[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D668-D671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 2688-
2708 were introduced.                                        
  Page H4001
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4002-04
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 906, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water 
heaters, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-142);
  H.R. 1734, to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and 
establish requirements for the proper management and disposal of coal 
combustion residuals that are protective of human health and the 
environment (H. Rept. 114-143);
  H.R. 2596, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-144, Part 1); and
  H. Res. 303, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2685) 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, and providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2393) to amend the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal country of origin labeling requirements 
with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 114-145).                                              
Page H4000
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Farenthold to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3923
Recess: The House recessed at 12:20 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3925
Journal: The House agreed to the Speakers approval of the Journal by a 
voice vote.                                                  
  Page H3925
Recess: The House recessed at 2:09 p.m. and reconvened at 3:02 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3926
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  United States Grain Standards Act Reauthorization Act of 2015: H.R. 
2088, amended, to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to 
improve inspection services performed at export elevators at export 
port locations, and to reauthorize certain authorities of the Secretary 
of Agriculture under such Act;                           
  Pages H3926-29
  Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2015: H.R. 2051, amended, to amend 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock 
mandatory price reporting requirements;                  
  Pages H3929-31
  National Forest Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2015: H.R. 2394, 
amended, to reauthorize the National Forest Foundation Act; 
                                                         Pages H3931-32
  Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: H.R. 235, to permanently extend 
the Internet Tax Freedom Act; and                        
  Pages H3952-56
  Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act: 
H.R. 889, to amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to 
clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in 
section 1605(a)(3) of such title.                        
  Pages H3956-59
Recess: The House recessed at 5:54 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3963
Commodity End-User Relief Act: The House passed H.R. 2289, to 
reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect 
futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make 
basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the 
Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, and 
to help keep consumer costs low, by a yea-and-nay vote of 246 yeas to 
171 nays, Roll No. 309.                         
  Pages H3932-52, 3963-64
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-18 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Agriculture now printed in 
the bill.                                                
Pages H3940-48
  Agreed by unanimous consent that amendments No. 2 and 3 printed in H. 
Rept. 114-136 may be considered out of sequence.             
Page H3950
Agreed to:
  Conaway amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-136) that makes 
conforming and technical changes;                            
Page H3948
  Moore amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 114-136) that narrows the 
scope of the provisions in the bill to ensure that only swap data, and 
not any other data, held by an SDR is required to be shared with other 
regulators; ensures that the language in

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the Securities Exchange Act and the Commodity Exchange Act mirror each 
other;                                                   
Pages H3949-50
  Walorski amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 114-136) that adds 
``Status of consultations with all U.S. market participants including 
major producers and consumers'';                             
Page H3950
  Plaskett amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-136) that expresses 
a sense of Congress that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
should take all appropriate actions to encourage applications for 
positions in the Office of the Chief Economist from members of minority 
groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans; and           
Page H3951
  Takai amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 114-136) that requires a 
report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 
a summary of any plans of action and milestones for any known 
information security vulnerability.                      
Pages H3951-52
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                 
Page H3999
  H. Res. 288, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2289) was agreed to on June 3rd.
Oath of Office--First Congressional District of Mississippi: 
Representative-elect Trent Kelly presented himself in the well of the 
House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, 
the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter received 
from the Honorable C. Delbert Hosemann, Jr., Mississippi Secretary of 
State, indicating that, according to the preliminary results of the 
Special Election held June 2, 2015, the Honorable Trent Kelly was 
elected Representative to Congress for the First Congressional 
District, State of Mississippi.                          
  Pages H3964-65
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentleman from 
Mississippi, the whole number of the House is 434.           
  Page H3965
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016: The House passed H.R. 2577, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 210 nays, Roll 
No. 329. Consideration began June 3rd.                   
  Pages H3965-98
  Rejected the Delaney motion to recommit 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 244 noes, Roll No. 328.                          
Pages H3996-98
Agreed to:
  Gosar amendment that was debated on June 4th that prohibits the use 
of funds to carry out the rule entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair 
Housing'', published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
in the Federal Register on July 19, 2013 (by a recorded vote of 229 
ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 311);                             
Page H3966
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 3, 2015) that prohibits the use of funds in contravention of 
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code;                
Page H3973
  Engel amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of June 2, 
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 the Presidential Memorandum dated 
May 24, 2011;                                            
Pages H3976-77
  Newhouse amendment that prohibits the use of funds to issue, 
implement, or enforce regulations by the FAA for operations and 
certification of small unmanned aircraft systems in contravention to 14 
CFR 21.25(b)(1);                                             
Page H3979
  Bass amendment that prohibits the use of funds by the FTA to 
implement, administer, or enforce section 18.36(c)(2) of title 49, for 
construction hiring purposes;                                
Page H3982
  Zeldin amendment that prohibits the use of funds by the Administrator 
of the FAA to institute an administrative or civil action or 
disposition of penalties against the sponsor of East Hampton Airport in 
East Hampton, NY;                                        
Pages H3982-83
  Denham amendment that prohibits the use of funds for high-speed rail 
in the State of California or for the California High-Speed Rail 
Authority, nor may any be used by the Federal Railroad Administration 
to administer a grant agreement with the California High-Speed Rail 
Authority that contains a tapered matching requirement; 
                                                         Pages H3984-85
  Mullin amendment that prohibits the use of funds to enforce subpart B 
of part 750 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding signs 
for service clubs and religious notices as defined in section 153(p) of 
such part;                                                   
Page H3986
  Yoho amendment that prohibits the use of funds to use in 
contravention of subpart E of part 5 of regulations of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. Part 5, Subpart E; relating to 
restrictions on assistance to noncitizens) (by a recorded vote of 244 
ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 319);               
Pages H3972-73, H3990-91
  Brooks (AL) amendment that prohibits the use of funds to provide 
financial assistance in contravention

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of section 214(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 
(by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 320); 
                                                  Pages H3975-76, H3991
  Hultgren amendment that prohibits the use of funds by the FAA for the 
bio-data assessment in the hiring of Air Traffic Control Specialists 
(by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 186 noes, Roll No. 321); 
                                               Pages H3977-78, H3991-92
  Garrett amendment that prohibits the use of funds to implement, 
administer, or enforce the final rule entitled ``Implementation of the 
Fair Housing Act's Discriminatory Effects Standard'', published by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (by a recorded vote of 231 
ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 323);                  
Pages H3979-80, H3993
  Peters amendment that prohibits the use of funds in contravention of 
Executive Order 11246 (relating to Equal Employment Opportunity) (by a 
recorded vote of 241 ayes to 184 noes with one answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 326); and                                
Pages H3985-86, H3995
  Issa amendment that prohibits the use of funds to acquire a camera 
for the purpose of collecting or storing vehicle license plate numbers 
(by a recorded vote of 297 ayes to 129 noes, Roll No. 327). 
                                               Pages H3988-90, H3995-96
Rejected:
  Blackburn amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 3, 2015) that was debated on June 4th that sought to reduce each 
amount made available by this Act by 1 percent (by a recorded vote of 
163 ayes to 259 noes, Roll No. 310);                     
Pages H3965-66
  Gosar amendment that was debated on June 4th that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled 
``Hazardous Materials: Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational 
Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains'' (by a recorded vote of 136 
ayes to 286 noes, Roll No. 312);                         
Pages H3966-67
  Posey amendment that was debated on June 4th that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds by the Department of Transportation to take any 
actions with respect to the financing of passenger rail projects along 
Florida's East Coast (by a recorded vote of 163 ayes to 260 noes, Roll 
No. 313);                                                
Pages H3967-68
  Sessions amendment that was debated on June 4th that sought to 
prohibit the use of funds to support Amtrak's route with the highest 
loss, measured by contributions/(Loss) per Rider (by a recorded vote of 
205 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 314);                         
Page H3968
  Sessions amendment that was debated on June 4th that sought to 
prohibit the use of funds to support any Amtrak route whose costs 
exceed 2 times its revenues (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 237 
noes, Roll No. 315);                                     
Pages H3968-69
  Schiff amendment that was debated on June 4th that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds to enforce section 47524 of title 49, with regard to 
noise or access restriction of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA (by 
a recorded vote of 157 ayes to 266 noes, Roll No. 316); 
                                                         Pages H3969-70
  Posey amendment that was debated on June 4th that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds by the Department of Transportation to authorize 
exempt facility bonds to finance passenger rail projects that cannot 
attain the speed of 150 mph (by a recorded vote of 148 ayes to 275 
noes, Roll No. 317);                                         
Page H3970
  Posey amendment that was debated on June 4th that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds by the Department of Transportation to make a loan in 
an amount that exceeds $600,000,000 under the Railroad Revitalization 
and Regulatory Reform Act (by a recorded vote of 134 ayes to 287 noes, 
Roll No. 318);                                           
Pages H3970-71
  Grothman amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for any 
family who is not an elderly family or a disabled family of the United 
States Housing Act and who was not receiving project-based rental 
assistance under section 8 of such Act as of Oct. 1, 2015, and the 
amount otherwise provided under such heading is reduced by 
$300,000,000;                                            
Pages H3986-87
  Grothman amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for any 
family who is not an elderly family or a disabled family and who was 
not receiving tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of such 
Act;                                                     
Pages H3987-88
  Meehan amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for Amtrak 
capital grants may be used for projects off the Northeast Corridor 
until the level of capital spending by Amtrak for capital projects on 
the Northeast Corridor during fiscal year 2016 equals the amount of 
Amtrak's profits from Northeast Corridor operations during FY 2015 (by 
a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 322); 
                                                  Pages H3978, H3992-93
  Ellison amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for 
contracts to entities that have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act 
(by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 324); and 
                                               Pages H3980-81, H3993-94
  Emmer (MN) (No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record of June 4, 
2015) amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to carry out 
any enrichment for any New Start grant request (by a recorded vote of 
212 ayes to 214 noes, Roll No. 325).              
Pages H3981-82, H3994

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Withdrawn:
  Maxine Waters (CA) amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn that would have prohibited the use of funds to establish any 
asset management position of the Office of Multifamily Housing of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, or newly hire an employee 
for any asset management position, that is located at a Core office 
before filling each such asset management position that is located at a 
Non-Core office;                                             
Page H3972
  Newhouse amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited the use of funds to issue, implement, or enforce 
the proposed regulation by the FAA entitled ``Operation and 
Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems'' without 
consideration of the use of small unmanned aircraft systems for 
agricultural operations; and                             
Pages H3978-79
  Lewis (GA) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have added a new section at the end of the bill pertaining to 
reverse mortgage survivor benefits.                      
Pages H3983-84
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.             
Pages H3998-99
  H. Res. 287, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2577) and (H.R. 2578) was agreed to on June 2nd.
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Supporting local law enforcement agencies in their continued work to 
serve our communities, and supporting their use of body worn cameras to 
promote transparency to protect both citizens and officers alike: H. 
Res. 295, supporting local law enforcement agencies in their continued 
work to serve our communities, and supporting their use of body worn 
cameras to promote transparency to protect both citizens and officers 
alike.                                                   
  Pages H3959-63
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and nineteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3963-64, 
H3965-66, H3966, H3966-67, H3967-68, H3968, H3969, H3969-70, H3970, 
H3971, H3990-91, H3991, H3991-92, H3992-93, H3993, H3993-94, H3994, 
H3995. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 11:41 p.m.