[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6075-6098]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2016

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 223 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. 2028.
  Will the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) kindly take the chair.

                              {time}  2310


                     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. 2028) making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, and for other purposes, with Mr. Collins of Georgia (Chair) 
in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, an 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers) had been 
disposed of, and the bill had been read through page 57, line 11.


                       Announcement by the Chair

  The 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:
  Amendment by Mr. McClintock of California.

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  Amendment by Mr. Ruiz of California.
  Amendment by Mr. Griffith of Virginia.
  Amendment by Mr. Swalwell of California.
  Amendment by Mr. Byrne of Alabama.
  Amendment by Mr. McClintock of California.
  Amendment by Mr. Ellison of Minnesota.
  Amendment by Mr. Swalwell of California.
  Amendment by Mr. Quigley of Illinois.
  Amendment by Mr. Garamendi of California.
  Amendment by Mr. Hudson of North Carolina.
  Amendment by Mr. Sanford of South Carolina.
  Amendment by Mr. Burgess of Texas.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
in this series.


                  Amendment Offered by Mr. McClintock

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
McClintock) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 126, 
noes 295, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 195]

                               AYES--126

     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Benishek
     Bishop (MI)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Burgess
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Collins (GA)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Culberson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gohmert
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lance
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Marchant
     Massie
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mulvaney
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Olson
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Perry
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Walberg
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Zinke

                               NOES--295

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Kuster
     Lamborn
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothfus
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2314

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


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Ruiz

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Ruiz) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 172, 
noes 249, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 196]

                               AYES--172

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amash
     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
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Doggett
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kuster
     Langevin

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     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yoho

                               NOES--249

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     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
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2317

  Mrs. DINGELL changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Griffith

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith) 
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 177, 
noes 244, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 197]

                               AYES--177

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Renacci
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Walberg
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Zinke

                               NOES--244

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amash
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks (AL)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Graham
     Graves (GA)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter

[[Page 6078]]


     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salmon
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Yoho
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2320

  Mr. AMODEI 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. Swalwell of California

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Swalwell) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 173, 
noes 248, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 198]

                               AYES--173

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brat
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Grayson
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     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
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Rice (NY)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yoho

                               NOES--248

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Delaney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     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
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Larsen (WA)
     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
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2324

  Mr. PAYNE 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. Byrne

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Byrne) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 139, 
noes 282, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 199]

                               AYES--139

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Barr
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Collins (GA)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Hardy
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.

[[Page 6079]]


     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mooney (WV)
     Mulvaney
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (MO)
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Walberg
     Walker
     Walorski
     Weber (TX)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho

                               NOES--282

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moolenaar
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roby
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Westerman
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2327

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


                  Amendment Offered by Mr. McClintock

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
McClintock) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 110, 
noes 311, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 200]

                               AYES--110

     Amash
     Babin
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Collins (GA)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Culberson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Grothman
     Harris
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Jenkins (KS)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     LaMalfa
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Messer
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mulvaney
     Neugebauer
     Olson
     Palmer
     Perry
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Roe (TN)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (MO)
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Walberg
     Weber (TX)
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho

                               NOES--311

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Graham
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mica
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell

[[Page 6080]]


     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Rothfus
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Westerman
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2330

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


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Ellison

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison) 
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 175, 
noes 246, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 201]

                               AYES--175

     Adams
     Amash
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brownley (CA)
     Burgess
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Crowley
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DelBene
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Gowdy
     Grayson
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Holding
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Huizenga (MI)
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Labrador
     Langevin
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Massie
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Meadows
     Meeks
     Meng
     Miller (FL)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Stutzman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Velazquez
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Woodall
     Yoho

                               NOES--246

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capuano
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Castro (TX)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frelinghuysen
     Gibbs
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Himes
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Murphy (PA)
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Ruppersberger
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Torres
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Veasey
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2332

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


            Amendment Offered by Mr. Swalwell of California

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Swalwell) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 202, 
noes 219, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 202]

                               AYES--202

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (AL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)

[[Page 6081]]


     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Harris
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Reichert
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Zeldin

                               NOES--219

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     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
     Price, Tom
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     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 (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     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
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2335

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


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Quigley

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley) 
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 164, 
noes 257, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 203]

                               AYES--164

     Adams
     Amash
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Crowley
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Grayson
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Massie
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Rohrabacher
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sires
     Speier
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Yoho

                               NOES--257

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gabbard
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren

[[Page 6082]]


     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Ruppersberger
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vela
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2339

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


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

  The 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 149, 
noes 272, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 204]

                               AYES--149

     Adams
     Amash
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Brady (PA)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Capps
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Crowley
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Grayson
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Massie
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Nolan
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sires
     Speier
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Yoho

                               NOES--272

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capuano
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gabbard
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Torres
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2342

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


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Hudson

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. 
Hudson) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 143, 
noes 278, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 205]

                               AYES--143

     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan

[[Page 6083]]


     Burgess
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Collins (GA)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Culberson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Jenkins (KS)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kline
     Knight
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Neugebauer
     Olson
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Walberg
     Walker
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Zinke

                               NOES--278

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duncan (SC)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hultgren
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Jones
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Labrador
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moolenaar
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rogers (KY)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2345

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


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Sanford

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. 
Sanford) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 171, 
noes 250, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 206]

                               AYES--171

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Collins (GA)
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Culberson
     Davis, Rodney
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hardy
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt (VA)
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kline
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mooney (WV)
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Walberg
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Zinke

                               NOES--250

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duncan (SC)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.

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     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Knight
     Kuster
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moolenaar
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rogers (KY)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NJ)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Young (IA)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2347

  Mr. GUTHRIE 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. Burgess

  The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 232, 
noes 189, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 207]

                               AYES--232

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     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 (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     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 (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     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
     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)
     Zinke

                               NOES--189

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Barr
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Fattah
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Graves (LA)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     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
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Buck
     Cummings
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Lewis
     Smith (WA)
     Wagner
     Wasserman Schultz
     Yarmuth
     Young (IN)


                       Announcement by the Chair

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

                              {time}  2350

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


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Barton

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

       In the Account ``Office of the Assistant Secretary of the 
     Army for Civil Works.'' After the dollar amount, insert 
     (increased by $30,000,000) (decreased by $30,000,000).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from Texas 
and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. BARTON. Mr. Chairman, I had offered an amendment for the Record 
that was a very specific amendment, and I am going to read that:


[[Page 6085]]

       The Secretary shall accept from the Trinity River Authority 
     of Texas, if received by October 31, 2015, $30,191,026 as 
     payment in full of amounts owed to the United States, 
     including any accrued interest, for water supply storage 
     space in Joe Pool Lake, Texas, previously known as Lakeview 
     Lake, under contract No. DACW63-76-C-0106.

  Mr. Chairman, this amendment was approved by the Corps of Engineers, 
approved by the Trinity River Authority, and approved by the 
municipalities that are obligated to purchase water that is stored in 
this lake. However, only one of those municipalities is actually taking 
the water, and because of a very high interest rate, it would never be 
feasible for the water to be taken by the three municipalities that are 
not taking it. Under this agreement, the Trinity River Authority would 
pay all principal and accrued interest but at an interest rate of a 
little over 2 percent.
  The Corps has accepted it. The municipalities have accepted it. The 
State of Texas has accepted it. It has all been accepted. The committee 
of authorizing jurisdiction is supportive of it, which is the 
Transportation Committee. In principle, on policy, the appropriators of 
the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle are supportive.
  However, there is a point of order against the amendment as 
originally drafted. I respect that point of order. I respect the 
subcommittee chairman and the ranking member, and I respect the full 
committee chairman, so I have drafted the substitute amendment, which 
there is no point of order against. I am told that, if accepted, this 
will have an effect that, if the appropriators support it in principle, 
the Corps will accept it, and the municipalities will accept it, and we 
will get this problem solved.
  I want to emphasize that the United States Government is going to get 
all of its money back with interest at the prevailing market rate of 
the little over 2 percent that exists today. This is not a giveaway. 
This is literally found money that goes back to the Corps of Engineers, 
and they, under the leadership of the subcommittee that Mr. Simpson and 
Ms. Kaptur are responsible for, can designate that money however they 
think it is best to be obligated.
  I ask for the chairman of the subcommittee to enter into a colloquy 
to see if he accepts this amendment in principle and is willing to work 
with me and Ms. Johnson to implement it in the appropriate fashion at 
the appropriate time.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BARTON. I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I understand what the gentleman would like 
to do and how it would be helpful to his constituents. I would be happy 
to continue the discussion of this issue to see if there is anything 
that this subcommittee can do. I will not oppose this amendment, and I 
will try to help accomplish this goal that the gentleman is trying to 
achieve. It is amazing to me that, when everybody agrees on something, 
how hard it can still be to get it done.
  Mr. BARTON. In reclaiming my time, we are trying to give money to the 
Federal Government that your subcommittee can use. It is a good 
amendment. I appreciate your support, Mr. Chairman.
  I reserve the balance of my time.

                              {time}  0000

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I seek time in 
opposition, although I am not opposed to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Let me thank my friend and 
colleague from my home State of Texas (Mr. Barton), who I share the 
lake with.
  This is a commonsense amendment. I want to thank all of those who 
have helped to arrive at this acceptable language for this amendment.
  The language of the amendment has been scored by the Congressional 
Budget Office and has a zero score. More importantly, the amendment 
would provide a revenue for the government. It would make good on 
unintended consequences that came as a result of a now antiquated 
metric of calculating costs for such projects.
  In the 1986 WRDA bill, Congress recognized this mistake in its 
formulas for rates and added a provision allowing for the recalculation 
of such project rates for ever 5 years, but it was not retroactive.
  This amendment will enable the Trinity River Authority to make a 
final payment to the Corps of Engineers, begin providing water supply 
and storage, and allow the Federal Government to finally begin 
collecting revenue on this investment.
  I will remind my colleagues these contracts are congressionally 
approved, but this contract was agreed to on terms no longer favorable 
to the U.S. Government.
  The original formula has tripled the valuation of the project, and as 
it stands, the project will never be completed, and we will never 
collect on the contract. There is no existing obligation to pay for the 
completion of the project, so what we have now is a half-completed 
project and no path forward for the government to collect on its 
investment.
  This is revenue for our government. It has a zero CBO score, and it 
is a commonsense amendment.
  I urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment, and I thank all those 
who helped us to arrive at this point.
  Mr. BARTON. Will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from 
Texas.
  Mr. BARTON. Is it not true there literally is an escrow account in 
Texas with $30 million in it that they wish to send to the Federal 
Government?
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. That is true. They are ready to 
pay it.
  Mr. BARTON. Is it not true that this is what we would call found 
money?
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Yes, indeed; $30 million is a lot 
of money for the government these days.
  Mr. BARTON. Is it also not true that, if Mr. Simpson and Ms. Kaptur 
and their subcommittee and the full committee accepts this and works in 
good faith to actually implement it, that the subcommittee and the full 
committee can use these unobligated funds in whatever fashion they see 
best for programs within the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers?
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. That is true.
  Mr. BARTON. I thank the gentlewoman.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. BARTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Barton).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. 
Pingree).
  Ms. PINGREE. I thank the ranking member for yielding, and thank you 
to our ranking member and the chair for the good work that they have 
done on this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise to add my voice to those in support of water 
power and the Bonamici-Perry-Pingree amendment.
  This amendment provides a modest increase in funding for the 
Department of Energy's Water Power Program, but that modest increase 
will make a big difference in developing new sources of clean energy, 
tidal power, and hydropower from all across the country.
  I have seen this program work firsthand in the State of Maine. Ocean 
Renewable Power Company has taken advantage of this program and 
leveraged these modest investments into a company that has created or 
retained over a hundred jobs in every part of our State and directly 
pumped over $25 million into our economy.
  Tidal and river power projects create jobs in areas where they are 
needed

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most, in Eastport, Maine, for example, or in rural villages in Alaska. 
These projects lower energy prices and create jobs. For some remote 
communities, creating these new forms of clean energy is a matter of 
survival.
  These projects are examples of American technology and know-how at 
work. By creating homegrown solutions to our energy needs, we are 
investing in our communities and developing technology that the rest of 
the world wants to buy from us. Most importantly of all, this allows us 
to keep the money we spend on energy right here in America.
  This Department of Energy program supports private sector research 
and development and implementation of water power technology that 
creates these jobs and these new sources of clean energy. This modest 
increase in funding will translate directly into jobs and an increase 
in the supply of clean renewable energy across the country.
  Ms. KAPTUR. I want to thank Congresswoman Pingree of Maine for her 
efforts here this evening and for her dedication to renewable energy, 
including in the tidal arena.
  I yield back the balance of my time.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Abraham

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

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, 
     or enforce Executive Order 13690 (entitled ``Establishing a 
     Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for 
     Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input'').

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 233, the gentleman from 
Louisiana and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Louisiana.
  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Chairman, we are here today because, with the stroke 
of a pen, President Obama has threatened decades of work by Americans 
and local governments to combat flooding.
  Executive Order No. 13690 establishes a Federal Flood Risk Management 
Standard that greatly expands the area defined as flood plain and 
imposes unreasonable standards on any Federal activities in that 
expanded flood plain.
  The administration crafted this policy in secret, without input on 
its merits from local officials or stakeholders, those stakeholders 
that will have to live with this policy.
  The Office of Management and Budget predicts that this standard will 
significantly increase the cost of living and doing business in all 
areas that are at any risk of flooding.
  This is just another case of the President imposing his climate 
change politics on hard-working Americans. This new standard will have 
a real devastating impact on communities throughout the country.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment that will prohibit 
funding for this woefully shortsighted executive order.
  I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Louisiana, Dr. Boustany, my 
good friend.
  Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Chairman, the administration continues to rule 
using executive orders and a top-down approach without taking 
stakeholder voices into account. That is arbitrary, and it is just 
wrong.
  This Federal Flood Risk Management Standard is a case in point 
established by executive order. The President solicited no public input 
on its merits before charging full speed ahead. This is horrible for 
Louisiana. It will be devastating for our coastal communities, 
inhibiting their ability to grow and develop.
  This order affects critical programs like disaster preparedness 
assistance and Federal highway and housing aid; yet no cost-benefit 
analysis was ever undertaken. This is just not the way things are 
supposed to work around here.
  I encourage all my colleagues who are concerned not only with the 
content of this, but the fly-by-night process by which this revision 
was proposed, to support our amendment and send a message to the 
administration that this will not stand.
  Mr. ABRAHAM. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. 
Scalise), our great friend and majority whip.
  Mr. SCALISE. I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Abraham, for his 
leadership on this issue.
  Mr. Chairman, if you look at this proposal, the way it came about, 
there was not the right kind of planning and the right kind of 
feedback, the right kind of working with people who have been working 
hard on flood protection structures.
  Mr. Chairman, this proposal by the President, if it were implemented, 
would actually make it harder to build flood protection projects. Why 
would the President want to bring forward a proposal that is going to 
make it harder for people to protect their homes from flooding?
  This isn't just a south Louisiana problem; this impacts the entire 
Nation. There are people all around the country that would not only be 
threatened by the inability to build stronger flood protection, but 
this would also lead to dramatic increases in insurance rates on 
homeowners.
  This proposal by the President is not only a solution in search of a 
problem; this is going to be a dangerous proposal that will have 
dramatically devastating impacts on families all across this Nation.
  This is a proposal that needs to be reversed. I support it.

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  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana 
(Mr. Graves).
  Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank Congressman 
Abraham for bringing this amendment up.
  I strongly support resiliency efforts, making our communities more 
resilient and our ecosystem more resilient. In this case, we are taking 
a standard that is universally considered to be a 100-year standard and 
bumping it, in many cases, to a 500-year standard.
  In the State of Louisiana, FEMA has gone through and tried to 
establish maps to determine a 100-year standard. We found areas where 
they are 6 feet off where they should be, yet we are going to try and 
go to a 500-year standard. I remind you, our Nation hasn't even been 
around that long.
  Most concerning, Mr. Chairman, is when you combine this proposed 
executive order with the Waters of the U.S. proposal that clearly 
states that flood plains are within the jurisdiction of the Federal 
Government, you suddenly grossly expand the Federal Government's 
jurisdiction over private property and prevent or obstruct or increase 
the cost of development on that private property.
  Lastly, Mr. Chairman, I just want to state that in December of last 
year, Congress raised strong concern about this, about the huge 
implications of this and, therefore, they put a provision in law that 
required that input from stakeholders occur before this executive order 
be put forth, and that was ignored.
  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. I rise in opposition the gentleman's amendment.
  It doesn't take a mental giant to see that floods are among the most 
costly and frequent of all nature's hazards.
  Between 1980 and 2013, the United States suffered more than $260 
billion worth of flood-related damages. Flooding accounts for 
approximately 85 percent of all disaster declarations in the country. 
And on average, more people die annually from flooding than any other 
natural disaster. I can tell you that even in the Midwest, which isn't 
one of the coastal communities, we have more significant storms of late 
and more rainfall and more flooding to deal with.
  The costs borne by the Federal taxpayer by flooding exceed any other 
natural hazard. Losses caused by flooding impact our economic 
prosperity, public health and safety, and our national security by 
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resources and increasing the frequency and cost of disaster relief.
  When you look at the cost of what FEMA has to spend to try to clean 
up everything from basements to neighborhoods, oh, my goodness. The 
millions and millions of dollars that go out, the billions of dollars 
that go out the door because of these disasters around the country 
related to flooding is huge.
  Flooding risks are anticipated to increase over time due to the 
continued occupation of flood-prone areas, the impacts of climate 
change, and other threats. That damage can be particularly severe to 
our Nation's infrastructure, including our buildings, roads, ports, 
industrial facilities, and even our coastal military installations.
  I actually have traveled to Louisiana, and my heart goes out to the 
people of New Orleans and all of the surrounding areas for what they 
suffered. But I can tell you, I was shocked to see that there were 
decisions made for land planning to absolutely rebuild where all the 
damage had occurred. I even made suggestions in the Ninth Ward inside 
New Orleans. I said: Why don't you leave that open for agriculture, so 
that when you get another big threat from the ocean, you won't harm as 
many people? It was as though no one wanted to listen.
  Well, God bless everyone, because nature we can't control. She does 
what she wants.
  Federal agencies will be given the flexibility to select the best 
approach for establishing the flood elevation and hazard area they use 
in siting, design, and construction: utilizing the best available 
actionable data and methods that integrate current and future changes 
in flooding based on science and experience; 2 or 3 feet of elevation, 
depending on the criticality of the building itself, above the 100-
year, or 1 percent, annual chance flood elevation; or a 500-year, or 
0.2 percent, annual chance flood elevation.
  The new flood standard will help reduce the risk and costs and, 
frankly, loss of life of future flood disasters by providing a margin 
of safety so that federally funded structures, facilities, and 
infrastructure last as long as intended.
  Why should we ask people who are living responsibly with the land and 
the forces of nature to pay for those who want to live irresponsibly 
with those same forces?
  It seems to me that one of the most cost-effective things we can do 
is to be sensible about our land planning for the future, so that we 
avoid the harm to human life and our built environment. We are more 
intelligent, we hope, than we were a century ago. We have a lot more 
data. We have a lot more experience, and it should influence our 
decisions from now into the future.
  I oppose the amendment and urge my colleagues to join me. Let's be 
responsible in this new century and minimize the harm, both to human 
life as well as taxpayers' pocketbooks.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Chairman, the good, hard-working people that live in 
these areas that would be affected now have not incurred floods in 
their lifetimes or in their generations of lifetimes before them, but 
this would impact some States up to 40 percent of their total landmass.
  This is unacceptable. Cost of flood insurance would go astronomically 
high in some cases. Federal overburden would again be an issue, and 
businesses could not function. Even existing businesses would be put 
out of business.
  This administration has violated the congressional intent in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2015 by crafting the Federal Flood 
Risk Management Standard without consulting the necessary officials and 
basing it on some climate issues that have no scientific basis at this 
point.
  This standard will affect both private and federally financed 
development in areas considered flood plain. This means certification 
and accreditation of new and improved levees, issuance of section 404 
Clean Water Act permits, issuance of federally backed mortgages, 
issuance of grants, construction of new transportation projects, and on 
and on would be affected.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Louisiana (Mr. Abraham).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

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

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act for 
     ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Science'' may be 
     used in contravention of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentlewoman from 
Texas and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, let me thank again the chairman of the 
subcommittee and the ranking member for their courtesy and, as well, 
for the work that they have done on this legislation.
  This amendment was in this bill in the 113th in the FY 2013 Energy 
and Water Resources. It is a continuing effort to ensure that we focus 
on the need for science, technology, engineering, and math among 
minority populations in the United States.
  The amendment prohibits the use of funds made available for science 
in title III of the Department of Energy programs to be used in 
contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act, and 
addresses the need to increase programs that educate minorities in 
science, technology, engineering, and math.
  Some almost 20 years ago, on February 11, 1994, President Clinton, in 
an executive order, directed Federal agencies to identify and address 
the disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental 
effects of their actions on minority and low-income populations.
  The Department of Energy seeks to provide equal access in these 
opportunities for underrepresented groups in STEM, including 
minorities, Native Americans, and women.
  Mr. Chairman, women and minorities make up 70 percent of college 
students but only 45 percent of undergraduate STEM degree holders. This 
large pool of untapped talent is a great potential source of STEM 
professionals.
  As the Nation's demographics are shifting, as more and more of our 
children come of age, it is important that we continue to focus on 
improving the numbers of minorities who seek STEM opportunities. It is 
good for the country.
  I applaud Energy Secretary Moniz' commitment, which will increase the 
Nation's economic competitiveness and enable our people to realize 
their full potential.
  Mr. Chairman, there are still a great many scientific riddles to be 
solved, and the more people we have trained in the sciences, the more 
competitive our Nation will be; and the more we invest in underserved 
communities, the more competitive our Nation will be.
  The larger point is that we need more STEM educators and more 
minorities to qualify for them. So I ask my colleagues to ensure that 
we continue this very important focus and emphasize the continued 
investment improving access to science, technology, engineering, and 
math to, in essence, solve, or help solve, the scientific riddles that 
continue to be before us to improve the quality of life of all 
Americans.

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  I ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee amendment, which 
invests in STEM in America for those who are underserved and whose 
lives could be enhanced by these programs.
  Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to describe my amendment, 
which simply provides that: ``None of the funds made available by this 
Act for `Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Science' may be used in 
contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.).''
  This amendment was approved and adopted in identical form on June 5, 
2012, during the 112th Congress as an amendment to H.R.

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5325, the Energy and Water Resources Appropriations Act of 2013.
  Mr. Chair, I want to thank Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Kaptur 
for their stewardship in bringing this legislation to the floor and for 
their commitment to preserving America's great natural environment and 
resources so that they can serve and be enjoyed by generations to come.
  Mr. Chair, twenty years ago, on February 11, 1994, President Clinton 
issued Executive Order 12898, directing federal agencies to identify 
and address the disproportionately high and adverse human health or 
environmental effects of their actions on minority and low-income 
populations.
  The Department of Energy seeks to provide equal access in these 
opportunities for underrepresented groups in STEM, including 
minorities, Native Americans, and women.
  Mr. Chair, women and minorities make up 70 percent of college 
students, but only 45 percent of undergraduate STEM degree holders.
  This large pool of untapped talent is a great potential source of 
STEM professionals.
  As the nation's demographics are shifting and now most children under 
the age of one are minorities, it is critical that we close the gap in 
the number of minorities who seek STEM opportunities.
  I applaud the Energy Secretary Moniz's commitment which will increase 
the nation's economic competitiveness and enable more of our people to 
realize their full potential.
  Mr. Chair, there are still a great many scientific riddles left to be 
solved--and perhaps one of these days a minority engineer or biologist 
will come-up with some of the solutions.
  The larger point is that we need more STEM educators and more 
minorities to qualify for them.
  The energy and science education programs funded in part by this bill 
will help ensure that members of underrepresented communities are not 
placed at a disadvantage when it comes to the environmental 
sustainability, preservation, and health.
  Through education about the importance of environmental 
sustainability, we can promote a broader understanding of science and 
how citizens can improve their surroundings.
  Through community education efforts, teachers and students have also 
benefitted by learning about radiation, radioactive waste management, 
and other related subjects.
  The Department of Energy places interns and volunteers from minority 
institutions into energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.
  The DOE also works to increase low income and minority access to STEM 
fields and help students attain graduate degrees as well as find 
employment.
  With the continuation of this kind of funding, we can increase 
diversity, provide clean energy options to our most underserved 
communities, and help improve their environments, which will yield 
better health outcomes and greater public awareness.
  But most importantly businesses will have more consumers to whom they 
may engage in related commercial activities.
  My amendment will help ensure that underrepresented communities are 
able to participate and contribute equitably in the energy and 
scientific future.
  I ask my colleagues to join me and support the Jackson Lee Amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Rothfus

  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, printed 
as No. 5 in the Congressional Record.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Energy to apply the report 
     entitled ``Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting 
     Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States'', published in 
     the Federal Register on June 4, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 32260), in 
     any public interest determination under section 3 of the 
     Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment that 
will keep America's energy economy growing and keep good-paying jobs 
coming to gas-producing regions across the country, including western 
Pennsylvania.
  The natural gas boom is transforming local economies across the 
country, and it is creating a new wave of opportunity for hard-working 
Americans who want to earn a living and provide for their families.
  American ingenuity has empowered us to safely harness our tremendous 
energy resources, turning the United States into a breakout success 
story as the world's top natural gas producer. Countries in Europe and 
Asia, many of which are our allies, are eager to tap this abundant 
supply of affordable American energy. They consider America to be a 
much more attractive business partner and a safer alternative to their 
reliance on belligerent, energy-rich countries, like Russia.
  Given the abundance of domestic natural gas resources, especially in 
the Marcellus shale region, American energy companies are eager to 
accept more business and stand ready to fulfill the global demand.
  We must do everything we can to help energy producers succeed so they 
can continue to grow, hire more workers, and bring prosperity back to 
our American cities.
  Congress must work to lift barriers to energy exports and help 
domestic energy producers cut through the bureaucratic red tape that 
threatens to put a stranglehold on continued economic growth.
  My amendment seeks to eliminate unnecessary challenges to these 
increased energy exports on environmental grounds. Specifically, my 
provision would prevent the Department of Energy from using its report 
entitled ``Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied 
Natural Gas'' in any public interest determination under the Natural 
Gas Act.
  There are legitimate concerns that this DOE report and many of its 
arbitrary determinations may now be used to slow-walk or completely 
block much-needed liquefied natural gas export approvals. Identical 
language was proposed and included in last year's Energy and Water and 
Related Agencies appropriations bill by then-Representative Bill 
Cassidy from Louisiana.
  I thank Chairman Simpson for his hard work and support, and I urge 
all my colleagues who support an all-of-the-above approach to American 
energy independence to vote ``yea'' on this amendment so we can keep 
our energy sector booming.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, when a company wants to export liquefied 
natural gas, LNG, it has to submit an application with the Department 
of Energy. For export to countries with a free trade agreement with the 
United States, the Department of Energy must grant the applications 
without modification or delay. For export to countries without a free 
trade agreement, the Department of Energy must approve an export 
application unless it finds that the proposed export will not be 
consistent with the public interest.
  To make this determination, the Department of Energy evaluates a 
range of factors when reviewing an application, including economic 
impacts, international considerations, U.S. energy security, and 
environmental effects.
  The Rothfus amendment prohibits the Department of Energy from even 
considering one of the most important factors; that is, the impact of 
LNG exports on climate change.
  The world's leading scientists are unequivocal: climate change is 
already happening on all continents and across the oceans and will get 
much worse if we do not act to cut our emissions of carbon and other 
greenhouse gas gases. That means that we need to scrutinize the energy 
infrastructure decisions that we make today for their impacts on 
climate change in the future.
  Every decision to build a new LNG export terminal has climate 
implications. We need to understand and weigh those effects.

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  Whether exporting LNG will have a positive or negative impact on 
global greenhouse gas emissions is a complex but critical question. 
Natural gas combustion for electricity emits less carbon pollution than 
coal. And that is good. Proponents of LNG exports argue that these 
exports will displace coal consumption in other countries, which could 
produce a climate benefit. That is good.
  But LNG exports will raise natural gas prices in the United States, 
which could increase coal consumption and carbon pollution from coal-
fired power plants. LNG exports also would drive new domestic natural 
gas production in the United States.
  Coming from Ohio, I can guarantee you, this would increase emissions 
of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, unless we take measures to control 
that pollution at the wellhead and throughout the natural gas system. 
It is a great problem to have but one we need to meet.
  In a carbon-constrained world, we need to understand and consider the 
climate impacts of key energy policy decisions, such as building new 
LNG export terminals and exporting America's natural gas.
  The Rothfus amendment takes a head-in-the-sand approach, I am sorry 
to say. The Department of Energy has completed a report examining 
lifecycle carbon emissions from LNG. This amendment says that the 
Department of Energy can't consider those findings of climate impacts 
when making a public interest determination. Considering climate 
impacts is not going to slow down the review process. It makes no sense 
to require the Department of Energy to make a determination without the 
benefit of all the facts.
  Let's make enlightened decisions. Ignoring climate change will not 
make it go away. Quite the opposite.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. Let's move to the 
future, not the past.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Chairman, it has been the practice of this 
administration to stall, stall, stall, delay, delay, delay. We have had 
tremendous growth in our economy in western Pennsylvania and in Ohio, 
for that matter, given the natural gas boom that is going on.
  The price of gas is suppressed right now. We see drillers even 
slowing down, which is affecting jobs in the gas areas. Fewer wells are 
being drilled.
  And to take a report that the DOE has, with its arbitrary 
determinations, to, again, slow-walk approvals, which is what we have 
been seeing with the administration--meanwhile, allies in Eastern 
Europe are literally being held hostage to Russia--this natural gas 
will be used. Natural gas will be used by these countries in Eastern 
Europe. They are going to use Russia's natural gas or they want to use 
American natural gas.
  So, again, I would encourage adoption of this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be 
postponed.


                    Amendment Offered by Ms. DelBene

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

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds in this Act may be available 
     for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its 
     departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and 
     mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless the 
     anchor and mooring chain are procured from a manufacturer 
     that is part of the national technology and industrial base.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentlewoman from 
Washington and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Washington.
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer a simple and 
straightforward amendment to this year's Energy and Water Development 
and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
  Every year since 1991, Congress has included a provision in the 
Department of Defense Appropriations bill to require that military 
agencies purchase anchor and mooring chain from American manufacturers.

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  My amendment simply clarifies that this requirement also applies to 
anchor and mooring chain purchased by the Army Corps of Engineers. 
Everyone in this Chamber can agree that taxpayer dollars should be used 
to buy goods manufactured right here at home whenever possible.
  While our economy continues to recover, it is imperative that we 
protect and support Americans' production capabilities. Doing so not 
only supports employment opportunities for Americans, but also 
reinforces our national security.
  Both Congress and the Pentagon have long recognized the importance of 
maintaining a strong industrial base right here in America. While I 
understand that we must balance our procurement needs with shrinking 
budgets, we should not be putting foreign workers ahead of Americans.
  My amendment is a commonsense way to protect a critical production 
capability, support our manufacturing industry, and put American 
workers first. I urge my colleagues to support it, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

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

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the removal of any Federally owned or operated 
     dam.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an amendment that will help 
prevent future floods, as well as protect valuable water storage and 
hydropower systems throughout the country.
  Specifically, the Gosar-Newhouse amendment will prevent any funds in 
this bill from being used to remove any federally owned or operated 
dams. In recent years, extremist environmental groups have increased 
efforts to dismantle and remove Federal dams. These efforts defy common 
sense, particularly at a time of major water challenges across the West 
and with an increasing need for clean, renewable hydropower.
  The gentleman from Washington has seen these attempts firsthand, and 
I am grateful for Congressman Newhouse's leadership in coleading this 
amendment.
  Electricity generated from the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of 
Reclamation operated dams is utilized by millions of Americans every 
day and represents the largest source of renewable energy in this 
country.
  These dams are multiuse facilities that provide navigation, 
hydropower, and important recreational benefits. Fringe efforts to 
remove these dams are not only misguided, but extremely dangerous. Many 
of these dams are essential components for flood controls, strategic 
water storage, and life-sustaining irrigation for millions of acres of 
American agriculture.
  Tens of millions of Americans rely on these dams to supply their 
drinking water and to support their livelihoods. The vital water, 
energy, economic, and ecological benefits provided by these federally 
owned and operated dams must be protected.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the Corps of Engineers 
infrastructure and to support this

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amendment. The Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation have 
both indicated they have no plans to remove any dams in fiscal year 
2016, and both agencies don't have any issues with this amendment.
  Both committees of jurisdiction have also signed off on and support 
the amendment. Any emergency removals will be made by a different 
authorization or appropriation.
  With one of the worst droughts in 100 years currently transpiring in 
the West, there is no logical reason to oppose the commonsense Gosar-
Newhouse amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. 
Newhouse), my friend.
  Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the good gentleman.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Gosar-Newhouse amendment 
which would prohibit any funds in this act from being used for purposes 
of removing Federal dams, which are a vital component of the water 
infrastructure in the West.
  I would like to thank my good friend and colleague Congressman Gosar 
for his hard work on this issue which is so important, given the 
devastating drought conditions facing most of the Western United 
States. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor for March 31, 2015, all 
or significant portions of 11 Western States, including the State of 
Washington, are suffering from severe to exceptional drought.
  Given the current drought conditions facing my State and many other 
States in the West, now is not the time to consider removing Federal 
dams. These dams provide important hydropower in my State and also have 
conservation, recreation, and navigation benefits.
  Additionally, Mr. Chairman, these dams play a pivotal role in water 
storage, irrigation, and flood control. They also help ensure many 
rural and agricultural communities in the West have access to clean 
water supplies, providing critically important irrigation for countless 
agricultural operations and millions of acres of farmland.
  We have fought these dam wars for decades; and, with the West facing 
a possible 100-year drought, now is not the time to destroy and remove 
these assets which benefit all of us. Removing this vital 
infrastructure would have a devastating impact on communities, farms, 
and businesses throughout the West.
  This commonsense amendment will help ensure States like mine are not 
additionally burdened as we work to deal with impacts of mounting water 
shortages and drastic drought conditions.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this 
amendment, and I would like to thank my good friend from Arizona for 
his hard work on this.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment, even though I am not opposed to it.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I rise to express the opinion, though I 
will not oppose the amendment, because there are no funds in the bill 
for dam removal, and I wanted to just clarify that for the Record, Mr. 
Chairman.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 22 Offered by Mr. Grayson

  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec.__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its 
     principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of its 
     principals:
       (A) within a three-year period preceding this offer has 
     been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it 
     for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public 
     (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation 
     of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
     submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, 
     forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
     making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal 
     criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or
       (B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or 
     civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of 
     any of the offenses enumerated above in subsection (A); or
       (C) within a three-year period preceding this offer, has 
     been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount 
     that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
Florida and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is identical to other 
amendments that were inserted by voice vote into every appropriations 
bill that was considered under an open rule during the 113th Congress, 
as well as one yesterday.
  My amendment would expand the list of parties with whom the Federal 
Government is prohibited from contracting due to serious misconduct on 
the part of contractors.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Grayson).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Gosar

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the Department of Energy's Climate Model 
     Development and Validation program.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment to save 
taxpayer money, help the Department of Energy avoid duplicative 
programs, and ensure the agency's limited resources are focused on 
programs directly related to its mission to ensure energy security for 
the United States.
  This simple amendment would prohibit the use of funds to be used for 
the proposed Climate Model Development and Validation program within 
the Department of Energy. This exact same amendment passed this body by 
a voice vote last year, and this year, I am also proud again to offer 
this commonsense policy.
  The duplicative and wasteful nature of this new program has been 
recognized by several outside spending watchdog groups. This amendment 
proposal has been supported in the past by the Council for Citizens 
Against Government Waste, The American Conservative Union, Eagle Forum, 
and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance.
  Mr. Chairman, the House of Representatives already declined to fund 
the proposed climate model program in fiscal years 2014 and 2015. In 
previous years, the committee has proactively included language in the 
committee report to prohibit funding for this new program. However, 
such language does not exist in this year's report, making this 
amendment even more necessary.
  Mr. Chairman, I feel strongly that the House of Representatives must 
continue its firm position that we should not be wasting precious 
taxpayer resources on new programs that compete with the private sector 
and are funded by private investment.
  If funded, this program would be yet another new addition to the 
President's ever-growing list of duplicative global programs that have 
been instituted and funded all over the Federal Government in recent 
years.

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  The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service estimates this 
administration has already squandered $77 billion from fiscal year 2008 
through fiscal year 2013 studying and trying to develop global climate 
change regulations.
  While research and modeling of the Earth's climate and how and why 
Earth's climate is changing can be of value, it is not central to the 
Department's mission and is already being done by dozens of government, 
academic, business, and nonprofit organizations across the globe.

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  Considering the extensive work that is being done to research, model, 
and forecast climate change trends by other areas in the government, in 
the private sector, and internationally, funding for this specific 
piece of President Obama's climate agenda is not only redundant, but is 
also inefficient.
  I thank the chairman, ranking member, and committee for their work on 
this bill. This amendment is about effective use of taxpayer money, and 
I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment that passed 
this same body just last year.
  With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. The Gosar amendment blocks funding for the Department of 
Energy's Climate Model Development and Validation program. This is 
climate science denial at its worst.
  The world's top scientific institutions are telling us that we have a 
rapidly closing window to reduce our carbon pollution before the 
catastrophic impacts of climate change cannot be avoided.
  So far, the world already warmed by 0.8 degrees Celsius, and we are 
already seeing the effects of climate change. Most scientists agree 
that 2 degrees Celsius is the maximum amount we can warm without really 
dangerous effects, although many scientists now believe that even 2 
degrees is far too much, given the effects we are already seeing. But 
absent dramatic action, we are on track to warm 4 to 6 degrees Celsius 
by midcentury. That is more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
  The International Energy Agency has concluded that if the world does 
not take action to reduce carbon pollution by 2017, just 3 years from 
now, then it will be virtually impossible to limit warming to 2 degrees 
Celsius.
  How do we know all of this? There are multiple lines of evidence, 
including direct measurements. But scientists also use sophisticated 
computer models of how the atmosphere and oceans work and how they 
respond to different atmosphere concentrations of heat-trapping gases. 
For projections of future emissions and their impacts, scientists have 
made numerous advances by collaborating across academic fields, 
including climatology, chemistry, biology, economics, energy dynamics, 
agriculture, scenario building, and risk management. These projections 
are critical, as they provide guideposts to understand how quickly and 
how steeply the world needs to cut carbon pollution in order to avoid 
the worst effects of climate change.
  The goal of the Department of Energy's Climate Model Development and 
Validation program is to further improve the reliability of climate 
models and equip policymakers and citizens with tools to predict the 
current and future effects of climate change, such as sea level rise, 
which we know is happening, extreme weather events, and drought.
  Mr. Gosar's amendment scraps this program. It says no to enhancing 
the reliability of our climate models. It says no to improving our 
understanding of how the climate is changing. It says no to informing 
policymakers about the consequences of unmitigated climate change. That 
is absolutely irresponsible.
  The amazing thing is the base bill already zeroes out funding for 
this program. But apparently that wasn't enough to satisfy the 
Republicans' climate denial. So Mr. Gosar has offered this amendment to 
just reiterate the point that the House Republicans reject the 
overwhelming scientific evidence about climate change.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this redundant amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I find it interesting that we have numerous 
universities already doing this duplicative study, like the University 
of Michigan, like the University of Colorado Boulder, like Harvard 
University, the University of Arizona, the University of Chicago, the 
University of California--Berkeley--hardly squandering research.
  This is a duplicative problem and program, and that is exactly what 
we are doing. I want to find out exactly this climate model change that 
we have been seeing over and over with time, but it is best to be done 
by those universities and those who are already there.
  We have also got a dire emergency in regards to the finances that we 
find this country in. Duplicative services from the Department of 
Energy should be on their mission statement, and that is dependable 
energy for this country.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed.


                Amendment Offered by Mr. Castro of Texas

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

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. (a) For an additional amount for ``Corps of 
     Engineers-Civil--Construction'' for additional funding for 
     ongoing work on authorized projects (except for Flood and 
     Storm Damage Reduction, Navigation, and Environmental 
     Infrastructure projects) there is appropriated, and the 
     amount otherwise made available for such account is hereby 
     reduced by, $10,000,000.
       (b) None of the funds made available by this Act for 
     ``Corps of Engineers-Civil--Construction'' in excess of 
     $276,117,000 may be used for additional funding for ongoing 
     work on Flood and Storm Damage Reduction projects.

  Mr. SIMPSON (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of 
order on the gentleman's amendment.
  The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk continued to read.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from Texas 
and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Chairman, the Army Corps of Engineers 
construction general account permits the Corps to enter into agreements 
with local governments and municipalities to reimburse these entities 
for certain funds. This allows cities across the country in both 
Republican and Democratic districts to take on public works projects 
and leverage the fact that they will later be reimbursed by the Federal 
Government.
  The problem we face today is that millions, hundreds of millions of 
dollars are owed to localities across the country, and the account to 
pay them back this year is slated to have only $10 million in it. Last 
year, that amount was $25 million. It has gone down by $15 million.
  So for just a second, I want to give you an example of a wonderful 
public project in my hometown of San Antonio, Texas. The San Antonio 
River Authority, or SARA, recently undertook a sizable project along 
the San Antonio River, called the Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration 
project. It has been an effort to extend, both to the north and the 
south, the wonderful San Antonio River Walk in San Antonio, Texas, one 
of the crown jewels for tourism and culture in our city. Despite the 
fact that this project was completed sometime ago, the city is still 
owed much money from the Corps.

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  This is just one example of a wonderful public project where the 
Federal Government owes our cities or local entities a substantial 
amount of money. There are other examples in Texas, in Harris County, 
the Brays Bayou project in Harris County, where $146,885,000 is 
pending; the White Oak Bayou project in Harris County, where $73 
million is pending; also, the Lower Colorado River Basin, Onion Creek, 
in Austin has $5 million pending. I know there is a big project in 
Florida.
  So my effort, my amendment, is an attempt to expedite getting these 
local agencies paid back because they are owed so much money. I know 
that as we do our budget and we do our appropriations, we are talking 
about doling out money in the future to fund programs, but these are 
projects that were already completed with the promise that they would 
be reimbursed. They have not been reimbursed to the tune of millions 
and millions of dollars.
  I hope that as a gesture of good faith we can increase this account 
by $10 million. Bear in mind, that would still be $5 million less than 
was dedicated to this account in the last year.
  With that, Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. HURD of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition, although 
I am not opposed to the amendment.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I object. I am going to be opposed.
  The CHAIR. Does the gentleman continue to reserve his point of order?
  Mr. SIMPSON. Yes.
  The CHAIR. Does the gentleman claim time in opposition?
  Mr. SIMPSON. Yes, I claim time in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Does the gentleman have time remaining?
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. I reserved the balance of my time.
  Mr. SIMPSON. You reserved your time. So you could yield time to the 
gentleman.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Absolutely.
  Mr. Chairman, if you will permit me, I would be glad to yield time. 
How much time do I have?
  The CHAIR. The gentleman has 2 minutes remaining.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Hurd).
  Mr. HURD of Texas. I thank my colleague for yielding time.
  Mr. Chairman, where I am from in Texas, when you make a deal with 
someone, you look him in the eye and shake his hand, honor the 
agreement, and keep your word.
  For years, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has been making 
deals throughout the country. Yet, in many instances, despite project 
cooperation agreements, the Corps has failed to honor its end of the 
bargain. Many State, local, and municipal entities have advanced 
funding or paid out of their pockets to help better their communities 
with the understanding that the Federal Government would reimburse 
them. This is what happened in my hometown of San Antonio.
  This amendment would limit expenditure on flood and storm damage 
reduction to $10 million less and would add $10 million to the ``other 
authorized purposes'' item in the committee report. This is a matter of 
fairness to our communities, and if we cannot proceed with this 
bipartisan amendment, I hope the chairman will work with us going 
forward.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my point of order.
  The CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  First, let me assure my colleague that I am sympathetic to the 
intention of what he is trying to do here. The gentleman seeks to show 
support for additional funding for projects that are important to his 
district and to his constituents, and I understand that.
  Unfortunately, although I know it is not the gentleman's intent, the 
amendment would limit all funding for the construction of flood control 
projects to no more than $276 million. That is a cut of almost $500 
million in flood control projects. I would hope that we would all agree 
that that is unacceptable. Even as intended, though, I must oppose the 
amendment.
  The President's budget request increased funding for environmental 
projects above the fiscal year 2015 level while slashing funding for 
flood control projects by almost $300 million. In this bill, on the 
other hand, we were able to restore the flood control funding, and we 
did it without slashing the funding for environmental projects.
  I would, respectfully, ask my colleagues to vote against this 
amendment even though I understand what the gentleman is trying to do. 
We would be more than willing to work with him--with both of you--in 
trying to address this issue as we move this process forward.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I know the appropriations process 
is a tough one. You are making difficult choices among many things.
  I would just point out that, in this account, as you know, there have 
been funds that have gone unallocated in recent years in this very 
account from which I withdraw. Again, our local agencies in Republican 
and Democratic districts have already committed these funds with the 
promise that they would be reimbursed. A failure to reimburse them is 
essentially saying that we are going to stiff them on money that we 
said that we would pay them. This is a very small amount given the 
amount of money that is owed by the Corps to our local agencies.
  I would ask you for your reconsideration now, and certainly, as I 
know how Congressman Hurd feels and many others, I would ask for your 
help in remedying this situation.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, again, I understand what he is trying to 
do, and I sympathize with what you are trying to do. You are correct in 
that the funds remain unallocated in the flood control account. That is 
because, for some reason, the administration is dragging its feet on 
allocating these funds. It is not because the funds are not needed or 
cannot be used. In fact, the bill includes language to try to correct 
this problem. But I can't support increasing funding for environmental 
projects at the expense of projects that improve public safety and 
protect our communities.
  I would offer both of the gentlemen the opportunity to work with the 
committee, and I will work with you to try to address this issue as we 
move forward.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Castro).
  The amendment was rejected.


               Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mrs. Blackburn

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill, before the short title, add the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 507.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, promulgate, or enforce the Department of 
     Energy's proposed rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program 
     for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for 
     Residential Furnaces'' (80 Fed. Reg. 48: March 12, 2015).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentlewoman from 
Tennessee and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Tennessee.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, the Department of Energy has proposed 
new rulemaking that will eliminate the use of noncondensing natural gas 
home furnaces.
  On average, condensing furnaces cost $350 more than noncondensing 
furnaces and require as much as $2,200 in additional installation 
costs. The DOE itself has estimated that it will cost the American 
consumer up to $12 billion to install condensing furnaces nationwide. 
The upfront costs of installing a natural gas condensing furnace may 
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install but that cost more to operate. Home furnaces fail and need to 
be replaced when people are most likely to use them--in the middle of 
the winter when it is cold outside. Families shouldn't have to face 
increased costs to replace their natural gas furnaces to get the heat 
flowing back into their homes.
  Furthermore, the proposed rule creates a nationwide standard that 
fails to take into account the different climate zones throughout the 
country. The Department of Energy has proposed a one-size-fits-all 
approach that unfairly punishes Americans living in warmer climate 
zones such as the Southeast. This means that the payback period for the 
installation of condensing furnaces in the warmer climate zones will be 
much longer than in the colder zones.
  My amendment to this appropriations bill will prevent the Department 
of Energy from using funds to finalize, promulgate, or enforce the 
proposed rule.
  My amendment has been supported by the American Gas Association, the 
American Public Gas Association, the Home Builders Association, the 
Indoor Environment and Energy Efficiency Coalition, the Air Condition, 
Heating, and Refrigeration Institute, and the heating and air-condition 
and refrigerating distributors.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Blackburn 
amendment because it would prevent the Department of Energy from 
issuing long-needed efficiency standards for residential furnaces. In 
the end, that will only hurt consumers and needlessly waste energy.
  The current standards, which are essentially 25 years old, leave 
consumers with higher utility bills than are necessary. Further delays 
to the furnace rule will allow this situation to continue indefinitely. 
The new DOE standard would cut energy waste, saving consumers more than 
$600 over the lifetime of their furnaces. On a national level, that 
will work out to savings between $4 billion to $19 billion. The 
proposed DOE standard does not apply to furnaces that are already in 
use. It grandfathers them or it doesn't apply to repairs that can be 
made to existing furnaces.
  It is also worth mentioning that the Blackburn amendment would be 
especially negative for low-income households. Many low-income people 
who are renters do not get to choose the furnaces that heat their 
homes. Property owners will generally choose the lowest cost furnace 
even if that furnace will result in higher energy bills. In the end, it 
is the low-income renters who are stuck with the gas bills from the 
inefficient furnace. The DOE standard would help ensure all Americans 
can benefit from lower energy bills thanks to increased efficiency.
  Finally, the proposed rule would save more natural gas than other 
rules to date and would, therefore, deliver large, cumulative 
greenhouse gas emission reductions at a cost savings to everyone. The 
Blackburn amendment would throw away that opportunity.

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  It is true that there are still some things to be worked out with the 
regulation, and we should move toward that end, but what the industry 
needs and what the consumers need is certainty going forward, so 
everyone can plan to build and install the latest and most efficient 
technology. We should let the Department of Energy do its job.
  Let's not waste time; let's not waste energy, and let's not waste 
money and consumer savings that will result.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on the Blackburn amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, I am so pleased that my friend and 
colleague mentioned cost because I want to point out, again, what it 
would cost. These furnaces cost $350 more and require as much as $2,200 
additional in installation cost.
  In addition to that, there are alterations that are needed to 
existing homes for venting purposes. Those cost estimates are $2,550 
per home just for the venting that is necessary for these.
  This is one of those regulations, Mr. Chairman, that is too expensive 
to afford. The cost on this is astronomical. Even DOE itself says the 
cost to the American consumer is $12 billion to install these furnaces.
  Then you say that, maybe over the lifetime of this, you are going to 
save an amount. I think that this is one of those areas where you look 
at how much it is going to cost.
  This is why this amendment is so widely supported. I encourage 
support for the Blackburn amendment, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).
  The amendment was agreed to.


               Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mrs. Blackburn

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

        At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __.  Each amount made available by this Act is hereby 
     reduced by 1 percent.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentlewoman from 
Tennessee and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Tennessee.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, this is an amendment that I bring every 
year. I told Chairman Simpson that I knew he was delighted to see me 
back on the floor again this year with the amendment for the 1 percent 
across-the-board spending cut.
  I do want to thank the committee for its hard work in cutting, and it 
is important to note that the proposed funding levels for this 
appropriations bill this year is $35.4 billion, which is $633 million 
below the President's budget request.
  I have got to say, with the situation in our Nation with our debt, I 
think my 1 percent spending reduction, which will save taxpayers an 
additional $356 million, is something that is necessary, and it is a 
step that we need to take.
  I am really fully aware that some of the appropriators aren't 
standing in favor of the 1 percent across-the-board cuts. In fact, when 
I offered this amendment to last year's bill, I was told that cuts of 
this magnitude, quite honestly, go far too deep.
  Well, I think that, when you look at the fact that we need to be 
cutting another penny out of a dollar, that is not too deep because our 
debt is something that is damaging our Nation's security.
  Even Admiral Mullen has said that the greatest threat to our Nation's 
security is our growing national debt. Because of that, we need to do a 
little bit more every time we come to the floor for appropriations to 
get this $18.2 trillion debt under control.
  As I have said before, across-the-board spending cuts effectively 
control the growth and cost of the Federal Government. They not only 
give agencies flexibility to determine which expenses are necessary, 
but more importantly, they don't pick winners and losers.
  Not only do I support the across-the-board cuts, many of our 
Governors support them, Republican and Democrat. When I was in the 
State senate in Tennessee, we couldn't adjourn that until we balanced 
the budget. That is why our States are controlling their debts, reining 
in their expenses, and our Federal Government is not.
  We kick the can down the road, go print more money, run up more debt. 
It is time to get it under control. Saving another penny on a dollar is 
a necessary step.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentlewoman from 
Tennessee's consistency.
  We have seen a lot of these amendments. The problem is with the 
debate.

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You would think that we were not doing anything to reduce this deficit, 
that we were not cutting spending. The reality is the only committee in 
Congress that is actually cutting spending is the Appropriations 
Committee, and we have been cutting spending for the last 4 years.
  Now, this bill that we have before us today meets with and falls 
within the budget resolution that was just adopted earlier this day, 
and, if we had wanted to reduce everything by 1 percent again, then we 
should have adopted a different budget resolution.
  It is easy to say let's just take one penny out of every dollar. Who 
can't do that? We have taken much more than one penny out of every 
dollar as we have cut spending more and more in the appropriations 
process by the Appropriations Committee.
  It is not that we don't want to reduce spending; we are reducing 
spending, but, of course, we could cut one more cent out of every 
dollar we spend. Who couldn't do that? Then we will have a new 
baseline. You know what? Then we ought to cut one penny out of every 
dollar at that baseline. You know what? Then we will have another 
baseline, and we can cut one more penny out of that.
  We are trying to do it smarter. We are trying to look at the needs of 
the agencies that we fund, reduce spending, and set priorities.
  While I commend my colleague for her consistent work to protect 
taxpayers dollars, this is not an approach that I can support.
  While the President may have proposed a budget that exceeds this 
bill, the increases were paid for with proposals and gimmicks that 
would never be enacted. This bill makes the tough choices within an 
allocation that adheres to the current law.
  While difficult tradeoffs had to be made--and difficult tradeoffs 
were made--there are accounts in this bill that I think we ought to be 
spending more money on. There are accounts in this bill that I think we 
ought to be spending less money on that are a higher priority to some 
other Members of Congress. That is kind of the nature of how the 
appropriations process works. Nobody gets everything they want.
  One thing we have been consistent on for the fifth year in a row is 
that we have been reducing spending. We prioritize funding for critical 
infrastructure and our Nation's defense. Most of the increases that are 
in this budget this year that will be coming out of the overall 
302(a)'s went to the national defense, the NNSA, our nuclear weapons 
programs.
  We prioritize funding, as I said, for critical infrastructure. The 
President cut $750 million--around that--out of the harbor maintenance 
trust fund. In trying to secure our inland waterways and our harbors 
for the commerce that our economy needs, we replaced that, which means 
we had to make even more difficult cuts in a lot of these agencies.
  These tradeoffs were carefully weighed for their respective impacts 
and their responsibility; yet the gentlelady's amendment would propose 
an across-the-board cut on every one of these programs.
  This makes no distinction between where we need to be spending or 
investing our infracture, promote jobs, and meet our national security 
needs and where we need to limit spending to meet our deficit reduction 
goals.
  I would urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment.
  Let me say again, I appreciate the gentlewoman's consistent effort in 
making sure that we keep focused on addressing what is the number one 
problem in this country, and that is the debt this country faces, and 
this committee has been doing that.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to this amendment.
  The way you balance budgets is to have a robust economy, where 
everybody is helping to pull the ship forward. That isn't the case 
right now.
  What we have dug out since 2008 was the largest recession since the 
Great Depression. America's chief strategic vulnerability throughout 
this period of time--for actually over a quarter century now--and our 
largest area of economic loss is energy.

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  It rests in energy. Since 2003, just since 2003, our country has 
spent $2.3 trillion importing foreign petroleum. That is just 
petroleum. That is not a country that is self-reliant. That is a 
country that deeply needs energy security here at home.
  The result of this amendment will be less investment in the sector 
most critical to helping us right this hole that we have dug for 
ourselves.
  Can you imagine if that $2.3 trillion had been spent in this country, 
the number of jobs we would have, the greater amount of income and 
revenue we would have flowing into people's pockets and also into the 
public sector where we have to pay the bills?
  In addition to moving us backwards on the energy front, this 
amendment will be less investment in water resources, and we have $62 
billion worth of Army Corps projects alone that have sat on the shelf. 
We have no new starts in this bill. That is not a country on the grow. 
That is a country in retrenchment.
  So this amendment, it isn't a 50 percent cut. It is meant to send a 
signal. I say to the gentlelady, as I said to the chair of the Ways and 
Means Committee today who turned away from me and walked to the back of 
the Chamber, you know, it is pretty hard to balance a budget when not 
everybody is at work, their wages have been cut, the middle class has 
shrunk, but then you don't put revenues on the table.
  Some of those lucrative operations, these transnational corporations 
have operating offshore aren't bringing their money home. They are 
holding it over there.
  Revenues need to be on the table and mandatory spending has to be on 
the table.
  He walked away from me, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. 
It was a rather interesting conversation.
  The Appropriations Committee can't do this alone, and we certainly 
shouldn't do it in sectors where America truly is hurting.
  At a time when unemployed Americans are losing jobless benefits and 
many young families struggle just to survive, we should be creating 
jobs and securing the American Dream, starting with a self-reliant 
energy future.
  This bill underfunds that. The chairman has spoken eloquently to 
that. And it harms American economic growth and energy growth and 
energy security, and it damages those portions of our budget that are 
critical to our national security: vital weapons programs, our Naval 
research reactor research, and nonproliferation funding.
  We believe our bill builds America forward to achieve progress for 
our country again and not retrenchment.
  So I oppose the gentlelady's amendment. I think she has the right 
spirit, but I think she is looking in the wrong place in terms of what 
we face as a country. I oppose her amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, I am just so delighted that my friend 
mentioned what we need is a robust economy because I agree.
  The Obama economy has been abysmal and has been terrible for our 
country. And you are exactly right. The middle class has shrunk. Wages 
have been cut. All that has happened.
  I know the American people are sick and tired of it, and they would 
like to get this country moving again. And the Obama economy has caused 
many of the problems that are in front of us.
  I am so pleased, too, that she mentioned the $2.3 trillion that we 
have spent importing oil. If you look at who has been importing a lot 
of that oil, OPEC, exporting that to us. OPEC is one of the top five 
holders of our debt. That adds to both our energy security and our 
national security problems. Mr. Chairman, it is time to open up our 
lands and drill here and drill now.
  Now, quite frankly, a penny on a dollar is another way to engage 
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file employees. I have seen it work at the State level. I know other 
States have used that, as I said. Both Democrat and Republican 
Governors have done it. My State of Tennessee did this as we reduced 
the size and growth of the budget in our State.
  By the way, we had to do it because we were the test case for Hillary 
Clinton's healthcare plan, and that just threw our budget all out of 
whack.
  So yes, we found ourselves cutting about 9 cents across the board per 
department.
  Do across-the-board cuts work? Yes. Do they send the right message? 
Absolutely. Do they engage the rank and file? You better believe it. 
Are they a step toward getting out-of-control spending under control? 
Yes, they are, and we need to do that.
  Every man, woman, and child in this country, right now, has over 
$56,000 worth of debt that they would be responsible for. That is a per 
person load for our $18.2 trillion worth of debt. We have got $18.2 
trillion worth of debt, and we can't cut another penny out of a dollar?
  The chairman has done a great job. They have the right focus. I think 
that what we do is give them another little push, engage the 
bureaucracy--which, by the way, they are not having to make the cuts 
that men and women and small businesses are having to make. It is the 
fair thing to do.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Tennessee will be 
postponed.


              Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Luetkemeyer

  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of 
     Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
Missouri and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, from extreme flooding to extreme 
drought, the Missouri River basin has been hit very hard over the past 
few years. The families who live and work along the Missouri River have 
endured great hardships, and these events serve to highlight the 
importance of maintaining effective flood control infrastructure.
  Though it is one of our region's greatest resources, the Missouri 
River would produce extreme, erosive, regular flooding and be mostly 
unfit for navigation if not for aggressive long-term management by the 
Army Corps of Engineers.
  Congress first authorized the Missouri River Bank Stabilization and 
Navigation Project, BSNP, in 1912, with the intention of mitigating 
flood risk and maintaining a navigable channel from Sioux City, Iowa, 
to the mouth of the river in St. Louis. Though the BSNP's construction 
was completed in the 1980s, the Corps' ability to make adjustments as 
needed remain crucial to this day.
  President Obama, in his fiscal year 2015 budget, requested $47 
million for the Missouri River Recovery Program, which would primarily 
go towards the funding of environmental restoration studies and 
projects. This funding dwarfs the insufficient $9 million that was 
requested for the entire operations and maintenance of the 
aforementioned BSNP.
  It is preposterous to think that environmental projects are more 
important than the protection of human life. I do not take for granted 
the importance of river ecosystems. I grew up near the Missouri River, 
as did so many of the people I represent, yet we have reached a point 
in our Nation in which we value the welfare of fish and birds more than 
the welfare of our fellow human beings. Our priorities are backwards, 
Mr. Chairman.
  My amendment will eliminate the Missouri River Ecosystem Recovery 
Program, or MRERP, a study that has become little more than a tool of 
the environmentalists for the promotion of returning the river to its 
most natural state, with little regard for the flood control, 
navigation, trade, power generation, or the people who depend on the 
Missouri River for their livelihoods.
  The end of the study will in no way jeopardize the Corps' ability to 
meet the requirements of the Endangered Species Act. MRERP is one of no 
fewer than 70 environmental and ecological studies focused on the 
Missouri River.
  The people who have had to foot the bill for these studies, many of 
which take years to complete and are ultimately inconclusive, are the 
very people who have lost their farms, their businesses, and their 
homes.
  Our vote today will also show our constituents that this Congress is 
aware of the gross disparity between the funding for environmental 
efforts and the funding for the protection of our citizens. This exact 
amendment has been passed by voice vote during the debate in the last 
three fiscal year appropriations bills, which were ultimately signed 
into law by President Obama. It is supported by the American Waterways 
Operators, the Coalition to Protect the Missouri River, the Missouri 
Farm Bureau, and the Missouri Corn Growers.

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  It is time for Congress to take a serious look at the water bill and 
funding priorities, and it is time we send a message to our Federal 
entities that manage our waterways.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and support our 
Nation's river communities and encourage more balance and Federal 
funding for water infrastructure and management.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment Offered by Mr. McClintock

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

       Page 57, after line 11, insert the following:
       Sec. 507.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to purchase water to supplement or enhance the 
     instream flow requirements in the State of California that 
     are mandated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the 
     Central Valley Project Improvement Act, or the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, hydrologists tell us that California is 
facing the worst drought in 1,200 years. With the rain season 
officially over, our snowpack is just 3 percent of normal, and many 
reservoirs are already drawn down perilously. Californians are now 
threatened with draconian fines if they take too long in the shower.
  This amendment forbids the Bureau of Reclamation from purchasing 
scarce water in California in the midst of this catastrophic drought 
for the purpose of dumping it in rivers to adjust the water temperature 
to nudge baby fish to swim into the ocean.
  As ridiculous as this sounds, that is exactly what the Bureau of 
Reclamation has been doing throughout this drought. It is using money 
taken from families' taxes in order to purchase water that is 
desperately needed by these same families and then literally dumping it 
down the drain in front of them.

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  This exacerbates an already perilous scarcity of water while forcing 
the price of our remaining supplies even higher. It also makes a 
mockery of the sacrifices that every Californian is making to stretch 
every drop of water in their homes. And it undermines the moral 
authority of the government to demand further conservation from the 
people when it is squandering water so outrageously itself.
  We don't know exactly how much the Bureau is spending for this 
purpose because they don't account for how their purchased water is 
used.
  This measure would forbid them from wasting any of our water on such 
frivolities as adjusting water temperatures.
  Now if this sounds harsh for the fish, let's remember that in a 
drought like this one, there would be no water in our rivers. There 
would be no fish. The dams make it possible to save the water from wet 
years so that we can get through the dry years. That doesn't work if we 
open floodgates in an extreme drought like this to make the fish happy.
  This month, the Bureau of Reclamation released nearly 30,000 acre-
feet of water from the New Melones Dam in my district for that purpose. 
That is enough water to meet the annual residential needs of a 
population of nearly 300,000 human beings for the express purpose of 
encouraging the offspring of some 29 steelhead trout to swim toward the 
ocean--which, by the way, they tend to do anyway. And to add insult to 
injury, almost all of these smolts will be eaten by predators before 
they reach the ocean.
  So let me put this again and quite bluntly. In order to benefit a 
handful of steelhead trout, the Bureau sacrificed enough water to meet 
the annual needs of a human population of 300,000. At $700 per acre-
foot, the cost of this exercise amounted to $21 million.
  This is the lunacy of the environmental left and the policies they 
have imposed on our State and our country. It needs to stop now. And to 
the extent that we can do so through the power of the purse, we must.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I oppose this McClintock amendment because 
it sounds like a solution in search of a problem.
  This amendment seeks to undermine the Endangered Species Act by 
restricting the Bureau of Reclamation from expending funds on water for 
the purpose of managing endangered fish populations.
  While I oppose the spirit of the amendment, I must also object to it 
because it does absolutely nothing. The Bureau of Reclamation does not 
purchase water for the purpose of temperature management. The Bureau of 
Reclamation does not purchase water now, and they have no plans to do 
it in fiscal year 2016. In fact, due to water scarcity, the price of 
water is too high.
  The extreme drought in the West presents significant management 
challenges, and Bureau of Reclamation biologists should have every tool 
possible to make decisions and provide a safety net for species nearing 
extinction.
  Instead of attempting to undermine the judgment of those 
professionals, we should be working on solutions to grow the water 
supply in California. That involves water reuse; increased 
efficiencies, which have already started; conservation; storm water 
capture; agricultural practices.
  The dry West faces very difficult choices, and we want to walk 
alongside them but with solutions that make sense and that are capable 
of being implemented.
  I oppose the gentleman's amendment, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, perhaps from the damp State of Ohio, 
this might look like a solution in search of a problem. I would invite 
the gentlelady to come to California in the midst of this drought to 
see the devastation it is causing.
  The Bureau just released 10 billion gallons for this stated purpose, 
to adjust river water temperatures and to nudge steelhead trout smolts 
to the ocean. They weren't coy about it. They were very, very clear. 
They have been very clear in their budget requests for this practice.
  But let me, just for the sake of argument, accept the gentlelady's 
point that they have no plans to do so. Well, if that is the case, she 
should have no objections to this measure. The fact is, they not only 
have plans to do so, but they have been doing so, and it is devastating 
what little precious water is remaining behind our precious reservoirs.
  We will run out by the end of the summer if these practices continue. 
And if they continue and if we do, I think that the gentlelady will 
need to make an apology to the 38 million suffering people of 
California.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from California (Mr. McClintock).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be 
postponed.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. LaMalfa

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

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the requirement 
     in section 323.4(a)(1)(ii) of title 33, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, or section 232.3(c)(1)(ii)(A) of title 40, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, that activities identified in 
     paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (f) of section 404 of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A)) 
     must be established or ongoing in order to receive an 
     exemption under such subsection.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LaMALFA. I thank the gentleman from Idaho, Chairman Simpson.
  Mr. Chair, the House has previously passed language to require the 
Army Corps of Engineers to apply the Clean Water Act as the Congress 
has passed it, not as the Corps may wish it to have been written. 
Unfortunately, the Corps has disregarded these efforts and imposed 
regulations that could actually prevent farmers from changing crops or 
fallowing fields during, especially, California's historic drought.

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  Section 404 of the Clean Water Act exempts from regulation the 
following: ``Normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities such 
as plowing, seeding, cultivating, minor drainage, harvesting for the 
production of food, fiber, and forest products, or upland soil and 
water conservation practices.''
  No additional requirements are included, and these activities are 
specifically identified as exempt. However, the Corps and the EPA have 
used creative interpretations to drastically increase their 
jurisdiction beyond what Congress has intended.
  In fact, the Corps states the following on their Web site:

       If a property has been used for cattle grazing, the 
     exemption does not apply if future activities would involve 
     planting crops for food.
       An operation is no longer established when the area on 
     which it is conducted has been converted to another use or 
     has lain idle.

  Now, under this interpretation, a farmer switching from one crop to 
another, such as corn or tomatoes, would no longer be engaged in normal 
activities and could be subject to regulation.
  As I mentioned earlier, in this time of record drought in California, 
a practice such as leaving a field fallow, as is happening now across 
California due to the historic droughts, means that replanting the 
following year, if possible, would be seen by the Corps as a new--not 
existing--activity triggering regulation and permitting requirements. 
This is not the intention of what Congress had years ago with the Clean 
Water Act.

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  This overreach could even prevent farmers from switching to less 
water-intensive crops, if they saw fit, during California's droughts 
for fear of an impossible morass of regulatory requirements or, with 
the involuntary cuts that have been underway, see that they would again 
be required to have new permits because of this misinterpretation by 
the Corps.
  Mr. Chairman, the House has supported amendments I have sponsored on 
two other occasions. Language addressing this issue previously passed 
by voice vote and was included in the CR/Omnibus; yet the Corps has 
refused to recognize clear congressional intent and abandoned its 
interpretation.
  My amendment, for the third time, will seek to prohibit funding for 
these creative interpretations. I urge your support of this effort to 
once again make clear the will of Congress.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. I rise to oppose the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from California (Mr. LaMalfa). This amendment makes a significant 
change to the Clean Water Act regulations, one we should not be making 
late at night in an appropriations bill. It deserves thoughtful 
consideration. I think the gentleman probably would agree with that.
  Mr. Chairman, under current law and regulation, activities that 
convert wetlands that occur as part of existing,
ongoing farming, ranching, and silviculture activities do not require a 
section 404 wetlands permit.
  Let me repeat that for my colleagues. The Clean Water Act explicitly 
exempts certain activities from regulation, and these include normal 
agricultural activities like plowing fields, planting and harvesting 
crops, and maintaining irrigation and drainage ditches.
  Those exemptions were added by Congress in 1977. The 1977 law created 
the list of activity-based exemptions from normal farming, ranching, 
and forestry activities; but it also included safeguards to ensure that 
these exempted activities were not exploited by large-scale commercial 
interests. The regulations implementing those exemptions were completed 
in 1986 during the Reagan administration.
  The underlying fiscal year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill 
before us already includes language in section 106 affirming that these 
activities exempted by Congress 38 years ago continue to be exempt. It 
clearly states that none of the funds made available by this act may be 
used to require a permit when these activities are conducted.
  The gentleman from California wants to go further than the language 
already in the bill with his amendment. In his view, wetlands should be 
able to be filled even when a farm has been converted to another use or 
farm fields have lain idle so long that modifications to the hydrology 
are necessary to conduct operations.
  I say to my colleague from California, it is hard to understand how 
any discharge can be normal for an operation that isn't established.
  Mr. Chairman, let me tell my colleague why this concerns me. 
According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, in my home 
State, since the late 18th century, 90 percent of Ohio's wetland 
resources have been destroyed or degraded through draining, filling, or 
other modification. Because of the valuable functions the remaining 
wetlands perform, it is imperative to ensure that all impacts to 
wetlands are properly mitigated.
  Wetlands help filter impurities from water. Sediment settles out of 
runoff, and contaminants bind to plant surfaces in wetlands resulting 
in improved water quality. Wetlands perform other valuable functions, 
including reducing flood flow and shoreline erosion control. They are 
almost like lungs. They are the lungs of the Earth and connect the land 
to the water.
  In Ohio, we also depend upon our wetlands as haven for rare and 
endangered plants, and one-third of all the endangered species depends 
on wetlands for survival. Many wetlands are important fish spawning and 
nursery areas, as well as nesting, resting, and feeding areas for 
waterfowl.
  We should make certain that any changes we make to wetlands policy 
that may result in the destruction of these remaining very important 
ecological areas are evaluated carefully and we do not overturn nearly 
40 years of policy lightly.
  It is for these reasons, Mr. Chairman, that I must respectfully 
oppose the gentleman's amendment. I urge my colleagues to do so as 
well, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Again, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the comments by my 
colleague from Ohio on that, but in practice in California, they are 
already moving well beyond established law in the 404 section that 
would indeed allow for normal activities to be exempted.
  I say ``normal activities.'' It is normal for farmers to change 
crops, to rotate crops as what fits the land, that fits available water 
supply, that fits what the farmer deems to do with his or her land. 
There is this thing called property rights in Ohio and California.
  It is amazing to me that the Army Corps continues to misinterpret and 
creatively interpret the 404 exemptions because, in practice in 
northern California, we have seen that the ability to switch crops, to 
do as you see fit with your land within the permit, with the exemptions 
of the 404, are being violated.
  We have attempted to work with the Army Corps in northern California 
on that when I was told recently that they would ignore this section 
and ignore the efforts we have made previously.
  That is why this amendment is necessary, not only to send a message, 
but to remove the funding that they would try to use to stop the 
cultural practices of farmers across the country, especially as it 
seems to be affecting northern California, to do as they see fit within 
the exemptions that are already in the law, but seemingly outside of 
what the wishes of the Army Corps are.
  Mr. Chairman, I would ask for the ``aye'' vote on this bill, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from California (Mr. LaMalfa).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be 
postponed.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. LaMalfa

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

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec.__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used to deliver water to the Trinity River above the minimum 
     requirements of the Trinity Record of Decision or to 
     supplement flows in the Klamath River.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 223, the gentleman from 
California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, as was discussed earlier, California is 
seeing the most severe drought in many, many years. Our own Governor 
has recently ordered a mandatory 25 percent water rationing across the 
State.
  Despite these dire conditions which have idled hundreds of thousands 
of productive farmland and caused billions of dollars in economic 
damage, the Bureau of Reclamation has unnecessarily diverted water from 
the Central Valley Project which serves the entire State, 20 million or 
more people, to salmon habitat in the Klamath River. I say 
``unnecessarily'' because the chinook salmon of the Klamath River are 
not threatened or endangered and have, in fact, been returning in near 
record numbers.
  Mr. Chairman, the Bureau has misused over 100,000 acre feet of water 
over the last 2 years, which will be enough for up to 800,000 people or 
even 30,000 acres of cropland.

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  What is more, stakeholders have already reached an agreement. All the 
stakeholders in the area have a previous agreement to ensure enough 
water for both humans and for salmon, according to the Trinity Record 
of Decision.

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  The Bureau's actions go above and beyond the requirements of the 
agreement and negatively impact the very stakeholders that agreed to 
it, including my constituents.
  Two years ago, a bipartisan group from this Congress sent a letter 
urging the Bureau of Reclamation not to carry out this activity. Mr. 
Chairman, this amendment simply prohibits the Bureau of Reclamation 
from releasing water beyond the record of decision it is a party to and 
ensures that cities and farms have access to as much water as possible, 
especially during this acute drought period. It also maintains the 
river flows that stakeholders have agreed to and forces the Bureau of 
Reclamation to keep its promises to the people of California.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I oppose this amendment but, believe me, 
with sympathy toward what the people of the West are facing. I just 
hope that we can get through this situation reasonably and seamlessly 
somehow. I oppose the amendment because it would lock in a specific 
operating regime, regardless of facts on the ground.
  In 2014, the Bureau of Reclamation made the decision not to release 
water above the minimum requirement, clearly showing they are realistic 
and willing to change to meet the circumstances at hand. I hope the 
gentleman agrees. Reclamation monitored temperatures and fish health to 
balance risks.
  Then last September, the Bureau of Reclamation did release flows 
because of a deadly detection of a parasite impacting salmon. Yet we 
must ensure that the massive fish kill of 2002 doesn't happen again. 
This balancing act is really difficult, but we cannot sacrifice the 
environment either. We must find a way to balance the needs of people 
and the environment in the West.
  Further, in the Klamath Basin, we must meet our obligations to the 
tribes who have relied on the river. None of this will be easy. We 
should not be locking in an operating regime that ignores science and 
does not allow us to adapt to changing circumstances.
  On this basis, I oppose the gentleman's amendment and honestly hope, 
as a country, we can do what is necessary to help the West.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, well, I appreciate that sentiment on 
helping the West. Perhaps a pipeline from Ohio with all that excess 
water during flood flows would help us out. But short of doing that 
right now, indeed, coming back to what is happening with the fish we 
are speaking of in these systems, the salmon in the Klamath River that 
we are speaking of are not in danger and are near record numbers in 
that leg.
  This amendment will assist actually downstream on the Sacramento 
River the endangered winter-run chinook with this additional flow. So 
even though there may have been detected a parasite, it is not 
affecting natively what we are talking about here.
  And this goes beyond the Record of Decision with agreed water flow 
amounts of the stakeholders involved. So this is more by whim of BOR 
once again deciding that additional flows, based on no science beyond 
the Record of Decision, are taking valuable water away, and it could 
happen again in this record drought year.
  We need not lose the opportunity to have these waters, or other ones 
talked about earlier tonight, based on the whim of a bureaucracy 
somewhere that really doesn't seem to be paying attention to the needs 
of California's farms, cities, and that the water is actually being 
used to the best benefit of the fish being debated in any one of these 
systems. So diverting more water away from this is not productive. It 
doesn't fulfill any scientific goals.
  With that, I ask the ``aye'' votes of this Chamber.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from California (Mr. LaMalfa).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be 
postponed.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, before I make a motion, let me thank you 
for your excellent stewardship of this bill through general order, 
through the amendment debate in the wee hours of the morning. We all 
appreciate it. It has been fair and helped move it along in an orderly 
manner.
  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. 
LaMalfa) having assumed the chair, Mr. Collins of Georgia, 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. 2028) 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

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