[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 32 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H1033-H1034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             MODERNIZATION OF TERMS RELATING TO MINORITIES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and 
pass the bill (H.R. 4238) to amend the Department of Energy 
Organization Act and the Local Public Works Capital Development and 
Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms relating to minorities, on 
which the yeas and nays were ordered.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 376, 
nays 0, not voting 57, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 102]

                               YEAS--376

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Barr
     Bass
     Beatty
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hice, Jody B.
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holding
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Sean
     Marino
     Massie
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent

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     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Salmon
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--57

     Aderholt
     Babin
     Barton
     Becerra
     Brady (TX)
     Byrne
     Capuano
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Conyers
     Culberson
     Doggett
     Farenthold
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Flores
     Gohmert
     Green, Gene
     Harris
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hill
     Hinojosa
     Hudson
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Kline
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Marchant
     McGovern
     Mulvaney
     Napolitano
     Pascrell
     Perlmutter
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sires
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Tiberi
     Tsongas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Westmoreland
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining.

                              {time}  1849

  Messrs. Simpson and Rangel changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``yea.''
  So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and 
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:
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 102 on 
Feb 29, 2016, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yes.''
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my vote was not recorded on 
rollcall No. 102. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, during the votes today, I was 
inescapably detained and away handling important matters related to my 
District and the State of Alabama. If I had been present, I would have 
voted: YES on H.R. 4238--To Amend the Department of Energy on 
Organization Act and the Local Public Works Capital Development and 
Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms relating to minorities.
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, February 29, 2016, I was 
absent during rollcall vote No. 102. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea'' on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4238--To 
amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public 
Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms 
relating to minorities.
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote on Monday, 
February 29, 2016, due to important events being held today in our 
district in Houston and Harris County, Texas.
  If I had been able to vote, I would have voted as follows:
  On H.R. 4238, to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and 
the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 
to modernize terms relating to minorities, I would have voted ``yea.''

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