[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17883-17893]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Solis). Pursuant to House Resolution 
1384 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. 6599.

                              {time}  0920


                     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. 6599) making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, with Mr. Lynch 
(Acting Chairman) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose on the 
legislative day of Thursday, July 31, 2008, the bill had been read 
through page 55, line 19.
  Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on 
those amendments printed in the Congressional Record on which further 
proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 11 by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey.
  Amendment No. 6 by Mr. McCaul of Texas.
  Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Flake of Arizona.
  Amendment No. 3 by Mr. King of Iowa.
  The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. 
Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.


         Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
(Mr. Garrett) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey:
       Page 36, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $18,018,000)''.
       Page 41, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $18,018,000)''.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 185, 
noes 227, not voting 27, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 558]

                               AYES--185

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Buchanan
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     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.
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holt
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pickering
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Rothman
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Space
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--227

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kirk
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--27

     Andrews
     Boswell
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cannon
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Engel
     Fortuno
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kilpatrick
     Klein (FL)
     Levin
     Maloney (NY)
     Meek (FL)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pitts
     Pryce (OH)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rush
     Saxton
     Weller
     Wilson (NM)
     Young (AK)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining 
in this vote.

                              {time}  0947

  Messrs. ACKERMAN, RUPPERSBERGER, LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, HONDA, 
TAYLOR, RANGEL, KANJORSKI, PASTOR, LARSEN of Washington, HALL of Texas, 
SESTAK, ALTMIRE, and BURGESS changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''

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  Ms. GIFFORDS and Mr. WALDEN of Oregon changed their vote from ``no'' 
to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Madam Speaker, On Friday, August 1, 2008 I was 
unavoidably detained.
  Had I voted, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 558.


             Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. McCaul of Texas

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
McCaul) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 6 offered by Mr. McCaul of Texas:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. _____.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for a project or program named for an individual 
     then serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or 
     Senator of the United States Congress.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 329, 
noes 86, not voting 24, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 559]

                               AYES--329

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Childers
     Cleaver
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foster
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Gene
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Keller
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Moore (KS)
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skelton
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Waxman
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--86

     Ackerman
     Baldwin
     Berman
     Brady (PA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Crowley
     Davis (IL)
     Delahunt
     Dingell
     Doyle
     Edwards (MD)
     Ellison
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoyer
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kucinich
     Lee
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lynch
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Mollohan
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Roybal-Allard
     Schakowsky
     Scott (GA)
     Serrano
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Solis
     Stark
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu

                             NOT VOTING--24

     Andrews
     Boswell
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cannon
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Engel
     Fortuno
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Kaptur
     Kilpatrick
     Levin
     Maloney (NY)
     Obey
     Pitts
     Pryce (OH)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rush
     Saxton
     Weller
     Wilson (NM)
     Young (AK)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members have 2 minutes 
remaining to vote.

                              {time}  0958

  Ms. WATERS, Messrs. GUTIERREZ, LYNCH, FRANK of Massachusetts, and 
SCOTT of Georgia changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                  Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Flake

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. Flake:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. (a) Elimination of Military Construction 
     Congressional Earmarks.--None of the funds provided in this 
     Act shall be available from the following Department of 
     Defense military construction accounts for the following 
     projects, and the amount otherwise provided in this Act for 
     each such account is hereby reduced by the sum of the amounts 
     specified for such projects from such account:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                      Amount (in
             Account                       State               Location            Project Title      thousands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Army.............................  Alabama.............  Anniston Army Depot.  Lake Yard Railroad         $1,400
                                                                                Interchange.
Army.............................  Alabama.............  Fort Rucker.........  Chapel Center.......       $6,800

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Air Force........................  Arizona.............  Luke AFB............  Repair Runway              $1,755
                                                                                Pavement.
Army.............................  Arizona.............  Fort Huachuca.......  ATC Radar Operations       $2,000
                                                                                Building.
Army NG..........................  Arkansas............  Cabot...............  Readiness Center....      $10,868
Air NG...........................  Arkansas............  Little Rock AFB.....  Replace Engine Shop.       $4,000
Navy.............................  California..........  Monterey............  Education Facility..       $9,990
Air Force........................  California..........  Edwards AFB.........  Main Base Runway Ph        $6,000
                                                                                4.
Navy.............................  California..........  North Island........  Training Pool              $6,890
                                                                                Replacement.
Navy.............................  California..........  Twentynine Palms....  Lifelong Learning          $9,760
                                                                                Center Ph 1.
Air NG...........................  Connecticut.........  Bradley IAP.........  TFI Upgrade Engine         $7,200
                                                                                Shop.
Air Force........................  Florida.............  Tyndall AFB.........  325 ACS Ops Training      $11,600
                                                                                Complex.
Army NG..........................  Florida.............  Camp Blanding.......  Regional Training         $20,907
                                                                                Institute Ph 4.
Air Force........................  Florida.............  MacDill AFB.........  Combat Training            $5,000
                                                                                Facility.
Navy.............................  Florida.............  Mayport.............  Aircraft Refueling..       $3,380
Air NG...........................  Georgia.............  Savannah CRTC.......  Troop Training             $7,500
                                                                                Quarters.
Navy.............................  Georgia.............  Kings Bay...........  Add to Limited Area        $6,130
                                                                                Reaction Force
                                                                                Facility.
Air Force........................  Georgia.............  Robins AFB..........  Avionics Facility...       $5,250
Army.............................  Hawaii..............  Pohakuloa TA........  Access Road, Ph 1...       $9,000
Air NG...........................  Illinois............  Greater Peoria RAP..  C-130 Squadron               $400
                                                                                Operations Center.
Army NG..........................  Indiana.............  Muscatatuck.........  Combined Arms              $6,000
                                                                                Collective Training
                                                                                Facility Ph 1.
Air NG...........................  Indiana.............  Fort Wayne IAP......  Aircraft Ready             $5,600
                                                                                Shelters/Fuel Fill
                                                                                Stands.
Army NG..........................  Iowa................  Camp Dodge..........  MOUT Site Add/Alt...       $1,500
Army NG..........................  Iowa................  Davenport...........  Readiness Center Add/      $1,550
                                                                                Alt.
Air NG...........................  Iowa................  Fort Dodge..........  Vehicle Maintenance        $5,600
                                                                                & Comm. Training
                                                                                Complex.
Army NG..........................  Iowa................  Mount Pleasant......  Readiness Center Add/      $1,500
                                                                                Alt.
Army.............................  Kansas..............  Fort Leavenworth....  Chapel Complex Ph 2.       $4,200
Army.............................  Kansas..............  Fort Riley..........  Fire Station........       $3,000
Air Force........................  Kansas..............  McConnell AFB.......  MXG Consolidation &        $6,800
                                                                                Forward Logistics
                                                                                Center Ph 2.
Army NG..........................  Kentucky............  London..............  Aviation Operations        $7,191
                                                                                Facility Ph III.
Navy.............................  Maine...............  Portsmouth NSY......  Dry Dock 3                 $1,450
                                                                                Waterfront Support
                                                                                Facility.
Navy.............................  Maine...............  Portsmouth NSY......  Consolidated Global        $9,980
                                                                                Sub Component Ph 1.
Navy.............................  Maryland............  Carderock...........  RDTE Support               $6,980
                                                                                Facility Ph 1.
Army NG..........................  Maryland............  Dundalk.............  Readiness Center....         $579
Navy.............................  Maryland............  Indian Head.........  Energetics Systems &      $12,050
                                                                                Tech Lab Complex Ph
                                                                                1.
Air NG...........................  Maryland............  Martin State Airport  Replace Fire Station       $7,900
Air NG...........................  Massachusetts.......  Otis ANGB...........  TFI Digital Ground         $1,700
                                                                                Station FOC Beddown.
Air Reserve......................  Massachusetts.......  Westover ARB........  Joint Service                $943
                                                                                Lodging Facility.
Army NG..........................  Michigan............  Camp Grayling.......  Live Fire Shoot            $2,000
                                                                                House.
Army NG..........................  Michigan............  Camp Grayling.......  Urban Assault Course       $2,000
Army NG..........................  Minnesota...........  Arden Hills.........  Infrastructure             $1,005
                                                                                Improvements.
Air NG...........................  Minnesota...........  Duluth..............  Replace Fuel Cell          $4,500
                                                                                Hangar.
Air NG...........................  Minnesota...........  Minneapolis-St. Paul  Aircraft Deicing           $1,500
                                                          IAP.                  Apron.
Navy.............................  Mississippi.........  Gulfport............  Battalion                  $5,870
                                                                                Maintenance
                                                                                Facility.
Army.............................  Missouri............  Fort Leonard Wood...  Vehicle Maintenance        $9,500
                                                                                Shop.
Air Force........................  Missouri............  Whiteman AFB........  Security Forces            $4,200
                                                                                Animal Clinic.
Army.............................  Missouri............  Fort Leonard Wood...  Chapel Complex......       $3,500
Air NG...........................  New Jersey..........  Atlantic City IAP...  Operations and             $8,400
                                                                                Training Facility.
Air Force........................  New Jersey..........  McGuire AFB.........  Security Forces            $7,200
                                                                                Operations Facility
                                                                                Ph 1.
Army.............................  New Jersey..........  Picatinny Arsenal...  Ballistic Evaluation       $9,900
                                                                                Facility Ph 1.
Air Force........................  New Mexico..........  Cannon AFB..........  CV-22 Flight               $8,300
                                                                                Simulator Facility.
Air NG...........................  New York............  Gabreski Airport....  Replace Pararescue         $7,500
                                                                                Ops Facility Ph 2.
Army.............................  New York............  Fort Drum...........  Replace Fire Station       $6,900
Air Reserve......................  New York............  Niagara Falls ARS...  Dining Facility/           $9,000
                                                                                Community Center.
Air NG...........................  New York............  Hancock Field.......  Upgrade ASOS               $5,400
                                                                                Facilities.
Army.............................  North Carolina......  Fort Bragg..........  Access Roads Ph 1          $8,600
                                                                                (Additional Funds).
Army NG..........................  North Carolina......  Camp Butner.........  Training Complex....       $1,376
Army.............................  North Carolina......  Fort Bragg..........  Mass Casualty              $1,300
                                                                                Facility.
Army.............................  North Carolina......  Fort Bragg..........  Chapel..............      $11,600
Army NG..........................  Ohio................  Camp Perry..........  Barracks............       $2,000
Army NG..........................  Ohio................  Ravenna.............  Barracks............       $2,000

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Air NG...........................  Ohio................  Springfield ANGB....  Combat                    $12,800
                                                                                Communications
                                                                                Training Complex.
Air Force........................  Ohio................  Wright-Patterson AFB  Security Forces           $14,000
                                                                                Operations Facility.
Army.............................  Oklahoma............  McAlester AAP.......  AP3 Connecting Rail.       $5,800
Air Force........................  Oklahoma............  Tinker AFB..........  Realign Air Depot          $5,400
                                                                                Street.
Army NG..........................  Pennsylvania........  Honesdale...........  Readiness Center Add/      $6,117
                                                                                Alt.
Army NG..........................  Pennsylvania........  Honesdale...........  Readiness Center Add/        $504
                                                                                Alt.
Army NG..........................  Pennsylvania........  Pittsburgh..........  Combined Support           $3,250
                                                                                Maintenance Shop.
Army.............................  Pennsylvania........  Letterkenny Depot...  Upgrade Munition           $7,500
                                                                                Igloos Phase 2.
Navy.............................  Rhode Island........  Newport.............  Unmanned ASW Support       $9,900
                                                                                Facility.
Air NG...........................  Rhode Island........  Quonset State         Replace Control              $600
                                                          Airport.              Tower.
Army NG..........................  South Carolina......  Hemingway...........  Field Maintenance          $4,600
                                                                                Shop Ph 1.
Army NG..........................  South Carolina......  Sumter..............  Readiness Center....         $382
Air Force........................  South Carolina......  Shaw AFB............  Physical Fitness           $9,900
                                                                                Center.
Air NG...........................  South Dakota........  Joe Foss Field......  Aircraft Ready             $4,500
                                                                                Shelters/AMU.
Army NG..........................  Tennessee...........  Tullahoma...........  Readiness Center....      $10,372
Army Reserve.....................  Texas...............  Bryan...............  Army Reserve Center.         $920
Army.............................  Texas...............  Camp Bullis.........  Live Fire Shoot            $4,200
                                                                                House.
Air NG...........................  Texas...............  Ellington Field.....  ASOS Facility.......       $7,600
Army.............................  Texas...............  Fort Hood...........  Chapel with               $17,500
                                                                                Education Center.
Air Force........................  Texas...............  Lackland AFB........  Security Forces              $900
                                                                                Building Ph 1.
Air Force........................  Texas...............  Laughlin AFB........  Student Officer            $1,440
                                                                                Quarters Ph 2.
Air Force........................  Texas...............  Randolph AFB........  Fire and Rescue              $972
                                                                                Station.
Navy.............................  Texas...............  Corpus Christi......  Parking Apron              $3,500
                                                                                Recapitalization Ph
                                                                                1.
Army.............................  Texas...............  Fort Bliss..........  Medical Parking           $12,500
                                                                                Garage Ph 1.
Air NG...........................  Texas...............  Fort Worth NAS JRB..  Security Forces            $5,000
                                                                                Training Facility.
Navy.............................  Texas...............  Kingsville..........  Fitness Center......      $11,580
Air Force........................  Utah................  Hill AFB............  Three-Bay Fire             $5,400
                                                                                Station.
Army NG..........................  Vermont.............  Ethan Allen Range...  Readiness Center....         $323
Army NG..........................  Virginia............  Fort Belvoir........  Readiness Center and       $1,085
                                                                                NGB Conference
                                                                                Center.
Army.............................  Virginia............  Fort Myer...........  Hatfield Gate                $300
                                                                                Expansion.
Army.............................  Virginia............  Fort Eustis.........  Vehicle Paint              $3,900
                                                                                Facility.
Navy.............................  Virginia............  Norfolk NS..........  Fire and Emergency         $9,960
                                                                                Services Station.
Navy.............................  Virginia............  Norfolk NSY.........  Industrial Access          $9,990
                                                                                Improvements, Main
                                                                                Gate 15.
Navy.............................  Virginia............  Quantico............  OCS Headquarters           $5,980
                                                                                Facility.
Navy.............................  Washington..........  Kitsap NB...........  Saltwater Cooling &        $5,110
                                                                                Fire Protection
                                                                                Improvements.
Air NG...........................  Washington..........  McChord AFB.........  262 Info Warfare           $8,600
                                                                                Aggressor Squadron
                                                                                Facility.
Navy.............................  Washington..........  Whidbey Island......  Firefighting               $6,160
                                                                                Facility.
Army NG..........................  West Virginia.......  Camp Dawson.........  Shoot House.........       $2,000
Army NG..........................  West Virginia.......  Camp Dawson.........  Access Control Point       $2,000
Army NG..........................  West Virginia.......  Camp Dawson.........  Multi-Purpose              $5,000
                                                                                Building Ph 2.
Air Force........................  Guam................  Andersen AFB........  ISR/STF Realign Arc        $5,400
                                                                                Light Boulevard.
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       (b) Elimination of VA Congressional Earmark.--None of the 
     funds provided in this Act shall be available from the 
     following Department of Veterans Affairs account for the 
     following project, and the amount otherwise provided in this 
     Act for such account is hereby reduced by the amount 
     specified for such project from such account:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                      Amount (in
             Account                       State               Location            Project Title      thousands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Construction...............  Kentucky............  Louisville..........  Site Acquisition and      $45,000
                                                                                Prep.
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                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 63, 
noes 350, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 560]

                                AYES--63

     Bachmann
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Boehner
     Broun (GA)
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cantor
     Chabot
     Cooper
     Deal (GA)
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     English (PA)
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Linder
     Mack
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McMorris Rodgers
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Nunes
     Pence
     Petri
     Platts
     Price (GA)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Scalise
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Stearns
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Tiberi
     Walberg

                               NOES--350

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)

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     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Buchanan
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (KY)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Kind
       

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Andrews
     Bishop (UT)
     Boswell
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cannon
     Cramer
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Fortuno
     Harman
     Hirono
     Honda
     Hulshof
     Kilpatrick
     Levin
     Maloney (NY)
     Pitts
     Pryce (OH)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rush
     Saxton
     Weller
     Wilson (NM)
     Young (AK)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Two minutes remain in this 
vote.

                              {time}  1005

  Ms. KAPTUR changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 560, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``no.''
  Ms. HIRONO. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 560, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``no.''


              Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. King of Iowa

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. 
King) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. King of Iowa:
       Insert after section 407 the following:
       Sec. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enforce subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of title 40, 
     United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon 
     Act).


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 143, 
noes 275, not voting 21, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 561]

                               AYES--143

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Lamborn
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Sali
     Scalise
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Walberg
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--275

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Butterfield
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fossella
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen

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     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     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)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--21

     Andrews
     Boswell
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cannon
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Fortuno
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Kilpatrick
     Levin
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pryce (OH)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rush
     Saxton
     Weller
     Wilson (NM)
     Young (AK)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Two minutes remain in this 
vote.

                              {time}  1012

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 6599, Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs Act, 2009. This legislation builds 
upon last year's needed increases in military construction and veterans 
affairs funding, and continues to make our veterans a top priority.
  As a veteran, I am pleased that H.R. 6599 provides more support for 
our veterans. H.R. 6599 includes a total of $47.7 billion for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. $40.8 billion supports the Veterans 
Health Administration, VHA, and Veterans Medical Services, which 
expects to serve over 5.8 million patients next year. To improve access 
to care for our veterans, H.R. 6599 provides $200 million for fee-based 
providers where VHA services are not available. The bill also raises 
the travel reimbursement rate from 28.5 cents per mile to 41.5 cents 
per mile to help thousands of rural veterans get care. A continuing 
backlog at the VA forces our veterans to wait far too long to receive 
the benefits that they have earned. This bill will enable the VA to 
hire 1,400 new casework processors. Our veterans are men and women who 
have answered the call of duty to serve our country, and we have a duty 
to provide them with the best possible care when they return.
  This bill addresses the specific issues that we see affecting our 
soldiers returning today from Iraq and Afghanistan. H.R. 6599 provides 
a $250 million increase to support prosthetics and new prosthetic 
technology, as well as $3.8 billion for specialty mental health 
services and $584 million for substance abuse programs. This is funding 
that can help address the growing incidence of post traumatic stress 
disorder and traumatic brain injury cases among our returning soldiers.
  As the Representative of Fort Bragg, one of the largest United States 
Army bases in the country, I am pleased that this bill addresses the 
needs of our military installations. This bill includes $24 billion for 
military construction, including an increase of $300 million for 
replacing inadequate military housing. Fort Bragg is expanding rapidly, 
and there are crucial funds in this bill to meet new demands. H.R. 6559 
includes over $21 million for road construction and $78 million for on-
base school constructions, to meet the needs of the influx of people at 
Fort Bragg. In addition, this bill includes $1,300,000 that I requested 
to construct a new mass casualty facility at Womack Army Medical Center 
for triage and decontamination purposes for the surrounding area. H.R. 
6599 provides $5.6 billion for new military construction and family 
housing, in line with the ``Growing the Force'' initiative to increase 
the size of the Army, Marine Corps and National Guard and Reserve. 
Finally, I am pleased that there is an increase of $1.8 billion for the 
Base Realignment and Closure Act, BRAC, to continue these efforts.
  I support H.R. 6599, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Act, 
2009, and I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for its passage.
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to express my support for 
H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs FY09 
Appropriations Act. Unfortunately, I was unable to vote on this bill 
today, however if I had been able to cast my vote I would have 
supported this measure. I have been a strong and consistent supporter 
of the military, veterans, and military families and this measure 
provides much needed funds to assist our brave men and women in 
uniform.
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill and our 
Nation's veterans. Their service and sacrifice for our country is 
honorable and today this body will properly honor them by ensuring 
greater resources for their care and wellbeing. Congress has responded 
appropriately by increasing funding by $2.9 billion above the 
President's request.
  This bill responds to the needs of our returning troops from Iraq and 
Afghanistan by including $3.8 billion for mental health resources to 
provide treatment for post traumatic stress syndrome and traumatic 
brain injuries. It includes $300 million above the President's request 
for maintaining VA medical facilities. Access to these facilities and 
ensuring their proper upkeep has a positive impact on our communities 
and is imperative to serving the needs of our veterans. This bill 
increases enrollment in VA medical care for all veterans, including 
those on a limited income, by 10 percent. To help veterans in rural 
areas that must travel to get needed health care, the mileage 
reimbursement has been increased from 28.5 cents to 41.5 cents.
  I therefore support this bill. These improvements to our VA system 
will have a beneficial impact on our veterans and move our Nation in 
the direction of providing them with the care they need and deserve.
  However, this bill includes funding for military construction 
projects for military operations in Afghanistan. The Bagram Air Base is 
the main base for the Combined Forces Air Component Command, CFACC. 
Funds from this bill will be used to fortify temporary buildings, 
expand refueling capability and build an aircraft maintenance hangar at 
Bagram. As the U.S. expands and improves military facilities in 
Afghanistan, the likelihood that our troops will remain in the region 
increases.
  Including these funds, which keep our troops in harms way, in a bill 
meant to support our veterans is an affront to our Nation's veterans 
and to the level of transparency our government should maintain.
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill.
  I'm pleased that for the second year in a row, the 110th Congress is 
providing the funding necessary to meet the housing requirements of our 
servicemembers and their families, as well as the money needed to care 
for our veterans.
  Let me begin by thanking Chairman Edwards for including report 
language directing the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to 
develop a plan to care for the veterans and military retirees in my 
district who would need health care services if Fort Monmouth's 
Patterson Army Health Clinic were to close in 2011. While I continue to 
oppose the decision to close Fort Monmouth and will continue to look 
for ways to reverse it, that decision is, for now, the law of the land. 
Accordingly, it is necessary to plan for meeting the medical needs of 
the many veterans and TRICARE beneficiaries in Central New Jersey in 
the event Fort Monmouth's medical facilities are closed. I'm pleased 
that the Committee is requiring that a report on how their needs will 
be met be delivered to Congress no later than January 30, 2009.
  Overall, this bill would provide $40.7 billion for VA health 
programs, which is $3.1 billion over the current level. In addition to 
continuing to focus on providing adequate funding to treat veterans 
suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, and traumatic 
brain injury, TBI, this bill would provide $400 million that was not 
requested by the President to start enrolling 10 percent of Priority 8 
veterans in the VA medical system. The Priority 8 category is reserved 
for veterans whose injuries currently are not rated as service related 
and whose incomes are more than $24,644 if single or $29,576 for a 
veteran with a dependent. An estimated one half of all uninsured 
veterans are Priority 8, and Priority 8 veterans

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have not been enrolled since 2003 as part of an Administration effort 
to cut costs.
  The bill also includes $200 million, which was not requested by the 
President, to improve access to care where Veterans Health 
Administration, VHA, services are not available. I am hopeful that this 
will assist both rural veterans seeking care and those living in urban 
or ex-urban communities that currently lack ready access to a VA 
community-based outpatient clinic.
  The bill would provide $1.6 billion, $250 million more than last 
year, to provide veterans with more technologically advanced 
prostheses. The VA has a long and generally commendable track record in 
this area. However, I am pleased the committee recognizes the need for 
the VA to apply a greater emphasis on harnessing the latest 
technological breakthroughs to help give our wounded veterans the 
maximum possible personal mobility.
  I am also grateful to the committee for providing $165 million for 
grants to States for the construction and renovation of extended care 
facilities. The President's proposed $80 million cut to this account 
was, frankly, unconscionable. The VA grant program that serves the 
State-run extended care facilities is critical. Many New Jersey 
veterans have visited with me over the past several years and described 
in detail the kinds of air conditioning, heating, and other upgrades 
that are vital to facilities such as the one in Paramus, New Jersey. I 
consistently have supported proper funding for this account, and I 
thank the committee for meeting this important need.
  Finally, for our active duty community, this bill would provide $336 
million that President Bush failed to request to continue a quality of 
life initiative for troops and their families started in the Fiscal 
Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 2642. The bill includes 
nearly $200 million for the Army and Marine Corps to improve the 
barracks that soldiers and Marines live in when they train. It also 
includes $136 million for medical military construction and planning 
activities to upgrade substandard medical treatment facilities. We have 
all seen the pictures and heard the stories about substandard living 
conditions for troops. I am pleased that the committee remains focused 
on fixing this problem as quickly as possible.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill that will help our active duty 
families and our veterans. I will vote for it and I urge my colleagues 
to do likewise.
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, per the bill's rule for H.R. 6599 that 
required preprinting of amendments, I submitted an amendment for 
consideration. This amendment was drafted incorrectly and therefore I 
am withdrawing the amendment.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I rise in reluctant opposition to this 
appropriations legislation. It is unfortunate that my colleagues have 
decided to combine the necessary appropriations contained in the 
Veterans Affairs portion of this bill with the bloated and 
unconstitutional military construction appropriations. In the past I 
have voted in favor of Veterans Affairs appropriation bills when they 
were not combined with unwise and wasteful spending of other 
appropriations like military construction.
  This appropriation will allocate $9.5 billion to close bases in the 
United States while spending nearly $12 billion building other 
facilities overseas. As a matter of fact, any construction of new bases 
in the United States is prohibited by this bill. While I am not 
necessarily in favor of building new bases in the United States, we 
certainly should not be spending money to close existing domestic bases 
in favor of constructing new bases overseas.
  The bill will transfer more than $200 million to NATO, an 
organization with no purpose that should be disbanded immediately, for 
the construction of NATO facilities in countries where we have no 
business having our military in the first place.
  We have been told that we will have no permanent bases in Iraq, but 
then again we have no ``permanent'' bases in Korea either even though 
we have had a military presence there for more than 50 years. It is 
unclear how much of this $12 billion will go to building new facilities 
to maintain an indefinite presence in Iraq, but any such expenditure 
will be counterproductive to U.S. national interests.
  This appropriation increases construction funds to the service 
branches by as much as 50 percent over current levels, which is 
financially dangerous and unsustainable particularly in view of next 
year's record budget deficit.
  Mr. Chairman, it is a tragedy that necessary spending to keep 
promises to American veterans should be held hostage to this out of 
control spending on maintaining an unnecessary and dangerous U.S. 
empire overseas. We are doing no favors to today's veterans or to 
future veterans--or to the U.S. taxpayers--with this appropriations 
bill.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, the 2009 Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill allocates $47.7 
billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  This is $4.6 billion above 2008 and $2.9 billion over the President's 
request, for veterans' medical care, claims processors, and facility 
improvements.
  This bill makes available resources to support military construction 
projects and ensures America's servicemen and women have more effective 
training facilities, and better housing, health care and day care 
facilities.
  I would like to take this opportunity to once again commend my 
colleagues, Congressman Edwards and Chairman Obey for providing a 
comprehensive Military Construction and Veterans Appropriations for FY 
2009 possible.
  This Congress has made veterans our No. 1 priority. We understand the 
needs of our returning heroes and we will ensure that they receive the 
quality of care they deserve.
  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, traumatic brain injury is one of the 
signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there is much 
to be accomplished. For the estimated 320,000 soldiers who have 
sustained a brain injury, the war will not end when the last shots are 
fired. For this reason, I applaud the committee for its work to make 
progress in treating veterans with TBI.
  As co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, I am proud 
to say that we have accomplished a lot over the past year in honoring 
our commitment to soldiers and veterans with brain injuries. The 
Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic 
Brain Injury opened its doors in November. The FY 2008 Defense 
Authorization established new TBI programs for rehabilitation, 
reintegration, research, and civilian-military cooperation. We 
reauthorized the Traumatic Brain Injury Act in April, establishing new 
connections between HHS, the Department of Defense, and the VA. And now 
this month, all soldiers will begin to receive pre-deployment cognitive 
assessments establishing individual baselines against which each 
soldier can be properly screened for a brain injury so that they may 
receive the care that they need and deserve.
  In this bill, the committee has recognized the need to improve care 
for veterans with TBI by fostering cooperation between DOD and VA 
through joint programs, by improving the ability to track patients 
diagnosed with TBI, and by encouraging systemic TBI screening for 
veterans. New research is, however, showing that there is considerable 
overlap in the occurrence of brain injury and mental health conditions 
like post-traumatic stress disorder. In fact, the Rand Corp. recently 
estimated that as many as 27 percent of soldiers with PTSD and 
depression have also sustained a brain injury.
  In light of these disturbing figures, Mr. Chairman, would you be 
willing to work in the Conference with the Senate on language to 
recognize the relationship between and co-occurrence of TBI and PTSD 
among our armed services?
  I want to thank the gentleman from Texas and his staff for working so 
hard on this legislation and making a commitment to our injured 
veterans. Our soldiers have fulfilled their duties bravely and 
honorably, and they deserve nothing less than treatment and care that 
is commensurate with the heroic deeds they have undertaken.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would make it easier for 
veterans to find employment in their communities. While it would be 
subject to a point of order, I believe it has a great deal of merit. My 
amendment is simple and inexpensive. It directs the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to use funds from the VA's General Operating Expenses 
Fund to establish a portal on the VA Web site containing a 
comprehensive list of employment opportunities throughout the United 
States so that veterans are better able to secure employment after they 
return home from combat.
  Furthermore, these results could then be updated annually to reflect 
the current and changing needs in the local job market. With the 
posting of this information on the VA Web site, veterans could simply 
plug in their ZIP code and see a list of the occupations that are most 
in demand within their commuting area, allowing them to use their 
Federal job training more effectively.
  I have received a commitment from Chairman Edwards and Ranking Member 
Wamp to send a letter to the VA Secretary asking him to establish a 
portal on the existing VA Web site that would contain comprehensive, up 
to date employment opportunities in various job markets across the 
country. In addition, I would like to work with the chairman and 
ranking member to get comparable language in the conference report to 
ensure this happens.
  I would like to thank Chairman Edwards and Ranking Member Wamp for 
their commitment to veterans and for their offers of support

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for ensuring that the idea of my amendment becomes a reality.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

        This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction and 
     Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009''.

  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now 
rise and report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments, with 
the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill, 
as amended, do pass.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Weiner) having assumed the chair, Mr. Lynch, Acting Chairman 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. 6599) 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, he reported the bill back 
to the House with sundry amendments adopted in the Committee of the 
Whole, with the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and 
that the bill, as amended, do pass.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under House Resolution 1384, the previous 
question is ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the 
Committee of the Whole? 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

  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 bill?
  Mr. LEWIS of California. I am in its present form.
  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 bill H.R. 
     6599 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to 
     report the same back to the House forthwith with the 
     following amendment:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. There is hereby enacted into law H.R. 6566 of the 
     110th Congress (the American Energy Act) as introduced on 
     July 22, 2008.

  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order on the 
gentleman's motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman reserves a point of order.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

                              {time}  1015

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a motion to 
recommit. But I want to say first to my colleagues that one of the 
reasons for my rising with this motion is because there seems to be a 
good deal of confusion on the part of at least my constituency, and my 
colleagues' families and constituents at home may have the same kind of 
confusion.
  It seems that my people believe that this President does want to lead 
to a comprehensive energy independence policy that would include the 
availability to States to drill off their continental shelf, et cetera, 
to give us an adequate supply of oil to assure our energy independence. 
And yet those same people believe that it is the President's Congress 
that is holding up such action. That is, many of them believe that the 
Congress, the House and the Senate, are controlled by his party. But 
that is not the case, and our people are confused. The Congress is 
controlled by the other party who are resisting those proposals that 
involve the ability to drill off the Outer Continental Shelf, to tap 
into shale, to develop a comprehensive policy that will lead to energy 
independence. My people are absolutely dying at the gas pump. Our small 
businesses are doing the same.
  So I have a motion to recommit, Mr. Speaker, with the term, I might 
add, ``promptly'' in it to allow us to act immediately--I misread it. 
It is not promptly, it is ``forthwith.'' So it would be implemented 
immediately. I did that because my colleagues on the other side have 
been complaining about the word ``promptly.'' We want you to be able to 
act very quickly, not just strike this on a point of order, but allow 
the people's voices to be heard. Because I can tell you, when you go 
home, you are going to hear them if you strike this on a point of 
order. So back to the point, Mr. Speaker.
  This motion would enact the American Energy Act, a comprehensive 
solution to the energy crisis that is causing families to pay $4 per 
gallon for gasoline. Adoption of this motion will increase the supply 
of American-made energy and will relieve those families, those 
businesses, and my constituents at the gas pump. It will improve 
conservation efficiency, it will promote new and expanded technologies. 
Most of all, it will reduce America's increasingly costly and dangerous 
dependence on foreign sources of energy.
  The minute we send them a message that we are serious about home 
supply, prices will crash. I can guarantee you that.
  We need to consider all solutions to achieve energy independence. I 
hope that as we prepare to head back to our districts for the month of 
August, we can go back to our constituents with the good news: We did 
something; rather than what this Congress has been doing in the past--
nothing.
  I urge support for this motion to recommit.
  I yield time to my leader from Ohio, Mr. John Boehner, the Republican 
leader.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Let me thank my colleague for yielding.
  Listen, America's families and small businesses are suffering under 
the high cost of energy and the high cost of gasoline. High gasoline 
prices are crushing American families, they are hurting our schools, 
they are hurting seniors, and they are destroying jobs in America; and 
the American people expect us to do something about it. And over these 
last 10 weeks, what have we done? Nothing.
  The gentleman's amendment offers the American Energy Plan, which is a 
comprehensive plan to encourage more conservation, more biofuels, 
alternative sources of energy, and, yes, more American-grown oil and 
gas. And all we're asking of the majority Democrats in this chamber is 
to allow us to vote. That's all we're asking. We're not asking you to 
vote for it. All we're doing is, allow us a vote. Let the American 
people decide.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Texas insist upon 
his point of order?
  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Yes, I do.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rise in opposition 
first.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman continues to reserve his point 
of order.
  The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, we believe attaching nongermane 
amendments to this critical veterans' bill could jeopardize its passage 
by unnecessarily delaying it or even grinding debate completely to a 
halt. This is unacceptable. My colleagues, those aren't my words. Those 
are the words of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  Let me agree with my distinguished colleague. And let me say, last 
night at about midnight I told this chamber that Mr. Lewis has been one 
of the champions throughout his public service career on behalf of our 
veterans and our troops. I meant it when I said it then, and I mean it 
when I say it again now.
  But let me say, having said that, no one is perfect. And on this 
motion, I think Mr. Lewis is wrong. Seriously wrong.
  I do agree with this point he made just a moment ago; there may be 
confusion on this bill. There may be, so let me clear up the confusion.

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  This is the 2009 fiscal year Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs appropriations bill. If there is any confusion as to whether 
this is the 2009 fiscal year energy bill, get that out of your minds 
right now.
  This is a bill designed for the deadly serious purpose of honoring 
our veterans. Millions of them have put on our Nation's uniform and 
gone into harm's way in defense of your family and my family and the 
American family. This bill is deadly serious, because it provides 
training facilities and barracks for young men and women who are 
willing to go to Iraq and Afghanistan to answer their Nation's call of 
duty.
  By making this motion, the gentleman knows, were it to pass, even 
though he knows also that it is nongermane, it would complicate this 
bill, it would slow down this bill, it could well kill this bill 
because of the honest differences on the energy issue.


                Announcement By the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All Members are reminded that they may 
engage in debate only when recognized by the Chair or yielded to.
  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, if my colleagues don't want to 
listen to my words, let me offer them some other people's words.
  ``It is imperative this bill is not delayed by unrelated and 
unnecessary amendments.'' That came from AMVETS.
  How about what the Disabled American Veterans said about this kind of 
measure. They said, ``This bill provides the means to serve and care 
for sick and disabled veterans, provide housing facilities for military 
families, and to fund the activities of several other agencies that 
affect veterans, a most generous and necessary act.'' They have gone on 
to say they do not want delay on this important bill.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Would the gentleman yield?
  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. I would like to finish my remarks. I respected 
the gentleman's right to his remarks.
  Let me go to another statement made by the Disabled American 
Veterans. They say, ``It is our strongest recommendation that this bill 
be unfettered with nongermane amendments.''
  My colleagues, we have a very simple choice at this moment. We can 
choose to stand with the Republican leadership that chose to add this 
partisan motion at the end of a long bipartisan process; or we can 
stand with millions of American veterans, as represented by the 
statements against this very kind of motion, by the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, the Disabled American Veterans, and the AMVETS.
  I don't know about some of my colleagues on the Republican side of 
the aisle, but as for me, that's an easy choice. I'm going to stand 
with America's veterans. I'm going to stand with our troops in harm's 
way who deserve the funding in this bill as soon as possible.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Would the gentleman yield?
  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Out of respect to the gentleman, I will yield.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. I consider that to be a great courtesy for 
your yielding.
  I know that you know that I am the Member who carried the amendment 
that increased the mileage reimbursement for the veterans that is in 
this bill. I do know they had that problem, because all those veterans 
who you mentioned in those quotes are the same ones that are also 
paying $4 a gallon. They would love to have this bill reduce that 
burden.
  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I think the 
views of the Disabled American Veterans, the VFW and the AMVETS are 
very clear. They didn't say they strongly oppose this kind of a motion; 
they vehemently oppose it, because it could harm millions of America's 
veterans.
  So make your choice. You can choose to stick with the Republican 
leadership on a clearly partisan nongermane motion, or you can stand up 
for America's veterans.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I make a point of order against 
the motion to recommit with instructions, because it includes 
legislation and is not in order under clause 2 of rule XXI.
  Mr. Speaker, the gentleman's motion to instruct proposes legislation 
in an appropriations bill and would not be in order in the Committee of 
the Whole pursuant to clause 2 of rule XXI. I ask for a ruling from the 
Chair.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman raises a point of order. Does 
any Member seek to be heard on the point of order? Hearing none, the 
Chair is prepared to rule.
  The gentleman from Texas makes a point of order that the instructions 
in the motion to recommit constitute legislation in violation of clause 
2 of rule XXI.
  The Chair finds that the instructions propose the enactment of 
legislation directly amending existing law.
  The instructions therefore constitute legislation in violation of 
clause 2 of rule XXI.
  The point of order is sustained and the motion is not in order.
  Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the 
Chair.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the 
Chair stand as the judgment of the House?


                            Motion to Table

  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the appeal of the 
ruling of the Chair.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-
minute votes on passage of H.R. 6599, if arising without further debate 
or proceedings in recommittal; motion to suspend the rules on H. Res. 
1008; and motion to suspend the rules on H. Res. 1316.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 230, 
noes 184, not voting 20, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 562]

                               AYES--230

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     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)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Heller
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     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
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires

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     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--184

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

                             NOT VOTING--20

     Andrews
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cannon
     Cubin
     Green, Gene
     Harman
     Hulshof
     Kilpatrick
     Levin
     Ortiz
     Pryce (OH)
     Reyes
     Rogers (AL)
     Rush
     Saxton
     Velazquez
     Weller
     Wilson (NM)
     Young (AK)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1045

  Messrs. McHENRY, MORAN of Kansas, and CAZAYOUX changed their vote 
from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. HASTINGS of Florida, ISRAEL, SHAYS, INSLEE, and RAMSTAD 
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion to table 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. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 562, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 562, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 562, had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  Under 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 409, 
nays 4, not voting 21, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 563]

                               YEAS--409

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--4

     Campbell (CA)
     Duncan
     Flake
     Paul

                             NOT VOTING--21

     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cannon
     Cubin
     Drake
     Harman
     Hastings (WA)
     Hulshof
     Kilpatrick
     King (IA)
     Levin

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     Moore (WI)
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Rogers (AL)
     Rush
     Saxton
     Tancredo
     Weller
     Wilson (NM)
     Young (AK)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members have 2 minutes 
remaining on this vote.

                              {time}  1051

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mrs. DRAKE. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 563, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

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