[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8524-8533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017


                             General Leave

  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and to include extraneous material on the further consideration 
of H.R. 5325 and that I may include tabular material on the same.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 771 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. 5325.
  Will the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) kindly take the 
chair.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 5325) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, 
with Ms. Foxx (Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Thursday, 
June 9, 2016, the Chair had announced that it was in order to consider 
amendment No. 7, printed in House Report 114-611.

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                  Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 
printed in House Report 114-611.
  Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting 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 deliver a printed copy of the United States House 
     of Representatives Telephone Directory to the office of any 
     Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 
     or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I rise today to offer a commonsense 
amendment that will prevent wasteful spending in this bill and the 
unsolicited delivery of printed copies of the House telephone directory 
to 435 House congressional offices.
  I hold here the United States House of Representatives Telephone 
Directory for 2016. This book, printed by the Government Publishing 
Office, contains 378 pages of names, addresses, and the contact 
information for Members of Congress and their staffs. While the Clerk 
of the House does get a deal from the GPO on these printing costs, this 
directory is sold to the public online at a cost of $52 per book. GPO 
stated that 14,080 copies of this directory were sent this year to the 
House Postal Operations for delivery.
  This year, all 435 House Member offices received this stack--this 
whole stack right here--unsolicited from the Office of the Clerk, 20 
copies, total, for each office.
  Each year we get this directory and, to be frank, it is not needed. 
All the information contained within these pages is readily available 
online, both publicly and through House Web sites.
  To make matters worse, often, the information contained is out of 
date by the time we receive these bound copies. For example, by the 
time I received my 20 copies of this directory, the information listed 
for my staff was no longer current.
  According to a CRS report from 2011, approximately 97 percent of all 
government documents originate in digital form and are distributed 
electronically but are not printed. This same CRS report estimated that 
it costs Congress about $134 per page for prepress costs for 
miscellaneous publications, of which this directory is one.
  Madam Chairman, I don't think I need to remind anyone here that we 
are currently $19 trillion-plus in debt as a result of excessive and 
unnecessary spending. I will be the first to admit that this amendment 
will not be saving millions of dollars this year alone, but in a time 
of such financial crisis, we should remain vigilant and save every 
penny we can.
  This book is unnecessary, and its unsolicited distribution en masse 
is excessive. Why does each D.C. office get 20 unsolicited copies? My 
D.C. office only has eight employees, none of which utilize these 
wasteful directories.
  I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment that will 
save precious taxpayer money and prevent future unsolicited deliveries 
of this directory in every single House office on the Hill.
  I thank the distinguished chair and ranking member for their work on 
this bill.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 
printed in House Report 114-611.
  Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting 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 deliver a printed copy of the Budget of the United 
     States Government; Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the 
     United States Government; or the Appendix, Budget of the 
     United States Government, to the office of any Member of the 
     House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress).


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  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I rise today to offer another commonsense 
amendment that will prevent wasteful spending in this bill by 
preventing the delivery of this packet of nearly 2,000 pages containing 
the President's budget request to 435 House congressional offices.
  In its 2017 budget justification, the Government Publishing Office 
states: ``Since 2012, GPO has made the annual Budget of the U.S. 
Government available as a mobile app. The FY 2016 Budget app, released 
in January of 2015, provided users with access to the text and images 
of the Budget, including the Budget Message of the President, 
information on the President's priorities, and budget overviews 
organized by agency. This app provides links to GPO's FDsys where 
summary tables and additional books of the Budget, including the 
Analytical Perspectives, Appendix, and Historical Tables, are 
available.''
  This package, which contains the President's budget, analytical 
perspectives of the budget, and the appendix of the budget are all 
available on an app for your phone for free. Furthermore, all three are 
available in their entirety online at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/, where 
they are more easily searchable.
  While the Office of Management and Budget does get a great deal from 
GPO on printing costs, each individual copy sells online for $38, $56, 
and $79, respectively. These documents comprise 170 pages, 409 pages, 
and 1,413 pages, respectively. OMB orders one copy of the budget for 
all 435 Members of the House, and this publication is then printed by 
the Government Publishing Office and delivered by House Postal 
Operations.
  In a time when our Nation is facing a fiscal crisis and has a $19 
trillion-plus debt as a result of excessive and unnecessary spending, 
we should not be squandering more money printing nearly 2,000 pages of 
the President's budget that most Members throw in the trash, recycle, 
or don't even open.
  Furthermore, this massive document is not even a serious proposal and 
has been routinely rejected with strong bipartisan support. The Senate 
defeated President Obama's budget by a vote of 97-0 for fiscal year 
2011, 99-0 in fiscal year 2012, and 98-1 last year.
  Again, I will be the first one to admit that this amendment will not 
save millions of dollars this year alone, but, in a time of such fiscal 
crisis, we should remember the old adage that a penny saved is a penny 
earned.
  The printing and distribution of the President's budget to 435 House 
offices is excessive. I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense 
amendment, and we will save precious taxpayer money and prevent future 
mass deliveries. Again, all these publications are online in their 
entirety, where they are more easily searchable, and they are also on a 
free mobile app.
  I thank the distinguished chair and ranking member for their work on 
this bill.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Grayson

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 
printed in House Report 114-611.
  Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting 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--
       (1) within a three-year period preceding the 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;
       (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or 
     civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of 
     any of the offenses enumerated above in paragraph (1); or
       (3) within a three-year period preceding the offer, has 
     been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount 
     that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Grayson) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Chair, this is an amendment that is identical to 
other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every 
appropriations bill considered under an open rule during the 113th and 
114th Congresses. I extend my thanks to the Rules Committee for ruling 
this amendment in order.
  My amendment expands the list of parties with whom the Federal 
Government is prohibited from contracting due to serious misconduct on 
the part of the contractors. I hope that this amendment remains 
noncontroversial, as it has been, and will again be passed unanimously 
by the House.
  I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I support the gentleman's 
amendment.
  This is a commonsense amendment which would prohibit funding in this 
bill from being used to pay contractors engaged in fraud or tax 
evasion. As the gentleman said, similar amendments have been adopted on 
other appropriations bills.
  I urge Members to vote ``aye.''
  Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Takano

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11 
printed in House Report 114-611.
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting 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. __.  There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the 
     Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) 
     $2,500,000, to be derived from a reduction of $2,500,000 in 
     the amount provided in this Act for the item for ``Architect 
     of the Capitol, Capital Construction and Operations''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Takano) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise today in support of my amendment, which would restore funding 
to the Office of Technology Assessment, or OTA. The foundation for good 
policy is accurate and objective analysis; and for more than two 
decades, the OTA set that foundation by providing relevant, unbiased 
technical and scientific assessments for Members of Congress and staff.
  In 1995, the OTA was defunded, stripping Congress of a valuable 
resource to understand both emerging technologies as well as the 
nuances of the legislative process. In its absence, the need for OTA 
has only grown. Many of the issues OTA studied 20 years ago are even 
more pressing today: antibiotic-resistant bacteria, electronic 
surveillance in the digital age, and testing in America's schools. 
These are the complex challenges our Nation will continue to face, and 
Congress should have access to the thorough and insightful analysis OTA 
can provide.

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  Investing in the OTA now will actually save us money in the future. 
In the last year it operated, OTA's budget was $23 million, but its 
studies on the Synthetics Fuels Corporation saved taxpayers tens of 
billions of dollars.
  Our amendment restores a modest $2.5 million to the OTA account for 
salaries and expenses to begin rebuilding the office. The cost is 
offset by a reduction of the same amount to the AOC's capital 
construction and operations account, which is an administrative 
account. So this will not take resources from specific construction 
projects.
  Madam Chair, a great surgeon does not operate without modern tools, a 
master chef does not cook without fresh ingredients, and Members of 
Congress should not make policy decisions without relevant and unbiased 
information.
  I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on this amendment to restore funding 
to the Office of Technology Assessment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I want to thank the gentleman 
from California. I know he has great intentions with this amendment.
  As we discuss the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill, we are 
really discussing what is important to the House of Representatives, 
because that is what this bill reflects.
  I know that this office was created in 1972 and was eliminated years 
later, but in 1972, I was 2 years old. Technology was very different. I 
see no need to re-create something that was started dealing with 
technology when I was 2 years old, almost two decades prior to the 
first Web site.
  Currently, these tasks are being handled by GAO. They are being 
handled sufficiently. They are being handled with the $2.5 million 
already, and we have yet to receive any complaints.
  Now, if there is a more comprehensive need for technology assessment, 
I think that is a bigger discussion for cyber policy in general, and 
that is a conversation that should take place outside of the 
Legislative Branch Subcommittee's jurisdiction.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. I rise in support of the amendment to revive 
the Office of Technology Assessment.
  When I was chair of the subcommittee, we tried to restart it within 
the Government Accountability Office. In fiscal years 2008 to 2010, I 
included $2.5 million in this bill with GAO to support that initiative. 
However, the supporters of the amendment make an impassioned case that 
the Office of Technology Assessment should be a part of Congress 
itself, rather than GAO, in order to provide objective analysis of 
complex, scientific, and technical issues which certainly, I think we 
can all agree, actually exist today.
  We are not trying to go back to 20th century technology. We have 
important issues that need to be reviewed, and we don't always have the 
expertise in Congress necessary to be able to make sure we can get that 
cogent analysis, particularly when we are still at funding levels back 
to 2010 in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill.
  This is a bill in which we are tackling copyright modernization, 
specifically dealing with technology challenges, and an OTA would add 
to the rigor of our analysis on that topic and others.
  I urge support of the amendment.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I will just point out that one of 
our focuses in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill is to be very 
responsible with taxpayer dollars. During these lean times when we are 
$19 trillion in debt, we have really led the charge when it comes to 
reducing spending from our operations, down 13.2 percent. We have 
eliminated some agencies and programs and even, in this bill, eliminate 
the Open World Center.

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  I don't see this as the time that we need to restart a new program 
that was eliminated 20 years ago.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, how much time is remaining on my side?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 2 minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Foster), a member of the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology and a respected physicist.
  Mr. FOSTER. Madam Chair, thank you to the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Takano) and to my colleagues, the gentlewoman from Connecticut 
(Ms. Esty) and the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Ben Ray Lujan) for 
helping to bring this amendment to the floor.
  This amendment would provide $2.5 million to resurrect the Office of 
Technology Assessment to revive this crucial service of providing 
Congress with unbiased, nonpartisan reports on a wide range of issues 
in science and technology.
  This office is no less necessary today than when it first started in 
1972. As technology continues to advance at an increasingly rapid pace 
and our partisan divide seems to grow deeper, Congress needs this now 
more than ever.
  I ask my colleagues to consider just one single one of the 
recommendations from the Office of Technology Assessment, that the 
United States rapidly adopt a standardized electronic medical record 
format. Had this been done, we would have been able to save hundreds of 
millions of dollars in medical costs over the last decades and hundreds 
of thousands of lives of Americans through prevention of preventable 
medical accidents.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment to 
restore this vital source of credible and nonpartisan scientific 
expertise in Congress.
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I reiterate my support for the Office of 
Technology Assessment. Congress does not suffer from a lack of 
information, but it suffers from a lack of trusted information to help 
make wise policy decisions. We need information that is not spun even 
by our own agencies, the FBI or other agencies. We need information 
that is not spun from particular sectors. This agency, this Office of 
Technology Assessment, will be overseen by a bipartisan group of 
lawmakers who will vet the experts that work for it.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I will just again thank my 
colleague from California for his thoughtful and well-debated argument 
here for the need, as he sees it. I will again reiterate that the GAO 
provides a valuable service which I believe can continue doing the job 
that is necessary.
  In these lean times, I would encourage our colleagues to oppose this 
amendment not because of the gentleman from California, but just 
because of the lean times and the concept in which it is just not the 
right time to adopt that. I will oppose the amendment.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Russell

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12 
printed in House Report 114-611.
  Mr. RUSSELL. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting 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:

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       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to 
     a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 
     Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the 
     Member requests a copy.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Russell) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma.
  Mr. RUSSELL. Madam Chair, the fiscal year 2017 Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act contains several excellent provisions to cut down on 
unnecessary printing of paper documents in the House of 
Representatives. Section 102 of the act, for example, prohibits printed 
copies of bills from being sent to Members of Congress unless they 
specifically request them. This amendment is very similar. It prohibits 
the Federal Register from being sent to Members unless they 
specifically request it. It uses the exact same terminology as section 
102.
  The Federal Register, while important because it contains rules, 
proposals, and various other publications released by Federal agencies, 
unfortunately every business day Members of Congress receive paper 
copies of this Register, while it is available online and queryable. 
Sadly, most of these hundreds of pages in length end up in the waste 
bin.
  The Federal Register, being available online, is a better way to go 
with this measure. The Government Printing Office sends 617 copies of 
the Register every single day to House Members alone. This includes 
subscriptions for personal offices, committees, archival offices, and 
others. Each annual subscription costs the Government Printing Office 
$750 a year to produce in paper and ink alone. These costs are charged 
to Federal agencies that publish in the Federal Register.
  Among all the Members of Congress and six nonvoting Members in the 
House, paying for an annual subscription for all of these costs and 
other estimated delivery costs exceeds $400,000 annually. To put that 
into perspective, that could pay for the annual salaries of a dozen 
Special Forces sergeants who are defending our country abroad.
  None of the funds made available by this act may be used to deliver a 
printed copy of the Federal Register to a Member of the House of 
Representatives, including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
Congress, unless the Members request specifically a copy.
  This simple amendment will build on the reforms of the congressional 
printing of sections 102, 103, and 105, allowing Federal agencies to 
better use precious taxpayer dollars. I encourage support for this 
amendment, Madam Chair, because, once again, we will never win the war 
on our national debt in some giant spending measure that will only 
divide us within our respective parties and within the Chamber. 
Instead, we will win it by combating waste one agency at a time.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Russell).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Pearce

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13 
printed in House Report 114-611.
  Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $190,970)''.
       Page 5, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $190,970)''.
       Page 6, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $190,970)''.
       Page 42, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $190,970)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman 
from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Mexico.
  Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Chair, despite what has been said about this amendment, it is 
very simple. There are two bodies that are funded through the 
appropriations process in the U.S. Congress. One is the House Committee 
on Ethics. That is the one that we all know as Members of Congress. But 
there is another body called the Office of Congressional Ethics that 
works pretty well outside of this body.
  Now, my amendment is simply taking this year's increase away from 
that outside body. Again, no change to the ethical process inside the 
body, the one that we are all familiar with and feel accountable to. 
But we are deducting $191,000 from this outside group because in this 
time of budget constraints, when I look at my office and all the other 
offices, our spending has been reduced. Our budgets have been reduced 
by approximately $200,000 since 2008.
  Now, we have to deal with 750,000 to 900,000 constituents. I have 
five field offices. Generally we drive, as a staff, somewhere between 
50,000 and 100,000 miles per year to deal with our constituents. Our 
budgets have gone down $200,000, with a small increase this year of 
$12,000.
  Then, on the other hand, I see a $191,000 increase on this outside 
group. I just feel like that is extraordinary and would suggest that 
the appropriations bill, H.R. 5325, be reduced in that amount in this 
budget area.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, the Office of Congressional 
Ethics is crucial to ensuring accountability and transparency in this 
body. Any attempts to cut its budget would only serve to erode our 
constituents' trust and faith in Congress, which certainly has already 
suffered a significant amount of erosion.
  As many of my colleagues will recall, the House created the Office of 
Congressional Ethics nearly a decade ago to improve the integrity of 
the ethics process in the House. The House was recovering from the Mark 
Foley scandal, and it was clear that we needed to do something to 
rebuild the American people's trust in their elected Representatives. 
That is why OCE's core ``mission is to assist the U.S. House in 
upholding high ethical standards with an eye toward increasing 
transparency and providing information to the public.''
  I acknowledge that there are proposals to improve the operations of 
the Office of Congressional Ethics, and we should certainly take a look 
at those, Madam Chair, but it is common sense that these improvements 
can't be made by cutting funding for the office that we are actually 
seeking to improve.
  Moreover, the issue of congressional ethics is far too important to 
reduce to a 10-minute debate on the House floor. For these reasons, I 
urge my colleagues to oppose this misguided amendment.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I find it odd that we received the words 
today on the House floor that we are going to increase transparency 
through the Office of Congressional Ethics. That is exactly what they 
do not do.
  The Sixth Amendment of the Constitution gives the accused the right 
to be confronted with the witnesses against him. I will quote from a 
letter, a legal letter that was given to the OCE:

       This investigation has again revealed due process 
     deficiencies within the OCE rules. While the Sixth Amendment 
     of the United States provides for the fundamental right to 
     confront one's accusers, the OCE rules do not allow to 
     confront the accused with the accusers.

  Secondly, the Sixth Amendment gives us the right to a lawyer. I will 
again quote from Paul Solis, an employee of the OCE, in an email to my 
chief of staff:

       I forgot to mention on our call that should you retain a 
     lawyer for the office, that lawyer would most likely be 
     prohibited under our rules from representing a subject of 
     this review to the extent that subject is a current staff 
     member.


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  So the OCE, in their email to our office, says you don't have the 
right to legal counsel, even though the Sixth Amendment of the 
Constitution says that you do.
  The third thing that I see is that we should be able to find out the 
nature of the charges under the Sixth Amendment. Again, our experience 
and the experience of others who have confronted OCE realizes you do 
not know what the charges are, you are not going to get to get a 
lawyer, and you cannot know who is accusing you. This hardly meets the 
word ``transparency'' that my good friend alluded to.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, while I can appreciate the 
gentleman's concerns, he has listed a number of substantive differences 
of opinion with the way the Office of Congressional Ethics handles 
their work. This appropriations bill is not the appropriate place to 
address those.
  The Office of Congressional Ethics was created through legislation. 
It is a substantive issue, and it is one that should be debated and 
discussed on an authorizing bill, not on the funding of the legislative 
branch. You don't just cut the budget of an office with whose decisions 
you disagree. We can debate and discuss these concerns, but cutting 
$190,000 out of the OCE's budget is not the way to address that.
  For those reasons and the fact that the public already has some 
pretty significant concerns with the way we do business here, this 
would send the wrong message. If we are going to have this discussion, 
we should do it in a forum that allows for more robust discussion and 
debate over how to address those challenges long term.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I would remind my friend and colleague that 
this amendment only addresses the funding. I simply used my time in 
order to advertise for this agency and the way that they operate.
  I would like to quote from an email that I got this morning:

       I cried when I saw what your boss did last night on the Leg 
     Branch.

  This is referring to my amendment.

       I was unfairly targeted by OCE in 2013, for an action in 
     2008, which had been approved by the Ethics Committee. OCE 
     even admitted there was no evidence. I complied with every 
     provision of the policy, without exception. One of the 
     staffers that was being investigated in this same 
     circumstance left the Hill early on. I considered doing the 
     same thing. I certainly had to endure all the phases of the 
     OCE process, including referral to the Ethics Committee.
       The Ethics Committee dismissed the case against us, but it 
     is, by far, the worst thing that has ever happened to me in 
     my 21 years on the Hill. I am a strong person with resources, 
     and was an emotional wreck over the thought of losing my 
     credibility over an ethics investigation. I cried virtually 
     every day for several months. And the prolonged process over 
     many, many months took a toll on my life.

  And we are asking to give this agency another $191,000 to continue 
this kind of action? I think this debate is exactly called for at this 
moment on this bill and on this spending.
  Madam Chair, I urge Members to support the amendment to give notice 
to the OCE that we are watching what they are doing.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, how much time do I have 
remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida has 3 minutes 
remaining.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I have tremendous respect for the 
gentleman from New Mexico and his concerns for the operation of the 
Office of Congressional Ethics. However, all that we would be doing 
here, if his amendment were to pass, is to send a $190,000 message to 
the Office of Congressional Ethics. It would not achieve any of the 
gentleman's goals.
  If we do need to take a look at the way the office functions, then 
there is a process for doing that. The only thing we achieve here by 
adopting this amendment is cutting their budget by $190,000.
  So, if the majority believes that it is important to take a look at 
the function of this office, then there is a process for doing that and 
to take up legislation to change the way they do business. That is 
certainly appropriate. But we don't accomplish any of the gentleman's 
goals by cutting $190,000.
  In fact, the public has certainly already sent multiple messages to 
the United States Congress that they don't have a whole lot of 
confidence in the business that we are doing here. This would send the 
absolute wrong message back to them--that we don't get it.
  So I urge Members to oppose the amendment because it would not 
achieve the gentleman's goals and because we have a more appropriate 
place to actually achieve those goals in the authorizing committee.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico 
will be postponed.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 114-611 on 
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 2 by Mr. Ellison of Minnesota.
  Amendment No. 6 by Mrs. Blackburn of Tennessee.
  Amendment No. 11 by Mr. Takano of California.
  Amendment No. 13 by Mr. Pearce of New Mexico.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.


                 Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Ellison

  The Acting 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 Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 157, 
noes 241, not voting 36, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 289]

                               AYES--157

     Ashford
     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
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes

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     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
       

                               NOES--241

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Himes
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schrader
     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
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--36

     Adams
     Amodei
     Barletta
     Bass
     Black
     Brat
     Brooks (IN)
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Davis, Danny
     Duffy
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Franks (AZ)
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hardy
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Hunter
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Luetkemeyer
     Meeks
     Miller (MI)
     Neal
     Payne
     Sires
     Waters, Maxine
     Yarmuth

                              {time}  1208

  Messrs. DIAZ-BALART, WITTMAN, and COLLINS of New York changed their 
vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mrs. BLACK. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 289 on agreeing to the 
Ellison Amendment for H.R. 5325, I am not recorded because I was 
unavoidable detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''


               Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mrs. Blackburn

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 165, 
noes 237, not voting 32, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 290]

                               AYES--165

     Abraham
     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Barton
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cooper
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Culberson
     Davidson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kelly (MS)
     King (IA)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Lummis
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Messer
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pitts
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Roe (TN)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     Stutzman
     Tipton
     Trott
     Upton
     Vela
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke
       
       

                               NOES--237

     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Barr
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cole
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emmer (MN)
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Granger
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Harper
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Issa
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meng
     Mica
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Newhouse
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman

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     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Young (AK)
       
       

                             NOT VOTING--32

     Adams
     Amodei
     Barletta
     Cohen
     Costa
     Davis, Danny
     Duffy
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hardy
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Honda
     Hunter
     Hurt (VA)
     Jackson Lee
     Jordan
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Luetkemeyer
     Meeks
     Miller (MI)
     Neal
     Payne
     Rush
     Sires
     Waters, Maxine
     Yarmuth
       


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1212

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. HURT of Virginia. Madam Chair, I was not present for rollcall 
vote No. 290 on the Blackburn of Tennessee Amendment No. 6. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yes.''


                 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Takano

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 179, 
noes 223, not voting 32, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 291]

                               AYES--179

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

                               NOES--223

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Babin
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gabbard
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     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
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--32

     Adams
     Amodei
     Barletta
     Cicilline
     Cohen
     Davis, Danny
     Duffy
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hardy
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Luetkemeyer
     Marchant
     Meeks
     Miller (MI)
     Neal
     Payne
     Sires
     Stivers
     Waters, Maxine
     Wittman
     Yarmuth
       


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

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

                              {time}  1216

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


                 Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Pearce

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 137, 
noes 270, not voting 27, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 292]

                               AYES--137

     Abraham
     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brat
     Brooks (AL)
     Burgess
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Collins (GA)
     Conaway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davidson
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Farenthold
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Harper
     Harris
     Hastings
     Hensarling
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter

[[Page 8531]]


     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McHenry
     Meadows
     Messer
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peterson
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Roskam
     Ross
     Russell
     Salmon
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thornberry
     Upton
     Walberg
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--270

     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Barr
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibson
     Graham
     Graves (LA)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jolly
     Jones
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirkpatrick
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Massie
     Matsui
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meng
     Mica
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pocan
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Yoder
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--27

     Adams
     Amodei
     Barletta
     Brady (TX)
     Cohen
     Davis, Danny
     Duffy
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hardy
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Luetkemeyer
     Meeks
     Miller (MI)
     Neal
     Payne
     Sires
     Waters, Maxine
     Yarmuth

                              {time}  1220

  Mr. DELANEY changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule, 
the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Hultgren) having assumed the chair, Ms. Foxx, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 5325) 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to 
House Resolution 771, she reported the bill back to the House with 
sundry amendments adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the 
Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the 
desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. I am opposed to it in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Castro of Texas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5325 to 
     the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report 
     the same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       In the ``Capital Construction and Operations'' account, on 
     page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $200,000)''.
       In the ``Library of Congress--Salaries and Expenses'' 
     account, on page 25, line 24, after the first dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $200,000)''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the 
bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If 
adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as 
amended.
  Mr. Speaker, before I speak on this amendment, I yield to the 
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), who has been a strong 
advocate and leader on this issue, for an opportunity to say a few 
words.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleague, 
Congressman Joaquin Castro, to urge the majority to finally allow the 
House to strike a destructive political provision that has made its way 
into the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill.
  If those listening are wondering why we are talking about the 
pejorative term ``illegal aliens'' on the bill that funds the 
legislative branch, then you are not alone. This legislation's 
accompanying report includes language that would have the Library 
continue to use the term ``illegal aliens,'' ``to the extent 
practicable''--even though the Library itself has said that there is no 
practicable means to continue to use the term ``illegal aliens.''
  The Library changes thousands of subject headings each year without 
interference from Congress. Why this one? Why now?
  The Library once used the subject heading ``Negro,'' then moved to 
``Afro-American,'' and now ``African American.'' They didn't wait until 
the entire U.S. Code was free of the pejorative term ``Negro'' before 
they changed their subject heading. As a matter of fact, Congress only 
recently removed the last vestiges of the terms ``Negro'' and 
``Oriental'' from the U.S. Code in May of 2016.
  That bill passed with a unanimous vote, including the ``yes'' vote of 
the chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee. If we removed 
``Negro'' and ``Oriental'' in the subject headings of the Library of 
Congress before we changed the U.S. Code, then we should do the same 
for the now-pejorative term, ``illegal alien.''

[[Page 8532]]

  The Library of Congress is our Nation's first established cultural 
institution, and it is hard to fathom why my colleagues on the other 
side of the aisle would try to tie its hands to the slow-moving wheels 
of the U.S. Code.
  Entering into an immigration debate on the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations bill is a terrible precedent. If the majority is really 
serious about debating the U.S. Code, then let's have the Republican 
Rules Committee bring up the Castro bill that would remove the hurtful 
and inaccurate term ``illegal aliens'' once and for all from the U.S. 
Code.
  We are Members of Congress, not captains of the word police. Free the 
card catalog and depoliticize this bill.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have 
remaining?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 2 minutes and 
35 seconds remaining.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in 1922, the only grandparent I 
would come to know came from Mexico to the United States. She was not a 
rapist or a murderer or an alien. She was a 6-year-old girl whose 
parents had died around the time of the Mexican Revolution, and the 
closest relatives who could take her and her sister in were in Texas.
  I bet if we went around this Chamber, I know there would be beautiful 
stories, similar stories, of ancestors who came from Italy, Germany, 
Ireland, Africa, Asia, and every corner of the world. They are the 
immigrants to this country. They are the strength of this country.
  Language matters. Recently, the Library of Congress decided to retire 
the term ``illegal alien'' because it is dehumanizing. For the first 
time in American history, today, the Congress is ready to interfere 
with the business of the Library of Congress.
  In the years of the Congress and the Library, language has evolved. 
That is why we have done away with terms like ``Negro,'' ``Oriental,'' 
``lunatic,'' and ``retarded,'' because we understand that even words 
that start off as neutral descriptors can, over time, become used as 
verbal weapons and knives to inflict pain and disrespect and sow 
division. That is the case today.
  There are times in our country's history where our politics have also 
been a race to the bottom. Those Irish ancestors were greeted by signs 
that read ``no Irish need apply'' in cities like New York and Boston. 
The Japanese, German, and Italian Americans even were interned during 
World War II. Chinese were excluded from this country for decades. 
During the Eisenhower administration, many Hispanics in this country 
were rounded up and deported to Mexico even if they were American.

                              {time}  1230

  What I am asking is for us not to fuel the flames of this season and 
for us to take a better course and do the right thing. I am asking you 
to support this motion to recommit because the words ``illegal alien'' 
will be retired. This will change, whether it is now or 6 months from 
now or 10 years from now. The question for all of us is whether we, 
today, will do the right thing or whether a few years from now we 
apologize for doing the wrong thing.
  Please support this motion to recommit and do the right thing.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 
motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I want to make this quick because 
I want to make sure the House knows what offensive language is in this 
bill. It is so offensive that I am going to read it.

       To the extent practicable, the committee instructs the 
     Library to maintain certain subject headings that reflect 
     terminology used in title 8, United States Code.

  That is what is so offensive to the minority party.
  For 7\1/2\ years, we have had a President who wants to ignore the 
intent of the laws of our land. We will not allow this body, this 
House, to ignore the definitions nor the words of the laws that have 
been voted on in this body, passed by the Senate, and signed into law 
by the President.
  I am asking this body to vote ``no'' on this motion to recommit, vote 
``yes'' to uphold the laws of this land, vote ``yes'' for your 
constituents on final passage, and have a good weekend.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 
XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-
minute votes on passage of the bill, adoption of House Concurrent 
Resolution 89, and adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 112.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 170, 
noes 237, not voting 27, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 293]

                               AYES--170

     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     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
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--237

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     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
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko

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     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     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
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--27

     Adams
     Amodei
     Barletta
     Cohen
     Davis, Danny
     Duffy
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hardy
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Luetkemeyer
     Meeks
     Miller (MI)
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Payne
     Sires
     Waters, Maxine
     Yarmuth


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1237

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 293.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 233, 
nays 175, not voting 26, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 294]

                               YEAS--233

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bera
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     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
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                               NAYS--175

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

                             NOT VOTING--26

     Adams
     Amodei
     Barletta
     Cohen
     Davis, Danny
     Duffy
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fudge
     Gosar
     Hardy
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Jackson Lee
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Luetkemeyer
     Meeks
     Miller (MI)
     Neal
     Payne
     Sires
     Waters, Maxine
     Yarmuth


                Announcement by the speaker pro tempore

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

                              {time}  1244

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________