[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8146-8154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Solis). Pursuant to House Resolution 
1174 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. 5818.

                              {time}  1018


                     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. 5818) to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and 
to make grants to States for related costs, with Mr. McNulty (Acting 
Chairman) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose on 
Wednesday, May 7, 2008, a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 
7 printed in House Report 110-621 by the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Altmire) had been postponed.
  Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on 
those amendments printed in House Report 110-621 on which further 
proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Hensarling of Texas.
  Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Altmire of Pennsylvania.
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


               Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Hensarling

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Hensarling) 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. Hensarling:
       Page 2, line 10, strike ``and grant''.
       Page 3, line 1, strike ``and grants''.
       Page 3, line 10, strike ``AND GRANTS''.
       Page 3, line 13, strike ``make grants under section 5(a) to 
     qualified States and''.
       Page 3, lines 18 and 19, strike ``make a grant under this 
     Act only to a State, and may''.
       Page 4, line 25, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 5, line 3, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 5, line 7, strike ``grant or''.
       Page 6, line 8, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 6, lines 21 and 22, strike ``grant amounts, and for''.
       Page 7, line 1, strike ``grant or''.
       Strike line 22 on page 8 and all that follows through page 
     9, line 2.
       Page 9, line 9, strike ``Grant Amounts and''.
       Page 9, line 11, strike ``grant amount or''.
       Page 9, lines 12 and 13, strike ``foreclosure grant 
     share''.
       Page 9, line 13, strike ``or''.
       Page 9, lines 13 and 14, strike ``, respectively,''.
       Page 9, line 20, strike ``grant amount or''.
       Page 9, line 22, strike ``foreclosure grant share or''.
       Page 9, line 23, strike ``, respectively,'' and ``the grant 
     amount or''.
       Page 9, line 25, strike ``foreclosure grant share or''.
       Page 10, line 1, strike ``, respectively,''.
       Page 10, line 2, strike ``grant amounts or''.
       Page 10, line 6, strike ``grant amounts or''.
       Page 10, line 9, strike ``grant amount or''.
       Page 10, line 11, strike ``grant amount or''.
       Page 10, line 13, strike ``foreclosure grant share or''.
       Page 10, line 14, strike ``, respectively''.
       Page 10, line 16, strike ``grant or''.
       Page 10, line 18, strike ``or grants''.
       Strike line 23 on page 10 and all that follows through page 
     11, line 10.
       Page 12, line 3, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 12, strike lines 5 through 7.
       Page 12, line 14, strike ``grant amounts and''.
       Page 12, lines 17 and 18, strike ``such grant amounts 
     and''.

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       Page 12, line 19, strike ``grant amounts and''.
       Page 12, line 20, strike ``, respectively,''.
       Page 13, line 8, strike ``grant amounts and''.
       Page 13, lines 11 and 12, strike ``grant amounts and''.
       Page 13, line 13, strike ``grant amounts and''.
       Page 13, line 14, strike ``, respectively,''.
       Page 14, lines 1 and 2, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 14, line 5, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 14, line 8, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 14, line 12, strike ``grant amounts and''.
       Page 14, line 17, strike ``grant amounts and''.
       Page 17, strike lines 21 through 25.
       Strike line 18 on page 19 and all that follows through page 
     21, line 24.
       Page 22, line 2, strike ``grant or''.
       Strike line 12 on page 22 and all that follows through page 
     24, line 4.
       Page 24, line 6, strike ``grant or''.
       Page 24, lines 7 and 8, strike ``grant and''.
       Page 24, line 23, strike ``or grant''.
       Page 24, line 25, strike ``or grant''.
       Page 27, line 13, strike ``grant or''.
       Page 27, line 19, strike ``or grant''.
       Page 28, lines 12 and 13, strike ``receives a grant under 
     this Act or''.
       Page 28, lines 15 and 16, strike ``obligation of such grant 
     amounts and''.
       Page 28, line 20, strike ``obligate all such grant amounts 
     and''.
       Page 28, lines 24 and 25, strike ``outlay all such grant 
     amounts and''.
       Page 30, line 3, strike ``a grant or'' and insert ``an''.
       Page 30, line 13, strike ``grant or''.
       Page 30, lines 14 and 15, strike ``grant or''.
       Page 30, line 19, strike ``grant or''.
       Page 35, strike lines 8 through 10.
       Page 35, line 21, strike ``$7,500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$15,000,000,000''.

                             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 190, 
noes 219, not voting 29, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 295]

                               AYES--190

     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)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--219

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bordallo
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fortuno
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     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)
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--29

     Arcuri
     Barrow
     Bean
     Bishop (GA)
     Boren
     Campbell (CA)
     Carney
     Chandler
     Clay
     Cohen
     Cooper
     Costa
     Cramer
     Cubin
     Giffords
     Goode
     Hill
     Loebsack
     Mahoney (FL)
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     Melancon
     Moore (KS)
     Pomeroy
     Richardson
     Rush
     Schiff
     Space
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1045

  Messrs. SERRANO, JOHNSON of Georgia, FARR, GORDON of Tennessee and 
Ms. SPEIER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. SLAUGHTER and Mrs. GILLIBRAND changed 
their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Chairman, on May 8, 2008, I missed rollcall vote No. 
295. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: 
Rollcall No. 295, ``yea.''
  Mr. McINTYRE. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 295, had I been present, 
I would have voted ``no.''
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 295, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``no.''
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chairman, parliamentary inquiry.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman may state his inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chairman, in light of the conversation that the 
majority leader and the minority leader had last night as far as 
leaving votes open, and I believe the majority leader said the vote 
would be for 15 minutes, and then a 2-minute courtesy period, could you 
tell me the tally of the vote at the end of the 15 minutes and the 2-
minute courtesy period?
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has not stated a parliamentary 
inquiry.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chairman, I make a point of order under clause 
2(a) of rule XX that the vote just ended was held open for the sole 
purpose of reversing the outcome.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair has considered whether the new 
sentence in clause 2(a) of rule XX should be enforceable in real time.
  The black letter of the rule is not dispositive. It uses the 
mandatory ``shall.'' It might just as well say ``should,'' inasmuch as 
it is setting a standard of behavior for presiding officers. For this 
reason the Chair thinks

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it more sensible to enforce the rule on collateral bases, as by a 
question of the privileges of the House.
  A set of ``whereas'' clauses in the preamble of a resolution could 
allege the facts and circumstances tending to indicate a violation more 
coherently than they could be articulated in argument on a point of 
order or in debate on an appeal. The resolving clause of a resolution 
could propose a fitting remedy, rather than requiring the instant 
selection of a remedy in the face of competing demands for vitiation of 
the putative result, reversal of the putative result, or admonishment 
of the presiding officer.
  The Chair finds that the new sentence in clause 2(a) of rule XX does 
not establish a point of order having an immediate procedural remedy. 
Rather than contemplating a ruling from the Chair in real time, the 
language should be understood to establish a standard of behavior for 
presiding officers that might be enforced on collateral bases.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chairman, with that I appeal the ruling of the 
Chair.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I move to lay the appeal on 
the table.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The motion to lay on the table is not in order 
in the Committee of the Whole.
  The question is, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the 
judgment of the Committee?
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This 15-minute vote on sustaining the ruling of 
the Chair will be followed by a 5-minute vote.
  Mr. LINDER (during the vote). Mr. Chairman, I was standing right by 
the gentleman who made the motion. The motion was to appeal the ruling 
of the Chair.
  Who changed the motion to sustaining it?
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair would advise the gentleman from 
Georgia that the Chair put the question correctly, that it is whether 
the ruling of the Chair shall stand.
  Mr. LINDER. That wasn't the motion. The motion was to appeal the 
ruling of the Chair.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question that the Chair properly put was 
whether the ruling of the Chair shall be sustained.
  Mr. LINDER. Would you tell me who changed the ruling from ``appeal'' 
to ``sustain''?
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair would advise the gentleman from 
Georgia the question on appeal is, as always in the Committee of the 
Whole, ``Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the 
Committee?''
  The Chair understands that the display board initially said 
``appealing the ruling of the Chair,'' which was incorrect. So for the 
information of all Members of the House, in case of any 
misapprehension, the question is on sustaining the ruling of the Chair, 
not on whether an appeal shall take place.
  Mr. LINDER. I ask unanimous consent that the vote be restarted.
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I object.
  Mr. LINDER. I ask unanimous consent that we vacate this vote.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Objection is heard.
  Mr. LINDER. So moved.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Such a motion is not in order.
  Voting will resume. All Members are advised that the question is on 
sustaining the ruling of the Chair. Adequate time will remain for any 
Member who wishes to verify his or her vote.
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent again that we 
vacate the vote.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there objection? The Chair hears none.
  As soon as the Clerk is prepared, the pending vote will be vacated 
and the Chair will put the question anew.
  The question before the House is, Shall the decision of the Chair 
stand as the judgment of the Committee?
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This 15-minute vote will be followed by a 5-
minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 235, 
noes 182, answered ``present'' 6, not voting 15, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 296]

                               AYES--235

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (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
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--182

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     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
     Pearce
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Poe

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     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--6

     Gilchrest
     Hulshof
     LaTourette
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Pence
     Rohrabacher

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Bachus
     Boehner
     Bordallo
     Campbell (CA)
     Cohen
     Hunter
     Loebsack
     McCarthy (NY)
     Miller, George
     Paul
     Pickering
     Platts
     Richardson
     Rush
     Wu

                              {time}  1121

  Mr. ISSA changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Committee.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Altmire

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Altmire) 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. 7 offered by Mr. Altmire:
       Page 36, after line 2, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 15. INELIGIBLITY OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE.

       Aliens who are not lawfully present in the United States 
     shall be ineligible for financial assistance under this Act, 
     as provided and defined by section 214 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a). Nothing 
     in this Act shall be construed to alter the restrictions or 
     definitions in such section 214.
       Page 36, line 3, strike ``15'' and insert ``16''.

                             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 391, 
noes 33, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 297]

                               AYES--391

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     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)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fortuno
     Fossella
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     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
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     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
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--33

     Baca
     Baldwin
     Clarke
     Crowley
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Ellison
     Farr
     Filner
     Gonzalez
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hirono
     Honda
     Johnson (GA)
     Kucinich
     Lee
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Napolitano
     Olver
     Pastor
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Schakowsky
     Serrano
     Solis
     Stark
     Sutton
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Baird
     Bordallo
     Campbell (CA)
     Cohen
     Cummings
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Loebsack
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     Miller, George
     Pickering
     Richardson
     Rush
     Welch (VT)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members have less than 1 
minute remaining to vote.

                              {time}  1130

  Mr. ELLISON changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mr. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Chairman, earlier today I was 
questioning witnesses on the arts and humanities as Chairwoman of the 
Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee of the Education and 
Labor Committee. I missed two votes. I would like the Record to reflect 
how I would have voted had I been able to get to the floor in time.
  Rollcall No. 296 on sustaining the ruling of the chair, I would have 
voted ``aye.''
  Rollcall No. 297 on the Altmire amendment to H.R. 5818, I would have 
voted ``aye.''


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Chairman, I was unavoidable detained in a meeting 
earlier today, May 8, 2008, in the other body regarding legislation I 
have sponsored, and, therefore, was absent from the Chamber when 
rollcall votes 296 and 297 were taken. Had I been present for these two 
votes taken in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
Union, I would have voted as follows: ``aye'' to sustain the ruling of 
the Chair (rollcall vote 296) and

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``aye'' on the amendment offered by Mr. Altmire of Pennsylvania to H.R. 
5818 (rollcall vote 297).
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Chairman, this legislation represents a fair, 
commonsense solution that will give assistance to communities 
struggling to deal with the problem of vacant homes, help stabilize the 
housing market, and help low income families obtain a home they can 
afford and be proud of.
  The Neighborhood Stabilization Act will make available to communities 
throughout the Nation $15 billion in new zero interest loans and grants 
for the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed properties. State and 
local governments have been hit hard by the foreclosure crisis not only 
because they have been stuck with the bill for maintaining and securing 
vacant homes, but also because they face decreased property tax 
revenues. Not only are these properties off the tax rolls, but empty 
houses drive down the value of other homes in the neighborhood which 
further decreases tax revenues.
  Just as important, this bill will get these homes occupied by 
families who truly need them. A priority will be given to low income 
families, families who have lost a home through foreclosure, as well as 
first responders, veterans, public school teachers, and homeless 
persons.
  This measure will bring almost $600 million in assistance to the 
State of Michigan at a time when it is badly needed. Michigan has been 
particularly hard hit by the President's misguided economic policies, 
most especially his failure to address the foreclosure crisis. I 
sincerely hope that the President, who approved a $30 billion bailout 
for the investment bank Bear Steams, will see to it to sign and 
implement this bill which will provide much needed assistance to State 
and local governments.
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of this 
housing package because it is imperative that Congress take action to 
assist homeowners struggling today. The epidemic of home losses in this 
country is severe, with the impact not only causing harm to the 
families who lose their homes, but also affecting nearby homeowners who 
suffer drops in their property values and communities who suffer the 
impact of lower tax revenues.
  Nationally, the number of seriously delinquent loans and new 
foreclosures in January and February of this year was over 2.1 million, 
an increase of 8 percent over the previous quarter and a 55 percent 
increase from a year earlier.
  The housing crisis has severely impacted my congressional district, 
particularly the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland's weak housing 
market coupled with a housing over-supply has created a large number of 
foreclosures and abandoned properties. As of December 2007, the number 
of properties in Cleveland identified as abandoned, nuisance properties 
was 8,588. According to the Cleveland Department of Community 
Development, the estimated number of homes entering the tax foreclosure 
pool in 2008 was 1,000--with 900 homes within this pool requiring 
public demolition. These abandoned and foreclosed properties exist in 
every neighborhood in Cleveland, but there are concentrations in 
communities in my district where the real estate market has completely 
collapsed.
  I support this housing package because it will greatly assist my 
constituents in Cleveland as well as thousands of Americans across the 
country by helping families stay in their homes while they repay their 
mortgage debt. This legislation will also help avoid the decreased 
property values and increased crime rates that often come with 
concentrations of foreclosed and abandoned properties.
  I wish to thank Chairman Rangel and Ranking Member McCrery as well as 
Chairman Frank and Subcommittee Chair Waters for their work on these 
important pieces of legislation. I am extremely pleased that sections 
of H.R. 1043, the Community Restoration and Revitalization Act, a piece 
of legislation I have introduced for the past two Congresses, was 
incorporated into the housing legislation before us today.
  This bill simplifies the Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit, 
``Rehab Credit'' thereby making it easier to utilize the credit for 
revitalizing our nation's older neighborhoods, harnessing greater 
housing potential in underutilized historic and older buildings, and 
focusing more private sector investment in smaller, ``main street'' 
oriented commercial structures.
  The language in the bill that explicitly refers to the ``historic 
nature'' of development projects is important because, for the first 
time, it directs state housing agencies to create a priority within 
their qualified allocation plans for historic properties that can be 
converted to affordable housing through the use of both the Low-Income 
Housing Tax Credit and the Federal historic tax credit.
  Additionally, the bill simplifies the rules for nonprofit and 
government agencies who sponsor or rent space in historic tax credit 
projects and significantly lowers the cost of these transactions.
  In addition to simplifying the Rehab Tax Credit, the bill would also 
facilitate coordination of the credit with the Low-Income Housing Tax 
Credit by exempting both credits from the restrictions of the AMT 
rules.
  Since its inception, the rehab credit has been responsible for 133 
residential and commercial projects in the city of Cleveland, 
leveraging about $760 million of private investment. Because of the 
credit, downtown Cleveland and neighborhoods like the Warehouse 
District, the Gateway District, and East Fourth Street are being 
revitalized--pumping more investment into the region and revenue to the 
city and State. This legislation is crucial to furthering the economic 
development of Cleveland and the State of Ohio.
  My hope is that as we move forward we shall have the other important 
parts of H.R. 1043 enacted, as well as further simplification and 
clarification of the regulations regarding nonprofit and government use 
of historic buildings rehabilitated with the help of the Federal 
historic tax credit.
  I urge my colleagues to support the passage of this housing package.
  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 5818, 
the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008. This bill would provide $15 
billion in loans and grants, administered by the U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, for States to buy and, rehabilitate 
foreclosed and vacated housing properties in order to resell or rent 
them out.
  While I have some reservations about the balance in this bill between 
loans and grants, I think the potential threat to the value of American 
homes and the safety of our communities justifies the overall cost. 
Studies have shown that home foreclosures adversely affect the value of 
other homes in the same neighborhood, and the rate of home foreclosures 
in a neighborhood directly corresponds to a spike in crime in that 
neighborhood. In many cases, foreclosed and vacated homes have become 
the dens of vagrants, drug addicts and drug dealers.
  H.R. 5818 attempts to reduce the likelihood of these problems by 
helping States buy and refurbish foreclosed and vacated housing 
properties to make them an appealing choice for qualified families to 
buy or rent. In addition, this legislation includes provisions to 
protect against housing speculator abuse by requiring that homes 
purchased and refurbished by a State be resold to families whose income 
does not exceed 140 percent of the area median income. This bill offers 
further targeted assistance for those Americans who need it most by 
requiring that half of the bill's grant money be dedicated to housing 
families at or below 50 percent area median income.
  Finally, H.R. 5818 will direct funds to the States with the greatest 
need. Under this bill, each State's loan and grant authority would be 
based on the State's percentage of nationwide foreclosures reported 
during the previous four calendar quarters. This is a significant point 
for my home State of Colorado, which has consistently ranked among the 
top 10 States in percentage of foreclosures.
  Mr. Chairman, this bill is a good measure that deserves our support. 
As I previously stated, the benefits of this legislation outweigh my 
concerns over its cost, and I urge my colleagues to join me in 
supporting it.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, as amended.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Weiner) having assumed the chair, Mr. McNulty, 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. 5818) to 
authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans 
to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States 
for related costs, pursuant to House Resolution 1174, reported the bill 
back to the House with an amendment adopted by the Committee of the 
Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment 
reported from the Committee of the

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Whole? If not, the question is on the amendment.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


               Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Shadegg

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

       Mr. Shadegg moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5818 to the 
     Committee on Financial Services with instructions to report 
     the same back to the House promptly in the form to which it 
     may be perfected at the time of this motion with the 
     following amendments:
       Page 6, line 3, before ``provide'' insert ``subject to any 
     preferences as may be specifically set forth in this 
     subsection with respect to amounts for housing rehabilitation 
     and to the preferences required under the last two paragraphs 
     of this subsection,''.
       Page 6, line 15, strike ``for veterans,''.
       Page 6, strike ``or providing'' in line 18 and all that 
     follows through ``located'' in line 20 and insert the 
     following: ``except that preferences established pursuant to 
     this paragraph shall be subordinate to any preferences as may 
     be specifically set forth in this subsection with respect to 
     amounts for housing rehabilitation and to the preferences 
     required under the last two paragraphs of this subsection''.
       Page 6, line 24, strike ``and''.
       Page 7, line 5, strike the period and insert a semicolon.
       Page 7, after line 5, insert the following:
       (14) subject only to any preferences as may be specifically 
     set forth in this subsection with respect to amounts for 
     housing rehabilitation and to the last paragraph of this 
     subsection and notwithstanding any other preferences 
     established or authorized by this subsection, provide 
     priority preference, in use of amounts from grants or loans 
     under this Act, for providing housing for veterans and for 
     teachers or workforce (including law enforcement officers, 
     firefighters, and other first responders) who are employed by 
     the city or locality in which the housing is located; and
       (15) provide that in carrying out any other provision of 
     this subsection that provides preference, in the use of 
     amounts from grants or loans under this Act (or any portion 
     of such amounts), for providing housing for veterans and 
     other classes, highest preference shall be provided for 
     providing housing for disabled veterans, and then preference 
     shall be given to providing housing for other veterans and 
     such other classes; and
       Page 27, after line 16, insert the following:
       (k) Limitation on Residency.--No individual may purchase or 
     lease any qualified foreclosed housing that was acquired 
     using any amounts provided under a grant or loan under this 
     Act, or any dwelling unit in any such qualified foreclosed 
     housing, if such individual has been convicted under Federal 
     or State law of a drug-dealing offense, a sex offense, or 
     mortgage fraud.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Speaker, this legislation is flawed in many 
respects. It provides $7.5 billion in loans to cities, States, and 
nonprofits to buy foreclosed homes from mortgage lenders who made bad 
loans. That will not help people avoid foreclosures. In addition, it 
provides $7.5 billion in grants to rehabilitate those homes. As such, 
it is a giveaway to the mortgage industry that made bad loans.
  Nonetheless, Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit is a genuine 
attempt to improve this bill. If the majority insists on going down 
this path, the least we can do is to give those who have served our 
Nation the highest priority in receiving housing assistance under this 
legislation, and to make sure that those who have preyed upon our 
society as criminals are not helped by the legislation.
  In its present form, the bill allows homes acquired and rehabilitated 
with taxpayer money to be purchased by convicted drug dealers, 
convicted sex offenders, and people who have been convicted of mortgage 
fraud.
  Last night our colleague, Mr. Altmire, offered an amendment that 
prohibits homes made available for sale under this bill, acquired and 
rehabilitated with taxpayer dollars, from being sold to illegal 
immigrants. That was a good amendment and I am glad to see that the 
House just now overwhelmingly adopted it.
  In advocating for his amendment, Mr. Altmire said that homes made 
available through this bill should be available only to law abiding 
U.S. citizens.
  My colleagues, Mr. Altmire is right. This motion to recommit brings 
the same commonsense to this bill that Mr. Altmire's amendment did. It 
simply says that homes made available under the bill cannot be sold to 
drug dealers, sex offenders, or people convicted of mortgage fraud.
  I ask my colleagues, imagine how you would feel if your taxes were 
taken under this legislation and used by the government to purchase 
foreclosed homes, then to rehabilitate a foreclosed home in your 
neighborhood, and then if that house was put on the market and sold by 
the government to a convicted drug dealer, a convicted sex offender, or 
person guilty of fraud in the mortgage industry who contributed to the 
very housing turmoil we are now faced with. You would be outraged, and 
you should be. We cannot let that happen under this legislation.
  The second provision of the motion to recommit corrects another 
defect in the bill. Yesterday an amendment was offered to provide 
veterans and public safety officers such as firemen and police with a 
preference in purchasing homes made available under this bill. The 
chairman of the committee quite appropriately accepted that amendment. 
But we can do better than that. This motion to recommit takes that 
concept one step further. It provides that disabled American veterans 
are to be accorded an even higher preference in acquiring homes under 
this legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, every Member in this body is aware tragically that 
American soldiers are returning with horrific wounds. Like many of you, 
I have been to Landstuhl Hospital in Germany and visited our fighting 
men and women. I have been to Walter Reed Army Hospital and visited 
them. It is wonderful that we can save their lives, but this motion to 
recommit recognizes and rewards their sacrifices. It provides that 
disabled veterans, seeking to purchase a home made available under this 
legislation, must be given first preference.
  Mr. Speaker, these are commonsense changes to this bill that will 
improve it, and I urge my colleagues to adopt them by passing this 
motion to recommit.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in 
opposition to the motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I hope we are here seriously 
to legislate. The effect of adopting this will be to make it much less 
likely that veterans will get the preference. Now I understand the 
frustration of Members on the other side. The gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. McCotter) offered an amendment yesterday, notwithstanding any 
other preferences, first priority to veterans, members of the Armed 
Forces on active duty, members of the National Guard or Armed Forces 
reserves, school teachers and emergency responders. That is now in the 
bill. That is part of the bill.
  The gentleman phrased his motion as ``promptly.'' Now we have already 
seen the kind of delay tactics that the minority has been prone to use. 
Send this back to committee, and you are very unlikely to get it back 
on the floor in a way in which we can pass it. So last night we adopted 
preference for veterans. Today, in the guise of redoing what we have 
already done, a motion is offered that will keep veterans from 
benefiting from that preference because the bill won't go anywhere.
  The gentleman was honest. He began by saying he doesn't like this 
bill. And since a head-on assault will not pass--no, I will not yield. 
I will explain why I won't yield. I won't yield because I have 
consistently, when I was chairing the committee, been open to 
amendments. I have yielded. But when at the last minute with zero 
notice something

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is drafted with no chance to discuss it, and they use their full 5 
minutes, of course I won't give up the small amount of time we have. It 
is already inadequate to discuss this.
  So this will prevent the veterans from getting the preferences they 
already have. You have seen what can happen with these delays. We have 
preference for veterans in this bill.
  Now let me say procedurally, if this had said ``forthwith,'' I would 
have been less concerned about it. But there is also this: during the 
markup of this bill, we accepted nine Republican amendments. Yesterday 
we accepted several Republican amendments. If I was seriously 
interested in helping the people who are to be the beneficiaries, I 
would have offered an amendment at the Rules Committee, and we would 
have accepted it. I would not have waited to say ``promptly'' so that I 
would have used the disabled veterans as a way to kill the bill.
  Similarly, with regard to mortgage fraud--and by the way, this is 
through the cities. If you think that the cities are going to give out 
money to rapists, worry about it.
  I would be prepared, if this would have been put forward in an 
orderly way so we could vet it and not have unintended consequences as 
we did with the last recommit on a bill from our committee, we could 
have accepted it.
  As we go forward, and let me say further in conference with the 
Senate, yes, I think we ought to make it explicit that people with 
mortgage fraud don't get it, as well as certain kinds of sex offenders. 
Yes, I think we can do these things, and we will do them going forward.
  But to take it now with a ``promptly,'' designed to kill the bill, 
and it will in fact undo, take back the veterans' preferences we gave 
yesterday, and to use disabled veterans and to use concern for the law 
as a cover to kill a bill for which the votes do not exist to kill it 
is the wrong way to go.
  We have amended this bill. Nine amendments were accepted in 
committee. None of these were offered. Had they been, they would have 
substantially been accepted, and they can be accepted going forward. 
But you have seen, my colleagues, what has gone on here. Send this back 
to committee, we have to go back to committee. We have rules to deal 
with. You have a crowded agenda in the committee. You will not see this 
bill again probably for weeks, and we will again have these tactics.
  The gentleman from Georgia is going to raise the point that it can 
come out the next day. It cannot. The rules of the House do not allow 
it. And anyone who thinks you are going to get unanimous consent from 
this group to waive four and five rules is not paying attention. After 
we just had two votes on an appeal of a ruling, a frivolous appeal, and 
we get an appeal of the appeal because people didn't like the wording 
on the board, you tell me if you think we are going to get serious 
legislative efforts.

                              {time}  1145

  So, yeah, I want veterans preferences in the bill. Going forward, we 
can address this. But Members who are worried about some kind of ad 
long before your election, the sensible parts of this will be embodied 
in the bill. You will have a chance to vote to protect against mortgage 
fraud, et cetera. But vote for this today.
  And as the gentleman from Arizona made clear, he doesn't like the 
bill. And I understand the problem the President has. The 
administration can't decide whether it wants to sign or veto. There are 
internal debates, so it falls to our Republican colleagues to save this 
President from having to make the decision.
  I urge my colleagues not to fall for that partisan ploy. Vote down 
this effort to delay, and perhaps delay indefinitely this bill. We 
will, going forward, take the good parts of it and incorporate it. Had 
they been substantially offered seriously before, they would have been 
adopted.
  Please, let's not fall for a partisan ploy and kill a good bill.


                        Parliamentary Inquiries

  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Weiner). State your parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, isn't it true that if this motion 
passed, that it would be referred back to the committee from whence it 
came, and that it could be reported back the next legislative day?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair reaffirmed on November 15, 
2007, at some subsequent time, the committee could meet and report the 
bill back to the House.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The committee and the House are 
constrained by a number of rules that cause substantial numbers of days 
to elapse. Does this motion, if it passes, in any way empower us to 
forget those rules of the House which require a certain number of days 
in committee, certain number of layovers, an announcement of a markup, 
a delay before the bill is reported, the Rules Committee, et cetera? 
Does this motion in any way reduce any of those timetables?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair stated on November 15, 2007, an 
order of recommital does not necessarily waive any rules, but the Chair 
cannot render an advisory opinion on what points of order might lie.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia will state his 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, isn't it true if you have 218 votes 
you can do just about anything you want to in this House?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to 
recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. SHADEGG. 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 recommit will be followed by 
5-minute votes on passage of the bill, and motion to suspend the rules 
on H.R. 4279.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 210, 
noes 216, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 298]

                               AYES--210

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carney
     Carter
     Castle
     Cazayoux
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hill
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     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
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim

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     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--216

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (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
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Campbell (CA)
     Cohen
     Gutierrez
     Jones (NC)
     Loebsack
     Richardson
     Rush


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members have 2 minutes 
remaining to cast their votes.

                              {time}  1206

  Messrs. KINGSTON and PICKERING changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 239, 
noes 188, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 299]

                               AYES--239

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Cazayoux
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     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
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reyes
     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
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--188

     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)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     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
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield (KY)

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     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Campbell (CA)
     Cohen
     Gutierrez
     Loebsack
     Richardson
     Rush


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1216

  Mr. KIRK changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________