[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1515-H1519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        RIGHTS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS ACT OF 2020

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 877 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. 1140.
  Will the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Neguse) kindly take the chair.

                              {time}  1015


                     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. 1140) to enhance the security operations of the 
Transportation Security Administration and stability of the 
transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system 
under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation 
Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and 
property, and for other purposes, with Mr. Neguse (Acting Chair) in the 
chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, 
amendment No. 9, printed in House Report 116-411 offered by the 
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Mucarsel-Powell) had been postponed.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 116-411 on 
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Cisneros of California.
  Amendment No. 9 by Ms. Mucarsel-Powell of Florida.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.


                Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Cisneros

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Cisneros) 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 Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 399, 
noes 1, not voting 35, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 87]

                               AYES--399

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Axne
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar

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     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ferguson
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx (NC)
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Fulcher
     Gabbard
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Haaland
     Hagedorn
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck
     Hern, Kevin
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (AR)
     Himes
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Keller
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meadows
     Meeks
     Meng
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     Norman
     Norton
     Nunes
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Olson
     Omar
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Radewagen
     Raskin
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan
     San Nicolas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spano
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watkins
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yarmuth
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                                NOES--1

       
     Amash
       

                             NOT VOTING--35

     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Cardenas
     Cheney
     Davis, Rodney
     DelBene
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Green (TN)
     Grijalva
     Hayes
     Herrera Beutler
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Johnson (TX)
     Kilmer
     LaMalfa
     Larsen (WA)
     Lawrence
     Lewis
     Lucas
     Marchant
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Roy
     Schrier
     Scott, David
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Timmons
     Veasey
     Waters

                              {time}  1044

  Messrs. OLSON, DUNCAN, and Mrs. LESKO changed their vote from ``no'' 
to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mrs. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 87.
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87.
  Mr. BERA. Mr. Chair, I missed the following vote due to a committee 
hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
87.


             Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Mucarsel-Powell

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida 
(Ms. Mucarsel-Powell) 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 Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 403, 
noes 0, not voting 32, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 88]

                               AYES--403

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Allred
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Axne
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ferguson
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx (NC)
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Fulcher
     Gabbard
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Hern, Kevin
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (AR)
     Himes
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Keller
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meadows
     Meeks
     Meng
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     Norman
     Norton
     Nunes
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Olson
     Omar
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Radewagen
     Raskin
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan
     San Nicolas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Soto

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     Spanberger
     Spano
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watkins
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yarmuth
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--32

     Cheney
     Chu, Judy
     DelBene
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Green (TN)
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Haaland
     Herrera Beutler
     Jayapal
     Johnson (TX)
     Kilmer
     Larsen (WA)
     Lawrence
     Lewis
     Marchant
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Ratcliffe
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Roy
     Schrier
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Timmons
     Veasey
     Waters
     Wilson (FL)

                              {time}  1058

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88.
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88.
  The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule, 
the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Neguse) having assumed the chair, Mr. Butterfield, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1140) to 
enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security 
Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce 
by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to 
employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide 
screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes, and, 
pursuant to House Resolution 877, he reported the bill, as amended by 
that resolution, back to the House with sundry further amendments 
adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any further amendment reported from 
the Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
  Mrs. LESKO. I am in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mrs. Lesko moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1140 to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security with instructions to report 
     the same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       Add at the end of section 4 the following:
       (c) Rule of Construction.--During the transition period and 
     after the conversion date, the Secretary shall ensure that 
     the Transportation Security Administration continues to 
     prevent the hiring of individuals who have been convicted of 
     a sex crime, an offense involving a minor, a crime of 
     violence, or terrorism.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Arizona is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion.
  Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I first want to say that the vast majority 
of TSA officers are good, hardworking professionals, but there are some 
bad actors.
  On February 6, 2020, the State of California announced the arrest and 
prosecution of a former TSA screener, resulting from an FBI 
investigation. According to the criminal complaint, the TSA screener 
used ``fraud or deceit to falsely imprison a woman going through 
security'' while stationed as a travel document checker at Los Angeles 
International Airport in June 2019.
  The screener insisted that the woman passenger needed extra screening 
in a private elevator, where he told the passenger to reveal her ``full 
breasts'' and to ``lift her pants and underwear.'' The victim in the 
case stated that she complied with the TSO's instructions out of fear.
  Fortunately, this offender was immediately fired by the TSA. However, 
under this bill, H.R. 1140, if it passed, this predator could be on the 
Federal payroll for months or even years.
  But this is not an isolated incident. In addition to the sexual 
predator at LAX, in the last 5 years alone, a screener in Boston was 
caught luring teenage girls into posing for nude photos; a screener at 
LaGuardia molested a female college student in the airport bathroom; 
and two screeners in Denver plotted to grope attractive men.
  My amendment is simple. It would enhance aviation security and 
protect the flying public by preventing the TSA from hiring any 
candidate with a history of sexual misconduct, offenses involving 
minors, or terrorism.
  This amendment is identical to an amendment offered by my Democratic 
colleague, Ms. Underwood, which was not offered here today. The 
Underwood amendment was made in order by the Rules Committee. The rule 
was supported by every Democrat in the House.
  Republicans strongly support the Underwood amendment. We were 
disappointed we did not have an opportunity to vote on it earlier.
  The Underwood amendment preserves the authority TSA currently has to 
prevent the hiring of candidates with a history of sexual misconduct, 
offenses involving minors, or terrorism.
  The Underwood amendment is so important because current law bars a 
litany of criminals from working in sensitive roles at airports. The 
amendment simply ensures that current safeguards remain in place.
  There is no reason that someone with a conviction for sexual assault 
or terrorism should be a TSA employee. To be clear, the Underwood 
amendment, my amendment, would prevent the hiring of sexual predators 
like Harvey Weinstein.
  We have two options today: adopt the Underwood amendment and keep 
sexual predators off the Federal payroll, or reject it and reward 
sexual predators with a paycheck from the taxpayers.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support the motion to recommit, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to 
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, 47,000 Transportation Security officers 
just heard the comments of my colleague, Mrs. Lesko, and many of them 
we will see today as we cast our votes and fly home to our districts. I 
am sure many people on this House floor will say, ``Thank you for your 
service,'' to the 47,000 men and women who do the jobs to keep the 
flying public safe every day.
  The behavior that Mrs. Lesko cited from LAX, that is offensive to, I 
am sure, everyone in this room. But let me be clear: There is nothing 
in this bill that will allow the TSA to hire individuals who have been 
convicted of sex crimes or offenses against a minor, a crime of 
violence, or terrorism.
  And let me be clear. In the example, also, that she cited, there is 
nothing that would have precluded this person from being hired in the 
first place. The behavior took place after the person was hired.
  This is a red herring. We decided not to offer this amendment because 
it simply isn't necessary.
  TSA conducts rigorous background checks and will continue to do so.
  Now, let me say this: I was assigned to the Orlando International 
Airport as a police captain during 9/11, and I did not come today to 
play political games, and neither did the 242 cosponsors of this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, let me make this clear. A vote for this motion to 
recommit is a vote against the Transportation Security officers. They 
are the frontline

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workers who worked through a government shutdown, without being paid, 
to keep America safe. They are still showing up today, each of them 
interacting with thousands of passengers even as we face a public 
health crisis.
  Today, you have a choice: move this bill forward and provide TSOs the 
basic rights and benefits they deserve, or deny them those rights. It 
is just that simple.
  Mr. Speaker, today, we have a bipartisan solution that will allow us 
to ensure that the workforce gets the same compensation, benefits, and 
protections as are available to most other Federal employees. It is 
about time that the TSA Federal workforce be treated like Federal 
employees.
  This is the time not to just say, ``We appreciate you,'' but to show 
them how much we appreciate them.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this motion and in 
support of the bill on final passage.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute 
vote on passage of the bill, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 227, 
nays 175, not voting 27, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 89]

                               YEAS--227

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Axne
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cisneros
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Crow
     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     Delgado
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Frankel
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Golden
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Houlahan
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kim
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kuster (NH)
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Lipinski
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luria
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Porter
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Rouzer
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sherrill
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spanberger
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Torres Small (NM)
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wild
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                               NAYS--175

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amash
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Haaland
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Soto
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Vargas
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--27

     Cheney
     DelBene
     Green (TN)
     Grijalva
     Herrera Beutler
     Jayapal
     Johnson (TX)
     Kilmer
     Larsen (WA)
     Lawrence
     Lewis
     Marchant
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Ratcliffe
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Roy
     Schrier
     Scott, David
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Timmons
     Veasey
     Waters
     Wilson (FL)

                              {time}  1119

  Mr. COHEN changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. DEUTCH and Ms. FRANKEL changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the 
instructions of the House in the motion to recommit, I report the bill, 
H.R. 1140, back to the House with an amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Amendment offered by Mr. Thompson of Mississippi.

       Add at the end of section 4 the following:
       (c) Rule of Construction.--During the transition period and 
     after the conversion date, the Secretary shall ensure that 
     the Transportation Security Administration continues to 
     prevent the hiring of individuals who have been convicted of 
     a sex crime, an offense involving a minor, a crime of 
     violence, or terrorism.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  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.
  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230, 
nays 171, not voting 28, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 90]

                               YEAS--230

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Bacon
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar

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     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Joyce (OH)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Mast
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reed
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (NJ)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Yarmuth
     Young
     Zeldin

                               NAYS--171

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Murphy (NC)
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rouzer
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho

                             NOT VOTING--28

     Cheney
     DelBene
     Green (TN)
     Grijalva
     Herrera Beutler
     Jayapal
     Johnson (TX)
     Kilmer
     Larsen (WA)
     Lawrence
     Lewis
     Marchant
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Perry
     Ratcliffe
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Roy
     Schrier
     Scott, David
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Timmons
     Veasey
     Waters
     Wilson (FL)

                              {time}  1131

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, on March 5, 2020, I was 
not able to cast my votes during the vote series due to a family 
emergency. Had I been in attendance, I would have voted:
  1. YES on Amendment No. 7, Cisneros (D-CA)--Requires the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to prioritize the hiring of veterans and related 
preference eligible individuals, including disabled veterans and widows 
or widowers of veterans, for positions within the Transportation 
Security Administration;
  2. YES on Amendment No. 9, Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) [on behalf of 
Schrier (D-WA)]--Would ensure the Administrator of TSA in coordination 
with the Director of CDC and NIAID shall ensure that TSA employees are 
provided the proper guidance regarding prevention and protections 
against coronavirus, including guidance and resources;
  3. NO on Republican Motion to Recommit; and
  4. YES on Final Passage of H.R. 1140--Rights for Transportation 
Security Officers Act of 2020.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote due to extenuating 
circumstances. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 87, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 
89, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 90.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I was not present at votes on 
Thursday, March 5, as I was travelling back to Washington state to meet 
with coronavirus response leaders. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 87 (Cisneros Amendment), ``yea'' on Roll 
Call No. 88 (Mucarsel-Powell/Schrier Amendment), ``nay'' on Roll Call 
No. 89 (Motion to Recommit), and ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 90 (Final 
passage of H.R. 1140) because the bill strengthens workplace rights for 
Transportation Security Officers, improving job conditions, and 
enhancing the security of the traveling public.


                          personal explanation

  Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, from Monday, March 2, to Thursday, 
March 5, I was not able to make the recorded votes below. Had I been 
present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 90, ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 89, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
87, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 86, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 85, ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 84, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 83, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
82, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 81, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 80, and ``yea'' 
on rollcall No. 79.

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