[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 141 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H8060-H8064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD REFORM ACT OF 2013
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1422) to amend the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to
provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public
participation, and for other purposes, will now resume.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. When proceedings were postponed earlier
today, all time for debate on the bill, as amended, had expired.
Amendment Printed in Part A of House Report 113-626 Offered by Mr.
Stewart
Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 3, line 7, through page 9, line 1, redesignate
subsections (a) through (e) as subsections (b) through (f),
respectively.
Page 3, after line 6, insert the following new subsection:
(a) Independent Advice.--Section 8(a) of the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of
1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365(a)) is amended by inserting
``independently'' after ``Advisory Board which shall''.
Page 3, line 14, strike ``in consultation with the
Administrator''.
Page 3, lines 18 through 20, strike ``select Board'' and
all that follows through ``and shall''.
Page 4, line 18, strike ``and'' and insert ``or''.
Page 5, line 3, insert ``the Interior,'' after ``Energy,''.
Page 5, line 5, strike ``them'' and insert ``each''.
Page 6, line 17, insert ``or draft'' before ``risk''.
Page 6, line 18, strike ``and''.
Page 6, line 19, redesignate subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (C).
Page 6, after line 18, insert the following new
subparagraph:
(B) by striking ``formal''; and
Page 6, line 19, insert ``or draft'' before ``risk''.
Page 6, line 22, insert ``or draft'' before ``risk''.
Page 7, line 10, insert ``(1)(A)'' after ``(e)'' both
places it appears.
Page 7, lines 13, 17, and 19, redesignate paragraphs (1)
through (3) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and
conform the margins accordingly.
Page 7, lines 22 and 23, strike ``by adding after
subsection (g) the following'' and inserting ``by amending
subsection (h) to read as follows''.
Page 9, lines 2 and 3, strike ``by adding after subsection
(h), as added by subsection (d) of this section, the
following'' and inserting ``by amending subsection (i) to
read as follows''.
Page 9, line 11, insert ``or Congress'' after ``the
Administrator''.
Page 9, line 15, strike ``and the Administrator'' and
insert ``, the Administrator, and Congress''.
Page 9, line 19, after paragraph (4) insert the following
new paragraph:
``(5) The Board shall be fully and timely responsive to
Congress.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 756, the
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Utah.
Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, this amendment makes a number of technical
and conforming changes to address revisions to the existing statute
that occurred with the passage of the farm bill. I am pleased to have
worked with Representative Davis to strengthen the changes to the
statute that he was able to secure in passage of the farm bill.
This amendment is critical to ensure that the underlying bill can be
properly applied to existing statute. Just this morning, the
legislation received the support of the American Farm Bureau, the
National Association of Manufacturers, and the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce.
I ask for your support, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Oregon is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment
offered by my good friend from Utah (Mr. Stewart).
I want to state again that I have appreciated Mr. Stewart's
collaboration on bills that have come through the Science Committee in
the past, and I definitely appreciate his intent to strengthen and
bring more transparency to the Science Advisory Board. However, as
explained previously and as I will explain, this bill and this
amendment do not accomplish what needs to be done.
Although my friend's amendment seems to make mostly minor and
technical corrections, there are a few
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changes that raise concern. One consequence of this bill is the
expansion of the scope of the Science Advisory Board's work to include
risk or hazard assessments proposed by the Agency. Unfortunately, the
amendment offered exacerbates this burden and potential delay by adding
draft work being done by the Agency to the board's workload.
A letter from several leading environmental groups, including the
Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Defense Fund,
note that the inclusion of risk and hazard assessments already
represents a ``dramatic and unnecessary expansion.''
It would ``increase the burden on the Science Advisory Board and slow
the board's ability to complete its tasked objectives.'' Asking the
board to constantly peer over the shoulder of the Agency at this stage
is an inefficient and ineffective use of the board.
I am also concerned about another part of the amendment that requires
the board ``be fully and timely responsive to Congress.'' This seems
inconsistent with language in the underlying bill that requires the
board to ``avoid making policy determinations or recommendations.''
The amendment appears to put the board in a precarious position,
making it vulnerable to political interference and placing a shadow
over the independence that we all agree the board should have. The
Science Advisory Board can provide Congress and the EPA with important
scientific advice, but it should not be beholden to Congress or the EPA
Administrator.
Finally, it is clear that this bill would have a serious impact on
the membership of the Science Advisory Board in a way that will
prohibit qualified scientists from providing their advice to the EPA.
Unfortunately, this amendment only deepens that impact by increasing
the number of prohibited activities.
If this amendment is adopted, the bill would read:
Board members may not participate in advisory activities
that directly or indirectly involve review or evaluation of
their own work.
I want to clearly illustrate what that means. If the EPA were to
consider a rule involving gravity, for example, and if Albert Einstein
were alive, this bill would prohibit him from offering expert advice,
as that is a subject with which he has had ``direct'' involvement.
That is obviously an absurd result that would result in fewer
qualified people serving. We should want the smartest and most
knowledgeable scientists advising the EPA; instead, this bill prohibits
them from doing so.
Again, I have great respect for my friend from Utah. I am proud that
we have worked together in the past and hope we can find areas where we
agree going forward, both with the remainder of the 113th and in the
114th Congress.
Unfortunately, regardless of what happens with this amendment, I will
have to oppose the bill, but I look forward to continuing to work on
this issue.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, we have debated these issues throughout the
day. I believe that we have made our case. I believe that we have made
our case persuasively. I believe our case is complete.
This amendment is technical in nature. I believe that the bill itself
is common sense. It will lead to good government. It will lead to
better government at least. It will lead to better advice and counsel
given to the EPA through these reforms of the Science Advisory Board. I
urge all Members to support it. I look forward to the vote.
With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the previous question
is ordered on the bill, as amended, and on the amendment by the
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart).
The question is on the amendment by the gentleman from Utah (Mr.
Stewart).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 232,
nays 184, not voting 18, as follows:
[Roll No. 523]
YEAS--232
Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Clawson (FL)
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matheson
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schock
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NAYS--184
Adams
Barber
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moran
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
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NOT VOTING--18
Braley (IA)
Campbell
Cassidy
Chaffetz
Duckworth
Fattah
Gingrey (GA)
Gutierrez
Hall
Hinojosa
LaMalfa
Moore
Mullin
Negrete McLeod
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Tiberi
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Ms. HAHN and Ms. PINGREE of Maine changed their vote from ``yea'' to
``nay.''
Mr. ROGERS of Michigan changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 523, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
Stated against:
Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 523, had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to
recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Yes, I am.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York moves to recommit the
bill H.R. 1422 to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology with instructions to report the same back to the
House forthwith, with the following amendment:
Add at the end of the bill the following:
SEC. 5. PROTECTING TAXPAYERS FROM CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BASED
ON PERSONAL PROFIT.
No person shall be a member of the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board if they represent a corporation
or a trade association that has a direct or indirect
financial interest in the outcome of decisions based on
recommendations made by the Board.
Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New York is recognized for 5
minutes in support of his motion.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, this is the final
amendment to the bill. It will not kill it or send it back to
committee. If it is adopted, it will move immediately to final passage,
as amended.
Mr. Speaker, since 1978, the Environmental Protection Agency's
Science Advisory Board has been tasked with external, independent
advice on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental issues
to help inform environmental decisions, and this commonsense amendment
is critical to protecting the integrity of the SAB.
It simply says:
No person shall be a member of the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board if they represent a corporation
or a trade association that has a direct or indirect
financial interest in the outcome of decisions based on
recommendations made by the board.
My colleagues, a simple notion, a commonsense notion: if someone has
a financial interest, they should not serve on the board.
The Science Advisory Board has some of the most distinguished
scientists in their fields, folks like Dr. William Schlesinger, from
Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley, in my neck of the woods, who has
served as a member of the Science Advisory Board. Dr. Schlesinger is a
good example of the kind of people we have on this board. He is the
president emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an
ecological research institute in Millbrook, New York. He has spent 30
years investigating the link between environmental chemistry and global
climate change, and his expertise has informed numerous pieces of
legislation, such as the Clean Air Act.
America is the world leader in research, with an unprecedented number
of scientists like Dr. Schlesinger in academic institutions, not
because we politicize science, but because we don't politicize science.
Their entire life's work has been devoted to serving the public and to
leaving our country a better place. It is why it is imperative that we
continue to allow the most knowledgeable scientific and technical
experts from our research institutions to serve without conflict,
without a paycheck in the offing. So far, scientists on the SAB have
been instrumental in creating real reforms to the Clean Air Act, the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Science is not political. We shouldn't fear science, and we shouldn't
politicize science. We should not monetize science, and we should not
make it political today. We should ban these conflicts and trust in our
scientists. We must continue to allow the SAB to implement impartial
scientific recommendations, and we simply must prohibit scientists who
can profit from decisions from making recommendations as part of the
board.
This bill now requires a new disclosure requirement for SAB members,
but there is a glaring omission. It fails to effectively prevent
persons with key financial conflicts from serving. That is why I urge
my colleagues to support my commonsense amendment. We must not allow
corporations to influence this process by sending corporation-funded
scientists onto the board. We must not allow corporation-funded
scientists to drown out genuine scientific debate. My goodness. This
amendment would simply ensure that the science board continues its
integrity of serving science, not serving itself or any one political
agenda.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation, and I rise in
opposition to the motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation of a point of order is
withdrawn.
The gentleman from Utah is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, the motion to recommit offered by the
opposition today is one thing and one thing only, and that is an
attempt to stop what is a reasonable and commonsense bill.
I have to tell you, Mr. Speaker, that I was taken aback, but I was
not surprised by what I heard during today's debate.
Contrary to what we just heard, no current member of the SAB can be a
registered lobbyist. Mr. Grayson from Florida offered that as an
amendment. We accepted that amendment. It is not a part of this bill.
Asking for transparency is not gutting the EPA. Asking for public
involvement is not gutting the EPA. You have to twist yourself into a
pretzel to object to this bill for anything other than purely partisan
reasons.
If 60 percent of the members of the Science Advisory Board are
receiving more than $140 million in direct government grants, then
let's recognize that, and let's ask for transparency. If public
comments are regularly ignored--if they are not even given the least or
the barest of consideration--let's be honest, and let's try to fix
that. If State, local, and industry experts are precluded from sitting
and participating on these boards, then let's open the door for their
participation and their experience. They have valuable expertise. We
should take advantage of that.
Transparency, public involvement, accountability--those are the only
things that we are asking for in this bill. Improving balance and
transparency in the EPA is not something that should be controversial.
We should be able to agree to a balanced, a fair, and a transparent
process.
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This bill is supported in its current form by the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Farm Bureau--I
could go on and on. There are more than 20 organizations that are
supporting this bill.
To my fellow Members, there are only two very simple choices to make
here: stand up now and vote ``no'' on the motion to recommit and vote
``yes'' on final passage. Let's make the EPA transparent. Let's make
them accountable. Let's make them true to the science that they have
vowed to defend.
With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I demand a
recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on
the question of passage.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 195,
noes 225, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 524]
AYES--195
Adams
Barber
Barrow (GA)
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--225
Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
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
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matheson
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schock
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--14
Campbell
Cassidy
Diaz-Balart
Duckworth
Fattah
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Hall
Moore
Moran
Mullin
Negrete McLeod
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
{time} 1752
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 229,
noes 191, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 525]
AYES--229
Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matheson
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schock
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stewart
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IN)
NOES--191
Adams
Barber
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gibson
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Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--14
Campbell
Cassidy
Duckworth
Fattah
Hall
Honda
Moore
Moran
Mullin
Negrete McLeod
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Stivers
Young (AK)
{time} 1801
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated against:
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 525, had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
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