[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:  17 public bills, H.R. 8415-
8431; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 91; H. Con. Res. 101; and H. Res. 
1233-1234 were introduced.                               
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 1232, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8294) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 8373) to protect a person's ability to 
access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a 
health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, 
contraception, and information related to contraception; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 8404) to repeal the Defense of Marriage 
Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other 
purposes; and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-420).         
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Jackson Lee to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Respect for Marriage Act: The House passed H.R. 8404, to repeal the 
Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of 
marriage, by a yea-and-nay vote of 267 yeas to 157 nays, Roll No. 373. 
                                                  Pages H6719-28, H6859
  H. Res. 1232, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
8294), (H.R. 8373), and (H.R. 8404) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 219 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 366, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 365. 
Pursuant to section 10 of H. Res. 1232, House Resolution 1230 was 
hereby adopted.                                          
Pages H6711-19
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2023: The House considered H.R. 8294, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2023. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, July 
20th.                                                 
  Pages H6733-H6859
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-55 shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 
                                                      Pages H6741-H6836
Agreed to:
  DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Allred (No. 2) that 
increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 to express the intent that 
the Secretary of Transportation shall waive repayment of any Federal-
aid highway funds expended on the construction of high occupancy 
vehicle lanes constructed on US 75 in Dallas County and Collin County, 
if the State of Texas presents the Secretary with its determination 
that such high occupancy vehicle lanes are not in the public interest; 
Carter (LA) (No. 4) that increases and decreases funding by $3 billion 
with the intent to provide Community Development Block Grant Disaster 
Recovery (CDBG-DR) disaster assistance to cover unmet needs for the 
State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Ida in 2021; Castor (FL) (No. 5) 
that increases and decreases funding for FAA Facilities and Equipment 
by $115,000,000 to highlight the need for funding to replace outdated 
Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) across the country and to encourage 
the FAA to provide a report to Congress detailing the process by which 
ATCTs are chosen for replacement, including a list of criteria and 
relative importance of each criteria that FAA uses for these choices; 
DeSaulnier (No. 8) that increases funding for the Section 4 Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing program by $2 
million; offset by reducing the HUD Information Technology Fund 
account; Kahele (No. 26) that prohibits funding for the new foreign air 
carrier permits that are not in compliance with public interest 
standards; Panetta (No. 33) that provides $2 million for grants to 
eligible entities to carry out activities to benefit pollinators on 
roadsides and highway right-of-ways under section 11528 of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 332.); offset from 
the Highway Infrastructure Programs account; Pfluger (No. 34) that 
increases and decreases the Federal Aviation Administration account by 
$1,000,000 with the intent of requiring a report within one year on the 
infrastructure needs at spaceports located in rural communities; 
Sherrill (No. 36) that increases and decreases funding for the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot 
Program by $10 million to highlight the need for apprenticeship and 
workforce training funding for critical supply chain sectors currently 
facing workforce shortages, such as the trucking industry; Sherrill 
(No. 37) that increases and decreases by

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$5,000,000 to the U.S. Interagency Council for Homelessness with the 
intent to support increased outreach for vouchers/housing assistance 
provided through the McKinney-VASH program to maximize utilization; 
Baird (No. 40) that transfers $8 million to FDA's Center for Veterinary 
Medicine from the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the 
Office of Food Policy Response, the Office of Operations, and the 
Office of the Chief Scientist with the intent of improving the review 
and approval of animal food ingredients, and to develop solutions on 
how ingredient claims benefiting animal production, animal wellbeing, 
food safety, and the environment can be regulated as animal food; 
Bergman (No. 42) that increases and decreases funding for the Foreign 
Agriculture Service by $1 million with the intent of fully implementing 
``Buy American'' programs that develop markets for U.S. producers 
overseas, including through the Market Access Program and the Emerging 
Markets Program; Jackson Lee (No. 46) that transfers $2 million to the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture from the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer for the purpose of promoting innovation through 
payments to agricultural experiment stations, cooperative forestry and 
other research, facilities, and related expenses; Jackson Lee (No. 47) 
that provides that none of the funds made available for the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may be used to violate 
section 107(b) of division A of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act; Jacobs (CA) (No. 48) that Transfers $3 million to the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Program from the Office of the 
Chief Administrative Officer for the purpose of supporting equipment 
grants to help schools serve healthier meals; Kuster (No. 49) that 
transfers $700,000 to Rural Cooperative Development Grants from the 
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities Account to increase funding for 
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for 
rural areas program; Larsen (WA) (No. 50) that increases and decreases 
funding for the Research and Education Activities by $10 million to 
highlight the importance of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative in 
addressing the needs of the specialty crop industry through research 
and extension activities; Neguse (No. 52) that transfers $1 million to 
the Conservation Operations account from the Office of Hearing and 
Appeals to provide additional funding for soil, water, and conservation 
programs; Panetta (No. 56) that increases and decreases funds by $3 
million to emphasize the importance of FDA hiring additional staff to 
support the issuance of guidance for industry on foods derived from 
plants produced using genome editing and to modernize and improve the 
timelines and predictability of the Plant Biotechnology Consultation 
Program under FDA's 1992 Statement of Policy--Foods Derived from New 
Plant Varieties; Pfluger (No. 57) that increases and decreases funding 
for the Office of the Secretary by $1,000,000 to highlight the need for 
a required report to review any companies owned, directed, controlled, 
financed, or influenced directly or indirectly by the Government of the 
People's Republic of China, the CCP, or the Chinese military that have 
received funding, grants, or participated in any federal program 
related to agriculture production, harvesting, or agriculture related 
research and development; Schrier (No. 59) that transfers $2 million 
from Rural Development Salaries and Expenses to Agricultural Programs-
Research, Education, and Economics--National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture for agricultural research infrastructure as authorized 
through the Research Facilities Act (RFA) to support land-grant 
universities and non-land-grant colleges of agriculture for facility 
construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or 
remodeling; Spanberger (No. 60) that transfers $2 million from the 
Office of Hearings and Appeals to the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service for conservation operations and conservation technical 
assistance for farmers at the NRCS; Spanberger (No. 61) that transfers 
$3 million from the Office of Hearings and Appeals fund to the Food and 
Nutrition Services Child Nutrition Programs account to fund the Farm to 
School Program; Stauber (No. 64) that transfers funds from the Building 
and Facilities account to Rural Utilities Service Circuit Rider Program 
to allow traveling technical assistance for rural wastewater treatment 
professionals; Steil (No. 65) that transfers $5 million to the Center 
for Drug Evaluation and Research from the Office of the Commissioner of 
Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of 
Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist to combat the illicit 
importation of opioids, including fentanyl, through international mail 
facilities and land ports-of entry; Beyer (No. 69) that increases and 
decreases by $234,678,000 funding for the Office of Science to express 
support for the authorized level of the Fusion Energy Sciences program; 
DeSaulnier (No. 74) that increases the operation and maintenance 
account by $3 million to fund the Harmful Algal Bloom Demonstration 
Program and reduces funding from the expenses account by the same 
amount; Escobar (No. 75) that increases and decreases funds in the 
Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program by $8 million to emphasize the 
importance of supporting economic opportunities for Tribal communities 
through energy development projects; Graves (LA) (No. 76) that 
increases and decreases by $1 million the Army Corps of Engineers' 
Construction account, with the intent

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of requiring the Corps to complete the Comite Diversion Canal within 
one year of enactment; Graves (LA) (No. 77) that increases and 
decreases by $1 million the Army Corps of Engineers' Construction 
account, with the intent of requiring the Corps to complete the Five 
Bayous Project (also known as the East Baton Rouge Flood Risk Reduction 
Project) within two years of enactment; Moore (UT) (No. 81) that 
increases and decreases funding by $4 million for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to support calling up 
funding for implementation of the MAPLand Act as enacted on April 29, 
2022; and Trahan (No. 96) that increases and decreases funding for the 
Office of Science by $20,000,000 to draw attention to the need to 
accelerate the implementation of the milestone-based fusion development 
program (by a yea-and-nay vote of 336 yeas to 90 nays, Roll No. 368); 
                                                  Pages H6840-42, H6855
  DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Auchincloss (No. 3) 
that increases and decreases funding by $15 million for DOT's Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology to emphasize the 
importance of establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency--
Infrastructure, as authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act; Cohen (No. 6) that increases and decreases funding by $1 million 
in the staff offices line within the FAA Operations account to express 
the intent that there be a moratorium on the further shrinkage of seat 
sizes and passenger space until the FAA publishes a final rule for 
minimum seat size standards as mandated by the 2018 FAA Reauthorization 
Act; Danny K. Davis (IL) (No. 7) that increases and decreases funding 
the Research, Engineering, and Development program by $10 million to 
highlight the need to increase funding for the Aviation Workforce 
Development Grants to improve diversity of aircraft pilots and aviation 
maintenance workers, including by working with HBCUs, TCUs and Minority 
Serving Institutions; Escobar (No. 9) that increases and decreases the 
Office of the Secretary by $1,000,000 to encourage the Department of 
Transportation to conduct a study on the potential benefits of public 
transit between binational communities; Escobar (No. 10) that increases 
and decreases funding for the Community Development Fund by $1,000,000 
to encourage the Department to establish a Colonia Ombudsman Office; 
Escobar (No. 11) that increases funding for the National Infrastructure 
Investments account by $2,000,000 and decreases the Office of the 
Secretary by $2,000,000 to ensure RAISE Grant funding is available for 
projects at or immediately surrounding land ports of entry; Escobar 
(No. 12) that increases and decreases by $105,800,000 for the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity to emphasize the important role it 
has in eliminating housing discrimination and promoting economic 
opportunity in economically disadvantaged communities; Jackson Lee (No. 
19) that increases and decreases HUD's Office of Inspector General 
account by $1,000,000 with the intent to support the OIG's oversight of 
the Texas General Land Office to track the accounting of Emergency 
Supplemental Disaster Appropriations for Hurricane Harvey Mitigation 
and Recovery that Congress approved for the 2017 disaster; Jackson Lee 
(No. 20) that provides an increase of $1,000,000 in assistance to 
historically disadvantaged communities or areas impacted by persistent 
poverty; Jackson Lee (No. 22) that increases and decreases by $1 
million the Federal Rail Administration Safety and Operation's account 
to emphasize the need to provide dedicated funding to address community 
engagement on safety issues related railroad crossings in urban areas; 
Jackson Lee (No. 23) that prohibits the Department of Transportation 
from using funds for Section 106 Transportation construction projects 
in urban areas that have not been determined to meet the statutory and 
fiduciary obligations of the National Historic Preservation Act; 
Jayapal (No. 24) that increases and decreases Homeless Assistance 
Grants by $3,604,000,000 to prioritize use of funds that follow 
``Housing First'' principles to promote housing stability; Jones (NY) 
(No. 25) that increases and decreases funding for administrative 
expenses under the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program by 
$1,000,000 with the intent to allow for the use of Housing Choice 
Voucher Housing Assistance Payments for security deposits and holding 
fees; Larsen (WA) (No. 27) that increases and reduces funding for the 
Research, Engineering and Development account at FAA by $1 million to 
make clear the need for investment in the Continuous Lower Energy, 
Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program and other programs to reduce the 
carbon emissions from aviation; Levin (MI) (No. 28) that increases and 
decreases by $12.5 million the $5 billion Public Housing Operating Fund 
for Tenant Participation Activities to emphasize the need to increase 
funding for tenant organizing, the funding for which has not kept pace 
with inflation or been updated since 2001; Levin (MI) (No. 29) that 
increases and decreases funding by $1,000,000 for RAISE (formerly 
BUILD) grants to emphasize the prioritization of grant funding towards 
green infrastructure projects that will decarbonize and electrify the 
U.S. ground transportation sector while improving local roads, bridges 
and rail; Manning (No. 30) that increases and decreases funding for 
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research by $1,000,000 with the 
intent

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to conduct a nationwide study of the impact of large companies and 
Government-sponsored Enterprises on the supply of single-family 
affordable housing units; Omar (No. 32) that Increases and decreases by 
$1,000,000 funds at HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research 
with the intent for them to work with the IRS to assess the reporting 
mechanisms of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program in order to 
evaluate the long-term economic outcomes of tenants and communities 
affected by LIHTC developments; Pressley (No. 35) that increases and 
decreases funding for FTA's Transit Formula Grants by $1,000,000 with 
the intent to conduct a study on fare free transit's impact on people 
with disabilities; Waters (No. 39) that increases and decreases funding 
for several HUD programs, including public housing, Housing Choice 
Vouchers, the Section 202 program, the Section 811 program, the HOME 
Investment Partnerships program, and the Community Development Block 
Grant program; Bera (No. 41) that increases and decreases Agriculture 
Research Service by $1.5 million with the intent of increasing funding 
for alternative protein research; Escobar (No. 43) that increases and 
decreases funding by $10,045,000 from the Rural Energy for America 
Program to emphasize the need for guaranteed loans and grant funding 
for renewable energy systems to make energy-efficient improvements; 
Houlahan (No. 45) that transfers $15 million to the Cooperative Service 
Rural Business Program Account from the Office of the Chief Economist 
and the Building and Facilities account to support the domestic infant 
formula manufacturing base; Moore (WI) (No. 51) that transfers funds 
from the Office of Hearings and Appeals to the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services to increase 
funding for the school breakfast program by $2 million; Omar (No. 54) 
that increases and decreases the Food and Nutrition Services Child 
Nutrition Programs by $1 million to emphasize the importance of year-
round access to school meals and prohibits the stigmatization of 
children who are unable to pay for school meals; Omar (No. 55) that 
increases and decreases the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
by $5 million to emphasize the importance of providing educational 
information in various languages regarding the use of SNAP benefits 
online; Plaskett (No. 58) that provides $10 million for the micro-
grants for food security program; Spanberger (No. 62) that increases 
and decreases Food and Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses fund 
to emphasize the importance of finalizing the 2010 Proposed Rulemaking 
``Direct-to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements; Presentation of 
the Major Statement in Television and Radio Advertising in a Clear, 
Conspicuous, and Neutral Manner'' as required by the Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 2007, which would improve regulation 
of pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer television ads; Spanberger (No. 
63) that transfers $1 million from the Buildings and Facilities account 
to Marketing and Services for the Packers and Stockyards Division to 
hire attorneys and staff with a background in legal investigations in 
order to enforce the Packers and Stockyards Act; Velazquez (No. 66) 
that increases funding for the Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto 
Rico by $1 billion; Auchincloss (No. 67) that increases and decreases 
funding by $2 million Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to 
emphasize the importance of workforce training for the offshore wind 
industry; Auchincloss (No. 68) that increases funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $5 million to highlight the need to 
establish a Milestone-Based Development Program, which would create 
public private partnerships where federal funds will be available to 
private geothermal energy companies through milestone-based funding, 
similar to the Milestone-Based Development Program for fusion energy; 
decreases funding for departmental administration by $5 million; Bush 
(No. 70) that increases the Defense Production Act Domestic Clean 
Energy Accelerator by $5 million and reduces Departmental 
Administration by $5 million; Bush (No. 71) that increases the Office 
of Science by $500,000 to support a study of the impacts of low-level 
radiation on human health and the environment and reduces Departmental 
Administration by $500,000; Bush (No. 72) that transfers $5 million 
from the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy; Castor (FL) (No. 73) that adds and subtracts $30 
million from the DOE Office of Electricity in support of more robust 
funding for DOE to provide technical assistance to states for 
transmission planning to help create jobs, increase grid resilience, 
and expand access to affordable and abundant wind, solar, and other 
clean energy; Matsui (No. 80) that increases funding of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs by $3,000,000 for 
programs that reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from our 
nation's transportation sector; specifically, to support the Vehicle 
Technologies Office the Super Truck III initiative and the Clean Cities 
Program; Neguse (No. 82) that increases the Water and Related Resources 
account by $2 million and decreases the Policy and Administration 
Account by the same amount, with the intent of the increase being 
allocated to the WaterSMART program to support communities experiencing 
ongoing drought conditions; Omar (No. 84) that increases and decreases 
the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management account by $1 million to

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emphasize the importance of conducting a comprehensive study and 
consideration of the climate change and environmental justice impacts 
of proposed fossil fuel energy and pipeline projects; Omar (No. 85) 
that clarifies that the Department of Energy's Section 1703 Loan 
Program is providing loans only to clean energy projects that avoid, 
reduce, or sequester air pollutants or human-caused emissions of 
greenhouse gases; Peters (No. 86) that adds and subtracts $30.5 million 
from the DOE Office of Electricity in support of more robust funding 
for the Grid Deployment Office which is integral to modernizing the 
nation's high voltage electric transmission lines, improving grid 
resiliency, creating good-paying energy jobs, and deploying cheaper, 
cleaner electricity across the country; Phillips (No. 89) that revised 
increases and decreases the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
account by $1,000,000 with the intent to reflect that the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission's authority already includes combating 
climate change and lowering carbon emissions; Scanlon (No. 93) that 
increases and decreases by $1 the Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy account to urge the Department of Energy to dedicate no fewer 
than $5 million for research, development, and demonstration of 
appropriate measurement, reporting and, verification (MRV) systems for 
hydrogen leakage, as well as hydrogen leak detection and repair (LDAR) 
programs; Sherrill (No. 94) that increases and decreases funding by 
$5,000,000 for the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy to emphasize the importance of the Secretary of 
Energy studying the impacts of inflation, including regional 
differences in the cost of living, on the implementation and awarding 
of weatherization grants and identifying opportunities to mitigate such 
regional inflationary impacts; and Speier (No. 95) that increases 
funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $3 million to 
support research and development on battery and electrification 
technologies, including means to reduce electric battery cell cost, 
eliminate dependence on rare earths, and mitigate battery supply chain 
risks; decreases funding for departmental administration by $3 million 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 369); and 
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  DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 6 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Auchincloss (No. 98) 
that increases and decreases the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund by $1 million to emphasize the importance of new 
CDFIs to assist underserved communities; Beatty (No. 99) that increases 
and decreases $20 from the Department of Treasury with the intent to 
instruct the public release of a design for $20 Federal Notes that 
prominently feature the abolitionist, Harriet Tubman; Carson (IN) (No. 
101) that increases and decreases the Treasury Salaries and Expenses 
account by $500,000 to encourage Treasury to work with the Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau to study the best models for financial 
literacy programming and assist schools, nonprofits, and localities in 
developing their own financial literacy programs for young people and 
families; Castor (FL) (No. 102) that increases the amount for Special 
Emphasis Programs by $20 million in support of more robust funding for 
GSA to reduce energy and water consumption and to enhance the 
resilience of Federal facilities; decreases the amount for rental of 
space by $20 million; Escobar (No. 108) that increases the Economic 
Mobility Corps Program by $2 million to continue to provide financial 
literacy programs to individuals with disabilities and populations in 
high-poverty areas; decreases the GSA Federal Building fund rental 
account by $2 million; Gottheimer (No. 114) that increases funding by 
$1 million for the Department of the Treasury to support efforts to 
study the potential interaction between central bank digital currencies 
and privately issued stablecoins and ways to ensure the US dollar 
remains the reserve currency as the use of digital currencies increases 
around the globe; Houlahan (No. 119) that increases and decreases 
funding for the Growth Accelerators Program under SBA's Entrepreneurial 
Development Programs by $5 million with the intent of meeting the 
President's Budget Request; Jayapal (No. 121) that increases and 
decreases the salaries and expenses account for the Public Buildings 
Reform Board by $4,000,000 to encourage maximize readiness to implement 
the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 and convene regular 
meetings; Levin (MI) (No. 124) that increases and decreases funding for 
the Election Assistance Commission to emphasize the need that allocated 
funds go to help states pay for election worker wages in order to 
increase the number of poll workers and improve the administration of 
elections; Morelle (No. 126) that increases and decreases funding for 
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) account by $5 million to encourage 
the FTC to continue using its existing authority to protect the 
consumer's right to repair and ensure that companies who engage in the 
anti-competitive conduct of limiting repairs by consumers are held 
accountable; Morelle (No. 127) that increases and decreases funding for 
the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Building Fund by $1 
million to encourage the GSA to integrate the procurement of 
remanufactured products into its sustainability initiatives and develop 
enforceable measures to prioritize the procurement of remanufactured 
products; Omar (No. 129) that increases and decreases the Treasury

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Salaries and Expenses account by $1,000,000 to encourage Treasury to 
work with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to study the rise of 
charge-off rates and help consumers resolve mistaken or longstanding 
negative information on credit reports; Omar (No. 130) that increases 
and decreases the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network salaries and 
expenses account by $1,000,000 to encourage addressing de-risking and 
banking access issues faced by Muslim Americans and immigrant 
communities; Quigley (No. 132) that provides that none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be used in contravention of Executive 
Order 14076; Waters (No. 138) that increases and decrease funding for 
the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund by 
$336,420,000; Auchincloss (No. 140) that increases and decreases 
funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by $2,000,000 to 
emphasize the importance of conducting Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl 
Substances-related research in accordance with the EPA's new acceptable 
exposure limits; Castor (FL) (No. 144) that adds and subtracts $80 
million from the EPA Environmental Programs and Management, in support 
of more robust funding for the voluntary EPA ENERGY STAR program, which 
helps consumers and businesses identify energy-efficient products; 
Escobar (No. 146) that increases and decreases funds by $74,362,000 for 
the State and Tribal Wildlife Grant Programs to highlight the 
importance of research, surveys, and species and habitat management; 
Jackson Lee (No. 154) that increases and decreases funding for EPA 
Environmental Programs and Management by $5 million to highlight the 
need to support culturally competent federal, state, and local public 
health and environmental protection efforts to address cancer clusters 
impacting overburdened communities in the gulf coast region; Omar (No. 
162) that increases and decreases funds for the Bureau of Land 
Management by $1 million to emphasize the importance of honoring 
treaties and conducting true and meaningful government-to-government 
consultation with Native Nations, Tribes, and Indigenous communities; 
Rice (NY) (No. 165) that transfers $1 million from the DOI Office of 
the Secretary's Departmental Operations budget to the Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management intended for the Office of Renewable Energy Programs 
for the purpose of supporting wind energy development; Ross (No. 166) 
that prohibits the use of funds to enforce the withdrawal of certain 
areas of the outer continental shelf from offshore wind leasing 
activities off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 
and Florida; Scott (GA) (No. 169) that increases and decreases funding 
for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants Account by $1 million to 
highlight the need for increased air quality monitoring in urban 
communities; Sherrill (No. 170) that increases and decreases funding by 
$15,000,000 for the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental 
Programs and Management account to emphasize the authority of the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to, with the 
consent of parties to an environmental enforcement action, reduce or 
compromise penalties assessed in exchange for the defendant or 
respondent party or parties funding environmentally beneficial projects 
that address environmental or public health hazards of a similar nature 
to those underlying the violations for which penalties were assessed; 
Tlaib (No. 171) that increases and decreases DWSRF funding by 
$1,000,000 related to grants made available by Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund; Auchincloss 
(No. 173) that increases and decreases funding for the Veterans 
Electronic Health Record system by $5 million to emphasize the 
importance of updating and maintaining the system; Escobar (No. 176) 
that increases and decrease by $997,425,000 the Military Construction, 
Army account with the intent to express the need for more investments 
in large Mobilization Force Generation Installations, such as Fort 
Bliss in El Paso, Texas, to maintain and improve the Department's 
capability to rapidly and efficiently mobilize forces and resources, 
conduct training operations, and meet other readiness needs; Escobar 
(No. 177) that increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Affairs 
Construction, Major Projects account to highlight the need for the VA 
to include a new Sterile Processing Service unit in their budget for 
the new El Paso VA health center; Escobar (No. 178) that increases and 
decreases funding for the Veterans Benefits Administration, General 
Operating Expenses account to emphasize the need for the Department to 
include food security screening questions in the Solid Start program to 
ensure new veterans are being connected to appropriate nutrition 
resources; and Norton (No. 185) that increases and decreases funding by 
$1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support 
to law school clinical programs that assist veterans with legal matters 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 372). 
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Rejected:
  DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Allen (No. 1) that 
sought to reduce amounts made available by this Act by 5 percent;

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Hern (No. 18) that sought to reduce the Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations budget by 26%: 
Norman (No. 31) that sought to cut Division A spending by 5 percent; 
Hern (No. 44) that sought to reduce funding for Division B by 22%; 
Norman (No. 53) that sought to reduce funding for Division B by 5%; 
Hern (No. 79) that sought to reduce all funding provided in Division C 
by 24 percent, other than those defined as ``security category''; 
Norman (No. 83) that sought to cut Division C funding by 5 percent; 
Allen (No. 97) that sought to reduce the Financial Services and General 
Government appropriations budget by 5%; Hern (No. 118) that sought to 
reduce all funding provided in Division D by 22 percent, other than 
those defined as ``security category''; Norman (No. 128) that sought to 
reduce Division D funding by 5 percent; Allen (No. 139) that sought to 
reduce funding provided in Division E by 5 percent; Hern (No. 151) that 
sought to reduce funding provided in Division E by 22 percent; and 
Norman (No. 160) that sought to cut Division E funding by 5 percent (by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 199 yeas to 229 nays, Roll No. 367); 
                                               Pages H6837-40, H6854-55
  DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 4 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Good (No. 13) that 
sought to ensure that no funds are used to implement, administer, or 
enforce the Davis-Bacon Act; and Good (No. 179) that sought to ensure 
that no funds are used to implement, administer, or enforce the Davis-
Bacon Act (by a yea-and-nay vote of 165 yeas to 264 nays, Roll No. 
370); and                                      
Pages H6845-47, H6856-57
  DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 5 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Good (No. 14) that 
sought to strike $11,000,000 to purchase electric vehicles; Good (No. 
15) that sought to strike $75,000,000 to the ``climate resilience'' of 
public housing; Grothman (No. 16) that sought to prohibit funding for 
the DOT's Equity Action Plan; Grothman (No. 17) that sought to decrease 
funding for the Community Development Block Grant by $300,000,000; 
Taylor (No. 38) that sought to increase and decrease the Federal-Aid 
Highways account funding by $1 million with intent to direct the 
Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the effectiveness of 
transportation projects; Grothman (No. 78) that sought to prohibit 
funds from being used to fund the Office of Economic Impact and 
Diversity of the Department of Energy; Pfluger (No. 87) that sought to 
prohibit funds from being used to implement or enforce Executive Order 
14008, entitled ``Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad''; 
Pfluger (No. 88) that sought to strike all funding for the Defense 
Production Act Domestic Clean Energy Accelerator; Roy (No. 90) that 
sought to defund the Department of Energy's Office of Economic Impact 
and Diversity; Roy (No. 91) that sought to strike funding for the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy; Roy (No. 92) that sought to 
strike all funding for the Defense Production Act Domestics Clean 
Energy Accelerator; Budd (No. 100) that sought to prohibit funding to 
implement Executive Order 14019; Clyde (No. 103) that sought to 
prohibit funds made available by this Act may be used to promulgate, 
implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 14076, titled 
``Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services,'' signed by 
President Biden on July 8, 2022; Davidson (No. 105) that sought to 
prohibit funds from being used to amend Investment Advisor and 
Investment Company disclosure forms so that no environmental, social, 
and governance disclosures would be required from such entities; Fallon 
(No. 109) that sought to prevent the establishment of Treasury-back 
Green Bonds; Fallon (No. 110) that sought to strike funding for the 
Electric Vehicle Fund account; Fitzgerald (No. 111) that sought to 
prohibit funds being made available to the FTC from being used to 
promulgate any rule defining or describing unfair methods of 
competition for purposes of the Federal Trade Commission Act; Gooden 
(No. 112) that sought to strike the section creating a Commission on 
Federal Naming and Displays; Grothman (No. 117) that sought to strike 
the provision related to the Commission on Federal Naming and Displays; 
Huizenga (No. 120) that sought to increase and decrease funding for the 
Securities and Exchange Commission by $83 million to highlight the 
importance of economic and cost-benefit analysis by the Division of 
Economic and Risk Analysis for proposed rulemaking; Joyce (No. 122) 
that sought to prohibit the use of funds for finalizing, implementing, 
or enforcing the SEC rule titled, ``The Enhancement and Standardization 
of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.''; Pfluger (No. 131) that 
sought to strike funding for electric vehicle purchases by the United 
States Postal Service; Rose (No. 133) that sought to prohibit the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from implementing provisions 
of its rulemaking on ``the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-
related Disclosures for Investors'' that would require the disclosure 
of Scope 3 emissions; Roy (No. 134) that sought to prevent funding for 
the implementation of President Biden's Executive Order 13985, relating 
to Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities 
Through the Federal Government; Roy (No. 135) that sought to eliminate 
funding for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Burgess (No. 
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the Environmental Protection Agency from using the special pay 
authority in subsection (f) or (g) of section 207 of the Public Health 
Service Act to hire new employees or transition existing employees; 
Duncan (No. 145) that sought to strike the prohibition on the use of 
funds to issue a permit for the import of a sport-hunted elephant or 
lion trophy taken from Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania; Gooden (No. 147) 
that sought to prohibit funds from being used for environmental justice 
activities; Grothman (No. 148) that sought to reduce the National 
Foundation on the Arts and Humanities (National Endowment for the Arts 
and National Endowment for the Humanities) total from $414,000,000 to 
$299,697,000; Grothman (No. 149) that sought to reduce funding for 
Smithsonian Institution Salaries and Expenses by $311,153,000; Grothman 
(No. 150) that sought to reduce EPA Environmental Programs and 
Management, under which funds are available for environmental justice 
implementation and training grants, by $294,938,000; Miller (No. 157) 
that sought to strike the proviso allowing EPA Environmental Programs 
and Management funds to be used for environmental justice 
implementation and training grants; Pfluger (No. 163) that sought to 
prohibit funds from being used to implement Executive Order 14008, 
entitled ``Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.''; Roy (No. 
167) that sought to prohibit Bureau of Ocean Energy Management funds 
from being used for renewable energy programs and reduces BOEM--Ocean 
Energy Management funds by $51,675,000; Roy (No. 168) that sought to 
prohibit Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) funds from being used for 
Tribal climate resilience programs and reduce BIA--Operation of Indian 
Programs funds by $59,859,000; and Budd (No. 175) that sought to 
prohibit funding to implement Executive Order 14019 entitled 
``Promoting Access to Voting.'' (by a yea-and-nay vote of 197 yeas to 
230 nays, Roll No. 371).                       
Pages H6847-49, H6857-58
  H. Res. 1232, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
8294), (H.R. 8373), and (H.R. 8404) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 219 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 366, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 365. 
Pursuant to section 10 of H. Res. 1232, House Resolution 1230 was 
hereby adopted.                                          
Pages H6711-19
Suspending the Rules and passing bills en bloc: Pursuant to section 9 
of H. Res. 1232, Representative DeLauro made a motion to suspend the 
rules and pass the following bills en bloc, and therefore the ordering 
of the yeas and nays on postponed motions would be vacated to the end 
that all such motions would be considered as withdrawn: H.R. 1286, as 
amended; H.R. 2024, as amended; H.R. 3222, as amended; H.R. 6337, as 
amended; and H.R. 7002, which was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 
365 yeas to 57 nays, Roll No. 374.             
  Pages H6728-33, H6860-65
  Agreed to amend the title of H.R. 1286 as follows: ``To establish the 
Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, and for 
other purposes.''.                                           
Page H6865
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Monday, July 18th.
  Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act: S. 144, to 
authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to 
facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, 
California, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 379 yeas to 41 nays, Roll 
No. 375;                                                 
  Pages H6865-66
  Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Act: H.R. 4404, amended, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
Kissimmee River in the State of Florida as a component of the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 377 yeas to 45 
nays, Roll No. 376;                                          
  Page H6866
  Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 
2022: H.R. 7025, amended, to prohibit the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service from funding entities that commit, fund, or 
support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, by 
a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 379 yeas to 43 nays, Roll No. 377; and 
                                                         Pages H6866-67
  National Park Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022: H.R. 7693, to 
amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Park 
Foundation, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 22 nays, Roll 
No. 378.                                                 
  Pages H6867-68
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified the Congress of declaring a national emergency with respect to 
hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals--
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 
(H. Doc. 117-132).                                           
  Page H6869
Quorum Calls--Votes: Fourteen yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6717-18, H6718, H6854-55, 
H6855, H6856, H6856-57, H6857-58, H6858, H6859, H6864-65, H6865, H6866, 
H6866-67, and H6867-68.

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Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m.