[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5121-5126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAX DEDUCTION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2015

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 200, 
I call up the bill (H.R. 622) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales 
taxes, and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 200, the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Ways and Means, printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed 
in part A of House Report 114-74 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, 
is considered read.
  The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

                                H.R. 622

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Sales Tax 
     Deduction Fairness Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF DEDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL 
                   GENERAL SALES TAXES.

       (a) In General.--Section 164(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (I).
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2014.

     SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on 
     either PAYGO scoreboard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) 
     of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady) and the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis) each will control 30 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.

                              {time}  1045


                             GENERAL LEAVE

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and to include extraneous materials on H.R. 622, the State and 
Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I want to thank my colleagues, Jim McDermott and Marsha Blackburn, 
for joining me in leading the fight to make this middle class tax 
provision permanent.
  This provision is about tax fairness and equal treatment. If 
taxpayers in income tax States can deduct their State and local income 
taxes, so should residents of sales tax States. That, in America, is 
just fair.
  This provision helps hard-working taxpayers keep a little more of 
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they earn, which is even more important to families, given their 
stagnant paychecks over the past number of years. More than 10 million 
American taxpayers in nine States depend on this commonsense deduction, 
and the dollars that stay in the local community help grow their 
community rather than grow Washington's economy.
  A permanent State and local sales tax deduction provides certainty to 
American families, makes Federal budget scorekeeping more honest, and 
removes the asterisk from this temporary provision so the progrowth tax 
reform can advance.
  It is certainly important to Texas. Since it has been restored, my 
neighbors have saved more than $10 billion, which buys a lot of school 
clothes, gas for your car, and helps with rising college costs.
  To be sure, this provision isn't reserved just for sales tax States. 
It allows all American taxpayers to choose whether they deduct their 
State and local income taxes or their State and local sales taxes, 
whichever is greater. That is fair. That is equal treatment.
  Let's be honest. Extending this provision temporarily year after 
year, which is exactly what has been done since 2004, that won't cost 
any more than making it permanent today and creating that certainty and 
fairness for taxpayers.
  I want to urge my colleagues to join me in supporting middle class 
families by making this provision permanent.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such 
time as I may consume.
  The State and local sales tax deduction is an important tax provision 
for Americans living in States without a State income tax who cannot 
take advantage of the State and local income tax deduction.
  Although I support this deduction as an important alternative for 
taxpayers in States without income taxes, H.R. 622 is fiscally 
irresponsible, given that it permanently extends this deduction without 
any offsets.
  Frankly, I am quite surprised that the Republican leadership is 
advancing this bill that would add $42 billion to the deficit. Just 
last year, then-Chairman Dave Camp proposed eliminating the State and 
local sales tax deduction in the Republican tax reform draft. At that 
time, current Chairman Ryan said he approved of eliminating the sales 
tax provision before us.
  Further, just last month, the Republican leadership presented a 
budget that requires offsetting the cost of any tax extenders that are 
made permanent with other revenue measures. Indeed, the GOP budget 
principle is in line with the Republican tax reform draft last year, 
which adopted a fiscally responsible approach.
  I am at a loss to understand why the Republican leadership is adding 
$42 billion to our deficit to permanently extend a provision it thinks 
should be repealed. This bill coupled with the next bill under 
consideration would add over $300 billion to our deficit, almost half 
of the amount the Republican budget said we must cut from domestic 
discretionary spending.
  The Republican budget said that we had to cut $759 billion over the 
next 10 years in domestic discretionary spending in the name of fiscal 
prudence but can throw $300 billion to the wind for a provision that 
they have proposed eliminating in tax reform.
  We need to provide certainty to taxpayers in affected States that the 
sales tax deduction will be available to them this year, and then we 
need to focus on comprehensive reform. This bill moves us farther away 
from tax reform, not closer.
  In addition to being fiscally irresponsible, this bill coupled with 
the next one under consideration reflect misplaced priorities for this 
House; rather than pushing a piecemeal, deficit-inflating agenda, we 
should be helping hard-working American families by raising the minimum 
wage, ensuring equal pay for equal work, making college more affordable 
by increasing the Pell grants and improving student loans, helping low-
income families afford quality child care, encouraging work via 
effective tax programs, improving investment in low-income communities, 
and strengthening the research innovation and competitiveness of our 
Nation, just to name a few critical efforts on which we should focus.
  I am ready to work with the majority on tax reform. However, I cannot 
support this piecemeal, fiscally irresponsible approach, and I urge my 
colleagues to oppose this bill.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ 
minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Reichert), the leader of 
our tax reform subcommittee and a champion in restoring the State and 
local sales tax deduction.
  Mr. REICHERT. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for 
allowing me time to speak, recognizing that Texas is also affected--one 
of the States affected by this bill, as well as Washington State, which 
is the State where I come from, and several other States.
  I rise to support H.R. 622, the State and Local Sales Tax Deduction 
Fairness Act. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this legislation.
  Madam Speaker, this bill is really about two things. It is about 
fairness, and it is about certainty. Fairness because Washington is one 
of, as I said, several States without an income tax--and by allowing 
this deduction of State and local taxes, this legislation will put 
Washingtonians on the same level as those people who live in States 
that have an income tax. That is all. It is plain and simple. It is 
fairness. That is all we are asking for in this bill.
  Certainty because people work hard, they pay their sales taxes, and 
at the end of the year, they want to know for sure that they can deduct 
their sales taxes.
  That is all it is, fairness and certainty. Fairness puts us on parity 
with the rest of the States across the country and certainty in 
allowing those people in the State of Washington, Texas, and others to 
know that, when they spend and pay their sales taxes, they can deduct 
those from their Federal income taxes at the end of the year. That is 
it.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I continue to reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, I am proud to honor and yield 2 
minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sam Johnson), one of the key 
leaders of the Ways and Means Committee who has been in this fight to 
successfully restore and extend the sales tax deduction for many years.
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I thank my good friend and 
Texan, Mr. Brady, for yielding to me.
  Madam Speaker, today, we are voting on a bill that is long overdue, a 
bill that would permanently allow taxpayers, including most especially 
my constituents, to permanently deduct the State and local sales taxes 
that they pay.
  Back in 2004, I was part of the effort that brought back this 
important tax deduction. Unfortunately, as many of my constituents know 
too well, this deduction is not permanent. Because it is not permanent, 
Congress has had to renew it almost every year. This creates 
uncertainty for taxpayers.
  That is why this bill is so important. By making this deduction 
permanent, we can provide taxpayers with the certainty that they 
deserve, but this bill isn't just about providing certainty; it is 
about providing fairness.
  Right now, taxpayers in States with income taxes can permanently 
deduct their State and local income taxes; but, in States without an 
income tax, like Texas, taxpayers can't permanently deduct their State 
and local sales taxes. That is wrong, and that is unfair.
  It shouldn't matter what type of State and local taxes we are talking 
about. If the IRS allows folks to permanently deduct their income 
taxes, it ought to also allow so for sales taxes. The IRS shouldn't 
discriminate against hard-working taxpayers in other States like Texas.
  With many hard-working Americans, taxpayers are trying to make ends

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meet. Every dollar in the pocketbook makes a difference.
  In closing, I would like to thank my good friend, Mr. Brady, for his 
work on this important bill, and I urge my colleagues to support it.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time 
as I may consume.
  Again, I emphasize my surprise at Republican priorities before us. 
This week, the Joint Economic Committee issued a report on the economic 
challenges facing the African American community. The findings are 
stark and detail the significant racial inequities in employment, 
earnings, wealth, and poverty.
  The report shows that the median income of African American 
households is $34,600, nearly $24,000 less than the median income of 
White households. Black Americans are nearly three times more likely to 
live in poverty than White Americans.
  At 10.1 percent, the current unemployment rate for Black Americans is 
more than double that for White Americans. In my congressional 
district, the rate of Black unemployment is 24.5 percent compared to 
only 5.1 percent for White unemployment.
  These facts exemplify the extraordinary growth of inequality in 
recent years. Massive inequality and the injustices which flow from the 
great imbalance grips so many of our neighborhoods, so many of our 
towns and villages, so many of our people who need and deserve the 
opportunity to share in all of our Nation's potential and all that it 
has to offer.
  These are the topics on which policymakers should focus, not hundreds 
of billions of dollars in piecemeal tax cuts for the wealthiest 
corporations and heirs to estates over $10 million. The Republican 
budget proposes to raise taxes on 26 million working families and 
students by discontinuing important improvements to the earned income 
tax credit, the child tax credit, and education tax credits.
  The Republican budget proposes making college more costly by freezing 
the maximum Pell grant award, eliminating mandatory Pell funding, 
reducing eligibility for Pell grants, eliminating the in-school 
interest subsidy, and cutting the Public Service Loan Forgiveness 
Program.
  The Republican budget would end Medicare as we know it and proposes 
undermining the retirement and employee benefits of Federal workers and 
postal workers. It cuts funding for the Internal Revenue Service, which 
results in less revenue for our government, undermines taxpayer 
assistance, and encourages fraud.
  We should focus on repairing our Tax Code and enacting policies to 
help hard-working Americans share in the economic opportunity enjoyed 
by the wealthiest Americans and most profitable companies.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to 
the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Herrera Beutler), a distinguished 
Member of the House who has been fighting for the State and local sales 
tax deduction and, as a new mom, understands just how expensive it is 
to raise families these days.

                              {time}  1100

  Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this 
issue, Mr. Speaker, which is so important to the residents in my State, 
the people whom I serve. I encourage folks to support permanently 
extending the State and local sales tax deduction.
  I was listening to the previous speaker, and I don't think he was 
really focused on this bill. This bill is about ensuring that residents 
of Washington and of seven other States are treated equally, that their 
income taxes are treated equally by the Federal Tax Code. It is a 
fairness issue. It is also about eliminating the uncertainty that comes 
at the eleventh hour every year when Congress reauthorizes this as a 1-
year deal.
  Residents from 40 other States get to deduct their State income taxes 
from their Federal taxes, but residents of Washington State don't have 
that option. We pay one of the highest sales taxes in the country, and 
without the option to deduct our State sales tax, we are forced to 
carry a higher amount of the Federal burden. Mr. Speaker, that is not 
right.
  Since it is my job to fight for the residents of Washington State, 
let me also mention that folks in the Evergreen State have been the 
highest beneficiaries of the State and local sales tax deduction. More 
Washingtonians use it than any other State. My predecessor, who was a 
Democrat, was a big proponent of this bill as well.
  At a time when several counties in southwest Washington are still in 
economic recovery, we need to make sure that families who have already 
dutifully paid their fair share of taxes get to keep a little bit more 
of their money. $602 is the average claim from a State sales tax 
deduction. A mom in Chehalis, Washington, can make $602 go a long way. 
When she spends it on groceries, on gas, or on new soccer cleats for 
the kids, that money is going back into the local economy, and it is 
generating more economic activity.
  We often hear about ``fairness'' when it comes to the Tax Code, and I 
believe in fairness for hard-working taxpayers and for job-creating 
businesses. What better way to provide fairness than to seize this 
opportunity before us today to permanently etch this provision into our 
Tax Code. This bill helps families, and it helps local economies. I ask 
my colleagues to support it.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black), one of our key members of the 
Ways and Means Committee who has been fighting for this as a 
Representative from Tennessee, and as a small business owner, she knows 
how expensive it is for families who work and live along Main Street.
  Mrs. BLACK. I want to thank my good friend and colleague for leading 
this effort.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the State and Local 
Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act.
  My home State of Tennessee is proud to be one of the eight States 
without a State income tax. In fact, such a tax is, actually, 
explicitly banned in our constitution. We do, however, have a State and 
local sales tax, which could be as high as 9.75 percent in parts of my 
district.
  Taxpayers in other States are able to deduct their State income taxes 
on their Federal returns, and it only makes sense that Tennesseans 
should be able to do the same when it comes to their State and local 
sales tax. In 2012, more than 18 percent of Tennesseans did exactly 
that, getting an average deduction of $404; but too often, my 
constituents haven't been able to count on this tax credit being 
available to them from one year to the next. So, today, let's do 
something different.
  Let's ensure that this tax provision for families, which they rely 
upon, is not subject to a political tug of war here in Washington. 
Let's help our small businesses plan for tomorrow by giving them peace 
of mind that this credit will be there for them now and in the future, 
and let's make the State and local sales tax deduction permanent by 
passing this bipartisan bill.
  Mr. Speaker, this is, after all, a matter of fairness. I urge a 
``yes'' vote on H.R. 622.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I have no further 
requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I rise today to thank the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, 
Mr. Paul Ryan, for bringing this measure to the floor and for offering 
hope to taxpayers in States across the country that they will be 
treated fairly.
  Mr. Ryan is making tax reform--fixing this broken Tax Code and 
reining in the IRS--a top priority. This measure actually helps take us 
a step toward that by creating certainty for taxpayers in sales tax 
States by creating more honest scorekeeping in budgeting. Because we 
are going to extend this temporarily, it makes no difference in our 
doing it permanently,

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but it helps create that honest scorekeeping, and it removes the 
asterisk from this provision so we can do tax reform, which creates a 
much healthier economy.
  If you support fairness for taxpayers in sales tax States as well as 
those that have income taxes, if you believe we ought not to 
discriminate depending on where you live, and that we ought not force 
States into income taxes that believe a sales tax is the right way to 
go, this measure is for you.
  I acknowledge the President has threatened a veto on this bill. I 
guess my question is: Why turn your back on hard-working taxpayers? 
Middle class economics means helping families keep more of what they 
earn, especially those who are living paycheck to paycheck.
  Today, we will stand for families and fairness in making sure they 
can keep a little bit more of what they earn. I urge support for a 
permanent extension of the important State and local sales tax 
deduction.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Collins of Georgia). All time for debate 
has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 200, the previous question is ordered on 
the bill, as amended.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. NEAL. I am opposed to the bill in its current form.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
  The Clerk will report the motion to recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Neal moves to recommit the bill H.R. 622 to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:

       Strike section 2 and insert the following:

     SEC. 2. NO INCREASE IN DEFICIT OR DELAY OF COMPREHENSIVE TAX 
                   REFORM.

        Nothing in this Act shall result in--
       (1) an increase in the deficit, or
       (2) a delay or weakening of efforts to adopt a permanent 
     extension of the election to deduct State and local sales 
     taxes, so long as such extension is accomplished in a 
     fiscally responsible manner.

     SEC. 3. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF DEDUCTION STATE AND LOCAL 
                   GENERAL SALES TAX.

       (a) In General.--Section 164(b)(5)(I) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``January 1, 
     2015'' and inserting ``January 1, 2016''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2014.

  Mr. NEAL (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 Massachusetts?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, my friend Mr. Brady spoke eloquently, as 
always, about the notion of fundamental tax reform. I mean, a 
reasonable mind in this Chamber might ask: When? The chairman is not 
even here this morning. He sends out as the starting pitcher his ace 
reliever, Mr. Brady, to defend what we all know in the end is going to 
be a 1-year extension of this tax provision.
  Friends, this is a messaging amendment. By the way, after they get 
done today with repealing the estate tax, perhaps we could move in this 
Chamber to call this now the ``House of Lords,'' where it might be 
peerage and peer review that brings us here.
  Mr. Speaker, it is April. The birds are chirping; the flowers are 
blooming; the days are getting longer; and the nights are getting 
warmer. Spring has sprung. The onset of spring brings with it a new 
baseball season--that time of year when hope springs eternal and every 
fan thinks his team has a fair shot of claiming baseball glory and 
immortality.
  However, for the fans of bipartisan tax reform, the Republicans are 
saying here in April: wait until next year.
  Yesterday was the 100th day of the 114th Congress. It is 100 days up, 
100 days down, and we are no closer to making tax reform a reality. Our 
Republican friends have wasted 4 months of valuable time and have 
nothing to show for it. They have whiffed on the 10 permanent tax 
extender bills that they have passed this year. Not one of these bills 
has become law nor will any become law. The President has made that 
clear, and he has issued a veto threat on every one of these bills.
  Contrast this with the Senate Finance Committee. Rather than pursuing 
a minor league strategy of passing one partisan, unpaid-for, permanent 
tax extender bill after another on party-line votes, adding to the 
deficits, they are working together to move forward on bipartisan tax 
reform.
  Democrats have no quarrel with the bill that is before us today but 
for one exception: State and local sales tax deduction promotes tax 
fairness for the States that do not impose a State income tax. It only 
makes sense that, if taxpayers in income tax States can deduct their 
State and local taxes, so should the residents of sales tax States. We 
support making State and local sales tax deductions eventually 
permanent but not at the cost of $42 billion a year being added to the 
deficit. This is how they have done all of these tax extenders--the 
party, by the way, that frequently will have us believe that they are 
champions of fiscal responsibility.
  Mr. Speaker, we are prepared to step up to the plate as Democrats and 
pass a bipartisan tax reform bill that really hits it out of the park 
for middle class people, that creates jobs, that gives special 
interests a little chin music--or, as we call it, the ``brushback''--
and that ushers in lasting economic growth, much the same as we 
experienced during the Clinton years here in America: surpluses for 
years, growth unprecedented. There were 23 million new jobs created 
during those years. That is the experience that we should be talking 
about today.
  The chairman of our committee, my friend, Mr. Ryan, is always saying 
that this committee can walk and chew gum at the same time. Guess what? 
I believe him.
  So, Mr. Chairman, do we prefer Wrigley's, Hubba Bubba, or, maybe, the 
classic Big League Chew?
  Let's get on to the third inning and get tax reform done, and let's 
stop procrastinating in front of the American people.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of a point 
of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation of the point of order is 
withdrawn.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I claim the time in opposition to 
the gentleman's motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this motion is what people sort of 
hate about Washington.
  We say we stand for fairness for taxpayers in sales tax States but 
only for a few more months. We say we don't want to discriminate 
between you and people who are in income tax States but only for a few 
more months. Up here, Washington says, Look, we think you ought to keep 
more of what you have earned because it is expensive to raise a family 
but only for a few more months because we in Washington, they say, have 
the power to yank this any time we want.
  The truth of the matter is it is so expensive to raise families these 
days, and our Tax Code picks winners and losers all the time. What this 
provision does is make permanent the fairness to ensure taxpayers 
across America are treated equally, that this Tax Code doesn't 
discriminate, that you can keep a little more of the money it takes to 
raise your family, to buy that gas, to buy the school clothes, to pay 
the utilities. That is all that this law does.

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                              {time}  1115

  It is a step toward tax reform and reining in the IRS because it 
removes the asterisks from this temporary provision we extend year 
after year at the same cost. It is really about honest budgeting, 
because those who claim there is a huge cost of this, they are going to 
vote and have voted to extend this. So there is no difference there. It 
is just a talking point. At the end of the day, this creates a 
certainty for our taxpayers, removes that asterisk from a temporary 
provision, and moves us forward to progrowth tax reform that creates a 
much healthier economy and creates a Tax Code that is fair, flatter, 
and simpler.
  I urge support for permanently helping families with their costs and 
lowering the cost of their taxes. I urge support for this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX 
and the order of the House of today, this 15-minute vote on the motion 
to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.R. 622, 
if ordered; the motion to recommit on H.R. 1105; and passage of H.R. 
1105, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 179, 
nays 243, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 158]

                               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
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     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
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     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
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (MS)
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--243

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Black
     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)
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     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
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     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 (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     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
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     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--9

     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Duncan (SC)
     Gosar
     Perry
     Ruiz
     Schrader
     Smith (WA)
     Welch

                              {time}  1145

  Messrs. PALMER, WALKER, Mrs. LOVE, Messrs. STUTZMAN, BRIDENSTINE and 
THOMPSON of California changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. ASHFORD, DeSAULNIER, FATTAH, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK and Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 272, 
nays 152, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 159]

                               YEAS--272

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith

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     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Hinojosa
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     Kilmer
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Larsen (WA)
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Sean
     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 (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Veasey
     Vela
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Wasserman Schultz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                               NAYS--152

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brownley (CA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Blackburn
     Duncan (SC)
     Gosar
     Perry
     Ruiz
     Smith (WA)
     Welch


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1154

  Mr. CUMMINGS and Mrs. LAWRENCE changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 159 on 
H.R. 622, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have 
voted ``yes.''

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