[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 23595-23604]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2084, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution 318 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 318

       Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
     in order to consider the conference report to accompany the 
     bill (H.R. 2084) making appropriations for the Department of 
     Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes. All points 
     of order against the conference report and against its 
     consideration are waived. The conference report shall be 
     considered as read.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York (Mr. Reynolds) 
is recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield 
the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. 
Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. 
During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the 
purpose of debate only.
  Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 318 provides for the consideration of 
the conference report to accompany H.R. 2084, the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 
2000.
  The rule waives all points of order against the conference report and 
against its consideration. The rule also provides the conference report 
will be considered as read.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill provides for appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000. The legislation before the House this morning is 
vitally important to both the safety and the efficiency of travel and 
transportation in the United States.
  The bill provides for the necessary resources for America's highways 
and airports, our railroads and public transportation facilities, and 
safety in all forms of transportation.
  Mr. Speaker, ensuring the safety of American motorists, fliers, and 
travelers is this Government's highest responsibility, and clearly this 
bill addresses those needs and concerns. Indeed, the underlying 
legislation represents an increase in safety measures and resources in 
every area of America's transportation system, from the Coast Guard, to 
the Federal Aviation Administration, to the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration.
  And even while we ensure adequate and appropriate financial resources 
to meet those needs, our conferees have met the challenge, while 
practicing fiscal responsibility and bipartisan cooperation, 
maintaining the fiscal restraints adopted in the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997.
  I commend my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Wolf), the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on 
Transportation, and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo), for their 
hard work in crafting a responsible bipartisan bill.
  I urge my colleagues to support this rule and the underlying bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding me 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, I do not oppose the rule, the transportation 
appropriations conference report for fiscal year 2000, but the 
conference report itself should be the subject of vigorous debate today 
as members of the authorizing committee and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure express their serious concerns about 
provisions added to the conference report by the other body. There are 
also issues which will be discussed on the floor today relating to 
unfunded mandates and numerous legislative provisions which appear in 
the conference report.
  Mr. Speaker, there is no question but that the transportation system 
of this Nation helps us to maintain our competitive edge worldwide. 
There is no question but that the very same system must be maintained, 
repaired, and upgraded constantly for that competitive edge to remain. 
This is a goal shared by both the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Transportation of the Committee 
on Appropriations. This debate might be described as a difference not 
of where we are going, but how we get there.
  I wish to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Chairman Shuster) 
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the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) of the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the gentleman from 
Virginia (Chairman Wolf), and the ranking member, the gentleman from 
Minnesota (Mr. Sabo) of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure Subcommittee on Appropriations, for sharing strong 
support of and commitment to our transportation system for the people 
of America, unmatched anywhere in the world.
  Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I 
move the previous question on the resolution.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 318, I call up 
the conference report on the bill (H.R. 2084) making appropriations for 
the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
  The Clerk read the title of the conference report.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the conference report 
is considered as having been read.
  (For conference report and statement, see proceedings of the House of 
September 30, 1999, at page H9077).
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Wolf) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo) each 
will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf).


                             General Leave

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2084, and that I may include 
tabular and extraneous material.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to bring before the House an excellent 
conference report on the transportation appropriations bill for the 
coming fiscal year. We have worked long and hard in truly a bipartisan 
fashion, and I want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo) 
for that, with the Senate conferees to hammer out a conference 
agreement which hopefully will easily pass this body.
  We said earlier that this House would pass individual appropriation 
bills in a timely manner and send them to the President for signature. 
We have fallen a little bit behind, but here is a way to get us back on 
track.
  This is a bill which provides funding increases for all our vital 
transportation systems and infrastructure and gives the President 
another bill he can sign just as the new fiscal year begins.
  Mr. Speaker, I include the following for the Record.

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  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill. I hope we pass it. As always, a 
bill does not reflect everything each of us might want or what either 
the House or the Senate might want, but is a compromise. This is a 
reasonable bill within the money available. I think it treats the 
various programs fairly. It treats the huge array of requests we had 
for funding fairly on a bipartisan basis, and I urge support of the 
conference report.
  I just want to take a moment to express my thanks to my staff, the 
minority staff, Cheryl Smith and Marge Duske from my personal office, 
and the majority staff, John Blazey, Rich Efford, Stephanie Gupta, 
Linda Muir, and David Whitestone. They do outstanding work on behalf of 
us.
  I rise in strong support of the conference report on the FY2000 
Transportation Appropriations conference report. I want to commend the 
gentleman from Virginia for his tireless work in hammering out fair and 
sensible compromises on the many difficult and controversial issues 
that the transportation conferees were faced with this year.
  One of the most difficult issues we faced concerned driver privacy 
and the release of photographs and personal information contained on 
driver records. I am not convinced that we arrived at the best 
solution, but there was strong interest in the conference in 
restricting the release of sensitive, information such as social 
security numbers that are included on these records.
  The gentleman from Virginia has touched on the significant funding 
provisions in the bill. I would just reiterate that this conference 
report includes $4.0 billion for the Coast Guard, an increase of $129 
million over 1999, and funds the Coast Guard's highest priorities.
  It provides $5.9 billion for FAA air traffic control and other 
operations, an increase of $337 million over 1999. While we were not 
able to provide as much as the Administration wanted for FAA operations 
due to severe budget constraints, I am satisfied that we have fully 
provided for safety of the travelling public and have addressed some of 
the concerns that the air traffic controllers have had regarding 
funding for this account.
  The conference report funds both highways and transit at the 
guaranteed amounts specified in TEA21 and includes all the projects 
identified in TEA21. The conference report also includes the additional 
$1.456 billion gas taxes for the highway program--the so-called Revenue 
Aligned Budget Authority. This conference report ensures that every 
state will receive additional highway dollars under the highway funding 
formula allocation in TEA21, while protecting an additional $90 million 
in revenue aligned budget authority for the highway demonstration 
projects in TEA21.
  I know that members of the California and New York delegations have 
had concerns about provisions in the Senate conference report capping 
the amount of transit funds those states would receive. This conference 
report maintains the House position and does not include those 
provisions.
  With regard to truck safety, I believe the approach developed by the 
gentleman from Virginia will contribute greatly to making our highways 
safer. The conference report provides funding for motor carrier safety 
operations as provided in the House-passed conference report, but 
leaves the judgment of where this office should be relocated within DOT 
to the Secretary.
  Amtrak is also fully funded at its budget request of $571 million in 
the conference agreement. This will enable Amtrak to continue its 
critical investments in its infrastructure and improve passenger rail 
service in the Northeast and other parts of the country where there is 
strong support for retaining and improving rail service.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to again commend the chairman of the 
Subcommittee, the gentleman from Virginia, for the way he has handled 
the transportation subcommittee's business this year. He has been fair 
and open to suggestions as to how we could improve this bill and 
develop a final product that we all could support.
  I also want to thank the majority staff--John Blazey, Rich Efford, 
Stephanie Gupta, Linda Muir and David Whitestone. They do a great job 
in attending to all the tedious detail and legwork that goes into this 
conference report.
  In closing, Mr. Speaker, this is a fair and balanced conference 
report. I strongly urge a ``yes'' vote.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, before I close, let me just also again thank all the 
Members for their help and their support in working on this very 
important bill. We had emphasized safety, which I think has been 
addressed very, very well.
  I again want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo), and I 
want to thank the staff members. John Blazey, who did an outstanding 
job; along with Rich Efford, Stephanie Gupta; Linda Muir; and David 
Whitestone from my office; Cheryl Smith from Mr. Sabo's side; Marjorie 
Duske. Also from the Senate side, because we worked with them, Wally 
Burnett, Joyce Rose, Paul Doerrer, Peter Rogoff, and Denise Matthews. I 
just want to thank all of them. It has been a long, hard effort.
  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the 
conference report for H.R. 2084, the Fiscal Year 2000 Department of 
Transportation Appropriations Act. There are many, many reasons why I 
oppose this conference report, not the least of which is the fact that 
most Members, including myself, have not even seen the report. Other 
Members have merely been able to glance at it, making it nearly 
impossible for my colleagues and I to make an informed decision on how 
to vote for this conference report. However, what I do know about the 
details of this conference report, I do not like.
  One of the main reasons why I oppose this conference report is the 
fact that the conferees have decided to eliminate the general fund 
contribution to aviation funding. Historically, approximately 30 
percent of the Federal Aviation Administration's funding has come from 
the general fund, rather than the aviation trust fund. The general fund 
payment is used to fund a variety of FAA services that benefit society 
as a whole. In fact, every American, whether he or she knows it or not, 
benefits from our national aviation system. The safe and efficient 
operation of a strong national aviation system allows our economy to 
grow and thrive. Therefore, the general fund contribution to aviation 
is more than justified. That is why, on June 15, 1999, the House of 
Representatives voted two-to-one in favor of retaining the general fund 
contribution in AIR 21, the Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 
21st Century. However, with this conference report, the appropriators 
have decided to ignore this decisive vote and eliminate the general 
fund contribution to aviation funding in Fiscal Year 2000.
  Another reason why I am opposed to this conference report is the 
inadequate and shameful level of funding for the Chicago Transit 
Authority. The CTA, one of the oldest transit systems in the United 
States, needs significant New Start funding to complete two important 
projects--reconstruction of the 102-year-old Douglas Branch on the Blue 
Line and capacity expansion of the Ravenswood Line. Both projects are 
critical to Chicago's transit system and cannot be completed without 
federal New Start funding, despite the substantial investments already 
made by the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.
  The Chicago region is currently the third most congested metropolitan 
area in the United States. Each day the CTA serves a population of 
approximately 3.7 million in Chicago and 38 of its surrounding suburbs. 
In fact, ridership on the CTA has reached new levels, increasing 
system-wide for the first time in more than a decade. Yet, at least 12 
cities with much lower congestion, smaller transit systems and vastly 
lower ridership than the Chicago region are provided substantially 
more--most more than double--than Chicago's allocation of new start 
funds in this conference report. This is just not right.
  This conference report virtually ignores the capital needs of the 
CTA. It ignores the outstanding needs of our national aviation system 
by eliminating the general fund contribution. And, these are just two 
examples of what is--or, more accurately, what is not--in this 
conference report. I cannot even imagine what else this conference 
report might contain. As a result, I must vote against this conference 
report and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in strong support of the FY 
2000 Conference Report on Transportation Appropriations. I would like 
to commend the work of my Chairman, Mr. Wolf and My Ranking Member, Mr. 
Sabo, as well as all of the other members of the Subcommittee and staff 
who worked extremely hard to make this a good bill.


 The FY 2000 Transportation Appropriations Conference Report Addresses 
                        the Needs of the Nation

  As members of Congress and this Subcommittee it is our job to focus 
on the present

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and future transportation needs of the country. Today our communities 
face old and deteriorating transit systems. Our green spaces shrink in 
the shadow of urban sprawl, and massive commuter traffic flows have 
turned our freeways and highways into rolling parking lots. As our 
economy continues to grow there is more and more pressure on our 
highways, skyways, roads and railways. Increased trade with our 
neighbors in Canada and Mexico means that we in Congress will have to 
work harder to maintain the quality and safety of our roads, highways 
and borders.
  We have worked hard in Subcommittee to address these problems. This 
bill increases funding for the Coast Guard by $129 million dollars to 
$4 billion. The job of defending our coastline from the creative 
tactics used by drug smugglers has become more and more difficult. I 
will personally seek to find funding that allows the Coast Guard to 
address these difficulties and prevent drugs from reaching our 
neighborhoods.
  The Conference Report provides over $20 billion for highway 
obligations for TEA 21 guaranteed levels. These funds will go to 
important highway projects aimed at upgrading deteriorating highways 
and eliminating gridlock.


 The FY 2000 Transportation Appropriations Conference Report Addresses 
       the Needs of the City of Detroit and the State of Michigan

  The state of Michigan will receive an outstanding $27.5 million 
dollars in funding for buses and bus facilities. In Detroit, the city I 
represent, these funds will go to projects like Time Transfer Centers 
to help those transitioning from welfare to work. By providing child 
care, retail, training, government and other needed services, these 
Centers will give people the tools they need to successfully empower 
themselves.
  In 1999, Detroit was hit by paralyzing snow storms that shut down 
city streets for days on end. This bill provides funding that will help 
efficiently deal with weather emergencies. Funding provided in this 
measure will aid in the Development of Intelligent Transit Systems that 
use computer aided technology.
  I have also secured funding to aid in the development of High Speed 
Rail between the City of Detroit and Chicago. High Speed Rail will give 
the citizens of Michigan an added choice in travel along this vital 
national corridor.
  During the debate on the Transportation Appropriations Conference 
Report of FY 1998 I voiced my dissatisfaction with the level of funding 
provided the state of Michigan. Today, as a member of the 
Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, I stand poised to 
rectify this situation.
  I strongly support the passage of H.R. 2084.
  Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I 
move the previous question on the conference report.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the conference report.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on the 
conference report will be postponed until later today.
  The pending business is the question of agreeing to the conference 
report on the bill, H.R. 2084, on which the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The Clerk read the title of the conference report.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the 
conference report.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 304, 
nays 91, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 37, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 466]

                               YEAS--304

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crowley
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hill (IN)
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holt
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kilpatrick
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Largent
     Larson
     Latham
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Menendez
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--91

     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berry
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Borski
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Cardin
     Coble
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cubin
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Duncan
     Filner
     Frost
     Gilchrest
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hutchinson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     LaTourette
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     McDermott
     Metcalf
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Moran (KS)
     Nadler
     Oberstar
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Rahall
     Royce
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Sensenbrenner
     Shows
     Shuster
     Slaughter
     Snyder
     Stearns
     Sweeney
     Terry
     Thune
     Traficant
     Waters
     Weiner
     Wise

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Bateman
       

                             NOT VOTING--37

     Ackerman
     Barton
     Berman
     Brown (FL)
     Burton
     Chenoweth
     Clay
     Cummings
     Delahunt
     Ehrlich
     Fattah
     Ford
     Fossella
     Gejdenson
     Goodling
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hooley
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (OH)
     Kleczka
     Levin
     McHugh
     Meeks (NY)
     Mollohan
     Northup
     Pickering
     Porter
     Quinn
     Rush
     Scarborough
     Velazquez
     Waxman
     Wu
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  0957

  Mr. BEREUTER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Messrs. SHOWS, 
KUCINICH, BOEHLERT, Ms. BERKLEY, Messrs. LaHOOD, JOHN, HALL of Texas, 
SNYDER, GREEN of Texas, and Mrs. KELLY changed their vote from ``yea'' 
to ``nay.''

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  Messrs. WATT of North Carolina, BACHUS, ENGLISH, UDALL of Colorado, 
and HOYER changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the conference report was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote 466, I was 
unavoidably detained and unable to be on the House floor during that 
time. Had I been here I would have voted ``yea.''
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 466, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 466, I was inadvertently 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
  Ms. VELAQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained during rollcall 
vote No. 466, which provided for consideration of H.R. 2084, Conference 
Report for FY 2000 Transportation Appropriations. If I had been present 
I would have voted ``yes.''
  Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, I am not recorded on rollcall No. 466 for 
the Conference Report accompanying H.R. 2084, making appropriations for 
the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000. I was unavoidably detained and 
therefore, could not vote for this conference report. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall No. 466.
  Stated against:
  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 466, I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained during rollcall 
vote No. 466. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''

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