[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D748-D756]
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: 22 public bills, H.R. 9092-
9113; 1 private bill, H.R. 9114; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 1375 and 
1377-1380, were introduced.                              
  Pages H4858-60
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4861-62
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 6219, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, 
acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and 
imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and 
educational requirements of the Administration, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-603);
  H.R. 4152, to direct the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration and Secretary of Commerce to submit to 
Congress a report on the merits of, and options for, establishing an 
institute relating to space resources, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 118-604);
  H.R. 8111, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure 
the reliability of address information provided under the Medicaid 
program, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-605);
  H.R. 8112, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to further 
require certain additional provider screening under the Medicaid 
program, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-606);
  H. Res. 1376, providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 
1371) strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, 
Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States border (H. Rept. 
118-607);
  H.R. 8089, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
certain additional provider screening under the Medicaid program, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 118-608);
  H.R. 8084, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
States to verify certain eligibility criteria for individuals enrolled 
for medical assistance quarterly, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 118-609);
  H.R. 4758, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to 
streamline enrollment under the Medicaid program of certain providers 
across State lines, and for other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 
118-610); and
  H.R. 6020, to amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate 
consideration of the income of organ recipients in providing 
reimbursement of expenses to donating individuals, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-611).              
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Rose to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:01 a.m. and reconvened at 10:20 a.m. 
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Suspensions-Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Monday, July 22nd. 
Victims' Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness Act: S. 
3706, to amend section 3663A of title 18, United States Code, to 
clarify that restitution includes necessary and reasonable expenses 
incurred by a person who has assumed the victim's rights, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 361; and 
                                                         Pages H4742-43
  Improving Access to Our Courts Act: S. 227, to amend title 28, United 
States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court for the 
Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 404 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 362.                    
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Recess: The House recessed at 3:49 p.m. and reconvened at 4:30 p.m. 
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  Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2025: The House considered H.R. 8997, making appropriations for energy 
and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2025. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, July 
24th.                                          
  Pages H4743-85, H4785-97
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118 shall be considered 
as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 
                                                         Pages H4747-56
Agreed to:
Fleischmann en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602: Beyer (No. 1) that 
increases and decreases funding for the DOE's Office of Science fusion 
materials and fuel cycle research and development to reflect needs 
identified in the Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy; 
Bilirakis (No. 2) that increases and decreases funding for the Eastern 
Mediterranean Energy Center, as established under section 204(c) of the 
Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of

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2019 in International Affairs under the Departmental Administration 
account by $6,000,000; Blunt Rochester (No. 3) that increases and 
decreases the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Account by 
$1,000,000 to highlight the continuation of activities within the 
Federal Energy Management Program that support AFFECT grant funding, 
Energy Savings Performance Contracts, and Utility Energy Service 
Contracts; Comer (No. 5) that increases and decreases funding for 
salaries of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works by the same amount for the purpose of stipulating claims in 
Riverview Farms v. United States and Angelly v. United States are the 
taking of private property for a public purpose and settling such 
claims; Costa (No. 6) that increases the Bureau of Reclamation's Water 
and Related Resources account by $3 million offset by a $3 million 
reduction to the Departmental Administration account to support 
technical assistance and financial assistance related to groundwater 
recharge projects, aquifer storage and recovery projects, or water 
source substitution for aquifer protection projects; Dingell (No. 7) 
that increases and decreases DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy by $25,000,000 for an industry-led consortium to 
accelerate the development of advanced, non-battery, automotive 
materials; Duarte (No. 8) that increases and decreases funding for the 
Operation and Maintenance account of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--
Civil to conduct a study on the sediment build-up in rivers and streams 
in the San Joaquin River Watershed and to make recommendations to 
Congress on actions to improve channel flows, reduce flood risk to 
communities, and improve riverbanks; Glusenkamp Perez (No. 12) that 
increases and decreases funding for the Department of Energy's 
Weatherization Assistance Program to encourage prioritizing grants 
available for manufactured housing skirting, awning, and other 
traditional means of energy efficiency; Tony Gonzalez (TX) (No. 13) 
that increases funding by $1 million to $6 million for the Southwest 
Border Regional Commission, offset by the DOE Departmental 
Administration account; Vicente Gonzalez (TX) (No. 14) that increases 
the Water and Related Resources by $2,000,000 to highlight the 
importance of the WaterSMART Program for drought resilience and canal 
lining. Decreases funding from Policy and Administration account; 
Gottheimer (No. 15) that increases and decreases funding for Flood 
Control and Coastal Emergencies for the Army Corps of Engineers to 
conduct dredging of water reservoirs to prevent flooding; Jackson (TX) 
(No. 21) that increases funding for the HESFP at Pantex by $5 million 
to ensure the project remains on schedule; Massie (No. 24) that 
increases and decreases the Army Corps of Engineers operations and 
maintenance account by $1 million to direct the Secretary to actively 
maintain Kentucky boat ramps owned, operated, or constructed by the 
Army Corps of Engineers where the maintenance is not the responsibility 
of a non-federal entity; Miller (WV) (No. 26) that increases and 
decreases funding for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to ensure 
parity for the National Energy Technology Lab and allow subcontracts of 
site support prime contractors to be counted towards the Department of 
Energy's small business procurement goals; Molinaro (No. 27) that 
increases the flood control and costal emergencies account by $2.5 
million; Molinaro (No. 28) that increases funding for the Appalachian 
Regional Commission by $5 million, takes from DOE administrative funds; 
Moylan (No. 29) that increases and decreases the Corps of Engineers--
Civil Department of the Army, Construction account to urge the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers to provide necessary funding to WRDA projects 
and studies in Guam; Moylan (No. 30) that increases and decreases the 
Department of Energy Energy Programs, Cybersecurity, Energy Security, 
and Emergency Response account to emphasize the need of Guam Power 
Authority for a Department of Energy assessment on the cybersecurity of 
Guam's energy installations; Moylan (No. 31) that increases and 
decreases the Department of Energy Energy Programs, Grid Development 
account to emphasize the need for Guam Power Authority to receive a 
Department of Energy assessment on the feasibility and cost of an 
interconnected, circular power grid system in Guam; Murphy (NC) (No. 
32) that increases and decreases funds to highlight the need for a 
report to examine whether the US government has sufficient dredging 
capacity; Neguse (No. 33) that increases the Water and Related 
Resources account by $2 million, to be directed to the Cooperative 
Watershed Management Program; Newhouse (No. 34) that increases and 
decreases funds for the Department of Energy Office of the Inspector 
General to highlight the need to provide a report on the Bonneville 
Power Administration's Fish and Wildlife program to ensure it has 
fulfilled the mandates established by Congress in the Pacific Northwest 
Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 to protect, 
mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife affected by the development and 
operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System; Ogles (No. 39) 
that increases and decreases funds for the Energy Information 
Administration to instruct the administration to revise its levelized 
cost of electricity calculations to include the costs of maintaining 
backup dispatchable generation capacity for intermittent sources of 
electricity; Ramirez (No. 52) that increases and decreases funding to 
the Office of Science to emphasize the need for robust investment in 
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like High Energy Physics in line with the President's Budget Request; 
Scott (VA) (No. 58) that increases and decreases funding by $21 million 
to emphasize the need for infrastructure improvements at the Continuous 
Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Thomas Jefferson National 
Accelerator Facility; Scott (VA) (No. 59) that increases and decreases 
by $10 million to emphasize the need for an optimal runtime at the 
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Thomas 
Jefferson National Accelerator Facility; and Waltz (No. 65) that 
decreases General Expenses by $1,500,000; increases Investigations by 
$1,500,000 to fund a new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Investigation; 
                                                         Pages H4756-57
  Brecheen amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds to reinstate the general license for export of nuclear 
material to China;                                       
Pages H4757-58
  Flood amendment (No. 9 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funding for lab-grown meat at the Department of Energy; 
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  Beyer amendment (No. 10 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds made available for this Act to be used for the W87-1 
modification program;                                    
Pages H4758-59
  Beyer amendment (No. 11 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used for the Savannah 
River Plutonium Modernization Program;                   
Pages H4759-61
  Griffith amendment (No. 17 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that increases funding for the Department of Energy's Fossil Energy and 
Carbon Management program by $8,750,000 while reducing funding for 
Departmental Administration by $8,750,000;                   
Page H4761
  Hageman amendment (No. 18 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits the Department of Energy from implementing the Industrial 
Decarbonization Roadmap;                                 
Pages H4761-62
  Houlahan amendment (No. 19 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that increases and decreases funding for the Grid Deployment account by 
$150 million to emphasize the need to address domestic shortages of 
large power transformers and distribution transformers through 
authorities within the Defense Production Act;           
Pages H4762-63
  Jackson (TX) amendment (No. 20 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prohibits funds from being used by the NNSA to halt the 
construction of the HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production facility 
at Pantex;                                               
Pages H4763-64
  Luna amendment (No. 23 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds from being made available to implement or enforce Corps 
of Engineers memorandum CERE-AP, issued by the South Atlantic division 
on July 9, 1996, relating to ``Approval of Perpetual Beach Storm Damage 
Reduction Easement as a Standard Estate''; this memo requires easements 
to be perpetual and include public access;               
Pages H4764-65
  McCormick amendment (No. 25 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prohibits funds provided by this Act from closing campgrounds 
operated by the Army Corps of Engineers that are located at Lake Sidney 
Lanier, Georgia;                                         
Pages H4765-66
  Ogles amendment (No. 35 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funding for the consideration of the social cost of 
greenhouse gases;                                            
Page H4766
  Ogles amendment (No. 37 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funding for the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost 
of Greenhouse Gases;                                     
Pages H4767-68
  Ogles amendment (No. 38 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds for Department of Energy Office of Science's Office of 
Scientific Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion;   
Pages H4768-69
  Ogles amendment (No. 40 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds to be used to finalize the rule entitled ``Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Automatic 
Commercial Ice Makers'';                                     
Page H4769
  Ogles amendment (No. 41 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds to be used to finalize the rule entitled ``Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water 
Heaters'';                                               
Pages H4769-70
  Roy amendment (No. 55 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds in this act from being used to carry out Biden 
Executive Order 13990 (relating to Protecting Public Health and the 
Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis), 
Executive Order 14008 (relating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home 
and Abroad), Section 6 of Executive Order 14013 (relating to Rebuilding 
and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact 
of Climate Change on Migration), Executive Order 14030 (relating to 
Climate Related Financial Risk), and Executive Order 14057 (relating to 
Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal 
Sustainability);                                         
Pages H4779-80
  Tenney amendment (No. 61 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funding for Executive Order 14019, relating to Promoting 
Access to Voting;                                        
Pages H4782-83
  Ogles amendment (No. 36 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funding for the

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American Climate Corps (by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 197 noes, 
Roll No. 363);                                    
Pages H4766-67, H4786
  Rosendale amendment (No. 53 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prevents funds from being used to transfer or delegate control or 
maintenance responsibility of the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel 
to any non-Federal entity (by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 204 noes, 
Roll No. 374); and                             
Pages H4777-78, H4793-94
  Van Drew amendment (No. 64 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that moves $10,000,000 from renewable energy programs to enhance the 
security of existing electrical transformers from cyber threats and 
from physical attacks from individuals (by a recorded vote of 214 ayes 
to 203 noes, Roll No. 379).                    
Pages H4784-85, H4796-97
Rejected:
  Tenney amendment (No. 60 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to 
$1;                                                      
Pages H4781-82
  Perry amendment (No. 42 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds for the Delaware River Basin 
Commission to implement or enforce it's ban on hydraulic fracturing (by 
a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 364); 
                                               Pages H4770-71, H4786-87
  Perry amendment (No. 43 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to eliminate funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles 
Manufacturing Loan Program and moves this funding to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 147 ayes to 267 noes, Roll No. 
365);                                          
Pages H4771-72, H4787-88
  Perry amendment (No. 44 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to eliminate funding for the Title 17 Loan Program and moves 
that funding to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 
145 ayes to 274 noes, Roll No. 366);              
Pages H4772-73, H4788
  Perry amendment (No. 45 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission to 
FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction 
account (by a recorded vote of 115 ayes to 305 noes, Roll No. 367); 
                                               Pages H4773-74, H4788-89
  Perry amendment (No. 46 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce funding for the Delta Regional Commission to FY19 
levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account 
(by a recorded vote of 141 ayes to 298 noes, Roll No. 368); 
                                                  Pages H4774, H4789-90
  Perry amendment (No. 47 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce funding for the Denali Regional Commission to FY19 
levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account 
(by a recorded vote of 134 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 369); 
                                                  Pages H4774-75, H4790
  Perry amendment (No. 48 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce funding for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission 
to FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction 
account (by a recorded vote of 128 ayes to 291 noes, Roll No. 370); 
                                                  Pages H4775, H4790-91
  Perry amendment (No. 49 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce funding for the Northern Border Regional Commission to 
FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction 
account (by a recorded vote of 133 ayes to 286 noes, Roll No. 371); 
                                               Pages H4775-76, H4791-92
  Perry amendment (No. 50 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to cut funding for the Great Lakes Authority in half and 
transfers the difference to the spending reduction account (by a 
recorded vote of 125 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 372); 
                                                  Pages H4776-77, H4792
  Perry amendment (No. 51 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to cut funding for the Southwest Border Regional Commission in 
half and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account (by 
a recorded vote of 136 ayes to 285 noes, Roll No. 373); 
                                                  Pages H4777, H4792-93
  Roy amendment (No. 54 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to prohibit funds for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 
No. 1920 (by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. 375); 
                                                  Pages H4778-79, H4794
  Roy amendment (No. 56 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to eliminate funding for DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy (by a recorded vote of 144 ayes to 277 noes, Roll No. 
376);                                          
Pages H4780-81, H4794-95
  Van Drew amendment (No. 62 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the Office of Clean 
Energy Demonstrations of the Department of Energy (by a recorded vote 
of 145 ayes to 273 noes, Roll No. 377); and    
Pages H4783-84, H4795-96
  Van Drew amendment (No. 63 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that sought to reduce the salary of Jigar Shah, Director of the Loan 
Programs Office, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 257 noes with 
one answering ``present'', Roll No. 378).            
Pages H4784, H4796
  H. Res. 1370, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
8997) and (H.R. 8998) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 
197 noes, Roll No. 360, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 188 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 359. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House failed to agree to suspend 
the rules and pass the following measure. Consideration began Monday, 
July 22nd. Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills 
Act: H.R. 7887, amended, to amend title 41, United States Code, to 
prohibit minimum experience or educational requirements for proposed 
contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 178 yeas to 234 nays, Roll No. 380.      
  Pages H4797-98
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center 
for a ceremony as part of the unveiling of the statue of Johnny Cash, 
provided by the State of Arkansas: The House agreed to discharge from 
committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 120, authorizing the use of 
Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony as part 
of the unveiling of the statue of Johnny Cash, provided by the State of 
Arkansas.                                                    
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  Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2025: The House considered H.R. 8998, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, July 24th. 
                                                      Pages H4798-H4857
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118 shall be considered 
as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 
                                                         Pages H4801-26
Agreed to:
  Simpson en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602: Adams (No. 1) that 
increases and decreases funding to the African-American Burial Grounds 
Preservation Program by $3 million; Beyer (No. 5) that increases and 
decreases funding for U.S. Geological Survey by $1 million to support a 
wildlife corridors mapping team; Boebert (No. 12) that transfers $2 
million from the EPA Environmental Programs and Management account to 
the Holocaust Memorial Museum account; Buchanan (No. 26) that provides 
$1 million to the Prescott Grant Program to provide for more funding 
into the rescue and rehabilitation of manatees and reduces funding for 
the DOI Office of the Secretary; Buchanan (No. 27) that provides $1 
million to the Environmental Protection Agency for continued research 
into the harmful health effects of harmful algal blooms; Buchanan (No. 
28) that provides $2 million to the National Water Quality Program to 
bolster research into harmful algal blooms; Budzinski (No. 29) that 
increases and decreases funding for the Office of Surface Mining, 
Reclamation, and Enforcement by $1,000,000 to be used for mine 
subsidence prevention activities; DeSaulnier (No. 31) that increases 
funding for the funding for the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board by $1 million to support activities authorized 
under the Clean Air Act; Dingell (No. 32) that increases and decreases 
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) by $82,000,000; Dingell 
(No. 33) that increases and decreases EPA's Brownfields Program funding 
by $9,708,000 to emphasize the need for increased investments to 
provide grants and technical assistance to communities, states, tribes, 
and others to assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse 
contaminated properties; Duarte (No. 34) that increases and decreases 
funding to the Environmental Programs and Management account of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on whether any 
wastewater treatment plants are failing to comply with the Clean Water 
Act and associated federal regulations, including those related to 
point source pollution into major bodies of water, such as rivers, 
lakes, estuaries, and river deltas, and report its findings to 
Congress; Feenstra (No. 35) that increases and decreases funding for 
EPA salaries by $1 million to emphasize that the EPA should not 
promulgate any new rules that would affect over 50% of American 
farmland without explicit congressional approval; Garbarino (No. 36) 
that increases and decreases funding for the National Recreation and 
Preservation Account by $15 million with the intent to provide $15 
million for 9/11 Memorial Act Grants; Glusenkamp Perez (No. 37) that 
increases and decreases funding for the Water Infrastructure Finance 
and Innovation Program Account to emphasize the critical importance of 
supporting our nation's drinking water and wastewater infrastructure; 
Gottheimer (No. 38) that increases funding for the Holocaust Memorial 
Museum by $5 million to study Holocaust education efforts in public 
schools nationwide; determine which states and school districts require 
or do not require Holocaust education in their curriculum; determine 
which states and school districts offer optional Holocaust education; 
identify the standards and requirements schools mandate on this 
Holocaust education; identify the types and quality of instructional 
materials used to teach; and identify the approaches used by schools to 
assess what students learn; Gottheimer (No. 39) that increases and 
decreases funding to prohibit the National Park Service from 
designating any part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 
as a National Park; Kamlager-Dove (No. 49) that increases and decreases 
funding by $3 million for the Department of the Interior Office of the 
Secretary for a Work Environment Survey for the Department of the 
Interior and all of its bureaus that will generate data that can be 
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the Work Environment Survey done at Interior and the National Park 
Service in 2017 by the Federal Consulting Group and the CFI Group; 
Kennedy (No. 50) that increases and decreases funding by $748 million 
for the State and Tribal Assistance Grant program; Kennedy (No. 51) 
that increases and decreases the U.S. Geological Survey by $81 million 
to ensure that research and monitoring activities for harmful algal 
blooms in freshwater bodies continue; Lawler (No. 52) that increases 
and decreases funding for the Hazardous Substance Superfund with the 
intent of further comprehensive tests of water contaminants in the 
Lower Hudson River; Lawler (No. 53) that provides a $5 million increase 
to the National Recreation and Preservation Account to support NPS 
Heritage sites nationwide, including the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson 
River Valley National Heritage Area in the Hudson River Valley; Offset 
by a $5 million reduction to the DOI Office of the Secretary; Lawler 
(No. 54) that provides a $5 million increase to the State and Tribal 
Wildlife Grants to protect and enhance the Atlantic Sturgeon population 
in the Hudson River. Offset by a $5 million reduction to the DOI Office 
of the Secretary; Lawler (No. 55) that increases and decreases funding 
for the National Park Service to enhance outdoor recreational access to 
the Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Molinaro (No. 58) that increases 
FWS by $2 million to support the Delaware River Basin Restoration 
Program; offset by a $2 million reduction to the Office of the 
Secretary; Molinaro (No. 59) that increase rural water technical 
assistance authorized under the Grassroots Rural and Small Community 
Water Systems Act by $4 million; offset by a $4 million funding 
reduction to the Office of the Secretary; Molinaro (No. 60) that 
increases the National Recreation and Preservation Account by $2 
million to support NPS Heritage sites across the country, including the 
Erie Canal National Heritage Area in Upstate NY; offset by a $2 million 
reduction to the Office of the Secretary; Molinaro (No. 61) that 
increases and decreases State and Tribal Assistance Grant funding by $4 
million to highlight the importance of the Clean Water and Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund programs for assisting rural water systems; 
Molinaro (No. 62) that increases the Toxic Substances Superfund account 
by $13 million to support the cleanup and restoration of deeply 
contaminated sites across the country, including the Hudson River PCB 
Superfund Site; offset with a $13 million reduction to the Science and 
Technology Account; Moylan (No. 63) that increases and decreases funds 
by $5 million made available to the Operation of the National Park 
System account of the National Park Service to allow for restoration 
and improvement projects of the War in the Pacific National Park in 
Asan, Guam, in commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation 
of Guam, and to honor those U.S. Service Members who made the ultimate 
sacrifice in the Battle of Guam between July 21, 1944, and August 10, 
1944; Moylan (No. 64) that increases and decreases the funding made 
available under the Resource Management account of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service to provide $1,000,000 in assistance to the Guam 
Department of Agriculture for programs supporting native bird species, 
university-based fisheries research, and technical assistance and 
support; Moylan (No. 65) that increases and decreases the State and 
Tribal Wildlife Grants account of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to 
provide critical funding for Guam's native species conservation 
programs; Moylan (No. 66) that increases and decreases by $600,000 the 
Salaries and Expenses account of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation to provide for a study on sites of cultural and historical 
significance across Guam and recommendations on the designation of such 
sites as National Historic Sites or National Historic Landmarks; Moylan 
(No. 67) that increases and decreases by $1 million the appropriations 
made to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund to 
emphasize the importance of the critical financial support provided 
under this account in conserving Guam's endangered wildlife, including 
the Ko'ko' (Guam Rail); Moylan (No. 68) that increases and decreases 
the Salaries and Expenses account of the Smithsonian Institution to 
emphasize the important role of the Smithsonian National Zoo and 
Conservation Biology Institute in conserving Guam's native species and 
to encourage deeper collaboration with the Guam Department of 
Agriculture, University of Guam, and other relevant agencies to 
conserve and protect Guam's native species; Moylan (No. 69) that 
increases and decreases the salaries and expenses account of the 
Smithsonian Institution to encourage expanded procurement, display, and 
educational outreach detailing the indigenous cultures of the United 
States' Pacific Islands, including the CHamoru culture, which is 
indigenous to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; Neguse (No. 70) 
that increases and decreases the EPA's Environmental Programs and 
Management account by $12 million to support the EPA's Office of Noise 
Abatement and Control; Neguse (No. 71) that increases and decreases 
funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund to highlight the additional funding needed to 
support these programs at the President's Budget Request level; Norton 
(No. 74) that increases and decreases funding for the National Park 
Service's operations account by $1 million to direct NPS to submit a 
report to Congress identifying statutes and regulations that inhibit 
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of urban parks in the National Park System; Schweikert (No. 86) that 
increases funding at the Indian Health Service by $7 million for the 
Produce Prescription Pilot Program to ensure tribal communities have 
access to healthy food; Stanton (No. 87) that adds funds to the Indian 
Health Service with the intent to increase the salary of the Director 
to put them on par with the level of Assistant Secretary; Titus (No. 
94) that increases and decreases the Bureau of Land Management's Wild 
Horse and Burro Program budget by $11 million to emphasize the need for 
increased use of humane, reversible fertility control to manage wild 
horse populations; Tlaib (No. 95) that increases and decreases State 
and Tribal Assistance Grants by $1.5 billion to highlight the 
importance of annual lead water service line removal appropriations; 
Vasquez (No. 96) that increases and decreases the Bureau of Indian 
Education account by $2 million to prioritize addressing the teacher 
shortage in BIE and Tribally-controlled schools; and Wittman (No. 97) 
that increases and decreases funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
Tribal Courts Program to ensure that recently recognized Tribes across 
the country have access to funding to establish and operate judicial 
services;                                                
Pages H4826-28
  Arrington amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prohibits funding from being made available for the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service's final rule using an endangered species designation 
of several types of freshwater mussels, federalizing over 1,500 miles 
of Texas rivers;                                         
Pages H4828-29
  Arrington amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prohibits funding from being made available for the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service's ``Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental 
Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge'';          
Pages H4829-30
  Bentz amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits the use of any federal funds to create National monuments in 
Malheur County, Oregon under the Antiquities Act;        
Pages H4830-31
  Bice amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits federal funding for drag shows at the Smithsonian 
Institution;                                             
Pages H4831-32
  Boebert amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
transfers funds from EPA bureaucrats to the Forest Service for active 
management;                                                  
Page H4834
  Boebert amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
transfers funds from EPA bureaucracy to the inspector general to combat 
waste, fraud, and abuse;                                 
Pages H4834-35
  Boebert amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce the final rule titled ``Fluid Mineral Leases and 
Leasing Process'';                                       
Pages H4835-36
  Boebert amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used for a Diversity, 
Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Council at the Department 
of the Interior;                                         
Pages H4836-37
  Boebert amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds made available by this division to be used to carry out 
the Bicycle Subsidy Benefit Program of the Department of the Interior; 
                                                         Pages H4837-38
  Boebert amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used to finalize, 
implement, administer, or enforce the draft resource management plan 
and supplemental environmental impact statement referred to in the 
notice of availability titled ``Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Resource Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Colorado River Valley Field Office and Grand Junction 
Field Office Resource Management Plans, Colorado'';      
Pages H4838-39
  Boebert amendment (No. 17 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits made available by this Act to be used to declare a national 
monument with the use of the antiquities Act in Montrose County, 
Colorado; Mesa County, Colorado; Monezuma County, Colorado; San Juan 
County, Colorado; or Dolores County, Colorado;           
Pages H4839-40
  Boebert amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
reduces the salary of Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, to $1; 
                                                         Pages H4840-41
  Brecheen amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prohibits the Indian Health Service from using appropriated funds 
to provide sex-transition surgeries or treatment;        
Pages H4841-42
  Cammack amendment (No. 30 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits funds from being used to finalize any rule or regulation that 
has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the 
economy of $100 million or more;                         
Pages H4848-49
  Griffith amendment (No. 40 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prevents the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
from enforcing perpetual deed restrictions on Abandoned Mine Land 
Economic Revitalization program projects;                
Pages H4849-50
  Hageman amendment (No. 41 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits the Bureau of

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Land Management from finalizing, implementing, administering, or 
enforcing its proposed Western Solar Plan;               
Pages H4850-51
  Hageman amendment (No. 42 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from finalizing, implementing, 
administering, or enforcing the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan 
in Wyoming;                                              
Pages H4851-52
  Hageman amendment (No. 43 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits the EPA from establishing or operating the Office of 
Agriculture and Rural Affairs;                           
Pages H4852-53
  Hageman amendment (No. 44 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from finalizing, 
implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed Resource 
Management Plans by the BLM's Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming and the 
Miles City Field Office in Montana;                      
Pages H4853-54
  Huizenga amendment (No. 46 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or 
enforce the EPA final rule ``Determinations of Attainment by the 
Attainment Date, Extensions of the Attainment Date, and 
Reclassification of Areas Classified as Marginal for the 2015 Ozone 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' with respect to Berrien, 
Allegan, and Muskegon counties in Michigan;              
Pages H4854-56
  Jackson (TX) amendment (No. 47 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that reduces funding for the Fish and Wildlife Service to FY21 levels; 
and                                                          
Page H4856
  Jackson (TX) amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that ensures no funding from this bill can be used by the Fish and 
Wildlife Service to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce its 
proposed rule to list the Texas Kangaroo Rat as endangered and 
designate 600,000 acres as critical habitat under the Endangered 
Species Act.                                             
Pages H4856-57
Rejected:
  Brecheen amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that sought to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts 
to FY2019 levels;                                        
Pages H4842-43
  Boebert amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Michael S. Regan, Administrator of the 
EPA, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 146 ayes to 264 noes with one 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 381);             
Pages H4832, H4843-44
  Boebert amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Melissa Schwartz, Director of 
Communications of the Department of the Interior, to $1 (by a recorded 
vote of 134 ayes to 272 noes with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 
382);                                          
Pages H4832-33, H4844-45
  Boebert amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Elizabeth Klien, Director of the Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 145 ayes to 
267 noes with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 383); 
                                                  Pages H4833-34, H4845
  Boebert amendment (No. 18 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to prohibit funds for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (by a 
recorded vote of 208 ayes to 211 noes, Roll No. 384); 
                                                  Pages H4840, H4845-46
  Boebert amendment (No. 20 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Tracy Stone-Manning, Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 145 ayes to 268 
noes with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 385); and 
                                                  Pages H4841, H4846-47
  Brecheen amendment (No. 23 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that sought to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the 
Humanities to FY2019 levels (by a recorded vote of 147 ayes to 269 
noes, Roll No. 386).                                 
Pages H4843, H4847
Proceedings Postponed:
  Brecheen amendment (No. 24 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that seeks to defund the Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars and moves its $12 million in appropriations to the Spending 
Reduction Account;                                           
Page H4848
  Brecheen amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that seeks to prohibit funding for any diversity, equity, and inclusion 
program or office; and                                       
Page H4848
  Harshbarger amendment (No. 45 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-602) 
that seeks to prohibit funding for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. 
                                                             Page H4854
  H. Res. 1370, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
8997) and (H.R. 8998) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 
197 noes, Roll No. 360, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 188 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 359. 
                                               Pages H4735-40, H4741-42
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, July 24th.     
  Page H4857
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and twenty-four recorded 
votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages 
H4741, H4741-42, H4742-43, H4743, H4786, H4786-87, H4787-88, H4788, 
H4788-89, H4789-90, H4790, H4790-91, H4791-92, H4792, H4792-93, H4793-
94, H4794, H4794-95, H4795-96, H4796,

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H4796-97, H4797-98, H4843-44, H4844-45, H4845, H4845-46, H4846-47, and 
H4847.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:16 p.m.