[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[House]
[Pages 31440-31443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3074, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
       DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1 
minute remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 18 minutes remaining.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, at this time I would like to enter into the 
Record two more letters, which I have in hand now, one from The United 
States Conference of Mayors, the National Association of Counties, the 
National Associations of Local Housing Finance Agencies, the 
Association for County Community and Economic Development, and the 
National Community Development Association in support of the conference 
report on H.R. 3074. And also, the second letter from the U.S. Chamber 
of Commerce urging support of the conference report for H.R. 3074, 
signed by the executive director of the U.S. Chamber.
                                                November 14, 2007.
     Hon. John W. Olver,
     Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing And Urban 
         Development and Related Agencies, Committee on 
         Appropriations, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Olver: The undersigned organizations of local 
     elected and appointed officials urge passage of the 
     conference report on H.R. 3074 that provides funding of 
     transportation and housing programs at $105.6 billion. 
     Housing and community development is a major challenge. Local 
     government officials know that decent, safe, affordable 
     housing is at the core of family stability and strong 
     neighborhoods. Your bill will assist us in achieving 
     affordable housing and community development goals.
       H.R. 3074 provides funding for the Community Development 
     Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program, 
     Public Housing, Section 8, Homeless, and other housing and 
     community development programs. As you know, more than 260 
     mayors signed a letter calling for increased funding for the 
     CDBG program. HOME continues to be an effective affordable 
     housing program having assisted the development and 
     rehabilitation of nearly 900,000 affordable homes for very 
     low and moderate-income

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     families. These are just two examples of effective programs. 
     Virtually every housing and community development program in 
     your bill can be cited as having an exemplary record.
       We urge the House to pass the conference report to the 
     bill, H.R. 3074.
           Sincerely,
       The United States Conference of Mayors; National 
     Association of Counties; National Associations of Local 
     Housing Finance Agencies; National Association for County 
     Community and Economic Development; and National Community 
     Development Association.
                                  ____

                                                November 13, 2007.
     To: The Members of the U.S. House of Representatives:
       The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business 
     federation representing more than three million businesses 
     and organizations of ever size, sector, and region, strongly 
     urges you to support the conference report for H.R. 3074, the 
     ``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008.'' This bill provides the 
     necessary funding to ensure that the U.S. transportation 
     system is the safest and most efficient in the world.
       The business community depends on a safe and reliable 
     transportation system to remain competitive and efficient. 
     The nation's transportation system is the foundation of the 
     nation's economy. If the investments necessary to maintain 
     this foundation are not made, the U.S. economy win suffer. 
     The inadequate surface transportation system costs the 
     economy $63 billion annually in lost time and fuel.
       H.R. 3074 addresses the enormous demands of the nation's 
     transportation infrastructure system by providing funding for 
     the highway and transit programs authorized by Safe, 
     Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity 
     Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which President Bush 
     signed into law two years ago as well as funding for the 
     Federal Aviation Administration to improve the safety, 
     performance and capacity of the nation's aviation system.
       While the Chamber strongly supports passage of H.R. 3074, 
     it is important to note that the Chamber is disappointed that 
     H.R. 3074 under-funds public transportation by $81 million. 
     These investments are vital to the safety of our system and 
     the health of the nation's economy. It is imperative that 
     commitments made under SAFETEA-LU be maintained as is 
     required by law.
       For these reasons, the Chamber urges you to support the 
     conference report for H.R. 3074 and may consider using votes 
     on, or in relation to, this issue in our annual How They 
     Voted scorecard.
           Sincerely,
                                                  R. Bruce Josten.

  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, the conference report on H.R. 3074 provides 
critical funding for construction of new roads, repairs, and overall 
improvements to our Nation's infrastructure. The legislation also 
provides needed funding for housing vouchers and new vouchers for 
veterans and disabled and low-income families.
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to passing a funding bill 
that has a positive economic impact on our Nation, none is more 
important than the fiscal year appropriation for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development.
  America's transportation system is being stretched beyond its 
capacity. Both public and private usage of highways, transit, and 
aviation systems are increasing at rates far outpacing infrastructure 
investment. A decaying surface transportation system costs the U.S. 
economy $78 billion annually in lost time and fuel while congestion 
adds significant pollution to the air, and substandard roads claim 
thousands of lives every year.
  By investing $40 billion in the Nation's highway system for 
construction of new roads, repairs and improvements and $1 billion to 
address deficient bridges across America, H.R. 3074 honors the 
commitments to capital investment in highway and public transportation 
infrastructure made by Congress in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible and 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) 
and will not increase the Federal budget deficit.
  This bill also addresses many of our Nation's pressing housing needs, 
at a time when we are facing a housing crisis that has directly 
impacted millions of American homeowners and millions more as the 
effects have rippled through the U.S. and world economy. National 
estimates indicate that as many as 2.5 million mortgages will reset to 
higher interest rates in the near future.
  The fiscal year 2008 appropriation for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development also addresses the plight of homeless veterans. 
According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, one out of 
every three homeless men who is sleeping in a doorway, alley or box in 
our cities and rural communities has put on a uniform and served this 
country. By providing $75 million in housing vouchers to homeless 
veterans, we are beginning to address this problem by providing safe, 
affordable, permanent housing access to 7,500 of our homeless veterans.
  Another housing program strongly supported by my constituents that 
this bill funds is the Section 8 Project Based Vouchers. If passed the 
conference report will allocate $6.4 billion, $405 million above 2007 
and $568 million above the President's request, to provide affordable 
housing to 1.3 million low- and very low-income families and 
individuals, two-thirds of whom are elderly or disabled.
  When we pass this bill today and send it to the President, the House 
of Representatives will be addressing the important challenges of 
keeping our Nation's transportation system safe and strong, ensuring 
that every American has adequate shelter, and doing so in a way that 
strengthens the economy.
  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this 
conference report for the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations for 2008.
  The funding provided in the conference report helps enhance our 
national transportation system at a critical time. Our transportation 
system is extended beyond its capacity. Public and private use of 
highways, transit, and aviation systems are growing far beyond the 
current level of investment.
  I am particularly pleased the agreement provides funds for a number 
of important projects not just in my own district but throughout 
Colorado. Our State faces a number of transportation challenges as a 
result of rapid expansion in the northwest Denver sububs and mountain 
and resort communities. Without the passage of this conference report, 
critical transportation and infrastructure needs for Colorado and the 
Nation will continue to be shortchanged.
  I am committed to continue working with the rest of the Colorado 
delegation, local communities, the Transportation Committee and the 
administration to secure essential Federal funding to get people and 
goods from one place to another with a focus on transit and other 
transportation alternatives, and improving current modes of Colorado's 
transportation network.
  The report also includes a number of important provisions with 
national implications.
  The United States and Colorado are facing a housing crisis that has 
caused dire impacts to millions of homeowners. Very often a home 
purchase represents the largest single investment that individuals and 
families will make in their lifetimes. Homeownership is a cornerstone 
of the American Dream, and Congress needs to treat it as a top 
priority. I am pleased the report provides additional funding for 
counseling assistance for at-risk homeowners. Funding in the bill will 
assist thousands of borrowers with mortgage changes and restructuring 
to help them keep their homes.
  I am also pleased the report makes changes to inequities in the 
retirement age of U.S. pilots. Like the Senate bill, the report raises 
the mandatory retirement age for pilots to 65, with certain exceptions. 
I supported similar provisions that passed the House in the 
reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration. We must take 
urgent action to ensure that more competent pilots are not lost.
  Mr. Speaker this legislation is far from perfect but by passing the 
conference report, Congress will maintain its commitment to a safe, 
efficient and competitive transportation system that will fuel job 
creation. I urge its passage today.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this final FY 08 
Transportation-HUB Appropriations Conference Report for the key 
infrastructure investments it makes and the housing support it 
provides.
  In the aftermath of the 1-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis this 
summer, it should be clear to every American that we can no longer 
afford the Bush Administration's policy of deferring needed maintenance 
to our nation's infrastructure--or shrink from the infrastructure 
investments necessary for the safe and vibrant America we are committed 
to building in the 21th century.
  That's why this bill invests $40.2 billion to improve and maintain 
our Nation's highways, including an additional $1 billion to ensure the 
safety of our bridges. Additionally, we allocate $9.65 billion to the 
Federal Transit Administration for capital improvements to our commuter 
and light rail systems in order to encourage the use of mass transit, 
alleviate traffic congestion and reduce pollution. We wisely reject 
President Bush's effort to bankrupt Amtrak and instead provide $1.45 
billion to support our national rail system and the 24 million 
passengers it serves. And we provide $3.5 billion for vital airport 
modernization initiatives designed to expand airport capacity, make 
critical safety improvements and expand noise mitigation efforts.
  On the housing front, we fund 15,500 new vouchers for vulnerable 
populations like low-

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income families, homeless veterans and the disabled. We spend $145 
million--or $29 million over the President's request--to protect 
children from lead poisoning. We invest $3.79 billion in the Community 
Development Block Grant, CDBG program to revitalize neighborhoods 
across the nation. And we allocate $200 million to the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation for its work counseling the estimated 2.5 
million homeowners at risk of foreclosure as a consequence of the 
ongoing subprime mortgage crisis.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to support this conference report.
  Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support H.R. 
3074, the FY08 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Bill, but to voice my concerns over the lack of a 
provision omitted from the final conference report.
  The Conference Report before us today addresses many of the problems 
facing Americans today. It helps to provide affordable housing for 
those Americans who need it most and modernizes our transportation 
infrastructure to enhance safety on our Nation's roads, our railways, 
and airplanes. This legislation also works to ensure the viability of 
mass transit operations throughout the Nation, all of which are 
necessary to reduce traffic congestion, lessen our dependence on 
foreign oil, and reduce our contribution to global warming. This is a 
strong, essential bill, and I will be supporting its passage, but I 
would like to express one concern I have with the conference report.
  As a way to provide Federal housing assistance to tribal members in a 
way that recognizes self-determination and self-government, Congress 
enacted the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act and as part of it, the Indian Housing Block Grant, IHBG, program. 
This program provides an allocation of funds on a formula to help 
tribes address their housing needs. Beginning in 2000, the Census 
allowed respondents to claim that they are American Indian Alaska 
Native in combination with other racial groups, or AIAN only. In 
response, HUD shifted the basis for the needs portion of the IHBG 
distribution from single-race to multi-race.
  This unilateral decision by HUD to change its distribution formula 
has adversely impacted many of our Nation's tribes, as there was a 
large shift in funding among NAHASDA recipients. Compounded with the 
little to no funding increases that Native American housing programs 
have received in the past several years, tribes and their housing 
entities have been left without the resources they need to provide 
housing services for their members. This year's House passed T-HUD 
appropriations bill recognized that this change has adversely impacted 
many Native American tribes. Additionally, it directed the GAO to 
conduct a study to analyze the impact of these funding changes and 
report its findings to Congress. Unfortunately, the Conference Report 
removed the language requiring the study.
  One of the greatest challenges facing Native Americans is the lack of 
sufficient housing. Approximately 40 percent of on-reservation housing 
is considered inadequate--often overcrowded and lacking basic 
facilities, such as electricity and plumbing. The study requested by 
the House only asked the GAO to study the impact of funding changes on 
the housing needs of tribal communities, and I do not see how this 
study could do anything but help. We must have all information possible 
as we continue to address the need for adequate housing on tribal 
lands.
  Mr. OLVER. 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.


         Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Lewis of California

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at 
the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the conference 
report?
  Mr. LEWIS of California. In its present form, I am.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Lewis of California moves to recommit the conference 
     report on the bill, H.R. 3074, to the committee of 
     conference.

  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.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on 
the question of adoption of the conference report.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 182, 
nays 231, not voting 19, as follows:

                            [Roll No. 1101]

                               YEAS--182

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--231

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Rahall

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     Rangel
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--19

     Bono
     Carson
     Cubin
     Doyle
     Gutierrez
     Hunter
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jindal
     Keller
     Langevin
     Levin
     Mack
     Miller (NC)
     Oberstar
     Paul
     Ruppersberger
     Sessions
     Watson
     Weller


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised there 
are less than 2 minutes remaining on this vote.

                              {time}  1718

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 1101, I was unable to 
vote due to medical reasons. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``nay.''
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on the previous motion to 
recommit vote, in light of the new extraordinary and difficult and 
strenuous voting time, I was unavoidably delayed in an Iraq briefing. 
If I was present, I would have voted ``nay'' on the motion to recommit 
on the Transportation-HUD appropriations bill.
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, during the previous vote on the motion to 
recommit, number 1101 on H.R. 3074, I was unavoidably detained and I 
missed that vote. I would like the record to show that I would have 
voted ``nay.''
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the conference report.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 270, 
nays 147, not voting 15, as follows:

                            [Roll No. 1102]

                               YEAS--270

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                               NAYS--147

     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     English (PA)
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Bishop (UT)
     Bono
     Carson
     Cubin
     Doyle
     Gutierrez
     Jindal
     Levin
     Mack
     Oberstar
     Paul
     Ruppersberger
     Sessions
     Watson
     Weller


                Announcement by the Speaker pro Tempore

  The Speaker pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised they 
now have less than 2 minutes remaining in which to cast their vote.

                              {time}  1725

  Mr. TURNER changed his 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. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 1102, I was unable to 
vote due to medical reasons. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea.''
  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, this afternoon I was unavoidably detained 
and could not cast my vote for H.R. 3074, on agreeing to the Conference 
Report for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing, and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008.
  Had I been able to cast my vote, I would have voted ``yea'' for H.R. 
3074.

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