[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9125-9128]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2055) making appropriations for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other 
purposes, will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  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. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. OWENS. I am opposed.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Owens moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2055 to the 
     Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       Page 30, line 17, insert before the period at the end the 
     following: ``Provided further, That, in addition to the funds 
     made available by Public Law 112-10 for `Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, Medical Services' for fiscal year 2012, an 
     additional $20,000,000 is appropriated for such account for 
     advertising of assistance and services for the prevention of 
     suicide among veterans (as authorized by section 532 of title 
     38, United States Code) for such fiscal year''.
       Page 35, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $25,000,000)''.

  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order against the 
gentleman's motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer this final amendment for the 
benefit of those men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, as 
well as for veterans of all wars in need of care.
  There's been much debate in the House today about hard choices. Our 
veterans made hard choices, made difficult decisions, and many of them 
suffer because of that.
  This amendment is fiscally responsible as it is fully paid for and, 
most importantly, it takes care of veterans. We are asking that 
approximately $20 million be appropriated for such account to assist in 
the prevention of suicide among veterans.
  I know as a young man--actually, as a young boy--I had uncles from 
World War I, friends of my father's from World War II who suffered from 
PTSD. It wasn't known by that term then, but clearly they did.
  When you go to Walter Reed, when you go to Fort Drum and you look 
into the eyes of the young men and women returning from Afghanistan and 
Iraq, you can see the pain. This is what we are called to deal with 
today.
  America's troops have served with honor and distinction, 
accomplishing tremendous progress in Iraq and Afghanistan. While we 
have gone to great lengths ensuring that they have what they need to 
accomplish the mission, it is the will and determination of the average 
servicemember that is winning the fight for our country.
  The current wars have demanded much of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and 
marines overseas who carry out their mission under constant threat from 
enemy fire, IEDs, and other dangers, all the while away from their 
family and friends back home. In short, the men and women of the Armed 
Forces are winning this fight through their incredible personal 
sacrifice.
  As we all know, this sacrifice often includes great cost to the 
physical well-being of returning veterans, as well as mental health 
concerns from PTSD and traumatic brain injury. It is our duty, out of 
respect for their sacrifice, to ensure that every benefit they have 
earned is available to all returning servicemembers. We can and must do 
more to care for them. This includes increased services to address PTSD 
and TBI, as well as adequate mental health services to prevent the 
tragedy of suicide among returning combat veterans.

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  As the Representative for Fort Drum, the most deployed unit in the 
United States Army, I am especially committed to seeing that members of 
the Armed Forces are afforded everything they need when they return 
home to their families and our communities. This amendment provides an 
additional $20 million for veteran medical services to give the 
Veterans Administration the resources it needs to provide these 
essential services.
  My amendment is fully offset and fulfills America's commitment to the 
heroes that have sacrificed so much to defend America. I urge a ``yes'' 
vote on this final amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CULBERSON. I rise in opposition to the motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Texas continue to 
reserve his point of order?
  Mr. CULBERSON. Yes, I do.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes in opposition to the motion.
  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, I would point out that the Subcommittee 
on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs has worked in an arm-in-
arm, bipartisan way in support of our troops, in support of our 
veterans. And we have provided funding for every need that was 
presented to the committee to help our men and women in uniform do the 
job that they do every day defending this Nation, to help our veterans 
as they move out of active duty into retired status, to help the 
Veterans Administration treat not only the veterans who have suffered 
or been injured in combat in defense of this Nation, but also those 
veterans who have suffered in some way psychological trauma that would 
put them at risk of suicide, a growing problem, and one that the 
committee is deeply concerned about, and, in fact, the committee has 
fully funded at the President's request of $69.9 million. The committee 
has provided essentially $70 million at the President's request, at the 
request of the Veterans Administration. We have fully funded in every 
way the request of the professionals in this area, what they believe is 
necessary to meet the need that they have determined is out there among 
the veterans of this Nation.
  One of the great joys I know that all of us have as Members of 
Congress is to provide the support that is necessary for our men and 
women in uniform to do the extraordinarily difficult job that they 
confront every day and to ensure that their families have the peace of 
mind that their son, their daughter, their father, their husband, their 
loved one has been given every piece of equipment, every possible 
support logistically with the love and comfort and prayers that we all 
send them with their families.

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  We as Members of Congress also have a sacred obligation to ensure 
that those men and women who are out there defending us don't ever need 
to look over their shoulder, that they don't ever need to worry that 
they are lacking in any way the equipment, the support. Everything that 
they might possibly need in the course of their day defending this 
Nation we have made sure, on the Appropriations Committee, that the men 
and women in uniform have. We've made sure that the Veterans 
Administration hospitals across the Nation have everything they need to 
take care of our men and women in uniform who have retired and gone on 
to the private sector to work in some other capacity.
  As a general rule, I've heard the number, the average time, that a 
man or woman serving the Nation may serve in uniform is--I think the 
numbers I've heard are about 36 months, but they will spend the rest of 
their life in the care of the Veterans Administration. And it's an 
extraordinarily important trust that our subcommittee takes very 
personally, as a truly sacred obligation on our part to make sure that 
these wonderful men and women, these extraordinarily courageous men and 
women who have sacrificed so much have everything they need when they 
move into the VA system, that the VA Hospital is providing them with 
the very best possible medical care, physically, mentally--and suicide 
prevention, in fact, is one of those areas that we on the subcommittee 
have fully funded and worked again in a bipartisan way.
  In fact, our committee as a whole has always worked together in a 
very bipartisan way, and particularly the subcommittees that deal with 
the men and women in uniform. Whether it be the Military Construction, 
the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee, or the Defense Subcommittee, the 
members of the Appropriations Committee don't pay attention to party 
labels. We're focused on what's best for the men and women of the 
United States military. We're focused on what's best for their families 
and for the Veterans Administration, the health care that our men and 
women in uniform are given physically--again, mentally. And without 
regard to party, without regard to any other distinction other than 
what's good for these men and women who serve our Nation, we have 
worked together without really any real serious disagreements.
  We, of course, have a problem today in the Nation of unprecedented 
debt, unprecedented deficits, record unfunded liabilities. And the new 
conservative majority that controls the House today is determined to do 
everything we can to reduce the unconscionable burden that's being 
passed on to our children and grandchildren. So we have found savings 
in this bill in money that was unspent, in accounts where money has 
been set aside for years and unspent, where savings have been produced 
from reduced cost of concrete and steel, reduced bid savings, for 
example, that we then returned that money to the taxpayers. We found 
areas that we could save money, but not at the expense of our men and 
women in uniform.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from Texas has 
expired.
  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, I wish to withdraw my reservation.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation of the point of order is 
withdrawn.
  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 ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were 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 the passage of H.R. 2055 and adoption of House 
Resolution 300.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 184, 
nays 234, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 417]

                               YEAS--184

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran

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     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--234

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Andrews
     Broun (GA)
     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Jackson (IL)
     Lee (CA)
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Stivers
     Weiner

                              {time}  1419

  Messrs. CASSIDY and SCOTT of South Carolina and Mrs. MYRICK changed 
their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. CARSON of Indiana, BUTTERFIELD, OLVER and ELLISON changed 
their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Miller of Michigan). 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 411, 
nays 5, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 418]

                               YEAS--411

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Kucinich
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                                NAYS--5

     Amash
     Campbell
     Duncan (TN)
     Flake
     Paul

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                             NOT VOTING--16

     Andrews
     Broun (GA)
     Cole
     Davis (IL)
     Eshoo
     Giffords
     Herger
     Jackson (IL)
     Lee (CA)
     Rangel
     Rokita
     Roybal-Allard
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Stivers
     Weiner


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1426

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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