[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 149 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H8886-H8889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 5781) to provide short-term water 
supplies to drought-stricken California, will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to 
recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I am.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. George Miller of California moves to recommit the bill 
     H.R. 5781 to the Committee on Natural Resources with 
     instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith, 
     with the following amendment:
       At the end of the bill, add the following:

TITLE IV--PRESERVING FISHING INDUSTRY JOBS AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AND 
PROT E C T I N G EXISTING WATER RIGHTS PRIORITIES IN WESTERN STATES AND 
                           TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY

     SEC. 401. PRESERVING FISHING INDUSTRY JOBS AND THE REGIONAL 
                   ECONOMY.

       Nothing in this Act shall adversely impact the commercial 
     or sport fishing industries of California, Oregon, or 
     Washington or any population of west coast salmon.

     SEC. 402. PROTECTING EXISTING WATER RIGHTS PRIORITIES IN 
                   WESTERN STATES.

       Provisions in this Act changing the relative priority of 
     water rights in California shall not create any legal 
     precedent for any other State.

     SEC. 403. PROTECTING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.

       Nothing in this Act shall undermine Native American tribal 
     sovereignty, or reduce the quantity or quality of the water 
     available to affected Indian tribes.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, this is the final 
amendment to this bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to 
committee. If adopted, the bill will proceed immediately to final 
passage as amended.

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  There is no question that the underlying bill is controversial, but 
wherever you stand on the goals of this bill, it is clear that it was 
not drafted properly. That is no surprise. It was introduced just a 
week ago and did not go through the normal legislative process. It did 
not receive a hearing or a markup.
  On top of that, the sponsors of the bill failed to consult the 
interested parties. They didn't consult the fishermen, both commercial 
and sports fishermen; duck hunters; and others who are deeply impacted 
by this bill, such as the thousands of farmers who are farming hundreds 
of thousands of acres and millions of dollars in crops.
  They didn't consult the water agencies that are responsible for 
delivering safe and clean drinking water to the Western States and to 
many in my district. They didn't consult the tribes whose rights may 
very well be affected by this legislation. They didn't even consult the 
Members of Congress from this great delta, the largest delta of the 
Pacific Ocean. They didn't even consult the Members with direct 
interest in this legislation.
  In fact, it was only when Senator Barbara Boxer insisted that there 
be transparency in the process and that we be given copies of the bill 
that negotiations were called off and Senator Feinstein said that she 
would take up this bill next year under regular order.
  Where does that leave us? With a bill intended to help one region of 
California at the expense of endangered species that could end up 
hurting millions of dollars' worth of commercial fishing interests, 
farmers, tribes, and neighboring States.
  My amendment would fix that. First, it clarifies that nothing in this 
bill would adversely impact the fishing industries in California, 
Oregon, or Washington. Without this clarification, the bill would 
result in exporting additional water, which would devastate the salmon 
population and harm thousands of small businesses and commercial 
fishermen.
  Second, my bill would clarify that this bill would not create a 
precedent of impacting water rights in other States. This bill is a 
major rewrite of California's water rights, plain and simple. Most 
notably, under existing State water rights, the bill's increased 
pumping for the Central Valley Project would require a reduction in 
State water project pumping; yet the bill specifically mandates that 
the water supply for the State water project cannot be reduced, 
contrary to California law.
  This will mean that a small subgroup of water users in California 
will get a higher priority access to water than they are entitled to 
under their contracts.
  Finally, my amendment clarifies that the bill protects tribal 
sovereignty and won't reduce the quality and quantity of water provided 
to the Indian tribes under the Federal Government's tribal trust 
obligations.
  To give you one example of a tribe that could be harmed by this 
legislation, the Hoopa Valley Tribe in Humboldt County is dependent on 
water from the Trinity River. Their economy is dependent upon it, their 
fisheries are dependent upon it, and the tourism of the tribe is 
dependent upon the water of this river.
  We already saw this year emergency water releases from the Trinity 
River to prevent mass fish kills. If the water is all pumped out of the 
dam before then, the problem is there won't be any to help the tribe or 
to help other parts of the economy lower in the State.
  Truly, the House should reject this radical, ill-conceived bill. At a 
minimum, we should pass my amendment that would ensure that the 
reckless actions of this bill's sponsors do not result in significant 
harm to our tribes, fishermen, and neighboring States.
  One of the rationales for passing this bill by the supporters of it 
is that this water just flows to the ocean, that is sort of the way God 
created the plain; but the fact of the matter is it doesn't just flow 
to the ocean.
  As it goes to the ocean, as it leaves the Sierra mountains and comes 
down the State, it goes past the cities of Sacramento, Concord, and 
Pittsburg, where hundreds of thousands of people live and depend upon 
it for their drinking water supply--clean water.
  It goes past the United States Steel mill that uses and needs clean 
water for steel production. It goes past the DuPont chemical facility 
that needs clean water for production. It mixes with the saltwater in 
the Suisun Marsh which allows fish to survive the difference between 
saltwater and freshwater.
  It provides all of those kinds of benefits and jobs for hundreds and 
thousands of people in the industries that are located in the delta and 
that are located there because of the delta.
  Finally, if there is no water, it does not flow to the ocean. That 
seems to be some kind of indictment against the river systems of 
California, that it flows to the ocean. If it doesn't flow to the 
ocean, then the salmon can't get out into the bay, they can't get out 
into the ocean, and the incoming salmon can't get up to spawn for the 
next generation.
  What happens when that happens? It means that in Oregon and 
Washington, it will affect the runs that come up here and provide for 
commercial fishing; that provide for sport fishing; that provide for 
recreation; that provide for tourism; that provide revenues to the 
States in terms of fishing licenses, revenues to all of the States, 
like California. It provides for the wetlands, for duck hunters, and 
preserves one of the great byways.
  That is not just going to the ocean. That is an incredibly important 
water system. A small group of farmers here want to take it all for 
themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 
motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Washington is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I just simply want to say 
that we kind of alluded to California water in just a prior exchange. 
Yes, it is complicated, but I want to be very, very specific.

                              {time}  1315

  The bill under consideration today is a short-term fix to something 
that needs a long-term fix. And the gentleman made a number of 
arguments, but I think the gentleman failed to read the bill because 
there are two specific sections in there that are contrary to what he 
is asserting would happen. Those are section 203 and section 301.
  Let me try to be as concise as I can on what this legislation does 
and why it is important to pass it out of this Congress. This 
legislation, to cut to the chase, simply says that during rainy 
periods--California is getting rain right now. They will probably get 
rain for another couple of months, hopefully. During rainy periods, 
this legislation simply gives Federal agencies and State agencies the 
flexibility to direct water to where it is needed--nothing more. It is 
nothing more complicated than that because it doesn't preempt the 
Endangered Species Act. It doesn't preempt other environmental laws. It 
simply says that when it rains, and we are in rainy season right now, 
that we should have the ability to direct that water where it is 
needed. That is why this legislation has an expiration date in 
September of 2016, to give time for a more comprehensive solution to 
this.
  So, from my point of view, this motion to recommit is simply a 
procedural motion to hopefully stop this process of trying to give 
short-term relief to the drought in California. I urge my colleagues to 
vote ``no'' on the motion to recommit and to vote ``yes'' on the 
underlying legislation.
  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.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the 
yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  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.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 182, 
nays 228, not voting 24, as follows:

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                             [Roll No. 552]

                               YEAS--182

     Adams
     Barrow (GA)
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     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
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     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)
     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)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--228

     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
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     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
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     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
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marino
     Massie
     Matheson
     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
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     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--24

     Barber
     Campbell
     Capuano
     Cohen
     Cooper
     Cummings
     Davis, Danny
     Duckworth
     Graves (MO)
     Grijalva
     Hall
     Jeffries
     Labrador
     Marchant
     McCarthy (NY)
     Meng
     Miller, Gary
     Negrete McLeod
     Quigley
     Rice (SC)
     Rogers (MI)
     Shea-Porter
     Smith (WA)
     Waxman

                              {time}  1343

  Messrs. BENISHEK, SESSIONS, COFFMAN, GINGREY of Georgia, and 
BRIDENSTINE changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  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

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 230, 
noes 182, not voting 22, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 553]

                               AYES--230

     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
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     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
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     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
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marino
     Massie
     Matheson
     McAllister
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     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)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--182

     Adams
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel

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     Jackson Lee
     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
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     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)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--22

     Barber
     Campbell
     Capuano
     Cohen
     Cooper
     Duckworth
     Graves (MO)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Hall
     Jeffries
     Labrador
     Marchant
     McCarthy (NY)
     Meng
     Miller, Gary
     Negrete McLeod
     Nugent
     Rogers (MI)
     Shea-Porter
     Smith (WA)
     Waxman

                              {time}  1352

  Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          personal explanation

  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent on 
December 9, 2014. If I were present, I would have voted on the 
following: rollcall No. 552--On motion to recommit with instructions--
``yea''; rollcall No. 553--On final passage of H.R. 5781--``nay.''

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