[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H2849-H2867]
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    MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017


                             General Leave

  Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on the further consideration of H.R. 4974, 
and that I may include tabular material on the same.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaMalfa). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 736 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. 4974.
  Will the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) kindly resume the 
chair.

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                     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. 4974) making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, with Mr. 
Collins of Georgia in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson) had been 
disposed of and the bill had been read through page 71, line 6.

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              Amendment Offered by Mr. Heck of Washington

  Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs of the newly constructed holes 10 through 18 at the 
     golf course at American Lake Veterans Hospital on a portion 
     of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, which were designed by Jack 
     Nicklaus on a pro bono basis, the holes shall be designated 
     as the ``Nicklaus Nine''.

  Mr. HECK of Washington (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask 
unanimous consent that the amendment be considered read.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's 
amendment.
  The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The Clerk will continue to read.
  The Clerk continued to read.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from 
Washington and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Washington.
  Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I actually plan on withdrawing 
my amendment, but would like to make my colleagues aware of some 
amazing work being done in my district on behalf of veterans and 
wounded warriors.
  Mr. Chairman, millions--millions--of people watched the U.S. Open at 
Chambers Bay in Washington's 10th Congressional District last June. It 
showcased, frankly, the irreplaceable beauty of golf in the Pacific 
Northwest. But just a 10-minute drive from Chambers Bay, you will also 
find yourself at beautiful American Lake.
  At American Lake, that is where veterans recover and heal from 
injuries at the VA facility, which is located near Joint Base Lewis-
McChord. A big part of that recuperation includes a bit of TLC from 
another golf course in addition to Chambers Bay.
  Since 1955, 61 years, nine holes of golf at the American Lake 
Veterans Golf Course is where South Sound veterans could escape the 
stresses of their daily lives and engage in some healthy competition. 
And let's be honest, it is hard to look forward to a visit to the 
doctor, but looking forward to a round of golf with your buddies is 
something entirely different. It has become a great way for older vets 
to connect with younger vets for more recent conflicts.
  Currently, American Lake Veterans Golf Course--it is important that 
you hear this--is the Nation's only golf course designed specifically 
for the rehabilitation of wounded and disabled veterans. Almost all of 
the dedicated volunteers there are veterans as well. Well, except one, 
and his name is Jack Nicklaus--yes, that Jack Nicklaus--the ``Golden 
Bear,'' widely regarded, perhaps, as the greatest golfer of our time, 
who now spends his time actually designing golf courses. He is the one 
who helped design and expand the American Lake Veterans Golf Course to 
include a back nine. They went from nine holes to 18. The back nine is 
now in place, and the course is waiting for VA Secretary McDonald to 
sign the necessary paperwork to formally accept the course 
improvements.
  The course exists because of the determination of hardworking 
volunteers--really angels among us. And now it is time to honor one of 
those committed volunteers for his commitment to our veterans and 
wounded warriors, and officially designate holes 10 through 18 as the 
Nicklaus Nine.
  With the Nicklaus Nine, we will now have an 18-hole, 100 percent ADA 
accessible golf course to accommodate returning troops and our local 
combat veterans. With the Nicklaus Nine, we will have double the 
accessibility and green to offer our veterans who have given so much to 
all of us.
  Now, I am going to tell you a story, and I guarantee it is going to 
stay with you, I guarantee that you are going to remember this story. 
There is a program at American Lake Veterans Golf Course that teaches 
blind veterans how to play golf. One year, we had a local golfer--his 
name happens to be Ray Reed--who was sent to the National Blind Golf 
Tournament in Iowa. Ray Reed, blind, wounded warrior.
  And do you know what he did at that national golf tournament? He 
scored a hole in one. Yes, blind veterans can golf, and they learn how 
to do that at American Lake. It is incredible. They are an inspiration 
to all of us.
  Mr. Chairman, to avoid a point of order on my amendment, I would like 
to withdraw it at this time. But I hope that I can work with my 
colleagues on both sides of the aisle to find another vehicle, or a 
standalone bill, to get this done. I strongly believe it to be 
appropriate to honor and bestow on he who has changed the name of golf, 
the Golden Bear, this honor for changing the lives of wounded warriors. 
I hope this will encourage the design and development of more golf 
courses around the U.S. devoted to our veterans and our wounded 
warriors.
  With that, Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleagues.
  Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment.
  The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Washington?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Gibson

  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available for this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to preclude the 
     territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam from inclusion in 
     the meaning of the Republic of Vietnam under the Agent Orange 
     Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-4) and the amendments made by 
     that Act.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from New 
York and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's 
amendment.
  The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chair, I am here this morning to bring forward an 
amendment that is for our sailors who fought in the Vietnam war. This 
is about ensuring they get the health care and the benefits that they 
have earned through their service in Vietnam.
  But in a broader sense, this is really about justice. This is about 
veterans who went forward and fought that war, a deeply unpopular war 
that divided our Nation. They were never asked

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about their political leanings or what their views were on the war. 
They simply did what they were ordered to do. They went forward and 
they gave their very best effort to serve us.
  In the process of that war, we used Agent Orange to defoliate. In the 
case of these sailors, serving just offshore in Vietnam, we had ships 
that were involved in resupply operations at the ports and at the 
harbor, and they were vulnerable. They were vulnerable because there 
was vegetation near the ports and the harbors. As our countermeasure to 
that, we defoliated to give standoff for those ships to protect them.
  But what we have learned over time, Mr. Chairman, is that that was 
poisoning our sailors, and anyone that was in close proximity. Now, and 
in fact in 1991, this body, along with the Senate and the President of 
the United States of America, enacted a law, the Agent Orange Act of 
1991, that ensured that our veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange 
had access to the health care and the benefits that they had earned.
  Regrettably, in 2002, executive overreach led to a rule that narrowed 
the interpretation of our law. Now it is so that you have to have 
served on the ground in Vietnam or in the Riverine Navy to get access 
to this law and to these benefits.
  Mr. Chairman, the people's representatives never spoke on that. This 
is an issue we have dealt with time and again in this Chamber, both 
sides of the aisle, fighting back, fighting for our article I 
prerogatives. And this is very clear here. This body spoke. We said we 
had to try to make right what was wrong.
  So now we have about 90,000 sailors that don't have access to health 
care. Mr. Chairman, be advised and be assured that Members of this body 
fight every day for these veterans in a case-by-case basis, and we do 
win some of these, but we don't win all of them. It is just flatly 
wrong.
  Mr. Chairman, what this amendment does is really ensure that our 
article I prerogatives are secured. That we go back to the original 
language that we passed and the President signed.
  I would ask all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support 
this amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I insist on my point of order.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I make a point of order against this amendment. 
Although it is a very well-intended amendment, and I am very 
sympathetic to what he wants to do, I think there might be a way, if 
the gentleman withdraws and tries to perfect that amendment, that it 
might be made in order.
  This amendment proposes to change existing law and constitutes 
legislation in an appropriation bill and, therefore, violates clause 2 
of rule XXI.
  The rule states in pertinent part: ``An amendment to a general 
appropriation bill shall not be in order if changing existing law.''
  The bill gives direction to that effect.
  I ask for a ruling from the Chair.
  Again, I would ask my colleague to consider withdrawing and see if he 
can perfect that amendment so that it would be made in order.
  The CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of 
order?
  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I just want to say, I have the deepest 
respect for the chairman, a dear colleague and friend. But I have to 
say that I am astounded that we would talk about a point of order here 
when we are talking about our language. This is what we passed.
  What we saw is that the executive branch, with fiat, changed what it 
is that we passed. So I don't know how it is that we are legislating to 
their executive overreach. This is merely an amendment that goes back 
to our language.
  And it is not just me standing here today; 320 of our colleagues in 
the United States House of Representatives, on both sides of the aisle, 
believe that this needs to get done. And nearly half of the Senate, an 
exact companion, also believe that.
  Now, because of our friendship and because of the way that we have 
worked together, I just want to enter into a colloquy and get 
clarification from the chairman.
  What I think I heard him say moments ago is that, if I withdraw, he 
will work with us so that we can reassert our Article I powers and 
ensure that we have justice for these Vietnam veterans who deserve 
these benefits.
  Can I get that clarification from the chairman?
  The CHAIR. The Chair will hear each Member individually on the point 
of order.
  A point of order is pending.
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized to be heard on the 
point of order.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, on the point of order, the point I am trying to 
make is this: if the amendment is withdrawn, it can be reworked so that 
it would be in order. We believe that there is a way to do that even 
today. That is the offer I am making to you. If the amendment is 
withdrawn, there is a possibility that this amendment could be made in 
order, but it does have to be perfected.
  I am a cosponsor of the actual underlying legislation, so I support 
it. But at the moment, in our view, it does constitute legislation in 
an appropriation bill, and, therefore, it violates clause 2 of rule 
XXI.
  But I pledge to work to the best of our ability to try to make it in 
order, even today, if possible.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized.
  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chair, given the pledge of my dear friend from 
Pennsylvania to work to make sure that we have justice and that we can 
move forward and help these veterans, I ask unanimous consent to 
withdraw my amendment.
  The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the Veterans Experience Office.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from 
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer a simple amendment to 
prevent wasteful new administrative spending within the VA General 
Administration Account, and to ensure that scarce resources are not 
diverted away from the priorities that need them most.
  My amendment will strengthen and support the position of this 
committee to ensure that none of the funds made available by this act 
may be used by the administration's proposed bureaucracy quagmire 
called the Veterans Experience Office. While the name may make this 
proposed new nationwide office sound like a good idea, this proposal 
would unleash a new cadre of Federal bureaucrats to stand between the 
veterans and their benefits, repeating those terrifying nine words, 
``I'm from the government and I'm here to help.''
  We all share the goal of improving each and every veteran's 
experience with the VA. However, it would be foolish to permit the 
creation of a new general administration program that would siphon off 
more than $72 million away from the programs and offices prioritized by 
this committee as those most in need of support.
  I commend the committee for identifying this wasteful proposal in 
their report, stating, ``While the committee supports the Secretary's 
efforts to improve the ways VA interacts with veterans, it has doubts 
about the wisdom of establishing a large new office with regional 
staffing at this late date in the administration.''
  While the position of the committee is clear, my amendment is 
necessary to ensure that the administration is prohibited from 
transferring limited funds within the general administration account to 
fund this unwise and duplicitous proposal. This administration is 
notorious for ignoring the will

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of Congress and seeking out loopholes to advance the executive branch's 
agenda. This track record of rogue behavior is why this amendment is so 
necessary in order to carry out the committee's recommendation and 
properly care for our veterans.
  The VA doesn't need more money to hire more people pushers to create 
an even larger bureaucracy between the veterans and their benefits. 
Instead, let's ensure resources are allocated where they have the most 
effective and efficient benefit for those who have given their country 
so much.
  I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment. I thank 
Chairman Dent and Ranking Member Bishop for their time.
  I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition, but I am not 
opposed to the gentleman's amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I understand the gentleman's concerns about 
starting this large, new office at the VA. As you can see from our 
report, we cut the request for General Administration by $81.3 million, 
largely because of our concerns about funding this large office; so I 
think we have already achieved what the gentleman is looking to 
accomplish. It is hard to imagine that the VA could find $81 million in 
another account to backfill this office.
  I will not oppose the gentleman's amendment. I will tell the 
gentleman, however, that this will inevitably become a conference issue 
because the Senate supports the creation of the office. I do not object 
to the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, the bulk of the request of the 
increase for the General Administration was intended for the 
establishment of the Veterans Experience Office. Up until now, the 
Veterans Experience Office's activities have been funded through the 
Office of Enterprise Integration. However, the FY 2017 budget proposes 
to make the Veterans Experience Office a standalone office within the 
General Administration and requests $72.6 million in funding and 204 
full-time equivalents via direct budget authority.
  While we all support the Secretary's efforts to improve the way the 
VA interacts with the veterans, we had doubts about the wisdom of 
establishing a large, new office with regional staffing at this late 
date in the administration. It was decided not to include this funding. 
However, there is nothing in the bill that prevents the Secretary from 
continuing to fund the office in the way that he did in the previous 
fiscal year.
  Conversely, the amendment before us will prevent this office from 
being funded, period. I believe that the amendment is a bridge too far. 
While I don't support making the Veterans Experience Office a free-
standing office, I also don't support taking the Secretary's 
flexibility away either. I believe that the bill is the right approach. 
I urge Members to oppose the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I rebut.
  This President and his agencies have shown time and time again that 
they are eager to ignore the will of Congress and to implement his 
agenda wherever they can. This is a necessary reminder that the VA is 
hardly a vestibule of good behavior. I think we need to make them 
concentrate on doing their procedures right that they currently cannot 
do right. I urge Members to accept my amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to--
       (1) carry out the memorandum from the Veterans Benefit 
     Administration known as Fast Letter 13-10, issued on May 20, 
     2013; or
       (2) create or maintain any patient record-keeping system 
     other than those currently approved by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Central Office in Washington, D.C.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from 
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I offer an amendment. I have offered similar 
amendments in the last 2 years, and they have passed each time. I had 
hoped that it would not be necessary to offer this amendment again this 
year.
  Unfortunately, an investigation from the Government Accountability 
Office that was released last month found that the VA schedulers are 
still manipulating appointment wait times and are underestimating how 
long veterans have to wait to get care at a VA facility. The GAO's most 
recent audit found that schedulers changed dates and shortened wait 
times for 15 to 20 percent of the cases reviewed. To make matters 
worse, USA Today recently claimed to have studied more than 70 
investigative reports, and it found that these manipulations were being 
performed at the behest of the VA supervisors.
  Last year, a different inspector general investigation uncovered an 
actual memo from the VA leadership that encouraged this type of 
behavior. The memo I speak of is known as the Fast Letter 13-10, and it 
was handed down directly from the Office of the Director of the 
Veterans Benefits Administration to the Philadelphia VA Regional 
Benefit Office. I was appalled--but not totally surprised--to learn of 
this memo.
  The need for my amendment first surfaced 2 years ago as a response to 
explosive allegations about the Phoenix VA's keeping secondary, 
unofficial records of claims and appointment requests. My commonsense 
amendment simply prohibits the VA from keeping unofficial recordkeeping 
systems and manipulating wait times.
  I have said this before, but it is sad that we have to pass 
amendments to prevent this type of behavior. When government 
bureaucrats don't use good judgment or common sense, Congress must 
address these issues. We must have one consistent patient recordkeeping 
system within the VA in order to provide accountability, uniformity, 
and to prevent employee manipulation.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I thank Chairman Dent 
and Ranking Member Bishop for their time.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition, but I am not 
opposed to the gentleman's amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, this amendment is familiar to us since the 
gentleman offered it last year. I am not sure it is necessary to repeat 
the language this year since we know the VA has rescinded the Fast 
Letter guidance. After all, with the IG investigation into the dual 
scheduling systems, it doesn't seem likely that the VA is maintaining 
recordkeeping systems that are not approved by headquarters; but I am 
not going to object to the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. Chair, we want to reward good behavior, and until they illustrate 
good behavior, the amendment is going forward. I appreciate the 
chairman's support.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Mica

  Mr. MICA. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. (a) For an additional amount for ``Veterans Health 
     Administration--Medical Services'' for grants to States under 
     subchapter III of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
     to expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings for 
     furnishing nursing home

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     care to veterans in State homes that are former nursing home 
     facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, as 
     authorized by section 8133 of such subchapter, there is 
     hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided by 
     this Act for ``Departmental Administration--General 
     Administration'' is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000.
       (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used to implement, administer, or enforce the prioritization 
     requirements in paragraphs (1)(C) or (2) through (5) of 
     section 8135(c) of title 38, United States Code, with respect 
     to the appropriation in subsection (a).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from 
Florida and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Chair, this is a simple amendment.
  I get to chair a subcommittee called Transportation and Public 
Assets. We get to oversee, in the public assets portion, all of the 
various properties around the United States that are public assets that 
are sitting idle. For example, in some States we have many VA 
properties that are medical--some hospitals, some nursing homes--that 
are sitting idle. Some of them are vacant, and some of them are closed.
  In order to put them into productive use for our veterans, I have 
tried to craft an amendment that, of course, doesn't apply to all of 
the facilities. I would like to do that, but this is fairly limited. It 
says that we have a nursing home that has been vacated or a nursing 
home that is not being used, and some of them, for several years, have 
sat vacant. This allows the Secretary discretion, and it also sets 
aside a small number of funds to help bring that property into a 
condition so that it can be transferred to the State. You have these in 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Chair. You have these across the Rust Belt. We have 
them even in Florida. What we don't have is the authority for the VA to 
move forward with these properties in their transferring and get the 
properties into condition and make the little bits of changes in the 
properties to transfer them to the States.
  This will apply to 49 States. There are 49 States that have State 
VAs. Many of them run nursing homes. In my State, for example, we run 
seven nursing homes now. We do it more cost-effectively. We can do it 
faster. We can take those idle assets and put them into use. In some 
places in the Rust Belt, you need to consolidate some of the 
facilities, and this will allow us to do that, too, and to run them 
cheaper and give better services to our veterans, not spread out the 
limited number of even staffers whom we have and administrators. Think 
of what you can save just on that.
  This is an amendment to try to move that process forward. We are not 
trying to get ahead of anybody who is in line for any kind of a VA 
facility. What we are trying to do is, again, tell the VA Secretary 
that he can move forward and put a little bit of money aside that will 
make a big, big difference with these facilities that are sitting 
vacant or half empty across the country, and it does apply to 49 
States.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition, but I am not 
opposed to the gentleman's amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I understand there is a great demand throughout 
our Nation for State veterans' homes, and I wish we had the allocation 
to provide more for this program than we did.
  I do want to raise a concern with the language that it might--I say 
``might.'' I am not saying ``definitely''--favor some States rather 
than increase funding for the entire State HOME Program. I was pleased 
to hear the gentleman state that he is not trying to jump ahead of 
other States that may be in line, but this is an issue that we are 
going to have to discuss at the conference committee.
  I am not going to object to the amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MICA. I appreciate that.
  Mr. Chair, I think if there are differences in language, we have 
tried to work with the parliamentarian and the committee, and I know 
you all are busy in trying to get a very important piece of legislation 
out, but this small amendment can make a big difference.
  Again, this is in Rust Belt States, even in growing States like 
Florida, and there is no more cost to the Federal taxpayer in the 
operation. In fact, we will save money in the operation because the 
States take these over. And if the States take them over, it is one 
less burden on the VA. We have seen how difficult it is sometimes to 
get services from the VA, to have these facilities come on line.
  To the nursing home folks, listen to this. This is to nursing homes: 
we have a tremendously expanding, aging veterans' population, and we 
can't keep up with it all, and the Federal Government sometimes does it 
the least efficiently. This allows us to take those empty or half empty 
or partially used facilities and get them to the States, to sometimes 
consolidate the operations and save money on administration, operation, 
and expedite and get that service to our veterans as soon as possible.
  I urge the Members' support of this small amendment. I will be glad 
to work with the chairman, with the ranking member, and with others and 
craft this in any way that they feel comfortable, but the objective is 
very important at this stage.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Mica).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of sections 575.106 or 575.206 of 
     title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from 
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, in a 2015 report from the VA Office of the 
Inspector General, it was discovered and reported that two senior staff 
members used their positions of power to financially and personally 
benefit from unethical behavior.
  Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves not only coerced two VA managers to 
leave their positions against their will, they then manufactured 
circumstances that allowed for them to take the positions in question. 
To make matters worse, these women then took advantage of the VA's 
relocation expense program. Relocation bonuses may be given to current 
employees if an open position will be difficult to fill without such an 
incentive. In both of these instances, this clearly was not the case. 
In total, these women walked away with more than $400,000 in taxpayer 
funds.
  As if these actions weren't heinous enough, when the VA did attempt 
to hold Rubens and Graves accountable, the VA was subsequently 
overturned because they failed to discipline the other employees 
involved in this case. I am appalled--but ultimately, again, not 
surprised--to hear of this story. The VA has been riddled with scandal 
and plagued with lawlessness for years now.
  Chairman Miller said it best in the days that followed the reversal 
of the VA's decision, stating: ``Every objective observer knows that 
the Federal civil service system coddles and protects misbehaving 
employees instead of facilitating fair and efficient discipline; and 
until VA and Obama administration leaders acknowledge this problem and 
work with Congress to solve it, it will never be fixed.''
  Mr. Chair, my amendment is a commonsense approach that simply 
reaffirms the requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations for 
employment incentives and relocation expenses.

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  Had the VA followed these regulations, Diana Rubens and Kimberly 
Graves wouldn't have been able to force two managers to leave and then 
get reimbursed for moving across the country to take their spots.
  I have said this before, but it is sad that we have to pass 
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prevent this type of behavior. When government bureaucrats fail to 
serve the American people through the use of common sense, Congress 
must address these issues personally.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I thank the 
distinguished chair and ranking member for their help.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time to speak in opposition, but I 
am not opposed to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, no one shares the gentleman's concerns more than 
I do about the inappropriate relocation incentive payments the VA 
initially paid to two executives at the Philadelphia regional office. 
The VA has since reformed its policies, and I hope we will never ever 
hear again about such egregious staff misconduct and inappropriate 
reimbursements.
  However, I do think that the relocation incentive can be an important 
tool in some circumstances. Although I have no objection to the 
gentleman's amendment, I think this may need to be refined a bit in 
conference to reflect the usefulness of the tool, when used 
appropriately.
  As I said, there was egregious misconduct in Philadelphia, as the 
gentleman correctly points out. There is no question. In fact, many of 
us went and visited the Philadelphia regional office at about that time 
for a hearing, both Republicans and Democrats, authorizers and 
appropriators, to discuss the challenges at that particular office.
  That said, I have no objection to the amendment.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. DENT. I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have the deepest respect for the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania and for the gentleman who is offering the 
amendment, but I think that we may be just going a little bit too far 
here.
  Mr. Chair, this amendment will restrict the ability of the VA and the 
departments and related agencies funded in this act to use incentives 
to get experienced, talented, and capable individuals to take on 
difficult-to-fill positions. In other departments, they call these 
hardship posts. These are the jobs no one wants to do but are vital to 
the function of government.
  I think we can all agree that there are times when we need to provide 
incentives to those individuals whom we are asking to fill difficult 
jobs. At times, we need to take action to make a job more appealing, 
and sometimes we need to provide incentives to compete with the 
salaries that are typically paid outside of the Federal Government for 
some of the positions.
  I am concerned that this amendment will decrease the availability and 
quality of candidates possessing the competencies that are required for 
filling the hard-to-fill posts. We would not run a Fortune 500 company 
this way. Why are we limiting the ability of the U.S. Government to 
recruit and hire the best and the brightest?
  I respectfully urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, trust is a series of promises kept, and it is 
very notable that the VA has lost the trust of Congress and the 
American people and, more importantly, our veterans. So until we get 
this right, until they can actually earn the respect and do the due 
diligence that they are expected to do for our veterans, it is a 
requirement of us to make sure, like a dog on a bone, to hold them 
accountable.
  I hope that everybody will vote for this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the exception in 
     clause (iii) of section 1.218(a)(8) of title 38, Code of 
     Federal Regulations.

  Mr. GOSAR (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent 
that the amendment be considered as read.
  The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Arizona?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from 
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, recently, a veteran receiving care from the VA 
contacted my office to express his concern about pro-union fliers being 
posted in VA facilities. The veteran sent me a picture of one of these 
fliers, shown here for your reference. Right here.
  As you can see, this flier is an attempt to recruit union activists. 
Another flier, just above it, praises the agenda at the AFL-CIO. The 
veteran who contacted me was appalled that he was barraged by these 
pro-union advertisements during his visits to the VA. I couldn't agree 
more.
  Our Nation's heros should not be subjected to blatantly partisan 
advertisements while trying to receive medical care at VA facilities. 
My staff investigated this issue and found that, while solicitations 
like these are prohibited by law, union lobbyists were able to carve 
out a special exemption that allowed solicitation of labor organization 
membership or dues in VA facilities. This is a blatant abuse of 
taxpayer-funded facilities for the purpose of pushing a pro-union 
agenda. Given the obvious political nature of these groups, they should 
not be allowed to advertise in the VA facilities.
  Furthermore, the fact that VA employees are engaging in union 
activities while on the clock is unacceptable, given the current state 
of the VA. Any time these employees spend time doing union activities 
is time they cannot spend treating our veterans. With a massive backlog 
of cases and the fact that veterans have literally died waiting for 
care, this abuse of taxpayer money and our veterans must be put to an 
end.
  For that reason, I introduced the amendment currently at the desk. My 
amendment will prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or 
enforce the current union loophole. Defunding this exemption that 
allows unions to solicit members and dues at VA facilities would place 
unions under the same regulatory framework as other 501(c)'s.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I thank the 
distinguished chair and ranking member.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, this is just another attack on 
organized labor and working people. The conduct that the gentleman 
wishes to prohibit is consistent with the National Labor Relations Act, 
and it is consistent with the traditions of this country. It is freedom 
of speech, and I think it ought to be allowed.
  I certainly object to this. I think that the working people ought to 
have an opportunity to express themselves and utilize fully the First 
Amendment, even in our VA facilities. I couldn't imagine that people 
who support the Constitution would want to muzzle working people and 
limit their ability to seek associations with like-minded people.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, once again, my amendment is critical to 
ensuring that our veterans receive the care they deserve in a 
nonpoliticized environment. Again, this amendment idea came from a 
veteran who was outraged about the VA being littered with union 
recruitment fliers.
  No veteran should be forced to endure blatantly partisan union 
advertisements in a taxpayer-funded building in order to receive the 
medical care they earned defending our country.
  We should all agree that the VA employees should be spending their 
taxpayer-funded time treating veterans, not posting union fliers and 
negotiating for higher wages, especially given the VA claims and the 
backlog of appeals that exist.
  I encourage adoption of the amendment.

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  I also want to make sure that people understand that this amendment 
would create that the unions be treated as any other 501(c).
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, well, once again, we want to make sure that 
everybody is treated fairly about this. As you can see, the blatant 
attempt here about recruitment to the unions within our VA is outright 
disgusting.
  We want to make sure that everybody is treated fairly and has the 
opportunity for fair speech, but this gives a hand up to the unions. I 
ask all my colleagues to vote for this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, again, this is another nasty rider. 
This is a rider that is totally unnecessary and inappropriate on this 
bill. It violates the Constitution. It certainly limits the rights of 
people in veterans facilities to be able to have freedom of speech and 
freedom of association. It is a bad proposition. I urge my colleagues 
to oppose it.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Perry

  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill, before the short title, add the 
     following new section:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13502.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chair, in 2009, the President issued Executive Order 
13502, which strongly encourages Federal agencies to require project 
labor agreements, or PLAs, on Federal construction projects exceeding 
$25 million in cost. This amendment simply states, as already read, 
that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to 
implement or enforce this executive order.
  Now, project labor agreements, Mr. Chair, discourage what is called a 
merit shop contractor from bidding on taxpayer-funded construction 
contracts. Let me be clear. That means, if you don't have a union, you 
can't even bid.
  By the way, the vast majority of all work conducted in the United 
States, private or government, is conducted by nonunion contractors. It 
is not meant to disparage unions. It is just saying that there should 
be open competition for everybody.
  Because it is a limited competition, it actually drives up the cost 
that each of us pay for the construction, somewhere between 12 and 18 
percent, needlessly. Even if it is only 12 percent, why pay it? It 
results in fewer infrastructure improvements simply because there is 
just not as much money because we are paying more for the ones that we 
are doing.
  It is a project-specific collective bargaining agreement with 
multiple unions that is unique only to the construction industry. It is 
done nowhere else, only in the construction industry.
  Now, the NLRA permits construction employees to execute a PLA, a 
project labor agreement, voluntarily. When the PLA is mandated by a 
government agency, construction contracts can be awarded only to 
contracts and subcontractors that agree to the terms and conditions of 
the PLA, essentially making them a union organization.
  Typically, the contractors have to recognize the union as the 
representative of their employees. No longer is the private business 
the representative, but only the union is the representative, and they 
have to hire from the union hall.
  Furthermore, if you ever pay prevailing wage or the Federal minimum 
wage for these kinds of projects, there is a thing called the fringe 
benefits, which includes your medical, your dental, your retirement. 
Those all will be put into union-managed benefits and pension programs. 
So even if you are a private employer that is not unionized, all that 
money, all those fringe benefits go to those programs.
  You must obey the restrictive and sometimes inefficient rules of job 
classification. So, for instance, if you are an electrician, you might 
want to wire something up, but if you need some conduit, you can't go 
get it because you are not a laborer. You are an electrician, and you 
have to wait for the laborer to go get it. That doesn't happen in 
nonunion environments. It is just inefficient.
  Furthermore, PLAs force employees to pay union dues, whether they are 
in the union or not, and then accept unwanted union representation. 
They also forfeit the benefits earned during the life of the project 
unless they join the union and become vested in union benefit plans. So 
they lose all that.
  Quite honestly, it is just simply a union recruiting plan at taxpayer 
expense. I don't have problems with the union; I just don't think that 
we should be paying for them.
  The PLA requirements and preferences on taxpayer-funded contracts 
expose procurement officials to intense political pressure because they 
are not negotiating normally. It is negotiated under the terms of the 
project labor agreement, not just a regular contract where you agree to 
do so much work and we would agree to pay so much. You agree to do it 
at this time, and we agree to accept that timeframe. It disrupts local 
collective bargaining agreements already in place because it is 
contract specific for the project at the time. Obviously, because of 
that, it stifles competition.

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  You stifle competition, it raises the cost. Who is paying the extra 
cost? The American taxpayer. It creates, or potentially creates, 
contracting and construction delays. We don't need any more delays at 
the VA. I think we have been through that plenty of times.
  Now, we just want to get the best price. We want everybody involved. 
We want everybody able to bid and able to participate. Let the 
government, let the taxpayer get the best job for the best price.
  Under this amendment, PLAs for military construction would not be 
forbidden. They are still not forbidden; they are just not mandated. 
Again, this amendment simply allows none of the funds made by the 
executive order to be used to implement or enforce Executive Order 
13502.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim the time in opposition.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  The DOD does a lot of construction projects--this bill is certainly a 
testament to that--and these are often complex projects. They build 
facilities that are used to repair ships or store munitions, and 
usually when we read about large, complex construction projects, it is 
often in the context of delays or cost overruns or concerns on the 
workforce front. Folks want to see local opportunities on local 
projects.
  Now, a project labor agreement allows Federal agencies to negotiate 
exclusively with the building trades to ensure both union and open shop 
contractors are able to participate on the project. The agreement 
establishes quality worksite conditions and works to ensure 
construction is finished on time and under budget.
  When executed properly, PLAs are flexible, and they encourage 
participation from a wide variety of prime and subcontractors. In fact, 
PLAs are used on big, private projects. Look at every significant hotel 
project, casino project, stadium project.
  I worked professionally in economic development before I came here. 
These project labor agreements were vital to seeing projects happen. 
Why? Because they save money and because they keep projects on schedule 
and because they use local workers.
  You have seen the first project labor agreement in Navy history in my 
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outcome? Well, the project is going to be completed at a cost of $250 
million below what was originally projected. With a contract that was 
worked out ahead of time, it meant that local workers were assigned on 
the front end. They brought in quality workers, local workers, and that 
strengthens our local communities. By partnering with local trades and 
using apprenticeship programs, this is helping to grow the next 
generation of tradespeople, giving opportunities to veterans and to 
women and minority communities. So it means that we are not just 
building a wharf in my district; it means we are building the next 
generation of workers. We are building the middle class.
  When you compare this with similar large, complex projects, the 
project that we just had with a project labor agreement had fewer 
problems and will deliver more value for taxpayers. So I do not 
understand why we would take this valuable tool out of our toolbox. We 
should be encouraging these efforts.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I just want to state I have no objection to 
the gentleman's amendment. The Department of Defense has awarded one 
construction contract, that is the explosives-handling wharf in Kitsap, 
Washington--I believe, in the gentleman's district--where the 
solicitation favored PLAs.
  The Department of Veterans Affairs has not awarded any contracts that 
have used PLAs, and they currently have no solicitations that favor 
PLAs. That said, I am very sympathetic with the gentleman's amendment, 
and I urge adoption of the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. I move to strike the last word.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I am very disappointed that, 
instead of seeking to pass the most bipartisan bill possible, my 
colleagues would prefer to weigh down the bill that funds veterans and 
military construction with a divisive rider.
  PLAs can be an essential tool to allow large projects to be completed 
on time and on budget. They are a benefit to both employers and 
employees. A project labor agreement provides a single collective 
bargaining unit, which allows for easier management of a project. They 
provide a reliable and uninterrupted supply of workers. They provide 
uniform wages, uniform benefits, overtime pay. A PLA sets the terms and 
conditions of employment for all workers onsite, including the work 
conditions and the rules. In addition, a PLA prohibits strikes and work 
stoppages.
  It is insulting that some would seek to prevent the use of PLAs on 
this bill when it is one of the best tools available to guarantee that 
veterans are hired as skilled construction workers. The use of a PLA 
does not prevent nonunion small businesses from participating. They 
have to agree to the terms and to sign on to the PLA. In addition, the 
PLA does not make the project union only.
  Simply put, project labor agreements help both the government and the 
private sector increase the efficiency and the quality of its project 
by promoting a business model that employs a highly skilled workforce. 
Such a workforce ensures that construction projects are built correctly 
the first time, on time and, as a result, on budget.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  I would note that this House has repeatedly refused to adopt similar 
amendments on this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time I have 
remaining.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 30 seconds remaining.
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chairman, I just want to reiterate that this does not 
take this tool out of the toolbox. It just doesn't require it. With all 
due respect to those who say, well, it stops strikes from happening and 
it makes sure it is on time and on budget, a simple contract that 
millions of Americans sign every single day without a project labor 
agreement does that already.
  If project labor agreements are necessary, why aren't we all doing it 
with the work on our homes or the work on our businesses? The fact is 
it is not done everywhere because it is not necessary. The fact is it 
discourages participation, because you can participate if you want to 
join the union, or at least de facto join the union because you are 
going to do everything by the union code, every single thing, all your 
employees, all your representation.
  I urge adoption of the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time I have 
remaining.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 2\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from New Jersey (Mr. Norcross).
  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Chair, let's start out by talking about some of the 
facts, because I hear some talking points from those who are trying to 
disturb and remove all workers' rights.
  There is nothing that currently is in place that mandates project 
labor agreements be used. If so, we would have thousands and thousands 
of them. It makes them permissible when a large and complex job would 
benefit from a precontract agreement, because that is what we are 
talking about. We are not talking about building a house or renovating 
a bedroom. Large, complex projects, that is what we are talking about.
  All it talks about is, before you sign a contract, make sure that you 
spell out very specifically the issues that could come up germane to 
that job.
  I have negotiated in my past life over 100 of these. Why? Because 
employers understand that this is to their benefit. There is a better 
cost ratio balance when they do a project labor agreement. They are 
public jobs, they are private jobs where nobody is mandating everything 
or anything.
  What we are saying here is that entering into a project labor 
agreement does one very important thing that nobody quite remembers 
here: Helmets to Hardhats, taking our veterans who served our country, 
giving them an opportunity to come home, put their uniform away, and go 
to work on a construction project. That alone is worth its weight in 
gold, and that is what Helmets to Hardhats does under a project labor 
agreement. It creates and allows that next generation of construction 
workers, those skilled craftsmen, to be part of that. Not one dime of 
that apprenticeship program comes from the government.
  This works. Why does it work? Because it saves money. The employer 
likes it because there are less headaches on the job, and it is 
probably the most important tool that could be in that worker's 
toolbox, to make sure that they level the playing field for a quality 
job that comes in on time and under budget.
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be 
postponed.


                  Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contravention 
     of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, United States 
     Code.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentlewoman from 
Texas and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer the Jackson Lee 
amendment that clearly recognizes the importance of those who have 
served and

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their lives after. My amendment says none of the funds made available 
by this act for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in 
contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38 of the U.S. 
Code, which refers to the benefits for homeless veterans in training 
and outreach programs.
  Texas and Florida and California happen to be some of the States that 
have the highest number of homeless veterans. These are individuals who 
put on the uniform unselfishly. Now they are homeless for a variety of 
reasons. I hope that this amendment will reinforce and reemphasize the 
importance of ensuring that the rate of homelessness among veterans in 
the United States does not increase.
  As well, my amendment will remind us of our obligation to provide our 
veterans the assistance needed to avoid homelessness, which includes 
adequate funding for programs like the Veterans Administration 
Supportive Housing that provides case management services, adequate 
housing facilities, mental health support, and addresses other issues 
that contribute to veterans' homelessness.
  I have, on my staff, a wounded warrior. We work a lot with homeless 
veterans. We visit their centers. We provide them with a sense that 
their commitment to this Nation will never be forgotten. Today in our 
country there are approximately 107,000 veterans, male and female, who 
are homeless on any given night, and perhaps twice as many, 200,000, 
experience homelessness at some point during the course of a year.
  I remember dealing with one of my nonprofits that was renting a space 
just to help three or four or five veterans. Unfortunately, the 
landlord was not sensitive to the fact that he did not have all the 
moneys to pay his rent. He was ultimately evicted. But it wasn't just 
he who was evicted, who was trying to be the Good Samaritan, it was 
veterans who called that place home.
  Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because 
of their poverty and lack of support from their family. In my hometown 
of Houston, for example, we have had large numbers of homeless 
veterans, but we have begun to work on it.
  I hope that this amendment will remind people of supportive service 
programs, residential rehabilitation programs, and HUD VA programs. I 
ask support of my amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, but I do not 
oppose the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, the gentlewoman has offered the amendment in 
previous years, and we have accepted it. I have no objection to it 
being included again in the bill this year.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman 
from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the distinguished ranking member and a 
strong supporter of veterans and leadership on the MILCON bill.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  I just want to let my voice be heard to congratulate the gentlewoman 
on her amendment. It has been adopted previously by this House. I think 
it is a great amendment. We support our homeless veterans. I 
congratulate the gentlewoman for offering the amendment.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, let me thank Mr. 
Dent and Mr. Bishop for their leadership, and certainly the 
appropriators, the full committee chairman and ranking member, on the 
tasks that they have before them.
  We are not going to end homelessness for veterans if we do not invest 
in programs that will help them. My amendment is to ensure that we are 
reminded that these veterans can be rehabilitated and can be provided a 
new pathway in life. It is simply a continuing way to say thank you.
  Whenever I speak before veterans, whenever I speak before the United 
States military, I remind them--though they do not need to be 
reminded--that they unselfishly put on the uniform without question. 
They put on the uniform without question, and they followed orders. 
They followed the orders of the Commander in Chief. So now I hope that 
we, as Members of Congress, will follow orders and increase investment 
in the HUD-VASH program allocated to communities with the highest 
numbers of homeless veterans, support all council agencies to promote 
and give incentives to local coordination or plans and have our local 
communities own these plans so that they will bring down the cost of 
homelessness or the size of homelessness to prevent or to provide, if 
you will, for the homeownership that is so very important that our 
veterans desire.

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  But the most important point is, why don't we stand and salute and 
stand at attention and say to our veterans: we hear you. Homelessness 
must not exist among our veterans.
  I ask my colleagues to support this amendment. It reminds us of 
funding for veterans who are homeless, as well as for programs for 
veterans who are homeless.
  Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. It is Jackson Lee 
Amendment No. 350.
  Thank you for this opportunity to describe my amendment, which simply 
provides that:
  ``None of the funds made available by this Act for the Department of 
Veteran Affairs--Benefits for Homeless Veterans and Training and 
Outreach Programs may be used in contravention of the title 38, Part 
II, Chapter 20, Subchapter II and III of the U.S. Code
  This amendment will help ensure that the rate of homelessness among 
veterans in the United States does not increase.
  I thank Subcommittee Chairman Dent and Ranking Member Bishop for 
their hard work in shepherding this important legislation to the floor.
  I offer the Jackson Lee Amendment because I believe reducing and 
eliminating homelessness among veterans, those who risked their lives 
to protect our freedom, should also be one of the nation's highest 
priorities.
  Homelessness among the American veteran population is on the rise in 
the United States and we must be proactive in giving back to those who 
have given so much to us.
  My amendment will help remind us of our obligation to provide our 
veterans the assistance needed to avoid homelessness, which includes 
adequately funding for programs Veterans Administration Supportive 
Housing (VASH) that provide case-management services, adequate housing 
facilities, mental health support, and address other areas that 
contribute to veteran homelessness.
  VASH is a jointly-administered permanent supportive housing program 
for disabled Veterans experiencing homelessness in which VA medical 
Centers provide referrals and case management while Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs) administer the Section 8 housing vouchers.
  Mr. Chair, our veterans deserve the best services available, and I 
believe that we could be doing much more for them.
  Today, in our country, there are approximately 107,000 veterans (male 
and female) who are homeless on any given night.
  And perhaps twice as many (200,000) experience homelessness at some 
point during the course of a year.
  Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because 
of their poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and dismal 
living conditions in cheap hotels or in overcrowded or substandard 
housing.
  While significant progress has been made, ending homelessness among 
veterans remains a big challenge.
  In my hometown of Houston for example, between the years 2010 and 
2012, the number of homeless veterans increased from 771 to 1,162.
  We must remain vigilant and continue to fight for those who put on 
the uniform and fought for us.
  Providing a home for veterans to come home to every night is the very 
least we can do.
  Mr. Chair, programs like VASH have succeeded in changing lives.
  In 2012 alone, 35,905 veterans lived in the public housing provided 
by VASH.
  I have seen the impact of such grants in my home state of Texas, and 
within my congressional district in Houston, and I am sure that this 
funding has positively impacted many communities across this country.
  In Texas, there are committed groups in Houston, working to eradicate 
the issue of homelessness.

[[Page H2857]]

  For example, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center has been 
involved in changing veterans' lives in a mighty way by providing 
Veterans and their families with access to affordable housing and 
medical services that will help them get back on their feet.
  Mr. Chair, we cannot let this issue of homelessness continue.
  I urge my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee Amendment and commit 
ourselves to the hard but necessary work of ending veteran homelessness 
in America.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Gibson

  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enforce VA Adjudication Procedure Manual M21-1, 
     Part IV, Subpart ii, Chapter 1, Section H, Topic 28.h related 
     to Developing Claims Based on Service Aboard Ships Offshore 
     the RVN.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from New 
York and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the Parliamentarian and the 
chairman and the ranking member. Earlier this morning, I offered this 
amendment and it needed to be perfected. I greatly appreciate the staff 
and the work of the team here so that we could get this in a form to 
where it certainly meets muster. This is a very important amendment.
  Half a century ago, our Nation was embroiled in a war in Vietnam. It 
divided the Nation. But for our young men and women who went forward 
and fought on our behalf, their loyalties were never divided. They did 
everything that they could every day to serve our Nation in a very 
difficult circumstance.
  What developed over that time were soldiers, sailors, airmen, and 
marines who became sick. They were exposed to Agent Orange. This was 
part of that war. Our Nation had chosen to defoliate as a means of 
protecting troops with Agent Orange. But what we learned over time is 
that there was a direct link between exposure to Agent Orange and nine 
maladies, including cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's.
  This body, in 1991, recognizing this, came together with the 
President of the United States and enacted the Agent Orange Act of 
1991. Unfortunately, in 2002, there was an overreach on the part of the 
executive that narrowed that interpretation. And since that time, 
Members here on both sides of the aisle have been fighting to ensure 
that our sailors who served just offshore in Vietnam got access to the 
health care that they desperately need.
  Mr. Chairman, over half of these sailors who were exposed are already 
in Heaven. They are gone now. And for those that are left here, time is 
of the essence. It is an urgent matter that we get this passed. Three 
hundred twenty of my colleagues agree with this on both sides of the 
aisle, and about half the Senate.
  So today, we offer this amendment to reassert our article I 
prerogatives to ensure that, for every serviceman and woman that goes 
forward, that they know that, regardless of the difficulty of the fight 
and the difficulty of the proposition and what it may mean for the 
politics here in America, we will never turn our back on our servicemen 
and -women.
  Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR. The Chair will remind Members to turn off cell phones when 
they enter the House Chamber.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition, but I am not 
opposed.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, we support the amendment. We appreciate the 
good work that my friend from New York (Mr. Gibson) has done to 
advocate on behalf of all veterans, and particularly his commitment to 
helping those who suffered from Agent Orange exposure, as well as many 
other issues.
  So I support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chair, I deeply appreciate the support of the 
chairman and ranking member, and I respectfully request the support of 
the House on this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Gibson).
  The amendment was agreed to.


       Amendment Offered by Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York

  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I have an 
amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec.__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used in contravention of Executive Order No. 13672 of July 
     21, 2014 (``Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, 
     Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and 
     Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity'').

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from New 
York and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, last night, this 
House adopted a provision as part of the defense bill that rolls back 
antidiscrimination provisions contained in executive orders issued by 
the President in recent years. This is one of the ugliest episodes I 
have experienced in my 3-plus years as a Member of this House.
  The inclusion of such hate-based language in a defense bill designed 
to support our military sends exactly the wrong message at a time when 
we should all be unified in supporting the efforts of our 
servicemembers around the world.
  My father was a veteran. He was nearly killed in the service of his 
country. I have never voted against a defense bill before. I never 
thought I would. Almost a quarter of the constituents I represent in 
the Hudson Valley of New York come from families where a member is 
serving in the military or has served in the military. I represent the 
United States Military Academy at West Point. We have helped 800 
veterans, one at a time, out of my district office in my 3 years in 
Congress, and we have passed legislation directly aimed at making their 
lives better.
  So, it is not with an easy heart that I come to the House floor and 
oppose the defense bill, but this legislation snuck into the bill--and 
was kept in the bill--despite a bipartisan effort to remove it, sends 
exactly the wrong signal and it says that we are so concerned about 
discriminating against a group of LGBT Americans that we are willing to 
destroy the bipartisan cooperation we should have on the defense bill.
  So my amendment today gives us another chance. It gives us a chance 
to correct some of the damage done last night by some Members of this 
body.
  What it would say is quite simple: we shall not do anything in this 
bill that contravenes the antidiscrimination executive orders of the 
President. It is pretty simple.
  We should not be spending taxpayer dollars to promote hate, and we 
should not be justifying that by some religious exemption, when, in 
fact, the language in the defense bill simply rolls back the 
antidiscrimination provisions that the President put in an executive 
order to those contained in the original Civil Rights Act and the ADA.
  It is specifically designed to exclude LGBT Americans. And in doing 
that, it aligns itself with the parallel efforts we see happening in 
States like North Carolina.
  It is wrong and it doesn't have anything to do with our military; it 
doesn't have anything to do with fighting ISIS; it doesn't have 
anything to do with religious protections. It is about bigotry, plain 
and simple.
  Today, we have another chance to do the right thing and to send the 
right message and to stick up for our military.

[[Page H2858]]

  

  Mr. DENT. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. I yield to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania.
  Mr. DENT. I support the amendment, and I certainly oppose 
discrimination in any way, shape, or form, particularly as, in this 
case, it relates to Federal contracting. I do support the amendment.
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Reclaiming my time, I want to 
thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and I want to acknowledge that 
it was the gentleman from Pennsylvania, together with Mr. Hanna from 
New York, who courageously led the effort to roll back the 
discrimination in a bipartisan way in the Rules Committee. And that 
effort was thwarted.
  So I am very honored by the gentleman's support, and I am honored by 
the position you have taken in this House over the last couple of days.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Chairman, I do respect the gentleman for his right 
to come and offer under an open rule, in a different bill, his 
objections to what occurred last night.
  Last night, the House of Representatives passed the bill. And today, 
the gentleman is offering a limiting amendment that would turn back 
that agreement that we made.
  Mr. Chairman, several days ago, the House Armed Services Committee 
handled this issue. It was not sneaking something in. It was a 
straight-up vote. It was a vote that was held in the Armed Services 
Committee, it passed. The final vote was 60-2.
  Mr. Chairman, that is a bipartisan vote. That is a vote from people 
on the committee who viewed that they were not going to let one issue 
or another get in the way of supporting the men and women of our United 
States military. They very clearly--all of them on the committee--
understood during this long markup exactly the implications, and they 
lived with the decision.
  I am here today to say that the gentleman is fully entitled to do as 
he is doing, but the vote was held last night. The overwhelming 
viewpoint was let's support the United States military and let's get 
this done, not the next day come on the floor with spilled milk on your 
face and say: I want to go back and I want to relitigate a decision 
that we made last night with every Member here on the floor.
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SESSIONS. I yield to the gentleman. I admire the gentleman.
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Well, I appreciate the 
admiration.
  Let me ask my colleague: Is it necessary to discriminate against gays 
and lesbians to support our military?
  Mr. SESSIONS. Reclaiming my time, that issue was handled--and the 
gentleman knows this--in committee.
  I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. It was resolved last night. It 
was resolved last night in the affirmative. In other words, this House 
said that it would include in a defense bill a provision that would 
roll back basic employment questions for gays and lesbians.
  My question to my colleague is simply, Mr. Chairman, if that is 
necessary for the promotion of national defense. Is it necessary to 
discriminate against gays and lesbians and transgender Americans to 
keep our country safe?
  Mr. SESSIONS. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the 
gentleman. I am not without an understanding that there are people who 
do have ideas which override other bigger ideas. I am simply saying to 
you, Mr. Chairman, I stand in opposition to what the gentleman is 
attempting to do here, the next day, in a separate bill, to limit what 
we did last night, when this body did understand that many people have 
a strong viewpoint that supports the gentleman, and more people have a 
viewpoint that is against that.
  That is not my point. My point is, we need to transcend that as a 
body. And we did last night. We spoke very clearly. We need to support 
the men and women of the United States military. And we do not believe 
this is a stumbling block because we don't view what the gentleman is 
saying is the critical and key issue. That is why I stand in opposition 
to what the gentleman is doing.

  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent to reclaim my time.
  The CHAIR. Is there an objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  Mr. SESSIONS. Objection.
  The CHAIR. Objection is heard.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney).
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chair, I would like to 
again express my thanks for my colleague's admiration. It is nice to 
have admiration. It is better to have rights and it is better to be 
treated equally and without condescension.
  I would just note, Mr. Chairman, that the question remains unanswered 
of whether it is necessary to discriminate against gays and lesbians in 
Federal contracting to protect our country, to support our troops? Is 
it necessary to remove employment protections in employers covering 28 
million Americans so that we can fight the war on ISIS? Is it necessary 
to protect ourselves in our houses of worship by discriminating in 
Federal contracting in businesses that are in the business of commerce 
and in private contracting?
  It is a tired and old and false choice to suggest that we need to 
discriminate to keep ourselves safe, to keep ourselves free. And people 
in earlier times have made those arguments, and they have, one after 
another, been reversed.
  So the notion that because this House did it last night, it can't get 
it right today, is at odds with a lot of American history. This House 
got a lot of things wrong for a lot of people for a lot of years. And 
then finally, slowly, almost despite ourselves, we figured out that we 
can be safe and free and equal. And in fact, becoming more equal in 
some ways makes us safer because it is the promotion of our values 
through our actions and our ideas and our words, not just our weapons 
that promote our values around the world.

                              {time}  1030

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his 
kindness.
  I want to briefly join in the gentleman's recounting of our history, 
and I want to remind people of the eloquent statement of the Attorney 
General, Attorney General Lynch, who indicated that civil rights is a 
very large tent, and it embraces all Americans.
  Whether it is religious freedom or religious rights, or whether it is 
civil rights issues dealing with the race and ethnicity of Americans, 
we have always overcome.
  I believe that the men and women of the United States military 
deserve better than to have the kind of poisonous amendments that 
undermine the very reason that they put on the uniform, for us to be 
free, to speak freely, to associate, and to stand as who we are.
  I am saddened because my history is a reminder that I did not stand 
equal in this Nation, either as a woman or an African American, or even 
as an immigrant, which my grandparents were.
  So I join in pleading with this House to not, in any way, strip us of 
civil rights and tear up the Constitution, the 14th Amendment, the 
Fifth Amendment of due process. That would be shame on us.
  I join the gentleman in his amendment, and I ask that we consider 
those who we like and who we dislike. They are Americans, and they 
deserve the right to be respected under the law.
  I would ask that the gentleman's amendment be accepted, voted on, 
respected; and let us be the Americans that our Constitution dictates 
and our flag says we are.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney).

[[Page H2859]]

  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I demand a 
recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed.


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now 
resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed, 
in the following order:
  Amendment by Mr. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
  Amendment by Mr. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
  Amendment by Mr. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
  Amendment by Mr. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
  Amendment No. 3 by Mr. Blumenauer of Oregon.
  Amendment by Mr. Fleming of Louisiana.
  Amendment by Mr. Huffman of California.
  Amendment by Mr. Gosar of Arizona.
  Amendment by Mr. Perry of Pennsylvania.
  Amendment by Mr. Gosar of Arizona.
  Amendment by Mr. Perry of Pennsylvania.
  Amendment by Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. 
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 52, 
noes 372, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 217]

                                AYES--52

     Amash
     Becerra
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Burgess
     Capuano
     Cohen
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (TN)
     Foster
     Garrett
     Gosar
     Grayson
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Himes
     Honda
     Huffman
     Jones
     Jordan
     Labrador
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Lofgren
     Lummis
     Massie
     McClintock
     McGovern
     Messer
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Perry
     Polis
     Rice (SC)
     Rokita
     Royce
     Sanford
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Tonko
     Waters, Maxine
     Welch
     Woodall
     Yoho

                               NOES--372

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Higgins
     Hill
     Holding
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai

                              {time}  1056

  Messrs. COLLINS of Georgia, HULTGREN, HARDY, ENGEL, FARR, and Ms. 
BASS changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. POLIS, WELCH, HONDA, McGOVERN, JORDAN, GRIJALVA, and COHEN 
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. 
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 51, 
noes 371, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 218]

                                AYES--51

     Amash
     Becerra
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Burgess
     Capuano
     Cohen
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (TN)
     Foster
     Garrett
     Gosar
     Grayson
     Griffith
     Himes
     Honda
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Jones
     Jordan
     Labrador
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Lofgren
     Lummis
     Massie
     McClintock
     McGovern
     Messer
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Perry
     Polis
     Rice (SC)
     Rokita
     Royce
     Sanford
     Schrader
     Schweikert

[[Page H2860]]


     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Stutzman
     Welch
     Woodall
     Yoho

                               NOES--371

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Higgins
     Hill
     Holding
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Fattah
     Grothman
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Pelosi
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1100

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. 
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 56, 
noes 363, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 219]

                                AYES--56

     Amash
     Becerra
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Burgess
     Capuano
     Clarke (NY)
     Cohen
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (TN)
     Foster
     Garrett
     Gosar
     Grayson
     Griffith
     Himes
     Honda
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Jones
     Labrador
     LaHood
     Lee
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lofgren
     Lummis
     Massie
     McClintock
     McGovern
     Messer
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Perry
     Polis
     Rice (SC)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Sanford
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Stutzman
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Woodall
     Yoho

                               NOES--363

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Beatty
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hice, Jody B.
     Higgins
     Hill
     Holding
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Rush

[[Page H2861]]


     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Bass
     Fattah
     Granger
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Pelosi
     Russell
     Salmon
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1103

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. 
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 64, 
noes 360, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 220]

                                AYES--64

     Amash
     Becerra
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Capuano
     Castro (TX)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cohen
     DeFazio
     DesJarlais
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Foster
     Garrett
     Gosar
     Grayson
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Harris
     Himes
     Honda
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Jones
     Jordan
     Labrador
     LaHood
     Lee
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lofgren
     Lummis
     Massie
     McClintock
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Messer
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Nolan
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Perry
     Pingree
     Polis
     Rice (SC)
     Rokita
     Roskam
     Royce
     Sanford
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Woodall
     Yoho

                               NOES--360

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Higgins
     Hill
     Holding
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Burgess
     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1106

  Mr. CASTRO of Texas changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Blumenauer

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) 
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 233, 
noes 189, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 221]

                               AYES--233

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amash
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (AL)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buck
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Collins (NY)
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett

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     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grothman
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hunter
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Kelly (IL)
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Knight
     Kuster
     Labrador
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Massie
     Matsui
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meeks
     Meng
     Miller (MI)
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Stivers
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Zeldin

                               NOES--189

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Clawson (FL)
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donovan
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurd (TX)
     Issa
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Keating
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kline
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     Lipinski
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Mullin
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rokita
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Scalise
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Fattah
     Granger
     Grijalva
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1109

  Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina changed her vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Fleming

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Fleming) 
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 219, 
noes 202, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 222]

                               AYES--219

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Clawson (FL)
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                               NOES--202

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fitzpatrick
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Rice (NY)

[[Page H2863]]


     Richmond
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Culberson
     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Hudson
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Sewell (AL)
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1112

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Huffman

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman) 
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 265, 
noes 159, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 223]

                               AYES--265

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fitzpatrick
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hardy
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hultgren
     Hurd (TX)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Johnson (GA)
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaHood
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Messer
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiberi
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin

                               NOES--159

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Conaway
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hunter
     Hurt (VA)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     Kline
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rokita
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Russell
     Sanford
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Trott
     Walberg
     Walker
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Zinke

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

     McCollum
       
       
       

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1118

  Messrs. HARDY and HULTGREN changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 200, 
noes 225, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 224]

                               AYES--200

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     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)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer

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

                               NOES--225

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fitzpatrick
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shuster
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1121

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Perry

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry) 
on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 209, 
noes 216, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 225]

                               AYES--209

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     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
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     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)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zinke

                               NOES--216

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko

[[Page H2865]]


     Torres
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1124

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


       Amendment Offered by Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Sean 
Patrick Maloney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, 
noes 213, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 226]

                               AYES--212

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amash
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Zeldin

                               NOES--213

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     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)
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai

                              {time}  1132

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the last three lines of the bill.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction and 
     Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2017''.

  Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise and 
report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments, with the 
recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill, as 
amended, do pass.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Thompson of Pennsylvania) having assumed the chair, Mr. Collins of 
Georgia, 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. 4974) making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, directed him to 
report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments adopted in the 
Committee of the Whole, with the recommendation that the amendments be 
agreed to and that the bill, as amended, do pass.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  For what purpose does the gentleman from Maryland, the minority whip, 
seek recognition?


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. HOYER. I want to raise a parliamentary inquiry, initially, with 
reference to the fact that Mr. Ryan, our Speaker, has told us that, if 
people were in the well, the vote would be held open.
  I was standing in the well. No one came or no one had the courage to 
come into the well to change their vote. But notwithstanding that, the 
vote kept changing.
  Mr. Speaker, from a parliamentary perspective, how is that possible?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair may not yet have made a request 
for changes.
  Mr. HOYER. I saw no one come to the desk to change their vote, Mr. 
Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman have a parliamentary 
inquiry?
  Mr. HOYER. The parliamentary inquiry is: How can the vote change when

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no one comes to the well to change their vote?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair may not yet have made a request 
for changes.
  Mr. HOYER. I didn't hear the Chair request change. But I do know 
that, from my own personal observation, not one of those Members who 
apparently changed their vote--because it kept changing on the board--
came to this well and had the courage to change from green to red or 
red to green.
  How is that possible, Mr. Speaker?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the 
Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
  The question is on the amendments.
  The amendments were agreed to.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I did not hear and, therefore, was not able 
to ask for a recorded vote on the motion to rise. The Speaker did not 
articulate that so the House could hear it, and I request a vote on the 
motion to rise.
  Now, the Speaker may tell me we are past that point, but the fact of 
the matter is, nobody on this House floor heard the Speaker articulate 
the issue of whether the Committee ought to rise.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House is definitely past that point.
  Is the gentleman seeking a recorded vote?
  Mr. HOYER. On the motion to rise, yes, sir.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has put the question on the 
adoption of the amendments.
  Mr. HOYER. I ask for a recorded vote on the adoption of the 
amendment.
  Which amendment is the Speaker talking about?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has put the question on the 
amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole.
  Mr. HOYER. Yes, I do.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. A recorded vote is requested.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my 
request for a recorded vote.
  It is my understanding that because the amendment was defeated, 
magically, without anybody coming to the well to change their vote, by 
giving to the majority the right to have the ability, without coming to 
the well and telling America that you were going to change a vote.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is withdrawn.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 241, 
noes 183, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 227]

                               AYES--241

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     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
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     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
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     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
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                               NOES--183

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

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Buchanan
     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai

                              {time}  1157

  Mr. CUELLAR changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Foxx). The question is on the passage of 
the bill.
  Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Members will record their votes by electronic device.
  Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on passage will 
be followed by a 5-minute vote on agreeing to the Speaker's approval of 
the Journal, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 295, 
nays 129, not voting 9, as follows:

[[Page H2867]]

  


                             [Roll No. 228]

                               YEAS--295

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bera
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Carney
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     Delaney
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Eshoo
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gabbard
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Larsen (WA)
     Latta
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meng
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                               NAYS--129

     Adams
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (AL)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis, Danny
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Esty
     Fincher
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gallego
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Moore
     Moulton
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Norcross
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Rogers (AL)
     Roybal-Allard
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Fattah
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Quigley
     Salmon
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai

                              {time}  1209

  Ms. PINGREE and Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico changed 
their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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