[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 86 (Monday, June 1, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H3619-H3624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    STRENGTHENING FISHING COMMUNITIES AND INCREASING FLEXIBILITY IN 
                        FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 274 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 1335.
  Will the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis) kindly take the 
chair.

                              {time}  1831


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R.

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1335) to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for 
fishermen, and for other purposes, with Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois 
(Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, 
amendment No. 8 printed in House Report 114-128 offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman) had been disposed of.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 114-128 on 
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 1 by Mrs. Dingell of Michigan.
  Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Lowenthal of California.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.


                Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mrs. Dingell

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment printed in House Report 114-128 offered 
by the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Dingell) on which further 
proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice 
vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 155, 
noes 223, not voting 54, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 264]

                               AYES--155

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Grijalva
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--223

     Abraham
     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
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Emmer (MN)
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     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 (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pitts
     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
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Simpson
     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
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--54

     Aderholt
     Becerra
     Bishop (GA)
     Castor (FL)
     Clyburn
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duffy
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Kind
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Meng
     Moore
     Napolitano
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Paulsen
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Richmond
     Roe (TN)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Shimkus
     Takai
     Thompson (MS)
     Waters, Maxine
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Yoder

                              {time}  1902

  Messrs. LATTA, McKINLEY, PEARCE, and DIAZ-BALART changed their vote 
from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Chair, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent 
during rollcall vote No. 264. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on the Dingell Amendment to H.R. 1335--Strengthening Fishing 
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Wittman was allowed to speak out of 
order.)


                    Sportsmen's Trophy Presentation

  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, recently, the Congressional Sportsmen's 
Caucus held its annual Member shoot-out, where Members get together 
from the Republican and Democrat sides and shoot a round of sporting 
clays, skeets, and trap. It is a friendly day where we get together and 
have some great competition. It is in the interest of the shooting 
sports and of our outdoor efforts there. And it was a great privilege 
to be there with the other Members.
  We had a record turnout this year of Members from both sides of the 
aisle. We are blessed that Team Republican will retain the shoot-out 
trophy this year but by a narrow margin, with a winning score of 235-
227.
  It is a real honor for me to serve as the co-chair of the 
Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation. I have Congressman Jeff Duncan of 
South Carolina here, who is our co-vice chairman; and we also have 
Congressman Tim Walz, who is our other co-chairman.
  With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from the great 
State of Minnesota (Mr. Walz), the co-chair of our caucus.
  Mr. WALZ. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend, the gentleman from 
Virginia for yielding.
  Congratulations to the gentleman and his team and to everyone who 
participated.
  Congratulations to Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, who was the 
Republican top gun, and to Mike Thompson of California, who was the 
overall top gun. Congratulations to them.
  As the gentleman said, this is the largest bipartisan caucus in the 
Congress. The Congressional Sportsmen's

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Foundation--the folks who are out there protecting our hunting, 
fishing, and outdoor heritage--thank you to all of them and to all the 
sponsors who made this possible.
  It is great day for a great cause, and it shows that there are many 
things that bind us together.
  So I congratulate the gentlemen, and we look forward to a friendly 
competition again next year.


                Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Lowenthal

  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, 2-minute voting will continue.
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment printed in House Report 114-128 offered 
by the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal) on which further 
proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice 
vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 149, 
noes 227, not voting 56, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 265]

                               AYES--149

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Grijalva
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jeffries
     Johnson, E. B.
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pingree
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--227

     Abraham
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     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
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Emmer (MN)
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     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 (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pitts
     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
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     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
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--56

     Aderholt
     Becerra
     Bishop (GA)
     Castor (FL)
     Clyburn
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Delaney
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duffy
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Johnson (GA)
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Kind
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Meng
     Moore
     Napolitano
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Paulsen
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Richmond
     Roe (TN)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Shimkus
     Takai
     Thompson (MS)
     Waters, Maxine
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Yoder

                              {time}  1912

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Chair, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent 
during rollcall vote No. 265. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on the Lowenthal Amendment to H.R. 1335--Strengthening Fishing 
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Fleischmann) having assumed the chair, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, 
Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the 
bill (H.R. 1335) to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and 
stability for fishermen, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to House 
Resolution 274, he reported the bill back to the House with an 
amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment 
reported from the Committee of the Whole?
  If not, the question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.

                              {time}  1915


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). Is the 
gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. PETERS. I am opposed.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Peters moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1335 to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report 
     the same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTING FISHING COMMUNITIES FROM TOXIC POLLUTION.

       In the aftermath of an oil or hazardous materials spill 
     none of the amendments to fishery conservation requirements 
     made by sections 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, and 15 of this Act shall

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     apply to any fishery impacted by such spill until--
       (1) the relevant Regional Fishery Management Council has 
     fully assessed the impacts of the spill to stocks of fish, 
     fishing communities, and the marine environment;
       (2) the polluter has paid for any cleanup or removal of 
     pollution related to the spill in the marine environment that 
     impacts a fishery, restored such fisheries to limit the long-
     term impact on stocks of fish, and provided compensation for 
     the economic and job loss to the United States fishing 
     industry and communities; and
       (3) the polluter has paid for testing of fish to ensure 
     that consumers are protected from toxins that have entered 
     the food chain, and for testing of water quality to help 
     fishermen avoid areas of pollution and find the safest areas 
     to fish.

  Mr. PETERS (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, 
which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, 
the bill will proceed immediately to final passage, as amended.
  Mr. Speaker, preserving our beaches and bays and our coastal 
communities for future generations has to be a bipartisan endeavor. 
Congress passed landmark fisheries legislation in 1976 and reauthorized 
it in 1996 and 2006 with broad support from both parties.
  Unfortunately, today's bill is a partisan one that will undermine our 
four-decade history of responsible and successful fisheries management. 
It creates loopholes and lessens transparency and accountability, which 
can only harm our coastal communities.
  My amendment today is simple: give communities and regional experts 
at fishery management councils input, and increase the ability of local 
agencies to hold polluters more accountable after a spill.
  Just a few weeks ago, on the California coast north of Santa Barbara, 
a pipeline ruptured beneath a coastal cliff, spilling 105,000 gallons 
of crude oil onto the beach and tidelands and into the Pacific Ocean. 
Despite rapid cleanup efforts from environmental officials and 
volunteers from across the State, the leak killed abundant marine life, 
including lobsters, seals, kelp bass, and local fish populations. It 
also forced the closure of local State beaches during the Memorial Day 
weekend, depriving local businesses of revenue from visitors coming to 
enjoy the scenic California coast.
  Now, the short-term harm has been evident, but the long-term damage 
to the marine life, coastal ecosystems, and biodiversity, including 
fisheries and food stocks that are part of the region's economy, that 
damage won't be known for some time.
  What is clear is that coastal communities deal with the harm from a 
spill long after the initial cleanup ends, and they deserve greater 
oversight over those who caused the damage.
  My amendment addresses this issue in three ways: first, it directs 
the regional fishery management council to conduct a full environmental 
assessment of the spill; second, it requires the responsible party to 
pay for any pollution cleanup and restoration of the harmed fishers, 
and to provide compensation for economic and job losses due to the 
spill; and third, it protects public safety and food quality by 
requiring that polluters pay for testing of toxins in fish and in local 
waters to help fishermen determine the safest areas for fishing.
  These provisions are necessary because, as we have seen from past 
cleanups, the long-term direct and indirect environmental damage is not 
always immediately apparent, particularly on fish and wildlife 
populations and marine biodiversity. This is our experience.
  For example, despite massive cleanup efforts following the infamous 
Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, a 2007 study conducted by NOAA found 
that 26,000 gallons of oil from the Exxon Valdez were still trapped in 
the sand along the shoreline of Alaska. Those thousands of gallons of 
oil that remain decades later continue to damage fragile marine 
ecosystems and wildlife habitat and breeding grounds.
  That 1989 spill caused more than $300 million in economic harm to 
more than 32,000 Alaskans whose livelihoods depended on commercial 
fishing in that region. And in Santa Barbara, where last month's spill 
occurred, tourism, both on- and offshore, are central to the regional 
economy and will undoubtedly be harmed by this pollution.
  Mr. Speaker, I represent San Diego, California, where the marine 
industry, the maritime industry, and our large natural harbor are key 
to the region's tourism economy which supports 158,000 local jobs and 
$18.3 billion in economic impact. A spill like this could devastate our 
local economy and irreparably harm our delicate ecosystem.
  It is imperative that Congress hold responsible parties accountable 
in the case of a destructive oil spill. We should all agree that 
supporting coastal communities and the businesses that depend on 
rivers, bays, lakes, beaches, and oceans deserve support and shouldn't 
be forced to pay for the mistakes of polluters.
  Join me in supporting our local economies, protecting our coastal 
environments, ensuring public safety for consumers, and setting a 
higher standard for accountability.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote for this motion to 
recommit, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion 
to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on the policy level, this stuff is 
already covered in the Oil Pollution Act, the Superfund covers it, and 
if you are really serious about doing this, lines 8 and 9 would be 
changed to ``NOAA,'' as they are in the current statute. They have the 
expertise and the money to actually accomplish it.
  But, Mr. Speaker, if I could say to all of you, with apologies to 
those who have been sending emails and dear colleagues around here, 
this amendment, you should simply throw it back. It is not a keeper. 
This is simply a fish story that is based on a big whopper. This 
amendment would actually take the bill, and it would gut it, clean it, 
and filet it. So, please, do not fall for this hook, line, and sinker.
  I am not fishing for compliments here. But we have been floundering 
to find a solution for a long time, and that is why the underlying bill 
has a boatload of support for it.
  I realize this is as good as it gets. I am okay, but those involved 
in the fishing community recognize that the status quo is not working 
as it was intended to work and needs to be fixed in some particular 
way. That is why, on the underlying bill, the commercial industry, the 
fishing industry, and the recreationists already are in support and 
have publicly said that. That is the first time all three groups have 
actually gotten together on this particular bill.
  They realize there needs to be change in the status quo. They realize 
there needs to be transparency, which the underlying bill gives and is 
not there in the status quo. They realize that the science that has 
been used under the status quo is crappy and that this mandates 
multiple sources, better sources being used to make these final 
decisions.
  So, just for the halibut--and I had one for ``bass,'' but I have 
already censored it myself--vote ``no'' on the amendment and support 
the underlying bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute 
vote on passage of the bill, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 155, 
nays 233, not voting 54, as follows:

[[Page H3623]]

                             [Roll No. 266]

                               YEAS--155

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Grijalva
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--223

     Abraham
     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
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Emmer (MN)
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     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
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     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 (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pitts
     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
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Simpson
     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
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--54

     Aderholt
     Becerra
     Bishop (GA)
     Castor (FL)
     Clyburn
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Delaney
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duffy
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Kind
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Meng
     Moore
     Napolitano
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Paulsen
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Richmond
     Roe (TN)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Shimkus
     Takai
     Thompson (MS)
     Waters, Maxine
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Yoder

                              {time}  1931

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent 
during rollcall vote No. 266. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on the Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 1335--Strengthening 
Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management 
Act.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 264, 265, 266, I was 
unavoidably detained by American Airlines on the tarmac at Ronald 
Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ''nay'' on all three rollcall votes.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 225, 
noes 152, not voting 55, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 267]

                               AYES--225

     Abraham
     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
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Emmer (MN)
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     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
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pitts
     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
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Simpson
     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
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                               NOES--152

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster

[[Page H3624]]


     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Grijalva
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rice (NY)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Welch
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--55

     Aderholt
     Becerra
     Bishop (GA)
     Castor (FL)
     Clyburn
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Delaney
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duffy
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Kind
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Meng
     Moore
     Napolitano
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Paulsen
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roe (TN)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Shimkus
     Takai
     Thompson (MS)
     Waters, Maxine
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Yoder

                              {time}  1941

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 267, I was unavoidably 
detained due to weather. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 267 on passage of the 
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in 
Fisheries Management Act (H.R. 1335), I am not recorded because of 
prior commitments in my Congressional District. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  Stated against:
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent 
during rollcall vote No. 267. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``nay'' on the final passage of H.R. 1335--Strengthening Fishing 
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today I missed the following 
votes: Dingell Amendment. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yes'' on this bill; Lowenthal Amendment. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yes'' on this bill; Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 
1335. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on this bill; 
Final Passage of H.R. 1335. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``no'' on this bill.

                          ____________________