[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 151 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H9284-H9290]
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INSULAR AREAS AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
consideration of the bill (H.R. 83) to require the Secretary of the
Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts
to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States
and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy
action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy,
including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, 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, 10\1/2\ minutes of debate remained on the bill.
The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) has 4 minutes remaining, and
the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) has 6\1/2\ minutes
remaining.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers).
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), a very distinguished ranking
member of the Appropriations Committee who is planning to retire. We
will miss him greatly, and we wish him good luck in his future
endeavors.
Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, for roughly 200 years, this government has
functioned on behalf of the American people. It has functioned through
the art of compromise. Conservatives, liberals, Democrats, and
Republicans have gotten together and decided what was in the best
interest of this Nation.
Mr. Speaker, this appropriations bill is in the best interest of this
Nation. It does reflect a compromise, but I would say to my colleagues
on the Democratic side: this is a good bill, this reflects our
priorities. It is our last chance to have those priorities reflected in
an appropriations bill.
One of our staff told me that for 2\1/2\ weeks, she hasn't seen her
children before they had to go to bed. The reason is that she has been
working night after night, fighting for our priorities to be included
in this bill, and she was successful. All of our staff was successful.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman an additional 30
seconds.
Mr. MORAN. I want to give a shout-out to Dave Pomerantz, Lesley
Turner, Will Smith, Jim Kulikowski, Rick Healy, Shalanda Young, and of
all the people who made this a good bill on both sides of the aisle.
This is why our government functions: because we are willing to
compromise and we are willing to look at what is in the best interest
of all of our constituents, putting partisanship aside.
This is a bill we should vote for. This bill needs to pass. I thank
the President and this body for supporting this bill because I trust we
will, in the long run, do the right thing after we have exhausted all
the other alternatives.
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Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Waters).
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker and Members, we are poised to vote on
legislation to fund government. Nobody wants to shut down our
government. Everybody here wants to have an answer, and we could have
an answer. All the opposite side has to do is to stop supporting a bill
that would allow the biggest banks in America to rip off the people one
more time.
We bailed out the richest banks in America with the people's money.
The people do not want that anymore, and so this provision that is in
the bill that would allow them to basically put us all at risk because
they want to trade these derivatives and be protected with our FDIC
cannot go on.
So there are a lot of things in this bill that are unacceptable. I am
the ranking member of the Financial Services Committee and I worked on
Dodd-Frank. They are trying to undermine Dodd-Frank. They have been
trying to get rid of Dodd-Frank piece by piece. We have to fight it
every day.
I am not going to let the people down. Democrats are not going to let
the people down. We are not going to vote for anything that is going to
give the store to the biggest banks in America one more time.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished minority whip.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker and Members, ever since the conference report
was reported out, Leader Pelosi and I have told everyone how
objectionable the two provisions that have been discussed are on our
side of the aisle. We think they should not be in an appropriations
bill. We think that they should be considered on their merits or
demerits. Unfortunately, they are in the bill.
I rise in support of the bill, notwithstanding my vigorous objection
to these two provisions. I rise because I, frankly, think that pursuing
CRs, continuing resolutions, on a continuing basis is harmful to our
economy, harmful to the growth in jobs, harmful to our national
security.
I regret that the Homeland Security bill has not been included for a
year as well. We undermine national security by that limitation. But,
nevertheless, in a world of alternatives, I have concluded that it is
better for us to pass this CR/Omnibus, as it is euphemistically
referred to, than it is to defeat it.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mrs. LOWEY. I yield the gentleman an additional 1 minute.
Mr. HOYER. So I urge my Members to vote for this CR/Omnibus tonight.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much time is remaining?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 3 minutes
remaining, and the gentleman from Kentucky has 4 minutes remaining.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
California (Mr. Farr), a distinguished ranking member of the committee.
Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mr. Rogers, the chair of the
committee, for bringing a bill to the floor. I wish it was the full
bill and not most of the bill.
But I also want the world to note that, even though there are some
poison pills in this issue, this is a very progressive appropriations
bill, and it shows that when you do reach compromise--and I hope that
the party that will be in the majority next year will understand that
we wanted to do a full process. We want it to be vetted. We don't want
poison pills. But in the end, get the bad language out, which you did,
and you can have a bill that has bipartisan support. We don't want
things to get worse in this country, we want it to get better, and a CR
would be the worst thing that could happen.
But we also, as a body that believes in exposure and the public's
right to know, we should never allow these poison pills to be in this
bill. Hold your nose and make this a better world.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the distinguished
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett).
Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, this bill puts a big bow on a holiday gift
for the Wall Street contributors who get special treatment in the
provisions of this
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bill. Once again, here in the holiday season, it is all about stuffing
the silk stockings.
These people want to gamble with our money. When these big banks win,
they get to keep all the money; but when they lose, they look to the
taxpayer to bail them out. It was wrong to do so before, and this bill
removes key reforms that are vital to preserving our financial system
and our economic security.
We ought not yield to the big bank contributors who, at the same
time, this same bill frees up additional money for individuals to pour
into campaigns and pollute our democracy.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, our most important responsibility is to fund government
operations. This bill does that, but it also contains a number of
objectionable items that have no place in a spending bill.
I would like to thank Jim Moran, Ed Pastor, Bill Owens, Frank Wolf,
Tom Latham, and Jack Kingston. Your friendship and expertise will be
missed.
I am pleased that, after weeks of negotiations, we have a package
that funds 11 of the 12 bills. I hope that in the next Congress we
avoid such a contentious process and pass bills we are proud to support
under regular order.
Mr. Speaker, I will insert the President's statement in support of
this bill in the Record.
Mr. Speaker, I am voting for this bill, and I urge your support.
I yield back the balance of my time..
Statement of Administration Policy
H.R. 83--Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
(Rep. Rogers, R-KY, Dec. 11, 2014)
The Administration supports House passage of H.R. 83,
making appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2015, and for
other purposes. The Administration appreciates the bipartisan
effort to include full-year appropriations legislation for
most Government functions that allows for planning and
provides certainty, while making progress toward
appropriately investing in economic growth and opportunity,
and adequately funding national security requirements. The
Administration also appreciates the authorities and funding
provided to enhance the U.S. Government's response to the
Ebola epidemic, and to implement the Administration's
strategy to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,
as well as investments for the President's early education
agenda, Pell Grants, the bipartisan, Manufacturing Institutes
initiative, and extension of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
program.
However, the Administration objects to the inclusion of
ideological and special interest riders in the House bill. In
particular, the Administration is opposed to the inclusion of
a rider that would amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act and weaken a critical component
of financial system reform aimed at reducing taxpayer risk.
Additionally, the Administration is opposed to inclusion of a
rider that would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to
allow individual donors to contribute to national political
party committee accounts for conventions, buildings and
recounts in amounts that are dramatically higher than what
the law currently permits.
Furthermore, the Administration is disappointed that the
bill would fund the Department of Homeland Security through
February 27, 2015, at last year's levels. Short-term
continuing resolution funding measures are disruptive, create
uncertainty, and impede efficient resource planning and
execution.
The Administration urges the Congress to enact
comprehensive full-year appropriations legislation for all
Government functions free of provisions that have no place in
annual appropriations bills.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to vote for this bill and keep the
government open. It is a good bill. Vote for it.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I applaud the work Chairman Rogers,
Ranking Member Lowey and their staffs put towards drafting legislation
to fund the federal government. Sadly, I cannot support the finished
product due to extraneous provisions that have no business being in an
appropriations bill. These riders, included at the last minute with no
debate and no input from Democratic members, circumvent the will of
American voters, harm retirees, put taxpayer dollars at risk, and allow
a privileged few to have even more influence over our elections.
These extraneous provisions have nothing to do with funding the
government. Instead, they will cut benefits to seniors and roll back
critical Dodd-Frank provisions to protect taxpayer dollars. They will
also increase the amount of money that special interests, private
corporations, and wealthy donors can spend on political conventions and
other election activities, when we know that more money in politics is
not the solution, it's the problem.
Rhode Islanders are still recovering from the financial crisis of
2008, and I cannot in vote for a return to the status quo, which helped
bring about the crisis in the first place. The derivatives provision is
a Christmas gift to big banks at the expense of American taxpayers. It
would remove restrictions included in Dodd-Frank that prevent these
banks from gambling with our constituents' money by using taxpayer-
insured bank deposits in risky derivatives transactions.
I am greatly disappointed that I am not able to support what is in
many other ways a solid bill. This legislation includes funding for
important investments to our infrastructure, the National Institutes of
Health, Ebola response efforts, spinal cord injury research, the
peerless Virginia-class submarines, and so many other initiatives and
programs that are critical to our national defense and our future as a
nation--not to mention that it provides for the brave men and women in
our armed services and intelligence community who are in harm's way
even as we speak. Regrettably, these priorities were eclipsed by
poisonous provisions that could greatly undermine the important work
voters elected us to do--restore the economic certainty we need to keep
our economy growing and our businesses hiring.
Mr. Speaker. I have supported numerous bipartisan efforts in the past
to fund the government, and I know what can be accomplished when
Democrats and Republicans sit down and negotiate in good faith. But the
price Republicans are trying to exact this time is simply too high, and
I will not sacrifice my principles and the interests of my
constituents.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I urge the majority to live up to its
professed support for the principles of federalism, limited government,
and local control of local affairs by not interfering in the local laws
of the District of Columbia. The bill limits the District's authority
over its local marijuana laws, and prohibits D.C. from spending its
local funds on abortion services for low-income women.
I am here to put on the record that the Republican-led House
Appropriations Committee's stated view that the bill's D.C. marijuana
rider blocks the D.C. marijuana legalization initiative from taking
effect is not the view of the entire House, as well as to preserve the
ability of the District and its lawyers to review, analyze and
interpret the rider's effect for themselves.
Based on a plain reading of the bill and principles of statutory
interpretation, it is arguable that the rider does not block D.C. from
carrying out its marijuana legalization initiative. The House-passed
D.C. marijuana rider, introduced by Representative Andy Harris, and
this bill's D.C. marijuana rider are not identical. Unlike the Harris
rider, this bill's rider does not block D.C. from ``carrying out''
enacted marijuana policies. D.C.'s Initiative 71, it can be argued, was
enacted when it was approved overwhelmingly by voters in November and
is self-executing--i.e., it did not require enactment of any rules for
its implementation. Therefore, it can be argued that the legalization
of small amounts of marijuana in D.C. can proceed.
The District legalized marijuana primarily to combat racial
injustice, after two independent studies, one by the American Civil
Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital and the other by the Washington
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, found shocking
racial disparities in the enforcement of marijuana laws in D.C. In
D.C., Whites and Blacks use marijuana at the same rates, and Blacks
compromise slightly less than 50% of the population, but Blacks are
eight times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than
non-Blacks, and 91% of all marijuana arrests are of Blacks. These
disparities exist in urban areas throughout the country.
Arrests and convictions for marijuana possession ruin lives,
especially those of Black males. An arrest or conviction for marijuana
possession often condemns Blacks, particularly those from low-income
neighborhoods, to joblessness. Losing the ability to find legitimate
work can lead a person to the underground economy, even to selling
drugs, rather than mere possession. The Black community itself pays the
price because men without the prospect of employment often do not form
stable families.
There may be some misconceptions about the District's legalization
law. The District has the narrowest and strictest marijuana
legalization law in the country. D.C. will not become a regional or
national haven for marijuana use or transactions. Unlike D.C., the four
states that have legalized marijuana permit the sale and purchase of
marijuana. Under D.C.'s marijuana legalization law, possession and home
cultivation are permitted, but all the following are not permitted:
sales or purchase, retail stores, smoking in public, and possession by
those under 21 years of age.
The bill also blocks the District from spending its local funds to
provide abortion services for low-income women. We are talking about
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100% local D.C. funds, not federal funds. D.C. raises almost $7 billion
per year in local funds through taxes and fees. As with marijuana, the
District is being singled out for unfair treatment. Seventeen states,
including Arizona, Alaska, and West Virginia, spend their local funds
on abortion services for low-income women. The bill does not block them
from doing so. When the D.C. abortion rider was re-imposed in April
2011, many low-income D.C. women had to immediately cancel their
scheduled appointments for reproductive health services, because,
unlike wealthier D.C. women, they relied on D.C. to pay for their
health care services.
I urge Congress to respect the local laws of the 650,000 American
citizens who live in the District of Columbia.
Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, the intent of Division N, Section 101 is to
establish separate limits for funds raised into separate, segregated
accounts established by national political party committees for certain
specified purposes. All of these funds are ``hard money'' subject to
all of the source limitations, prohibitions, and disclosure provisions
of the Act.
The first account, described in section 315(a)(9)(A) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (``FECA'') (as amended), is intended to
allow a national committee of a political party (other than a national
congressional campaign committee) to defray expenses related to a
presidential nominating convention using funds raised under separate,
increased limits. Section 315(a)(9)(A) also caps the aggregate amount
of expenditures a national political party committee may make from such
account with respect to any convention at $20,000,000. This section is
intended to provide national political party committees with a means of
acquiring additional resources to be used specifically in connection
with the funding of presidential nominating conventions because such
conventions may no longer be paid for with public funds. It is the
intent to allow these funds to be used in the same manner as the former
public funds could have been used, as well as to pay for the costs of
fundraising for this segregated account.
The second account, described in section 315(a)(9)(B) of FECA (as
amended), is intended to permit a national committee of a political
party (including a national congressional campaign committee of a
political party) to defray expenses incurred with respect to the
construction, purchase, renovation, operation and furnishing of party
headquarters buildings located throughout the United States, including
the cost of fundraising for this segregated account, using funds raised
under separate, increased limits. Funds in these accounts also may be
used to repay loans and other obligations incurred for the purpose of
defraying such building expenses, including loans and obligations
incurred two years before the date of the enactment of this Act.
The third account, described in section 315(a)(9)(C) of FECA (as
amended), is intended to permit a national committee of a political
party (including a national congressional campaign committee of a
political party) to defray expenses incurred with respect to the
preparation for and the conduct of election recounts and contests and
other legal proceedings, including the costs of fundraising for this
segregated account, using funds raised under a separate limit Section
101 of Division N is not intended to modify Federal Election Commission
precedent permitting the raising and spending of funds by campaign or
state or national party committees. See FEC Advisory Opinions 2006-24,
2009-4. Section 101 is also intended to permit the national parties to
use such funds for costs, fees, and disbursements associated with other
legal proceedings.
Finally, under current law coordinated limits do not apply even
absent these provisions to the existing accounts as described in
section 315 of FECA and therefore it is the intent of the amendments
contained herein that expenditures made from the accounts described in
section 315(a)(9) of FECA, many of which (such as recount and legal
proceeding expenses) are not for the purpose of influencing federal
elections, do not count against the coordinated party expenditure
limits described in section 315(d) of FECA.
Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, I would like to first thank the
Chairman and Ranking Democrat of the House Education and Workforce
Committee, Rep. John Kline and Rep. George Miller, for their efforts to
seek a bipartisan solution for the problems facing the nation's
multiemployer pension plans. I am very familiar with those problems,
having constituents who are both active workers and retirees who are
participants in those multiemployer plans.
The legislation being advanced today will allow Plan Trustees of
these troubled plans to have additional tools to maintain the solvency
of the plans. Specifically, the legislation will allow trustees to
better align benefit levels to available resources; it will clarify
that the PBGC has the ability to assist plans well before they reach
insolvency; and finally, to facilitate plan mergers. Taken together,
these initiatives will assist troubled plans in avoiding insolvency.
However, I do have a concern regarding the timeline for
implementation of the new legislation. Some of these troubled plans
need to move on with the needed benefit adjustments, along with the
authority to merger and receive financial assistance from the PBGC,
sooner rather than later. I would strongly urge the Treasury
Department, along with the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit
Guarantee Corporation, to move quickly on implementation of this
legislation. For some plans, time is not on their side.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I submit the following for the Record:
OVERVIEW
The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
(``Cromnibus'') is comprised of: 1. 11 FY2015 Appropriations
bills; and 2. Continuing Resolution maintaining the current
rate of Homeland Security funding until February 27, 2015.
Discretionary budget authority: $1.014 Trillion.
Overseas Contingency Operations (Defense): $64 billion.
Overseas Contingency Operations (State): $9.258 billion.
Total OCO: $73.258 billion.
Emergency Ebola funding: $2.72 billion (L-HHS-Ed); $2.530
billion (SFOPS); $112 million (Defense).
Total emergency Ebola funding: $5.484 billion.
1. Agriculture Division of 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Act
2014 Total enacted level: $20.9 billion
2015 Committee mark: $20.9 billion
2015 Omnibus: $20.6 billion
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS
$6.6 billion for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which is sufficient to
meet expected need in 2015.
$1.47 billion for Food for Peace (P.L. 480) grants, which
is the same as the 2014 enacted level and $66 million above
the request.
$2.6 billion for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
which is $37 million more than the 2014 enacted level and $4
million more than the request.
$1.016 billion for the USDA food safety and inspection
program, which is $6 million more than the 2014 enacted level
and $15 million more than the request.
$1.51 billion for the Farm Service Agency, which is $22
million more than the 2014 enacted level and $61 million over
the request.
$25 million for FDA in emergency spending, which fully
funds the administration's Ebola request.
POLICY ISSUES
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
allowing schools to receive waivers from complying with
improved lunch and breakfast nutrition standards in the
Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act. The agreement allows states to
grant exemptions from whole grain standards to schools that
demonstrate hardship in procuring specific products, and
requires further study on reduced sodium standards, similar
to the Senate provisions.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider making
potatoes unconditionally available in the WIC program. The
agreement, while making potatoes available, requires that the
ultimate decision on their availability be based on review by
the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and USDA.
The agreement includes Democratic amendments to ban horse
slaughter for human consumption, and prohibit funding for
processed poultry products imported from China in the school
lunch, breakfast, summer food service, and child and adult
care food programs.
2. COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE DIVISION OF 2015 OMNIBUS
APPROPRIATIONS ACT
2014 enacted level: $51.6 billion.
2015 budget request: $51 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $50.1 billion.
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS
$5.4 billion for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), which is $126.4 million more than the
2014 enacted level.
$954.2 million for National Weather Service operations,
which is $526,000 above the 2014 enacted level.
$1.1 billion for the Census Bureau, which is $143 million
more than the FY 2014 enacted level and $123.4 million less
than the budget request.
$3.5 billion for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(PTO), which is equal to CBO's projection of PTO's FY 2015
fee revenue collections, and $434 million above the 2014
enacted level.
$863.9 million for the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), which is $13.9 million more than the 2014
enacted level.
$8.44 billion for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), which is $93.3 million more than the 2014 enacted
level.
$2.03 billion for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), which
is $15.3 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$1.2 billion for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives, which is $22 million more than the 2014
enacted level.
$6.82 billion for the Bureau of Prisons, Salaries and
Expenses account, which is $46 million more than the 2014
enacted level.
$376 million for Byrne-JAG grants, which is the same as the
2014 enacted level.
$208 million for the COPS program, which is $6 million less
than the 2014 enacted level.
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$430 million for Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs, which is $13 million above the 2014
enacted level.
$18.01 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), which is $363.7 million more than the
2014 enacted level.
$7.34 billion for the National Science Foundation, which is
$172.3 million above the 2014 enacted level.
$125 million for the ongoing DNA Initiative program which
funds the testing of sexual assault kits, the same the FY
2014 level and $25 million above the request. In addition,
$41 million is included for the new Community Sexual
Assault Kit Backlog Reduction program.
$73 million for the National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS), which is $14.5 million more than the
2014 level and $18 million more than the request.
$375 million for the Legal Services Corporation, which is
$10 million above the 2014 level.
POLICY ISSUES
The agreement rejects House policy riders to: 1) block
reporting requirements on multiple sales of rifles/shotguns
to the same person, and 2) make permanent two annual riders
related to firearms.
The agreement rejects a House rider to defund certain NSF
research related to climate change.
The agreement rejects House riders to prohibit entering
into trade agreements establishing limits on greenhouse gas
emissions, and includes a provision prohibiting
implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty absent its
ratification by the Senate.
The agreement rejects a House rider to defund grants to
state or local law enforcement on the basis of local
immigration policy.
The agreement rejects a House rider prohibiting the
Department of Justice from enforcing certain parts of the
Fair Housing Act.
Extends the authorization of the nonprofit, public-private
Corporation for Travel Promotion, commonly known as Brand
USA, through 2020, including its ability to finance its
efforts to promote tourist travel to the United States
through the collection of a modest fee on tourists from Visa
Waiver Program countries;
Extends the authorization of the Economic Development
Administration (EDA)'s Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
program for an additional year, allowing the program to
service both existing and new client companies in the U.S.
that have been negatively impacted by trade agreements; and
Includes the text of the Revitalize American Manufacturing
and Innovation Act, which (1) directs the Secretary of
Commerce to establish a Network for Manufacturing Innovation
Program to help improve the competitiveness of U.S.
manufacturing and stimulate U.S. leadership in advanced
manufacturing, research, innovation, and technology, and (2)
extends through 2019 the authorization of the EDA's Regional
Innovation Program, designed to encourage and support the
development of regional innovation strategies, including
region innovation clusters.
3. Defense Division of 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Act:
2014 total enacted level: $572 billion.
2015 total budget request: $554.3 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $554.1 billion.
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS
$64 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO),
which is $21.2 billion less than the 2014 enacted level.
$490.1 billion for the base portion of Department of
Defense funding, which is $3.3 billion more than the 2014
enacted level.
$128 billion for Military Personnel, which is $800 million
less than the 2014 enacted level.
$161.7 billion for Operation and Maintenance, which is $1.8
billion more than the 2014 enacted level.
$93.8 billion for Procurement, which is $1.0 billion more
than the 2014 enacted level.
$63.7 billion for Research and Development, which is $700
million more than the 2014 enacted level.
Multiple provisions focused on eliminating sexual assault
in the Department of Defense and supporting victims,
including: Fully funds request of $275 million for Sexual
Assault and Prevention Office (SAPRO) services; and $25
million above the request to continue implementation of a
Sexual Assault Special Victims Program.
Several important health programs receive increases above
the President's request, including increases of $281 million
for cancer research, $125 million for traumatic brain injury
and psychological health research, and $39 million for
suicide prevention outreach programs.
To facilitate integration of electronic health records
between DOD and VA the agreement restricts funding for the
Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM)
program pending a report on cost, schedule, and adherence to
data standards and acquisition guidance.
Fully funds Peer Reviewed Medical Research Programs and
includes $125 million above the request for Traumatic Brain
Injury (TBI) and Psychological Health research and $4 million
above the request for alcohol and substance abuse research.
$20 million above the request for suicide prevention and
outreach.
$172 million above the request for Israeli Cooperative
Missile Defense programs, and $175 million above the request
for Iron Dome.
$225 million above the request for the Defense Rapid
Innovation Program to incorporate small business developments
into DOD programs.
$1.2 billion above the request to enhance National Guard
and Reserve equipment.
$1 billion above the request for a San Antonio Class
Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD-17) and $483.6 million for
refueling overhaul for the USS George Washington (CVN-73)
aircraft carrier.
The agreement supports the President's Budget Request for a
1% pay raise for military and civilian personnel.
The agreement also fully funds the Department of Defense
portion of the emergency funding request for Ebola efforts at
$112 million.
The agreement includes $810 million for the European
Reassurance Initiative, of which $175 million is for support
to the Baltics and Ukraine for training, equipment and
associated support.
The agreement includes a provision as proposed by the House
and funding as proposed by the Senate to continue operations
of the A-10.
The agreement includes $3.4 billion for Department of
Defense operations targeting ISIL, as well as funds to train
and equip Iraqi security forces and the Syrian opposition.
The legislation prohibits funding for transfers of
Guantanamo detainees to the U.S. or its territories,
prohibits funding to modify any facility in the U.S. to house
detainees, and places conditions on the release of detainees
to other countries.
4. Energy & Water Division of 2015 Omnibus Appropriations
Act
2014 Total enacted level: $34.1 billion.
2015 Committee mark: $34.0 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $34.2 billion.
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS
$1.937 billion for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy,
which is $25 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$5.071 billion for the Department of Energy Office of
Science, which is the same as the 2014 enacted level.
$280 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency--
Energy (ARPA-E), which is the same as the 2014 enacted level.
$5.9 billion for environmental cleanup activities, which is
$51 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$8.2 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) Weapons Activities, which is $387 million more than
the 2014 enacted level and $83 million less than the
President's budget request.
$1.6 billion for Nuclear Nonproliferation, which is $313
million less than the 2014 enacted level and $86 million more
than the President's budget request.
$1.239 billion for Naval Reactors, which is $144 million
more than the 2014 enacted level and $139 million less than
the President's budget request.
$5.455 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers, which is
$13 million less than the 2014 enacted level, and $922
million more than the President's budget request.
$1.14 billion for water resources projects within the
Department of Interior, which is $27 million more than the
2014 enacted level.
POLICY ISSUES
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting the Army Corps of Engineers from clarifying which
waters are protected by the Clean Water Act.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting restrictions against firearms on land owned by
the Army Corps of Engineers.
The agreement does not include prohibitions on funding for
loan guarantees for the Cape Wind offshore wind project,
National Ocean Policy, Social Cost of Carbon and ceiling fan
standards.
The agreement continues a House policy rider prohibiting
the Army Corps of Engineers from changing regulations
pertaining to the definitions of the terms ``fill material''
or ``discharge of fill material'' under the Clean Water Act
for this fiscal year.
The agreement includes a House policy rider prohibiting
funds to require permits for certain agricultural activities
under the Clean Water Act for this fiscal year.
The agreement includes a policy rider requiring the
withdrawal of the EPA and Corps of Engineers interpretive
rule regarding regulation agricultural activities.
5. Financial Services Division of 2015 Appropriations Act:
2014 Total enacted level: $22.07 billion.
2015 Committee mark: $20.35 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $21.82 billion.
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS
$11.5 billion for the Department of the Treasury, which is
$373 million less than the 2014 enacted level.
$10.95 billion for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
which is $346 million less than the 2014 enacted level.
$6.7 billion for the Judiciary, which is $182 million more
than the 2014 enacted level.
$679.6 million for the District of Columbia, which is $6.4
million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$1.5 billion for the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), which is $150 million more than the 2014 enacted
level.
$887.6 million for the Small Business Administration (SBA),
which is $41 million less than the 2014 enacted level as a
result of reduced loan subsidy costs.
$688.3 million for the Executive Office of the President,
which is $18.9 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
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$9.24 billion for the General Services Administration (GSA)
Federal Buildings Fund (FBF), which is $132 million less than
the 2014 enacted level.
$10 million for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC),
which is the same level as the 2014 enacted level.
$250 million for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC), which is $35 million more than the 2014 enacted level
and $30 million less than the request.
POLICY ISSUES
The agreement does not include the following House policy
riders:
1. Prohibiting funds to subsidize abortion services in
connection with a multi-state plan offered under the
Affordable Care Act exchanges negotiated by OPM.
2. Prohibiting transfers from HHS to IRS.
3. Prohibiting implementation of individual mandate.
4. Preventing IRS from clarifying standards for determining
the tax exempt status of 501(c)4 organizations; and
preventing SEC from requiring disclosure of political
contributions, contributions to tax-exempt organizations, or
dues paid to trade associations.
5. Prohibiting travel to Cuba for educational exchanges not
involving academic study pursuant to a degree program.
6. Prohibiting funds to implement guidance issued by the
U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding coal-fired power
plants.
7. Impeding the President from fulfilling executive
functions.
8. Blocking the District of Columbia from enforcing its own
firearms laws.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting decriminalization of possession of small amounts
of marijuana. The agreement prohibits use of federal and
local funds from being used to implement the recent
referendum legalizing recreational use of marijuana in DC.
The agreement includes a House provision amending Dodd-
Frank with respect to the prohibition against certain federal
assistance to swaps entities, namely the use of any advances
from specified Federal Reserve credit facilities or discount
windows, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
insurance or guarantees.
6. Homeland Security Continuing Resolution in 2015 Omnibus
Appropriations Act: The agreement includes a Continuing
Resolution until February 27th for agencies within the
Homeland Security Subcommittee. The agreement maintains the
Fiscal Year 2014 spend rate of $39.270 billion.
Additional Provisions in the current CR and carried forward
under the new CR:
Extends the authorization for the Chemical Facility
Antiterrorism Standards (CFATS) program;
Extends the authority for the Science & Technology
Directorate to enter into Other Transaction Agreements (OTA);
Provides authority for ICE and CBP to obligate funding at
rates necessary to sustain staffing, border security and
immigration enforcement operations, and Air and Marine
operations, and requires compliance with the 34,000 detention
bed mandate.
Additional provisions included under the new CR:
Provides authority for the Secret Service to obligate
funding at a rate necessary for Presidential candidate
nominee protection (hiring and training agents);
Directs DHS to continue preparations to award a
construction contract for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense
Facility by May 1, 2015.
7. Interior & Environment Division of 2015 Appropriations
Act:
2014 enacted level: $30.058 billion.
2015 budget request: $30.620 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $30.044 billion.
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS
$3.554 billion for wildland fire, which fully funds the 10-
year average for fire costs.
$4.642 billion for the Indian Health Service, which is $207
million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$2.601 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is
$70 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$8.140 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), which is $60 million less than the 2014 enacted level.
$2.615 billion for the National Park Service, which is $55
million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$1.086 billion for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
which is $13 million more than the FY 2014 enacted level.
$1.440 billion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
which is $13 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$2.402 billion for the U.S. Forest Service (non-fire),
which is equal to the 2014 enacted level.
$146 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Humanities, which is equal
to their 2014 enacted levels.
POLICY ISSUES
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting EPA's Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting EPA's rule clarifying which waters are protected
by the Clean Water Act.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting EPA from changing the way discharge of fill
material is regulated.
The agreement includes a House policy rider prohibiting
regulation of lead in ammunition.
The agreement includes a House policy rider prohibiting the
issuance of final and proposed rules related to Sage Grouse.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting EPA from ensuring mining companies are
financially capable of cleaning up pollution rather than
taxpayers, but includes report language on the matter.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting EPA from enforcing a rule on safe removal and
renovation of lead paint, but includes report language on the
matter.
The agreement does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting funding for the development or revisions of
regulations regarding imported ivory.
8. Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Division of
2015 Omnibus Appropriations Act:
2014 enacted level: $156.8 billion.
2015 Request: $158.1 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $156.8 billion.
2015 emergency funding for Ebola: $2.7 billion.
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS
$2.7 billion for emergency funding related to the Ebola
outbreak.
$30.1 billion for the National Institutes of Health, which
is $150 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$6.9 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), which is $21 million more than the 2014
enacted level.
$2.6 billion for job training through WIA Training and
Employment Formula Grant program, which is $36 million more
than the 2014 enacted level, and boosts the Governor's set
aside to ten percent.
$1.6 billion for worker protection agencies at the
Department of Labor, which is $9 million more than the FY
2014 level.
$2.4 billion for Child Care Block Grants, which is $75
million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$8.6 billion for Head Start, which is the same as the 2014
enacted level.
$14.4 billion for Title I Grants to school districts, which
is $25 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$11.5 billion for Special Education state grants (IDEA),
which is $25 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
$1.3 billion for Impact Aid, which is equal to the FY 2014
level and $67 million more than the President's budget
request.
$250 million for Preschool Development Grants, which is
equal to the FY 2014 enacted level.
$445 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB), which is the same funding level as was provided in the
FY 2014 bill.
$815 million for Seniors' Nutrition programs, which is the
same as the 2014 enacted level.
$948 million for the Unaccompanied Minor Children program
at HHS, which is $80 million more than the FY 2014 enacted
level.
$3.4 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP), which is equal to the comparable FY 2014
operating level.
$1.1 billion for Mental Health programs, which is $10
million less than the 2014 enacted level and $27 million more
than the Administration's request.
$672 million for program integrity efforts in the Medicare
and Medicaid programs, which is $378 million more than the FY
2014 level.
$1.1 billion for the Corporation for National and Community
Service, which is $5 million more than the FY 2014 level.
The agreement maintains the discretionary portion of the
maximum Pell grant award level at $4,860 for the 2015-2016
school year. After addition of the mandatory supplement, the
maximum award is projected to increase by $100 to $5,830.
The agreement maintains level-funding for the Affordable
Care Act.
The agreement includes a new provision expanding the
eligibility of students enrolled in career pathways programs
to qualify for financial aid.
The agreement includes a new provision to exempt disaster
claims adjustors from elements of the Fair Labor Standards
Act following the response to a natural disaster.
The agreement extends Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) assistance
to dislocated workers through fiscal year 2015, including
workers who are certified for TAA after December 31, 2014.
9. Legislative Branch Division of 2015 Omnibus
Appropriations Act:
2014 enacted level: $4.26 billion.
2015 budget request: $4.47 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $4.30 billion.
highlights and key points
$1.181 billion for the House of Representatives, which is
equal to the 2014 enacted level and $19.8 million less than
the request.
$10.1 million for the Joint Committee on Taxation, which is
$91,000 more than the 2014 enacted level but $54,000 less
than the request. Cost-of-living increases are provided for
in order to maintain current services.
$348 million for the Capitol Police, which is $9.5 million
more than the 2014 enacted level and $7.7 million less than
the request.
$45.7 million for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
which is equal to the 2014 enacted level and $378,000 less
than the request.
$522.0 million for the Government Accountability Office
(GAO), which is $16.6 million more than the 2014 enacted
level and $3.12 million less than the request.
$600.3 million for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC),
which is $1.8 million less than the
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2014 enacted level and $76.4 million less than the request.
$590.9 million for the Library of Congress, which is $11.9
million more than the 2014 enacted level and $2.1 million
less than the request.
$120 million for the Government Printing Office (GPO),
which is $693,000 less than the 2014 enacted level and $8.9
million less than the request.
policy issues
The agreement changes the name of the Government Printing
Office to the Government Publishing Office.
The agreement includes report language requiring the House
Chief Administrative Officer develop and disseminate online
sexual harassment training.
The agreement gives the Botanic Garden authority to work
with nonprofits on special exhibits and programming.
The agreement establishes a Center for Audit Excellence at
GAO.
The agreement allows the Office of Compliance to email,
rather than mail, certain notifications to employees.
The agreement restricts incentives and award payments to
AOC contractors if their work is behind schedule or over
budget.
The agreement restricts participation in the Open World
Leadership exchange program for Russian participants to allow
only those who are engaging in free market development,
humanitarian activities, and civic engagement. They also
cannot be officials of the central government.
10. MILCON/VA Division of 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Act:
2014 enacted level: $73.2 billion.
2015 base budget request: $71.9 billion.
2015 Omnibus base: $71.8 billion.
2015 OCO: $221 million.
highlights and key points
$6.5 billion for Military Construction projects, which is
$3.2 billion less than the 2014 enacted level, including:
1. $1.1 billion for Family Housing construction, which is
$325 million less than the 2014 enacted level.
2. $315 million for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
account, which is $45 million more than the fiscal year 2015
budget request.
3. $205.2 million in rescissions from prior Appropriations
Acts due to savings on projects.
4. $221 million for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)
and the European Reassurance Initiative (ERI).
$65 billion in discretionary funding for Veterans Affairs,
which is $1.7 billion more than the 2014 enacted level,
including:
1. As authorized by Congress in 2009, VA medical services
accounts are provided funding one year in advance. The
agreement includes the budget request for fiscal year 2016
advance funding of $58.6 billion.
2. The agreement includes an additional $40 million, above
the budget request, to hire additional claims and support
personnel at the regional offices; to expand the Veterans
Claims Intake Program records scanning system; and to
implement the centralized mail initiative.
3. $3.9 billion for information technology systems, which
is $200 million more than the 2014 enacted level.
4. $588.9 million for prosthetic research, which is $3.2
million above the 2014 enacted level.
policy issues
The agreement creates the authority to provide advance
appropriations for three mandatory VA programs within the
Veterans Benefits Administration: (1) Compensation and
Pensions; (2) Readjustment Benefits; and (3) Veterans
Insurance and Indemnities.
The agreement continues to provide tools and resources to
address the backlog of veterans disability claims by
increasing personnel, enhancing training and quality
oversight, and strengthening accountability.
The agreement continues the requirement first enacted for
fiscal year 2014 to provide rigorous, publicly available Web-
based monthly reports to the Committees on performance
measures for each regional office, including the number of
backlogged claims, the average number of days to complete a
claim, and error rates.
The agreement continues the practice of restricting VA's
obligation of information technology funds until the VA
reports detailed plans on budget, timeline, and testing to
ensure reliable interoperability between current and future
Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems between the
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
The agreement clarifies that the payment rates used by the
VA for VA medical care in the State of Alaska and in those
States with an all-payer model agreement under the Social
Security Act that became effective on January 1, 2014, should
also be used in implementation of the Veterans Access,
Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014.
11. State and Foreign Operations Division of 2015 Omnibus
Appropriations Act:
2014 Total enacted level: $49.0 billion.
2015 Committee mark: $48.29 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $49.27 billion (not including $2.526 billion
in emergency funds for Ebola).
highlights and key points
$9.258 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO),
which is $2.738 billion more than the 2014 enacted level.
$7.8 billion for Diplomatic and Consular Programs which is
$185 million less than the 2014 enacted level and the same as
the Administration's request.
$5.4 billion for the protection of diplomatic missions,
embassies, and personnel, which is $1 million more than the
2014 level and $46 million more than the Administration's
request.
$2.32 billion for Embassy Security, Construction and
Maintenance, which is $46 million more than the
Administration's request and $350 million less than the 2014
enacted level.
$8.45 billion for Global Health, which is $15 million more
than the 2014 enacted level and $404 million more than the
Administration's request.
$2.51 billion for Development Assistance, which is the same
as the 2014 enacted level but $113 million less than the
Administration's request.
$4.75 billion for Economic Support Fund (ESF), which is
$108 million more than the 2014 enacted level and $430
million less than the Administration's request.
$5.9 billion for Foreign Military Financing (FMF), which is
$39 million less than the 2014 enacted level and $92 million
less than the Administration's request.
$1.2 billion in base funding for USAID Operating Expenses,
which is $76 million more than the 2014 enacted level and
$168 million less than the Administration's request.
$899.5 million for the Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC), which is $1.3 million more than the 2014 enacted level
and $110.5 million below the Administration's request.
$5 billion in total funding for humanitarian assistance
accounts, which is $94 million more than the 2014 enacted
level and $1.52 billion more than the Administration's
request.
$575 million for bilateral family planning, which is equal
to the 2014 enacted level.
$379.5 million for Peace Corps, which is roughly equal to
the 2014 enacted level and the Administration's request.
$2.526 billion for emergency international response to
fight Ebola, which is $370 million less than the
Administration's request.
policy issues
The Omnibus does not include a House policy rider codifying
the ``Global Gag Rule,'' which prohibits non-governmental
organizations (NG0s) receiving federal funds from providing
women information about the full range of health services.
The Omnibus does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting U.S. contributions to the UN Population Fund
(UNFPA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC).
The Omnibus includes health care equity for Peace Corps
volunteers.
The Omnibus does not lift the cap on U.S. assessments for
international peacekeeping missions, and does not include IMF
quota reform.
The Omnibus includes prohibitions on OPIC and the Export-
Import Bank from fully implementing their clean energy
policies.
12. Transportation and Housing and Urban Development
Division of 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Act:
2014 Omnibus: $50.9 billion.
2015 Request: $59.9 billion.
2015 Omnibus: $53.8 billion.
highlights and key points
$9.74 billion for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Operations, which is $90 million more than the 2014 enacted
level and $9.3 million less than the President's budget
request.
$500 million for National Infrastructure Investments
(TIGER), which is $100 million less than the 2014 enacted
level and $750 million less than the President's budget
request.
$2.1 billion for Capital Investment Grants, which is $177
million more than the 2014 enacted level and $380 million
less than the President's budget request.
$1.39 billion for Amtrak capital and operating expenses,
which freezes funding at the 2014 enacted level and $1.06
billion less than the President's budget request.
$830 million for the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), which is $11 million more than the
2014 enacted level and $21 million below the President's
budget request.
$30 million for initiatives to increase the safety and
oversight of the transport of energy products, including $10
million for grade crossing and track improvement grants on
rail routes that carry energy products.
$17.5 billion for Section 8 Tenant Based Rental Assistance
renewals, which would meet projected need.
$9.52 billion for Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance
renewals, which would meet projected need.
$75 million for HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing
(HUD-VASH), which is the same as the 2014 enacted level and
the President's budget request.
$4.44 billion for Public Housing Operating Fund, which is
$40 million more than the 2014 enacted level and $160 million
below the President's budget request.
$1.9 billion for Public Housing Capital Fund, which is the
same as the 2014 enacted level and $50 million below the
President's budget request.
$3 billion for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG),
which is $30 million less than the 2014 enacted level but
$200 million more than the President's budget request.
$900 million for HOME Investment Partnerships, which is
$100 million less than the 2014 enacted level and $50 million
less than the President's budget request.
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$330 million for Housing Opportunities for People with
AIDS, which is the same as the 2014 enacted level and $2
million less than the President's budget request.
$110 million for Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control,
which is the same as the 2014 enacted level and $10 million
less than the President's budget request.
The Omnibus includes provision (Section 166) inserted by
Congressman Culberson (R-TX) providing that ``None of the
funds in this or any other Act 20 may be available to advance
in any way a new light or heavy rail project towards a full
funding grant agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the
proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to be
constructed on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive
or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston,
Texas.
The Omnibus does not include Jackson Lee Amendment negating
provision (Section 166) inserted by Congressman Culberson (R-
TX).
policy issues
The Omnibus includes House policy riders to create
exemptions from truck weight standards for Wisconsin,
Kentucky, and Mississippi, but rejects an exemption for
Idaho.
The Omnibus suspends a portion of regulations requiring a
minimum number of hours of rest for truck drivers.
The Omnibus does not include House policy riders to
prohibit funding for California high speed rail.
The Omnibus does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting transit and passenger rail from eligibility for
TIGER grants.
The Omnibus does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting implementation, issuance, or enforcement of an
``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' rule.
The Omnibus does not include a House policy rider
prohibiting DOT from issuing rules to increase minimum
insurance requirements for motor carriers.
The agreement expands HUD-VASH to Native Americans living
on tribal lands.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 776, the previous question is ordered.
The question is on the motion by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.
Rogers).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and
nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to concur will be followed by a 5-minute vote
on the motion to suspend the rules on H.R. 5699.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219,
nays 206, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 563]
YEAS--219
Aderholt
Amodei
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Benishek
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Boehner
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Capito
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clay
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Connolly
Cook
Costa
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
Delaney
Denham
Dent
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Duffy
Ellmers
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Gallego
Garamendi
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Herrera Beutler
Himes
Holding
Horsford
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Kelly (PA)
Kind
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Kuster
Lance
Latham
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Maffei
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McHenry
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Meeks
Messer
Mica
Miller (MI)
Miller, George
Moran
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Owens
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ruiz
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schneider
Schock
Schwartz
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Wasserman Schultz
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NAYS--206
Adams
Amash
Bachmann
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bentivolio
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Braley (IA)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Burgess
Butterfield
Capps
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Cohen
Conaway
Conyers
Cooper
Cotton
Courtney
Crawford
Cummings
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Deutch
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Fleming
Flores
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
Gabbard
Garcia
Garrett
Gohmert
Gosar
Gowdy
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Huelskamp
Huffman
Hurt
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
King (IA)
Kirkpatrick
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Marchant
Massie
Matsui
McAllister
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinley
McNerney
Meadows
Meng
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Moore
Mulvaney
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Nolan
O'Rourke
Olson
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perry
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Rahall
Rangel
Rice (SC)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salmon
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shea-Porter
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Speier
Stutzman
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Waters
Waxman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--10
Campbell
Capuano
Cleaver
Duckworth
Hall
Hensarling
Miller, Gary
Negrete McLeod
Smith (WA)
Stockman
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Messrs. LANKFORD and WAXMAN changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
So the Senate amendment was concurred in.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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