House.

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Most State and local governments are in much better fiscal shape than
the Federal Government is with our $17.6 trillion national debt. They
can carry out this program, where necessary, or farmers themselves can
do some improvement.
The National Taxpayers Union supports this amendment and has
announced that they will be including my amendment in their ratings of
congressional votes.
Mr. Chairman, this is a very modest attempt to do at least a little
something about our horrendous debt. Admiral Mike Mullen, a very
respected man who was Chairman of our Joint Chiefs of Staff a couple of
years ago gave several speeches and testified before several committees
of the House and Senate; and he said over and over again that our
national debt is the greatest threat to our national security. This
amendment is a small step, but an important step toward doing something
about that.

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Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. LUCAS. My friends, once again, slightly different amount, same
subject.
What can I say?
Yes, in the process of putting the farm bill together, where we saved
$23 billion, we looked very carefully at all of the programs underneath
our jurisdictions. Many things were reformed, reducing spending.
Some things that have worked extremely well actually received more
resources. I think that part of being competent and wise legislators is
assessing how the resources are used, reducing spending in wasteful
areas, and enhancing spending in areas that are wisely spent. I think
that is what we are about here.
Now, I know that apparently there are outside groups that have chosen
to score this, and I would remind my friends that they score a variety
of things. But why do you have to pick on the things that affect rural
America?
Why do you have to address the infrastructure issues that go after
public safety, preservation of property, life itself?
I suppose if you are sitting somewhere in an ivory tower typing out
scorecards, you can pick the things that are less relevant to you.
But of those 3,000 structures scattered across America, dating back
to the 1940s, countless, countless lives and millions, if not hundreds
of millions, of dollars of property have been protected. I think that
is a good use of our resources, a wise commitment in how we allocate
our funds.
Now, some of my colleagues have alluded to the way in which the funds
are handled, the mandatory dollars coming through the farm bill every
so many years and how, in the magical process called appropriations,
some of that mandatory money becomes discretionary.
I do not pretend to have enough time to discuss the nuances of that
art form, but I will say this: as long as the resources are of
sufficient caliber to make a major effort in meeting the needs that
exist, whether it is through the every 5-year farm bill or the annual
appropriations process by our friends on the Ag Subcommittee of
Appropriations, let's just do the right thing. And on this occasion, we
are doing the right thing.
If you care about long-term investments, if you care about public
safety, if you care about property--and I repeat one more time: for
those of you have ever been in the field that look at these structures,
they act to control silt flows in streams. That is important to
wildlife and fish. That is important to water quality, and they inhibit
these floods that come, and then they meter the water out in a slow
fashion.
The overwhelming lion's share of them do not impound water, they
simply slow the process down so that the streams and rivers below can
handle it.
My real regret here is that we haven't put more effort in the last 50
years into these structures. If we had, if we would have, if we could,
or if we will some day, the effect on the environment, the effect on
our fellow citizens will be tremendous, even more than it is now.
Again, please reject this amendment. I know my Republican friends
here are very sincere in following the President's lead on this, but
please reject this amendment. Let's continue to make this investment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I will simply repeat that my
amendment does not go as far as Mr. Broun's. It would save $10 million,
if adopted.
This program, if my amendment is not adopted, will receive an
increase almost 10 times the amount that is being spent on this program
in this fiscal year. It would seem to me that most people in this
country would feel it is ridiculous to give any program a tenfold
increase. I know the Congress is very generous in spending other
people's money, but they are going too far on this.
I urge my colleagues to support my very minimal, modest amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I might consume.
I respect my colleague from Tennessee greatly. I believe he is very
sincere in what he is trying do. I do not question his motives. I have
great faith in Congressman Duncan.
But this amendment, like the previous amendment, has long-term
ramifications. They have long-term ramifications on previous
investments made.
Let's reject these two amendments. Let's continue the good work that
has been done. Let's focus on the things that we need to be doing.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. 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 Tennessee
will be postponed.
The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

TITLE III

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary
for Rural Development, $898,000.

Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development
mission area, including activities with institutions
concerning the development and operation of agricultural
cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $224,201,000:
Provided, That no less than $15,000,000 shall be for the
Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising
and promotional activities that support the Rural Development
mission area: Provided further, That any balances available
from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural
Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service
salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and
merged with this appropriation.

Rural Housing Service

rural housing insurance fund program account

(including transfers of funds)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing
Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing
insurance fund, as follows: $1,042,276,000 shall be for
direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans; $26,372,000 for section 504 housing repair
loans; $28,398,000 for section 515 rental housing;
$150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing
loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing
acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help
housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section
524 site development loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502
loans, $76,920,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504
housing repair loans, $3,700,000; and repair, rehabilitation,
and new construction of section 515 rental housing,
$9,800,000: Provided, That to support the loan program level
for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this
heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover
the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the
provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et
seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:
Provided further, That of the amounts available under this
paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than
$5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for
individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program
funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized
by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2015.
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and
contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486,
$15,936,000, to remain available until expended, for direct
farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances available
for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to
and merged with this account.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $415,100,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

rental assistance program

For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or
agreements entered

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into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible
households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the
Housing Act of 1949, $1,088,500,000; and, in addition, such
sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of
the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992
to carry out the rental assistance program under section
521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal
year shall be funded for a 1-year period: Provided further,
That rental assistance contracts will not be renewed within
the 12-month contract period: Provided further, That any
unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year
agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes of
any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of
any existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance
activities authorized under title V of the Act: Provided
further, That rental assistance provided under agreements
entered into prior to fiscal year 2015 for a farm labor
multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or
516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another
project until such assistance has remained unused for a
period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a
waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the
project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not
receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such
recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent
practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family
housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act.

multi-family housing revitalization program account

For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding
subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to
conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and
revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties
described in this paragraph, $28,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $8,000,000, shall be available for rural
housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those
not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property
financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after
September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such
voucher shall be the difference between comparable market
rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for
such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for
such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual
appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall,
to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers
with current regulations and administrative guidance
applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that the
amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act
is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds
for the demonstration program for the preservation and
revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties
described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be
available for a demonstration program for the preservation
and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-
family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA
multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems
appropriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the
project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for
the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-
income residents and farm laborers including reducing or
eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating,
reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial
assistance including advances, payments and incentives
(including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns
on investment) required by the Secretary: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and
revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement
consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided
further, That if the Secretary determines that additional
funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed,
funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration
program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That
if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a
multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program
similar to the demonstration program described herein, the
Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstration
program under this heading to carry out such legislation with
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That in addition
to any other available funds, the Secretary may expend not
more than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made
available under this heading, for administrative expenses for
activities funded under this heading.

mutual and self-help housing grants

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to
remain available until expended.

rural housing assistance grants

For grants for very low-income housing repair made by the
Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474,
$27,000,000, to remain available until expended.

rural community facilities program account

(including transfers of funds)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for direct loans and
$73,222,000 for guaranteed loans.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,500,000, to remain
available until expended.
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities
programs as authorized by section 306 and described in
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $27,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That $5,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available for a
Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further,
That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity
and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and
community development organizations, low-income rural
communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
to undertake projects to improve housing, community
facilities, community and economic development projects in
rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made
available to qualified private, nonprofit and public
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program
of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That
such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds
from other sources, including Federal funds for related
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided:
Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities
in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe
economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with up to 5
percent for administration and capacity building in the State
rural development offices: Provided further, That $4,000,000
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be
available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges,
as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided
further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the
funds made available under this heading.

Rural Business--Cooperative Service

rural business program account

(including transfers of funds)

For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural
business development programs authorized by section 310B and
described in section 310B (a), (c), and (g) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $65,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall
be made available for one grant to a qualified national
organization to provide technical assistance for rural
transportation in order to promote economic development:
Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to
provide technical assistance for rural transportation in
order to promote economic development: Provided further, That
for purposes of determining eligibility or level of program
assistance the Secretary shall not include incarcerated
prison populations: Provided further, That sections 381E-H
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
are not applicable to funds made available under this
heading.

intermediary relending program fund account

(including transfer of funds)

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by
the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C.
1936b), $16,234,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, as authorized by
the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C
1936b), of which $531,000 shall be available through June 30,
2015, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of
which $1,021,000 shall be available through June 30, 2015,
for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in
accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
direct loan programs, $4,439,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development,
Salaries and Expenses''.

rural economic development loans program account

(including rescission of funds)

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job
creation projects, $59,456,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit
payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be
obligated and $155,000,000 are rescinded.

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rural cooperative development grants

For rural cooperative development grants authorized under
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $22,050,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the
appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program:
Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants
for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives,
or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged
groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing
boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members
of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $10,750,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added
agricultural product market development grants, as authorized
by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a).

rural energy for america program

For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the
same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
8107), $3,500,000: Provided, That the cost of loan
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974.

rural business investment program account

For loans for the rural business investment program, as
authorized by section 384F(b)(3)(A) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act, $4,000,000, to remain available
until expended.

Rural Utilities Service

rural water and waste disposal program account

(including transfers of funds)

For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants
for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid
waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A,
306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, $466,893,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall be available for the rural utilities program described
in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to
exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities
program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That
$66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be for loans and grants including water and waste
disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally
recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1),
and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of
Hawaii): Provided further, That funding provided for section
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may
be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of
Public Law 105-83: Provided further, That not more than 2
percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by
the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance
programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided
for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant
to section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and
technical assistance programs: Provided further, That not to
exceed $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural
water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of
such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of
extreme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available for
a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional
technical assistance organization, with experience in working
with small communities on water and waste water problems, the
principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural
communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving
the planning, financing, development, operation, and
management of water and waste water systems, and of which not
less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native
American organization to provide technical assistance for
rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided further,
That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified
national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide
technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided
further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid
waste management grants: Provided further, That any prior
year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by
section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural
Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided
further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the
funds made available under this heading.

rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

(including transfer of funds)

The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as
authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be
made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of that
Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting
loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 percent rural
telecommunications loans, cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to
section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans,
$690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be
used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of
fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or
existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $34,478,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses''.

distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication
loans, $24,077,000.
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services
in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section
601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until
expended, for a grant program to finance broadband
transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning
and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C.
950aaa.

TITLE IV

DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary
for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $816,000.

Food and Nutrition Service

child nutrition programs

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except
section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $20,523,795,000 to
remain available through September 30, 2016, of which such
sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and
available for the same time period and purposes as provided
herein: Provided, That of the total amount available,
$17,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):
Provided further, That of the total amount available,
$25,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants
to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies
and schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve
healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the
establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school
breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total amount
available, $27,000,000 shall remain available until expended
to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-80).

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
(wic)

For necessary expenses to carry out the special
supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$6,623,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2016: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less
than $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer
counselors and other related activities, $14,000,000 shall be
used for infrastructure, $30,000,000 shall be used for
management information systems, and $25,000,000 shall be used
for WIC electronic benefit transfer systems and activities:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this
account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula
except in accordance with the cost containment and
competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
shall be available for activities that are not fully
reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or
agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act:
Provided further, That upon termination of a federally-
mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and
conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may
waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of
a State agency.

supplemental nutrition assistance program

For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $82,251,138,000, of
which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September
30, 2016, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such
amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry
out program operations: Provided, That funds provided herein
shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used
to provide nutrition education services to State agencies and
Federally recognized tribes participating in the Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work
registration or workfare requirements as may be required by
law: Provided further, That funds made available for

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Employment and Training under this heading shall remain
available through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading for a study on Indian
tribal administration of nutrition programs, as provided in
title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79),
and a study of the removal of cash benefits in Puerto Rico,
as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014
(Public Law 113-79) shall be available until expended:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading for section 28(d)(1) and section 27(a) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through
September 30, 2016: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading for employment and training
pilot projects, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79), shall remain available
through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading may be used to enter into
contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations,
or to conduct activities related to program integrity
provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008.

Amendment Offered by Ms. Speier

Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Duncan of Tennessee). The Clerk will report the
amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 45, line 16, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)'' after
the 1st dollar amount.
Page 45, line 16, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''
after the 1st dollar amount.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentlewoman
from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Chairman, I am joined in making this amendment by my
colleague from Michigan (Mr. Benishek).
This particular amendment addresses the issue of veterans in this
country who are living on the edge, the 1.4 million veterans who are
living in poverty, the 900,000 who are on food stamps.
We do know there is a backlog that exists, even now, with veterans'
disability claims from 572,000 currently around the country, some
waiting as long as 200 days. This amendment is going to make them
eligible for SNAP benefits under the disabled category, which will, for
all intents and purposes, allow them to access food that is prepared
and also deduct medical expenses for their status.
Filing for SNAP under the disabled status can provide much-needed
assistance with minimal cost. For a veteran with war-related mental or
physical injuries, this small amount of help can make an enormous
difference.
Again, I want to thank Congressman Benishek for his cosponsorship of
this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time
in support of the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Michigan?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support a very
commonsense amendment.
I think we can all agree that no disabled veteran should go hungry.
Those who have served our Nation with honor and distinction, and come
home as wounded veterans deserve great honor, not a life of hardship.
Unfortunately, not all of our veterans have fared well following
their tours of duty. From the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone, 45
percent of the 1.6 million veterans are applying for benefits with the
VA. Only about one-third have been granted benefits so far.

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The VA has almost 600,000 pending disability claims as of April 2014,
with 23 percent of those from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
This amendment would allow veterans to apply for SNAP benefits while
their disability claims are pending with the Department of Veterans
Affairs. Just like all Americans, veterans would still be required to
meet income eligibility requirements for SNAP. However, they would no
longer have to wait on the backlog that is so prevalent at the VA to
find out if they would be eligible for these specific benefits.
Mr. Chairman, our Nation's veterans should never live under the
threat of hunger due to an administrative backlog in Washington. They
deserve better. This amendment is fully paid for and just makes sense.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Chairman, as my colleague said, this is truly a
simple amendment that holds our poor veterans harmless while we deal
with the dysfunction in the VA. It is a compassionate and appropriate
action by this House. I urge its passage.
With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier).
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

commodity assistance program

For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by
section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act
of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected
islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188);
and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by
section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966,
$275,701,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016:
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities
donated to the program: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with
funds made available in fiscal year 2015 to support the
Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by
section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30,
2016: Provided further, That of the funds made available
under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for
costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

nutrition programs administration

For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition
assistance program, $150,824,000: Provided, That of the funds
provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of
section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as amended by section
4401 of Public Law 110-246.

TITLE V

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

Foreign Agricultural Service

salaries and expenses

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,
including not to exceed $158,000 for representation
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act
approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $182,563,000:
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or
reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the
agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C.
1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United
States Agency for International Development: Provided
further, That funds made available for middle-income country
training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug
International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship
program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting
fluctuations in international currency exchange rates,
subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service,
shall remain available until expended.

food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program
account

(including rescission and transfer of funds)

For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program
of title I of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
and the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o),
$2,528,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses'': Provided, That of the unobligated balances
provided pursuant to title I of the Food for Peace Act,
$13,000,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts
may be rescinded pursuant to the previous proviso from
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.

food for peace title ii grants

For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including
interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law
83-480), for commodities supplied in connection with
dispositions abroad under title II of said Act,
$1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That, for

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fiscal year 2015, the amount made available pursuant to
section 412(e)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
1736f(e)(2)) to carry out nonemergency food assistance
programs under title II of such Act shall be $375,000,000.

mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition
program grants

For necessary expenses to carry out section 3107 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S. C.
1736o-1), $198,126,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized
to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for the
purpose of implementing such section, subject to
reimbursement from amounts provided herein.

commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program
account

(including transfers of funds)

For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity
Credit Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and
GSM 103, $6,748,000; to cover common overhead expenses as
permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990, of which $6,394,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural
Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $354,000 shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

TITLE VI

RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for
payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public
Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug
Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of
special purpose space in the District of Columbia or
elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of
enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's
certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding
section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $4,442,048,000: Provided,
That of the amount provided under this heading, $798,000,000
shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and
remain available until expended; $128,282,000 shall be
derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended; $312,116,000 shall be derived from
human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42,
and shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended; $21,014,000 shall be derived from biosimilar
biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-52,
and shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended; $22,464,000 shall be derived from animal drug
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$6,944,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-21, and shall be credited
to this account and remain available until expended;
$566,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended; $1,434,000 shall
be derived from food and feed recall fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379j-31, and shall be credited to this account and
remain available until expended; $6,414,000 shall be derived
from food reinspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31,
and shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended; and $5,300,000 shall be derived from
voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379j-31, and shall be credited to this account and
remain available until expended: Provided further, That in
addition and notwithstanding any other provision under this
heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees,
medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees,
biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug user
fees, and animal generic drug user fees that exceed the
respective fiscal year 2015 limitations are appropriated and
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That fees derived from
prescription drug, medical device, human generic drug,
biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and animal
generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2015, including any
such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2015 but credited
for fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to the fiscal year
2015 limitations: Provided further, That the Secretary may
accept payment during fiscal year 2015 of user fees specified
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2016, prior
to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees
assessed for fiscal year 2016 for which the Secretary accepts
payment in fiscal year 2015 shall not be included in amounts
under this heading: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1)
$913,784,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,326,402,000 shall be for the
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3)
$344,267,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation
and Research and for related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $171,783,000 shall be for the
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)
$420,548,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and
Radiological Health and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $62,494,000 shall be for
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
$531,527,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (8) not to exceed $163,471,000 shall be for Rent and
Related activities, of which $47,116,000 is for White Oak
Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General
Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed
$228,839,000 shall be for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent; and (10) $278,933,000 shall be for
other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine,
the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of
Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the
Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for these
offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this
amount shall be for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds
pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts
made available under this heading for other activities:
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one
specified activity to another with the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C.
263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n,
outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62,
prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and
inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-
party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), may be credited to
this account, to remain available until expended.

buildings and facilities

For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of
or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not
otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain available until
expended.

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

commodity futures trading commission

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental
of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of
Columbia and elsewhere, $217,578,000, including not to exceed
$3,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for consultations
and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign
governmental and other regulatory officials, of which
$52,578,000, shall be for the purchase of information
technology until September 30, 2016, and of which not less
than $1,885,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Chairman of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission shall develop and report to the Committees
of jurisdiction of both Houses of Congress within 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, a schedule of
implementation and sequencing of all rules, regulations, and
orders under section 716 or 722(d) of Public Law 111-203,
section 1a(49)(D) or 4m of the Commodity Exchange Act, or any
of the amendments made by section 737 of Public Law 111-203,
including all Commission cost benefit analyses and studies
relied upon in the formulation of any regulations issued in
implementing any of such sections or amendments.

Amendment Offered by Ms. DeLauro

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Page 57, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $17,578,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentlewoman
from Connecticut and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, currently this bill mandates that the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission spend $52.6 million of its already
limited budget on information technology. My amendment, put forward
with my colleagues Congresswoman Waters of California and Congressman
Himes of Connecticut, reduces this IT set-aside back to its current
level of $35 million.
Americans want to see more accountability from Wall Street and oil
speculators and fewer reckless transactions,

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market failures, and bailouts. That is the CFTC's job, to rein in
gambling with risky derivatives on Wall Street and prevent undue
speculation on oil.
Republican and Democratic experts both have argued that the current
funding level purposefully sets the CFTC up for failure. The current
bill leaves CFTC dangerously underfunded, 22 percent below the
President's request. This increased IT set-aside is equivalent to
reducing their budget by another 7 percent below last year's level.
By returning this set-aside to $35 million, our amendment gives the
Commission more flexibility to spend the budget they have on
enforcement and examinations, to put more ``cops on the beat,'' as it
were, if they see fit.
This represents neither a cut nor a rise in the current level of CFTC
funding. While I think we should fund them higher, this amendment
merely lets them use their budget to do their job, and they manage to
do a lot, even with the limited resources we have given them.
Last year, the Commission's enforcement division brought in just over
$1 billion to the Treasury. That is more than the Congress has provided
the Commission in the last 5 years.
According to Acting Chairman Wetjen:

The unfortunate reality is that, at current funding levels,
the Commission is unable to adequately fulfill the mission
given to it by Congress.

The agency's enforcement staff is already smaller than it was in
2002, when the Commission was just responsible for the futures and
options market.
Today, this smaller staff has additional important and extremely
complex oversight responsibilities. They must now also oversee the $400
trillion swaps market, and they are responsible for pursuing cases
against reckless, manipulative, or deceptive schemes.
We need to give the Commission the flexibility in allocating
resources that it needs to do its job, to oversee risky market
behaviors, protect consumers, and enforce the law. This amendment will
allow them to do that, and I urge all of my colleagues to support it.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would severely starve the
very regulator charged with overseeing the swaps, futures, and options
markets of desperately needed information technology resources.
The bill I brought before the House this afternoon would return
information technology investments to just below the FY 2012 level, and
this amendment would reduce IT by 33 percent.
This amendment would only accomplish one objective, to grow the size
of our government bureaucracy by hiring unneeded personnel to write
more overreaching rules and regulations. Staff at the CFTC is already
at a record high.
The CFTC is preparing to regulate high-frequency trading. This
amendment would ignore the reality of a regulator whose 82 percent of
its employees make more than six-figure incomes, and staff enters by
hand almost 20,000 paper forms per year. This is an exhaustive and
costly exercise. This amendment would reward those misplaced resources.
CFTC has seen a 166 percent increase in the amount of data it takes
in. It takes in hundreds of millions of records per day and does not
have the capability to store that data internally.
The amendment ignores the advice of former CFTC chief economist, who
was the recipient of the Chairman Gary Gensler's award for excellence
in 2010, who stated:

Financial regulation should recognize that automation and
increasingly higher transaction speeds make it nearly
impossible for humans to provide effective layers of risk
management.
Regulators need to change their surveillance and
enforcement practices to be more cyber-centric rather than
human-centric.

Therefore, based on that information, I strongly urge my colleagues
to oppose this amendment.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, the fact of the matter is that this
amendment gives the CFTC flexibility. That is all it does. It could
spend all of that money on IT. If they want to spend it on enforcement
staff, they would be able to do it. This leaves them the flexibility to
make the determinations based on what the needs are.
With that, I yield the balance of my time to my colleague from
Connecticut (Mr. Himes).
Mr. HIMES. Mr. Chairman, I rise to join happily in the amendment
offered by my neighbor and close friend from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro)
and the gentlewoman from California, Ranking Member Waters.
One of the crucial achievements of the Dodd-Frank bill, of course,
was to drag a massive and, in some cases, very dangerous derivatives
market into the light of day by giving CFTC authority to look at the
instruments which brought down AIG, which were involved in the London
Whale, which when used incorrectly can create a systemic risk to the
system, and this is a market that has been growing very, very rapidly.
In 2010, the total derivatives market was about $124 trillion. That
is trillion with a t. That is a multiple of the size of the U.S.
economy. Today, it has almost doubled that, $223 trillion. Now, these
are securities that can cause all sorts of havoc if not adequately
regulated.

This amendment, as Ms. DeLauro pointed out, in no way expands
bureaucracy. We are not saying spend more money, though there is a very
powerful argument for spending more money on an agency that has been
tasked to take on a massive new market. It is simply providing
flexibility.
The question before this House on this amendment comes down to a very
simple question: We are either going to provide discretion to the CFTC
to run to where they think the danger is--and if they think that their
IT is insufficient, they can spend this money on the IT--they are
either going to run to where the danger is or we, as a House, are going
to decide that we are such crack IT professionals that we should tell
the CFTC that they must spend this money on their system. Folks, that
doesn't make any sense.
Therefore, I urge support for this amendment to provide the CFTC the
flexibility that they need in regulating this market.
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman from Connecticut has
expired.
Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, let's be very practical about this. I think
you have to put it in the context of what has happened.
We passed the Dodd-Frank bill because of an incredible financial
disaster in this country, and what we found out is that the regulators
weren't regulating. We found out they couldn't regulate because they
didn't even have regulations or any provisions about all of these
derivatives swaps. They were inventing new things that weren't even in
law.
The Federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission is right at the
heart of all these new instruments and all these derivatives swaps and
so on. In fact, we learned from Director Gensler--who came before our
committee and pointed out the massive amount of trading that goes on,
$300 trillion dollars.
We couldn't even figure out in the committee how to explain how many
millions trillions were. It is so much, and it is scary. We have got to
have people on the job to do this and the technology to do it.
Now, just to make sure that people are carrying out the law, you have
got to have people review that process. In fact, because the industry
doesn't want to be regulated, they go to my colleagues on the other
side of the aisle and say: cut this, don't give them the tools to
implement it, don't allow them to be the referees they have to be by
law.
We approved, last year, $315 million, and we criticized that. The
President came back for $280 million this year, and we have cut that.
Even when he went along with knowing that he wouldn't be able to get
all the things he asked for, we cut it again, so this bill fences off
part of that. It seems to me a reasonable amendment to adopt, and I
urge the adoption of it.

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I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Maxine Waters, the
ranking member of the committee.
Ms. WATERS. I would like to thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Chairman, as the ranking member of the Financial Services
Committee, I feel it is extremely important to support this amendment.
It is extremely important because we know that the work that we did on
the reform measure, the Dodd-Frank measure, is so important to try to
correct the lack of attention we were giving to our consumers and the
fact that we needed to strengthen our financial services agencies.
So when I see there is an attempt to weaken something such as the
CFTC or the SEC or the OCC or any of our regulatory agencies, it is
important for me to speak out and help people to understand what is
being attempted.
I urge support for this amendment to ensure our derivatives cop can
protect our financial markets and economy.
Make no mistake, even with this amendment, inadequate Republican
funding for the CFTC furthers a larger effort to undermine the
oversight of derivatives.

{time} 1800

While more funding is needed, this measure will at least prevent
layoffs.
The CFTC thwarts Wall Street from manipulating the price of things
like oil, corn, and gold. Without it, every American will feel the pain
at the pump and the dinner table. The CFTC enforces laws Democrats
enacted to rein in companies like AIG, whose activities led to the
worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Despite overwhelming need, Republicans would undercut the CFTC under
the guise of a modest IT increase, believing that if it just had the
right computers, the CFTC could eliminate employees.
What they don't understand is that it takes real people to bring
about justice and accountability. With funding far below the requested
amount, the CFTC cannot operate without temporarily closing or sacking
valuable talent, causing immediate harm to our markets with delays to
agency guidance, to investors and businesses, examinations of companies
entrusted with your funds, punishment of bad actors, and recovery of
victims' money.
This is a continuation of an effort by Republicans and special
interests to undercut laws and regulations that protect our consumers.
I am not going to stand for it, and I urge Members to support this
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from California has
expired.
The gentleman from Alabama has 3 minutes remaining.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Again, Mr. Chairman, I just rise in opposition to the
amendment. Again, this bill is important. The bill that we have before
the House would return the information technology investments to just
below that of FY 2012, and this amendment will reduce IT by 33 percent.
We feel like IT is very important. We think that the bill, as written,
should stand, and therefore we would oppose the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Ms. DeLAURO. 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
Connecticut will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

Farm Credit Administration

limitation on administrative expenses

Not to exceed $54,000,000 (from assessments collected from
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current
fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under
12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not
apply to expenses associated with receiverships: Provided
further, That the agency may exceed this limitation by up to
10 percent with notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were
postponed, in the following order:
An amendment by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
An amendment by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Royce of California.
An amendment by Mr. Grayson of Florida.
An amendment by Mr. Garamendi of California.
An amendment by Mr. Duncan of Tennessee.
An amendment by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
An amendment by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

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

Recorded Vote

The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 178,
noes 243, not voting 10, as follows:

[Roll No. 300]

AYES--178

Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garcia
Gardner
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guthrie
Hanna
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kingston
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latta
Long
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (MI)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Nugent
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schock
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thornberry
Tipton
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho

NOES--243

Aderholt
Bachus
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard

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Gallego
Garamendi
Gerlach
Granger
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Grimm
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McAllister
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McIntyre
McKeon
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller, George
Moore
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Noem
Nolan
Nunes
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Reichert
Richmond
Roby
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stewart
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiberi
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wolf
Womack
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (IN)

NOT VOTING--10

Collins (GA)
Davis, Danny
Hoyer
LaMalfa
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Moran
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)

{time} 1830

Messrs. CLEAVER, HALL, BACHUS, and HINOJOSA changed their vote from
``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. KING of Iowa and REED changed their vote from ``no'' to
``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Woodall). The unfinished business is the demand
for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Broun) 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 130,
noes 290, not voting 11, as follows:

[Roll No. 301]

AYES--130

Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Barr
Barton
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Burgess
Byrne
Campbell
Cantor
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman
Cook
Crenshaw
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith (VA)
Harris
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kingston
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Long
Lummis
Massie
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Nugent
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Polis
Pompeo
Price (GA)
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stewart
Stockman
Stutzman
Thornberry
Tipton
Upton
Walberg
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoho

NOES--290

Aderholt
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barrow (GA)
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Cotton
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibson
Granger
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guthrie
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Huelskamp
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McAllister
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Posey
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiberi
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Weber (TX)
Welch
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wolf
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IN)

NOT VOTING--11

Collins (GA)
Davis, Danny
Grijalva
Hoyer
LaMalfa
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Moran
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)

{time} 1835

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Royce

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Royce) 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

[Roll No. 302]

AYES--223

Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bentivolio
Bilirakis

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Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Burgess
Butterfield
Cantor
Capps
Capuano
Cartwright
Cassidy
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
Dent
DeSantis
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Garrett
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gosar
Gowdy
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutieerrez
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Himes
Holding
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Hudson
Hultgren
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Jordan
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McHenry
Meadows
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Miller (FL)
Moore
Mulvaney
Nadler
Napolitano
Nolan
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perry
Peters (CA)
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Polis
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Reichert
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Stewart
Stockman
Stutzman
Takano
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Wasserman Schultz
Waxman
Welch
Wenstrup
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Yarmuth
Young (IN)

NOES--198

Aderholt
Amash
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Benishek
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks (AL)
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Capito
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Castor (FL)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Coble
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Costa
Cotton
Crawford
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
DelBene
Denham
DesJarlais
Ellmers
Enyart
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibson
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hahn
Hanabusa
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Heck (NV)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hinojosa
Huelskamp
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Hurt
Israel
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (PA)
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
Latta
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lowenthal
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Maffei
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Massie
Matheson
McAllister
McCaul
McClintock
McDermott
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Mica
Michaud
Miller (MI)
Miller, George
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pearce
Perlmutter
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Rahall
Reed
Renacci
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney
Ross
Rothfus
Runyan
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schrader
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Speier
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vela
Wagner
Walz
Waters
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--10

Braley (IA)
Collins (GA)
Davis, Danny
LaMalfa
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Moran
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

{time} 1839

Messrs. POMPEO and WESTMORELAND changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
Mr. CROWLEY changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.

=========================== NOTE ===========================

June 11, 2014, on page H5309, the following appeared: So the
amendment was rejected.

The online version should be corrected to read: So the amendment
was agreed to.

========================= END NOTE =========================

The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Grayson

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida
(Mr. Grayson) 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. 303]

AYES--150

Barrow (GA)
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Burgess
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Garamendi
Gibson
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Grimm
Hahn
Hanabusa
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
King (NY)
Kirkpatrick
Langevin
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Miller, George
Moran
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Petri
Pocan
Polis
Quigley
Richmond
Rohrabacher
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schwartz
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stockman
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velaazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Wilson (FL)

NOES--272

Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Costa
Cotton
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garcia
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Hoyer
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Joyce
Keating
Kelly (PA)
Kind
King (IA)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Kuster
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta

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Lewis
Loebsack
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matheson
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moore
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perlmutter
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Shea-Porter
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vela
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)

NOT VOTING--9

Bachus
Collins (GA)
Gutieerrez
LaMalfa
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

{time} 1843

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Garamendi) 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. 304]

AYES--148

Amodei
Barber
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Capps
Capuano
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Cleaver
Coffman
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Garamendi
Gardner
Gibson
Grayson
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hanna
Hastings (FL)
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hudson
Huffman
Hunter
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Langevin
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McClintock
McDermott
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moran
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Pallone
Pascrell
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Quigley
Reed
Richmond
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schwartz
Serrano
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velaazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)

NOES--276

Aderholt
Amash
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Caardenas
Carter
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Coble
Cole
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cotton
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garcia
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hall
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Holding
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurt
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matheson
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McCollum
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moore
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Scalise
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vela
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)

NOT VOTING--7

Collins (GA)
LaMalfa
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

{time} 1847

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Duncan of Tennessee

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee
(Mr. Duncan) 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. 305]

AYES--119

Amash
Bachmann
Barr
Barton
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks (AL)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman
Conyers
Cotton
Crenshaw
Culberson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Fleischmann
Fleming
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gibbs

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Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Griffith (VA)
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurt
Issa
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kingston
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Long
Lummis
Massie
McCarthy (CA)
McClintock
McHenry
McIntyre
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Palazzo
Paulsen
Perry
Petri
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Price (GA)
Reichert
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Rothfus
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stewart
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Walberg
Walorski
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoho
Young (IN)

NOES--303

Aderholt
Amodei
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barrow (GA)
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibson
Goodlatte
Gosar
Granger
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Grimm
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Heck (WA)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Hunter
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McAllister
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McDermott
McKeon
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Pocan
Polis
Posey
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Renacci
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wolf
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--9

Cole
Collins (GA)
Johnson (GA)
LaMalfa
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

{time} 1851

Mr. SOUTHERLAND changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 306]

AYES--62

Amash
Barr
Bentivolio
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Burgess
Byrne
Chabot
Chaffetz
DeSantis
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Fleischmann
Fleming
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gohmert
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Hastings (FL)
Hensarling
Holding
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurt
Issa
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kaptur
Labrador
Lamborn
Long
Massie
McCarthy (CA)
McClintock
McHenry
Meadows
Messer
Miller (FL)
Mulvaney
Palazzo
Price (GA)
Rice (SC)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Royce
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Stewart
Stockman
Stutzman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Woodall

NOES--358

Aderholt
Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Cotton
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duffy
Edwards
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Goodlatte
Gosar
Granger
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guthrie
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huffman
Hunter
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Jones
Joyce
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
Lance
Langevin
Lankford
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McAllister
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McDermott
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mica
Michaud
Miller (MI)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)

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Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (WI)
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Speier
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tierney
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)

NOT VOTING--11

Collins (GA)
DeFazio
Ellison
LaMalfa
Larsen (WA)
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

{time} 1854

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment Offered by Ms. DeLauro

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) 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. 307]

AYES--194

Barber
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brooks (AL)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gibson
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
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)
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Saanchez, 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
Velaazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--227

Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Costa
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
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
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
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)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
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
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
Upton
Valadao
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)

NOT VOTING--10

Collins (GA)
Conyers
Graves (GA)
LaMalfa
Larsen (WA)
McGovern
Miller, Gary
Nunnelee
Rangel
Ryan (OH)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

{time} 1900

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Bishop of Utah) having assumed the chair, Mr. Woodall, 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.
4800) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, had come to no
resolution thereon.

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