[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H1051-H1056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 912, I call 
up the bill (H.R. 6617) making further continuing appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 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 912, the bill 
is considered read.

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  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6617

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Further Additional 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022''.

     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--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

                         DIVISION B--EXTENSIONS

Title I--Extensions
Title II--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--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

       Sec. 101.  The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 
     (division A of Public Law 117-43) is further amended--
       (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
     inserting ``March 11, 2022'';
       (2) in section 163, by striking ``$200,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$300,000,000''; and
       (3) by adding after section 163 the following new sections:
       ``Sec. 164.  Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts 
     made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense 
     for `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy' may be apportioned up 
     to the rate for operations necessary for `Columbia Class 
     Submarine (AP)' in an amount not to exceed $1,601,805,000.
       ``Sec. 165. (a) Notwithstanding sections 101 and 106 of 
     this Act, for the duration of fiscal year 2022, amounts made 
     available in fiscal year 2022 to the Department of Defense 
     under the heading `Operation and Maintenance', other than 
     amounts designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 
     4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, may be used 
     for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, in addition to 
     any other funds specifically made available for such 
     expenses, for purposes the Secretary of Defense or the 
     Secretary of the Navy, as appropriate, determines to be 
     proper with regard to the response to the disruption of the 
     water supply near the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, on 
     O'ahu, Hawaii, in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 127, in an amount 
     not to exceed $53,000,000:  Provided, That not later than 30 
     days after the date of enactment of the Further Additional 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 and every 30 days 
     thereafter through fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and Senate, setting forth all 
     categories and amounts of obligations and expenditures made 
     under the authority provided by this subsection.
       ``(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by this 
     Act, there is appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     $250,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2022, 
     for necessary expenses to address drinking water 
     contamination at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in 
     Hawaii, for the accounts and in the amounts specified:
       `` `Military Personnel, Army', $33,263,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2022;
       `` `Military Personnel, Navy', $91,327,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2022;
       `` `Military Personnel, Marine Corps', $5,206,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2022;
       `` `Military Personnel, Air Force', $27,564,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2022;
       `` `Operation and Maintenance, Army', $22,640,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2022; and
       `` `Operation and Maintenance, Navy', $70,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2022.
       ``(c) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by this 
     Act, there is appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     $100,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2022, 
     to remain available until expended, for transfer only to 
     accounts under the headings `Operation and Maintenance', 
     `Procurement', `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation', 
     and `Defense Working Capital Funds', for the Secretary of 
     Defense to conduct activities in compliance with the State of 
     Hawaii Department of Health Order 21-UST-EA-02, signed 
     December 6, 2021, related to the removal of fuel from and 
     improvement of infrastructure at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel 
     Storage Facility:  Provided, That the transfer authority 
     provided in this subsection is in addition to any other 
     transfer authority available to the Department of Defense:  
     Provided further, That amounts provided in this subsection 
     shall not be available for transfer, obligation, or 
     expenditure until the Secretary of Defense briefs the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate regarding the recommendations of the third-party 
     assessment of the operations and system integrity of the Red 
     Hill facility and the Department's own analysis regarding the 
     distribution of fuel reserves for operations in the Pacific 
     theater, as well as other activities recommended by the 
     third-party assessment or Departmental analysis:  Provided 
     further, That not less than 15 days prior to any transfer of 
     funds pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall notify the congressional defense committees of the 
     details of any such transfer:  Provided further, That not 
     later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Further 
     Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 and every 30 
     days thereafter through fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     setting forth all categories and amounts of obligations and 
     expenditures made under the authority provided by this 
     subsection.
       ``Sec. 166.  Amounts made available by section 101 to the 
     Department of the Interior under the heading `Working Capital 
     Fund' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
     necessary to implement enterprise cybersecurity 
     safeguards.''.
        This division may be cited as the ``Further Additional 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022''.

                         DIVISION B--EXTENSIONS

                          TITLE I--EXTENSIONS

     SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN 
                   APPOINTMENTS FOR NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL 
                   SYSTEM.

       Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300hh-11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ``February 
     18, 2022'' and inserting ``March 11, 2022''.

     SEC. 1102. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

       Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``February 18, 2022'' and inserting ``March 11, 
     2022''.

     SEC. 1103. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ORDER FOR FENTANYL-RELATED 
                   SUBSTANCES.

       Effective as if included in the enactment of the Temporary 
     Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of 
     Fentanyl Analogues Act (Public Law 116-114), section 2 of 
     such Act (as amended by Public Law 117-70) is amended by 
     striking ``February 18, 2022'' and inserting ``March 11, 
     2022''.

     SEC. 1104. EXTENDING INCREASED FMAP FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1905(ff)(3) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(ff)(3)) is amended by striking 
     ``February 18, 2022'' and inserting ``March 11, 2022''.
       (b) Reduction of Medicare Improvement Fund.--Section 
     1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$101,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$99,000,000''.

                      TITLE II--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

     SEC. 1201. 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;
       (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on 
     Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
       (3) 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. The bill shall be debatable for 1 hour 
equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
designees.
  The gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) and the gentlewoman 
from Texas (Ms. Granger) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.


                             General Leave

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam 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 Connecticut?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Further Additional 
Extending Government Funding Act, which continues funding for Federal 
programs and services through March 11. I would have preferred to come 
before the House to pass a fiscal 2022 omnibus, but I believe we are 
very close to an agreement and I am eager to move this process forward. 
I have every expectation

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that we can finalize a framework in short order and then work together 
to fill in the details and enact an omnibus.
  The American people deserve the certainty that comes with full-year 
funding bills. The transformative investments an omnibus provides will 
help create good-paying jobs and grow opportunity for the middle class. 
An omnibus will expand access to childcare, strengthen our public 
schools, make college more affordable, bolster job training, and help 
small businesses access the capital they need to thrive. And it will 
rebuild our public healthcare systems after the devastation of the 
pandemic.

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  An omnibus bill will confront the climate crisis by supporting 
environmental protection, land conservation, and clean energy 
development. It will protect our national security and restore 
America's place in the world.
  An omnibus is the only way to unlock the full potential of the 
transformative funding in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act, accelerating the rebuilding of our Nation's crumbling roads, 
bridges, water systems, and other critical transportation 
infrastructure.
  Of great importance to the people we represent, an omnibus would 
enact Community Project Funding that both Republicans and Democrats 
requested for their districts, with strong community support. From 
rebuilding local health and transportation infrastructure, helping 
veterans to find jobs, supporting small businesses, and expanding 
educational opportunities, these investments will revitalize our 
communities and strengthen them for years to come.
  Once we have a framework, I am confident that appropriators will work 
with great intensity to fill in the details so that we can enact an 
agreement that is worthy of the American people.
  To provide the time to get that done, the Further Additional 
Extending Government Funding Act continues government funding at 
current levels through March 11.
  This legislation is straightforward and includes minimal anomalies, 
the most notable of which is $350 million in direly needed new funding 
to address water contamination from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage 
Facility in Hawaii.
  No one wins from additional continuing resolutions, which is why, 
after we pass this extension, we will finalize an omnibus that will 
deliver for our Nation.
  Madam Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this legislation, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, today, I rise in support of H.R. 6617, a short-term 
continuing resolution through March 11.
  I am disappointed to be on the House floor today to speak on another 
CR and not a full-year appropriation bill. It was my hope that, by now, 
we would have finalized our work for fiscal year 2022. While 
conversations are ongoing, we need more time to complete our work.
  No one wants to have a CR, but the alternative is much worse. If we 
don't pass a CR by next week, we could have an unnecessary and costly 
government shutdown. I think both sides agree that would be disastrous, 
especially for our national security.
  This bill keeps the government open for another 3 weeks and ensures 
the continuation of basic Federal responsibilities, such as national 
defense, border security, and care for our veterans.
  The bill also includes defense-related anomalies that fund the on-
time development of Columbia-class submarines, DOD's top modernization 
priority; it provides flexibility to counter threats like Russia; it 
equips DOD to address the Navy's Red Hill fuel leak that displaced 
servicemembers and their families; and it continues development of 
critical cybersecurity systems.
  Madam Speaker, I am hopeful that this CR will give us time to work 
out our differences and pass bipartisan, full-year bills. We will not 
be able to achieve this goal unless we find consensus on spending 
levels and know that controversial policies have been dropped. I have 
been very clear about what House Republicans need to support a final 
product. We will not support partisan bills that include irresponsible 
spending increases or extreme policies.
  Madam Speaker, I urge support for the 3-week CR before us, and I look 
forward to the additional time to finish this year's appropriations 
process.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on 
Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I express sincere appreciation to our 
extremely able chair, Rosa DeLauro, for working so hard, along with our 
able ranking member, Kay Granger, on the bipartisan effort, the latest 
short-term continuing resolution before us.
  Congress holds a bipartisan responsibility to pass a full-year 
appropriations package, and I guarantee you if the people on this floor 
were the ones totally in charge, we would have done it.
  These appropriations bills deliver the services the American people 
need and deserve, everything from the defense of our Nation to funding 
vital health services and tending to our national parks.
  As chair of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, our 
fiscal year 2022 bill will continue the progress of the bipartisan jobs 
and infrastructure bill.
  The bill will invest in clean energy technology. It will bolster the 
Army Corps of Engineers' ability to protect our majestic rivers, lakes, 
and coastlines, and improve our dams and shipping lanes.
  What America makes, builds, and grows makes, builds, and grows 
America. These energy and water investments will create good-paying 
jobs for hardworking men and women across our land.
  Too many of these projects are languishing on the sidelines, waiting 
for these two bodies to do their job. We cannot meet America's 
objectives if we don't pass these appropriations bills.
  As we make progress on passing these bills, we have before us now a 
continuing resolution that will allow our Federal Government to 
continue operating until a final agreement is achieved. This is a must-
pass bill.
  I respectfully ask all of my colleagues to join us in supporting this 
necessary legislation and let us continue the work to build our country 
forward by investing in the American people who sent us here to do 
their work.
  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Price), the chairman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the 
continuing resolution before us. I am pleased we came to an agreement, 
but it is only a stopgap. A bicameral, bipartisan omnibus bill must be 
passed to fund government for the remainder of fiscal year 2022.
  Limping along from continuing resolution to continuing resolution 
keeps us from making necessary investments in critical programs, and it 
halts progress on new programs, including a number included within the 
bipartisan infrastructure law.
  The infrastructure initiative makes historic investments in roads, 
bridges, public transportation, broadband, and much more, but without a 
full-year bill, formula funding is going to be restricted to fiscal 
year 2021 levels, and our ability to transform our Nation's 
transportation infrastructure will be limited.
  For example, the newly created Carbon Reduction program and the 
PROTECT grant program to promote resilience can't be initiated. 
Restricting funding to fiscal year 2021 levels for some programs will 
delay contracts and grants.
  A full-year Transportation-HUD bill would update our aging 
transportation infrastructure, remedy inequities in housing and 
transportation, prevent evictions, and make our infrastructure more 
resilient to natural disasters and a changing climate.
  We also spent months, Madam Speaker, vetting hundreds of Community

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Project Funding requests in a bipartisan manner for well-designed 
housing, transportation, and economic development projects. Without 
completing the annual appropriations process, none of these investments 
will happen.
  Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of this CR today. I urge my colleagues 
to work together to meet Congress' most basic constitutional 
responsibility, funding our government and directing investments for 
the future. We must come to the table with a constructive path forward 
for fiscal year 2022 appropriations.
  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Pelosi), the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I thank the chair for her strong 
leadership in bringing the CR to the floor, but also for her relentless 
work in negotiating the omnibus, what this is all about.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the CR that will keep 
government open, meet the needs of the American people, and honor the 
values of our Nation.
  This short-term measure will ensure that we have the time we need to 
finalize negotiations on a strong, bipartisan omnibus to fund the 
government through the end of the year.
  As I commend the gracious madam chair, Rosa DeLauro, the chair of the 
Appropriations Committee, I want to also commend Ranking Member Granger 
for her leadership as well.
  This legislation extends government funding at current levels through 
March 11. To be clear, this bill keeps government open while making 
virtually no changes to existing funding policy. The CR does, however, 
include urgently needed emergency funding to help clean up contaminated 
drinking water leaking from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in 
Hawaii. In doing so, we deliver a crucial downpayment to help the Navy 
meet immediate needs and keep families safe.
  In order to advance our priorities for our country and our 
communities in the long term, Congress must enact an omnibus funding 
package.
  For families, a new full-year spending package means strengthening 
public schools, protecting clean air and clean water, improving public 
health, and ensuring food and consumer safety.
  For workers, it means creating new jobs and supporting small 
businesses.
  For our veterans, it means funding for benefits, reducing backlogs 
for veterans and their families seeking assistance, and meeting the 
needs of the VA's healthcare system.
  For our national security, it means support for our troops, 
improvements to defense readiness and modernization, the securing of 
our cyber infrastructure, and stronger leadership abroad.
  Now that President Biden has proudly signed our bipartisan 
infrastructure bill, it is essential that we enact an omnibus in order 
to unlock billions in more Federal dollars for infrastructure projects. 
While they were in the infrastructure bill, the money cannot be spent 
unless we pass the omnibus.
  This will help us rebuild our Nation while reinvigorating our middle 
class, creating millions of good-paying jobs improving roads and 
bridges, ports and airports, water systems, broadband, and more.
  As the preamble to our Constitution states: It is our duty as 
lawmakers to ``establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide 
for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the 
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.''
  Today, we uphold this sacred responsibility in the short term with 
this continuing resolution. With our omnibus legislation, which we hope 
to bring to the floor soon, we will take an important step to honor the 
vision of our Founders.
  Madam Speaker, I urge a strong bipartisan ``aye'' vote.
  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee 
on Defense.

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, it is unfortunate that we are here again 
today to pass another continuing resolution. I know that the 
appropriators on both sides of the aisle want to get a full fiscal year 
2022 omnibus done as soon as possible.
  Madam Speaker, I want to thank Chairwoman DeLauro for her tireless 
efforts to negotiate a bipartisan agreement with the Senate. We have to 
pass this CR today because America simply cannot afford a shutdown.
  A shutdown would have a disastrous impact on our continuing economic 
recovery. It would diminish our ability to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. 
And Europe is facing one of the greatest threats since the end of World 
War II. Our Federal Government should be sending a strong, unified 
message to Vladimir Putin that we stand united with our European 
allies.
  As chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, I want to 
highlight a critical life, health, and safety provision in this CR for 
our brothers and sisters in Hawaii. The fuel leak that occurred at the 
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii last November is nothing 
short of an environmental catastrophe, one that has impacted thousands 
of residents. This spill should have never happened. Congress will hold 
the Department of Defense accountable to make this right.
  Today, we provide an additional $350 million for the Department and 
the services to continue their efforts to address this crisis.

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  I want to thank my colleagues from Hawaii for leading on this issue, 
especially Representative Case, who also joins and serves with us on 
the Appropriations Committee. You will hear from him later, Madam 
Speaker.
  You have my commitment that our subcommittee will do everything we 
can to stay on top of this. The people in Hawaii impacted by the spill 
deserve clean drinking water. They deserve to know that their drinking 
water will be secure. It is just one more reason to support the CR 
today.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
vote ``yes.'' Let's keep the government open and get the full omnibus 
across the finish line.
  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), who is the chair of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut for yielding.
  Here we are again debating the most basic function of our democracy: 
funding our government. Yet, once again, here we are kicking the can a 
bit further down the road instead of passing a budget for a fiscal year 
that started 130 days ago.
  As chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies Subcommittee, I know that we need a full annual appropriations 
bill for military construction projects that are critical to our 
national security and to make the needed annual investments in 
veterans' healthcare and benefits.
  I have been in this Chamber many, many times when we came together 
for the good of the Nation, just like we recently did to pass the 
infrastructure bill that was bipartisan with at least some support from 
the other side of the aisle. We found common ground because 
infrastructure affects every corner of this great country. But the 
benefits of that landmark legislation cannot be fully realized until we 
enact the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
  Some States are even putting off projects until we appropriate 
funding from the full-year budget. The Federal Railroad Administration 
can't hire the staff it needs in order to implement the infrastructure 
bill. New programs to reduce carbon emissions and to protect roads and 
bridges against the effects of climate change will stall. All our 
communities in blue and red districts cannot access these new programs 
until we do our job and pass the full budget.
  Without full-year appropriations bills we risk upending the greatest 
year of job growth the Nation has ever seen. We risk knocking down 
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into our middle class. We risk our national security. We are close to a 
funding agreement thanks to our appropriations leadership. But we need 
time to finish that legislation in full. This continuing resolution 
gives us time to finish that vital work for the American people.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the CR, and I urge our 
colleagues in the entire House of Representatives to diligently work 
together to make sure we can bring this budget process in for a 
landing.
  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Hawaii (Mr. Case), who is a member of the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, as a proud member of the Appropriations 
Committee, I rise in strong support of this measure.
  I especially highlight section 165, directing $403 million in 
emergency funding to the Department of Defense's urgent response to 
contamination of the city of Honolulu's drinking water from fuel leaks 
from our military's Red Hill bulk fuel storage facility at Pearl 
Harbor.
  Red Hill is a 250-million-gallon, World War II-era facility located 
only 100 feet directly above the major aquifer providing drinking water 
to some 500,000 residents, of which some 100,000 are military families 
served by the Navy's water system and are drawing from this aquifer.
  Obviously, contamination of this aquifer from Red Hill fuel leaks 
would be catastrophic, most directly to general public health, but also 
to fundamental military readiness. And yet, that is exactly what 
happened last November when likely tens of thousands of gallons of fuel 
did leak from Red Hill into the aquifer and then through the Navy water 
system to thousands of homes, businesses, and military operations. 
People got sick, pets died, lives were disrupted, schools and 
businesses closed, and some 3,500, mainly military, families remain 
displaced. Overall public confidence in our military remains shattered.
  Since then, our military, with their partners in State and Federal 
Government, has focused immediately on remediating contamination, 
restoring safe drinking water, and returning families to their homes. 
Our military has expended hundreds of millions on these efforts to 
date, with hundreds of millions more imminent and billions eventually 
required to implement Red Hill alternatives.
  This measure's $403 million of emergency funding is critical to 
sustain the immediate effort to stabilize and defuel Red Hill, return 
our families to their homes, and restore public confidence in safe 
drinking water.
  I deeply appreciate the commitment of my chair and committee; our 
Senate counterparts; the administration; and my Hawaii colleague, 
Senator Schatz, to the inclusion of this critical emergency funding.
  Mahalo.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to 
close.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in voting in favor of 
this bill.
  I would now like to take some time to honor one of my committee 
staff, Dave Raser, who passed away suddenly on Saturday. At just 24 
years of age, he worked just as hard as anyone and did so with a heart 
of gratitude and service.

  Dave joined my staff as an intern in 2019 and did such a great job 
that he officially joined my staff in 2020. Next week, we would have 
celebrated his 2-year anniversary with the committee. He always had a 
smile on his face and a joyful spirit that uplifted everyone. He truly 
made a positive impact on everyone he interacted with.
  On behalf of Congress and the Appropriations Committee, I offer our 
sincerest condolences to his family, especially his sister, Emily, whom 
he greatly admired and cherished.
  Words cannot express how saddened we are at the loss of someone so 
young and so kind.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, first let me join Ranking Member Granger in expressing 
my condolences at the unexpected passing of Appropriations Committee 
staff member Dave Raser over the weekend.
  Not an hour ago--to my colleague and ranking member--I spoke with his 
father and expressed our condolences and our thoughts and prayers being 
with him and assured them that they are not alone and that they have a 
family here that mourns with them for the loss of Dave.
  The gentlewoman from Texas so aptly described him and the promise for 
his future.
  Our thoughts and our prayers are with him, with his family, with his 
sister, Emily, with whom, as my friend mentioned, he was very, very 
close, and his friends and his co-workers.
  Again, I join Ranking Member Granger's sadness at this great loss for 
our committee.
  Mr. Speaker, regarding the legislation before us, the American people 
need a government funding agreement to support working families, expand 
access to childcare, education, and job training. We need to be 
supporting small businesses. We need to rebuild our public health and 
transportation infrastructure, confront the climate crisis, provide 
care and benefits for our veterans, and protect our national security. 
That is what we need to be about.
  Let us pass this continuing resolution. Let us complete an omnibus 
and let us get the job done for the good people whom we represent.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this latest 
continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded through 
March 11, 2022. I commend my good friend, the gentlelady from 
Connecticut, Ms. Delaura, the Chair of the Appropriations Committee for 
her leadership in helping the House get its funding bills passed last 
year and her continued dogged efforts to reach an agreement to finalize 
FY 22 funding.
  I hope that this is the last CR that this chamber has to consider. 
The House passed funding bills provided critical increases for a range 
of education, health care, transportation, housing, funding for our 
veterans, and other priorities that cannot take effect under a CR.
  This includes priorities that I was pleased to work to secure 
including additional funding for the TRIO program which helps provides 
services to help students not only get to college, but graduate. Other 
priorities include programs such as WIC, McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Grants, and funding for school breakfast programs, among 
many other programs that this House was able to support in its FY 22 
bills.
  Additionally, enactment of the final FY 22 funding bills is crucial 
to unlocking programs and funding from the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act that passed Congress last fall with bipartisan support in 
both chambers.
  The House passed some great FY 22 funding bills that will help our 
communities, create jobs, and provided long overdue investments. I urge 
my colleagues in the Senate to work with us to get these bills over the 
line. And soon.
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with concern 
regarding our ongoing use of Continuing Resolutions.
  While this Continuing Resolution (CR) is necessary to keep the 
federal government open in the short term, CRs are an expensive and 
wasteful solution that we should not continue to rely on. Congress has 
a constitutional responsibility to ensure that our government serves 
the American people effectively. Short term funding resolutions 
hamstring federal agencies and our national defense by freezing their 
ability to award grants, sign contracts, and do any long-term planning.
  The House of Representatives completed consideration of a majority of 
our full year appropriations bills months ago. The refusal of some to 
come to the table and do the hard work of legislating has created the 
need for these short-term bills to avert a shutdown.
  While I am pleased that this CR includes additional funds to keep the 
critically important Columbia Class Submarine program on track, we 
should not need to rely on small carveouts to ensure funding for 
important defense programs that have already been authorized by 
Congress. Other critical programs, such as those that ensure children 
are fed, the elderly can afford their heating bills, and everyone can 
file their tax returns, are also stymied by short-term funding.
  I urge my colleagues to pass full year appropriations expeditiously 
and work together to ensure that we can complete the Fiscal Year 2023 
appropriations process on time before September 30, 2022.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Courtney). All time for debate has 
expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 912, the previous question is ordered on 
the bill.

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  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 SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings are postponed.

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