[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8618-H8622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2022
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (S. 3846) to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health
Collaboration Program, and for other purposes, as amended.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
S. 3846
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 ``Justice and Mental Health
Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022''.
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH
COLLABORATION PROGRAM.
Section 2991(b)(5) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(b)(5)) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (I)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``teams and treatment
accountability services for communities'' and inserting
``teams, treatment accountability services for communities,
and training for State and local prosecutors relating to
diversion programming and implementation'';
(B) in clause (v)--
(i) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(V) coordinate, implement, and administer models to
address mental health calls that include specially trained
officers and mental health crisis workers responding to those
calls together.''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) Suicide prevention services.--Funds may be used to
develop, promote, and implement comprehensive suicide
prevention programs and services for incarcerated individuals
that include ongoing risk assessment.
``(vii) Case management services.--Funds may be used for
case management services for preliminary qualified offenders
and individuals who are released from any penal or
correctional institution to--
``(I) reduce recidivism; and
``(II) assist those individuals with reentry into the
community.
``(viii) Enhancing community capacity and links to mental
health care.--Funds may be used to support, administer, or
develop treatment capacity and increase access to mental
health care and substance use disorder services for
preliminary qualified offenders and individuals who are
released from any penal or correctional institution.
``(ix) Implementing 988.--Funds may be used to support the
efforts of State and local governments to implement and
expand the integration of the 988 universal telephone number
designated for the purpose of the national suicide prevention
and mental health crisis hotline system under section
251(e)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
251(e)(4)), including by hiring staff to support the
implementation and expansion.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(K) Teams addressing mental health calls.--With respect
to a multidisciplinary team described in subparagraph (I)(v)
that receives funds from a grant under this section, the
multidisciplinary team--
``(i) shall, to the extent practicable, provide response
capability 24 hours each day and 7 days each week to respond
to crisis or mental health calls; and
``(ii) may place a part of the team in a 911 call center to
facilitate the timely response to mental health crises.''.
SEC. 3. EXAMINATION AND REPORT ON PREVALENCE OF MENTALLY ILL
OFFENDERS.
Section 5(d) of the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and
Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-416; 122 Stat. 4355) is amended by striking
``2009'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2023 through
2027''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Nadler) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Tiffany) each
will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
General Leave
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and
insert extraneous material on S. 3846.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from New York?
There was no objection.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, S. 3846, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Reauthorization Act of 2022, is bipartisan legislation that would
reauthorize and make necessary improvements to the Justice and Mental
Health Collaboration Program, or JMHCP, within the Department of
Justice.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities across the
country have grappled with worsened mental health. There continues to
be a need to adequately address the mental health needs of our
communities and to redirect people in crisis away from the criminal
justice system and into the healthcare system.
State and local governments use JMHCP grants for critical services to
address the mental health needs of their communities, including by
establishing diversion programs, creating or expanding community-based
treatment programs, supporting the development of curricula for police
academies and orientations, and providing in-jail treatment and
transitional services.
Additionally, grant funds are used to train law enforcement on
identifying and improving their responses to people experiencing a
mental health crisis. This program, which was first created in 2004,
was reauthorized in 2008 and again in 2016 with bipartisan support.
S. 3846 will make needed improvements to the grant program by
strengthening support for mental health courts and crisis intervention
teams; supporting diversion programming and training for State and
local prosecutors; strengthen support for co-responder teams; and
supporting the integration of the national suicide prevention and
mental health crisis hotline system into the existing public safety
system.
This bill will also increase allowable uses for grant funds to
include suicide prevention in jails and clarify that crisis
intervention teams can be placed in 911 call centers.
This bipartisan bill improves the efficacy of the JMHCP grant program
and is supported by a wide range of stakeholders, including the
Addiction Policy Forum, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,
the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Major County Sheriffs of America,
National Alliance on Mental Illness, and many others.
I thank Senator Cornyn for introducing the bill and Congressman
Bobby Scott for introducing the House version of this important
legislation. I urge all of my colleagues to support the bill, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, S. 3846 makes a number of changes to the Justice and
Mental Health Collaboration Program.
The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program is a Department
of Justice program that assists States, local governments, and Indian
Tribes with providing treatment to individuals with mental health
problems and substance abuse disorders that come into contact with the
criminal justice system.
This bill allows funds under this program to be used for crisis
intervention team and co-responder teams made up of law enforcement
officers and mental health professionals. These teams can be placed
within 911 call centers to better respond to individuals facing mental
health challenges.
It also allows funds under this program to help State and local
governments implement the 988 universal telephone number, which is the
national suicide prevention and mental health hotline.
This legislation also authorizes $2 million for each of the next 5
years for the Department of Justice to report on the prevalence of
mentally ill offenders in the criminal justice system.
While this bill is well-intentioned, more needs to be done to address
the surge of violent crime this Nation has seen over the past 3 years.
Violent crime is especially bad in Democrat-run cities with rogue
leftist prosecutors who don't enforce the laws on the books and in
cities that have demonized and defunded their police departments. I
would point you to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
It is no wonder that 27 of the 30 cities with the highest homicide
rates have Democratic mayors. We need to keep violent criminals behind
bars and put an end to soft-on-crime policies that are wreaking havoc
on our communities.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a member of the Judiciary Committee.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise, first of all, to thank the
chairman and to thank the sponsor, my friend from Virginia, Congressman
Bobby Scott.
As I think of my dear friend from Virginia, let me also acknowledge
my deep sadness for the loss of our dear friend, Congressman McEachin,
and acknowledge the beauty of his service and, of course, his
compassion and his true spirit, a true American hero.
Mr. Speaker, I will quickly say that any of us who have been engaged
in the criminal justice arena, who have engaged with police officers,
whether they are local, State, or Federal, those of us who have served
as judges, understand the value of this important legislation. It is
bipartisan and will build on
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the success of the JMHCP grant program and make necessary improvements
to enable State and local governments to better serve their
communities.
This reauthorization will make critical improvements to the JMHCP
program which supports services for individuals with mental health
issues who are involved in the criminal justice system, including
expansions in suicide prevention in jails and prisons, co-responder
programs that pair law enforcement with mental health professionals
and, of course, recognizing that though we give them this
responsibility, law enforcement needs to have wraparound services and
those that have the expertise to work with those suffering from mental
health crises.
With the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities
across the country have suffered increased challenges in addressing
mental health. We, as Democrats, have consistently said that we need a
holistic approach.
Again, I said that we take no back seat to fighting crime and being
successful, but we understand public safety and civil rights.
I thank Chairman Scott for this work and for acknowledging where we
are at a loss; that is, with people who are suffering mental health
issues.
Now, we have had a series of mass murders, mass killings, of course
using the weapon of choice for young men who espouse hatred, but many
have been determined or assessed to have had mental health crisis
issues, at least that has been the defense. We now need to really
invest in this program and ensure that this is a national program.
In 2018, Harris County Jail, mental health division expanded as an
alternative to jail, diverting individuals with mental health illnesses
away from incarceration. I want to see this program grow. The updated
diversion program allows law enforcement to direct individuals with
mental illness over to these programs; those picked up for low-level,
nonviolent offenses. Many of us know that these are sometimes homeless
persons, and many of these persons are veterans. By the way, we have a
veterans' court in Harris County.
So I am excited about this bipartisan legislation that would also
support State implementation of the newly established 988 suicide
crisis hotline. I ask my colleagues to support this legislation.
Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record letters of support from the
National Fraternal Order of Police, the Conference of Chief Justices
Conference of State Court Administrators, among others.
Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to support this legislation.
National Fraternal Order
of Police,
April 29, 2022.
Hon. John Cornyn III,
U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Dear Senator Cornyn: I am writing on behalf of the members
of the Fraternal Order of Police to advise you of our support
for S. 3846, the ``Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Reauthorization Act.''
According to recent studies, one in ten calls for service
to law enforcement involve a person suffering from a mental
illness. One in three people taken to a hospital emergency
room for psychiatric reasons are transported there by law
enforcement. Our officers respond to these calls for service
with care, compassion, and professionalism. While we have
come a long way in our ability to handle these incidents
safely and effectively, law enforcement officers need the
training and resources this legislation provides.
The legislation would reauthorize the Justice and Mental
Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) through 2026. First
authorized in 2004, JMHCP grants have funded mental health
courts, other court-based initiatives, diversion and
deflection programs, crisis intervention teams, training for
local police departments, and other programs to improve
outcomes for people with mental illness and co-occurring
substance use conditions who come into contact with the
justice system. In addition to adding $10 million to program
funding, this legislation would also expand the allowable
uses of grants to include the funding of crisis response
teams, suicide prevention in jails, and the hiring of
community health workers.
Law enforcement officers have one of the toughest and most
dangerous jobs in the United States. They are tasked with
keeping our streets and neighborhoods safe from crime,
ensuring that every citizen can live free and without fear.
By putting funding and resources into improving mental health
outcomes across the criminal justice system, this bill
ensures that law enforcement officers will have a reduced
risk of encountering dangerous situations on a day-to-day
basis.
On behalf of the more than 364,000 members of the Fraternal
Order of Police, I am pleased to offer our support for this
legislation. If I can be of any further assistance, please do
not hesitate to contact me or Executive Director Jim Pasco in
our Washington, D.C. office.
Sincerely,
Patrick Yoes,
National President.
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Conference of Chief Justices, Conference of State Court
Administrators,
November 23, 2022.
Hon. John Cornyn,
U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Robert C. Scott,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Amy Klobuchar,
U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Steve Chabot,
Washington, DC.
Dear Leaders of the Senate and the House of
Representatives: The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and
Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) represents
the highest judicial officer and court executive of each
state, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia.
Together with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC),
the Conferences work to improve the administration of justice
throughout the United States. State courts are our nation's
primary court system handling over 95 percent of the nation's
litigation. It is in this capacity that we write as the
presidents of the Conference to express our support for your
legislation, S. 3846/H.R. 8166. If enacted, this legislation
would reauthorize and further expand the Justice and Mental
Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) to provide resources for
mental health courts, veterans treatment courts, crisis
intervention services, and other key interventions to improve
the justice system's response to individuals with mental
illness.
The prevalence of mental illness in the United States has
an enormous impact on communities and a disproportionate
impact on our state and local courts. According to the
National Institute of Mental Health, nearly one in five U.S.
adults live with a mental illness--over 50 million in 2020--
and over 13 million adults live with serious mental illness.
Individuals with mental illnesses in the U.S. are 10 times
more likely to be incarcerated than they are to be
hospitalized. On any given day, approximately 380,000 people
with mental illnesses are in jail or prison across the U.S.,
and another 574,000 are under some form of correctional
supervision. For too many individuals with serious mental
illness, substance use disorder, or both, the justice system
is the de facto provider of treatment services. Except for
self-referral, state courts are the number one referrer in
the nation for treatment services.
In March 2020, the CCJ, COSCA, and NCSC established the
National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts'
Response to Mental Illness to assist state courts in their
efforts to respond to the needs of court-involved individuals
with severe mental illness more effectively. The task force
recently released its national report, which provides
examples of successful programs from across the nation and
shares recommendations for change that call for action by all
state and local court leaders, behavioral health and other
community partners, and other state and federal agencies to
more effectively to meet the needs of justice-involved
individuals with serious mental illness. The report can be
found at: MHTF State Courts Leading Change.pdf (ncsc.org).
Recommendations from the Task Force include:
Examine the continuum of behavioral health deflection and
diversion options available in each community to promote
deflection and diversion to treatment options at the earliest
point possible.
Convene justice and behavioral health system partners to
identify opportunities to collaboratively improve our
responses to individuals with behavioral health disorders.
Proactively promote processes to identify and divert
individuals with behavioral health disorders at every stage
of system involvement towards treatment and away from further
penetration into the criminal justice system.
Examine current case management and calendaring practices
for all types of cases and implement strategies to more
quickly and effectively address issues presented in cases
involving individuals with behavioral health needs.
Thank you for your continued leadership and commitment to
helping each intercept point in the criminal justice system
improve our response to individuals experiencing a mental
health crisis. Please feel free to direct your staff to Chris
Wu if there is any way we can be of assistance.
Sincerely,
Chief Justice Loretta Rush, President,
Conference of Chief Justices.
Karl Hade, President,
Conference of State Court Administrators.
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November 10, 2022.
Dear Leaders of the House of Representatives: We are
writing today to strongly urge you to bring up and swiftly
pass H.R. 8166/S. 3846, the Justice and Mental Health
Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022 on suspension when
the House of Representatives returns for the lame-duck
session. This bipartisan legislation makes critical
improvements to the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Program (JMHCP), which supports jurisdictions creating
collaborative responses to people with mental illnesses or
co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders in
the criminal justice system. We applaud the work of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, which unanimously approved the
bill in May. The Senate has already shown their strong
support for the bill by passing it by unanimous consent in
June. Now it is time for the House to show their support for
state and local governments that are working on this complex
issue by bringing the bill to the floor.
Since its inception, JMHCP has supported initiatives across
the country to reduce contact with the criminal justice
system and increase access to treatment and supports for
people with behavioral health needs. JMHCP was created by the
Bureau of Justice Assistance in 2006 as a critical way to
support the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime
Reduction Act (MIOTCRA), which was signed into law in 2004 by
then-President George W. Bush. JMHCP's mission, then and now,
has been to unify justice and health partners around a common
goal: reducing criminal justice involvement for people with
mental illness.
Collectively, state and local governments use JMHCP grants
for a broad range of activities, including establishing
diversion programs, creating or expanding community-based
treatment programs, supporting the development of curricula
for police academies and orientations, and providing in-jail
treatment and transitional services, and training programs to
teach criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, mental
health, and substance use personnel how to identify and
appropriately respond to incidents involving veterans.
Additionally, grant funds may be used to train law
enforcement on identifying and improving their responses to
people experiencing a mental health crisis. The program was
reauthorized in 2008 and again in 2016 with bipartisan
support.
The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization
Act of 2022 will:
Strengthen support for mental health courts and crisis
intervention teams (CITs); Support diversion programming and
training for state and local prosecutors; Strengthen support
for co-responder teams; Support the integration of 988 into
the existing public safety system;
Amend allowable uses for grant funds to include suicide
prevention in jails and information-sharing between mental
health systems and jails/prisons;
Amend allowable uses to include case management services
and supports; and
Clarify that crisis intervention teams can be placed in 911
call centers.
The law enforcement, training and treatment components of
JMHCP will help law enforcement better handle calls involving
people with mental health and substance use challenges.
Jurisdictions across the country are implementing strategies
to improve the outcomes of these encounters, which includes
providing specialized training and tools that can yield a
response that prioritizes treatment over incarceration, when
appropriate. CITs, along with other practices authorized
under the legislation, have been proven to be effective in
reducing recidivism, enhancing public safety, and freeing up
criminal justice resources for traditional crime fighting
purposes.
With the responsibility of treating people with mental
illness often falling on an already strained criminal justice
system, it is imperative that we provide resources to help
law enforcement officers, judges, corrections officers, and
mental health professionals develop more thoughtful and cost-
effective programs. We strongly urge the House to support law
enforcement and our communities better serve individuals with
mental health disorders and to increase public safety by
passing the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Reauthorization Act in the lame-duck session.
Sincerely,
National Fraternal Order of Police; National Sheriffs
Association (NSA); Major County Sheriffs of America;
Conference of Chief Justices; Conference of State Court
Administrators; Wounded Warrior Project; Addiction Policy
Forum; National Association of Counties; National League of
Cities; American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; National
District Attorneys Association; National Alliance on Mental
Illness; National Association of Police Organizations;
American Jail Association.
National Association of State Mental Health Program
Directors; National Association of State Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Directors; The Council of State Governments Justice
Center; Major Cities Chiefs Association; American Probation
and Parole Association; Faith & Freedom Coalition; Meadows
Mental Health Policy Institute; Leslie County Sheriffs
Office; Elliot County Sheriffs Office; Union County Sheriffs
Office; Grayson County Sheriffs Office; Knox County Sheriffs
Office.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 3846, the ``Justice and Mental
Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022,'' a bipartisan bill
that would build on the success of the JMHCP grant program and make
necessary improvements to enable state and local governments to better
serve their communities.
This reauthorization would make critical improvements to the JMHCP
program--which supports services for individuals with mental health
issues who are involved in the criminal justice system--including
expansions in suicide prevention in jails and prisons; co-responder
programs that pair law enforcement with mental health professionals;
and crisis intervention teams within 911 call centers.
With the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities
across the country have suffered increased challenges in addressing
mental health. We know that individuals suffering from mental illness
belong in our health care system and not our criminal justice system.
Democrats have worked consistently throughout this Congress to
address issues of public safety from a holistic approach, one that does
not require us to choose between our rights and our safety. We know
that public safety and respect for civil rights can coexist and that
supporting interventions to respond to individuals in crisis with
compassion rather than force builds stronger and safer communities.
This bill would improve existing programs within the Department of
Justice that divert individuals with mental illness away from the
criminal justice system towards treatment and health care.
Since 2006, JMHCP grants have funded 620 awardees across 49 states
and territories. With these funds law enforcement agencies have
established co-responder teams, mobile crisis teams, and crisis
intervention teams to improve encounters with individuals in crisis and
connect them with the services they need.
JMHCP supports 14 law enforcement mental health learning sites,
including both the Harris County Sheriffs Department and the Houston
Police Department, that serve as peer resources to grantees and
communities throughout the country.
In 2018, the Harris County Mental Health Jail Diversion Program
expanded as an alternative to jail--diverting individuals with mental
illness away from incarceration and into the health care and treatment
that they need. The updated diversion program allows law enforcement to
direct individuals with mental illness, who have been picked up for
low-level, non-violent offenses, to more appropriate mental health
interventions.
These initiatives at the state and local level have been successful
and S. 3846 would provide an opportunity for the federal government to
increase support to these programs and build on what we know works.
This bipartisan legislation would also support state implementation
of the newly established 988 Suicide and Crisis hotline, which is a
lifeline for individuals in suicidal crisis or emotional distress
seeking help.
This bill would also provide additional resources for law enforcement
as they work to keep communities safe and respond effectively and
appropriately to individuals in mental health crisis.
S. 3846 is a common-sense bipartisan bill that would improve public
safety and strengthen our communities. I thank Representative Bobby
Scott for taking the lead on the House companion, of which I
cosponsored along with Representatives Steve Chabot and Tom Emmer. I
urge all my colleagues to support this legislation.
Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close. I reserve the
balance of my time.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Scott).
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for
yielding.
I rise in support of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Reauthorization Act. The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Program is authorized through the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and
Crime Reduction Act, what we call MIOTCRA, legislation that I was proud
to work on nearly 20 years ago as the then-ranking member of the Crime
Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee.
This legislation has proven to successfully connect State and local
governments with necessary resources to plan and implement initiatives
designed to increase public safety, save tax dollars on ineffective or
even counterproductive incarceration, and improve the lives of people
with mental illness and their families.
These grants for States and localities allow for the development of
programming that connects those with mental illness and substance use
issues with evidence-based and comprehensive treatment within the
criminal justice system. Each year there are about 2 million people
with serious mental illnesses admitted to jails across the country.
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In fact, according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, 44
percent of those in jail and 37 percent of those in prisons have a
history of mental illness.
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Furthermore, once incarcerated, individuals with mental illness tend
to stay in jail longer, and upon release are more likely to return to
incarceration than those without mental illnesses.
These grants encourage collaboration between law enforcement and
healthcare providers. The reforms to this program included in this
reauthorization are centered on reducing suicide, increasing access to
case management services, bolstering the roles of co-responder and
crisis intervention teams, and continuing the strong support of mental
health courts. This bill recognizes that prevention is the best
investment in the criminal justice system for long-term success and
cost savings.
This legislation is the result of the hard work of many, including
State government organizations, mental health organizations, and law
enforcement organizations. I thank all of those and my colleagues who
have led this effort with me, including Representatives Chabot, Jackson
Lee, and Emmer; the chairman of the committee, Mr. Nadler; as well as
Senators Cornyn, Klobuchar, Moran, Durbin, Grassley, Whitehouse,
Tillis, and Cortez Masto.
Mr. Speaker, I hope that my colleagues will join me in supporting the
reauthorization of this legislation so we can get it to the President's
desk before the end of the year.
Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill,
and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
funds a variety of essential services to support the mental health
needs of communities across the country and redirect people in crisis
away from the criminal justice system and into the healthcare system.
This legislation would reauthorize and strengthen this important
program so that it can continue to serve those in need of its services.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield
back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) that the House suspend the rules
and pass the bill, S. 3846, as amended.
The question was taken.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
Mr. ROSENDALE. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.
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