[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13997-14013]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SECURE THE SOUTHWEST BORDER ACT OF 2014

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hultgren). Pursuant to clause 1(c) of 
rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 5230 will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 710, the 
amendments printed in part A of House Report 113-571 are adopted, and 
the bill, as amended, is considered read.
  The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

                               H.R. 5230

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely:

        DIVISION A--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS

                                TITLE I

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $71,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 
     for necessary expenses to apprehend, transport, and provide 
     temporary shelter associated with the significant rise in 
     unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by 
     an alien minor at the Southwest Border of the United States, 
     including related activities to secure the border, disrupt 
     transnational crime, and the necessary acquisition, 
     construction, improvement, repair, and management of 
     facilities: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate an obligation and 
     quarterly expenditure plan for these funds: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall provide to such Committees quarterly 
     updates on the expenditure of these funds.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $334,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 
     for necessary expenses to respond to the significant rise in 
     unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by 
     an alien minor at the Southwest Border of the United States, 
     including for enforcement of immigration and customs law, 
     including detention and removal operations, of which 
     $262,000,000 shall be for Custody Operations and $72,000,000 
     shall be for Transportation and Removal operations: Provided, 
     That not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate an obligation and quarterly 
     expenditure plan for these funds: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall provide to such Committees quarterly updates 
     on the expenditure of these funds.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

                         (including rescission)

       Sec. 101.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds provided by this title shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer 
     of funds that proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
     activity by either of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
     purpose than for which the appropriations were provided: 
     Provided, That prior to the obligation of such funds, a 
     request for approval shall be submitted to such Committees.
       Sec. 102.  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 
     to the Congress quarterly reports that include: (1) the 
     number of apprehensions at the border delineated by 
     unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by 
     an alien minor; (2) the number of claims of a credible fear 
     of persecution delineated by unaccompanied alien children and 
     alien adults accompanied by an alien minor, and the number of 
     determinations of valid claims of a credible fear of 
     persecution delineated by unaccompanied alien children and 
     alien adults accompanied by an alien minor; (3) the number of 
     unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by 
     an alien minor granted asylum by an immigration judge, 
     delineated by year of apprehension; (4) the number of alien 
     adults accompanied by an alien minor in detention facilities, 
     alternatives to detention, and other non-detention forms of 
     supervision; and (5) the number of removals delineated by 
     unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by 
     an alien minor.

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       Sec. 103.  Of the unobligated balance available for 
     ``Department of Homeland Security--Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency--Disaster Relief Fund'', $405,000,000 is 
     rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
     amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on a budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985: Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
     the amounts that were designated by the Congress as being for 
     disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 104.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     grants awarded under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds 
     provided under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency--State and Local Programs'' in division F of Public 
     Law 113-76, division D of Public Law 113-6, or division D of 
     Public Law 112-74 may be used by State and local law 
     enforcement and public safety agencies within local units of 
     government along the Southwest Border of the United States 
     for costs incurred during the award period of performance for 
     personnel, overtime, travel, costs related to combating 
     illegal immigration and drug smuggling, and costs related to 
     providing humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children 
     and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor who have 
     entered the United States.
       Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision in this or 
     any other Act, amounts transferred to the Department of 
     Homeland Security pursuant to section 202 of this Act shall 
     be provided by the Secretary of Homeland Security under the 
     heading ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--State and 
     Local Programs'' to States along the Southwest Border of the 
     United States as reimbursement for necessary costs of 
     National Guard personnel activated under the operational 
     control of the Governors of such States and deployed for the 
     purpose of border security.

                                TITLE II

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                     National Guard Personnel, Army

       For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, 
     Army'', $47,419,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2015, for necessary expenses related to the Southwest Border 
     of the United States.

                  National Guard Personnel, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, 
     Air Force'', $2,258,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2015, for necessary expenses related to the Southwest 
     Border of the United States.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Army National Guard'', $15,807,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2015, for necessary expenses related to the 
     Southwest Border of the United States.

             Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Air National Guard'', $4,516,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2015, for necessary expenses related to the 
     Southwest Border of the United States.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 201.  Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
     appropriated in title II of division C of Public Law 113-76 
     for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $70,000,000 
     is hereby rescinded to reflect excess cash balances in 
     Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
       Sec. 202. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
     of the amounts made available by this Act for ``National 
     Guard Personnel, Army'', the Secretary of Defense shall 
     transfer to the Department of Homeland Security such funds as 
     may be necessary, not to exceed $35,000,000, to reimburse the 
     States for the cost of any units or personnel of the National 
     Guard, to perform operations and missions under State Active 
     Duty status, deployed in support of a southern border 
     mission.

                               TITLE III

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                   administrative review and appeals

       For an additional amount for ``Administrative Review and 
     Appeals'' for necessary expenses to respond to the 
     significant rise in unaccompanied alien children and alien 
     adults accompanied by an alien minor at the Southwest Border 
     of the United States, $22,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2015, of which $12,900,000 shall be for 
     additional temporary immigration judges and related expenses, 
     and $9,100,000 shall be for technology for judges to expedite 
     the adjudication of immigration cases.

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 301.  Of the unobligated balances available for 
     ``Department of Justice--Legal Activities--Assets Forfeiture 
     Fund'', $22,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.

                                TITLE IV

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

                     Repatriation and Reintegration

       Sec. 401. (a) Repatriation and Reintegration.--Of the funds 
     appropriated in titles III and IV of division K of Public Law 
     113-76, and in prior Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, for assistance for the countries in Central 
     America, up to $40,000,000 shall be made available for such 
     countries for repatriation and reintegration activities: 
     Provided, That funds made available pursuant to this section 
     may be obligated notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e) of 
     section 7045 of division K of Public Law 113-76.
       (b) Report.--Prior to the initial obligation of funds made 
     available pursuant to this section, but not later than 15 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 
     days thereafter until September 30, 2015, the Secretary of 
     State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development, shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
     obligation of funds made available pursuant to this section 
     by country and the steps taken by the government of each 
     country to--
       (1) improve border security;
       (2) enforce laws and policies to stem the flow of illegal 
     entries into the United States;
       (3) enact laws and implement new policies to stem the flow 
     of illegal entries into the United States, including 
     increasing penalties for human smuggling;
       (4) conduct public outreach campaigns to explain the 
     dangers of the journey to the Southwest Border of the United 
     States, emphasize the lack of immigration benefits available; 
     and emphasize that illegal aliens will be removed to their 
     country; and
       (5) cooperate with United States Federal agencies to 
     facilitate and expedite the return, repatriation, and 
     reintegration of illegal migrants arriving at the Southwest 
     Border of the United States.
       (c) Suspension of Assistance.--The Secretary of State shall 
     suspend assistance provided pursuant to this section to the 
     government of a country if such government is not making 
     significant progress on each item described in paragraphs (1) 
     through (5) of subsection (b): Provided, That assistance may 
     only be resumed if the Secretary reports to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that subsequent to the suspension of 
     assistance such government is making significant progress on 
     each of the items enumerated in such subsection.
       (d) Notification Requirement.--Funds made available 
     pursuant to this section shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 402.  Of the unexpended balances available to the 
     President for bilateral economic assistance under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' from prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs, $197,000,000 is rescinded: 
     Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
     were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 or as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                                TITLE V

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families

                     refugee and entrant assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Refugee and Entrant 
     Assistance'', $197,000,000, to be merged with and available 
     for the same time period and for the same purposes as the 
     funds made available under this heading in division H of 
     Public Law 113-76 ``for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 
     462, and 235'': Provided, That of this amount, $47,000,000 
     shall be for the Social Services and Targeted Assistance 
     programs.
        This division may be cited as the ``Secure the Southwest 
     Border Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014''.

          DIVISION B--SECURE THE SOUTHWEST BORDER ACT OF 2014

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
     ``Secure the Southwest Border Act of 2014''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
     division is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                      TITLE I--PROTECTING CHILDREN

Sec. 101. Repatriation of unaccompanied alien children.
Sec. 102. Last in, first out.
Sec. 103. Emergency immigration judge resources.
Sec. 104. Protecting children from human traffickers, sex offenders, 
              and other criminals.

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Sec. 105. Inclusion of additional grounds for per se ineligibility for 
              asylum.

       TITLE II--USE OF NATIONAL GUARD TO IMPROVE BORDER SECURITY

Sec. 201. National Guard support for border operations.

       TITLE III--NATIONAL SECURITY AND FEDERAL LANDS PROTECTION

Sec. 301. Prohibition on actions that impede border security on certain 
              Federal land.
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress on placement of unauthorized aliens at 
              military installations.
Sec. 303. Limitation on placement of unauthorized aliens at military 
              installations.

                      TITLE I--PROTECTING CHILDREN

     SEC. 101. REPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

       Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
     1232(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: 
     ``Rules for unaccompanied alien children'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``who 
     is a national or habitual resident of a country that is 
     contiguous with the United States'';
       (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ``and'' at the end;
       (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     period; and
       (iv) by striking clause (iii);
       (C) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``(``8 
     U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) may--'' and inserting ``(8 U.S.C. 1101 
     et seq)--'';
       (ii) in clause (i), by inserting before ``permit such child 
     to withdraw'' the following: ``may''; and
       (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting before ``return such 
     child'' the following: ``shall''; and
       (D) in subparagraph (C)--
       (i) by amending the subparagraph heading to read as 
     follows: ``Agreements with foreign countries.''; and
       (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``The 
     Secretary of State shall negotiate agreements between the 
     United States and countries contiguous to the United States'' 
     and inserting ``The Secretary of State may negotiate 
     agreements between the United States and any foreign country 
     that the Secretary determines appropriate''; and
       (2) in paragraph (5)(D)--
       (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking ``, 
     except for an unaccompanied alien child from a contiguous 
     subject to the exceptions under subsection (a)(2),'' and 
     inserting ``who does not meet the criteria listed in 
     paragraph (2)(A)''; and
       (B) in clause (i), by inserting before the semicolon at the 
     end the following: ``, which shall include a hearing before 
     an immigration judge not later than 14 days after being 
     screened under paragraph (4) and the unaccompanied alien 
     child shall be detained until such hearing'';.

     SEC. 102. LAST IN, FIRST OUT.

       In any removal proceedings under section 240 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) with respect 
     to an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 
     462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     279(g)(2))), priority shall be accorded to the alien who has 
     most recently arrived in the United States.

     SEC. 103. EMERGENCY IMMIGRATION JUDGE RESOURCES.

        Not later than 14 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Attorney General shall designate up to 40 
     immigration judges, including through the hiring of retired 
     immigration judges, administrative law judges, or magistrate 
     judges, or the reassignment of current immigration judges. 
     Such designations shall remain in effect solely for the 
     duration of the humanitarian crisis at the southern border 
     (as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Attorney General).

     SEC. 104. PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, SEX 
                   OFFENDERS, AND OTHER CRIMINALS.

       Section 235(c)(3) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
     1232(c)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, including a 
     mandatory biometric criminal history check'' before the 
     period at the end; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following--
       ``(D) Prohibition on placement with sex offenders and human 
     traffickers.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services may not place an unaccompanied alien child in the 
     custody of an individual who has been convicted of--

       ``(I) a sex offense (as defined in section 111 of the Sex 
     Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 
     16911)); or
       ``(II) a crime involving a severe form of trafficking in 
     persons (as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)).

       ``(ii) Requirements of criminal background check.--A 
     biometric criminal history check under subparagraph (A) shall 
     be based on a set of fingerprints or other biometric 
     identifiers and conducted through--

       ``(I) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
       ``(II) criminal history repositories of all States that the 
     individual lists as current or former residences.''.

     SEC. 105. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR PER SE 
                   INELIGIBILITY FOR ASYLUM.

       Section 208(b)(2)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended by 
     inserting after ``a serious nonpolitical crime'' the 
     following: ``(including any drug-related offense punishable 
     by a term of imprisonment greater than 1 year)''.

       TITLE II--USE OF NATIONAL GUARD TO IMPROVE BORDER SECURITY

     SEC. 201. NATIONAL GUARD SUPPORT FOR BORDER OPERATIONS.

       (a) Deployment Authority and Funding.--Amounts appropriated 
     for the Department of Defense in this Act shall be expended 
     for any units or personnel of the National Guard deployed to 
     perform operations and missions under section 502(f) of title 
     32, United States Code, on the southern border of the United 
     States.
       (b) Assignment of Operations and Missions.--
       (1) In general.--National Guard units and personnel 
     deployed under subsection (a) may be assigned such operations 
     as may be necessary to provide assistance for operations on 
     the southern border, with priority given to high traffic 
     areas experiencing the highest number of crossings by 
     unaccompanied alien children.
       (2) Nature of duty.--The duty of National Guard personnel 
     performing operations and missions on the southern border 
     shall be full-time duty under title 32, United States Code.
       (c) Materiel and Logistical Support.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall deploy such materiel and equipment and 
     logistical support as may be necessary to ensure success of 
     the operations and missions conducted by the National Guard 
     under this section.
       (d) Exclusion From National Guard Personnel Strength 
     Limitations.--National Guard personnel deployed under 
     subsection (a) shall not be included in--
       (1) the calculation to determine compliance with limits on 
     end strength for National Guard personnel; or
       (2) limits on the number of National Guard personnel that 
     may be placed on active duty for operational support under 
     section 115 of title 10, United States Code.
       (e) High Traffic Areas Defined.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``high traffic areas'' means sectors along the 
     northern and southern borders of the United States that are 
     within the responsibility of the Border Patrol that have the 
     most illicit cross-border activity, informed through 
     situational awareness.
       (2) The term ``unaccompanied alien child'' means a child 
     who--
       (A) has no lawful immigration status in the United States;
       (B) has not attained 18 years of age; and
       (C) with respect to whom--
       (i) there is no parent or legal guardian in the United 
     States; or
       (ii) no parent or legal guardian in the United States is 
     available to provide care and physical custody.

       TITLE III--NATIONAL SECURITY AND FEDERAL LANDS PROTECTION

     SEC. 301. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS THAT IMPEDE BORDER SECURITY 
                   ON CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND.

       (a) Prohibition on Secretaries of the Interior and 
     Agriculture.--The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
     of Agriculture shall not impede, prohibit, or restrict 
     activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Federal 
     land located within 100 miles of the United States border 
     with Mexico that is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
     of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, to execute 
     search and rescue operations, and to prevent all unlawful 
     entries into the United States, including entries by 
     terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, 
     narcotics, and other contraband through such international 
     land border of the United States. These authorities of U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection on such Federal land apply 
     whether or not a state of emergency exists.
       (b) Authorized Activities of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection.--U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall have 
     immediate access to Federal land within 100 miles of the 
     United States border with Mexico that is under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the 
     Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of conducting the 
     following activities on such land that prevent all unlawful 
     entries into the United States, including entries by 
     terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, 
     narcotics, and other contraband through such international 
     land border of the United States:
       (1) Construction and maintenance of roads.
       (2) Construction and maintenance of barriers.
       (3) Use of vehicles to patrol, apprehend, or rescue.
       (4) Installation, maintenance, and operation of 
     communications and surveillance equipment and sensors.
       (5) Deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.

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       (c) Clarification Relating to Waiver Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     (including any termination date relating to the waiver 
     referred to in this subsection), the waiver by the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security on April 1, 2008, under section 
     102(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
     Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note; Public Law 
     104-208) of the laws described in paragraph (2) with respect 
     to certain sections of the international border between the 
     United States and Mexico shall be considered to apply to all 
     Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
     Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture within 100 miles of 
     such international land border of the United States for the 
     activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection described in 
     subsection (b).
       (2) Description of laws waived.--The laws referred to in 
     paragraph (1) are limited to the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1131 et seq.), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the National Historic Preservation 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), Public Law 86-523 (16 U.S.C. 469 
     et seq.), the Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the 
     ``Antiquities Act of 1906''; 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), the Wild 
     and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
     seq.), the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act 
     of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Act 
     of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife 
     Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), subchapter II of 
     chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code 
     (commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure Act''), the 
     National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the 
     General Authorities Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-383) (16 
     U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.), sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the 
     National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-625, 
     92 Stat. 3467), and the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990 
     (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101-628).
       (d) Protection of Legal Uses.--This section shall not be 
     construed to provide--
       (1) authority to restrict legal uses, such as grazing, 
     hunting, mining, or public-use recreational and backcountry 
     airstrips on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
     the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture; or
       (2) any additional authority to restrict legal access to 
     such land.
       (e) Effect on State and Private Land.--This Act shall--
       (1) have no force or effect on State or private lands; and
       (2) not provide authority on or access to State or private 
     lands.
       (f) Tribal Sovereignty.--Nothing in this section 
     supersedes, replaces, negates, or diminishes treaties or 
     other agreements between the United States and Indian tribes.

     SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PLACEMENT OF UNAUTHORIZED 
                   ALIENS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Secretary of Defense should not allow the placement 
     of unauthorized aliens at a military installation unless--
       (A) the Secretary submits written notice to the 
     congressional defense committees and each Member of Congress 
     representing any jurisdiction in which an affected military 
     installation is situated; and
       (B) the Secretary publishes notice in the Federal Register;
       (2) the placement of unauthorized aliens at a military 
     institution should not displace active members of the Armed 
     Forces;
       (3) the placement of unauthorized aliens at a military 
     institution should not interfere with any mission of the 
     Department of Defense;
       (4) the Secretary of Health and Human Services should not 
     use a military installation for the placement of unauthorized 
     aliens unless all other facilities of the Department of 
     Health and Human Services are unavailable;
       (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services should not 
     use a military installation for the placement of unauthorized 
     aliens for more than 120 days;
       (6) the Secretary of Health and Human Services should 
     ensure that all unauthorized alien children are vaccinated 
     upon arrival at a military installation as set forth in the 
     guidelines of the Office of Refugee Resettlement;
       (7) the Secretary of Health and Human Services should 
     ensure that all individuals under the supervision of the 
     Secretary with access to unauthorized alien children at a 
     military installation are properly cleared according to the 
     procedures set forth in the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.);
       (8) the Secretary of Health and Human Services should fully 
     comply with the provisions of the Victims of Child Abuse Act 
     of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) with respect to background 
     checks and should retain full legal responsibility for such 
     compliance; and
       (9) in accordance with section 1535 of title 31, United 
     States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Economy Act''), 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services should reimburse 
     the Secretary of Defense for all expenses incurred by the 
     Secretary of Defense in carrying out the placement of 
     unauthorized aliens at a military installation.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (2) The term ``Member of Congress'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 1591(c)(1) of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       (3) The term ``military installation'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United 
     States Code, but does not include an installation located 
     outside of the United States.
       (4) The term ``placement'' means the placement of an 
     unauthorized alien in either a detention facility or an 
     alternative to such a facility.
       (5) The term ``unauthorized alien'' means an alien 
     unlawfully present in the United States, but does not include 
     a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces.

     SEC. 303. LIMITATION SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PLACEMENT OF 
                   UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of Defense may not allow the 
     placement of unauthorized aliens at a military installation 
     in the United States if the use of the military institution 
     to house or care for unauthorized aliens would--
       (1) displace members of the Armed Forces serving on active 
     duty or in a reserve or Guard status; or
       (2) interfere with activities of the Armed Forces, 
     including reserve components thereof, at the installation.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``military installation'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United 
     States Code.
       (2) The term ``unauthorized alien'' means an alien 
     unlawfully present in the United States, but does not include 
     a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill shall be debatable for an 
additional hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) and the gentlewoman from New 
York (Mrs. Lowey) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky.


                             General Leave

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on the further consideration of 
H.R. 5230, and that I may include tabular material on the same.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kentucky?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to continue the debate on H.R. 5230, with 
further amendments added by the rule the House just adopted. The need 
to pass this bill before Congress leaves for the August break is just 
as critical today as it was yesterday.
  This bill, Mr. Speaker, provides funding to meet immediate border 
security and humanitarian needs in response to the recent surge of 
illegal immigrants crossing our southern border.
  In terms of funding, this bill is essentially the same as the 
legislation the House considered yesterday. It emphasizes securing our 
borders, providing humanitarian assistance for unaccompanied children 
in U.S. custody, and preventing further influxes of illegal 
immigration, both by funding vital programs and by implementing 
important policy provisions. This is also a fiscally responsible bill. 
All funding is offset, so it won't add a penny to our deficit.
  However, the bill differs from the version yesterday by adding an 
additional $35 million for the National Guard to allow States, 
including Texas, to be reimbursed for National Guard activities related 
to border security and the current influx of illegal immigrants. This 
brings the new total of the bill to $694 million, and, again, it is 
fully offset.
  In addition, the bill includes new tweaks to various policy 
provisions which will help to further tighten our borders and provide 
solutions that help solve our immigration challenges for the future.

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  Mr. Speaker, we have a crisis on our hands, and we can't simply get 
up and walk away. It is our moral responsibility to protect our 
homeland and to properly care for and process the thousands of 
unaccompanied children who put their lives in the hands of criminals to 
cross our borders. We simply can't turn our backs on this. We must pass 
this bill today, and I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, 
and I rise today to oppose this outrageous bill and the ridiculous 
process that produced it.
  Just yesterday, this House attempted to consider a bill that went too 
far on policy and not far enough on funding levels, but apparently even 
that wasn't bad enough for my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle.

                              {time}  1915

  Mr. Speaker, yesterday's bill vanished into thin air, and in its 
place, we now have this haphazard mess. This bill is the result of some 
sort of auction with members of the majority.
  The bill also paves the way for another piece of legislation to be 
approved tonight--a brand-new bill on the so-called DACA--deferred 
action on undocumented children program--related to young people who 
were brought here as minors by 2007 and only know the United States of 
America as their home. This new bill has not been approved by any 
committee and contains language that would throw thousands of young 
people into legal limbo.
  This new supplemental funding bill would add an additional $35 
million to reimburse States for deploying the National Guard to the 
border, which is pointless. In other words, U.S. taxpayers will pick up 
the tab for Governor Perry's campaign stunt.
  The bill also would change the initial screening process used by 
Customs and Border Patrol. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 
opposes the change, noting:

       It would make crippling changes to current U.S.-trafficking 
     victim protection law that we fear would send these 
     vulnerable children, and others in the future who have fled 
     trauma, exploitation, and violence, back into harm's way, 
     likely resulting in continued degradation, injury, and death 
     for many of them.

  I insert the letter into the Record.

                                              U.S. Conference of  
                                                 Catholic Bishops,


                                       Committee on Migration,

                                   Washington, DC, August 1, 2014.
       Dear Representative: I write to reaffirm the opposition of 
     the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to H.R. 5230 
     and express our opposition to H.R. 5232.
       Our opposition to H.R. 5230 stems from four troubling 
     aspects of the measure. First, it would make crippling 
     changes to current U.S. trafficking victim protection law 
     that we fear would send these vulnerable children, and others 
     in the future who have fled trauma, exploitation, and 
     violence, back into harm's way, likely resulting in continued 
     degradation, injury, and death for many of them. Second, it 
     would not provide adequate funding for the Department of 
     Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement 
     (ORR) to enable it to care for vulnerable unaccompanied 
     children in U.S. custody. Third, its level of funding for ORR 
     is so low that it would severely hamper the agency's ability 
     to fulfill its responsibility to care for refugees, asylum 
     seekers, special immigrants, trafficking victims, and torture 
     victims. And fourth, the measure contains no provisions to 
     address the root causes that have compelled so many children 
     to make the arduous journey from their homes in Central 
     America to the United States and elsewhere in the region.
       Our opposition to H.R. 5232 stems from its elimination of 
     the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. It 
     is our view that this program has helped protect a vulnerable 
     group of children who for all extensive purposes are 
     Americans. It would subject them once again to removal to 
     countries they do not know. We urge its defeat.
       How our nation responds to this humanitarian challenge is a 
     moral test of our national character. We ask that you oppose 
     H.R. 5230 and H.R. 5232, which we feel fail to live up to 
     that test.
           Sincerely,

                               Most Reverend Eusebio Elizondo,

                                  Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, WA,
                           Chairman, USCCB Committee on Migration.

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, this House majority needs to make up its 
collective mind. Do they want to provide emergency funding to enable 
our Federal agencies to respond to the humanitarian crisis on the 
border? Or do they wish to rewrite current law on immigration, 
political asylum, and due process? We can't do both in an hour of floor 
consideration.
  The House should have already taken up bipartisan comprehensive 
immigration reform the Senate passed more than 1 year ago, with the 
support of Democrats and Republicans, the labor and business 
communities, evangelicals, law enforcement, and many others.
  We would have been proud to work together with our Republicans on the 
other side of the aisle to give thoughtful consideration to this 
immigration process. The Senate did it. We had an opportunity to do it, 
and instead, we are rushing through tonight to put a bill on the floor 
that has changed many times as it has proceeded through the process.
  That bill, the comprehensive immigration bill, would have helped 
prevent the crisis on the border today. If we had passed this 1 year 
ago, we wouldn't be in the desperate situation we are in now. Now, we 
are at a point where it requires emergency supplemental funding that we 
should provide cleanly and quickly without the baggage of extraneous 
policy that caused so much political division.
  This package crossed the line from being a supplemental spending bill 
and became a controversial revision of immigration policy with limited 
funding thrown in as an afterthought. That is a shame. That is really 
sad because we know that the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, 
Health and Human Services, and State need this money to do the job.
  Mr. Speaker, just last year, this body allowed a small vocal minority 
to push a government shutdown over controversial policy ideas. This 
process today causes me to wonder whether many have learned the perils 
of such recklessness.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this package and start over. I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, we are here with this crisis 
because the President announced a policy that no one would be deported 
unless they were a criminal. That word spread through our Central 
American countries, and families said: hey, the gates are open; while 
this President is in office, if you go there and you get in, then you 
won't be deported.
  The administration knew this 2 years ago. The word came out that we 
were being flooded, increasingly so, from Central American countries. 
So we are here trying to fix the problem that is an emergency caused by 
this administration, and the administration's control of the other 
body, rather than help us solve the problem, left town at noon today 
without doing anything. So we are trying to clean up their mess and the 
administration's mess, and this bill will do that.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Mrs. 
Granger), the chair of the Speaker's task force on border security and 
the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations.
  Mrs. GRANGER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the hard 
work you have put into this difficult situation.
  Mr. Speaker, we are here tonight because this Congress has a 
responsibility to immediately stop the humanitarian crisis on our 
southern border. The President has failed to lead. The Senate failed to 
lead. This Chamber has to lead.
  Since October, 58,000 unaccompanied minors have made the treacherous 
1,000-mile journey from Central America, across Mexico, and through our 
southern border. Tens of thousands more unaccompanied minors are 
expected to come if we don't act. Doing nothing is not an option. I 
repeat, doing nothing is not an option.
  The members of the working group I chaired made recommendations for 
an immediate short-term response. I want to recognize the hard work and 
commitment of the working group members who made targeted policy 
recommendations on how to end this crisis.
  Our conclusions included in the bill are to tweak the 2008 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to make sure that 
all unaccompanied minors are treated the same as Mexicans, prioritize 
last in-first out, expedite the hearing process within 7 days after the 
children are detained, and hire additional temporary judges to support 
the accelerated process.
  To fully support Customs and Border Protection's mission, we include 
a provision to allow Border Patrol unfettered access to Federal lands. 
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Mr. Speaker, the supplemental includes a sense of Congress that 
children should not be detained at military bases.
  The Congressional Budget Office has given its assessment of the 
policy changes in this legislation. They have said that because the 
legislation allows for the children to self-deport, it will lead to 
immediate savings.
  I want to commend Chairman Rogers on this smart, targeted bill that 
helps address the crisis immediately, and I urge my colleagues to vote 
``yes'' on the supplemental.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gallego).
  Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, if you read what reporters are already 
saying, they are saying that this isn't a serious bill that will ever 
become law--that opportunity was lost yesterday when the original bill 
was pulled. They are saying this bill does nothing because it isn't 
going anywhere once it leaves the House.
  The perception of the press and the American people is that this is 
all political theater. Why don't we prove them wrong? Why don't we 
cancel our travel plans and commit to staying here until we can agree 
on an actual solution to this border issue that we can put into a bill 
that might actually have a shot of becoming law?
  Any single one of us who is married knows the importance of 
compromise. Imagine what happens if you walk in your house every day 
and you tell your spouse: I really don't care what you think today, I 
am not interested in your opinion, we are going to do it my way.
  Well, that marriage wouldn't last very long. Anyone who is in a 
marriage knows the importance of compromise and knows what happens when 
a relationship is one-sided.
  We can get together on this. We did it for the VA; we can, and we 
should do it for this. An opportunity to sit down around the same table 
and negotiate our way through in a very serious and in a very real 
way--without the rhetoric, just simple reason, simple common sense--
that makes a difference every day for the people on our border. That is 
what I would ask, and that is what I think the American people are 
asking.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the newly elected majority whip 
of the U.S. House.
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Kentucky, the 
chairman of the Appropriations Committee, for his leadership, and the 
gentlewoman from Texas for her leadership in putting this working group 
together to bring a bill to address this crisis.
  Mr. Speaker, there is a crisis at our border. The President has 
refused and failed to do his job to address the crisis. The Senate in 
fact today failed to do their job and left town without passing 
anything to address this crisis, but the House is here working.
  The people's House is here working, and we are not going to stop 
working until we get our job done and pass legislation that actually 
addresses this crisis, and that is what this bill does, Mr. Speaker.
  We have got a bill that actually allows the Governors along the 
border to call up the National Guard to help secure the border. The 
President ought to do this job. The President has all the tools to 
secure the border, but he won't. He has failed to do one of his basic 
functions in securing the American border.
  Shouldn't the Governors along that border be able to call up the 
National Guard to help secure it if the President won't? Not only do we 
do that, Mr. Speaker, but we put the funds in place to ensure that it 
gets done.
  Some other things we do is end this catch-and-release program that 
has been a magnet for thousands of people to come across the border and 
be released throughout the country--some never to be seen again. We can 
stop this, and we do in our bill.
  Mr. Speaker, this is important legislation that actually sends a 
strong message that we are going to take this issue seriously, and we 
are going to actually solve this crisis. If the Senate wants to be 
serious about doing their job and if the President wants to be serious 
about doing his job, they ought to come back here and pass something of 
their own, but they won't, but that is no reason to fail to lead. That 
is why the House is leading.
  We are going to pass this bill, and we are going to propose a 
solution to this crisis. I encourage the Senate to come back and do 
their job, and I encourage the President to start doing his.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), the ranking member of the 
Immigration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee.
  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, we have heard repeatedly that this bill 
simply treats all children the way that Mexican children are treated. 
It is true that the bill would subject all children to the ineffective 
border screening that Mexican children now undergo, but it actually 
makes that screening much worse.
  Under the antislavery law, Mexican children are permitted to withdraw 
their applications for admission and return to Mexico only if the 
Border Patrol screener determines that the child has the capacity to 
understand what is going on and can independently agree to withdraw the 
application for admission.
  This bill strikes that language. Under this bill, it does not matter 
whether the child can comprehend that she has been given the option to 
voluntarily return to her home country because, in this bill, it does 
not matter what she thinks.
  This bill now says that while a child may be permitted to withdraw 
her application for admission, no matter what, she shall be returned--
no matter what, once Border Patrol decides, that is the end of the 
discussion, and that kid is going home.
  Now, this is not just about our southern border and children from 
Central America. This new procedure would apply to any unaccompanied 
minor child who appears at our border seeking asylum.

                              {time}  1930

  It could mean that the pregnant Chinese teenager fleeing forced 
abortion in China simply gets turned away. It could mean that Syrian 
Christian children fleeing horrific violence and persecution in Syria 
simply get turned away. It would turn aside a child from Thailand being 
trafficked for sex.
  I don't know that this was necessarily the intention of this bill--I 
would certainly hope not--but that is the way the bill is written. That 
is the effect it would have, and I think it is simply unconscionable.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), the chairman of the House 
Judiciary Committee.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Kentucky, the 
chairman of the Appropriations Committee for his leadership on this 
issue, and I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5230.
  There is a crisis at our southern border, and it is a disaster of 
President Obama's own making. The Obama administration's lax 
immigration enforcement policies have given confidence to parents who 
are in the U.S. illegally that they can stay, and now they are finding 
ways to bring their children who are still in Central America and 
beyond to the United States unlawfully. Although President Obama has 
many tools at his disposal to stop this surge at the border, he refuses 
to use them and instead proposes to make the situation worse by taking 
more unilateral actions to stop the enforcement of our immigration 
laws.
  It is ultimately up to President Obama to end this crisis by 
reversing his policies that created it. However, since he refuses to do 
so, we have to act to the extent we can to provide narrow and targeted 
funding to meet the immediate needs of our law enforcement agencies at 
the southern border. We have to enable them to do their job to secure 
our border and enforce our immigration laws.
  And we need to tweak the 2008 law regarding the removal of 
unaccompanied

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alien minors. We need to treat apprehended minors from Central America 
in the same expedited but humane fashion that we treat apprehended 
minors from Mexico and Canada. In fact, the administration has called 
for such a change.
  On July 14, before the Senate Appropriations Committee, DHS Secretary 
Jeh Johnson said that the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 needed to be amended. He said:

       In terms of changing the law, we are asking for the ability 
     to treat unaccompanied kids from a Central American country 
     in the same way as from a contiguous country.

  That is what this bill does, based on language written by 
Representative Carter, and it makes the important clarification that 
all minors from any country who do not have a credible fear of 
persecution and have not been trafficked shall be expeditiously 
returned home.
  Because of the President's inaction, we are taking the responsible 
step today of passing these narrow fixes that will help the American 
people avoid billions of dollars in additional costs due to the 
President not trying to solve this problem but asking for more money to 
continue to resettle tens of thousands of people into the interior of 
our country.
  While the bill is not perfect, it does give law enforcement many 
tools they have requested. For example, while I was in the Rio Grande 
Valley earlier this month, Border Patrol agents cited administration-
created restrictions that bar them access to Federal lands as a 
significant stumbling block to securing the border. One of the more 
important provisions of this bill gives Border Patrol agents access to 
Federal lands so that they can stop drug traffickers, human smugglers, 
and unlawful immigrants from exploiting these gaps along the border.
  Since the President isn't taking the serious action needed to address 
the crisis at the border, the House is doing so today. Again, I urge my 
colleagues to support this bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished minority whip of the House.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlelady for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, House Republicans have taken two bad bills that failed 
to meet the challenge of the humanitarian crisis on the border and made 
them worse. They are worse for children. They are worse for women. And 
they are worse for those who were brought here as children, grew up 
here, and know no other home than America. These bills do not reflect 
America's values and our highest ideals.
  The bills that were put forward yesterday had no chance of seeing 
action in the Senate. Neither do these. In fact, Representative John 
Fleming is reported to have said that the supplemental bill is 
``political cover'' and that ``not a single Republican in the House 
believes it'll be signed into law.''
  I believe that statement to be absolutely accurate.
  Chairwoman Granger, my friend with whom I served on the 
Appropriations Committee, said, just a few minutes ago, doing nothing 
is not an option. And I very politely suggest to her what we are doing 
tonight is nothing.
  What we do tonight will not pass, will not solve a problem, will not 
change policy, and it will not give the needed resources that are 
necessary. Republicans have once again embraced their ``my way or the 
highway'' attitude, the same attitude that led to last year's shutdown, 
instead of reaching across the aisle and working with Democrats on 
bipartisan legislation that can address this crisis and be enacted.
  We are debating a bill that is not only bad in substance, but that 
was brought to the floor in near secrecy in violation of the Republican 
majority's own 3-day rule. How ironic. How ironic that Majority Leader 
McCarthy said in an op-ed in the Washington Post today:

       I will commit to the committee process and regular order.

  This is neither the committee process nor regular order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, the House action tonight does 
not reflect those words from this morning's op-ed.
  Mr. Speaker, we ought to have a responsible, bipartisan measure to 
provide the needed funds to address the border crisis, but we also must 
see this as a reminder of why we must pass comprehensive immigration 
reform.
  Speaker Boehner, himself, said the House would act, saying last May:

       The House remains committed to fixing our broken 
     immigration system.

  This is not a fix. But tonight, we must address the crisis before us. 
Our Republican friends should work with Democrats on a solution that 
can pass the House--this probably can--pass the Senate--this cannot--
and be signed by the President. Nobody here, as Congressman Fleming 
indicated, believes that will be the case.
  Tonight will be a loss for rational humanitarian action and a victory 
for partisan, negative policy. How sad. How wrong. How disappointing to 
the American people.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I 
may consume to say at least the House is putting a bill on the floor 
and passing it, which solves the problem. If we had the Senate here to 
work with us, we might be able to get a bill the President could sign. 
But the Senate is gone. They have left. So I would hope that the leader 
of the Senate would recognize that his body is getting severely 
criticized for leaving town without offering a solution to this crisis 
on our border.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Carter), who chairs the Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee.
  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Homeland Security and as a native Texan, I am uniquely 
familiar with our southern border. I am also uniquely familiar with the 
national security crisis and law enforcement nightmare erupting on that 
border, primarily in my State of Texas.
  Mr. Speaker, as I have often said, and said yesterday, lawlessness 
breeds lawlessness. The crisis unfolding on our border is in very large 
part a result of the President's political decision to not enforce the 
immigration laws of this Nation. The House intends to correct that 
tonight.
  In many ways this bill is similar to the legislation the House 
considered yesterday, but it has some important improvements. Once 
again, the funding in this package is fully offset and provides the 
resources needed to address the immediate crisis. This bill also 
includes the necessary policy changes to bring parity to the 
adjudication and repatriation of these children. Many of these 
provisions are borrowed from a bill I drafted along with Robert 
Aderholt and Jack Kingston, H.R. 5143, the Protection of Children Act.
  This bill expands the tools available to our Border Patrol agents and 
allows them to better and more quickly screen the influx of migrant 
children. It ensures a timely trial so that no child will have to wait 
in limbo for months or years to find out whether or not they will be 
able to stay in the United States. It includes crucial language to 
prevent these children from being placed with criminals, sex offenders, 
or human traffickers. And finally, this bill provides additional 
resources for our border Governors as they work to assist Federal 
officials and keep our citizens safe.
  I urge my colleagues to join me and others in supporting this strong 
bill. Lawlessness has bred this lawlessness. We must stop it and secure 
our border.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to 
remind the distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee that the 
reason the Senate could not bring a bill to the floor was because not 
one Republican will allow the procedural vote of cloture to bring it to 
the floor. Therefore, we are having a very important debate, but this 
bill, as you know, is going nowhere.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina 
(Mr.

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Price), the ranking member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on 
Appropriations.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition 
to this so-called appropriations bill. I say ``so-called'' because it 
really is mainly about ill-advised and mean-spirited policy changes. 
Rather than providing the necessary funds to deal with the humanitarian 
crisis at the border, this bill mainly reduces protections for young 
people facing violence that we can hardly imagine.
  For awhile, it looked like we might do better than this. As the 
ranking member of the Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, I 
was pleased to take part in a recent delegation to Central America ably 
led by Chairwoman Kay Granger. But as successive versions of the 
Republican bill have surfaced over the past 2 weeks, in a quest for 
votes only among Republicans, they reflected less and less of what we 
learned on that trip. That was true when I said it yesterday, and it is 
even more true of the bill before us now.
  By the way, to respond to a claim we have heard tonight: Not a person 
we talked to any time, anywhere blamed the surge in unaccompanied 
minors on the President's decision to prioritize the deportation of 
dangerous criminals. That is just not a credible proposition.
  The bill under consideration provides less than $1 billion to the 
Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Justice, 
and State, far below what is required to deal with this crisis. And 
what of the money that is in the bill? Most of it reflects a 
fundamental misunderstanding of the issue before us. This isn't a 
border security crisis; it is a humanitarian crisis. We don't need to 
deploy the National Guard or surge our border capacity, because we are 
not failing to catch individuals as they cross. In fact, these young 
people are turning themselves in!
  This new, worse bill brought before us mere hours ago would entice 
Texas, and potentially other border States, with Federal dollars, to 
use the National Guard to militarize the southern border. At the same 
time, it underfunds the additional judges that I thought we agreed were 
needed. We all know that we need to deal with the claims put forward by 
these young people who present themselves.
  So, Mr. Speaker, let's pass an appropriations bill that reflects our 
country's values and actually addresses the problems we face. Let's 
also face up to our responsibility to pass comprehensive immigration 
reform, as the Senate did a year ago. This bill moves us in exactly the 
wrong direction. I urge its rejection.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Culberson), the distinguished chairman of the 
Military Construction-VA Appropriations Subcommittee.

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  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, I have heard several of my Democratic 
colleagues tonight say this bill does not reflect American values. I am 
disappointed to hear them say that because it really reflects a 
fundamental, probably one of the most fundamental differences between 
our two parties, as we on our side as Republicans believe in the most 
important American value and that is enforcement. The first design on 
the first coin minted in the Republic of Mexico after the Revolution 
said: Liberty in the Law. We all understand as lawmakers, as Americans, 
that there can be no liberty without law enforcement.
  The bill before us tonight is very simple, this is not complicated. 
This is a law enforcement issue. This is a law enforcement bill. 
Without respect for the law there can be no liberty, without respect 
for the law there can be no peace and quiet, there can be no 
prosperity.
  My good friend Henry Cuellar, who represents the city of Laredo, whom 
I served with in the Texas legislature, understands better than most 
that, because Laredo is the largest inland port in the United States, 
his constituents need law and order in order to be prosperous, to be 
able to trade with Mexico, our most important trading partner. That 
relationship with Mexico is essential to the Texas economy, to the 
United States economy, and for that relationship to thrive there must 
be law and order, there must be respect for the law, and there must be 
peace and quiet on the streets of Laredo so children can play in the 
streets, so people don't have to worry about whether or not they can 
send their kids down to the corner store, whether or not they can 
thrive in the future. It is a tragedy what has happened in Nuevo 
Laredo. One of the most beautiful cities on the border is now 
essentially a ghost town because there is no respect for the law.
  The bill before us tonight that the Republican majority has put 
together reflects our core value as Americans to respect the law, to 
enforce the law, with a kind heart and commonsense. We believe in the 
good judgment of our law enforcement officers and our National 
Guardsmen to use their good hearts and their commonsense as Americans 
to distinguish between the widow and her child who is escaping a 
terrible situation at home. We are trusting the good hearts and good 
sense of our immigration officers to know the difference between a 
tattooed criminal and a drug dealer and a smuggler, and the child who 
has come here innocently, brought up in the trust the President of the 
United States has made inviting them all up here. It is a tragedy for 
them, it is a tragedy for our border communities, it is a tragedy for 
the country to let these folks come into the country.
  This is a law enforcement issue, it is a law enforcement bill. I 
encourage folks to vote ``yes.''
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I am proud to be a Member of the Congress of the United States of 
America because I have respect for the law. The comprehensive 
immigration bill has been sitting out there for over a year. If we 
could work in a bipartisan way, if we could show that we have respect 
for the law, we would have had a serious debate and really passed a 
law. This bill is going nowhere. As you know, the Republicans in the 
Senate wouldn't even bring a bill to the floor.
  That is why I am proud to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Becerra).
  Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding.
  The corrosive effects of shutdown do-nothing politics is on full 
display here tonight in the House of Representatives. Stripping the 
rights and protections of children is never a good solution in any 
legislation, whether it is the children huddled at the border alone and 
afraid or now including the young DREAMers of America who believe in 
this country. They have now become the targets of this legislation. 
They are the ones who are being told, it is because of you that we must 
change the law and treat human beings so harshly.
  Mr. Speaker, if I could speak to those frightened children and our 
DREAMers of America and those working for a fair solution on their 
behalf, this is what I would say:
  (English translation of the statement made in Spanish is as follows:)
  Is there any doubt what Republicans' intentions are for the migrant 
children at the border?
  Is there any doubt what Republicans' intentions are for young 
DREAMers and their families?
  Is there any doubt why immigration reform remains shackled?
  Is there any doubt what we must do with our vote, our voice, to 
defend the rights and dreams of our children?
  Queda duda de las intenciones republicanas hacia los 
ninos migrantes en la frontera?
  Queda duda de las intenciones republicanas hacia los 
muchachos sonadores y sus familias?
  Queda duda de porque la reforma migratoria queda 
encadenada?
  Queda duda de lo que tenemos que hacer con nuestro voto, 
nuestra voz, para defender los derechos y los suenos de nuestros hijos?
  Tonight, with this bill, we see what happens when, for more than 390 
days, our Republican colleagues refused to allow a vote on the Senate's 
bipartisan

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solution to a broken immigration system. But for the shutdown do-
nothing politics in this House, we could have tackled the humanitarian 
issues we face down on the border a year ago, but we haven't been able 
to get a vote to do this the right way.
  It is time to have that vote to fix the broken immigration system, 
not blame children and punish them by changing the law to strip them of 
their rights and of their protections.
  We can do better. This bill will not become law, and we will have a 
chance to do better for those children, for those DREAMers, and, quite 
honestly, for America.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California will provide a 
translation of his statement for the Record.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time is 
remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 14\1/2\ 
minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from New York has 12 minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, this border crisis is one of the 
President's making.
  We are here on a Friday night in August because the President has not 
done his job. His failure to enforce the law and failure to secure the 
border have encouraged tens of thousands of children to make a 
dangerous journey to the United States. On the way, they are exposed to 
traffickers, health risks, and other dangers. That is not fair to these 
children. This is just the latest example of the President's lack of 
regard for the rule of law and how it has very real consequences.
  This legislation before the House addresses the crisis with solutions 
that prioritize resources to expedite the processing of cases, provide 
temporary housing and humanitarian assistance, return children to their 
countries of origin, and deploy the National Guard.
  Importantly, it will prevent future humanitarian crises by amending 
current law to allow children to be promptly returned to their native 
home.
  This legislation is not a blank check for the President. It is a 
carefully crafted response to the chaos that the President has allowed 
to develop on the border and in these children's lives.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman 
from California (Ms. Lee), a member of the Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Foreign Operations Subcommittees of Appropriations.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, let me thank our ranking member, 
Mrs. Lowey, for yielding and for her tremendous leadership.
  Let me just start by saying that, yes, as an appropriator, I am very 
troubled by the shameful, first of all, inadequate funding levels and 
the dangerous policy riders in this bill.
  Let's be honest: the bill before us in no way is a genuine effort to 
address the humanitarian crisis on our borders. We should be trying to 
help these children by making sure that they are safe and receiving due 
process, rather than militarizing our southern border.
  Instead, this bill strips protections for children and accelerates 
deportations of children back to nations with some of the highest rates 
of deadly violence on the planet.
  According to a report by the United Nation's High Commissioner for 
Refugees, nearly 60 percent of affected children would qualify for 
international protections and stated that they were fleeing violence.
  This bill is shameful and does not reflect our country's proud legacy 
as a Nation of immigrants. We should be debating real proposals like 
comprehensive immigration reform that could really improve the lives of 
people and the American economy. We could pass it today. Instead, we 
are here playing politics with the lives of children.
  This bill flies in the face of our values and does nothing, once 
again, to address due process for these children. This was a terrible 
bill yesterday; it is worse tonight. It will not become law, thank 
goodness. Hopefully, all of us will vote ``no'' and come back and begin 
to look at how we really address the needs of these children. They need 
our help desperately.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Shea-Porter).
  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, how did a $35 million earmark for 2012 
and maybe 2016 Republican Presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick 
Perry get into this bill and why? If Texas Governor Rick Perry chooses 
to send the Texas National Guard to the Texas border on his own, not as 
a national decision or response, that is his right, but he should pay 
for it. It is wrong to tax New Hampshire taxpayers and taxpayers around 
the country to pay for a $35 million earmark for a Texas Governor who 
acted on his own and now should pay for his decision.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Pelosi), the minority leader of the House.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  The time is late, the cause is great. We must, we must have clarity 
in how we understand what is before us.
  Today, we had an opportunity to work together to address humanitarian 
emergency at the border. Instead, it is a day of missed opportunity. 
The Republican leadership has rejected our hand of friendship to 
compromise on this supplemental. Instead of bringing legislation 
forward that could solve this problem really and truly, it has resisted 
the appeals of humanitarian and religious leaders across all faiths.
  The Evangelical Immigration Table calls on us to ensure that our 
response strengthens our country's tradition of providing safety and 
refuge to the vulnerable.
  This legislation that we have before us does not do that. It is 
wrong. But don't take my word for it. The U.S. Conference of Catholic 
Bishops urges Members to oppose H.R. 5230 and work together to craft 
legislation that is more befitting the United States of America and the 
American people's history of compassion and generosity to vulnerable 
children and refugees.
  The Archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, speaking on their behalf, has 
said of this legislation, the two pieces of legislation before us:

       This is a sad day for our country. A Chamber of Congress is 
     poised to send vulnerable children back to danger and 
     possible death. It violates our commitment to human rights 
     and due process of the law, and lessens us as a Nation.

  In their letter, the bishops further state their opposition to H.R. 
5232 and say that it ``stems from its elimination of the Deferred 
Action for Childhood Arrivals program,'' otherwise known as DACA.
  In conclusion, the bishops write:

       How our Nation responds to this humanitarian challenge is a 
     moral test of our national character. We ask that you oppose 
     H.R. 5230 and H.R. 5272, which we feel fail to live up to 
     that test.

  Others, such as the American Bar Association, write:

       Due to their age, lack of education, language, and cultural 
     barriers, and the complexity of U.S. immigration law, these 
     vulnerable children face insurmountable obstacles to proving 
     their claims before an immigration judge on their own.
       It is the children who are most likely to be eligible for 
     some relief under the law who may be least able to articulate 
     their experiences under this proposed procedure.

  They have been through a lot of trauma, and we want to add to that. 
Yet, this has not been enough to stem the path that the House 
Republicans are going down. To further poison the pie they offer their 
caucus the chance to even be less compassionate in their vote to end 
DACA and to deport the DREAMers.
  It is not enough for Republicans to send desperate children back to 
the violence of their home countries. They must also vote to deport the 
best young immigrants and brightest in our schools, vote to send 
victims of domestic violence back to their abusers, vote

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to hand witnesses back to drug lords, vote to remove the parents of 
American children.
  These pieces of legislation dishonor America. They are a rejection of 
our values. But don't take it from me, take it from the bishops, the 
Evangelical Table, and others. They run counter to the respect for the 
spark of divinity that we believe exists in every person, the respect 
for the dignity and worth of every person that we share, but these 
pieces of legislation ignore.

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  House Republicans have truly lost their way. I certainly hope that 
you will consider rereading the parable of the Good Samaritan who 
helped a stranger. He did not ignore or harm a stranger he saw on the 
road. Perhaps that may be a path back for you. I pray that it is so.
  Mr. Speaker, I will submit for the record letters from the bishops, 
the Evangelical Immigration Table, and the ABA who oppose these pieces 
of legislation.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''

                                           Committee on Migration,
                                   Washington, DC, August 1, 2014.
       Dear Representative: I write to reaffirm the opposition of 
     the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to H.R. 5230 
     and express our opposition to H.R. 5232.
       Our opposition to H.R. 5230 stems from four troubling 
     aspects of the measure. First, it would make crippling 
     changes to current U.S. trafficking victim protection law 
     that we fear would send these vulnerable children, and others 
     in the future who have fled trauma, exploitation, and 
     violence, back into harm's way, likely resulting in continued 
     degradation, injury, and death for many of them. Second, it 
     would not provide adequate funding for the Department of 
     Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement 
     (ORR) to enable it to care for vulnerable unaccompanied 
     children in U.S. custody. Third, its level of funding for ORR 
     is so low that it would severely hamper the agency's ability 
     to fulfill its responsibility to care for refugees, asylum 
     seekers, special immigrants, trafficking victims, and torture 
     victims. And fourth, the measure contains no provisions to 
     address the root causes that have compelled so many children 
     to make the arduous journey from their homes in Central 
     America to the United States and elsewhere in the region.
       Our opposition to H.R. 5232 stems from its elimination of 
     the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. It 
     is our view that this program has helped protect a vulnerable 
     group of children who for all extensive purposes are 
     Americans. It would subject them once again to removal to 
     countries they do not know. We urge its defeat.
       How our nation responds to this humanitarian challenge is a 
     moral test of our national character. We ask that you oppose 
     H.R. 5230 and H.R. 5232, which we feel fail to live up to 
     that test.
       Sincerely,
                                   Most Reverend Eusebio Elizondo,
                                  Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, WA,
     Chairman, USCCB Committee on Migration.
                                  ____



                                       Committee on Migration,

                                    Washington, DC, July 30, 2014.
       Dear Representative: I write on behalf of the U.S. 
     Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to express the 
     bishops' opposition to H.R. 5230, a measure making 
     supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2014 and making a number of changes to U.S. 
     immigration and human trafficking law. We strongly urge 
     Members to vote AGAINST H.R. 5230 when it is brought before 
     the full House of Representatives and that the House, 
     instead, work with the Senate to craft legislation that is 
     more befitting the United States' and the American people's 
     history of compassion for and generosity to vulnerable 
     children and refugees.
       Our opposition to H.R. 5230 stems from four troubling 
     aspects of the measure. First, it would make crippling 
     changes to current U.S. trafficking victim protection law 
     that we fear would send these vulnerable children, and others 
     in the future who have fled trauma, exploitation, and 
     violence, back into harm's way, likely resulting in continued 
     degradation, injury, and death for many of them. Second, it 
     would not provide adequate funding for the Department of 
     Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement 
     (ORR) to enable it to care for vulnerable unaccompanied 
     children in U.S. custody. Third, its level of funding for ORR 
     is so low that it would severely hamper the agency's ability 
     to fulfill its responsibility to care for refugees, asylum 
     seekers, special immigrants, trafficking victims, and torture 
     victims. And fourth, the measure contains no provisions to 
     address the root causes that have compelled so many children 
     to make the arduous journey from their homes in Central 
     America to the United States and elsewhere in the region.


          Return of Vulnerable Children to their Harm or Death

       In a recent message, His Holiness Pope Francis called on 
     nations to exercise compassion for and care of the growing 
     number of children fleeing violence in Central America who 
     are seeking shelter and protection in the United States and 
     elsewhere in the region. In his message, the Holy Father said 
     of these children and their plight: ``Such an humanitarian 
     emergency demands as its first measure the urgent protection 
     and proper taking in of the children.'' We believe that H.R. 
     5230 fails that test.
       We fear that the deprivations of basic due process 
     contained in Title I of Division B of H.R. 5230 would result 
     in the United States sending children who have relief 
     available to them in the United States back to the conditions 
     that they fled, and that this would result in many children 
     being harmed and some being killed upon their return.
       As we have stated in congressional testimony and in 
     previous letters to Congress, this vulnerable group of 
     children is fleeing violence from organized criminal 
     networks. Many are likely to be eligible for a variety of 
     forms of immigration relief, including asylum, trafficking 
     visas (``T Visas''), visas for victims of crime (``U 
     Visas''), Special Immigrant Juvenile visas (``SUS Visas''), 
     and withholding of removal. As we have stated, sending these 
     vulnerable children back into the hands of their persecutors 
     and exploiters without a meaningful immigration hearing would 
     severely decrease their opportunity for legal protection and 
     possibly lead to their bodily harm or even death. We oppose 
     the changes to the Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Reauthorization Act of 2008 and the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act contained in Title I of Division B of H.R. 
     5230 and believe that these provisions alone strongly warrant 
     a vote against H.R. 5230.


     Inadequacy of Funding to Care for Unaccompanied Alien Children

       As you know, the Administration requested $1.8 billion in 
     supplemental fiscal year 2014 funds to adequately and 
     appropriately care for unaccompanied alien children in the 
     United States. We are disappointed that Title V of Division A 
     of H.R. 5230 would provide only $197 million for this 
     purpose, a fraction of the funds requested by the 
     Administration.
       We believe that the Administration's request of $1.8 
     billion would have better ensured that these vulnerable 
     children are placed in the least restrictive and most child-
     friendly setting in an expeditious manner. Among other 
     things, such an amount would have permitted a portion of the 
     funds to be used for post-release services, including home 
     studies and case monitoring for children placed with 
     families. These services would ensure that children are 
     placed in a safe environment and that they are provided 
     information about their immigration proceedings. The amount 
     also would have provided for mental health counseling for 
     children, who are traumatized from their long journey.
       In contrast, H.R. 5230 provides $262 million to Interior 
     and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody operations, which would 
     help fund an expansion of detention for children and families 
     arriving at the border. We oppose this funding. Unaccompanied 
     children and families with children should be placed in a 
     least restrictive setting, not be detained in prison-like 
     settings. We urge that some portion of these funds be used 
     for community-based alternatives to detention for families.


     Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Special Immigrants, and Torture and 
                          Trafficking Victims

       As you may know, ORR recently announced its intention to 
     reprogram $94 million of funding that was appropriated in 
     fiscal year 2014 for refugee services and to use that 
     funding, instead, to care for unaccompanied alien children. 
     We commend the drafters of H.R. 5230 for their decision to 
     partially reimburse ORR for its planned reprogramming refugee 
     services funding. However, we are disappointed that the 
     measure would designate only $47 million of the supplemental 
     appropriations bill for this purpose, leaving the ORR account 
     short of the funds it will need to carry out vital refugee 
     resettlement activities for refugees and other vulnerable 
     populations under ORR care.
       We believe that any supplemental appropriations bill passed 
     by Congress should provide a full reimbursement to ORR for 
     any funds that are reprogrammed so that the agency can 
     fulfill its mandate to resettle these groups, which includes 
     refugees, asylees, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, Special 
     Immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan (who are now endangered 
     after helping the United States with its mission in those 
     countries), torture victims, and trafficking victims.
       Because ORR ordinarily distributes much of its funds in the 
     last quarter of one fiscal year to provide refugee services 
     during the first quarter of the following fiscal year, ORR 
     program money lost to reprograming in fiscal year 2014 could 
     result in critical loss of services to refugees and other 
     vulnerable populations in fiscal year 2015. The reprogrammed 
     fiscal year 2014 money comes from a number of line items, 
     including Refugee Social Services and Targeted Assistance 
     Grants. These items provide critical programming to help 
     refugees learn English and

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     find jobs so that they can support themselves and their 
     families. They also fund programs for the elderly, intensive 
     case management for torture survivors and victims of trauma, 
     home child care, and school impact grants to help both the 
     children and their schools. Besides harming refugees and 
     ORR's other vulnerable populations, the inadequate level of 
     funding provided in H.R. 5230 could also contribute to 
     depleted local refugee programs and the loss of local 
     infrastructure that provides critical ORR support for 
     refugees, children, and the above mentioned vulnerable 
     populations, and for the communities that welcome them.


                     Failure to Address Root Causes

       We are disappointed that H.R. 5230 contains no funding to 
     address push factors in Central America that are compelling 
     children to leave their homes and make the arduous journey in 
     search of protection in the United States and elsewhere in 
     the region. We believe that funding to address the root 
     causes in the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El 
     Salvador is essential if we are to assist those governments 
     in protecting their citizens and in providing hope for young 
     people. We support funding for re-integration programs for 
     these children and urge that funding be adequate to ensure 
     that follow-up services are provided, including employment 
     training and education. Moreover, we believe that funding 
     should be provided to invest in at-risk youth in danger of 
     gang recruitment, including mentoring services, skills 
     training, and social support services. Catholic Relief 
     Services, which is present in these countries, operates 
     programs serving at-risk youth that have helped to prevent 
     children from migrating to the United States. Funding also 
     should be provided for improving youth employment in the 
     region. The United States will need to make a long-lasting 
     commitment to the region in order to make it safe for these 
     children to live and flourish.
       If the humanitarian and refugee crisis posed by children 
     fleeing violence in Central America were happening anywhere 
     else in the world, the United States would appropriately 
     implore nations in that region to protect them from harm. We 
     have done so in the case of Syrians, Iraqis, and Afghans 
     fleeing persecution in the Near East; Somalis, Congolese, and 
     Sudanese in Africa; and Burmese, Hmong, and Vietnamese in 
     Southeast Asia. In these and many other cases, we have urged 
     the countries to which refugees and vulnerable migrants have 
     fled to open their hearts and protect these vulnerable souls. 
     We should do no less when the United States is itself faced 
     with this humanitarian challenge.
       How our nation responds to this challenge is a moral test 
     of our national character. We ask that you oppose H.R. 5230, 
     which we feel fails to live up to that test. Instead, we urge 
     you to support the appropriation of supplemental fiscal year 
     2014 funding to address the increased number of unaccompanied 
     children fleeing violence in Central America, without 
     provisions that would undermine current legal and 
     humanitarian protections for them and others.
           Sincerely,

                               Most Reverend Eusebio Elizondo,

                                      Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle,
     Chairman, USCCB Committee on Migration.
                                  ____



                                Evangelical Immigration Table,

                                                    July 22, 2014.
       Dear Member of Congress, In a matter of months, more than 
     50,000 unaccompanied children have arrived in the United 
     States. Millions of Americans have been moved by the plight 
     of these children who are currently awaiting processing, with 
     many asking how they can help.
       Children are vulnerable even in the best of circumstances 
     and warrant special protection beyond that offered to adults. 
     This vulnerability is compounded among children who flee 
     situations of criminal gangs, sexual violence, trauma and 
     extreme poverty, without their parents to accompany them.
       Evangelicals are guided by Jesus' admonitions to welcome 
     and protect children (Matthew 18:6, Mark 9:37, Luke 18:15-
     17). As our nation responds to this humanitarian crisis, we 
     are thankful for laws that protect children and provide for 
     their needs. While our systems are currently stretched, our 
     laws uphold basic child protection principles.
       Accordingly, we are concerned about potential weakening of 
     protections afforded by the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) which was 
     enacted in 2008 and reauthorized in 2013. The TVPRA ensures 
     that victims of trafficking are not only identified and 
     screened properly but that traffickers are penalized and 
     brought to justice. It also appropriately assigns 
     responsibility for the care of unaccompanied children to the 
     Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and ensures 
     that children are placed with their families when possible. 
     By making the legal process clearer and more efficient for 
     children, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops found that 
     since the passage and implementation of TVPRA 23 percent more 
     children were assisted. The TVPRA is working according to its 
     design. It should not be changed to address the current 
     temporary situation. The law allows for responses to 
     exceptional circumstances.
       Additionally, we urge you to provide the necessary 
     resources and policy guidance to address the current crisis, 
     and then hold the Administration accountable for fulfilling 
     its responsibilities under the law. Robust funding is needed 
     for the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in HHS which has 
     extensive experience with vulnerable immigrants, including 
     UACs, refugees, and victims of trafficking. To respond to 
     this crisis, ORR is considering reprogramming funding from 
     other refugee programs. Funds must not simply be transferred 
     from one vulnerable population to another. More funding is 
     needed. There should also be increased funding for 
     immigration courts and judges to more quickly screen the 
     children and counsel for children going through legal 
     proceedings so they know their rights and can understand the 
     process. More robust investment in effectively addressing 
     root causes of migration in Central America and Mexico is 
     also imperative.
       As we pray for these children and also our nation, we are 
     reminded of Matthew 19:13-14 in which Jesus said, ``Let the 
     little children come to me, and do not hinder them.' Churches 
     and faith-based organizations have long partnered with the 
     federal government in serving immigrant children and families 
     in the United States. Many churches and faith-based 
     organizations are ready and committed to provide the same 
     type of assistance and pastoral care in the case of these 
     unaccompanied children.
       We offer our prayers and service as you make important 
     decisions about our nation's response to migrant children. We 
     hope that any response you make will strengthen our country's 
     tradition of providing safety and refuge to the vulnerable.
           Sincerely,
         Leith Anderson, President, National Association of 
           Evangelicals; Stephan Bauman, President and CEO, World 
           Relief; David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World; 
           Noel Castellanos, CEO, Christian Community Development 
           Association; Russell D. Moore, President, Southern 
           Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; 
           William Robinson, Interim President, Council for 
           Christian Colleges and Universities; Samuel Rodriguez, 
           President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership 
           Conference; Gabriel Salguero, President, National 
           Latino Evangelical Coalition; Richard Stearns, 
           President, World Vision U.S.; Jim Wallis, President and 
           Founder, Sojourners.
                                  ____



                                     American Bar Association,

                                    Washington, DC, July 31, 2014.
       Dear Representative: On behalf of the American Bar 
     Association and its nearly 400,000 members nationwide, I 
     write to urge you to oppose H.R. 5230, the Secure the 
     Southwest Border Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2014. 
     Additional resources are surely needed to address the 
     challenges created by the increased number of unaccompanied 
     children entering the country. However, the funding provided 
     in H.R. 5230 is grossly inadequate to meet many critical 
     needs and the bill contains misguided provisions that would 
     significantly diminish the legal protections provided to 
     these children under current law.
       H.R. 5230 would subject these children to an expedited 
     screening process and require them to present their case 
     before an immigration judge in just seven days. It further 
     requires immigration judges to issue an order within 72 hours 
     of the conclusion of each proceeding. These requirements 
     place unfair and unrealistic burdens on both the children and 
     the judges. Although the bill provides some additional 
     funding for the immigration courts, it is not sufficient to 
     avoid severely increasing the strains on this already 
     overburdened and chronically under--resourced adjudication 
     system. These provisions elevate speedy procedure over due 
     process--an anathema to our system of justice and they are 
     unnecessary.
       In addition, H.R. 5230 provides no additional funding for 
     legal representation. Due to their age, lack of education, 
     language and cultural barriers, and the complexity of U.S. 
     immigration law, these vulnerable children face 
     insurmountable obstacles to proving their claims for 
     protection before an immigration judge on their own. Many of 
     these children also have suffered traumatic experiences 
     before or during their journey to the United States; it is 
     the children who are most likely be eligible for some relief 
     under the law, such as victims or trafficking or persecution, 
     who may be least able to articulate their experiences under 
     this proposed procedure. This creates the likelihood that 
     those children with a valid claim to asylum or other legal 
     protection are the ones most likely to be returned to their 
     home countries to face serious harm or even death.
       There is no question that the rapid increase in 
     unaccompanied children entering our country presents many 
     difficult challenges that require our nation to respond. 
     However, in the rush to address the current crisis, the 
     United States cannot abandon the principles of fairness and 
     due process. H.R. 5230 fails in this regard and we strongly 
     urge you to vote against it.
           Sincerely,
                                                 Thomas M. Susman.

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Stutzman).

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  Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for 
his dedication and hard work in finding a solution to a problem that 
none of us created here in this Chamber.
  I rise today in strong support of this supplemental appropriations 
bill for the crisis that is going on at our border. I am very proud of 
our Conference this week, seeking input and solutions from Members, 
taking the time to make sure that this legislation deals with the 
problem, and crafting this legislation to make sure that there are no 
loopholes and that we deal with the specifics and actually put a bill 
on the floor that should be supported.
  Mr. Speaker, the Obama administration has ignored the law and 
unilaterally established immigration policy without the consent or 
counsel of Congress. Unfortunately, the humanitarian crisis on our 
Nation's southern border is the result of a lack of leadership.
  To solve this problem, the legislation that we are debating provides 
critical funding for the National Guard in those States that are seeing 
an influx. It also authorizes additional judges to hear the increasing 
caseload that they are seeing grow and grow, more and more everyday. It 
also makes important reforms to current law to ensure equal and timely 
due process for all of those unaccompanied minors.
  Mr. Speaker, common sense doesn't often prevail here in Washington, 
but I can tell you that commonsense Hoosiers in my district understand 
that, first of all, our border needs to be secure, so that our 
immigration system can then be reformed.
  We are a Nation of immigrants. We all have a history in our families 
of those who have made the effort to come to this great country, and 
legal immigrants are looking for those opportunities that they have 
dreamed of.
  I thank Chairman Rogers for his work, and I encourage my colleagues 
to support this legislation.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino).
  Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, I sat here quietly listening to the argument 
from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and I find it 
absolutely amazing that they say because the President would not sign 
this bill and because the Senate would not pass this bill--they are 
right, the Senate wouldn't pass it. There are hundreds of bills on 
Harry Reid's desk that he will not bring to the floor for a vote, and 
certainly the President would not encourage that to be done.
  But we are doing our job here in the House. We have put a lot of time 
and effort in this. We looked at this law and realized what had to be 
done. I come from a law-and-order background, and we don't have law and 
order. We have distrust, we have gangs coming across, we have drugs 
coming across the southern border, and my colleagues on the other side 
don't want to do anything about it.
  Something that I find quite interesting about the other side, under 
the leadership of the former Speaker and under the leadership of their 
former leader, in 2009 and 2010, they had the House, the Senate, and 
the White House, and they knew this problem existed. They didn't have 
the strength to go after it back then, but now we are trying to make a 
political issue out of it now.
  What we need to do is pass this legislation, make sure that these 
children get back to their families, and we need to line up and protect 
this border from people coming across.
  Yes, it is true. I did the research on it. You might want to try it. 
You might want to try it, Madam Leader. Do the research on it. Do the 
research. I did it. That is one thing that you don't do.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will address his remarks to 
the Chair.
  Mr. MARINO. It works both ways, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will be in order. The gentleman is 
recognized.
  Mr. MARINO. With that, I urge my colleagues to vote for this 
legislation because, apparently, I hit the right nerve.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Washington, Adam Smith.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this 
bill and also to the bill that will follow. We have a humanitarian 
crisis on our border in this country, and neither this bill and 
certainly not the next bill on DACA does anything to address it.
  These children are fleeing unimaginable violence and fleeing a life 
that they simply can no longer bear. It is not a problem of border 
security. These children are turning themselves in. They are simply 
fleeing the violence in their home countries, and they are not just 
coming to the United States. Belize, Costa Rica, and other countries 
have seen an uptick from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras because 
of the unimaginable violence there.
  Instead of dealing with this, we have a bill that is hopelessly 
inadequate in terms of funding. We will not provide enough judges and 
enough people to give these children the due process they deserve, and 
even worse than that, we are stripping them of any rights and any 
protections by sending them back as quickly as possible without the due 
process that this House voted for in 2008, was signed by President 
Bush, that gave these children the due process they deserve.
  Then we are going one step further to undermine the ability of 
children who were brought into this country through no fault of their 
own, the DREAMers that we have long supported, and we are telling them 
that now they will not be allowed to stay in this country. This is a 
humanitarian crisis, not a border security issue.
  I urge us to vote down both of these pieces of legislation.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt), the chairman of the Agriculture 
Subcommittee on Appropriations.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Thank you for yielding, Mr. Chairman.
  Mr. Speaker, it has been discussed throughout this debate this 
afternoon and this evening that we do face an unprecedented 
humanitarian emergency with literally thousands of unaccompanied alien 
children that are crossing our southwest border monthly, a number that 
has more than doubled since the last year.
  It has been said by some that it is due to President Obama's mixed 
messages and the administration's unwillingness to enforce the law, but 
regardless of what the reason is, we have a crisis that is growing.
  The bill that is before us this evening represents a simple, measured 
approach to the crisis at the border. It is not comprehensive 
immigration reform; rather, its focus is on fixing the issues within 
the context of the law, issues that have fueled the influx of these 
children.
  It also streamlines the process to ensure that those who are not 
eligible for asylum are quickly and safely repatriated to their 
families while, at the same time, adding protection to make sure that 
children who have been trafficked or genuinely in need of asylum get 
that protection they need.
  Like many of my colleagues, I appreciate the leadership's willingness 
to listen and address these matters in the bill that is before us. I 
think we have all come together and done a great job to craft this 
legislation. I believe this version now provides the necessary and 
appropriate language needed to move forward and to address the crisis 
that we are seeing.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King).
  Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank all the people 
that worked so hard to put this language together, and it makes me feel 
good to see the team that has done so. But I also think there is a 
misunderstanding as to what happened with how we got to this OTM 
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language, that is current law that we are seeking to amend here.
  There was a bill that was introduced in December of 2007 which was 
called Wilberforce. It had two provisions. One of them was that if you 
violated Federal law, you were exempt from the provisions that would 
have been beneficial to an unaccompanied alien child, and the other one 
was if you were a threat to national security.
  Those provisions were taken out of it. A new bill was introduced on 
December 9, 2008. The next day was the last day of this session. We all 
put up our last votes, left the Capitol, and headed for the airport. 
There was a unanimous consent request that called the bill up.
  They asked unanimous consent to discharge it from committee, called 
the bill up, passed it by voice in the House, sent it over to the 
Senate, where they took the lateral. They passed it by voice to the 
President of the United States. No Republican voted for this bill.
  This is a bill that is the foundational excuse for the President, and 
this is what we are trying to fix here tonight.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, as we close this debate, I would like to 
address my remarks to our distinguished chairman with whom I have 
worked for quite a while, and just once again, I would like to say this 
bill deserves a ``no'' vote.
  I look forward to working with you in a bipartisan way to pass a real 
comprehensive immigration reform bill, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, this is a fair bill. It solves a 
crisis on our border. It does so in a financially safe and responsible 
way. It strengthens the border. It humanely treats those who are in our 
custody now and arranges for them to be humanely returned to their home 
families, where the Presidents of the three countries told us, We want 
these children back; and so this bill will do that.
  I urge an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, as a nation, Americans have always 
valued children and families.
  If we pass this inadequate, irresponsible bill tonight, we will be 
breaking from that tradition and turning our backs on America's 
enduring commitment to fairness and justice.
  Two weeks ago, I visited the border with a bipartisan group of House 
and Senate colleagues.
  There we saw small children as young as seven years old crowded into 
tiny cells, and forced to sleep on cold concrete floors and benches.
  What I saw shocked me as a mother and disappointed me as an American.
  I left that day determined to do everything I could to ensure that 
these children, many of whom fled horrific violence, are treated with 
care and compassion.
  That's why I'll be voting ``no'' on the bill before us.
  Joining me and others who oppose this destructive legislation are 
faith leaders, anti-trafficking groups, and women's organizations.
  This diverse coalition is united in the belief that children escaping 
violence and persecution deserve to be protected and treated with basic 
human dignity.
  The influx of refugees from Central America has put a strain on our 
border and immigration agencies. These agencies need greater resources 
to handle the heart-wrenching situation at our border in a way that is 
consistent with our American values. When things get tough, and when 
our resolve is tested, we must not abandon the ideals that make America 
so special.
  Instead, we must live up to our ideals, and back our lofty rhetoric 
with meaningful action. Passing a clean supplemental spending bill that 
addresses the causes and consequences of the humanitarian crisis at our 
border would be meaningful and effective action, because the Senate 
would pass that bill and the President would sign it.
  The tired, scared, helpless kids I saw in that overcrowded Border 
Patrol station are counting on us. Instead of playing political games 
and falsely claiming our borders are at risk, we need to act like 
Americans and stand up for these vulnerable children.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this irresponsible and 
shameful Republican supplemental.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 710, the previous question is ordered on 
the bill, as amended.
  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.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 223, 
nays 189, not voting 20, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 478]

                               YEAS--223

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Daines
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     McAllister
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                               NAYS--189

     Barber
     Barrow (GA)
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fincher
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garcia
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Massie
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran

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     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--20

     Blumenauer
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Davis (CA)
     DesJarlais
     Ellison
     Fattah
     Garamendi
     Grayson
     Green, Gene
     Hanabusa
     McDermott
     Miller, Gary
     Nunnelee
     Ruiz
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Schock
     Speier

                              {time}  2037

  Mr. GOSAR changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 478 I was caught in traffic 
and couldn't reach the floor. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``no.''
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote 478 (On Passage of H.R. 
5230), had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''

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