[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10761-10831]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Pursuant to House Resolution 
518 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration 
of the bill, H.R. 4577.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 4577) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, 
with Mr. Pease (Chairman pro tempore) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. When the Committee of the Whole rose on 
Tuesday, June 13, 2000, the bill had been read through page 84, line 
21.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word for the 
purpose of entering into a colloquy with the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Quinn).
  Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Quinn) for 
an explanation of his concerns.
  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Chairman, I want to begin by thanking the gentleman 
from Illinois (Mr. Porter) for the fine job and the hard work he has 
done, not only for the job he has done this year in a very difficult 
year, but over the years for our Labor-HHS bill.

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  Mr. Chairman, as a former teacher, funding for elementary and 
secondary education programs is a top priority for me as well as many 
other Members here in the House. I have several concerns regarding 
education funding levels in this bill. I am particularly concerned that 
the title I education programs have been level funded at fiscal year 
2000 levels. These title I programs are vital for school districts like 
the Buffalo area and many more. Title I educational assistance programs 
target low-income and disadvantaged areas providing accelerated 
instruction, smaller classes, extra time to learn after school and 
during the summer, and computer-based instruction. Buffalo receives 
approximately $23 million a year in title I funding alone.
  As my colleague can see, this is critical for many districts. I have 
been working closely with our colleague, the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. McHugh), to ensure full funding for this program.
  Secondly, Mr. Chairman, I also want to talk with the gentleman for a 
moment about other programs we have

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discussed. It has been argued that a nearly $200 million cut in the 
dislocated workers assistance program, run by the Department of Labor, 
can be justified by our Nation's strong economy. While that may be true 
in some parts of the country, unfortunately, in my district, in our 
area of the State and many other Rust Belt communities throughout the 
country, workers who are permanently separated from their jobs depend 
on this program to return to productive unsubsidized employment.
  Lastly, the one-stop career centers were not funded in the bill this 
year. The elimination of these one-stop career centers would threaten 
the division of Veterans Employment and Training Services efforts 
toward establishing licensing and certification of military skills for 
the civilian economy. This would affect the licensing and certification 
language in the new Montgomery GI Bill legislation, which was passed in 
the House in May. It would also have a negative effect on Veterans 
Employment and Training legislation which the subcommittee will 
introduce later this summer. Everyone has worked extremely hard to 
ensure these programs exist for our Veterans.
  These three concerns, Mr. Chairman, lead me to look forward to 
working closely with the gentleman from Illinois in the weeks to come 
so that these programs receive adequate funding in the final version of 
the legislation, and I appreciate the opportunity for this discussion.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman 
for bringing this to my attention. Because of budget restraints, we 
were not able to provide an increase in these programs in the House 
bill.
  However, I understand the gentleman's concerns and will assure him 
that I will do my best to work with my colleagues in conference to 
ensure that these programs receive adequate funding.
  Mr. Chairman, I include the following material for the Record.

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  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I would ask the gentleman if it is the intention of the 
majority to now proceed to a final vote on this bill.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois.
  Mr. PORTER. Yes, it is.
  Mr. OBEY. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman, 
and all I would say with respect to the previous colloquy is that the 
only assurance that any individual Member can provide that there will 
be more funding for a program that he is interested in is to vote for a 
bill which contains it. When we vote for a bill that does not contain 
it, what we do is give leverage to the very people who are trying to 
hold down funding for that bill.
  I think before Members vote they should understand one thing about 
this bill. All of yesterday we tried to offer amendments to restore 
funds for education, for health care, for job training, for various 
other items that were knocked out of the President's budget request and 
we were denied the opportunity to offer those amendments, in large part 
because we were told they exceeded the allowable budget ceiling for 
this bill. And yet this bill now, as it stands here, with the failure 
of the Young amendment, is $500 million in budget authority above the 
allowable amount and it is $217 million above the allowable budget 
ceiling for outlays; that despite the fact that it is still $3 billion 
short of the President's budget for education, $1.7 billion below for 
worker protection and training, and $1.2 billion below the President's 
budget for health.
  I find it interesting that one standard is applied to amendments that 
this side sought to offer and another standard to the majority side 
when it wants to pass a bill. This bill, as it stands, is not in 
compliance with the budget resolution, and yesterday the majority time 
and time and time again chastised us for offering amendments that were 
not in compliance with the budget resolution. So much for consistency. 
But I guess it is the best that we can expect.
  Lastly, I want to announce to the House, Mr. Chairman, that there 
will be a motion to recommit.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Though I did this at the beginning, Mr. Chairman, I want to take just 
a minute to thank the Members of the subcommittee and the staff.
  Members of the House should realize that the hearings on this bill 
take longer perhaps than most other appropriation bills, running 
months, running into hundreds of public witnesses, and hearing from 
literally 100 Members of Congress. The Members that serve on it serve a 
very long and hard year in bringing this bill to the floor.
  I want to thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Bonilla), the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook), the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Miller), the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. 
Dickey), the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the gentlewoman 
from Kentucky (Mrs. Northup), and the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Cunningham) on our side; and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), 
the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Pelosi), the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), 
the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), and the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Jackson) on the minority side.
  It has been a great source of pleasure for me to work with such fine 
people and to be able to, in the end, despite all the rhetoric, find 
the common ground to fund these very, very important programs that 
exist in the bill.
  Let me also thank the professional staff, and they are true 
professionals, who work even harder than we do. Tony McCann, the clerk 
of my subcommittee and chief of staff; Carol Murphy, Susan Firth, Geoff 
Kenyon, Francine Salvador, and Tom Kelly; and on the minority side Mark 
Mioduski and Cheryl Smith.
  Let me also thank my personal staff, my administrative assistant, 
Katharine Fisher, and Spencer Perlman, who also put in long, long hours 
in producing this bill.
  Finally, let me thank the associate staff. Obviously, they work hard 
as well. Brent Jaquet, Angela Godby, Bill Duncan, Paul Pisano, Kristen 
Bannerman, Jim Perry, Kristy Craig, and Frank Purcell. All of them work 
very hard in very tough circumstances to make this bill come to the 
floor and, I hope, get passed.
  Finally, let me say that it has been, for me, for all the years that 
I have served on the Committee on Appropriations a real pleasure to 
work with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), our chairman. If 
anyone wanted to see a strong, effective, hard-working leader, who is 
universally respected and loved by Members on both sides of the aisle, 
they would want to see the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young). I do not 
know when he or the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) ever get a 
chance to get any sleep during appropriation season.
  And during all of this, I would add, that the gentleman from Florida 
is the best husband and father, and puts his family ahead of everything 
else. How he finds the time to do it all is beyond me. But we all love 
him and respect him greatly.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PORTER. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
  Mr. OBEY. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me, Mr. Chairman.
  I will not repeat everything I said about the gentleman from Illinois 
yesterday, in the interest of brevity, but I do simply want to say that 
on this side of the aisle we regret very much the fact that the 
gentleman is retiring. We regret very much he will not be with us next 
year.
  As I said yesterday, the gentleman has been a superb public servant. 
He has done honor to his district, to his State, to his party, to his 
Nation, to this institution, and each and every one of us who have 
served with him, and we wish him Godspeed.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Pease). The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001''.

  Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 4577, the 
fiscal year 2001 Labor-Health and Human Services-Appropriations bill. I 
believe strongly this legislation shortchanges America's families by 
inadequately funding critical federal education and health programs.
  First, I would like to express concerns with the legislation's 
funding levels for federal education programs. At a time when we should 
be increasing funding for our schools to reduce class size and to 
enhance teacher training, this bill would cut $3.5 billion from the 
Administration's education budget. H.R. 4577 would repeal last year's 
bipartisan plan to hire 100,000 additional teachers for smaller 
classes. In North Dakota alone, this initiative has helped to hire 145 
teachers and reduce class size for children like my daughter Kathryn.
  Mr. Chairman, H.R. 4577 would also provide no funding for school 
modernization, meaning that hundreds of schools in North Dakota will 
have to forgo repair and modernization projects. In addition, at a time 
when we are facing a teacher shortage, this bill eliminates $1 billion 
in crucial funding for teacher recruitment and training. By enacting 
these cuts and failing to provide funding for crucial education 
programs, this legislation will shortchange our students and endanger 
America's future economic prosperity.
  In the area of health programs, I have serious concerns regarding the 
funding levels approved by the House Appropriations Committee for 
Medicare contractors. In the Administration's fiscal year 2001 budget 
request, the President requested $1.30 billion to support Medicare 
claims processing contractors, supported in part by Medicare user fees. 
While I do not support implementation of Medicare user fees, I am 
concerned that the committee approved only $1.17 billion for Medicare 
contractors. This amount is not only $136 million less than the 
President's request, but also $79 million less than the fiscal year 
2000 allocation.
  As the committee notes in its report, ``Medicare contractors are 
responsible for paying Medicare providers promptly and accurately.'' I 
am concerned that this funding reduction contradicts the committee's 
intent; it is likely to slow down claims processing activities and the 
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both beneficiaries and providers. We have all heard our constituents' 
concerns about the Medicare claim process--claims that are accidentally 
denied, slow payments, reaching voice mail more often than human 
beings. We should not exacerbate these concerns by reducing funding 
levels for Medicare contractors.
  Mr. Chairman, I impress upon my colleagues the need to adequately 
fund the Medicare contractor program. I am not asking for Congress to 
approve Medicare user fees. In the future, however, when the House and 
Senate conference on this appropriations bill, I urge my colleagues to 
revisit this issue.
  Mr. VENTO. Mr. Chairman, as we consider the Department of Labor, 
Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill for Fiscal 
Year 2001, a simple question comes to mind. Do we, or do we not care 
about the needs of hard working American families? By looking at this 
proposal it seems to me that the answer is a resounding ``no.'' The 
appropriations legislation put before us short-changes nearly every 
vulnerable group--children, dislocated and injured workers, and the 
elderly, to highlight just a few.
  The American public time and again has rated education as a top 
priority--above tax cuts, above foreign affairs, above Pentagon 
spending, even above gun control and protecting social security. While 
I am not discrediting the need for Congress to address all of those 
issues, it is important that we listen to what constituents are saying. 
It seems ridiculous that at a time when our economy is booming, we 
still have schools that are under funded and under staffed, mainly due 
to the slight of hand indifferent policy path of the Republican 
leadership. How can the United States possibly expect to remain 
competitive in a global marketplace if we are unwilling to make the 
investment to ensure that our students are receiving the best education 
possible? As examples, H.R. 4577 short-changes students who need the 
most support, by inadequately funding Head Start, Title I, after school 
care, teacher quality and class size reduction initiatives. 
Additionally, this proposal supports block granting for several 
programs, a method of funding which dilutes the effectiveness of 
federal dollars in our classrooms.
  This appropriations bill is a disaster when it comes to taking care 
of on the job workers safety and health. The rider blocking the 
implementation of an ergonomics standard is particularly offensive, an 
unnecessary delay tactic which could ultimately result in thousands 
more workers being needlessly injured on the job. Additionally, this 
legislation cuts dislocated worker programs--a slap in the face 
following the recent vote of PNTR for China--and cuts funding of summer 
jobs for at-risk youth, retreating from the modest temporary programs 
that ease the plight of working families.
  Congress must do more and increase funding for important human needs 
and health programs. Instead, funding is reduced for Social Service 
Block Grants (SSBG), one of the primary sources of social service 
funding for states to provide vital services for children, youth, 
seniors, families, and persons with disabilities. Also, public health 
priorities such as Child Care Development Block Grants (CCDBG) and 
mental health services have not been satisfactorily funded. Now, in a 
productive economic time, Congress should not exacerbate social-
economic disparities, but rather maintain commitments to guarantee all 
Americans an opportunity to contribute to and share in America's 
prosperity.
  This bill is emblematic of how budget distortions and faulty 
priorities often have grave consequences for some of our most 
vulnerable citizens. I encourage my colleagues to oppose this 
legislation, which ignores the needs and priorities of American 
families.
  Mr. HILLEARY. Mr. Chairman, tonight, I come to the floor in 
opposition to the implementation of a uniform medical identifier and 
support of the Paul amendment, which would eliminate its 
implementation.
  I, along with Representative Paul, led a bipartisan group of members 
urging the inclusion of this amendment. We had less than 24 hours and 
limited resources at our disposal to gather support, yet within half a 
day we had 33 members by our side.
  These members all shared the same fear. That fear was that unless 
Congress intervenes at this moment and stops the creation of a national 
database containing the medical history of every American, government 
and HMO bureaucrats across the country will be able to pry into the 
personal information of every American.
  However, it is not just privacy that is at stake here. We also 
threaten to undermine the entire health care system. The 
confidentiality associated with doctor-patient relationship will be 
irreparably harmed. Embarrassing or emotional problems may never be 
shared. As a result, the treating physician will be unable to deliver 
the best treatment.
  What we ask for today is nothing novel or extreme. For two straight 
years we have included similar language in the Labor-HHS appropriations 
bill. I am confident that this House will stand in favor of this 
provision.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
LaHood) having assumed the chair, Mr. Pease, Chairman pro tempore of 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported 
that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 
4577) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, pursuant to House 
Resolution 518, he reported the bill back to the House with sundry 
amendments adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment? If not, the Chair will 
put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                 Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Obey

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. OBEY. I think that is safe to say, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Obey moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4577 to the 
     Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       Page 84, strike section 518 (as added by the amendment 
     printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules to 
     accompany H. Res. 518).

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Wisconsin is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion to 
recommit.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, this motion is very simple. It deletes a 
provision in the bill that was added by the rule through a self-
executing amendment that has the effect of cutting the fiscal 2000 
appropriation in this bill for Child Care and Development Block Grant 
by $506 million.

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  The motion to recommit simply strikes that provision, thereby adding 
$506 million back for child care, which is the same level that was 
requested by the President and which was the level included in this 
bill as reported out of committee.
  This motion would provide child care for an additional 100,000 
children. The provision in the bill which my motion strikes says that 
if the Fiscal 2002 advance appropriation across all appropriation bills 
exceeds $23.5 billion, then the child care program is singled out for 
rescissions that bring the total back down to $23 billion.
  Since the Labor HHS bill and VA bill already exceed that total by 
$506 million, that means $506 million will automatically be lopped off 
the $2 billion provided in this bill for child care.
  I am sure my friend, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Porter), will 
say this is next year's funding, and so you do not have to worry about 
it. My response is this bill is either real or it is not. It is either 
a let-us-pretend bill. If it is not a let-us-pretend bill, then it cuts 
child care by $506 million.
  I would hope that we would be voting for real bills, and I would hope 
that we would not be slashing programs like this.
  I would point out that only one out of every 10 children who are 
eligible for child care under Federal standards today are actually 
getting it because of a shortage of that service. If Members are 
comfortable with that situation, then they should vote against my 
motion. If they are not, then I would urge that they vote for it.

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  If this motion passes, the committee will simply have to bring back a 
new bill immediately without this misguided provision.
  Mr. Speaker, I include the following for the Record:
       Sec. 518. If the total level of discretionary advance 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2002 and subsequent fiscal 
     years provided in general appropriation Acts for fiscal year 
     2001 exceeds $23,500,000,000, there shall be rescinded from 
     the amount made available in this Act for fiscal year 2002 
     under the heading ``Administration for Children and 
     Families--payments to states for the child care and 
     development block grant'' an amount sufficient to reduce the 
     total level of such discretionary advance appropriations to 
     $23,500,000,000: Provided, That the rescission shall not 
     exceed an amount that would cause the amount provided under 
     such heading to be less than the amount provided for fiscal 
     year 2001 in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of 
     Public Law 106-113).

   FY 2002 ADVANCES APPROPRIATIONS CONTAINED IN FY 2001 APPROPRIATIONS
                                  BILLS
           [Dollars in missions; Labor HHS Education, HR 4577]
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Labor:
  Adult Training...............................................     $712
  Dislocated Workers...........................................    1,060
  Job Corps....................................................      691
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      Subtotal.................................................    2,463
HHS:
  Child Care Block Grant.......................................    2,000
  Low Income Energy Assistance.................................    1,100
  Head Start...................................................    1,400
  Abstinence Education.........................................       30
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      Subtotal.................................................    4,530
Education:
  Title I......................................................    6,205
  Title VI Block Grant.........................................      285
  Teacher Assistance...........................................      900
  Safe and Drug Free School....................................      330
  Reading Excellence Act.......................................      195
  Special Education State Grants...............................    3,742
  Vocational Education State Grants............................      791
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      Subtotal.................................................   12,448
Related Agencies: CPB..........................................      365
                                                                --------
      Subtotal, Labor HHS Education Bill.......................   19,806
VA HUD H.R. 4635, Section 8 housing assistance.................    4,200
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    Total advances.............................................   24,006
Budget Resolution limitation...................................   23,500
Rescission of Child Care Block Grant...........................     -506
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  Mr. Speaker, in the interest of time, I yield back the remainder of 
my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Is the gentleman from Illinois 
(Mr. Porter) opposed to the motion?
  Mr. PORTER. I am, Mr. Speaker, yes.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I am surprised that the minority would offer 
this particular motion to recommit.
  When the House reported the bill, it exceeded the $23.5 billion cap 
in advanced appropriations, which is what the gentleman from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Obey) was referring to.
  We funded the Child Care Block Grant at $2 billion in fiscal year 
2002; that is an advance appropriation, which is roughly $800 million 
over the enacted FY 2001 amount.
  In the rule, a provision was added to the bill that assures that we 
will not exceed the overall budget cap of $23.5 billion set forth in 
the budget resolution. This is the provision that the motion to 
recommit of the gentleman would strike.
  If we adopt the motion of the gentleman and remove the sequester 
provision, it will simply mean that we will have to make it up 
somewhere else in the other bill. These bills will have to be cut, in 
order to stay within the budget resolution: we will have to make up the 
$800 million.
  So where will we make it up? We may have to cut section 8 housing 
money in VA-HUD. We may have to cut law enforcement money in Commerce-
Justice-State. We may have to cut other money in other bills.
  So while this may seem like a very appealing provision, there has to 
be a way under the budget resolution to pay for it. Every one of the 
amendments of the gentleman during the debate on this bill have ignored 
the budget resolution. We cannot do so. We have to live under it. We 
have to live within the allocations made. And if we squeeze the balloon 
at one point, it comes out in another.
  I urge Members to vote no. I urge Members to support the bill.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 15-minute vote followed by a 
15-minute vote on passage.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, 
noes 219, not voting 4, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 272]

                               AYES--212

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lazio
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NOES--219

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach

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     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Cook
     Danner
     Sensenbrenner
     Vento

                              {time}  1638

  Messrs. OSE, MANZULLO, PORTMAN and McCRERY changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. GEORGE MILLER of California, MARKEY and MEEKS of New York 
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The question is on the passage 
of the bill.
  Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, 
nays 214, not voting 4, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 273]

                               YEAS--217

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Traficant
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--214

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lazio
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Cook
     Danner
     Sensenbrenner
     Vento

                              {time}  1703

  Mr. McINNIS changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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