[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 64 (Thursday, April 30, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D475-D479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 72 public bills, H.R. 2123-
2194; and 7 resolutions, H. Res. 236-242 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H2766-72
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2772-73
Reports Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.J. Res. 43, disapproving the action of the District of Columbia 
Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination 
Amendment Act of 2014 (H. Rept. 114-99);                     
Page H2766
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Carter (GA) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2659
Discharge Petition: Representative Heck (WA) presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Financial Services from the 
consideration of the bill, H.R. 1031, to reauthorize the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States, and for other purposes (Discharge Petition 
No. 1).
Recess: The House recessed at 11:21 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2668
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rabbi 
Michael Siegel, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, Illinois.     
  Page H2668
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 236 yeas to 175 nays with two answering 
``present'', Roll No. 182.                               
  Pages H2684-85
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds, the rotunda of the Capitol, 
and Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for official 
Congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis 
to the United States Capitol: The House agreed to discharge from 
committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 43, authorizing the use of the 
Capitol Grounds, the rotunda of the Capitol, and Emancipation Hall in 
the Capitol Visitor Center for official Congressional events 
surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States 
Capitol.                                                     
  Page H2685
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016: The House continued consideration of H.R. 2028, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. Consideration is 
expected to resume tomorrow, May 1. 
                                     Pages H2685-94, H2710-27, H2742-64
Agreed to:
  Jackson Lee amendment that redirects $1,000,000 in funding within the 
Departmental Administration account;                     
Pages H2692-94
  Fortenberry amendment that increases, by offset, funding for Defense 
Nuclear Non-Proliferation by $13,802,000;                
Pages H2712-14
  Langevin amendment that increases the funding for the Naval Reactor 
account by $2,426,000 and reduces funding for the Federal Salaries and 
Expenses by $2,500,000;                                  
Pages H2715-19
  McKinley amendment that prohibits the use of the funds to transform 
the National Energy Technology Laboratory into a government-owned, 
contractor-operated laboratory, or to consolidate or close the National 
Energy Technology Laboratory;                                
Page H2719

[[Page D476]]


  Babin amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of April 
27, 2015) that prohibits the use of funds under the heading ``Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation'' from being made available to enter into new 
contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to the Islamic 
Republic of Iran except for contracts or agreements that require the 
Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the pursuit, acquisition, and 
development of nuclear weapons technology;               
Pages H2719-20
  Engel amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of April 
29, 2015) that prohibits the use of funds to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet 
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum; 
                                                         Pages H2722-23
  Dent amendment that prohibits the use of funds by the Department of 
Energy to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled 
``Standard Ceiling Fans and Ceiling Fan Light Kits'';    
Pages H2726-27
  Napolitano amendment that prohibits the use of funds in contravention 
of section 2101 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 
2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238b) or section 210 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986;                                     
Page H2727
  Stivers amendment that prohibits the use of funds for the Cape Wind 
Energy Project on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, 
Nantucket Sound;                                             
Page H2727
  Burgess amendment that prohibits the use of funds to implement or 
enforce the standards established by tables contained in section 
325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to 
BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and 
ER incandescent reflector lamps (by a recorded vote of 232 ayes and 189 
noes, Roll No. 207);                           
Pages H2724-26, H2750-51


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  April 30, 2015, on page D476, the following appeared: Burgess 
amendment that prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce 
the standards established by tables contained in section 
325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with 
respect to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent 
reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps (by a 
recorded vote of ayes and noes, Roll No. 207.
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: Burgess 
amendment that prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce 
the standards established by tables contained in section 
325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with 
respect to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent 
reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps (by a 
recorded vote of 232 ayes and 189 noes, Roll No. 207.


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Barton amendment that increases, by offset, funding for the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works by $30,000,000;    
Pages H2751-52
  Abraham amendment that prohibits the use of funds to implement 
Executive Order 13690 and Federal Flood Risk Management Standard; 
                                                         Pages H2752-53
  Jackson Lee amendment that prohibits the use of funds in 
contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.);                                           
Pages H2753-54
  DelBene amendment that prohibits the use of funds for the purchase of 
welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and 
under unless the anchor and mooring chain are procured from a 
manufacturer that is part of the national technology and industrial 
base;                                                    
Pages H2755-56
  Gosar amendment that prohibits the use of funds for the removal of 
any Federally owned or operated dam;                         
Page H2756
  Grayson amendment that prohibits the use of funds to enter into 
contracts with individuals convicted of fraud;           
Pages H2756-57
  Blackburn amendment (No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record of 
April 29, 2015) that prohibits the use of funds to finalize, 
promulgate, or enforce the DOE's proposed rule entitled ``Energy 
Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation 
Standards for Residential Furnaces''; and                    
Page H2759
  Luetkemeyer amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of 
April 29, 2015) that prohibits the use of funds for the Missouri River 
Ecosystem Restoration Program (MRERP).                       
Page H2761
Rejected:
  Heck (NV) amendment that sought to increase funding for Nuclear 
Energy by $75,000,000 and to zero out funding for Nuclear Waste 
Disposal;                                                    
Page H2686
  Titus amendment that sought to reduce funding for Nuclear Waste 
Disposal by $150,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account;                                       
Pages H2689-91
  Garamendi amendment that sought to reduce funds for Defense Nuclear 
Non-Proliferation by $125,000,000 and increase funds for Environmental 
and other Defense activities, Defense Environmental clean up by the 
same amount;                                             
Pages H2714-15
  McClintock amendment that sought to reduce funding for sundry 
accounts and to apply the aggregate savings of $128,920,000 to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 126 ayes to 295 noes, 
Roll No. 195);                                               
Page H2743
  Ruiz amendment that sought to increase funding for Water and Related 
Resources by $5,000,000 and to reduce funding for Fossil Energy 
Research and Development by $2,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 172 ayes 
to 249 noes, Roll No. 196);                              
Pages H2743-44
  Griffith amendment that sought to increase funding for Fossil Energy 
Research and Development by $5,000,000 and to reduce funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy by a similar amount (by a recorded vote 
of 177 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 197);                      
Page H2744
  Swalwell (CA) amendment that sought to increase funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $25,500,000 and to reduce funding 
for Fossil Energy by $34,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 248 
noes, Roll No. 198);                                     
Pages H2744-45
  Byrne amendment that sought to zero out funding for Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy and to apply the savings of $1,657,774,000 to the 
spending

[[Page D477]]

reduction account (by a recorded vote of 139 ayes to 282 noes, Roll No. 
199);                                                    
Pages H2745-46
  McClintock amendment that sought to zero out funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, reduce Nuclear Energy by $691,886,000, 
and zero out funding for Fossil Energy and to apply the aggregate 
savings of $2,954,660,000 to the spending reduction account (by a 
recorded vote of 110 ayes to 311 noes, Roll No. 200);        
Page H2746
  Ellison amendment that sought to reduce funding for Fossil Energy 
Research and Development by $45,000,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 246 noes, 
Roll No. 201);                                 
Pages H2686-88, H2746-47
  Swalwell (CA) amendment that sought to increase funding for Advanced 
Research Projects Agency--Energy (ARPA-E) by $20,000,000 and reduce 
funding for Departmental Administration by a similar amount (by a 
recorded vote of 202 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 202); 
                                               Pages H2691-92, H2747-48
  Quigley amendment that sought to apply $167,050,000 to the savings 
reduction account for the new nuclear arm cruise missile (by a recorded 
vote of 164 ayes to 257 noes, Roll No. 203);         
Pages H2711, H2748
  Garamendi amendment that sought to reduce the Atomic Energy Defense 
Activities National Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons Activities 
Account by $25,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending reduction 
account (by a recorded vote of 149 ayes to 272 noes, Roll No. 204); 
                                               Pages H2711-12, H2748-49
  Hudson amendment that sought to reduce funds in the bill by 11.1208 
percent except for National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Environmental and Defense Activities, and Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board (by a recorded vote of 143 ayes to 278 noes, Roll No. 
205);                                          
Pages H2721-22, H2749-50
  Sanford amendment that sought to zero out the funding for the 
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program and to prohibit 
the use of funds to provide a loan under the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 250 noes, Roll 
No. 206); and                                     
Pages H2723-24, H2750
  Castro amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds in excess 
of $276,117,000 for additional funding for ongoing work on Flood and 
Storm Damage Reduction projects.                         
Pages H2757-59
Withdrawn:
  Flores amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding for Science by $2,500,000 and reduced 
funding for Salaries and Expenses of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
by $25,000,000; and                                          
Page H2688
  Foster amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding for Science Activities by $239,749,000 and 
reduced funding for National Nuclear Security Weapons Activities by a 
similar amount.                                          
Pages H2688-89
Point of Order sustained against:
  Babin amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of April 
27, 2015) that sought to prohibit the use of funds under the heading 
``Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation'' from being used to enter into new 
contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to the Islamic 
Republic of Iran except for contracts or agreements that include 
authority for the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct 
anytime, anywhere inspections of civil and military sites within the 
Islamic Republic of Iran; and                            
Pages H2720-21
  Cleaver amendment that sought to provide that total project costs in 
section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 shall not 
apply with respect to any project that receives funds made available by 
title I of this Act.                                         
Page H2724
Proceedings Postponed:
  Rothfus (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of April 29, 2015) 
that seeks to prohibit use of funds to apply the report entitled ``Life 
Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquified Natural Gas 
from the United States'' in any public interest determination under the 
Natural Gas Act;                                         
Pages H2754-55
  Gosar (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of April 29, 2015) 
that seeks to prohibit the use of funds for the Department of Energy's 
Climate Model Development and Validation program;            
Page H2757
  Blackburn (No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of April 29, 
2015) that seeks to reduce funding in the bill by 1 percent across-the-
board;                                                   
Pages H2759-61
  McClintock that seeks to prohibit the use of funds for the purchase 
of water to supplement or enhance instream water flow requirements in 
California;                                              
Pages H2761-62
  LaMalfa that seeks to prohibit the use of funds to implement, 
administer, or enforce the requirement in the Code of Federal 
Regulations, that activities identified in the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act must be established or ongoing in order to receive an 
exemption under the Act; and                             
Pages H2762-63
  LaMalfa that seeks to prohibit use of funds to deliver water to the 
Trinity River above the minimum requirements of the Trinity Record of 
Decision or to supplement flows in the Klamath River.    
Pages H2763-64

[[Page D478]]


  H. Res. 223, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2028) and (H.R. 2029) was agreed to yesterday, April 29th.
Recess: The House recessed at 5:26 p.m. and reconvened at 5:40 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2702
Congressional Budget Resolution FY 2016: The House agreed to the 
conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2017 through 2025, by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 197 nays, 
Roll No. 183.                               
  Pages H2761-84, H2694-H2702
  H. Res. 231, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1732), the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. 
Con. Res. 11), and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 43) was agreed to by 
a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 181, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 181 
nays, Roll No. 180.                                      
Pages H2683-84
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 231 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas 174 nays, Roll No. 179.     
Pages H2672-74
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016: The House passed H.R. 2029, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2016, by a yea-and-nay vote of 255 yeas to 163 nays, Roll No. 193. 
Consideration began yesterday, April 29th.               
  Pages H2702-10
  Rejected the Kirkpatrick motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 
236 noes, Roll No. 192.                                  
Pages H2708-10
Rejected:
  Van Hollen amendment that was debated on April 29th that sought to 
strike the pending paragraph pertaining to the Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 229 noes with 
one answering ``present'', Roll No. 184);                    
Page H2703
  Mulvaney amendment that was debated on April 29th that sought to 
strike the pending paragraph pertaining to the Military Construction, 
Air Force (by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 229 noes with one 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 185);                    
Pages H2703-04
  Mulvaney amendment that was debated on April 29th that sought to 
strike the pending paragraph pertaining to the Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide (by a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 231 noes with one 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 186);                    
Pages H2704-05
  Nadler amendment that was debated on April 29th that sought to strike 
section 512 from the bill pertaining to the United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 254 
noes, Roll No. 187);                                         
Page H2705
  Blumenauer amendment that was debated on April 29th that sought to 
prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce Veterans 
Health Administration directive 2011-004 with respect to the 
prohibition on ``VA providers for completing forms seeking 
recommendations or opinions regarding a Veteran's participation in a 
State marijuana program'' (by a recorded vote of 210 ayes to 213 noes, 
Roll No. 188);                                           
Pages H2705-06
  Pocan amendment that was debated on April 29th that sought to 
prohibit the use of funds to enter into a contract with any person 
whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed in the 
Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System include 
the term ``Fair Labor Standards Act'' (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes 
to 237 noes, Roll No. 189);                              
Pages H2706-07
  Hice (GA) amendment that was debated on April 29th that sought to 
prohibit the use of funds to pay a Federal Employee for any period of 
time during which such employee is using official time under U.S. Code 
(by a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 190); and 
                                                             Page H2707
  King (IA) amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
April 28, 2015) that was debated on April 29th that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing 
wage requirements under what is commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act 
(by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 191). 
                                                         Pages H2707-08
  H. Res. 223, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2028) and (H.R. 2029) was agreed to yesterday, April 29th.
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in 
approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 
2014: The House passed H.J. Res. 43, disapproving the action of the 
District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-
Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014, by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas 
to 192 nays, Roll No. 194.                               
  Pages H2727-42
  H. Res. 231, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1732), the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. 
Con. Res. 11), and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 43) was agreed to by 
a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No.

[[Page D479]]

181, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 
241 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 180.                      
Pages H2683-84
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 231 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas 174 nays, Roll No. 179.     
Pages H2672-74
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of the recommendations of the Military Compensation 
and Retirement Modernization Commission--referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 114-30).   
  Page H2765


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  April 30, 2015, on page D479, the following appeared: 
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of the recommendations of the Military 
Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission--referred to 
the Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
113-32).
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: Presidential 
Message: Read a message from the President wherein he notified 
Congress of the recommendations of the Military Compensation and 
Retirement Modernization Commission--referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 114-30).


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

     Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and 23 recorded 
     votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on 
     pages H2673-74, H2683-84, H2684, H2702, H2703, H2703-04, 
     H2704-05, H2705, H2705-06, H2706-07, H2707, H2707-08, H2709-
     10, H2710, H2742, H2743, H2743-44, H2744, H2744-45, H2745-46, 
     H2746, H2747, H2747-48, H2748, H2748-49, H2749-50, H2750 and 
     H2750-51. There were no quorum calls.
     Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 1:48 
     a.m. on Friday, May 1st.