[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17939-17942]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     MOTION TO GO TO CONFERENCE ON H.R. 22, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 
                 REAUTHORIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2015

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 512, I offer a 
motion.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Shuster moves that the House take from the Speaker's 
     table the bill (H.R. 22), with the House amendment to the 
     Senate amendment thereto, insist on the House amendment, and 
     request a conference with the Senate thereon.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is 
recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, this motion is to authorize a conference on 
H.R. 22. This bill helps improve our Nation's transportation 
infrastructure.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the 
previous question on the motion.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster).
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 371, 
noes 54, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 624]

                               AYES--371

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meng
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz

[[Page 17940]]


     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                                NOES--54

     Amash
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Burgess
     Carney
     Chabot
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Delaney
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (SC)
     Fleming
     Flores
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gohmert
     Gosar
     Grothman
     Harris
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hurt (VA)
     Jones
     Jordan
     Labrador
     Lummis
     Massie
     Meadows
     Mulvaney
     Neugebauer
     Palmer
     Pittenger
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Ratcliffe
     Roskam
     Rouzer
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Schweikert
     Smith (TX)
     Stutzman
     Weber (TX)
     Wenstrup
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     DeFazio
     Ellmers (NC)
     Jeffries
     Meeks
     Rush
     Takai
     Velazquez
     Walker

                              {time}  1122

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


                           Motion to Instruct

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Huffman moves that the managers on the part of the 
     House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
     Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the 
     bill H.R. 22 be instructed to--
       (1) agree to the provisions of the Senate amendment that 
     establish the total amount of funding to be provided for each 
     of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 out of the Highway Trust 
     Fund for surface transportation programs; and
       (2) insist on section 1414(b) of the House amendment 
     (relating to adjustments to contract authority).

  Mr. HUFFMAN (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XXII, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman) and the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Since 2009, this Congress has failed to make some hard choices. As a 
result, highway, transit, and safety programs have limped along with 
flat funding. States and transit authorities have been unable to plan 
major, long-term projects as they watch this Congress extend these 
programs for a few months at a time, often waiting until midnight of 
the next government shutdown, and then extend them again with short-
term patches.
  The Federal gas tax, which pays for these highway and public transit 
investments, has not been raised in 22 years. Its purchasing power has 
fallen 40 percent.
  And for all the progress we made last week under Speaker Ryan in 
terms of allowing policy amendments to be offered to the bill, let us 
all recognize that the Republican leadership blocked every single 
proposed amendment regarding the funding inadequacies in this bill.
  Democrats and Republicans offered a wealth of options to fund the 
program: increasing the gas tax; using repatriated revenue to increase 
investment in the United States; creating a bipartisan, bicameral task 
force to address the shortfall in the highway trust fund; and simply 
indexing the gas tax to account for the cost of inflation.
  Regrettably, the Republican leadership, despite all the pledges of 
openness, would not let this House debate even a single proposal to 
address the shortfall in the highway trust fund.
  Mr. Speaker, we can do better.
  Today, I offer a motion to instruct conferees that recognizes that we 
are woefully underinvesting in our Nation's infrastructure. This motion 
instructs conferees to adopt the higher funding levels for highway, 
transit and highway safety programs that are contained in the 
bipartisan Senate DRIVE Act. The DRIVE Act provides $342 billion over 6 
years. That is $17 billion more than the House bill.
  The DRIVE Act provides $12 billion more than the House bill over 6 
years to reconstruct our highways and rebuild our crumbling bridges. 
This small increase only begins to deal with the 147,000 structurally 
deficient or functionally obsolete bridges in our country. That is, by 
the way, one out of every four bridges.
  This funding will only begin to address the two-thirds of the 
Nation's roads that are in less than good condition.
  The DRIVE Act provides $4.4 billion over 6 years for local transit 
agencies to help more people move safely to their jobs. This small 
increase will only begin to address the $86 billion state of good 
repair backlog that exists nationwide for our local transit agencies.
  In 2013, Americans took 10.7 billion public transit trips. Mr. 
Speaker, many of these were on systems that were built a century ago.
  Congestion is a ballooning problem around our country. It affects 42 
percent of America's major roads and costs our economy $121 billion a 
year. The status quo funding in the House bill will only worsen the 
congestion in our cities and suburbs.
  This motion also instructs conferees to include section 1414(b) of 
the House bill in a final conference report. This section provides a 
mechanism to automatically adjust investment levels, should additional 
money come into the trust fund during the 6-year term of this bill.
  Additional receipts could come into the trust fund from a number of 
places. There could be higher-than-anticipated vehicle miles traveled. 
There could be a bigger infusion into the trust fund from a subsequent 
act of Congress.
  If actual receipts do come into the trust fund exceeding the 
estimated receipts for the most recently completed year, program levels 
would automatically be adjusted by the additional amount at the 
beginning of the next fiscal year. This ensures that any additional 
funds that Congress makes available can quickly flow to States to 
invest in badly needed infrastructure projects.
  The Secretary would distribute this additional funding 
proportionately to each of the highway transit and safety programs 
funded in the highway trust fund authorized in the final conference 
report.
  I urge my colleagues to support this motion.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to instruct. The STRR 
Act act is a bipartisan bill that reflects the input of Members from 
both sides of the aisle. It has been a carefully crafted compromise. 
This motion would threaten that compromise and dismantle the bipartisan 
House position as we head into negotiations with the Senate.
  The STRR Act is a multiyear bill that provides needed certainty for 
States and local governments. It helps improve our Nation's 
transportation infrastructure and maintains a strong commitment to 
safety, but it also provides important reforms that help us continue to 
do the job more effectively.
  Key provisions in this bill will refocus our transportation programs 
on national priorities, promote innovation to make our surface 
transportation system programs work better, provide greater flexibility 
for State and local governments to address their needs, streamline the 
Federal bureaucracy, accelerate the project approval process, and 
facilitate the flow of freight and commerce.

                              {time}  1130

  The STRR Act continues the Federal role in providing a strong 
national transportation system, which enables our country to remain 
economically competitive and helps ensure our quality of life.

[[Page 17941]]

  This bill has widespread support. We have received nearly 300 letters 
of support from throughout the stakeholder community, so I would urge 
all Members to oppose the gentleman's motion.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton), who is our ranking member on the 
Subcommittee for Highways and Transit.
  Ms. NORTON. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  We will, of course, continue to press for the DRIVE Act funding, the 
small amount of increased funding in conference. But I do want to thank 
Chairman Shuster, Ranking Member DeFazio, Subcommittee Chair Graves, 
and all of the Members and staff who contributed to the Surface 
Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act that has brought us to 
this point.
  Of course, many of us wanted to invest even more in desperately 
needed transportation and infrastructure projects. However, we simply 
can't wait any longer to address the crumbling roads, bridges, and 
transit systems that Americans depend on every day.
  While we will continue to press Congress to make more funding 
available in future years, I support moving this bill to conference as 
a means of providing necessary funding and certainty to our States and 
local partners for the next 6 years.
  While this is not a perfect bill--it is a most imperfect bill--it is 
encouraging that we were able to get together on both sides of the 
aisle to come together as a model for how we should proceed in the 
future.
  Passage is necessary to shore up the highway trust fund and allow 
critical projects to move forward around the country. Now, as we move 
to conference, I will continue to work with Ranking Member DeFazio and 
our Republican counterparts to see this bill across the finish line.
  Our work to ensure robust funding for our roads, bridges, and transit 
systems is just beginning. This bill is a good bridge to the future, 
but we must work diligently to identify and secure additional sources 
of revenue in coming years.
  This motion is a first step on the path to higher investment levels. 
I look forward to working with the Senate to produce a comprehensive 
bill for the President to sign.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Again, I want to thank all the Members that have worked on this bill. 
I know that the two Members on the floor here are valued members of the 
committee.
  Again, I oppose the instruction because I believe it really--we have 
got a delicate balance here; and a strong position moving into the 
Senate to get this over the goal line and get ourselves a long-term, 
multiyear highway transportation bill is just something that I think we 
all want. It is all good for the country.
  The gentleman brings up some good points on the funding of it. As 
soon as we get this bill passed, on the President's desk and signed, we 
have really got to sit down with the stakeholder community and Members 
on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the Capitol, people around 
the States, and figure out a way to move forward in the future to have 
a fully funded, robust transportation highway trust fund.
  So again, I appreciate what the gentleman is saying, but, again, at 
this point, I urge opposition to this motion to instruct.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully request an ``aye'' vote.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to instruct.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to instruct.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to instruct will be followed by a 5-minute 
vote on agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the Journal, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 179, 
nays 239, not voting 15, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 625]

                               YEAS--179

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--239

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert

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     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Cleaver
     Coffman
     Cole
     DeFazio
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Fattah
     Hanna
     Jeffries
     Meeks
     Payne
     Rush
     Takai
     Velazquez
     Wagner

                              {time}  1207

  Messrs. AMODEI, BRADY of Texas, STIVERS, DIAZ-BALART, CHAFFETZ, 
COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, ROKITA, FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY DAVIS of 
Illinois, Ms. GRANGER, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah changed their vote from 
``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Ms. WILSON of Florida changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to instruct was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 625, on the motion to 
instruct conferees on H.R. 22 by Mr. Huffman of California, I was 
unavoidably detained and unable to cast my vote. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``no.''


                          personal explanation

  Mr. TAKAI. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, November 5, 2015, I was absent 
from the House due to illness. Due to my absence, I am not recorded on 
any legislative measures for the day. I would like the record to 
reflect how I would have voted had I been present for legislative 
business.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 618, the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, as amended.
  I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 619, the Schakowsky of 
Illinois Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
  I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 620, the Mullin of Oklahoma 
Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
  I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 621, the Burgess of Texas 
Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
  I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 622, the Neugebauer of Texas 
Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
  I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 623, the Adoption of the House 
Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 22.
  I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 624, the Motion to go to 
Conference on the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 22.
  I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 625, the Motion to Instruct 
Conferees on the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 22.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, on November 4th and 5th, I missed the 
following votes due to a medical emergency. If I would have been 
present, I would have voted:
  On vote No. 607, on agreeing to the Perry Amendment, I would have 
voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 608, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number 
2, I would have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 609, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number 
3, I would have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 610, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number 
4, I would have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 611, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number 
5, I would have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 612, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number 
6, I would have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 613, on agreeing to the Rothfus Amendment, I would have 
voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 614, on agreeing to the Royce Amendment, I would have 
voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 615, on agreeing to the Schweikert Amendment, I would 
have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 616, on agreeing to the Westmoreland Amendment, I would 
have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 617, on agreeing to the Young of Iowa Amendment, I would 
have voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 618, on Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass S. 1365 as 
Amended, I would voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 619, on agreeing to the Schakowsky Amendment, I would 
have voted ``aye.''
  On vote No. 620, on agreeing to the Mullin Amendment, I would have 
voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 621, on agreeing to the Burgess Amendment, I would have 
voted ``no.''
  On vote No. 622, on agreeing to the Neugebauer Amendment I would have 
voted ``aye.''
  On vote No. 623, on Agreeing to Amendments En Gros, I would have 
voted ``aye.''
  On vote No. 624, on Motion to go to Conference, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  On vote No. 625, on Motion to Instruct Conferees, I would have voted 
``aye.''

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