[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9350-9351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 30, 2014

  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would have voted on the following votes 
had I been in attendance, on H.R. 4660, Commerce Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015.
  Yes--Amendment 738 by Rep. James Moran (A049) to strike sections 528 
and 529

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which prohibit the use of funds to be used to transfer or release any 
detainee who is or was held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba or construct any 
facility in the U.S. to house any detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. Roll No. 254
  No--Amendment 742 by Rep. Blackburn (A053) to reduce by 1 percent 
each amount made available by the bill, except funding for the FBI, 
fees and expenses for witnesses, public safety officer benefits, and 
the US Trustee System Fund. Roll No. 255
  No--Amendment 744 by Rep. Blackburn (A055) to prohibit the use of 
fluids for operation, renovation, or construction at Thomson 
Correctional Facility in Illinois. Roll No. 256
  Yes--Amendment 745 by Rep. Bonamici (A056) to prohibit the use of 
funds to prevent a State from implementing its own State laws that 
authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
industrial hemp, as defined in section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014. Roll No. 257
  Yes--Amendment 748 by Rep. Rohrabacher (A059) to prohibit the use of 
funds to prevent certain States from implementing their own State laws 
that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
medical marijuana. Roll No. 258
  No--Amendment 750 by Rep. George Holding (A061) to prohibit the use 
of funds to transfer or temporarily assign employees to the Office of 
the Pardon Attorney for the purpose of screening clemency applications. 
Roll No. 259
  Yes--Amendment 754 by Rep. Massie (A065) to prohibit the use of funds 
in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 by the 
Department of Justice of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Roll No. 
260
  No--Amendment 756 by Rep. Southerland (A067) to prohibit the use of 
funds to develop, approve, or implement a new limited access privilege 
program that are not already developed, approved, or implemented for 
any fishery under the jurisdiction of the South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, 
New England, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. Roll No. 261
  Yes--Amendment 759 by Ellison (A070) to prohibit use of funds to 
enter into a contract with any person whose disclosures of a proceeding 
with a disposition outlined in the Federal Awardee Performance and 
Integrity Information System include the term ``Fair Labor Standards 
Act''. Roll No. 262
  Yes--Amendment 763 by Grayson (A074) to prohibit the use of funds to 
compel a journalist or a reporter to testify about information or 
sources that the journalist or reporter states in a motion to quash the 
subpoena that he has obtained as a journalist or reporter and that he 
regards as confidential. Roll No. 263
  No--Amendment 767 by Rep. Duffy (A078) to prohibit the use of funds 
to relinquish the responsibility of the NTIA with respect to Internet 
domain name system functions, including responsibility with respect to 
the authoritative root zone file and the Internet Assigned Numbers 
Authority functions. Roll No. 264
  No--Amendment 768 by Rep. Garrett (A079) to prohibit the use of funds 
by the Department of Justice to enforce the Fair Housing Act in a 
manner that relies upon an allegation of liability under C.F.R. 
100.500. Roll No. 265
  No--Amendment 770 by Rep. Steve King (A081) to prohibit use of funds 
in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). Roll No. 
266
  No--Amendment 771 by Rep. Meadows (A082)--At the end of the bill 
(before the short title), insert the following: SEC.--. None of the 
funds made available by this Act ***. Roll No. 267
  Yes--Motion to Recommit with Instructions.
  No--Final Passage.

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