[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20291-20296]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 5011, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION 
                               ACT, 2003

  Mr. HOBSON. Pursuant to the rule just adopted, I call up the 
conference reported to accompany the bill, (H.R. 5011) making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 578, the 
conference report is considered as having been read.
  (For conference report and statement, see proceedings of the House of 
October 9, 2002, at page H7345.)
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson) and the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson).
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill. I urge its adoption.
  Mr. Speaker, I include the following for the Record:

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  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, before yielding back my time, I want to thank all the 
conferees for their efforts in reaching this agreement, but especially 
our chairman, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson). The two bills had 
very significant differences, and he has led us to a fair resolution 
that I think all of us can support.
  Mr. Speaker, I want also to thank the committee staff from both sides 
of the aisle who have worked so hard to put this bill together: Valerie 
Baldwin, Brian Potts, Mary Arnold, Luis James, and, of course, Tom 
Forhan, on our side. Working together, they crafted an agreement that 
we can all support.
  I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on this conference report.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I also would like to thank, in addition to the other 
people, Luis James, our detailee.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, today I vote in support of the Military 
Construction Conference Report, H.R. 5011. I am encouraged that the 
conference report provides $835 million more than the Administration 
requested for barracks construction, family housing, medical 
facilities, and environmental clean up.
  I am especially pleased that this conference report includes $561 
million for the Defense Department's Base Realignment and Closure 
program, which is $16 million more than what we passed in the House 
earlier this summer. I am disappointed that the Conference Committee 
could not support the Senate's request for $645 million, but what we 
have is a good step. This increase will help the Department meet its 
environmental restoration and reuse commitments.
  I would also like to express my appreciation to Chairman Hobson, 
Ranking Member Olver and Mr. Farr on the House Committee for focusing 
on one aspect of the military construction budget that deals with the 
problem of unexploded ordnance, the bombs and shells and military 
toxins, that have been left over and littered across the landscape of 
this country. I thank them for their foresight and leadership in 
bringing this issue front and center.
  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in support of the rule that 
will allow for consideration of H.R. 5011, the Military Construction 
Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2003. This bill provides $10.08 
billion for military construction projects. Providing adequate housing 
and facilities for our men and women in uniform enables them to do 
their job. This bill provides $5.41 billion for safe and secure 
housing, allowing servicemen and women to know that their families are 
out of harm's way while they are deployed or serving our country 
overseas. This assurance is a key component of our nation's military 
readiness and today we take steps to further improve and make adequate 
the housing and facilities of our military families.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to highlight a significant component of the 
Milcon Appropriations Bill that will help all soldiers at Ft. Bragg, in 
my district in NC. Since I came to Congress, I have been working to 
secure funds for the Soldier Support Center at Ft. Bragg. This center, 
to be named in honor of General Hugh Shelton, currently recovering from 
a spinal cord injury, will provide a one-stop in and out-processing 
facility for soldiers at Ft. Bragg. Today we take the first step in 
providing the first half of the funding for this important resource for 
the epicenter of the universe, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
  The tragic events of September 11, 2001 have thrust our nation's 
military into the spotlight, and called to duty the brave men and women 
of the U.S. Armed Forces. Once again U.S. citizens are rallying behind 
them, in strong support of the harrowing mission they have been called 
upon to do, and today the U.S. Congress has the duty to pass the 
Military Construction Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2003, and the 
Rule that provides for its consideration, that will help provide the 
necessary resources and security for these brave men and women to do 
their job.
  I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the rule and in favor of 
H.R. 5011, the Military Construction Appropriations Bill for fiscal 
year 2003.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the conference report.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on 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 419, 
nays 0, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 458]

                               YEAS--419

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Allen
     Andrews
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boozman
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Frank
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grucci
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kerns
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kleczka
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Lynch
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, Dan
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Miller, Jeff
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins (OK)

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     Watson (CA)
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Berman
     Bonior
     Cooksey
     Coyne
     Diaz-Balart
     Ortiz
     Paul
     Reyes
     Roukema
     Slaughter
     Stump
     Towns

                              {time}  1710

  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.

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