[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

                              {time}  1733

  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.

                              {time}  1745

  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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