[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9957-9974]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Holding). Pursuant to House Resolution 
616 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration 
of the bill, H.R. 4800.
  Will the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan) kindly take the chair.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 4800) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 
purposes, with Mr. Duncan of Tennessee (Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, 
a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 7, printed in the 
Congressional Record, offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Royce), had been postponed, and the bill had been read through page 16, 
line 19.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701).

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $60,709,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated or other 
     uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
     limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
     Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
     this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formulation 
     and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
     pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 
     and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

                   payments to states and possessions

       For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
     departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
     activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
     Stockyards Administration, $43,722,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
     2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Gardner

  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, and I ask 
unanimous consent that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun) be listed 
as a cosponsor of my amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. An amendment may not be cosponsored.
  The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 18, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $3,461,000)''.
       Page 42, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,461,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman 
from Colorado and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado.
  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the amendment 
which provides an additional $3.4 million for telemedicine and distance 
learning services in rural areas.
  The Distance Learning and Telemedicine program was reduced from FY14-
enacted levels, and my amendment restores some of the funding to 
improve access to health care and education for rural areas.
  Rural areas are typically areas where they have local primary care 
physicians who perform routine checkups and primary care. But what if a 
patient requires a specialist or has a more complicated medical 
condition?
  My hometown of Yuma, Colorado, is more than 2 hours from a number of 
specialized medical services, complex trauma centers, or oncology 
centers. The doctors in our area and in other rural areas do the best 
job they can with the resources that they have, but most lack the 
specialization to treat more complicated cases.
  We can improve patient outcomes, quality of life, lower costs, and 
improve care by utilizing technology that is already available. This 
amendment provides additional resources for our rural communities to do 
just that. Increases in funding for telemedicine will give patients 
access to health care anywhere at any time.
  Additionally, this amendment would provide funding to support 
distance learning services. These funds will go toward providing better 
educational opportunities to students in rural areas. There is no 
reason children should be at a disadvantage simply because of their 
location.
  This amendment reduces the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration by $3.4 million back to the FY14-enacted levels. GIPSA's 
responsibility is to oversee the marketing of livestock, poultry, 
meats, grains, and other agriculture products. This agency has more 
than ample resources to do its work, and it is only reducing funds to 
the FY14-enacted levels.
  This amendment will provide so much more to the people in our rural 
communities, and I urge a ``yes'' vote.

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  I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does anyone wish to speak in opposition to the 
amendment?
  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for his support, and 
I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for his support and encourage 
passage of this bill to help rural Colorado and rural America produce 
and provide greater telemedicine opportunities for the country.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

       Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
     weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
     require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
     uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
     by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food Safety, $816,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
     including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 
     and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
     August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,005,189,000; and in 
     addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
     fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 
     authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, 
     That funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 
     Infrastructure system shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent 
     positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2015 for 
     purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement 
     related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
     to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
     buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
     building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
     of the current replacement value of the building.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Grayson

  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 19, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,500,000)''.
       Page 20, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $5,500,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman 
from Florida and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, the purpose of this amendment is to 
reverse $5.5 million in cuts for food safety and food inspection here 
in the United States.
  Currently, the Food Safety and Inspection Service is funded at 
$1,005,189,000 in this bill. That is $5.5 million below the current 
enacted amount and $17.581 million below the Senate allocation in their 
agriculture appropriations bill.
  This bill seeks to remove $5.5 million from a pay-for from the Farm 
Service Agency. The Farm Service Agency is funded at $1,205,068,000 in 
this bill. That is over $27 million above the current enacted amount, 
and it is $65.5 million above the President's request and $22.5 million 
above the Senate allocation.
  Certainly, farm conservation and regulation is very important, and 
that is the function of the Farm Service Agency. However, food safety 
and food inspection is paramount because of all the problems that the 
country is facing today on this count.
  According to this study by Robert Scharff that I have in my hand here 
from the Journal of Food Protection, dated 2012, the economic burden of 
health loss is due to foodborne illnesses in the United States. The 
cost of foodborne illnesses in the United States each year is $77.7 
billion. That is $77.7 billion. Food safety and food losses and 
foodborne illnesses lead to 128,000 hospitalizations every year and, 
unfortunately, 3,000 deaths every year in the United States.
  Specifically, we have a total of 3,036 deaths caused by bacteria, by 
parasites, and by viruses. The shame of it, Mr. Chairman, the ultimate 
shame, is that food poisoning is 100 percent preventable. Every single 
instance of death, hospitalization could be avoided if we had a 
properly funded and fully funded food inspection system. That is the 
dilemma that faces us today.

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  Each year, under this bill, the inspectors are required to inspect 
every animal before slaughter and each carcass after slaughter, in 
order to ensure that public health requirements are met.
  In one recent year, this included 50 billion pounds of livestock 
carcasses, 59 billion pounds of poultry carcasses, and 4.3 billion 
pounds of processed egg products. At U.S. borders, they also inspected 
3.3 billion pounds of imported meat and poultry products.
  Increasingly, food safety is a global concern. Globalization of food 
production and trade increases the likelihood of international 
incidents involving contaminated food. Imported food products and 
ingredients are common in many countries, including our own.
  Stronger food safety systems in export countries can reinforce local 
and cross border health security, but, frankly, the ultimate 
responsibility is ours.
  Seventy-five percent of new infectious diseases affecting humans over 
the past 10 years were caused by bacteria, viruses, and pathogens that 
started in animals and in animal products. Many of these diseases are 
in people who are related to the handling of infected domestic and wild 
animals during food production, in food markets, and at 
slaughterhouses.
  Preventing disease starts at the farm, which is where the inspections 
take place. Preventing animal infections at the farm level can reduce 
foodborne illnesses.
  For example, reducing the amount of salmonella in farm chickens by 50 
percent through better farm management and inspections results in 50 
percent fewer incidences of people getting sick from the bacteria. 
Salmonella-free chicken herds are what this country needs.
  It is fundamentally irresponsible for this body to be cutting the 
Food Safety and Inspection Service budget. God help us all if there is 
some widespread outbreak in this country where we don't have 3,000 
deaths a year, we don't have 30,000 deaths a year, but we have 300,000 
deaths a year caused by poor food inspection standards.
  We must restore this money to the budget, and I ask my colleagues to 
support this amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, the bill that we have on the floor 
provides over $1 billion for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. 
The amount is an increase of $3.8 million above the President's own 
request.
  Food safety is certainly important. I don't think anyone can argue 
that that is not a very important issue that we have made in this bill. 
We have proven that by exceeding the amount requested by the minority's 
own administration request.
  Now is not the time to be reducing funds from the Farm Service 
Agency. They are tying trying to implement the new farm bill and 
provide assistance to American farmers and ranchers.
  We have a bipartisan request to prevent the administration from 
implementing their plan to close FSA offices. Support of the amendment 
is equivalent to supporting a closure of FSA offices across the 
country.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this amount, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, I would simply submit that we cannot 
expect more for less. If we are going to

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be reducing the budget for food inspection in this country, we will 
have less food inspections, we will have more disease, we will have 
more hospitalizations, and we will have more deaths.
  That is not something that I want on my conscience. God help us all 
if such a thing happens, but I want to know that I did everything I 
could to avoid that from happening. It is fundamentally silly and wrong 
to think that we can cut the budget and somehow expect people to do 
more for less.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, let me just say that the Farm Service 
Agency is a very important aspect of this bill. We are hearing from a 
lot of our Members about FSA office closure. If this amendment passes, 
this may mean the closure of some of the FSA offices.
  Again, I would oppose the amendment, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will 
be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $898,000.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
     $1,205,068,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to 
     use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the 
     funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 
     payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 
     Provided further, That other funds made available to the 
     Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
     merged with this account: Provided further, That funds made 
     available to county committees shall remain available until 
     expended.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. McNerney

  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Holding). The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 20, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $11,000,000) (increased by $11,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman 
from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, the amendment my colleague Mr. Garamendi 
and I are offering simply decreases the funding for the Farm Service 
Agency by $11 million and increases it by the same amount. The intent 
of this amendment is to ensure that $11 million goes towards the 
Emergency Conservation Program, or ECP.
  Mr. Chairman, you might wonder why I would decrease and increase the 
amount by the same amount, but in the arcane world of appropriations, 
it is the intent of Congress--and we want to make sure that the intent 
is there--to put this money into the Emergency Conservation Program.
  The ECP helps farmers and ranchers during severe drought. They are 
able to use this program's funding to repair damaged farm land or 
install measures for water conservation.
  My State of California has more than 80,000 farmers and ranchers, 
accounting for 15 percent of national receipts for crops and 77.1 
percent for the U.S. revenue for livestock and livestock products. 
State exports totaled approximately $18 billion in value.
  Unfortunately, California is experiencing a prolonged and serious 
drought. Conditions haven't improved. Snowpack and reservoirs are at 
historically low levels. This drought is a State emergency, and support 
will be needed through the rest of this year and next.
  Our farmers and ranchers need every available resource right now, 
rather than responding after the fact when the damage is more severe. 
Programs like the ECP are critical for these farmers and ranchers in 
times of exceptional drought.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to my colleague from 
California (Mr. Garamendi).
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Chairman, my colleague from California has it 
right. California is in a severe drought, as well as half a dozen other 
States, including Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and 
Nevada.
  The intent of this amendment is to signal to the Department of 
Agriculture to move some money out of the salaries and the support for 
the Farm Service Agency and over to the Emergency Conservation Program. 
We know $11 million isn't going to do it, but it is a good start, and 
it is a signal that we need to send.
  I know that, in my own district, we normally have over 500,000 acres 
of rice. This year, it will be 300,000 acres of rice planted. We have 
tens of thousands of acres of walnuts and almonds. Many of those 
orchards are going to die, unless there is an opportunity to provide 
for the emergency conservation programs that will be needed. Those are 
wells, pumps, and other systems.
  We ought to do this. I urge an ``aye'' vote on this amendment. It 
moves money from one account to another account and back to the 
original account.
  This is a messaging amendment. I ask for your ``aye'' vote.
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, our farmers need the assistance right 
now. I am glad that the House appears to be ready to take a vote.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 20, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``, of 
     which $50,000,000 shall be for the emergency conservation 
     program under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 
     (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman 
from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Chairman, I love messaging, and I appreciate the 
House acquiescing to the previous amendment that is a messaging 
amendment.
  Now, let's do something. Let's not just send a message. Let's send 
$50 million to the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Conservation 
Program, so that they can carry out an absolutely essential task, which 
is to assist farmers in States such as California, Nevada, Oregon, New 
Mexico, Texas, and Georgia. Those States are all experiencing drought. 
There will be others as this year progresses.
  The money can be used immediately to set up water conservation 
programs. For example, earlier today, a research program that has been 
administered by the Department of Agriculture that has proven in 
several States, such as Maryland, Georgia, California, and others, is 
using modern technology like soil moisture sensing devices, coupled 
directly with irrigation systems that can be turned on when the plant 
needs water, not when the irrigator needs water.
  Those systems can save between 20 and 40 percent of the normal 
consumption in the agricultural sector. That applies to virtually every 
kind of plant that might be grown.
  It certainly applies in my own district with those almond orchards 
that are now without an adequate supply of water. If this was available 
to them now--as it could be if we were to pass this amendment and the 
appropriation bill--those farmers could then access this money, put in 
place those water

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conservation technologies, and stretch their supply, allowing them to 
keep their orchards alive.
  God forbid that we have another drought.
  Under the present scenario, thousands of orchards in California will 
die for lack of water, but if we can save this year and next year 20 to 
40 percent of the water that is available, which is possible if we 
actually enact this legislation and provide the kind of incentive--in 
this case, 75 percent Federal, 25 percent farmer--we could keep those 
orchards alive.
  So I appeal to my colleagues that we allow this to be done. The money 
comes from the overall account that is within the Department that 
provides for administrative expenses and salaries. Move it from there 
over to this conservation account. That money would then be available 
to farmers to use.
  We ought to do this. We have other drought legislation that has moved 
through this House and went to the Senate, but there is no money in 
those accounts--well, we have the money.
  The question is: Are we willing to make it available for farmers in 
any State where there is a drought emergency?
  I would ask for your ``aye'' vote on this, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, this is the first time that we have seen 
this amendment.
  I do have to rise in opposition. We are very concerned that this is 
not the appropriate time to be reducing funds for FSAs. We are trying 
to implement the new farm program at this time, providing assistance to 
the farmers and ranchers across America.

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  We have had bipartisan requests to prevent the administration from 
implementing its plan to close FSA offices. Members on both sides of 
the aisle have voiced their concerns to us about these closures. 
Supporting this amendment is equivalent to supporting the closure of 
offices, so I would urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                         state mediation grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
     $3,404,000.

               grassroots source water protection program

       For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
     protection activities under section 1240O of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $2,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products 
     under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same 
     manner as the dairy indemnity program described in the 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
     106-387, 114 Stat. 1549A-12).

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
     operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 
     U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 
     U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed 
     conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly 
     fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from 
     funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: 
     $2,000,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and 
     $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
     $1,393,443,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 
     and $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 
     loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
     $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 
     Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for 
     boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, 
     That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll 
     weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program 
     loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm 
     operating loans, $63,101,000 for direct operating loans, 
     $14,770,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, and 
     emergency loans, $856,000, to remain available until 
     expended.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $314,918,000, of 
     which $306,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.
       Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and 
     conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 
     transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
     $77,094,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses, 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

       The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
     forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
     corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
     to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
     realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
     pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
     U.S.C. 713a-11): Provided, That of the funds available to the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for 
     the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by 
     the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
     management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
     that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation 
     business.

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

       For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site 
     investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
     maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
     section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and 
     section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6961).

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Natural Resources and Environment, $898,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                         conservation operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water,

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     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $843,053,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2016: Provided, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     construction and improvement of buildings and public 
     improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 
     of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 
     public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 
     further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
     on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
     obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

       Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
     Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $25,000,000 is provided.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, 
and I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. 
Duncan) be listed as a cosponsor of my amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. An amendment may not be cosponsored.
  The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 26, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced to $0)''.
       Page 82, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $25,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman 
from Georgia and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would eliminate all 
funding provided in the bill for the Watershed Rehabilitation Program.
  Across the United States, 11,000 dams have been constructed in local 
communities under this program for the purpose of mitigating flood 
conditions. Most of these dams were built in the 1940s and 1950s, and 
thousands of them are suspected to be in need of attention. Of this 
amount, only about 120 dams have been repaired so as to extend their 
use into modern times. Indeed, given the advances of engineering 
technology in the last 50 years, these refurbished dams may last well 
into the next century, but Federal funding to maintain these many-State 
infrastructure projects is simply not sustainable.
  Under the farm bill passed earlier this year, the Watershed 
Rehabilitation Program was authorized to receive both increased 
mandatory as well as discretionary funding. However, the President has 
not requested funding for this program in over 3 years, in large part 
because he recognizes that the responsibility to maintain these 
projects must ultimately fall on the local project sponsors. Likewise, 
over in the Senate, zero dollars has been provided via discretionary 
spending in recent years; and according to the Congressional Research 
Service, it is expected that the mandatory spending will ultimately be 
canceled permanently. In fact, the Watershed Rehabilitation Program has 
never been allowed to spend mandatory funding.
  So why is the House falling all over itself to fund this program?
  Mr. Chairman, as long as the Federal Government is involved in this 
dam program, the process of identifying problem dams and implementing 
rehabilitation plans will be much like everything else the Federal 
Government undertakes. It will be slow, painstaking, and way too 
expensive.
  In my home State of Georgia, we have many dams that we depend on to 
mitigate heavy rains and prevent floods. I have to say, Mr. Chairman, 
that I agree with the President here. I don't agree with him sometimes, 
and I do agree with him many times, but in this place, I agree with him 
in that we ought to leave the maintenance of these projects to the 
States. They know better than the Federal Government what works for 
their communities.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, which is to limit 
spending money that we just don't have.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to hear that my friend from 
Georgia agrees with the President on something. That is kind of a 
fascinating turn of events considering his traditional record, but 
let's focus for a moment on what the upstream flood control dams do.
  This is a program that began in the 1940s to build small earthen 
dams--too small to fall within the Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction--to 
act as interlocking flood control structures to protect people and 
property and assets below the structures wherever they may be, all the 
way to the Atlantic Ocean or all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
  The problem, you see, is that, as meritorious and as wonderful as 
these 3,000 structures have worked, time takes its toll on everything, 
and if we don't pursue this program to rehabilitate them--to extend the 
life--not only will they not continue the protection of people and of 
property and of wildlife and not only will they not restrain the silt 
and manage floods, but they will have to be taken out, and all of the 
good they have done will be undone.
  So what does this language in the bill do?
  It provides cost share money so that local entities can rehabilitate 
these structures.
  My colleague was exactly right in that the advance of technology is 
tremendous. The work that is done should last--instead of 50 years--100 
years or more, but we have got 3,000 of these structures, and they are 
getting older. Spending a little money to extend their lives to 
continue to protect wildlife and people and property from every 
structure all the way to the ocean seems like a wise use of resources.
  Now, I understand that there is something like $900 million in 
requested funding in 2014 to meet this need. This farm bill language 
doesn't meet all of that need, but it takes a huge step in the right 
direction. We spend a lot of money around here on things that last just 
a few minutes or a few hours or a few days. This is an investment that 
will last a century in building on a previous half century's 
investment--a wise use of resources.
  The government built these dams to protect life and property, and 
many of these structures are hitting their life expectancies. Let's 
spend a little bit to continue that wise investment. Yes, let's keep 
the silt out of the streams, and, yes, let's enhance the wildlife 
qualities up and down these streams, but don't ever forget not just the 
property but the people who can sleep at night without the fear of what 
Mother Nature may do because of the upstream flood control dams.
  I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment. I urge them to 
continue to support the investment that has been so wisely made since 
the 1940s. Please vote ``no.''
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, my good friend, the chairman of 
the Agriculture Committee, is very erudite in his discussion against my 
amendment, but the facts are these: there is $250 million authorized in 
the farm bill--in his own bill. In this bill, there is $92 million in 
mandatory spending that is being appropriated, and I am not touching 
debt whatsoever. The mandatory spending has never gone out.
  I certainly know about farm dams and how flood control works. In 
fact, back in 1994, I was living in Americus, Georgia--I was practicing 
medicine there--and we had a hurricane that parked itself right over 
Americus, Georgia. In a 24-hour period, we had 25 inches of rain, and 
30 people died in southwest Georgia because of the upstream dams' 
failing one by one in a fashion that was just like dominoes that were 
falling over. The water ran into Lake Blackshear, Georgia. Then it went 
from there down to Albany, Georgia, and there was a tremendous flood in 
Albany. All of southwest Georgia got flooded, and 30 people were killed 
because of it.

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  I certainly know about that, and I have a great feeling for that, but 
the problem is that the mandatory spending has never been spent. What I 
am doing in my amendment is just striking the $25 million extra in 
discretionary spending. I believe that we ought to repair those dams. 
We need to help make sure that we have some flood mitigation, but we 
are not utilizing the authorized money or the appropriated money 
appropriately.
  We are in an economic emergency as a nation. Let's utilize our money 
from a fiscally sane perspective. That is what I am trying to do, and I 
encourage the acceptance of my amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will 
be postponed.


              Amendment Offered by Mr. Duncan of Tennessee

  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the 
desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 26, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 82, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentleman 
from Tennessee and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee.
  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, my amendment deals with the 
same part of the bill as Mr. Broun's, and it is very similar.
  My amendment would save $10 million by reducing the increase in this 
program, the Watershed Rehabilitation Program. Let me repeat that, Mr. 
Chairman. My amendment simply reduces the increase. It is not a cut. In 
fact, this program would still be getting a 25 percent increase in 
discretionary funds even if my amendment were approved. In addition, 
this program has had a restriction on mandatory spending since 2002. 
Under this bill, this restriction is being removed.
  This means that, without my amendment, spending on this program, 
which was $12 million this year and $13.6 million last year, will go to 
$117 million this next fiscal year. No other department or agency in 
the Federal Government is receiving this type of increase--almost 10 
times what is being spent on this program during this fiscal year.
  This is a program for which the President requested no funding, as 
Mr. Broun mentioned, and for which the Senate Appropriations Committee 
provides no funding, which he also mentioned. Surely, Republicans in 
the House are not going to allow the President or the Senate to act in 
a more fiscally conservative manner than we here in the House.

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  Most State and local governments are in much better fiscal shape than 
the Federal Government is with our $17.6 trillion national debt. They 
can carry out this program, where necessary, or farmers themselves can 
do some improvement.
  The National Taxpayers Union supports this amendment and has 
announced that they will be including my amendment in their ratings of 
congressional votes.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a very modest attempt to do at least a little 
something about our horrendous debt. Admiral Mike Mullen, a very 
respected man who was Chairman of our Joint Chiefs of Staff a couple of 
years ago gave several speeches and testified before several committees 
of the House and Senate; and he said over and over again that our 
national debt is the greatest threat to our national security. This 
amendment is a small step, but an important step toward doing something 
about that.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. LUCAS. My friends, once again, slightly different amount, same 
subject.
  What can I say?
  Yes, in the process of putting the farm bill together, where we saved 
$23 billion, we looked very carefully at all of the programs underneath 
our jurisdictions. Many things were reformed, reducing spending.
  Some things that have worked extremely well actually received more 
resources. I think that part of being competent and wise legislators is 
assessing how the resources are used, reducing spending in wasteful 
areas, and enhancing spending in areas that are wisely spent. I think 
that is what we are about here.
  Now, I know that apparently there are outside groups that have chosen 
to score this, and I would remind my friends that they score a variety 
of things. But why do you have to pick on the things that affect rural 
America?
  Why do you have to address the infrastructure issues that go after 
public safety, preservation of property, life itself?
  I suppose if you are sitting somewhere in an ivory tower typing out 
scorecards, you can pick the things that are less relevant to you.
  But of those 3,000 structures scattered across America, dating back 
to the 1940s, countless, countless lives and millions, if not hundreds 
of millions, of dollars of property have been protected. I think that 
is a good use of our resources, a wise commitment in how we allocate 
our funds.
  Now, some of my colleagues have alluded to the way in which the funds 
are handled, the mandatory dollars coming through the farm bill every 
so many years and how, in the magical process called appropriations, 
some of that mandatory money becomes discretionary.
  I do not pretend to have enough time to discuss the nuances of that 
art form, but I will say this: as long as the resources are of 
sufficient caliber to make a major effort in meeting the needs that 
exist, whether it is through the every 5-year farm bill or the annual 
appropriations process by our friends on the Ag Subcommittee of 
Appropriations, let's just do the right thing. And on this occasion, we 
are doing the right thing.
  If you care about long-term investments, if you care about public 
safety, if you care about property--and I repeat one more time: for 
those of you have ever been in the field that look at these structures, 
they act to control silt flows in streams. That is important to 
wildlife and fish. That is important to water quality, and they inhibit 
these floods that come, and then they meter the water out in a slow 
fashion.
  The overwhelming lion's share of them do not impound water, they 
simply slow the process down so that the streams and rivers below can 
handle it.
  My real regret here is that we haven't put more effort in the last 50 
years into these structures. If we had, if we would have, if we could, 
or if we will some day, the effect on the environment, the effect on 
our fellow citizens will be tremendous, even more than it is now.
  Again, please reject this amendment. I know my Republican friends 
here are very sincere in following the President's lead on this, but 
please reject this amendment. Let's continue to make this investment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I will simply repeat that my 
amendment does not go as far as Mr. Broun's. It would save $10 million, 
if adopted.
  This program, if my amendment is not adopted, will receive an 
increase almost 10 times the amount that is being spent on this program 
in this fiscal year. It would seem to me that most people in this 
country would feel it is ridiculous to give any program a tenfold 
increase. I know the Congress is very generous in spending other 
people's money, but they are going too far on this.

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  I urge my colleagues to support my very minimal, modest amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I might consume.
  I respect my colleague from Tennessee greatly. I believe he is very 
sincere in what he is trying do. I do not question his motives. I have 
great faith in Congressman Duncan.
  But this amendment, like the previous amendment, has long-term 
ramifications. They have long-term ramifications on previous 
investments made.
  Let's reject these two amendments. Let's continue the good work that 
has been done. Let's focus on the things that we need to be doing.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee 
will be postponed.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Rural Development, $898,000.

                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs in the Rural Development 
     mission area, including activities with institutions 
     concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
     cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $224,201,000: 
     Provided, That no less than $15,000,000 shall be for the 
     Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
     and promotional activities that support the Rural Development 
     mission area: Provided further, That any balances available 
     from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural 
     Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
     salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and 
     merged with this appropriation.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $1,042,276,000 shall be for 
     direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
     guaranteed loans; $26,372,000 for section 504 housing repair 
     loans; $28,398,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
     $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing 
     loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing 
     acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 
     housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 
     524 site development loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
     loans, $76,920,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 
     housing repair loans, $3,700,000; and repair, rehabilitation, 
     and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
     $9,800,000: Provided, That to support the loan program level 
     for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this 
     heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover 
     the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the 
     provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et 
     seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: 
     Provided further, That of the amounts available under this 
     paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for 
     individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 
     funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized 
     by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2015.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
     contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 
     $15,936,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
     farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
     grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances available 
     for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to 
     and merged with this account.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $415,100,000 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or 
     agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
     payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
     502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,088,500,000; and, 
     in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 
     rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during 
     the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 1-year period: 
     Provided further, That rental assistance contracts will not 
     be renewed within the 12-month contract period: Provided 
     further, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of 
     such 1-year agreements may be transferred and used for the 
     purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or 
     rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
     rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 
     Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
     agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2015 for a farm 
     labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 
     or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 
     project until such assistance has remained unused for a 
     period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a 
     waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 
     project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 
     receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such 
     recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
     practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 
     housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act.

          multi-family housing revitalization program account

       For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
     section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding 
     subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to 
     conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and 
     revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
     described in this paragraph, $28,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading, $8,000,000, shall be available for rural 
     housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those 
     not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property 
     financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after 
     September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such 
     voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 
     rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 
     such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 
     such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual 
     appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
     to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers 
     with current regulations and administrative guidance 
     applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
     Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that the 
     amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act 
     is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds 
     for the demonstration program for the preservation and 
     revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
     described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be 
     available for a demonstration program for the preservation 
     and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-
     family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 
     multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems 
     appropriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the 
     project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for 
     the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-
     income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
     eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, 
     reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial 
     assistance including advances, payments and incentives 
     (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns 
     on investment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 
     revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 
     consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 
     further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 
     funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 
     funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 
     program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 
     if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a 
     multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program 
     similar to the demonstration program described herein, the 
     Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstration 
     program under this heading to carry out such legislation with 
     the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That in addition 
     to any other available funds, the

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     Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the 
     program funds made available under this heading, for 
     administrative expenses for activities funded under this 
     heading.

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                    rural housing assistance grants

       For grants for very low-income housing repair made by the 
     Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 
     $27,000,000, to remain available until expended.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for direct loans and 
     $73,222,000 for guaranteed loans.
       For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
     modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended.
       For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 
     programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 
     section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act, $27,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That $5,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available for a 
     Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 
     That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
     and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 
     community development organizations, low-income rural 
     communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
     to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
     of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds 
     from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: 
     Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities 
     in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe 
     economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with up to 5 
     percent for administration and capacity building in the State 
     rural development offices: Provided further, That $4,000,000 
     of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, 
     as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided 
     further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the 
     funds made available under this heading.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural 
     business development programs authorized by section 310B and 
     described in section 310B (a), (c), and (g) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $65,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall 
     be made available for one grant to a qualified national 
     organization to provide technical assistance for rural 
     transportation in order to promote economic development: 
     Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
     $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development: Provided further, That 
     for purposes of determining eligibility or level of program 
     assistance the Secretary shall not include incarcerated 
     prison populations: Provided further, That sections 381E-H 
     and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
     are not applicable to funds made available under this 
     heading.

              intermediary relending program fund account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), $16,234,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), of which $531,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2015, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of 
     which $1,021,000 shall be available through June 30, 2015, 
     for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in 
     accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $4,439,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

                    (including rescission of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
     purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
     creation projects, $59,456,000.
       Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
     payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be 
     obligated and $155,000,000 are rescinded.

                  rural cooperative development grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $22,050,000, of which 
     $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
     for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, 
     or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 
     groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
     boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
     of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $10,750,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added 
     agricultural product market development grants, as authorized 
     by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a).

                    rural energy for america program

       For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the 
     same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of 
     the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
     8107), $3,500,000: Provided, That the cost of loan 
     guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974.

               rural business investment program account

       For loans for the rural business investment program, as 
     authorized by section 384F(b)(3)(A) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act, $4,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants 
     for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 
     waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 
     306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 
     306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, $466,893,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
     shall be available for the rural utilities program described 
     in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to 
     exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
     program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 
     $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be for loans and grants including water and waste 
     disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D 
     of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally 
     recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), 
     and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of 
     Hawaii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 
     306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
     be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 
     Public Law 105-83: Provided further, That not more than 2 
     percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by 
     the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
     programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 
     for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 
     to section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and 
     technical assistance programs: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural 
     water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of 
     such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of 
     extreme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available for 
     a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional 
     technical assistance organization, with experience in working 
     with small communities on water and waste water problems, the 
     principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural 
     communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving 
     the planning, financing, development, operation, and 
     management of water and waste water systems, and of which not 
     less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 
     American organization to provide technical assistance for 
     rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified 
     national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 
     technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided

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     further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid 
     waste management grants: Provided further, That any prior 
     year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by 
     section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
     918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural 
     Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided 
     further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the 
     funds made available under this heading.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as 
     authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 
     made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
     Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
     loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 percent rural 
     telecommunications loans, cost of money rural 
     telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 
     section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
     $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be 
     used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of 
     fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or 
     existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $34,478,000, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

       For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 
     loans, $24,077,000.
       For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services 
     in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
     $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 
     601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct 
     loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
       In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 
     transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 
     and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     950aaa.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
                                Services

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $816,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except 
     section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $20,523,795,000 to 
     remain available through September 30, 2016, of which such 
     sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
     available for the same time period and purposes as provided 
     herein: Provided, That of the total amount available, 
     $17,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): 
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $25,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants 
     to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies 
     and schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 
     healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the 
     establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 
     breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     available, $27,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
     to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations 
     Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-80).

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $6,623,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2016: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less 
     than $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
     counselors and other related activities, $14,000,000 shall be 
     used for infrastructure, $30,000,000 shall be used for 
     management information systems, and $25,000,000 shall be used 
     for WIC electronic benefit transfer systems and activities: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
     account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
     except in accordance with the cost containment and 
     competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
     such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     shall be available for activities that are not fully 
     reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: 
     Provided further, That upon termination of a federally-
     mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and 
     conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
     waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of 
     a State agency.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $82,251,138,000, of 
     which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2016, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
     amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry 
     out program operations: Provided, That funds provided herein 
     shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used 
     to provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 
     Federally recognized tribes participating in the Food 
     Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 
     registration or workfare requirements as may be required by 
     law: Provided further, That funds made available for 
     Employment and Training under this heading shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading for a study on Indian 
     tribal administration of nutrition programs, as provided in 
     title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79), 
     and a study of the removal of cash benefits in Puerto Rico, 
     as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
     (Public Law 113-79) shall be available until expended: 
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading for section 28(d)(1) and section 27(a) of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2016: Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading for employment and training 
     pilot projects, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural 
     Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79), shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading may be used to enter into 
     contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, 
     or to conduct activities related to program integrity 
     provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008.


                    Amendment Offered by Ms. Speier

  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Duncan of Tennessee). The Clerk will report the 
amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 45, line 16, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)'' after 
     the 1st dollar amount.
       Page 45, line 16, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)'' 
     after the 1st dollar amount.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentlewoman 
from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Chairman, I am joined in making this amendment by my 
colleague from Michigan (Mr. Benishek).
  This particular amendment addresses the issue of veterans in this 
country who are living on the edge, the 1.4 million veterans who are 
living in poverty, the 900,000 who are on food stamps.
  We do know there is a backlog that exists, even now, with veterans' 
disability claims from 572,000 currently around the country, some 
waiting as long as 200 days. This amendment is going to make them 
eligible for SNAP benefits under the disabled category, which will, for 
all intents and purposes, allow them to access food that is prepared 
and also deduct medical expenses for their status.
  Filing for SNAP under the disabled status can provide much-needed 
assistance with minimal cost. For a veteran with war-related mental or 
physical injuries, this small amount of help can make an enormous 
difference.
  Again, I want to thank Congressman Benishek for his cosponsorship of 
this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time 
in support of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support a very 
commonsense amendment.

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  I think we can all agree that no disabled veteran should go hungry. 
Those who have served our Nation with honor and distinction, and come 
home as wounded veterans deserve great honor, not a life of hardship.
  Unfortunately, not all of our veterans have fared well following 
their tours of duty. From the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone, 45 
percent of the 1.6 million veterans are applying for benefits with the 
VA. Only about one-third have been granted benefits so far.

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  The VA has almost 600,000 pending disability claims as of April 2014, 
with 23 percent of those from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
  This amendment would allow veterans to apply for SNAP benefits while 
their disability claims are pending with the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. Just like all Americans, veterans would still be required to 
meet income eligibility requirements for SNAP. However, they would no 
longer have to wait on the backlog that is so prevalent at the VA to 
find out if they would be eligible for these specific benefits.
  Mr. Chairman, our Nation's veterans should never live under the 
threat of hunger due to an administrative backlog in Washington. They 
deserve better. This amendment is fully paid for and just makes sense. 
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Chairman, as my colleague said, this is truly a 
simple amendment that holds our poor veterans harmless while we deal 
with the dysfunction in the VA. It is a compassionate and appropriate 
action by this House. I urge its passage.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                      commodity assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
     the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by 
     section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 
     of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected 
     islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of 
     Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); 
     and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
     $275,701,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with 
     funds made available in fiscal year 2015 to support the 
     Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 
     2016: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for 
     costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
     Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
     assistance program, $150,824,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of 
     section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as amended by section 
     4401 of Public Law 110-246.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     including not to exceed $158,000 for representation 
     allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act 
     approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $182,563,000: 
     Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or 
     reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
     of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
     institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the 
     agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
     1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
     States Agency for International Development: Provided 
     further, That funds made available for middle-income country 
     training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 
     International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship 
     program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
     fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 
     subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     shall remain available until expended.

  food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program 
                                account

              (including rescission and transfer of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
     of title I of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 
     and the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), 
     $2,528,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
     Expenses'': Provided, That of the unobligated balances 
     provided pursuant to title I of the Food for Peace Act, 
     $13,000,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts 
     may be rescinded pursuant to the previous proviso from 
     amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                     food for peace title ii grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 
     83-480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
     dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
     $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That, for fiscal year 2015, the amount made available 
     pursuant to section 412(e)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) to carry out nonemergency food assistance 
     programs under title II of such Act shall be $375,000,000.

  mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition 
                             program grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 3107 of the 
     Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S. C. 
     1736o-1), $198,126,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized 
     to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for the 
     purpose of implementing such section, subject to 
     reimbursement from amounts provided herein.

 commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and 
     GSM 103, $6,748,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $6,394,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $354,000 shall 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
     section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $4,442,048,000: Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading, $798,000,000 
     shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized 
     by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $128,282,000 shall be 
     derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended; $312,116,000 shall be derived from 
     human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; $21,014,000 shall be derived from biosimilar 
     biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-52, 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; $22,464,000 shall be derived from animal drug 
     user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be 
     credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
     $6,944,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 
     fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-21, and shall be credited 
     to this account and remain available until expended; 
     $566,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees 
     authorized by 21

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     U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended; $1,434,000 shall be derived from 
     food and feed recall fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; $6,414,000 shall be derived from food 
     reinspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, and shall 
     be credited to this account and remain available until 
     expended; and $5,300,000 shall be derived from voluntary 
     qualified importer program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-
     31, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That in addition 
     and notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, 
     amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, medical 
     device user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar 
     biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, and 
     animal generic drug user fees that exceed the respective 
     fiscal year 2015 limitations are appropriated and shall be 
     credited to this account and remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 
     medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 
     product, animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for 
     fiscal year 2015, including any such fees collected prior to 
     fiscal year 2015 but credited for fiscal year 2015, shall be 
     subject to the fiscal year 2015 limitations: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 
     year 2015 of user fees specified under this heading and 
     authorized for fiscal year 2016, prior to the due date for 
     such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fiscal 
     year 2016 for which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal 
     year 2015 shall not be included in amounts under this 
     heading: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
     used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user 
     fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount appropriated: (1) $913,784,000 shall be for 
     the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
     field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
     $1,326,402,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
     and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs; (3) $344,267,000 shall be for the Center 
     for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
     $171,783,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine 
     and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (5) $420,548,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 
     and Radiological Health and for related field activities in 
     the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $62,494,000 shall be 
     for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $531,527,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and 
     for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (8) not to exceed $163,471,000 shall be for Rent and 
     Related activities, of which $47,116,000 is for White Oak 
     Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
     Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed 
     $228,839,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
     Administration for rent; and (10) $278,933,000 shall be for 
     other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of 
     Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, 
     the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of 
     Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the 
     Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for these 
     offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this 
     amount shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 
     Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds 
     pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts 
     made available under this heading for other activities: 
     Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 
     specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n, 
     outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62, 
     prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and 
     inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-
     party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees 
     authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), may be credited to 
     this account, to remain available until expended.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of 
     or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not 
     otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  commodity futures trading commission

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
     of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere, $217,578,000, including not to exceed 
     $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for consultations 
     and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign 
     governmental and other regulatory officials, of which 
     $52,578,000, shall be for the purchase of information 
     technology until September 30, 2016, and of which not less 
     than $1,885,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector 
     General: Provided, That the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission shall develop and report to the Committees 
     of jurisdiction of both Houses of Congress within 30 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, a schedule of 
     implementation and sequencing of all rules, regulations, and 
     orders under section 716 or 722(d) of Public Law 111-203, 
     section 1a(49)(D) or 4m of the Commodity Exchange Act, or any 
     of the amendments made by section 737 of Public Law 111-203, 
     including all Commission cost benefit analyses and studies 
     relied upon in the formulation of any regulations issued in 
     implementing any of such sections or amendments.


                    Amendment Offered by Ms. DeLauro

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Page 57, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $17,578,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, the gentlewoman 
from Connecticut and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, currently this bill mandates that the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission spend $52.6 million of its already 
limited budget on information technology. My amendment, put forward 
with my colleagues Congresswoman Waters of California and Congressman 
Himes of Connecticut, reduces this IT set-aside back to its current 
level of $35 million.
  Americans want to see more accountability from Wall Street and oil 
speculators and fewer reckless transactions, market failures, and 
bailouts. That is the CFTC's job, to rein in gambling with risky 
derivatives on Wall Street and prevent undue speculation on oil.
  Republican and Democratic experts both have argued that the current 
funding level purposefully sets the CFTC up for failure. The current 
bill leaves CFTC dangerously underfunded, 22 percent below the 
President's request. This increased IT set-aside is equivalent to 
reducing their budget by another 7 percent below last year's level.
  By returning this set-aside to $35 million, our amendment gives the 
Commission more flexibility to spend the budget they have on 
enforcement and examinations, to put more ``cops on the beat,'' as it 
were, if they see fit.
  This represents neither a cut nor a rise in the current level of CFTC 
funding. While I think we should fund them higher, this amendment 
merely lets them use their budget to do their job, and they manage to 
do a lot, even with the limited resources we have given them.
  Last year, the Commission's enforcement division brought in just over 
$1 billion to the Treasury. That is more than the Congress has provided 
the Commission in the last 5 years.
  According to Acting Chairman Wetjen:

       The unfortunate reality is that, at current funding levels, 
     the Commission is unable to adequately fulfill the mission 
     given to it by Congress.

  The agency's enforcement staff is already smaller than it was in 
2002, when the Commission was just responsible for the futures and 
options market.
  Today, this smaller staff has additional important and extremely 
complex oversight responsibilities. They must now also oversee the $400 
trillion swaps market, and they are responsible for pursuing cases 
against reckless, manipulative, or deceptive schemes.
  We need to give the Commission the flexibility in allocating 
resources that it needs to do its job, to oversee risky market 
behaviors, protect consumers, and enforce the law. This amendment will 
allow them to do that, and I urge all of my colleagues to support it.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would severely starve the 
very regulator charged with overseeing

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the swaps, futures, and options markets of desperately needed 
information technology resources.
  The bill I brought before the House this afternoon would return 
information technology investments to just below the FY 2012 level, and 
this amendment would reduce IT by 33 percent.
  This amendment would only accomplish one objective, to grow the size 
of our government bureaucracy by hiring unneeded personnel to write 
more overreaching rules and regulations. Staff at the CFTC is already 
at a record high.
  The CFTC is preparing to regulate high-frequency trading. This 
amendment would ignore the reality of a regulator whose 82 percent of 
its employees make more than six-figure incomes, and staff enters by 
hand almost 20,000 paper forms per year. This is an exhaustive and 
costly exercise. This amendment would reward those misplaced resources.
  CFTC has seen a 166 percent increase in the amount of data it takes 
in. It takes in hundreds of millions of records per day and does not 
have the capability to store that data internally.
  The amendment ignores the advice of former CFTC chief economist, who 
was the recipient of the Chairman Gary Gensler's award for excellence 
in 2010, who stated:

       Financial regulation should recognize that automation and 
     increasingly higher transaction speeds make it nearly 
     impossible for humans to provide effective layers of risk 
     management.
       Regulators need to change their surveillance and 
     enforcement practices to be more cyber-centric rather than 
     human-centric.

  Therefore, based on that information, I strongly urge my colleagues 
to oppose this amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, the fact of the matter is that this 
amendment gives the CFTC flexibility. That is all it does. It could 
spend all of that money on IT. If they want to spend it on enforcement 
staff, they would be able to do it. This leaves them the flexibility to 
make the determinations based on what the needs are.
  With that, I yield the balance of my time to my colleague from 
Connecticut (Mr. Himes).
  Mr. HIMES. Mr. Chairman, I rise to join happily in the amendment 
offered by my neighbor and close friend from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) 
and the gentlewoman from California, Ranking Member Waters.
  One of the crucial achievements of the Dodd-Frank bill, of course, 
was to drag a massive and, in some cases, very dangerous derivatives 
market into the light of day by giving CFTC authority to look at the 
instruments which brought down AIG, which were involved in the London 
Whale, which when used incorrectly can create a systemic risk to the 
system, and this is a market that has been growing very, very rapidly.
  In 2010, the total derivatives market was about $124 trillion. That 
is trillion with a t. That is a multiple of the size of the U.S. 
economy. Today, it has almost doubled that, $223 trillion. Now, these 
are securities that can cause all sorts of havoc if not adequately 
regulated.
  This amendment, as Ms. DeLauro pointed out, in no way expands 
bureaucracy. We are not saying spend more money, though there is a very 
powerful argument for spending more money on an agency that has been 
tasked to take on a massive new market. It is simply providing 
flexibility.
  The question before this House on this amendment comes down to a very 
simple question: We are either going to provide discretion to the CFTC 
to run to where they think the danger is--and if they think that their 
IT is insufficient, they can spend this money on the IT--they are 
either going to run to where the danger is or we, as a House, are going 
to decide that we are such crack IT professionals that we should tell 
the CFTC that they must spend this money on their system. Folks, that 
doesn't make any sense.
  Therefore, I urge support for this amendment to provide the CFTC the 
flexibility that they need in regulating this market.
  The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman from Connecticut has 
expired.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, let's be very practical about this. I think 
you have to put it in the context of what has happened.
  We passed the Dodd-Frank bill because of an incredible financial 
disaster in this country, and what we found out is that the regulators 
weren't regulating. We found out they couldn't regulate because they 
didn't even have regulations or any provisions about all of these 
derivatives swaps. They were inventing new things that weren't even in 
law.
  The Federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission is right at the 
heart of all these new instruments and all these derivatives swaps and 
so on. In fact, we learned from Director Gensler--who came before our 
committee and pointed out the massive amount of trading that goes on, 
$300 trillion dollars.
  We couldn't even figure out in the committee how to explain how many 
millions trillions were. It is so much, and it is scary. We have got to 
have people on the job to do this and the technology to do it.
  Now, just to make sure that people are carrying out the law, you have 
got to have people review that process. In fact, because the industry 
doesn't want to be regulated, they go to my colleagues on the other 
side of the aisle and say: cut this, don't give them the tools to 
implement it, don't allow them to be the referees they have to be by 
law.
  We approved, last year, $315 million, and we criticized that. The 
President came back for $280 million this year, and we have cut that. 
Even when he went along with knowing that he wouldn't be able to get 
all the things he asked for, we cut it again, so this bill fences off 
part of that. It seems to me a reasonable amendment to adopt, and I 
urge the adoption of it.
  I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Maxine Waters, the 
ranking member of the committee.
  Ms. WATERS. I would like to thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, as the ranking member of the Financial Services 
Committee, I feel it is extremely important to support this amendment. 
It is extremely important because we know that the work that we did on 
the reform measure, the Dodd-Frank measure, is so important to try to 
correct the lack of attention we were giving to our consumers and the 
fact that we needed to strengthen our financial services agencies.
  So when I see there is an attempt to weaken something such as the 
CFTC or the SEC or the OCC or any of our regulatory agencies, it is 
important for me to speak out and help people to understand what is 
being attempted.
  I urge support for this amendment to ensure our derivatives cop can 
protect our financial markets and economy.
  Make no mistake, even with this amendment, inadequate Republican 
funding for the CFTC furthers a larger effort to undermine the 
oversight of derivatives.

                              {time}  1800

  While more funding is needed, this measure will at least prevent 
layoffs.
  The CFTC thwarts Wall Street from manipulating the price of things 
like oil, corn, and gold. Without it, every American will feel the pain 
at the pump and the dinner table. The CFTC enforces laws Democrats 
enacted to rein in companies like AIG, whose activities led to the 
worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
  Despite overwhelming need, Republicans would undercut the CFTC under 
the guise of a modest IT increase, believing that if it just had the 
right computers, the CFTC could eliminate employees.
  What they don't understand is that it takes real people to bring 
about justice and accountability. With funding far below the requested 
amount, the CFTC cannot operate without temporarily closing or sacking 
valuable talent, causing immediate harm to our markets with delays to 
agency guidance, to investors and businesses, examinations

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of companies entrusted with your funds, punishment of bad actors, and 
recovery of victims' money.
  This is a continuation of an effort by Republicans and special 
interests to undercut laws and regulations that protect our consumers. 
I am not going to stand for it, and I urge Members to support this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from California has 
expired.
  The gentleman from Alabama has 3 minutes remaining.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Again, Mr. Chairman, I just rise in opposition to the 
amendment. Again, this bill is important. The bill that we have before 
the House would return the information technology investments to just 
below that of FY 2012, and this amendment will reduce IT by 33 percent. 
We feel like IT is very important. We think that the bill, as written, 
should stand, and therefore we would oppose the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut will be postponed.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $54,000,000 (from assessments collected from 
     farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural 
     Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current 
     fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 
     12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
     apply to expenses associated with receiverships: Provided 
     further, That the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 
     10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order:
  An amendment by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  An amendment by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Royce of California.
  An amendment by Mr. Grayson of Florida.
  An amendment by Mr. Garamendi of California.
  An amendment by Mr. Duncan of Tennessee.
  An amendment by Mr. Broun of Georgia.
  An amendment by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 178, 
noes 243, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 300]

                               AYES--178

     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barrow (GA)
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cotton
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garcia
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latta
     Long
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Reed
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho

                               NOES--243

     Aderholt
     Bachus
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Daines
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gerlach
     Granger
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAllister
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reichert
     Richmond
     Roby
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stewart
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Wolf
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

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                             NOT VOTING--10

     Collins (GA)
     Davis, Danny
     Hoyer
     LaMalfa
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Moran
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)

                              {time}  1830

  Messrs. CLEAVER, HALL, BACHUS, and HINOJOSA changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. KING of Iowa and REED changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Woodall). The unfinished business is the demand 
for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 130, 
noes 290, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 301]

                               AYES--130

     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Barr
     Barton
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cook
     Crenshaw
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith (VA)
     Harris
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kingston
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Long
     Lummis
     Massie
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mulvaney
     Nugent
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Roe (TN)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Upton
     Walberg
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoho

                               NOES--290

     Aderholt
     Bachus
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barrow (GA)
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Cotton
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Daines
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibson
     Granger
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McAllister
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Weber (TX)
     Welch
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wolf
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Collins (GA)
     Davis, Danny
     Grijalva
     Hoyer
     LaMalfa
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Moran
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)

                              {time}  1835

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                  Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Royce

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Royce) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 223, 
noes 198, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 302]

                               AYES--223

     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Cantor
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cartwright
     Cassidy
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     Dent
     DeSantis
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Himes
     Holding
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Hultgren
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McHenry
     Meadows
     Meeks
     Meng
     Messer
     Miller (FL)
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Nolan
     O'Rourke

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     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perry
     Peters (CA)
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Reichert
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schock
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Stewart
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Takano
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--198

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barrow (GA)
     Benishek
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks (AL)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Capito
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Castor (FL)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Coble
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Costa
     Cotton
     Crawford
     Culberson
     Daines
     Davis, Rodney
     DelBene
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Ellmers
     Enyart
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (NV)
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Hinojosa
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Israel
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (PA)
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Lowenthal
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Maffei
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Massie
     Matheson
     McAllister
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McDermott
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, George
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Rahall
     Reed
     Renacci
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Runyan
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Wagner
     Walz
     Waters
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Braley (IA)
     Collins (GA)
     Davis, Danny
     LaMalfa
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Moran
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1839

  Messrs. POMPEO and WESTMORELAND changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mr. CROWLEY changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Grayson

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Grayson) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 150, 
noes 272, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 303]

                               AYES--150

     Barrow (GA)
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bilirakis
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Burgess
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     King (NY)
     Kirkpatrick
     Langevin
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Miller, George
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perry
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Petri
     Pocan
     Polis
     Quigley
     Richmond
     Rohrabacher
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stockman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--272

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Broun (GA)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     Cotton
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Daines
     Davis, Rodney
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Engel
     Enyart
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garcia
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holding
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Joyce
     Keating
     Kelly (PA)
     Kind
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Kuster
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis
     Loebsack
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     Matheson
     McAllister
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moore
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Shea-Porter
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Southerland

[[Page 9972]]


     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Bachus
     Collins (GA)
     Gutierrez
     LaMalfa
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1843

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Garamendi) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 148, 
noes 276, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 304]

                               AYES--148

     Amodei
     Barber
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Hastings (FL)
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Hunter
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Langevin
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McClintock
     McDermott
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Quigley
     Reed
     Richmond
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--276

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barrow (GA)
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Cardenas
     Carter
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clarke (NY)
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cotton
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Daines
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Engel
     Enyart
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garcia
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Holding
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurt
     Israel
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Kuster
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     Matheson
     McAllister
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moore
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rokita
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Scalise
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Collins (GA)
     LaMalfa
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1847

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


              Amendment Offered by Mr. Duncan of Tennessee

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee 
(Mr. Duncan) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 119, 
noes 303, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 305]

                               AYES--119

     Amash
     Bachmann
     Barr
     Barton
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks (AL)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Conyers
     Cotton
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Harper
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurt
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kingston
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Long
     Lummis
     Massie
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Perry
     Petri
     Pittenger
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Price (GA)
     Reichert
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Roe (TN)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Roskam
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford

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     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stewart
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Walberg
     Walorski
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--303

     Aderholt
     Amodei
     Bachus
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barrow (GA)
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cartwright
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Daines
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (WA)
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hunter
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McAllister
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Renacci
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walden
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wolf
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Johnson (GA)
     LaMalfa
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1851

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


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Broun) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 62, 
noes 358, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 306]

                                AYES--62

     Amash
     Barr
     Bentivolio
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     DeSantis
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gohmert
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hensarling
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurt
     Issa
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Long
     Massie
     McCarthy (CA)
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meadows
     Messer
     Miller (FL)
     Mulvaney
     Palazzo
     Price (GA)
     Rice (SC)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Royce
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Stewart
     Stockman
     Stutzman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Woodall

                               NOES--358

     Aderholt
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barrow (GA)
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera (CA)
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cartwright
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Cotton
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Daines
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Edwards
     Ellmers
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gardner
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Hunter
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Jones
     Joyce
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McAllister
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nolan
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)

[[Page 9974]]


     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Collins (GA)
     DeFazio
     Ellison
     LaMalfa
     Larsen (WA)
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)
     Tiberi


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1854

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                    Amendment Offered by Ms. DeLauro

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 194, 
noes 227, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 307]

                               AYES--194

     Barber
     Barrow (GA)
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera (CA)
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks (AL)
     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
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duckworth
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Enyart
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     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
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Negrete McLeod
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters (CA)
     Peters (MI)
     Pingree (ME)
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--227

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barr
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Daines
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     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
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     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
     Peterson
     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
     Schock
     Schrader
     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
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Collins (GA)
     Conyers
     Graves (GA)
     LaMalfa
     Larsen (WA)
     McGovern
     Miller, Gary
     Nunnelee
     Rangel
     Ryan (OH)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1900

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Bishop of Utah) having assumed the chair, Mr. Woodall, Acting Chair of 
the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported 
that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 
4800) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, had come to no 
resolution thereon.

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