Congressional Record, Volume 165 Issue 151 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)

[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 151 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7786-H7796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020, AND HEALTH EXTENDERS ACT OF 2019

Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 564, I call up
the bill (H.R. 4378) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year
2020, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 564, the bill
is considered read.
The text of the bill is as follows:

H.R. 4378

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
Sec. 3. References.

DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020

DIVISION B--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS AND OTHER MATTERS

TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS

TITLE II--OTHER HEALTH EXTENDERS

TITLE III--MEDICAID EXTENDERS

TITLE IV--MEDICARE EXTENDERS

TITLE V--HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS

TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS POLICIES

TITLE VII--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of
applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds,
for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and
other organizational units of Government for fiscal year
2020, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2019 and under the authority and conditions
provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities
(including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees)
that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act,
that were conducted in fiscal year 2019, and for which
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available
in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
(division B of Public Law 116-6), except that the language
under the heading ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and
Waste Disposal Program Account'' in title III shall be
applied by inserting ``the cost of direct loans,'' before
``loan guarantees'' at the beginning of the second sentence
in the matter preceding the first proviso.
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2019 (division C of Public Law 116-6),
except section 523(b)(6).
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
(division A of Public Law 115-245).
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2019 (division A of Public Law 115-244),
except section 505.
(5) The Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2019 (division D of Public Law 116-6).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2019 (division A of Public Law 116-6) as amended, and title I
of division H of Public Law 116-6.
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (division E of
Public Law 116-6).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
(division B of Public Law 115-245).
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019
(division B of Public Law 115-244).
(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (division C of
Public Law 115-244).
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of
Public Law 116-6), except section 7058(d).
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (division G of
Public Law 116-6).
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department
of Defense shall be used for:
(1) the new production of items not funded for production
in fiscal year 2019 or prior years;
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained
with fiscal year 2019 funds; or
(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any
project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program
element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any
investment items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget
activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 line item
that includes a program element and subprogram element within
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2019.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing
advance procurement funding for economic order quantity
procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be
available to the extent and in the manner that would be
provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume
any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2019.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or
expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the
period for which funds or authority for such project or
activity are available under this Act.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020,
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of
the following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any
project or activity provided for in this Act.
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations
Act for fiscal year 2020 without any provision for such
project or activity.
(3) November 21, 2019.
Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted
into law.
Sec. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of
apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United
States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to
waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment
of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2020
because of distributions of funding to States, foreign
countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of
operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no
grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act
that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act
shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2019, and for activities under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the
rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the
authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory
payments due on or about the first day of any month that
begins after October 2019 but not later than 30 days after
the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made,
and funds shall be available for such payments.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for
civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such
department or agency, consistent with the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until
after the department or agency has taken all necessary
actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related
administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this
Act that was previously designated by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
(b) Section 5 of Public Law 116-6 shall apply to amounts
designated in subsection (a) and section 124 of this Act for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.
(c) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the
date in section 106(3).
Sec. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary
budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in
Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)--

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(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this
Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that
does receive an appropriation in this Act; or
(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations
in this Act,

may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations
otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable
TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final
funding prerogatives of the Congress.
(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection
(a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of--
(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in
the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101
of this Act; or
(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1,
2019, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation
in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section
101 of this Act.
(c) No later than November 11, 2019, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or
cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101:
Provided, That the information in such comprehensive list
shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent
changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1,
2019, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation
in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section
101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate upon request.
Sec. 116. Title I of the Additional Supplemental
Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-
20) is amended in the matter under the heading ``Department
of Agriculture--Office of the Secretary'' by inserting ``to
cooperative processors for reduced quantity and quality sugar
beets,'' after ``planting in 2019,'': Provided, That amounts
repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and
shall be available only if the President subsequently so
designates all such amounts and transmits such designations
to the Congress.
Sec. 117. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the
matching funds requirement under Section 412(g) of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)).
Sec. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Department of Agriculture--Food and Nutrition Service--
Child Nutrition Programs'' to carry out section 749(g) of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
111-80) may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to ensure that the program can be fully operational
by May 2020.
Sec. 119. Amounts provided by section 111 to the
Department of Agriculture for ``Corporations--Commodity
Credit Corporation Fund--Reimbursement for Net Realized
Losses'' may be used, prior to the completion of the report
described in section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15
U.S.C. 713a-11), to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not
previously reimbursed, as of September 17, 2019: Provided,
That the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report, no
later than October 31, 2019, to the Committees on
Appropriations and Agriculture of both Houses of Congress,
including estimates for all Market Facilitation Program
payments, in calendar year 2018 and 2019 and projected
payments in calendar year 2020 resulting from the calendar
year 2019 program that include State-by-State, commodity-by-
commodity, including specialty crops, analysis of the trade
damage caused by retaliatory tariffs and separately by non-
tariff trade barriers, including dumping, on U.S.
agricultural producers, and an accounting of any commodity
purchases made from substantially foreign-owned companies or
their subsidiaries.
Sec. 120. In addition to amounts provided by section 101,
amounts are provided for ``Department of Agriculture--
Agricultural Marketing Service--Marketing Services'' at a
rate for operations of $16,496,000 to continue the
implementation of the Hemp Production Program (section 10113
of Public Law 115-334).
Sec. 121. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``International Trade Commission--Salaries and Expenses'' may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
carry out responsibilities under the American Manufacturing
Competitiveness Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-159).
Sec. 122. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Commerce for ``Bureau of the Census--Periodic
Censuses and Programs'' may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to maintain the schedule and deliver the
required data according to the statutory deadlines in the
2020 Decennial Census Program.
Sec. 123. Notwithstanding section 2208(l)(3) of title 10,
United States Code, during the period covered by this Act,
any advanced billing for background investigation services
and related services purchased from activities financed using
Defense Working Capital Funds shall be excluded from the
calculation of cumulative advance billings under section
2208(l)(3) of such title. In the preceding sentence, the term
``advance billing'' has the meaning given the term in section
2208(l)(4) of such title.
Sec. 124. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds
as of September 30, 2019, from amounts provided by section
9013 of division A of Public Law 115-245 are hereby
rescinded: Provided, That such amounts that were previously
designated by the Congress as being for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to that section of that Act.
(b) In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section
101 for the ``Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative'', there
is appropriated on September 30, 2019, for an additional
amount for fiscal year 2019, an amount equal to the
unobligated balances rescinded pursuant to subsection (a) of
this section: Provided, That amounts made available pursuant
to this subsection shall remain available until September 30,
2020, and shall be available for the same purposes and under
the same authorities for which they were originally provided
in Public Law 115-245: Provided further, That such amount is
designated by the Congress as being for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
(c) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(d) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2019, or if
the designation in subsection 114(b) occurs after September
30, 2019, this section shall be applied as if it were in
effect on September 30, 2019.
Sec. 125. (a) No funds shall be transferred directly from
``Department of Energy--Power Marketing Administration--
Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area
Power Administration'' to the general fund of the Treasury in
fiscal year 2019.
(b) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
Sec. 126. During the period covered by this Act, title I
of Public Law 108-361, as amended (the Calfed Bay-Delta
Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), shall be applied by
substituting ``2020'' for ``2019'' each place it appears.
Sec. 127. Notwithstanding section 101, title I of division
D of Public Law 116-6 shall be applied by adding the
following new heading and appropriation language under the
heading ``Department of the Treasury--Departmental Offices'':

``COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FUND

``For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson of
the Committee may transfer such amounts to any department or
agency represented on the Committee (including the Department
of the Treasury) subject to advance notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts so transferred
shall remain available until expended for expenses of
implementing section 721 of the Defense Production Act of
1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in
addition to any other funds available to any department or
agency: Provided further, That fees authorized by section
721(p) of such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as
offsetting collections: Provided further, That the total
amount appropriated pursuant to this section from the general
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during this fiscal year, so as to result in a total
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more
than $5,000,000.''.
Sec. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local
funds made available under the heading ``District of
Columbia--District of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and
activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2019 (title IV of division D of Public Law 116-6) at the rate
set forth in the Fiscal Year 2020 Local Budget Act of 2019
(D.C. Act 23-78), as modified as of the date of enactment of
this Act.
Sec. 129. In addition to amounts provided by section 101,
amounts are provided to the Office of Personnel Management
for ``Salaries and Expenses'' at a rate for operations of
$48,000,000, for an additional amount for administrative
expenses: Provided, That of such amounts, $29,760,000 shall
be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
without regard to any other provision of law: Provided
further, That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate
for operations necessary to maintain agency operations.
Sec. 130. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter
preceding the first proviso under the heading ``Small
Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in
title V of division D of Public Law 116-6 shall be applied as
if the following were inserted before the colon: ``, and for
the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized by section 7(a) of
the Small Business Act (Public Law 83-163), $99,000,000, to
remain available until expended'': Provided, That amounts
made available under such heading by this Act may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
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for commitments for general business loans authorized under
section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).
Sec. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Small Business Administration--Disaster Loans
Program Account'' at a rate for operations of $177,136,000:
Provided, That amounts made available under such heading by
this Act may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for
disaster administrative expenses authorized under section
20(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631): Provided
further, That the language under such heading in title V of
division D of Public Law 116-6 shall be applied by--
(1) substituting ``$1,600,000'' for ``$1,000,000'';
(2) substituting ``$8,400,000'' for ``$9,000,000''; and
(3) inserting the following before the period: ``; and of
which $167,136,000 is for direct administrative expenses of
loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan
program, which may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriations for Salaries and Expenses: Provided, That, of
the funds provided under this heading, $150,888,000 shall be
for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5122(2)): Provided further, That the amount for major
disasters under this heading is designated by Congress as
being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(Public Law 99-177)''.
Sec. 132. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Homeland Security for ``United States Secret
Service--Operations and Support'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to support hiring and
operations required for protective activities associated with
the 2020 presidential election campaign.
Sec. 133. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Homeland Security for ``Federal Emergency
Management Agency--Disaster Relief Fund'' may be apportioned
up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response
and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Sec. 134. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026)
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2019''.
(b) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2019, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2019.
Sec. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Homeland Security for ``Office of the Secretary
and Executive Management--Operations and Support'',
``Management Directorate--Operations and Support'', and
``Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination--
Operations and Support'' may be apportioned up to the rate
for operations necessary to carry out activities previously
funded by the Working Capital Fund of the Department of
Homeland Security, consistent with the fiscal year 2020
President's Budget.
Sec. 136. (a) In addition to amounts provided by section
101, amounts are provided to the ``Department of Health and
Human Services--Indian Health Service--Indian Health
Services'' at a rate for operations of $18,397,500, for an
additional amount for costs of staffing and operating
facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal
years 2019 and 2020, and such amounts may be apportioned up
to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate
such facilities.
(b) In addition to amounts provided by section 101, amounts
are provided for ``Department of Health and Human Services--
Indian Health Service--Indian Health Facilities'' at a rate
for operations of $631,000, for an additional amount for
costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened,
renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2019 and 2020, and
such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to staff and operate such facilities.
Sec. 137. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Health and Human Services for ``Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention--Public Health Preparedness
and Response'' and ``Office of the Secretary--Public Health
and Social Services Emergency Fund'' may be obligated in the
account and budget structure, and under the authorities and
conditions, set forth in H.R. 2740, as passed by the U.S.
House of Representatives on June 19, 2019.
Sec. 138. During the period covered by this Act, up to
$20,000,000 of the unobligated amounts in the Infectious
Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by section
231 of division B of Public Law 115-245 may be transferred to
``Department of Health and Human Services--Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention--CDC-Wide Activities and
Program Support'' and shall be available until expended for
Ebola preparedness and response activities without regard to
the limitations in the third proviso in such section 231:
Provided, That the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention may transfer such amounts to any of
the appropriations accounts under the heading ``Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention'' for Ebola response
activities: Provided further, That such transfer authority
shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided
to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sec. 139. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
``September 30, 2019''.
Sec. 140. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Department of Veterans Affairs--Veterans Benefits
Administration--General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits
Administration'' and ``Department of Veterans Affairs--
Departmental Administration--Information Technology Systems''
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
support projects and activities created by the Blue Water
Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-23).
Sec. 141. Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
(12 U.S.C. 635f) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30,
2019''.
Sec. 142. Section 209 of the International Religious
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
for ``September 30, 2019''.
Sec. 143. Title I of division L of Public Law 115-141 and
title I of division G of Public Law 116-6 shall be amended in
the first provisos in each Act under the headings
``Department of Transportation--Federal Transit
Administration--Capital Investment Grants'' by striking
``obligated'' and inserting ``allocated''.
Sec. 144. Section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 shall not apply during the period covered by this
Act.
Sec. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development for ``Housing
Programs--Housing for the Elderly'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to maintain project rental
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)), including making
amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewing
expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year
term.
This division may be cited as the ``Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2020''.

DIVISION B--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS AND OTHER MATTERS

TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS

SEC. 1101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING
HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME PROGRAMS.

(a) Community Health Centers.--Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C.
254b-2(b)(1)(F)) is amended by striking ``2018 and
$4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.'' and inserting ``2018,
$4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $569,863,014 for the
period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on November
21, 2019; and''.
(b) National Health Service Corps.--Section 10503(b)(2) of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C.
254b-2(b)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(G) $44,164,384 for the period beginning on October 1,
2019, and ending on November 21, 2019.''.
(c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical
Education Programs.--Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and $126,500,000'' and inserting
``$126,500,000''; and
(2) by inserting ``and $18,021,918 for the period beginning
on October 1, 2019, and ending on November 21, 2019,'' before
``to remain available''.
(d) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated
pursuant to this section for the period beginning on October
1, 2019, and ending on November 21, 2019, shall be subject to
the requirements contained in Public Law 115-245 for funds
for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 256).
(e) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (4) of section 3014(h)
of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 50901
of Public Law 115-123, is amended by striking ``and section
50901(e) of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social
Services Act'' and inserting ``, section 50901(e) of the
Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act,
and section 1101(d) of division B of the Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019''.

SEC. 1102. DIABETES PROGRAMS.

(a) Type I.--Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-2(b)(2)(D)) is amended by
inserting ``and $21,369,863 for the period beginning on
October 1, 2019, and ending on November 21, 2019,'' before
``to remain available''.
(b) Indians.--Section 330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-3(c)(2)(D)) is amended by
inserting ``and $21,369,863 for the period beginning on
October 1, 2019, and ending on November 21, 2019,'' before
``to remain available''.

TITLE II--OTHER HEALTH EXTENDERS

SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION
PROGRAM.

Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--

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(I) by inserting after ``for each of fiscal years 2018 and
2019'' the following: ``and for the period beginning October
1, 2019, and ending November 21, 2019''; and
(II) by inserting after ``for the fiscal year'' the
following: ``(or, with respect to such period, for fiscal
year 2020)''; and

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``for the fiscal
year'' each place it appears and inserting ``for the fiscal
year or period'' in each such place; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting after ``for the
fiscal year'' the following: ``(or, with respect to such
period, for fiscal year 2020)''; and
(2) in subsection (f)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``for each of
fiscal years 2018 and 2019'' the following: ``and $10,684,931
for the period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending November
21, 2019''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``for each of
fiscal years 2018 and 2019'' the following: ``and for the
period described in paragraph (1)''.

SEC. 1202. EXTENSION OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION
PROGRAM.

Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting after
``for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2019'' the following:
``and for the period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending
November 21, 2019''; and
(II) in clause (i), by inserting after ``for the fiscal
year'' the following: ``or period'';

(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``The previous sentence shall not
apply with respect to State allotments under this paragraph
for the period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending November
21, 2019.''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (C)(i)--

(I) by inserting after ``for a fiscal year'' the following:
``or the period described in subparagraph (A)''; and
(II) by inserting after ``for the fiscal year'' the
following: ``or period'';

(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by inserting after ``for a fiscal year'' the following:
``or the period described in paragraph (1)(A)''; and
(ii) by striking ``the end of the second succeeding fiscal
year'' and inserting ``the end of the second fiscal year
following such fiscal year or period''; and
(C) in paragraph (4)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) by inserting after ``for each of fiscal years 2010
through 2019'' the following: ``and for the period described
in paragraph (1)(A)'';
(II) by inserting after ``for each of fiscal years 2012
through 2019'' the following: ``and for the period so
described''; and
(III) by inserting after ``for a fiscal year'' the
following: ``or the period so described''; and

(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``continue through
fiscal year 2019'' and inserting ``continue through the
period described in paragraph (1)(A)'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``From the amount'' and
inserting ``Subject to paragraph (3), from the amount'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``From the amount'' and
inserting ``Subject to paragraph (3), from the amount''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Exception.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply
with respect to any amount appropriated under subsection (f)
for the period described in subsection (a)(1)(A).''; and
(3) in subsection (f), by inserting after ``for each of
fiscal years 2010 through 2019'' the following: ``and
$10,684,931 for the period beginning October 1, 2019, and
ending November 21, 2019''.

TITLE III--MEDICAID EXTENDERS

SEC. 1301. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act
of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking
``September 13, 2019'' and inserting ``November 21, 2019''.

SEC. 1302. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PERCENTAGE FOR TERRITORIES UNDER MEDICAID
PROGRAM.

Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``and (aa)'' and
inserting ``(aa), and (ff)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(ff) Temporary Increase in FMAP for Territories.--
Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (z)(2), the Federal medical
assistance percentage for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa shall
be equal to 100 percent for the period beginning October 1,
2019, and ending November 21, 2019.''.

SEC. 1303. DELAY OF REDUCTIONS IN MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS.

Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396r-4(f)(7)(A)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I),
by striking ``For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025''
and inserting ``For the period beginning November 22, 2019,
and ending September 30, 2020, and for each of fiscal years
2021 through 2025''; and
(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``for fiscal year 2020''
and inserting ``for the period beginning November 22, 2019,
and ending September 30, 2020''.

TITLE IV--MEDICARE EXTENDERS

SEC. 1401. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE
ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION.

Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``and $7,500,000'' and inserting
``$7,500,000''; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, and $1,069,000 for the period beginning on
October 1, 2019, and ending on November 21, 2019''; and
(2) in the third sentence, by inserting ``and for the
period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on November
21, 2019,'' after ``2019''.

SEC. 1402. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR
LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS.

(a) Additional Funding for State Health Insurance
Programs.--Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
(42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
(Public Law 112-240), section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR
Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-67), section 110 of the
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-
93), section 208 of the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-10), and section
50207 of division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
(Public Law 115-123), is amended--
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new
clause:
``(x) for the period beginning on October 1, 2019, and
ending on November 21, 2019, of $1,852,000.''.
(b) Additional Funding for Area Agencies on Aging.--
Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is
amended--
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new
clause:
``(x) for the period beginning on October 1, 2019, and
ending on November 21, 2019, of $1,069,000.''.
(c) Additional Funding for Aging and Disability Resource
Centers.--Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so
amended, is amended--
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new
clause:
``(x) for the period beginning on October 1, 2019, and
ending on November 21, 2019, of $712,000.''.
(d) Additional Funding for Contract With the National
Center for Benefits and Outreach Enrollment.--Subsection
(d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new
clause:
``(x) for the period beginning on October 1, 2019, and
ending on November 21, 2019, of $1,710,000.''.

SEC. 1403. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE OF PATIENT-CENTERED
OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRUST FUND.

Section 9511(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking ``September 30'' and inserting ``November
21''.

TITLE V--HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS

SEC. 1501. EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO ADDRESS
HEALTH PROFESSIONS WORKFORCE NEEDS.

Activities authorized by section 2008 of the Social
Security Act shall continue through November 21, 2019, in the
manner authorized for fiscal year 2019, and out of any money
in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for such purpose. Grants and payments may be
made pursuant to this authority through the date so specified
at the pro rata portion of the total amount authorized for
such activities in fiscal year 2019.

SEC. 1502. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
FAMILIES PROGRAM AND RELATED PROGRAMS.

Activities authorized by part A of title IV and section
1108(b) of the Social Security Act

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shall continue through November 21, 2019, in the manner
authorized for fiscal year 2019, and out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary
for such purpose.

TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS POLICIES

SEC. 1601. ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES.

Section 424(a) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
(Public Law 113-76), as amended by section 428 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141),
shall be applied by substituting ``November 21, 2019'' for
``October 1, 2019''.

SEC. 1602. INCREASING NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS OF THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM.

(a) World Trade Center Responders.--Section 3311(a)(4)(A)
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-
21(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ``25,000'' and inserting
``75,000''.
(b) World Trade Center Survivors.--Section 3321(a)(3)(A) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-31(a)(3)(A))
is amended by striking ``25,000'' and inserting ``75,000''.
(c) Rule of Construction Regarding Annual Funding
Limitations.--Nothing in this section, or the amendments made
by this section, shall alter the annual limitations on
amounts appropriated to the World Trade Center Health Program
Fund under section 3351(a)(2) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-61(a)(2)).

SEC. 1603. EXCLUDING AUTHORIZED GENERIC DRUGS FROM
CALCULATION OF AVERAGE MANUFACTURER PRICE FOR
PURPOSES OF THE MEDICAID DRUG REBATE PROGRAM;
EXCLUDING MANUFACTURERS FROM DEFINITION OF
WHOLESALER.

(a) In General.--Subparagraph (C) of section 1927(k)(1) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(k)(1)) is
amended--
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``INCLUSION''
and inserting ``EXCLUSION'';
(2) by striking ``a new drug application'' and inserting
``the manufacturer's new drug application''; and
(3) by striking ``inclusive'' and inserting ``exclusive''.
(b) Excluding Manufacturers From Definition of
Wholesaler.--Section 1927(k)(11) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(k)(11)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``manufacturers,''; and
(2) by striking ``manufacturer's and''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal
quarter that begins after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 1604. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.

Section 1941(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396w-1(b)), as amended by section 2 of Public Law 116-29, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$1,000,000'' and
inserting ``$0''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``2023'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2025''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$0'' and inserting
``$2,387,000,000''.

TITLE VII--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

SEC. 1701. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

(a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of
this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-
You-Go Act of 2010.
(b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this
division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard
maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71
(115th Congress).
(c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding
Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference
accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(8)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be
estimated--
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an
appropriation Act.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Payne). The bill shall be debatable for
1 hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
The gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) and the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Granger) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.

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General Leave

Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include
extraneous material on the measure under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from New York?
There was no objection.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, while the House did its work and passed 12
appropriations bills through committee and 10 off the floor, the Senate
appropriations process is far behind. Because of this delay, we must
pass a continuing resolution to avoid another government shutdown like
the one that started late last year which caused real harm to our
economy and to hardworking Americans.
With less than 2 weeks until the end of the fiscal year, a clean
continuing resolution that keeps government open and funds key
priorities is so important. This legislation avoids controversial
policy provisions that have slowed down the appropriations process and
that, if included, would jeopardize passage. For example, it does not
include an anomaly requested by the Trump administration to allow wall
building outside the Rio Grande Valley.
At the same time, the CR contains provisions that reflect shared
priorities, including allowing the Census Bureau to ramp up
preparations for the 2020 decennial Census, extending funding for the
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative for another year, ensuring that
FEMA disaster relief can be spent as quickly as needed to effectively
respond to disasters, ensuring the Department of Agriculture can
operate rural water and waste loan programs, and extending the National
Flood Insurance Program and authorization for the Export-Import Bank.
In addition to these provisions, extenders that have been negotiated
by my colleagues on the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means
Committees will keep health programs that are critical to American
families up and running.
By extending these programs and government funding through November
21, this CR will allow additional time to negotiate our differences and
enact responsible long-term funding for priorities that help make our
country safer and stronger.
As we negotiate, families, businesses, and communities across the
country will have much-needed budget certainty with no disruption to
vital services or to the pay of Federal employees.
After we pass this CR and the Senate moves forward with their
process, Democrats will negotiate responsible appropriations bills that
uphold our values and give working families a better chance at a better
life.
Keeping government open and providing certainty for our communities
must be a top priority. Our continuing resolution is a necessary step
to that end.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in support of this
legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4378, a continuing
resolution that will fund the government through November 21.
It is unfortunate that we are here in this situation and have to pass
this CR to keep the government open, but we can't afford an unnecessary
and costly shutdown.
Because the budget agreement did not get enacted until August, the
Senate began working on the fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills only
last week. As a result, there is simply not enough time to complete the
appropriations process by the September 30 deadline.
Passing a short-term CR will allow us the time to complete the fiscal
year 2020 appropriations bills, while ensuring that our military and
law enforcement personnel get paid.
In addition to preventing another shutdown, H.R. 4378 promotes
economic growth, strengthens national security, protects life and
religious liberty, allows us to respond to disasters, and supports
public health programs.
It ensures farmers and ranchers will continue to receive temporary
relief from retaliatory tariffs at a critical time of the year for our
Nation's agricultural industry.
It extends programs that are essential to countering China's
influence over our economic and national security.
It continues all existing pro-life protections from fiscal year 2019
appropriations measures.
It provides a short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance
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and allows FEMA flexibility to respond to disasters.
I would much rather be here today in support of full appropriations
bills, but I have confidence that, with more time, we will be able to
come together to pass full-year appropriations bills that the President
can sign into law.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in voting in favor of
this continuing resolution so that we can get to work.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to start by
congratulating Chairwoman Lowey and Ranking Member Granger on working
together. I want to congratulate the members of the Appropriations
Committee.
I know there wasn't always agreement. I am hopeful, as we go forward,
we can reach agreement on the individual bills or the minibuses or
omnibus that we will ultimately pass to fund government in a timely
fashion.
Mr. Speaker, I know that Mrs. Lowey and Ms. Granger worked together
towards that objective. I want to congratulate all the members.
Mr. Speaker, I am also proud of the fact that we funded 96 percent of
the government through this House prior to June 30 of this year. That
has not been done in over a decade, and it was the hard work of the
chair and the ranking member and the members of the committee. Even
though there was not agreement on the substance at the end, without
that cooperation, that could not have happened, so I thank the
committee and its leadership.

As majority leader and as a member of the Appropriations Committee,
albeit on leave, I am focused, and we are focused as a majority, on
doing our job and providing certainty for the military, for Federal
agencies, for workers, for businesses, and for the American people that
the Congress can, in fact, do its work in a responsible way.
I regret that the Senate has not done its work. They have not passed
a single appropriations bill, not one. By the time we came back in
September, they had not passed a single bill out of committee.
So this CR is necessary, as the Senate failed to introduce even a
single appropriations bill before August for the first time in more
than three decades, let alone mark up or bring it to the floor, as I
said.
That is why we need to make sure the government doesn't shut down. We
don't have to have drama. We don't have to have panic. We don't have to
have people saying: ``Why can't the Congress do its work?''
We are bringing this bill to the floor, and we are going to pass it
today with, I hope, a large bipartisan vote and send it to the Senate.
It is my understanding that they intend to pass this so that we will
not have the angst, the lack of confidence in this institution, and the
instability because coming right up to the precipice of closure is
avoided.
To that end, we have on the floor, as I said, a continuing resolution
to prevent a shutdown. This CR, this continuing resolution, authorizes
the operations of government through November 21. There was some
discussion about going into the middle of December.
Mr. Speaker, I want to say to my colleagues and I want to say to my
committee, there is no reason on God's green Earth we cannot complete
our business on the appropriation process by November 21, not a single
reason, except procrastination and an unwillingness to compromise.
Americans have sent people with different views to this Congress, but
notwithstanding those differences in views, they expect us to be able
to work.
One of the great pleasures that I have had in this Congress is
serving on the Appropriations Committee, particularly when I went
there. It, frankly, has become more partisan than it was when I first
went on in January of 1983. I came to Congress in 1981. Sil Conte was
the ranking member from Massachusetts on the Appropriations
subcommittee on which I served and of the committee, and we were able
to work together, resolve our differences. Mr. Speaker, I am proud of
the fact that Mrs. Lowey and Ms. Granger have that same psychology.
This bill will extend the authorizations that would otherwise expire
at the end of this month, including the Export-Import Bank, the
National Flood Insurance Program, the Higher Education Act, and a
number of important health programs.
Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Pallone, chairman of the committee, for
working to make sure that we could do that in a timely fashion as well.
Mr. Speaker, I hope we can pass this on a bipartisan basis, as I
said, and move forward in good faith to do the job the American people
sent us here to do: assure the operations of their government in an
efficient and effective way on their behalf, a government that expands
justice, opportunity, economic security, and strengthens our national
defense.
We came to a bipartisan budget agreement on lifting spending caps in
July, and that was a good first step. Next, we must come to a
bipartisan agreement on how to divvy up the allotment to each of the 12
appropriations bills, what we euphemistically refer to as 302(b)
allocations. We need to make progress and compromise on that issue.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my friends in the Senate to not squander the
extra time this CR provides, approximately 7 working weeks, and come to
agreement among themselves first and then with us.
Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Lowey, her subcommittee chairs, Ms.
Granger and her ranking members for their hard work moving the House
bills so expeditiously and producing a CR that will avert a shutdown at
the end of September. We can get the job done.
Again, let me reiterate in closing, we can complete this job prior to
November 21, and that is exactly what we ought to do.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Idaho (Mr. Simpson).
Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the continuing resolution
before us today.
I think we can all agree that continuing resolutions aren't the ideal
solution to funding our government. In fact, most of the people on the
Appropriations Committee hate continuing resolutions.

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Ideally, all of our 12 appropriations bills would be enacted by
October 1. Last year, we were able to complete several bills on time,
including the energy and water bill.
But sometimes we need more time to complete our negotiations.
Considering that a budget deal was not enacted before last month, there
simply isn't enough time to complete work on these bills before the new
fiscal year.
So while continuing resolutions aren't ideal, supporting a short-term
CR to keep our government functioning is the only responsible vote
today--I will say that again. It is the only responsible vote today,
for our national security, for our economy, and for the general welfare
of the American people.
For instance, this bill will ensure the Department of Energy can
maintain our nuclear weapons stockpile and the Corps of Engineers can
dredge our ports and waterways so goods and materials can move freely.
I also appreciate that this bill recognizes our farmers. Agriculture
faces uncertain times and the temporary relief provisions, while not a
solution, do help.
I would also like to applaud the inclusion of a provision related to
the specialty crop initiative. This program is vital to the success of
potato farmers in Idaho.
We must avoid disruptions to these vital activities by passing this
continuing resolution before us today and then working towards
completing our work on the final appropriations bills, as the majority
leader said, by November 21.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this continuing
resolution.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the distinguished chairwoman of the
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.

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Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Lowey for her great
leadership.
It is with, actually, great reluctance that I rise in support of
today's short-term continuing resolution, and I urge my colleagues to
do so as well. While this continuing resolution will keep the lights on
for the government of the United States, surely, this isn't the most
responsible course of action we could follow.
This extension of current funding means Federal agencies are
effectively forced to operate on autopilot. They can't begin any new
programs or respond to shifting priorities. To force our Nation's
government to once again operate on a continuing resolution has been
railed against by our Republican friends as particularly problematic
for the Pentagon. And they are right. But it is the lack of action from
our Senate Republican colleagues who deep-sixed their fiscal
responsibility and their leadership that brought us here today.
I commend Chairwoman Lowey's real leadership, and Speaker Pelosi, and
Majority Leader Hoyer for their prioritization and passage in the House
of 10 of the 12 annual appropriation spending bills. But what has the
Senate achieved? Very little.
Despite Democratic warnings for months about the need for a
bipartisan budget agreement, it took until July to settle on top-line
numbers. Only this very month were our Senate colleagues willing to
advance their first bills.
Why you might ask? Because they are beholden to the White House. But
this White House has consistently demonstrated its lack of regard for
the Federal budget process itself, for Congress' constitutional power
of the purse, and for the constitutional separation of powers when it
comes to Federal funding decisions.
So I suppose there is a bit of time to right this ship of state. But
it will take real courage from congressional Republicans to separate
themselves from the irresponsible campaign promises of the President.
It will take serious commitment in the Senate to produce bills that can
be conferenced with our House versions that are just waiting for
conference.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentlewoman from Ohio.
Ms. KAPTUR. And by November 21, it will take bipartisan
responsibility to support this body's highest priority to fund the
entire Federal Government for the remaining fiscal year 2020.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this short-term
resolution and demand our Republican colleagues get serious about
reasonable expectations in a divided government. Let us compromise and
let us govern as the people of the United States expect.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from
Alabama (Mr. Aderholt).
Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon in support of this continuing
resolution.
Having to pass a continuing resolution is never an ideal situation,
as I think most Members of this body know. However, I support this CR
because it will ensure that Congress can provide the basic services
which so many of our constituents depend on.
I also support this bill because it provides us with the necessary
time to negotiate those FY 2020 appropriations bills, bills that have
already been referred to this afternoon, bills that I hope are both
fiscally responsible and will avoid poisonous, partisan riders, unlike
the bills that were passed over the summer in the House, which
Republicans, frankly, cannot support.
This continuing resolution continues Federal funding at last year's
levels with limited exceptions to ensure our government has the
resources it needs to aid our constituents and help them where they
need Federal assistance.
Serving as ranking member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Subcommittee, I support the inclusion of language that
ensures the Census Bureau will stay on track to deliver a full and
accurate account of all Americans in the 2020 census that will be
beginning in a few months, as well as the language that enables the
International Trade Commission to meet its statutory mandates under the
bipartisan American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act.

I am also pleased that this legislation continues to provide for all
existing pro-life protections that will allow the USDA to provide
temporary relief from unjust tariffs in retaliation to American farmers
and ranchers during the period of the continuing resolution.
Unfortunately, this bill does fall short of providing the resources
needed by the United States Marshals Service for the detention and care
of its prisoners. Stepped up efforts under the Trump administration to
prosecute firearms, drug, and immigration violations directly impact
the United States Marshals Service's needs.
The safe, secure, and humane confinement of prisoners depends on
appropriate funding for this account. We cannot, as a Congress, call
for a crackdown on gun crime and simultaneously fail to adequately
provide for the detention of arrestees. This need must be addressed in
the FY 2020 legislation.
Therefore, in conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working with
my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on the Appropriations
Committee as we complete the consideration of FY 2020 appropriations
bills under the budget deal that was reached last month.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to pass this bill.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), the chairman of the Committee
on Energy and Commerce.
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it is good to see my colleague from New
Jersey in the chair. And I thank Chairwoman Lowey for yielding. She is
my classmate. There aren't too many of us left, but it is good to see
her there.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4378, the Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019. I am
particularly pleased that H.R. 4378 includes a provision that will
increase enrollment numbers for the 9/11 World Trade Center Health
Program, which provides healthcare and treatment for responders and
survivors.
Since being notified 2 weeks ago that this program is approaching
enrollment capacity, I have been working with my colleagues in the
House and the Senate, as well as the administration, to come to an
agreement to raise the enrollment cap in order to guarantee that new
enrollees will continue to have access to treatment. We were able to
quickly come together on an agreement so that new enrollees will access
this program for many years to come.
The bill, H.R. 4378, also includes temporary funding extensions for
several Medicare extenders and public health programs, including
funding for community health centers, Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico
and the U.S. territories, and the demonstration program for certified
community behavioral health clinics. This temporary patch will protect
Americans' access to these vital programs while Congress works toward a
long-term agreement.
While I am relieved that this bill will prevent any interruption of
healthcare services, I want to stress that our work is far from done.
We have to continue to work toward a bipartisan, long-term extension
that provides funding capacity to these programs for the millions of
Americans who depend on it.
The Energy and Commerce Committee has already voted in support of
bipartisan, long-term extensions of these programs, and I am hopeful
that we can reach a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to get these
extensions signed into law before the short-term patch expires in
November.
Again, I thank Chairwoman Lowey. I know she, Jerry Nadler, Carolyn
Maloney, the New York representatives, are very concerned about
healthcare in the aftermath of 9/11, so I particularly appreciate your
support on that.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Carter).
Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for
yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4378, the continuing
resolution. I wish we were here to pass FY20 appropriations bills, but
the fact of the matter is we are delayed.
We need to pass this bill to ensure the government continues to
operate. This is especially important for the critical functions of our
government, such as national defense, homeland security, and serving
our veterans. It will

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also ensure the men and women serving the Nation, including my soldiers
at Fort Hood, are paid on time. This is imperative and by itself is
enough reason to support this bill.
Passage of this bill will give us time to finalize our FY20
appropriations process.
I look forward to working with my friend from Florida, the chairwoman
of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, to finish our bill. I am ready to
go to work.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this continuing
resolution.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the distinguished
chairwoman of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related
Agencies Subcommittee.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for
yielding, and I thank my colleague from Texas, the ranking member of
the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee, for being such an incredible partner in our work
together, and I look forward to bringing our one-twelfth of this bill
in for a landing when we complete the appropriations process for this
fiscal year.
But, for now, Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this continuing
resolution which, yet again, puts us in a position of having to avoid
another shutdown. The House has done its part, passing ten
appropriations bills, but the Republican Senate has been delinquent in
their responsibilities.

This resolution, thankfully, buys us time, time that avoids any
budgetary anxiety that our families, businesses, and communities simply
don't need right now.
If Wall Street and Main Street agree on one thing, it is that
government shutdowns help no one. What we all want is what this
continuing resolution provides: a measure of stability. And, Lord
knows, we need that right now, given current events.
It avoids divisive policy fights and embraces shared priorities, such
as bolstering the 2020 Census Bureau preparations, which is a vital
constitutional responsibility, and ensuring our critical health
programs don't expire. And namely, it does not fund the President's
border wall, yet does provide much-needed Medicaid funding to Americans
still recovering in Puerto Rico.
I am extremely proud of our leadership, particularly our chairwoman,
for providing this budgetary certainty that our economy needs right
now, and for ensuring that the priorities of working families are
protected.
Again, I urge my colleagues to support this resolution, and I look
forward to working with my fellow appropriators to bring the FY20 final
bill in for a landing.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart).
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I also rise in support of this
continuing resolution.
As an appropriator, and you have heard it from all of us, this is not
the best choice--it is not our first choice--to do continuing
resolutions. But this short-term CR is necessary to give the Senate
time to move its appropriations bills through the process.
In the meantime, Mr. Speaker, this legislation is absolutely critical
for our men and women in uniform, for our first responders, for our air
traffic controllers, and so many other public servants who keep us safe
each and every day.

{time} 1445

This legislation also has a limited number of provisions that are,
frankly, important to Members on both sides of the aisle. Let me just
give you a couple of examples. Disaster response tools are in this CR
and extension of flood insurance and relief for the men and women who
help put the food on our table, the American farmers.
Most importantly, Mr. Speaker, this legislation gives us the
opportunity to complete our full-year appropriations bills by November
21.
I am absolutely confident that we can finish our bills by this date
because we have a bipartisan budget deal that was signed by the
President. I am particularly looking forward to working with Chairman
Price to finalize a T-HUD bill to address the infrastructure, safety,
and housing needs of our great country.
I also know that because of Chairwoman Lowey and Ranking Member
Granger, they will lead us through this process in a transparent, clear
way, as they always have.
Mr. Speaker, again, we need to pass this bill. I urge a ``yes'' vote.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar), an outstanding member of the
Appropriations Committee.
Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Lowey for her leadership
and her expertise on the Appropriations Committee. I also thank my
fellow Texan, Ms. Granger, for her work and her leadership on this. And
I thank both of them for working in a bipartisan way because, again, in
support of this continuing resolution, we are here to build consensus,
find common ground, and keep government working for our people.
We need to set aside partisanship and bias, and think about and vote
for what is best for our country. This measure allows us to continue
the conversation while we keep government open and functioning.
This bill will extend several programs that are expected to expire at
the end of the month. For example, it permits USDA to access the full
$30 billion under the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist our
hardworking agricultural producers across the U.S.
It supports our farmers and ranchers through the Market Facilitation
Program.
It extends funding for local community mental and substance use
disorder treatment, which is so important to our communities.
It allows the Census Bureau to continue with the 2020 Census
preparation, which is so important for all parts of the country.
It supports small businesses by ensuring the continuing operation and
funding of SBA loan programs.
It maintains critical disaster and emergency funding.
It supports rural communities by maintaining funding for water and
waste loan programs.
It also supports public health initiatives by extending funding for
community health centers and graduate medical education.
We need to continue working together as Democrats and Republicans,
and working with our Senate folks, to make sure that we get this done.
Mr. Speaker, I ask Members to support the continuing resolution and
continue bipartisanship, and for that, I thank them.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Nebraska (Mr. Fortenberry).
Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Granger for the
time but also for her important leadership on this important bill.
I thank Chairwoman Lowey for her continuous work and leadership in
seeking common ground on this continuing resolution.
Mr. Speaker, as Ranking Member Granger noted, we find ourselves in a
difficult position today, so we are deliberating a continuing
resolution instead of passing full-year appropriations. It is
important, though, that we follow our constitutional duty to maintain
government operations.
This bill will keep the government open. It will support essential
public policies, and it will minimize the drama in the budgetary
process.
One of our constraints is that the Senate did just start marking up
its bills, as has been noted, last week.
Mr. Speaker, I will focus my comments on the agricultural portion of
the bill. On a positive note, in that regard, the Senate Appropriations
Committee's Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee passed its bill out
of the full committee just this morning.
Until the majority leader decides to bring the Agriculture
appropriations bill to the floor, and it passes, we have no option
other than to wait for the bill to move through the process. Until that
time, Chairman Bishop and I will be ready to start conferencing the
Agriculture appropriations bills with our Senate colleagues.

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We look forward to House and Senate leadership decisions on the
respective allocations for each of these individual appropriations
bills, and on that note, I would strongly recommend that the House and
Senate leaders keep in mind the critical needs of the agricultural and
rural communities, as well as food and medical product safety, when
arriving at the final number for allocations.
As ranking member of the Appropriations Committee's Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee, I was surprised to learn that in the initial draft of
this bill, it would have halted desperately needed payments to our
farmers and ranchers in rural communities.
The White House had requested an anomaly, consistent with prior
years, that the continuing resolution carry a noncontroversial
provision to reestablish the funding mechanism for farm bill programs
that support conservation, risk mitigation, as well as temporary trade
payments to farmers and ranchers so hurt by unjustified retaliatory
tariffs. The majority did recognize the harm of not including this
provision, and for that, I am very grateful.
I would like to make a plea to keep farmers and ranchers out of any
political disputes. America's farmers are hurting, and now is the time
for further bipartisan solidarity.
Second, Mr. Speaker, this bill corrects an oversight in the disaster
spending bill to help sugar beet farmers in the Midwest. These
hardworking farmers have been devastated by 2 years of flooding, and
they do deserve equal assistance to others who have faced unprecedented
damage to their crops and their livelihoods due to extreme weather
events.
Mr. Speaker, I support this continuing resolution. Let's keep working
hard to finish the rest of the job.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the
distinguished gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett).
Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Lowey, and I thank the
leadership for bringing this CR and health extenders legislation to the
floor.
The bill contains critical Medicaid relief for my district, the
Virgin Islands. It extends the disaster-related 100 percent Federal
funding to sustain Medicaid on our islands through November 21.
While the territories are part of America, and we are American
citizens, Federal law unfairly places Medicaid funding caps on the
islands--unlike the States, where funding is open-ended--and it
requires them to pay a much greater percentage of Medicaid than the
States.
Supplemental funding has only been provided on a temporary basis.
Without the fix in this bill, the rate of Federal funding would plummet
nearly 50 percentage points to the permanent, capped level of 55
percent.
Cuts to that funding put basic healthcare at risk for many Americans
living on our islands.
The fundamental problem is that the U.S. territories are forced to
operate Medicaid under capped funding. A more equitable matching rate
is needed on a permanent basis.
I know that the Energy and Commerce Committee has done so in its
legislation. We are hopeful that when we work on a final budget, that
will take place.
I have sponsored legislation, H.R. 1354, to remove these caps
permanently. I thank everyone for advancing this cause and this CR.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. Joyce).
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill,
despite my disappointment that a continuing resolution is necessary at
this point in time.
The alternative is a government shutdown, which would only serve to
hurt the American people by depriving them of critical services, not to
mention wasting their money.
For example, this bill continues the environmental reviews in
permitting that are necessary for economic and energy development. This
bill also guarantees that our beloved national parks, forests, wildlife
refuges, and other public lands stay open for business, especially for
those who depend on tourism and those who have already booked visits
for the upcoming holidays.
This bill continues the flow of funding critical to all the
communities working to upgrade their infrastructure so that citizens
can continue to have access to clean and safe water.
This bill ensures that our Nation will continue to meet its moral and
legal obligations to sovereign American Indian and Alaska Native
Tribes, whose ancestors paid in advance with their lives and their
lands for peace and the promise of basic services like education,
public safety, and access to healthcare.
For these reasons and more, I support this bill, and I urge my
colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same. There is so much
more upon which we agree than disagree.
Let us act on what we agree upon so that our constituents can
continue their daily lives without interruption. This bill continues
the operation of programs upon which we already agreed only 7 months
ago. Vote ``yes.''
I thank the ranking member for yielding me this time.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
California (Mr. Calvert).
Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member and chairwoman
for their good work.
I rise today in support of the continuing resolution. Like many of my
colleagues, we are hopeful that, once we had a budget deal, we would
move to conference and the appropriations bills and pass them, if not
on time, close to on time. Unfortunately, the Senate needs more time,
and this will give the Senate the time and the House time to do their
work.
The CR expires November 21. There is more than enough time to sit
down with our colleagues in the Senate to work out our differences. In
fact, I would hope we can still move quickly and, if able, pass
conference bills before the end of the CR--most importantly, for our
U.S. servicemembers.
Our military has moved quickly to restore readiness and modernize.
Secretary Esper has demonstrated his commitment to a modern, more agile
Department that can quickly respond to threats, and he needs our
support to continue his efforts.
I am confident that once the chairman and I have had a chance to sit
down with our Senate colleagues, we can quickly work out our
differences and write a bill that keeps the military on the path toward
meeting the challenges posed by our adversaries, which there is no lack
of.
Recent events demonstrate that the world needs our leadership and
presence. I urge my colleagues to vote for this CR and avoid the
devastating impacts of a government shutdown. Let's get to work on the
fiscal year 2020 bills to ensure the continuity of vital efforts at the
Department of Defense. I urge a ``yes'' vote.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Without action, the government will shut down in the next 2 weeks,
causing undue harm for our economy and hardworking families. This is
unacceptable.
Our continuing resolution will provide budget certainty for families,
businesses, and communities while we negotiate long-term funding for
our priorities and fight to give every person a better chance at a
better life.
I urge support, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 564, the previous question is ordered on
the bill.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-

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minute vote on passage of H.R. 4378 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 301,
nays 123, not voting 10, as follows:

[Roll No. 538]

YEAS--301

Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allred
Amodei
Axne
Bacon
Barragan
Bass
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady
Brindisi
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Davis, Rodney
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Dunn
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Ferguson
Finkenauer
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gianforte
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez (OH)
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (GA)
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Grothman
Guest
Haaland
Harder (CA)
Hartzler
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Hill (AR)
Hill (CA)
Himes
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Hurd (TX)
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (TX)
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim
Kind
King (NY)
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCarthy
McCaul
McCollum
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Meuser
Miller
Moolenaar
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Palazzo
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reschenthaler
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roby
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose (NY)
Rose, John W.
Rouda
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stanton
Stefanik
Steil
Stevens
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Van Drew
Veasey
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walden
Walorski
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Young

NAYS--123

Allen
Amash
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bishop (NC)
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Byrne
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Comer
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson (OH)
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan
Emmer
Estes
Foxx (NC)
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (TX)
Gooden
Gosar
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Griffith
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harris
Hern, Kevin
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunter
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lesko
Loudermilk
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McClintock
Meadows
Mitchell
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Norman
Olson
Palmer
Perry
Posey
Ratcliffe
Rice (SC)
Riggleman
Rodgers (WA)
Rooney (FL)
Rouzer
Roy
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smucker
Spano
Stauber
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Thornberry
Timmons
Tipton
Vargas
Vela
Walberg
Walker
Waltz
Watkins
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wright
Yoho
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--10

Abraham
Beatty
Clyburn
Crawford
Cummings
Cunningham
McEachin
Reed
Shimkus
Thompson (MS)

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Messrs. CHABOT, WESTERMAN, MITCHELL, and GRAVES of Louisiana changed
their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mrs. ROBY, Messrs. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, PALAZZO, and MEUSER
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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