[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H1135-H1142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SECTION 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS AMENDMENTS

  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 121, 
I call up the bill (H.R. 529) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to improve 529 plans, and ask for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 121, the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Ways and Means, printed in the bill, shall be considered as adopted, 
and the bill, as amended, shall be considered read.
  The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

                                H.R. 529

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) When the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 
     Act of 2001 became law, the tax treatment of section 529 
     college savings plans was changed so that qualified 
     distributions were no longer taxed as income. The favorable 
     tax treatment of college savings plans was made permanent 
     with the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
       (2) Section 529 college savings plans empower middle-class 
     families to accumulate savings to offset the rising costs of 
     attending college.
       (3) The latest data from the College Savings Plan Network 
     shows that there are 11.83 million 529 accounts open 
     throughout all 50 states, which represent $244.5 billion in 
     total assets. The average 529 account size is $20,671.
       (4) States that sponsor 529 college savings plans have 
     taken steps to ensure these plans are a tool that all 
     families can use to save for college, including setting 
     minimum contributions as low as $25 per month to encourage 
     participation by families of all income levels.
       (5) The President's fiscal year 2016 Budget proposes 
     raising taxes by taxing certain future distributions made 
     from 529 college savings plans.
       (6) The tax proposed by the President would discourage the 
     use of 529 college savings plans, requiring families and 
     students to take on more debt.
       (7) Purchase of a computer represents a significant higher 
     education expense and therefore

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     should be eligible for qualified distributions under 529 
     college savings plans.
       (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to--
       (1) enact policies that strengthen 529 college savings 
     plans, and
       (2) make 529 plans more modern, consumer-friendly, and 
     responsive to the realities faced by students today.

     SEC. 2. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT PERMANENTLY ALLOWED 
                   AS A QUALIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSE FOR 
                   SECTION 529 ACCOUNTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 529(e)(3)(A)(iii) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(iii) expenses for the purchase of computer or peripheral 
     equipment (as defined in section 168(i)(2)(B)), computer 
     software (as defined in section 197(e)(3)(B)), or Internet 
     access and related services, if such equipment, software, or 
     services are to be used primarily by the beneficiary during 
     any of the years the beneficiary is enrolled at an eligible 
     educational institution.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2014.

     SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF DISTRIBUTION AGGREGATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 529(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to distributions after December 31, 2014.

     SEC. 4. RECONTRIBUTION OF REFUNDED AMOUNTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 529(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, as amended by section 3, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Special rule for contributions of refunded amounts.--
     In the case of a beneficiary who receives a refund of any 
     qualified higher education expenses from an eligible 
     educational institution, subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 
     that portion of any distribution for the taxable year which 
     is recontributed to a qualified tuition program of which such 
     individual is a beneficiary, but only to the extent such 
     recontribution is made not later than 60 days after the date 
     of such refund and does not exceed the refunded amount.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--The amendment made by this section shall 
     apply with respect to refunds of qualified higher education 
     expenses after December 31, 2014.
       (2) Transition rule.--In the case of a refund of qualified 
     higher education expenses received after December 31, 2014, 
     and before the date of the enactment of this Act, section 
     529(c)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added 
     by this section) shall be applied by substituting ``not later 
     than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     subparagraph'' for ``not later than 60 days after the date of 
     such refund''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Kansas (Ms. Jenkins) 
and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis) each will control 
30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Kansas.


                             General Leave

  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks on H.R. 529, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
improve 529 plans.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Kansas?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Chairman Ryan for his leadership 
on this critical and timely issue and my colleague Congressman Kind of 
Wisconsin for 4 years of bipartisan efforts to encourage families to 
invest for their children's future.
  I rise today in support of H.R. 529, my legislation that reaffirms 
Congress' commitment to not only preserving, but strengthening, 
expanding, and modernizing 529 college savings plans.
  Currently, there are nearly 12 million 529 accounts open in all 50 
States. Considering there were only 1 million accounts open in 2001, 
the growth in popularity of these accounts is truly remarkable and is 
still on an upward trajectory.
  The popularity of 529 accounts among American families is no mystery. 
Higher education costs across the country are rising at a pace that 
exceeds the rate of inflation, and folks are looking for ways to plan 
responsibly for the future.
  A 2014 Gallup Poll of America's top financial concerns showed that 
among adults between the ages of 30 and 49, ``not having enough money 
to pay for your children's college'' is a top concern for families, 
trailing only retirement concerns.
  It is natural that folks would turn toward 529 savings accounts. 
These accounts are easy to set up and use and accountholders can make a 
monthly contribution as small as $10 to invest to their children's 
future on a tax-deferred basis.
  The 12 million 529 accounts today have an average balance of around 
$20,000, which will go a long way toward helping families offset 
college costs and helping students to begin their careers with a 
lighter debt burden.
  When the President proposed a plan in his 2016 budget to tax future 
distributions from 529 savings accounts, Members on both sides of the 
aisle were appalled.
  His billion-dollar tax proposal on families saving for college would 
have completely eliminated the purpose of saving responsibly for higher 
education in the first place and would have inevitably moved more 
students toward student loans and other sources of financial aid.
  We fundamentally disagree with the direction of the President's 
policy proposal, and instead, we want to make 529 college savings plans 
more consumer friendly and reflective of the realities faced by 
students today.
  This legislation will make computer purchases with 529 plans a 
qualified expense. Computers are an essential part of higher education, 
and the law should be updated to reflect that.
  A Pew Research Center report in 2011 found that a vast majority of 
undergraduate, graduate, and community college students use some sort 
of computer to participate in a college experience that now features 
online courses, class work, and e-textbooks. I believe this is a 
commonsense modernization measure.
  The bill will also remove distribution aggregation requirements, 
which are an outdated burden on 529 plan administrators and States. 
When 529 college savings plans were originated back in 1996, the funds 
were taxed before they were deposited into the account and then taxed a 
second time when they were used to pay for higher education expenses.
  At that time, it made sense for plan administrators to aggregate 
accounts for beneficiaries with multiple 529 accounts in order to 
determine the taxable dollars dispersed among the accounts.
  However, the law was changed back in 2001 so that 529 savings are 
only taxed once now, before they are put into the 529 account. The only 
taxable funds at disbursement are for nonqualified expenses. According 
to a GAO report from 2012 that has the most recent data on the topic, 
nonqualified distributions from 529 plans only made up 5.3 percent of 
total distributions in 2010.
  Because of the past changes to tax treatment of 529s, it no longer 
makes sense for plan administrators to aggregate these accounts for tax 
purposes. It represents an undue burden, which could potentially raise 
the administrative cost for operating these plans. This is why this 
legislation will remove these requirements.
  Finally, the bill will allow a student who receives a refund on any 
529 qualified expenses to redeposit those funds into their 529 without 
penalty.
  Refunds of 529 dollars could happen for any number of reasons: a 
student may withdraw from a certain course, may receive a scholarship 
offer or other financial aid after their 529 plans have already been 
used, or may have to withdraw from school because of an illness.
  Whatever the reasons, subjecting these funds to a penalty works 
against the spirit of 529 college savings plans, and this bill will 
correct that.
  These are sensible yet important improvements to 529 college savings 
plans that should receive resounding support from both sides of the 
aisle. As we continue our work in the House to empower hardworking 
families with bottoms-up solutions, I urge my colleagues to support the 
passage of this bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such 
time as I may consume.
  I am a strong supporter of 529 college savings plans. When I 
cochaired the Education and Family Tax Working Group with 
Representative Diane Black from Tennessee during the 113th Congress, we 
heard from education stakeholders that education tax benefits should 
reflect a three-legged stool

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with one leg helping families save for college, one leg helping 
families pay for college, and one leg helping families repay college.

  College is, indeed, expensive, and it is a wise public investment to 
use Federal incentives to encourage families to save for college.
  H.R. 529 makes three important improvements to 529 accounts: one, it 
makes computer technology an allowable expense; two, it improves the 
calculation for taxing distributions to better reflect one's earnings; 
and, three, it allows distributions that are refunded by a college upon 
a student's withdrawal to be reinvested in 529 accounts within 60 days 
without being subject to a tax.
  I support these important improvements to 529 education plans. In 
addition, I hope that the Republican leadership will advance the bill's 
sister bill, the Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act, 
which was H.R. 529 in the last Congress and also championed by 
Representatives Jenkins and Kind.
  This former H.R. 529 bill includes the two substantive improvements 
to 529s that advocates explain would best help middle-income families 
save more for college.
  We know that low- and moderate-income families have a harder time 
saving for college because they have less extra cash available to put 
away in a savings account.
  The Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act would 
substantially help low- and middle-income families save by allowing 
low-income taxpayers to take advantage of the saver's credit and 
allowing employers to match up to $600 a year in 529 contributions.
  I think that these provisions are excellent. The saver's credit 
currently helps offset part of the first $2,000 that low-income workers 
voluntarily contribute to IRA and 401(k) plans. Extending this tax 
benefit for 529 plans is a commonsense way to help increase college 
savings by low- and moderate-income families.
  Further, I think that the employer match is an especially promising 
tool to improve college savings by lower-income Americans because it 
adds $600 a family didn't have for college before that can grow and 
support education over time.
  These two improvements are needed because the savings data show that 
529 savings have dropped tremendously since 2009. From 2005 to 2009, 
around 60 percent of the accounts saw contributions; however, in the 
last few years, the account contributions have been closer to 45 
percent.
  I am a bit surprised that these substantive improvements are not 
included in the bill before us today, and I truly hope that Republican 
leadership will advance these 529 provisions that would tremendously 
improve savings for lower- and middle-income Americans.
  In the interest of fairness, I also hope that we make computer 
technology an allowable expense for the American opportunity tax 
credit.
  Currently, computers and software are not qualified expenses for the 
AOTC, and I think that the definition of qualified expenses should be 
uniform across 529s and AOTC benefits. These are all great improvements 
that have, in fact, been made.
  I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan), the chair of the 
House Committee on Ways and Means.
  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, it won't be all that much time. I 
just simply want to congratulate the gentlelady from Kansas on bringing 
this legislation forward. We brought this out of committee. We had no 
resistance because this is just a commonsense bill.
  This upgrades the law to reflect the realities of a college 
education. You ought to be able to buy a computer. You ought to be able 
to buy software with your college savings dollars because it is an 
essential ingredient to your education.
  More importantly, if a person gets a refund if they cancel a class, 
if for some reason the college rebates money to you, you ought to be 
able to put it back into your savings plan. These are commonsense ideas 
that make this important vehicle for savings more workable and reflects 
the common problems that people have in this 21st century.
  It is essential that we give people and families the ability to save 
for education. This bill also sends a signal: we believe in the 529 
plans; 529 plans are going to stay; they are a good thing; we are not 
going to attack them; we are going to develop and grow them.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 4 
minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind), who is a cosponsor 
of this legislation and a tireless advocate for education.
  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Illinois for yielding 
me this time.
  I want to thank my partner in crafting this legislation, 
Representative Jenkins. This has been the product of a few years of 
hard work, of listening to various outside groups and trying to 
understand the difficulty of saving for higher education that many 
working families are experiencing today.
  The legislation before us, H.R. 529, as the chairman of the committee 
just pointed out, is a commonsense proposal with some reasonable 
technical corrections to the 529 savings plans that already exist in 
all 50 States, allowing for the qualification expense for computers and 
software, which is a new learning tool that sometimes is required in 
the classroom for higher education. It allows for the refund of tuition 
and expenses if you had to withdraw from college for some reason, and 
it also reduces and minimizes the unnecessary bureaucratic and 
administrative paperwork. In that respect, there are some commonsense 
steps that we can do to modernize the 529 program and make sure that it 
is working for more families.
  I do agree with my colleague from Illinois that we have a challenge 
of trying to democratize these programs a lot more. We have roughly 3 
percent participation rate in 529s throughout the entire Nation. We 
have got to figure out a way to do a better job of increasing those 
savings opportunities for more families, but especially lower income 
families that don't have the disposable income right now in order to 
participate in these programs, whether it is the tax credit that 
Representative Davis was talking about, employer matches, by thinking 
creatively of how we can democratize these so more families can take 
advantage of them. That is going to be crucial.
  In Wisconsin alone, we have got roughly 257,000 accounts in the State 
Edvest program and Tomorrow's Scholar 529 plans. The families have 
saved about $3.7 billion for college or their technical schools, 
reducing the need for greater student loans, helping them access 
college. These programs not only encourage savings for college but help 
middle class families get in the habit of saving for other important 
life events, such as retirement, that we have to do a better job at.
  I also think, given that the Congressional Budget Office has a cost 
associated with it, which is roughly $5 million a year--not a lot in 
Federal budget terms--that there is no reason at all why we couldn't 
have brought this legislation to the floor today with an acceptable 
pay-for so we are not adding any deficit to future generations.
  In fact, again, Representative Davis offered, during the committee 
markup, a responsible amendment that would have done a better job of 
means testing the 529 contributions and cutting it off to families that 
earn up to $3 million. Now, to put this in perspective, the top 1 
percent of income earners in Wisconsin earn less than $1 million. So it 
was still a very generous, high threshold, but it was enough money to 
pay for the $51 million expense over the next 10 years that the 
Congressional Budget Office scored this at. There is no reason why we 
can't be making these type of tough decisions as well when it comes to 
policy changes that make sense for working families and act in a more 
fiscally responsible manner.
  I think these 529 accounts have been established. They do work well 
for those who can participate. And this is especially important for a 
State like Wisconsin today, whose Governor just submitted a budget 
proposal calling for a cut of over $300 million out of our university 
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that is really the pride and joy of the State of Wisconsin, has given 
us a competitive advantage, not only in the upper Midwest, but 
throughout the Nation and the world, where we had some of the top 
scholars and researchers wanting to come there to do their work, 
students wanting to stay in the State so they can participate in these 
UW system colleges and universities that we have.
  Obviously, the Governor wants to take it in a different direction; 
$300 million worth of cuts gets into the bone. So, again, we have got 
to think creatively of how we can make it affordable for families to be 
able to send their kids on to school. This is one way to do it: savings 
in 529s.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. I yield an additional 1 minute to the 
gentleman.
  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman.
  We ought not also ignore other important financial aid programs that 
especially speak to the needs of low-income children: the Pell grant 
program, work-study opportunities on and off campus, the GEAR UP and 
TRIO programs. This, too, helps many students--including myself, who is 
the first generation that went on to school--to be able to afford 
higher education so we are not driving these kids deeper and deeper 
into debt. The average undergrad in Wisconsin, by the time they 
graduate, has $28,000 worth of debt. It is the second largest debt in 
the Nation behind mortgages. At $1.2 trillion, it exceeds all credit 
card debt.
  So the 529 is another vehicle to try to alleviate that student 
indebtedness issue that is affecting more and more kids and families 
throughout the Nation. We ought to fix it by making a pay-for. This is 
a good first step, necessary policy changes. I encourage my colleagues 
to support the legislation.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam), an esteemed member 
of the House Committee on Ways and Means and subcommittee chair of the 
Subcommittee on Oversight.
  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, do you notice something? Did you notice that, as Speaker 
and the person who is presiding over this Chamber today, oftentimes you 
hear a great deal of difficulty between the two parties and a lot of 
wrangling and a lot of different positions and so forth that manifests 
itself in arguing and so forth, but did you notice something? You are 
hearing both sides of the aisle coming before you and coming before 
this House and saying the same thing, and that is we ought to move H.R. 
529.
  There is a recognition, and I think my constituency in suburban 
Chicago is breathing a collective sigh of relief right now because they 
are saying: Hey, people are paying attention to things that matter to 
me and matter to my future and matter to my children, that is, they are 
taking a bill or a provision in the law that has been successful and 
they are improving it. They are bringing it up to date under the 
leadership of the gentlelady from Kansas (Ms. Jenkins), and she is 
joined by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis), and 
everybody is coming together around that idea that says 529s need to be 
protected and defended. And we need to make sure that they are kept up 
to date, because back home this makes all the difference in the world. 
I think this is one of these types of moments that is very significant 
and that we can build on.
  I thank the gentlelady for her leadership. I thank Mr. Davis for his, 
and I rise in strong support of this measure.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 
minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Illinois, I 
thank the gentlelady, and I thank the Speaker.
  It is good news to be able to come on the floor of the House and be 
able to speak to hardworking parents and the basis of all of our joy 
when we are giving an opportunity for our young people to be able to 
participate in higher learning, in this instance, college education. 
The 529 fix, if you will, deals with the savings accounts and tax-free 
disbursements for the purpose of paying for college tuition, purchasing 
college credits, and other qualified educational expenses.
  I do want to join my colleague from Wisconsin and add that the idea 
of other equipment dealing with the new technology special needs 
services is crucial.
  I want to thank Mr. Davis for his astute work in the committee, 
looking to make this a little bit more balanced. Certainly we are 
appreciative of those who have been successful and have achieved 
financial success. I enjoy that. But I do think with our concern about 
a deficit--which, by the way, has been reduced substantially under 
President Barack Obama--that this idea that Mr. Davis had would have 
been a worthy inclusion into this legislation.
  However, I am grateful, again, that we are now high tech and the 529 
accounts include computers and software as qualified educational 
expenses. It would also allow for refunded tuition, educational 
expenses, particularly if a student withdraws due to illness.
  I was talking to one of my young people, college students, and also 
my husband is a part of the team of higher education and sees it all 
the time where youngsters leave because they are ill and fail to let 
the professor know, and all of a sudden they are running up a bill.
  I do want to say that this fix is urgent because we need to help 
people save, but it is also urgent, Mr. Speaker, that we immediately 
move to put the Homeland Security funding on the floor of the House. I 
had asked yesterday for it to be immediately put on the floor of the 
House last night or today in order to do our duty, and our duty is to 
ensure the safety and security of this Nation.
  It is sad for me to note that those like Border Patrol agents and ICE 
agents and TSOs whom we pass by every day will be some of those who 
will be unpaid. They are essential, and we will go past them and thank 
them for their services--I often do in airports across America--but yet 
we will stand here and not have a resolution and a solution to pay them 
their salary.
  We had a hearing today in Judiciary. I was very glad to note that I 
think the weight was on the side of the President that he had 
constitutional authority, that he is not rendering any immigration 
status, that he is doing what he is allowed under the law; the Attorney 
General is allowed to have discretion as to employment status; no 
benefits will be conveyed on these individuals; and, frankly, we have 
an emergency and we need to pass that bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. I yield an additional 2 minutes to 
the gentlelady from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I won't take that. I thank the gentleman for his 
kindness.
  Let me just say that I think we appropriately are on the floor 
dealing with H.R. 529. I again thank the work of the Committee on Ways 
and Means ranking members and, as well, the ranking member and chairman 
of the full committee.
  But as we frame the work that this Congress must do, I don't know how 
we stand here on Wednesday, 24 to 48 hours out from a collapse of the 
Department of Homeland Security, no funding, and actually are here and 
looking out at the face of first responders and those who are on the 
front lines of borders, airports, FAA, ICE officers, and we would stand 
and hold hostage these hardworking Americans who, in this climate when 
we are looking to malls or we are hearing, seeing videos and various 
charges of those who want to do harm, that we would not want an orderly 
process for 5 million people who have about 14 items--14 items--that 
they must comply with to even be eligible, but 5 million people who 
simply want us to know that they are here and they are here to do good 
and not to do harm. That is an orderly process for knowing how to 
secure this Nation.
  Again, I thank the gentleman from Illinois.
  With that, I ask for a vote for H.R. 529 and H.R. 5 and the funding 
of Homeland Security.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded not to traffic the

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well while another Member is under recognition.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), our majority 
leader.

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  Mr. McCARTHY. I want to thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for 
her work on 529 and bringing this bill to the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, during the President's speech on the State of the Union, 
he presented what he called ``middle class economics.'' It didn't take 
long for people to realize that the President's plan meant taxing the 
middle class to pay for bigger government and pipe dream projects. 
Nothing demonstrated this anti-middle class agenda more than the 
President's plan to attack education opportunity for middle class 
families by taxing 529 saving accounts. Now, after families cried out 
against the President's plan, he dropped it, and I am happy about that. 
The President has rightly chosen to not do harm, but now he should work 
with the House to do some positive good.
  My wife and I have two children--Connor and Meghan. Connor is in 
college today, and Meghan is a senior about to enter college. When we 
found out, with joy, that we were to have children, we didn't have much 
great wealth, but we started putting away $50 a month. Why? Because we 
dreamt like every other American. It was no longer what you could 
become but what opportunities your children will have.
  Education has been the great equalizer in this country, and there is 
no greater way to do that than by allowing those who may not have great 
wealth but who have a great opportunity with their children to have a 
529 account. But, like anything, we should modernize it because 
education changes just as technology has changed.
  Could you imagine today sending your children to college but telling 
them to learn without having a computer? Isn't that a part of the 
education system, too? That is what this 529 account will also expand 
to. So, today, when we talk on the floor, it is really about the 
future, but it is about the future of every single family from every 
walk of life.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, I differ with the President on many issues, and I 
would say the majority of this House differs with the President in that 
he would tax every parent or every grandparent who wanted to put away 
for a brighter future for their child or grandchild. Luckily, he turned 
back. Today is a chance to work with us, to work with us on a greater 
America with something that is stronger. What that means today is that 
we can all join so the 21st century can be even stronger, and we can 
keep the promise we made to every American--that every generation will 
improve on the generation before him. That is the opportunity that this 
529 account gives us.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I have no further 
requests for time, and I yield myself the balance of my time.
  I agree with my colleague from Illinois (Mr. Roskam) that this is, 
indeed, a bipartisan piece of legislation and that it is good for 
higher education and for those who are attempting to access it.
  I want to commend Ms. Jenkins and Mr. Kind for their leadership in 
developing it. I agree with its purpose, and I urge its passage.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I would like to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for 
engaging in this informative and productive debate. If America is going 
to remain competitive, I cannot imagine a more important thing than 
maintaining the affordability of higher education. There is much to be 
done, but today's vote is a critical and simple step that Congress 
should take to empower folks to save for higher education and, 
ultimately, to make it more attainable for more hardworking Americans.
  I hope that Congress passes this legislation today with the broad 
support that it deserves so that we can give American families an 
improved way to invest in their 529 college savings plans.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, as a supporter of 529 college savings 
plans--including the College Savings Plans of Maryland--I am pleased to 
support today's legislation, which makes three common sense technical 
changes to these valuable savings tools.
  First, HR 529 makes the purchase of a computer and internet access a 
qualified expense for 529 accounts, reflecting the reality that 
computers and the internet are a modern necessity for today's college 
students. Second, the bill allows students who receive refunds from 
colleges to reinvest those refunds back into their 529 accounts, 
provided that reinvestment occurs within 60 days of a student leaving 
college. And finally, the bill eliminates the existing aggregation 
requirement for purposes of calculating distributions that are 
includible in a beneficiary's taxable income.
  Mr. Speaker, unlike other tax bills that have come before us 
recently, today's legislation does not seek to permanently extend 
temporary provisions of the code without paying for that permanence--
and it does not add tens of billions of dollars to the national debt. 
Rather, HR 529 makes several modest improvements to a program already 
permanently authorized in law--and it does so at a much lower cost.
  Accordingly, I will cast a yes vote.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I will vote for H.R. 529, a bill that 
would expand section 529 college savings plans, when it passed the 
House today. I strongly believe in improving access to higher 
education, and encouraging families to save for college is a critical 
part of this in an era of rising tuition costs and deepening student 
debt. Since 1996, 529 plans have saved American families more than $225 
billion. H.R. 529 makes several changes to update 529 plans, including 
removing penalties for students who are forced to withdraw from college 
and expanding the eligible uses. While I will vote for this bill, I 
wish this Congress would do more. The cost of higher education 
continues to increase and millions of American students carry non-
dischargeable debt that totals over $1 trillion. At the same time, my 
Republican colleagues have slashed Pell grants, refused to provide 
students with the low interest rates granted to America's biggest 
banks, and continue to support predatory, for-profit institutions that 
shortchange our most vulnerable students. I support the modest 
improvements in H.R. 529, but I urge my colleagues to take up further 
measures to improve access to college and reduce student loan debt.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 121, the previous question is ordered on 
the bill, as amended.
  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. TED LIEU 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. TED LIEU of California. I am opposed to it in its current form.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
  The Clerk will report the motion to recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Ted Lieu of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 
     529 to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to 
     report the same back to the House forthwith with the 
     following amendment:
       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 5. PARENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW COST OF BROKERAGE FEES AND 
                   IMPACT ON LONG-TERM SAVINGS.

       Section 529(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Reports.--Each officer'' and inserting 
     the following: ``Reports.--
       ``(1) In general.--Each officer'', and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Fees.--Each such officer or employee shall make an 
     annual report to each designated beneficiary of an account 
     under such program--
       ``(A) disclosing the type and amount of fees with respect 
     to such account,
       ``(B) demonstrating the impact of such fees on the 
     investment returns of such account over a 10-year and 20-year 
     period, and
       ``(C) disclosing the range of fees for investments 
     available to accounts under such program.''.

     SEC. 6. RATES OF RETURN AND LOW FEES.

       Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Rates of Return and Low Fees.--Each officer or 
     employee having control of

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     the qualified tuition program shall take such steps as are 
     necessary to ensure, to the extent practicable, high rates of 
     return and low fees under such program.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. Speaker, this is a final amendment to 
the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If 
adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as 
amended.
  Let me start by thanking my Republican colleagues for introducing 
this bill. It makes changes to 529 plans that many on my side of the 
aisle have also been calling on for years. I support 529 plans, as do 
many of my constituents. It helps people plan and pay for college, and 
my wife and I currently invest in 529 plans.
  There is one amendment to this bill that, I believe, will make it far 
better, and that is disclosure. The motion to recommit would put in an 
amendment that says that there has to be a separate report that talks 
about the types and numbers of fees and how much these fees are and how 
they impact the performance of the product over 10 to 20 years.
  Prior to entering politics, I served as a corporate vice president at 
a financial services company, and it is clear that the foundation upon 
which Wall Street rests is disclosure. It is the social compact that 
Wall Street has with Main Street. It is the compact that they have with 
investors in that they will describe a product--how it works, the fees 
on that product, and how it performs. By having a separate report that 
parents can see, one that talks about the fees on these products and 
how these fees impact the performance, it will allow middle class 
families to better gauge for themselves how their investments are doing 
and which investments to select. Does this makes a difference? Yes, it 
does. Let me give you an example.
  Savingforcollege.com offers this scenario:
  If an annual return for a 529 account is 7 percent and if one account 
charges 20 basis points and another charges 40 basis points, here is 
the difference on an investment of $5,000: over the course of 18 years, 
the 529 plan charging the lower fees will save the investor $542. The 
underlying bill would change existing law to allow 529 funds to be used 
to purchase a laptop computer for school, and $542 would allow you to 
buy a laptop.
  Right now, every State has different rules for disclosure, and they 
have different fees. For example, in my State of California, we have 
relatively low fees that range between $142 to $154 over 10 years, but 
then you have States like Montana and Arkansas, which have some of the 
highest low-end fees, which could range between $1,100 to $1,200 over 
10 years. That makes a huge difference to middle class families.
  I urge my colleagues to support this motion to recommit, which merely 
provides disclosure to middle class families so they can better 
understand their 529 plans.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of a 
point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation of the point of order is 
withdrawn.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I claim the time in opposition to 
the gentleman's motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 
motion to recommit.
  This motion would do the exact opposite of what this legislation is 
trying to accomplish. This bill is attempting to simplify 529s, but 
this motion would add unneeded complexity, leading to fewer people 
saving for a college education. It would burden all families who are 
saving as well as burden States and plan administrators with more red 
tape. As the former State treasurer of Kansas, I believe I can offer a 
unique insight from my experiences with 529 plan administration.
  This simply adds an undo administrative burden. It increases the 
costs, which would leave less money for students to spend on their 
higher education costs. It seems to mandate the increase of rates of 
return, and Congress should not be in the business of setting the risk 
of a personal investment. It increases administrative expenses, and it 
goes in the opposite direction of the underlying bill. I urge my 
colleagues to defeat this motion to recommit.
  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. TED LIEU 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 8 and clause 9 of rule 
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 
5-minute votes on passage of the bill, if ordered; and agreeing to the 
Speaker's approval of the Journal, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 176, 
nays 243, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 89]

                               YEAS--176

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--243

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Loudermilk
     Love

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     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Byrne
     Costa
     Hinojosa
     Lee
     Long
     Lynch
     McNerney
     Rice (NY)
     Roe (TN)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Speier
     Wilson (FL)

                              {time}  1541

  Mrs. BLACKBURN, Messrs. LABRADOR, ISSA, SANFORD, Ms. SINEMA, Messrs. 
DUFFY, WALDEN, FLORES, and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER changed their vote from 
``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                      Announcement by the Speaker

  The SPEAKER. The Chair wishes to reiterate the announcement of March 
25, 2014, concerning floor practice.
  Members should periodically rededicate themselves to the core 
principles of proper parliamentary practice that are so essential in 
maintaining order and deliberacy here in the House. The Chair believes 
that a few of these principles bear emphasis today.
  Members should refrain from trafficking in the well when another, 
including the presiding officer, is addressing the House.
  Members should wear appropriate business attire during all sittings 
of the House, however brief their appearance on the floor may be.
  Members should refrain from engaging in still photography or audio or 
video recording in the Chamber. Taking unofficial photographs detracts 
from the dignity of the proceedings and presents security and privacy 
challenges for the House.
  Members who wish to speak on the floor should respectfully seek and 
obtain recognition from the presiding officer, taking the time to do so 
in proper form, including 1-minutes. The proper form would be to ask 
unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute.

                              {time}  1545

  Members should take care to yield and reclaim time in an orderly 
fashion, bearing in mind that the Official Reporters of Debate cannot 
properly transcribe two Members simultaneously.
  Members should address their remarks in debate to the presiding 
officer and not to others in the second person or to some perceived 
viewing audience.
  Members should not embellish the offering of a motion, the entry of a 
request, the making of a point of order, or the entry of an appeal with 
any statement of motive or other commentary, and should be aware that 
such utterances could render the motion, request, point of order, or 
appeal untimely.
  Members should attempt to come to the floor within the 15-minute 
period as prescribed by the first ringing of the bells. This has been 
an ongoing problem and Members should make every attempt to be here 
within the prescribed 15 minutes. Members should be advised that if 
they are in the Chamber attempting to vote, the Chair will try to 
accommodate them. But as a point of courtesy to each of your 
colleagues, voting within the allotted time would help with the 
maintenance of the institution.
  Following these basic standards of practice will foster an atmosphere 
of mutual and institutional respect. It will ensure against personal 
confrontation, among individual Members or between Members and the 
presiding officer. It will facilitate Members' comprehension of, and 
participation in, the business of the House. It will enable accurate 
transcriptions of proceedings. In sum, it will ensure the comity that 
elevates spirited deliberations above mere argument.
  The Chair appreciates the attention of the Members to these matters.
  Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 401, 
noes 20, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 90]

                               AYES--401

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Holding
     Honda
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel

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     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                                NOES--20

     Clarke (NY)
     Ellison
     Fudge
     Grijalva
     Hastings
     Hoyer
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     McCollum
     Napolitano
     Pocan
     Richmond
     Rush
     Schrader
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Visclosky
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Byrne
     Costa
     Hinojosa
     Lee
     Long
     McNerney
     Rice (NY)
     Roe (TN)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Speier
     Wilson (FL)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Poe of Texas) (during the vote). There 
are 2 minutes remaining.

                              {time}  1552

  Ms. BASS changed her 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

  Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote today because 
of a serious illness in my family. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 84, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 85, ``yea'' 
on rollcall No. 86, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
88, ``no'' on rollcall No. 89, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 90.

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