An amendment numbered 19 printed in Part C of House Report 111-143 to allow the Secretary of State, at her discretion, to make payments from the Rewards for Justice program to officers or employees of foreign governments who provide information leading to the capture of exceptional and high-profile terrorists.

FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 2010 AND 2011

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 522 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. 2410.

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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. 2410) to authorize appropriations for the Department of
State and the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, to modernize
the Foreign Service, and for other purposes, with Ms. DeGette (Acting
Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today,
a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 15 by the gentleman from
California (Mr. Royce) had been postponed.


           Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Meeks of New York

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 16
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. MEEKS of New York. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 16 offered by Mr. Meeks of New York:
       At the end of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. REPORT ON UNITED STATES-BRAZIL JOINT ACTION PLAN
                   TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
     this Act and one year thereafter, the Secretary of State
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
     report detailing the status, efficacy, and coordination of
     the United States-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate
     Racial Discrimination, and a summary of short and long-term
     efforts to address the plight of in Afro Latinos and
     indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere through
     cooperation and bilateral efforts.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from New York (Mr. Meeks) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. MEEKS of New York. Madam Chair, I rise today with an important
amendment to H.R. 2410, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for
Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011.
  We here in the United States understand all too well that it takes
more than just passing laws to ensure equal access to prosperity. It
took decades of constant pressure and struggle to get the legal right
to full participation of African Americans in our American democracy,
yet we realize that our work is far from over in our great Nation.
  Racial discrimination is a sobering reality, both here in the United
States and in the rest of the world. We understand that we cannot throw
stones from a glass house, but instead we must work in tandem with our
neighbors to ensure that all citizens in our hemisphere are unfettered
by discriminatory practices now and the vestiges of those practices of
the past.
  It is in our interest to work toward a more equal hemisphere. And we
are all at risk if our citizens do not have full faith in the strength
of democracy to provide upward mobility. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., put it best when he said, Injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere.
  Afro-Latinos face a longstanding struggle against racial
discrimination and a lack of opportunities. Afro-Latinos make up
approximately 150 million of the region's 540 million total population
and, along with women and indigenous populations, are among the
poorest, most marginalized groups in the region.
  People of African descent comprise a significant portion of the
population in several Latin American countries and account for nearly
50 percent of the region's poor. For many Afro descendants, endemic
poverty is exacerbated by isolation, exclusion, and racial
discrimination.
  In Brazil, Afro-Latinos represent 45 percent of the population but
constitute 64 percent of the poor and 69 percent of the extremely poor.
In Colombia, the plight of Afro-Colombians is perhaps harshest, as they
are all too often caught in the crossfire of violent conflict.
  Congress previously supported the United States-Brazil Joint Action
Plan Against Racial Discrimination in House Resolution 1254 and called
for both the United States and Brazil to promote equality and to
continue to work toward eliminating racial discrimination. The joint
action plan helps to facilitate the exchange of information on the best
practices of antidiscrimination measures and development of ideas of
how to bilaterally promote racial and ethnic equality.
  With this amendment, we request that Secretary Clinton report on
plans and efforts to address the plight of Afro-Latinos and indigenous
peoples in the Western hemisphere. And we also request a report on the
status of the U.S.-Brazil joint action plan so we can gain a greater
understanding of how to

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increase our collaboration on similar initiatives.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I rise to claim time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5
minutes.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. The U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to eliminate
racial and ethnic discrimination and promote equality recognizes the
commitment of our governments to promote equality and opportunity.

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  It also underscores the importance of cooperating in the promotion of
human rights in order to maintain an environment of peace, of
democracy, and of prosperity in the region.
  The United States' commitment to freedom and equality is
longstanding. This joint action plan between our two countries helps to
further these values throughout the hemisphere.
  Mr. Meeks' amendment requires the Secretary of State to report on the
progress of these important bilateral efforts under the action plan.
This report will help to bring accountability and greater oversight to
the objectives and to the goals of this important joint effort between
the United States and Brazil.
  I thank Congressman Meeks for his introduction of this amendment, and
I urge my colleagues to support it.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MEEKS of New York. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr. Scott).
  Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Madam Chair, first of all, I would like to
commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks) for his long service in
this area of bringing attention to bringing equality to the cultures of
Central America, South America, and Latin America. He is to be indeed
commended.
  Madam Chair, the United States and Brazil are strong partners with a
common history and ancestry that, unfortunately, includes experiences
of slavery, racism, and discrimination against citizens of African
heritage. Still, the United States and Brazil, under the joint action
plan, are working to learn from each other's experiences in order to
combat racism, promote equality, and increase cooperation in a
multitude of fields including education, culture, health, and sports.
  Madam Chair, because combating racism and discrimination requires
constant vigilance, I support the gentleman from New York's amendment,
which will provide Congress with better information moving towards that
end.
  Mr. MEEKS of New York. Madam Chair, I just want to give some good
progress that has been made in Latin America. For example, we see
Graciela Dixon become the first black woman to head Panama's Supreme
Court in 2005 and Joaquim Barbosa of Brazil rise as a prominent member
of the Supreme Court. Paula Moreno stands now as Colombia's first Afro-
Colombian to serve as a minister in a presidential cabinet. And in
Ecuador, it was reported that a group of more than 100 black women in
2006 sought more government assistance for housing to combat racial
discrimination in the rental market.
  We are in this together; we can accomplish this together. And I thank
the gentlewoman who is the ranking member on the committee for
supporting this bill as well as the Chair of the 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 York (Mr. Meeks).
  The amendment was agreed to.


        Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 18
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. I have an amendment at the desk and ask
for its consideration.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 18 offered by Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona:
       Page 264, beginning line 1, insert the following:
       (K) Flow of illegal funds.--A description and assessment of
     efforts to reduce the southbound flow of illegal funds.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentlewoman
from Arizona (Mrs. Kirkpatrick) and a Member opposed each will control
5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Arizona.
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Madam Chair, over the past 1\1/2\ years,
we have witnessed record levels of violence along the southwest border.
Since the beginning of 2008, over 7,500 people have died as drug
cartels have fought over trafficking routes between Mexico and the
United States.
  As the fighting has continued in Mexico, those of us who live in
border States have seen our communities threatened. Many communities in
my home State of Arizona have seen gang violence on the rise, and the
State now leads the Nation in both kidnapping and identity theft, an
increase that is directly linked to illegal activity along the border.
  Our local law enforcement is doing a great job combating crime, but
they cannot take on the cartels alone. They need the Federal Government
to do its job.
  The criminal organizations that smuggle people and drugs into the
United States bringing this high level of crime into our homes are
fueled by the southbound flow of illegal arms and cash. Arms illegally
carried to Mexico are the weapons of choice for cartels, while it is
money streaming in from the United States that funds their massive
armies.
  This bill calls on the President to report to Congress on the
activities of the Merida Initiative. Among the matters covered by this
report is the assessment of United States efforts to prevent the
southbound flow of illegal arms. However, it does not currently include
any assessment of our efforts to prevent the movement of cash. The
illegal movement of people, drugs, weapons, and money are entirely
linked together, and it is impossible to address one of those issues
without tackling the rest.
  Therefore, I offer this amendment to include an assessment of United
States efforts to stem the stream of cash heading south into Mexico.
The cartels are continually finding new and innovative ways to
transport funds, and our government needs to be at least as creative if
these organizations are going to be stopped.
  Madam Chairwoman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I rise to claim the time in
opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5
minutes.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, the Merida Initiative is an historic
opportunity to cooperate with our democratic partners in the region
against narcotrafficking and organized crime. Requiring comprehensive
reporting on U.S. actions and the consequences of such are essential
not only to ensuring oversight but also to ensuring our efforts are
effective and, indeed, long lasting.
  Congresswoman Kirkpatrick's amendment works to include a review of
the illegal southbound flow of cash under Merida reporting. I believe
we should also oversee north in addition to southbound flows of cash
across our borders. Only through a comprehensive approach and
understanding of what we are facing can we truly be successful.
  I support the gentlewoman's amendment, and I congratulate her for
offering it.
  Mr. BERMAN. Would the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. I would be most honored to yield to our
distinguished chairman.
  Mr. BERMAN. I thank the ranking member for yielding.
  I just want to add my support. The fact is I had a chance to go to
Mexico City, and the gentlewoman from Arizona is absolutely right. The
guns are one issue but the huge amounts of cash that are transported
are another. Her amendment makes what I think are some good provisions
in this legislation on strengthening the Merida Initiative even better,
and I urge its adoption.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Madam Chairwoman, I thank the chairman
and the ranking member for their help with this amendment.

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  I ask my colleagues to support this amendment, which addresses a key
part of the fight against drug trafficking organizations.
  Madam Chairwoman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Kirkpatrick).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 19 Offered by Mr. Kirk

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 19
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. KIRK. Madam Chair, I have an amendment on the roll.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 19 offered by Mr. Kirk:
       At the end of subtitle A of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 205. ELIGIBILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR AN AGENCY
                   OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO RECEIVE A REWARD
                   UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

       (a) Eligibility.--Subsection (f) of section 36 of the State
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(f))
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(f) Ineligibility.--An officer'' and
     inserting the following:
       ``(f) Ineligibility.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an
     officer''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Exception in certain circumstances.--The Secretary
     may pay a reward to an officer or employee of a foreign
     government (or any entity thereof) who, while in the
     performance of his or her official duties, furnishes
     information described in such subsection, if the Secretary
     determines that such payment satisfies the following
     conditions:
       ``(A) Such payment is appropriate in light of the
     exceptional or high-profile nature of the information
     furnished pursuant to such subsection.
       ``(B) Such payment may aid in furnishing further
     information described in such subsection.
       ``(C) Such payment is formally requested by such agency.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of such section
     (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended in the matter preceding
     paragraph (1) by inserting ``or to an officer or employee of
     a foreign government in accordance with subsection (f)(2)''
     after ``individual''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois.
  Mr. KIRK. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I want to thank Chairman Berman and Ranking Member Ros-Lehtinen for
their bipartisan work on this, for a good underlying bill, in my view,
as well.
  This amendment will assist in our fight against terrorism across the
globe, especially in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  Currently, the terrorist rewards program run by the State Department
assists in our hunt for terrorists by promising a cash reward or other
type of assistance for information leading to the arrest of some of the
world's most deadly terrorists. The Rewards for Justice Program,
established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism, has now
paid over $77 million to more than 50 people who have provided credible
information to put terrorists behind bars and prevent acts of
terrorism.
  As a staff member, I helped write the amendments that President
Clinton asked for when we wanted to offer rewards for persons indicted
for war crimes, for example, in the former Yugoslavia. We also passed
legislation under Chairman Hyde that loosened up this program so that
we could provide more than cash assistance, more meaningful assistance
to farmers and other people who may not be able to read in very rural
parts of Central Asia.
  The program has been the key to success in apprehending people,
including Mir Amal Kansi, a terrorist who murdered two CIA employees
and injured three others in his 1993 rampage outside of CIA
headquarters in Virginia. The program was also important in nailing
Ramzi Yousef, convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Uday
and Qusay Hussein, the two murderous Hussein brothers; Khadaffy
Janjalani and Abu Solaiman, two high-ranking members of Abu Sayyaf in
the Philippines; Libyan Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, convicted on
January 31, 2001, for the murder of 270 people on Pan Am Flight 103
over Lockerbie; Hamsiraji Marusi Sali, the leader of the ASG; Muhsin
Khadr al-Khafaji, a member of Saddam Hussein's top Ba'ath Party
leadership; Iraqi Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad, a former official military
commander; and Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun, number 41 on the
Iraqi ``top 55'' wanted list.
  Under current law, though, the United States may not pay an award to
an officer or employee of another government. I have traveled to
Pakistan in each of the last 4 years where I have met a number of
government officials, and at the strong suggestion of the fairly poorly
paid, especially IB, intelligence bureaus, I believe the Secretary of
State should be allowed to pay such a reward especially if it has to do
with nailing the greatest terrorists. If there is anyone anywhere
working for anyone who has information related to the whereabouts of
Osama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri, we should be doing everything
possible to elicit that information.
  As Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, General Petraeus, and
Ambassador Holbrooke execute the President's new strategy for
Afghanistan and Pakistan, we should do everything we can to develop a
complete picture of where the al Qaeda and Taliban leadership is
hiding. This amendment provides our key State Department and
intelligence officials with every possible tool that they could have to
make sure they can offer a reward even if that person, for example,
works for the Pakistani IB bureau.
  In the last Congress, the House overwhelmingly passed this amendment
419-1, but it did not pass the Senate, which is why I offer it today.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time in
opposition to this amendment, although I am not opposed.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, as the gentleman said, and I agree with
every word that he said in support of his amendment--I'm not sure I
could have pronounced every word as he did, but this is simply a
discretionary authorization to the Secretary of State, usually in
extraordinary circumstances, to do something which makes perfect sense,
to take advantage of the possibility that a foreign national might
under circumstances, and particularly with a reward in mind, provide
information of tremendous value in capturing target terrorists that we
are pursuing. Whether it's the ones the gentleman spoke about or
others, why not give this authority?
  I urge that the amendment be adopted and we change the law to remove
this restriction, which, to me, doesn't make much sense.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  Mr. KIRK. I appreciate the chairman's work. I also appreciate David
Fite's work on this because we were together when we first saw how this
restriction could impede the hunt for the two top al Qaeda terrorists--
Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden.
  For a poorly paid official--and there are many who are patriotic,
good servants in Afghanistan and in Pakistan especially--we ought to be
able to offer this reward. This will significantly incentivize the hunt
for some of the people who have killed most of the Americans. I urge
adoption of the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
  Mr. KIRK. 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 Illinois
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Lynch

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 20
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. LYNCH. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk that has been

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made in order by the rule. I ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 20 offered by Mr. Lynch:
       Page 73, after line 21, insert the following (and amend the
     table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 239. REPORT ON SPECIAL IMMIGRANT PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN
                   NATIONALS OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
     submit to the Congress a report on the programs authorized
     under the following provisions:
       (1) Section 1059 of division A of the National Defense
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 8
     U.S.C. 1101 note).
       (2) Section 1244 of division A of the National Defense
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181;
     122 Stat. 396 et seq.).
       (b) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall
     address at least the following:
       (1) Whether the eligibility requirements with respect to
     the programs are sufficiently clear, and if not, whether
     legislation is necessary to clarify those requirements.
       (2) Whether the programs are being run effectively and
     expeditiously.
       (3) Whether processing delays exist with respect to the
     programs that place applicants' lives at risk, and if so--
       (A) what the cause or causes of the delays are; and
       (B) whether legislation is necessary to eliminate the
     delays.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. LYNCH. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Before I begin, Madam Chair, I would like to thank Foreign Affairs
Committee Chairman Berman for considering my amendment. I congratulate
the committee for drafting a bill that, I think, will truly strengthen
our Foreign Affairs profile overseas as well as strengthen our
capabilities.
  I rise in support of my amendment, which will direct the State
Department to assess and to report to Congress on the Special Immigrant
Visa Program for certain Iraqi and Afghan nationals employed by or on
behalf of the United States in both Afghanistan and in Iraq.
  As a member of the House Oversight Committee and as a member of its
National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, I've been to Iraq
and to Afghanistan on numerous occasions. I've had the pleasure of
meeting with some of the brave Iraqi and Afghan workers who actually
serve right beside our own men and women in uniform as interpreters, as
assistants in military operations and also in the civil operations that
are going on in both of those countries. It is extremely dangerous
work, and they do deserve incredible recognition for taking a very
difficult position in aiding our troops in their mission. They are
deserving of our admiration.
  There is a sad truth, however, that, in choosing to support U.S.
forces in Iraq and in Afghanistan to rebuild their countries, they are
also putting their lives on the line and those of their families. The
insurgents in Iraq and in Afghanistan have targeted these hardworking
patriots and their families in the hopes of terrorizing the local
people and in discouraging cooperation.
  It is because of this very real danger that Congress created the
sections 1059 and 1244 Special Immigrant Visa Programs. They allow for
certain Iraqis and Afghans who actually serve as translators--these are
the folks who are actually protecting our young men and women in
uniform as translators or as interpreters or who are otherwise employed
by the U.S. or its contractors--to come to the United States to escape
the targeting by these terrorists and insurgents.
  I am aware that the State Department prepared a study of these
programs in July 2008, but I believe it is necessary, actually, to
follow up on this previous study in light of the troubling reports that
I received earlier this year. I was informed by our State Department
folks in Iraq and in Afghanistan and I was informed by General Ray
Odierno, the commander of the United States forces in Iraq, that they
are still dealing with unclear eligibility requirements, that they're
having difficulty processing these Iraqis with visas and that they're
facing long processing times, which has worked to the detriment of
these individuals and has also hampered our effort to recruit others to
take their places.
  With wait times up to a year, these applicants are in constant danger
while their applications are sorted out. I think we owe it to these
brave men and women, who are doing the right thing, to ensure that any
delays are only as long as is absolutely necessary.
  Through this study, we will be able to determine the root causes of
these difficulties. Then, based on the findings, Congress can act to
ensure that these programs are run efficiently and effectively while
protecting the applicants' lives, our national security and our men and
women in uniform.
  I urge my colleagues to support both this amendment and the
underlying bill.
  I reserve the balance of our time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I claim time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5
minutes.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for his
helpful and constructive amendment.
  I rise in support of this amendment.
  I had the opportunity to travel to these areas with the gentleman a
few years back. Congress has recognized the debt owed to the Iraqis and
Afghans who work at great personal risk in support of our troops. It
has responded by creating two Special Immigrant Visa, SIV, programs.
One is an SIV program for Iraqi and Afghani translators and
interpreters. The second is an SIV program for Iraqi employers and
contractors and their families, along with providing refugee
resettlement benefits.
  However, as a 2008 report by the State Department Inspector General
stated: the current process resulted in applicants' receiving SIVs who,
one, did not meet the program's criteria of working primarily as
interpreters or as translators or, two, in the OIG team's opinion,
appeared to be outside the legislative intent of the program. As a
result, the number of SIVs that could have been allocated to other
qualified applicants were not.
  This amendment seeks to address a number of those issues by requiring
our State Department, among other actions, to develop clear guidance on
eligibility for adjudicators, to maintain a high level of vigilance due
to the high risk of fraud and abuse, and many other items.
  I again thank the gentleman from Massachusetts. I urge my colleagues
to support this vital and important amendment.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time, Madam Chair.
  Mr. LYNCH. Madam Chair, at this point, I would like to yield the
balance of my time to the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee,
the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman).
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I rise to join the ranking member in
supporting very strongly the amendment from the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch).
  We have, I think, a general obligation to deal with the issue of the
refugees as a consequence of these conflicts both in Iraq and in
Afghanistan, but we have a particularly strong duty to deal with the
status of people who are displaced or who are objects of persecution,
retribution or retaliation because those individuals helped either our
military or our diplomats or our AID people in terms of the conflict in
either one of those countries.
  This is an issue that I, personally, was very involved with in the
last couple of years. The gentleman's amendment, I think, helps to spur
us to deal with some of the problems in the program now and to do more
in this regard. It is certainly an amendment that, if it is passed, I
would want to see in the final legislation. I urge its adoption.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 21 Offered by Mr. Berman

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 21
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. BERMAN. As the designee of Mr. Hill, I have an amendment made in

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order by the rule, and I ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 21 offered by Mr. Berman:
       At the end of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. REPORT ON REDUCING SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING IN
                   PERSONS.

       The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of
     other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall
     conduct a cost-benefit analysis and submit to Congress a
     report on how best to use United States funds to reduce
     smuggling and trafficking in persons.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from California (Mr. Berman) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I am operating as a designee for our colleague Baron Hill. I strongly
support the amendment that is before the body now. It requires the
State Department, in cooperation with other departments and agencies,
to report on how best to use government funds to reduce alien smuggling
and trafficking in persons.
  The State Department estimates that 800,000 people are trafficked in
deplorable conditions and in inhumane conditions to cross borders
around the world while millions more are trafficked within their own
countries. Of these, approximately 80 percent are women and girls. Half
are minors. Human smuggling continues to be a significant law
enforcement challenge in the international community, and it remains a
particular problem for us on our southern border with Mexico.
  The United States became a party to the United Nations' smuggling
protocol in 2005. It continues to work with other governments,
committing substantial resources to end human smuggling and to protect
victims from the perilous journeys involved in this profitable
enterprise. Some 112 countries are now party to this smuggling
protocol.
  Madam Chair, in order to more effectively tackle the growing and
worrisome problems of human smuggling and trafficking, I support the
gentleman's amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I claim time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5
minutes.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, although the amendment urges the
executive branch to undertake assessments that, I hope, are already
going into the administration's policymaking, I do not oppose this
amendment.
  All of us are, of course, opposed to alien smuggling, trafficking
persons and terrorists entering the United States. We believe that U.S.
efforts to fight those grave problems should be cost effective. Thus, I
support the amendment's call for a report on this subject.
  I yield back the balance of our time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I have no further requests for time.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Berman).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 22 Offered by Mr. Peters

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 22
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. PETERS. 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:

       Amendment No. 22 offered by Mr. Peters:
       At the end of Title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. REPORT ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE.

       Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a
     report on the effects of the Western Hemisphere Travel
     Initiative (WHTI) on the flow of people, goods, and services
     across the international borders of the United States,
     Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean region, with
     particular emphasis on whether WHTI has been effective in
     meeting its goal of strengthening United States border
     security and enhancing accountability of individuals entering
     the United States, and an assessment of the economic impact
     associated with WHTI and its effects on small businesses.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from Michigan (Mr. Peters) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. PETERS. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Chair, today, we are considering important legislation that
will support efforts to strengthen, to modernize and to rebuild the
capacity of the Department of State to fulfill its core diplomatic
mission. This legislation will also increase the arms control and the
nonproliferation capabilities of the State Department; it will reform
the system of export controls for military technology; and it will
improve the oversight of U.S. security assistance abroad.
  As we expand our diplomatic capabilities, we must remember that trade
is the driving force of both our economy and of our international
diplomacy. In December of 2004, Congress passed the Western Hemisphere
Travel Initiative. As of June 1, 2009, this initiative now requires
that travelers have passports for all land and sea crossings, including
travel to and from Canada and Mexico.
  We need to know exactly how these new passport requirements are
affecting our economy. Obviously, prudent security measures must be
undertaken to keep Americans safe, but we also need to assess whether
these measures are working and how they affect border State businesses.
My amendment will require such an assessment. Congress can then
determine whether corrective action is needed to change the
requirements or to provide relief to border State businesses or both.
  The Peters amendment would require the Secretary of State to submit
to Congress within 18 months of the passage of this act a report on the
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative: on the flow of people, goods and
services across the international borders of the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean region.

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  The amendment stipulates the report should pay specific attention to
the effects on small businesses and and the measure's effectiveness in
strengthening border security. Increasing the security of our borders
must be a top priority from Congress. We must also ensure that
implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative is carried
out in a manner that increases our national security but does not
unnecessarily hinder trade and strain our small businesses.
  With our Nation's fight through a recession, it is particularly
important that we assess the effect measures approved by this body have
on our economy.
  I greatly appreciate the support from my friend and colleague from
New Mexico, Congressman Teague, for his office's assistant on this
important amendment and help on issues of importance to both our
northern and southern border regions, and I urge my colleagues to
support my amendment.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to claim time
in opposition, even though I do not oppose the substance of the
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Florida is
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I support this amendment because the
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative was fully implemented in June of
this year with the goal of strengthening U.S. border security while at
the same time enhancing accountability of those entering our country.
  By calling on the Secretary of State to provide a report to Congress
describing the impact this implementation has had on the flow of
people, goods, and services across the international borders shared by
the relevant countries, Congressman Peters' amendment will help us
understand better how effective this initiative has been in making our
country safer and what impact these two measures will have on the
business sectors of our countries.
  The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative was a significant step
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making America more secure. Congressman Peters' amendment is important
as it would provide greater accountability and oversight of the
objectives and consequences of this important initiative and will
ultimately help us protect the interests and the safety of the American
people.
  And with that, I yield back.
  Mr. PETERS. Madam Chair, my amendment is a commonsense measure that
ensures that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative's effects on
small businesses are known and reported to Congress in a timely manner.
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative must be implemented in a way
that strengthens our national security, maintains robust trade and
tourism with our neighbors, and protects our Nation's small businesses.
  I would like to thank Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman and
Rules Committee Chairwoman Slaughter.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Peters).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Berman

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 23
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, as the designee of Mr. Teague, I have an
amendment made in order by the rule, and I ask for its immediate
consideration.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 23 offered by Mr. Berman:
       At the end of subtitle A of title XI, insert the following:

     SEC. 11__. GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

       (a) Program Establishment.--The Secretary of State is
     authorized to establish a program to strengthen research,
     educational exchange, and international cooperation with the
     aim of promoting the development and deployment of clean and
     efficient energy technologies in order to reduce global
     greenhouse gas emissions, address issues of energy poverty in
     developing countries, and extend the reach of United States
     technologies and ingenuity that would be beneficial to
     developing countries. The program authorized under this
     subsection shall be carried out pursuant to the authorities
     of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
     (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) and may be referred to as the
     ``Global Clean Energy Exchange Program''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Clean and efficient energy technology.--The term
     ``clean and efficient energy technology'' means an energy
     supply or end-use technology--
       (A) such as--
       (i) solar technology;
       (ii) wind technology;
       (iii) geothermal technology;
       (iv) hydroelectric technology
       (v) alternative fuels; and
       (vi) carbon capture technology; and
       (B) that, over its life cycle and compared to a similar
     technology already in commercial use--
       (i) is reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially
     acceptable, and compatible with the needs and norms of the
     country involved;
       (ii) results in--

       (I) reduced emissions of greenhouse gases; or
       (II) increased geological sequestration; and

       (iii) may--

       (I) substantially lower emissions of air pollutants; or
       (II) generate substantially smaller or less hazardous
     quantities of solid or liquid waste.

       (2) Geological sequestration.--The term ``geological
     sequestration'' means the capture and long-term storage in a
     geological formation of a greenhouse gas from an energy
     producing facility, which prevents the release of greenhouse
     gases into the atmosphere.
       (3) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means--
       (A) carbon dioxide;
       (B) methane;
       (C) nitrous oxide;
       (D) hydrofluorocarbons;
       (E) perfluorocarbons;
       (F) sulfur hexafluoride; or
       (G) nitrogen trifluoride.
       (c) Elements.--The program authorized under subsection (a)
     shall contain the following elements:
       (1) The financing of studies, research, instruction, and
     other educational activities dedicated to developing clean
     and efficient energy technologies--
       (A) by or to United States citizens and nationals in
     foreign universities, governments, organizations, companies,
     or other institutions, and
       (B) by or to citizens and nationals of foreign countries in
     United States universities, governments, organizations,
     companies, or other institutions.
       (2) The financing of visits and exchanges between the
     United States and other countries of students, trainees,
     teachers, instructors, professors, researchers,
     entrepreneurs, and other persons who study, teach, and
     conduct research in subjects such as the physical sciences,
     environmental science, public policy, economics, urban
     planning, and other subjects and focus on developing and
     commercially deploying clean and efficient energy
     technologies.
       (d) Access.--The Secretary of State shall ensure that the
     program authorized under subsection (a) is available to--
       (1) historically Black colleges and universities that are
     part B institutions (as such term is defined in section
     322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
     1061(2))), Hispanic-serving institutions (as such term is
     defined in section 502(5) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5))),
     Tribal Colleges or Universities (as such term is defined in
     section 316 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c)), and other
     minority institutions (as such term is defined in section
     365(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3))), and to the
     students, faculty, and researchers at such colleges,
     universities, and institutions; and
       (2) small business concerns owned and controlled by
     socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, small
     business concerns owned and controlled by women, and small
     business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (as such
     terms are defined in section 8(d)(3) of the Small Business
     Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3))).

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from California (Mr. Berman) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from
Nevada (Ms. Titus).
  Ms. TITUS. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of the Teague-Titus-
Giffords amendment to establish a global clean energy exchange program.
This new program will strengthen research, educational exchange, and
international cooperation with the aim of promoting the development and
deployment of clean and efficient energy technologies.
  The development of next-generation solar, wind, geothermal, carbon
capture and storage, and other clean energy technologies that will
reduce our dependence on foreign oil's going to take cooperative
efforts from every corner of the world.
  Our amendment provides much-needed support for exchange programs
dedicated to providing developing clean-energy and energy-efficient
technologies. These exchange programs between the United States and
other countries will be available to teachers, students, and
entrepreneurs.
  In addition to promoting the development and deployment of clean-
energy technology, this exchange program will help address issues of
energy poverty in developing countries and extend the reach of American
clean-energy technologies and innovation that would be beneficial to
developing countries.
  I urge passage.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to claim time
in opposition even though I do not oppose the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized
for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, while I am concerned by the
proliferation of exchange-related authorization earmarks in the
underlying bill, which circumscribes the discretion of States'
educational and cultural affairs bureaus in deciding how to allot our
finite education and exchange resources, I do not oppose this
amendment.
  I support efforts to use our educational and exchange resources to
help support the development of clean and efficient energy sources, and
I appreciate the fact that this amendment does not include a specific
authorization amount. Therefore, I support the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I yield the balance of the time to the
sponsor of the amendment, under my designee status, the gentleman from
New Mexico (Mr. Teague).
  Mr. TEAGUE. Madam Chairwoman, I am an oilman. I always have been, and
I always will be. One thing that I learned as an oilman is that no
matter where you go around the world, when you visit oil- and gas-
producing areas, you mostly find American companies, American
technologies, American equipment, and, of course, Americans. America is
the pride of the oil patch.
  Over the years, that position has served us well. It creates wealth
and jobs in our country and has been the

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basis for America's leadership in the global economy. But the world is
changing. Where before other nations could not compete with our
economic might, now they can. And before, where the hydrocarbons were
the only solution to the world's energy needs, it no longer is. America
will continue to lead the world in the production of oil and natural
gas, but we must also lead the world in the production of renewable
energy.
  America will be stronger if we lead the development of new ways to
capture wind energy. America will be wealthier if we create and produce
the technology the world uses to produce energy from the sun. Most
Americans will have good-paying jobs if it is American ingenuity behind
the production of new biofuels around the world.
  The Teague-Titus-Giffords amendment creates the Global Clean Energy
Exchange Program to strengthen research, educational exchange, and
international cooperation with the aim of promoting the development and
deployment of clean and efficient American energy technologies around
the world.
  Our amendment will mean that professors, researchers, entrepreneurs,
and small business owners can travel to other nations to show people
there the renewable energy products, technology, and expertise that
America has developed. And when those nations decide to make
investments in renewable energy, I imagine they will turn to the
technologies, products, and expertise that we introduced to them in the
first place.
  This amendment is about enhancing America's leadership in the
renewable energy field; it's about creating markets for American goods;
it's about creating profits for American companies; it's about creating
jobs for American workers.
  I thank Chairman Berman for his support, and I thank Chairwoman
Slaughter for allowing this amendment to be debated on the floor. I
urge my colleagues to support the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Berman).
  The amendment was agreed to.


     Amendment No. 24 Offered by Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 24
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 24 offered by Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of
     Texas:
       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 227. EXCHANGES BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND THE UNITED STATES
                   FOR WOMEN LEGISLATORS.

       (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to provide
     financial assistance to--
       (1) establish an exchange program for Afghan women
     legislators of the National Assembly of Afghanistan;
       (2) expand Afghan women participation in international
     exchange programs of the Department of State; and
       (3) promote the advancement of women in the field of
     politics, with the aim of encouraging more women to
     participate in civil society, reducing violence against
     women, and increasing educational opportunities for women and
     children,
       (b) Program.--The Secretary of State shall establish an
     exchange program in cooperation with the women members of
     parliament in Afghanistan to enable Afghan women legislators
     to encourage more women to participate in, and continue to be
     active in, politics and the democratic process in
     Afghanistan.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentlewoman
from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Chairwoman, let me first
thank the Chair and ranking member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
for their hard work on this entire document and for the privilege of
offering this amendment.
  I rise to claim the time in support of my amendment that would
provide assistance for Afghan women legislators. The amendment would
create a program in the State Department to support exchanges between
Afghanistan and the United States for women legislators, expand Afghan
women's participation in international exchange programs of the
Department of State, and promote the advancement of women in the field
of politics with the aim of encouraging more women to participate in
the civil society. This program would give female lawmakers of the
National Assembly of Afghanistan new opportunities to improve their
political and administrative skills and to identify and mentor other
future qualified women interested in leadership in the public service.
  A new generation of leaders is helping to pave the way to consolidate
and secure a stable democracy in Afghanistan. Afghan women legislators
are helping to forge this path and already have contributed
significantly to the country's democratic solutions. However, as a
group, these women legislators face a unique challenge in navigating
their path in the political system because of their agenda.
  Additionally, many obstacles stand in the way of the advancement of
the status of females, including violence against women and restriction
on women's personal freedom of movement. Given the current challenges
with the status of women and rising insecurity, the Afghan women
legislators can greatly benefit from increased professional and
leadership development. The U.S. and the international community must
ensure that Afghan women can safely and effectively exercise their
rights as citizens.
  This amendment would also open additional possibilities to take part
in an international visitors program and training through the State
Department, which already maintains a similar program to encourage
women in leadership in other countries. This would be paid out through
the customary means for professional exchanges by the State's Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs.
  Taking part in such programs would not only train current
legislators, but encourage more women to participate in Afghan civil
society. Exchange programs such as these can help raise the awareness
of democratic values. These goals are consistent with the national
security objectives for Afghanistan and represent an effective use of
our public diplomacy resources.
  I urge all of my colleagues to support the benefits of international,
cultural, and education exchange and to vote ``yes'' on this amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to claim time
in opposition, even though I do not oppose the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Florida is
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, I want to rise in support of the
amendment offered by the gentlelady from Texas.
  The women of Afghanistan have taken great strides since the fall of
the Taliban to fully take part in all aspects of their society. Women
have realized significant gains in the last several years. However,
much remains to be done.
  Laws and regulations passed to safeguard the rights of women must be
enforced and respected at the provincial and local levels in order to
ensure that women make progress throughout all aspects of Afghan
society. It is critical that women legislators of Afghanistan receive
the necessary training and support that they need to prevent a return
to the intimidation, to the discrimination, to the violence that they
faced under the Taliban.

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  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. I have no further requests for
time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson).
  The amendment was agreed to.


     Amendment No. 25 Offered by Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 25
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.

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  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 25 offered by Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of
     Texas:
       At the end of subtitle B of title XI, add the following:

     SEC. 11__. INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION OF CHILD
                   SOLDIERS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the use of child soldiers is unacceptable;
       (2) the use of child soldiers is a violation of human
     rights and the prevention and elimination of child soldiers
     should be a foreign policy goal of the United States;
       (3) the use of child soldiers promotes killing and maiming,
     sexual violence, abductions, destabilization, and
     displacement;
       (4) investing in the health, education, well being, and
     safety of children, and providing economic opportunity and
     vocational training for at-risk youth, is critical to
     achieving the goals of the United Nations Convention of the
     Rights of Children; and
       (5) countries should raise to 18 years of age the minimum
     age for the voluntary recruitment of persons into their
     national armed forces.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentlewoman
from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Chairwoman, let me begin by
thanking Chairman Berman and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen for all of
their hard work and dedication to improving people's lives around the
world.
  My amendment affirms that the use of child soldiers is unacceptable.
It is a violation of human rights, and the prevention and elimination
of child soldiers should be a foreign policy goal of the United States.
Around the world, children are being recruited by armed forces and
exploited as soldiers. Amnesty International estimates 250,000 children
under the age of 18 are thought to be currently fighting in conflicts
around the world, and hundreds of thousands are members of armed forces
who could be sent into conflict at any time. The use of children as
soldiers has been universally condemned as horrible and unacceptable;
yet over the last 10 years, hundreds of thousands of children have
fought and died in conflicts around the world. Child soldiers are
usually forced to live under cruel conditions with inadequate food and
little to no access to health care. They're almost always treated
cruelly, subjected to beatings and shameful treatment. Girl soldiers
are particularly at risk of rape, sexual harassment and abuse while in
combat. They're often forced into marriage arrangements and are at high
risk for unwanted pregnancies.
  As a psychiatric nurse, I have seen firsthand the effects of war. The
mental, social, and emotional abuses endured as a child soldier will
last the rest of their lives, and they'll never know how to solve a
problem without fighting. I am eager to work with the State Department
to ensure that children around the world are off the frontlines of
conflicts and in schools and on playgrounds. Children must have a
chance to be children in order to be healthy, happy and productive
adults. We must take a stand. Please join me in expressing to the
global community that the use of child soldiers is unacceptable. I ask
my colleagues to vote ``yes.''
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. I ask unanimous consent to claim time in
opposition, even though I do not oppose the substance of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Florida is
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Chair, the Congress put the force of law
behind its condemnation of the use of child soldiers through the Child
Soldiers Prevention Act, authored by my good friend from Nebraska (Mr.
Fortenberry). This was incorporated into the William Wilberforce
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and became public
law in December 2008. We further opined on this matter in the Child
Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008, which became law in October of
last year. However, a sense of Congress reaffirming that the use of
child soldiers is unacceptable must be supported. I applaud my good
friend from Texas for bringing this important issue to our attention
again. It is right and just to do so. I encourage our colleagues to
support this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Chair, I have no further
requests for time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Will the gentlelady yield?
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from
California.
  Mr. BERMAN. I just want to express my strong support for this. The
issue of child soldiers is a very important one. I appreciate your
raising it, as well as some of the other contributions of other Members
on this issue. I strongly support the resolution.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Thank you very much.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson).
  The amendment was agreed to.


              Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 26
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. POE of Texas. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
  Amendment No. 26 offered by Mr. Poe of Texas:
       At the end of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
                   UNITED NATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
     the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for the
     next two years, the President shall submit to Congress a
     report, with respect to the preceding fiscal year, listing
     each United States agency, department, or entity that
     provides assessed or voluntary contributions to the United
     Nations and United Nations affiliated agencies and related
     bodies through grants, contracts, subgrants, or subcontracts
     that is not fully compliant with the requirements to post
     such funding information for the fiscal year covered by such
     report on the website ``USAspending.gov'' as required by the
     Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Public
     Law 109-282).
       (b) Availability to Public.--The Office of Management and
     Budget shall post a public version of each report submitted
     under subsection (a) on a text-based searchable and publicly
     available Internet website.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Poe) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Chair, this amendment would make it a
requirement for the President to report annually the total United
States cash and in-kind contributions to the United Nations system each
fiscal year by every United States agency or department. This amendment
only applies for the next 2 fiscal years.
  Last year, American taxpayers contributed $5 billion to the United
Nations, making the United States the largest member donor to that
institution. Seeing the amount of American investment and the influence
the United Nations has on world opinion and world events, it's
important that Americans know how their money is being spent and that
it is not subsidizing activities which hurt American security, values
or our national interests.
  The amendment I am sponsoring today would make it a requirement for
the President to submit to Congress a report of U.S. cash and in-kind
contributions to the United Nations and U.N.-affiliated agencies each
fiscal year. The funding would be reported on usaspending.gov, as
required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act;
and this amendment would expire after 2 years. Without the report,
Americans would be in the dark concerning the ways in which their money
is being spent in funding the United Nations.
  I urge the adoption of this amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time in
opposition to the amendment, though I'm not opposed to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.

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  Mr. BERMAN. The gentleman's amendment is pretty direct. It requires
the President to report total cash and in-kind contributions by the
United States to the entire United Nations system for the period
covered by H.R. 2410, fiscal years 2010 and 2011. The amendment makes
sense. It encourages full transparency in detailing the logistical and
other support that the U.S. provides to critical peacekeeping
operations and other U.N. activities in the support of U.S. interests.
The Members of Congress have a right to know, the people of America
have a right to know, and I support the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. POE of Texas. I thank the chairman for his response in support of
this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 27 Offered by Mr. Castle

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 27
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. CASTLE. Madam Chairwoman, I rise for the purpose of offering
amendment No. 27.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 27 offered by Mr. Castle:
       At the end of subtitle A of title XI, add the following
     (and amend the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 11__. ALIEN REPATRIATION.

       Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
     U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Ensuring Return of Removed Aliens.--
       ``(1) Discontinuing granting visas to nationals of
     countries denying or delaying accepting alien.--On being
     notified by the Secretary of Homeland Security that the
     government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays
     accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or
     resident of that country after the Secretary of Homeland
     Security asks whether the government will accept the alien
     under this section, the Secretary of State shall order
     consular officers in that foreign country to discontinue
     granting immigrant visas or nonimmigrant visas, or both, to
     citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents of that country
     until the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the
     Secretary of State that the country has accepted the alien.
       ``(2) Denying admission to foreign government officials of
     countries denying alien return.--If the Secretary of Homeland
     Security determines that the government of a foreign country
     denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a
     citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after
     the alien has been ordered removed, the Secretary of Homeland
     Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may
     deny admission to any citizen, subject, national, or resident
     of that country who is seeking or has received a nonimmigrant
     visa pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (G) of section
     101(a)(15).
       ``(3) Quarterly reports.--Not later than 90 days after the
     date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization
     Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, and every 3 months
     thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit
     to the Congress a report that--
       ``(A) lists all the countries which refuse or unreasonably
     delay repatriation; and
       ``(B) includes the total number of aliens who were refused
     repatriation, disaggregated by--
       ``(i) country;
       ``(ii) detention status; and
       ``(iii) criminal status.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from Delaware (Mr. Castle) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Delaware.
  Mr. CASTLE. Madam Chairwoman, I yield myself as much time as I may
consume.
  I offer this important amendment before us today for a variety of
reasons. When a citizen or a national of a foreign country is convicted
of a crime or found to be in the United States illegally, Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officials often issue a final order of
removal. While most countries in the world repatriate their citizens
and nationals in a timely manner, there are a handful of countries that
often refuse or unreasonably delay this process. U.S. courts have ruled
that our government cannot legally hold criminal aliens in custody for
longer than 6 months following their sentence of imprisonment if their
home country refuses or delays in taking them back. As a result, ICE
reports that more than 17,000 convicted criminals, many of whom have
served time for crime such as murder, kidnapping and rape, have been
released onto our streets after their home country refuses or delays
repatriation. This creates a serious burden on our local law
enforcement and wastes millions of dollars in Federal and State
resources.
  Under current law, our government has the option of denying visas to
countries that refuse repatriation. However, this tool has rarely been
utilized. The amendment I am offering today with Congressman Dent would
provide our government with two new tools for compelling countries to
act.
  First, the amendment empowers the Secretary of Homeland Security to
deny admission to a country's diplomatic visa holders if the Secretary
determines the country is unreasonably refusing or delaying
repatriation.
  Second, the amendment requires quarterly reports to Congress from the
Secretary of Homeland Security publicly listing the countries that
refuse or unreasonably delay repatriation. These reports are to include
specific information on the status and number of criminal aliens
released in the U.S.
  Madam Chairwoman, it's my hope that this reporting requirement, which
calls for naming and shaming uncooperative countries, will assist the
administration in putting new pressure on those that refuse or delay
the repatriation of convicted criminals. This is just a first step
toward solving a serious problem; and in the end, our amendment leaves
final discretion to the administration to allow for diplomatic
flexibility. I urge my colleagues to support this important amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time in
opposition, although I am not going to speak in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BERMAN. I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
  The gentleman has touched on a real problem. Just as he describes it,
the notion of criminal aliens released because of the limitations on
the time they can be held, not taken in their home country, creates a
very undesirable situation in our own country. The gentleman's addition
to the existing law makes a lot of sense because it's to retaliate
against the officials of that government who seek diplomatic visas to
come to the United States.
  The existing provision of law is very understandable, although I have
a little concern that sometimes we're visiting on the spouse of a U.S.
citizen or worker with particular skills the sins of the government on
that individual or on that individual's American citizen family. But
the gentleman has been very flexible in working with us on this
amendment, and he is certainly trying to go after a real problem. I
wish I had a better alternative than this, but military force isn't my
answer. So I'm going to support the gentleman's amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CASTLE. Madam Chairman, I would just like to thank the Chair and
the committee for being helpful in forming this amendment. We had to
make some changes, which I think were positive. I think that is very
helpful.
  At this time I will yield to the gentleman from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent) such time as he may consume.
  Mr. DENT. I thank the gentleman from Delaware.
  Madam Chair, I rise in support of the Castle-Dent amendment to the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act. As of May 2009, just last month,
over 147,000 citizens, residents and nationals of foreign countries
remain in the United States because the governments of their home
nations are delaying or even refusing repatriation, according to U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's simply unacceptable. The
disconcerting detail regarding the situation is that over 17,000 of
these individuals are criminal aliens who have been released into our
communities and neighborhoods because U.S. courts have ruled that our
system cannot legally hold them in custody for longer than 180 days, or
6 months, following

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their sentence of imprisonment if their home country refuses or
unreasonably delays repatriation.

                              {time}  1715

  Detainment will only be extended if an individual has been proven to
be especially dangerous by a court and a psychiatrist.
  This extension has only been exercised a handful of times since being
instituted in 2004. Releasing dangerous criminals back on to our
streets is just not fair to our citizenry and the families and
individuals who have legally immigrated to America.
  That said, the Castle-Dent amendment requires quarterly reports,
reports every 90 days, to Congress from the Secretary of Homeland
Security publicly listing the countries that refuse or unreasonably
delay repatriation, including information on the total number of
criminal aliens in the United States.
  Furthermore, the Secretary of Homeland Security will have the power
to facilitate the repatriation process by denying the entrance to the
U.S. of those holding diplomatic visas of the offending country. The
administration can exercise discretion regarding diplomatic flexibility
with an affected nation if necessary.
  Under current statute, the Immigration and Nationality Act provides
that the U.S. State Department has the authority to discontinue the
granting of immigrant or nonimmigrant visas to nationals from foreign
countries that unreasonably delay or deny accepting an alien who is a
citizen, subject, national or resident of that country. Although State
has threatened to deny visas in this capacity, it has never enforced
this authority.
  Additionally, the Congressional Budget Office has indicated this
amendment has no significant impact on PAYGO. On the other hand, drawn-
out repatriation negotiations divert scarce Federal and State
resources.
  As an example, in one case, the U.S. Government paid $197,000 to fly
an alien convicted of assault with a knife back to his home country of
Somalia, only to be denied and sent back to the U.S. where he was
released and fled to Canada. I don't understand the logic here. We
cannot spend taxpayer dollars to remove a dangerous individual from
American soil only to discover the nation is refusing the reentry of
their citizen.
  Congressional action on comprehensive immigration hangs in the
future.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman's time has expired.
  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Chair, I yield 1 additional minute to the
gentleman.
  Mr. DENT. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Just very briefly, I wanted to say about this whole matter, the
offending countries tend to be about eight countries, China, India,
Vietnam, Laos, Eritrea, and I am probably neglecting one or two. But
there are a handful of countries that are responsible for these 147,000
individuals who have valid removal orders against them. They should be
removed.
  I thank the gentleman, Mr. Castle, and I thank the gentleman from
California for working with us to provide an amendment that I think
sends a very strong message that it is unacceptable that we have to
expend our limited resources to hold people who should have been
returned.
  So, again, I thank you for your courtesy and again urge adoption of
the Castle-Dent amendment.
  Mr. BERMAN. I have no further speakers. I support the amendment, and
I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Castle).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mr. Matheson

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 17
printed in part C of House Report 111-143.
  Mr. MATHESON. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 17 offered by Mr. Matheson:
       At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 239. STUDY REGARDING USE OF PASSPORTS FOR OVERSEAS
                   VOTING AND CENSUS.

       The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney
     General and the Director of the Census Bureau, shall conduct
     a feasibility study and submit to Congress a report assessing
     methods of facilitating voting in United States elections by
     United States citizens living overseas using passports or
     other methods, and for using passports or other methods to
     count United States citizens living overseas in the United
     States Census.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 522, the gentleman
from Utah (Mr. Matheson) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Utah.
  Mr. MATHESON. Madam Chairman, I first want to thank the Foreign
Affairs, Rules, Judiciary and House Administration Committees for
working with me on this amendment. My amendment seeks to ensure that
Americans living overseas, all of whom are currently required to pay
taxes to the U.S. Government, are counted in U.S. censuses and get to
vote in U.S. elections.
  This amendment instructs the Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Director of the Census Bureau and the U.S. Attorney General, to
develop a study using the passports of overseas Americans to determine
how they can fully participate in future censuses and elections.
  In the 2000 census, the State of Utah narrowly missed getting a
fourth congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives because
LDS missionaries living overseas at the time were not counted. My
amendment seeks to help correct this unfair practice by examining
effective ways that all Americans living overseas will be counted in
future censuses and get to vote in future U.S. elections.
  This amendment is straightforward in establishing a study to examine
this issue. I encourage my colleagues to support it.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Matheson).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in part C of House Report
111-143 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following
order:
  Amendment No. 1 by Mr. Berman of California;
  Amendment No. 2 by Ms. Ros-Lehtinen of Florida;
  Amendment No. 6 by Mr. McCaul of Texas;
  Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Larsen of Washington;
  Amendment No. 10 by Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida;
  Amendment No. 15 by Mr. Royce of California;
  Amendment No. 19 by Mr. Kirk of Illinois.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.


                 Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Berman

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Berman) 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 vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 257,
noes 171, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 320]

                               AYES--257

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boccieri
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Bright
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello

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     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Giffords
     Gonzalez
     Gordon (TN)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McMahon
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--171

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Fallin
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Guthrie
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Flake
     Hill
     Hinojosa
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Moran (VA)
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Stark
     Sullivan


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining in
this vote.

                              {time}  1745

  Messrs. POSEY, BROWN of South Carolina, HALL of Texas, JOHNSON of
Illinois and TERRY changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. ELLISON and DAVIS of Illinois changed their vote from ``no''
to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. HINOJOSA. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 310, had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''


              Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Ros-Lehtinen

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida
(Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) 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 205,
noes 224, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 321]

                               AYES--205

     Aderholt
     Adler (NJ)
     Akin
     Alexander
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Chaffetz
     Childers
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Fallin
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Guthrie
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Souder
     Space
     Stearns
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--224

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Gonzalez
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kagen

[[Page H6511]]


     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Abercrombie
     Flake
     Hill
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Smith (TX)
     Sullivan

                              {time}  1750

  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado and Mr. GRIFFITH
changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. McCaul

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
McCaul) 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 429,
noes 0, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 322]

                               AYES--429

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Adler (NJ)
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Driehaus
     Duncan
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NY)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olson
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Quigley
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Boswell
     Gutierrez
     Hill
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Norton
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan

                              {time}  1754

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. NORTON. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 322, had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''


          Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Larsen of Washington

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington
(Mr. Larsen) 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 432,
noes 0, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 323]

                               AYES--432

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Adler (NJ)
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)

[[Page H6512]]


     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Driehaus
     Duncan
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NY)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olson
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Quigley
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Hill
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan

                              {time}  1758

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


      Amendment No. 10 Offered by Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida
(Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite) 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 178,
noes 254, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 324]

                               AYES--178

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Cole
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Guthrie
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan (OH)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Minnick
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schrader
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--254

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Fudge
     Giffords
     Gonzalez
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NY)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McMahon
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)

[[Page H6513]]


     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schock
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Hill
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan

                              {time}  1803

  Mr. WELCH changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mrs. MALONEY, and Mr. DAVIS of Alabama
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. Royce

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


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 183,
noes 245, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 325]

                               AYES--183

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Carney
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Guthrie
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan (OH)
     Kanjorski
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Nye
     Olson
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Perriello
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--245

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boccieri
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson (IN)
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Giffords
     Gonzalez
     Gordon (TN)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kagen
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Norton
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rohrabacher
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Berman
     Biggert
     Herger
     Hill
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Stark
     Sullivan

                              {time}  1806

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


                  Amendment No. 19 Offered by Mr. Kirk

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois
(Mr. Kirk) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 428,
noes 3, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 326]

                               AYES--428

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Adler (NJ)
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boccieri
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chaffetz

[[Page H6514]]


     Chandler
     Childers
     Christensen
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Driehaus
     Duncan
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon (TN)
     Granger
     Graves
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Harper
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NY)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olson
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pierluisi
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Putnam
     Quigley
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--3

     McCollum
     Paul
     Stark

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Hill
     Holt
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan

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  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute, as amended.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended,
was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Jackson of Illinois) having assumed the chair, Ms. DeGette, 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. 2410) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, to modernize the
Foreign Service, and for other purposes, pursuant to House Resolution
522, she reported the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted
by 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 to the amendment
reported from the Committee of the Whole? If not, the question is on
the amendment.
  The amendment was 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. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at
the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I am, in its present form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Burton of Indiana moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2410
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs with instructions to
     report the same back to the House forthwith with the
     following amendment:
       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
     following:

     SECTION 1. IRAN REFINED PETROLEUM SANCTIONS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The illicit nuclear activities of the Government of
     Iran--combined with its development of unconventional weapons
     and ballistic missiles, and support for international
     terrorism--represent a serious threat to the security of the
     United States and U.S. allies in Europe, the Middle East, and
     around the world.
       (2) The United States and other responsible nations have a
     vital interest in working together to prevent the Government
     of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
       (3) The International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly
     called attention to Iran's unlawful nuclear activities, and,
     as a result, the United Nations Security Council has adopted
     a range of sanctions designed to encourage the Government of
     Iran to cease those activities and comply with its
     obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
     Nuclear Weapons (commonly known as the ``Nuclear Non-
     Proliferation Treaty'').
       (4) As a presidential candidate, then-Senator Obama stated
     that additional sanctions, especially those targeting Iran's
     dependence on imported refined petroleum, may help to
     persuade the Government of Iran to abandon its illicit
     nuclear activities.
       (5) On October 7, 2008, then-Senator Obama stated, ``Iran
     right now imports gasoline, even though it's an oil producer,
     because its oil infrastructure has broken down. If we can
     prevent them from importing the gasoline that they need and
     the refined petroleum products, that starts changing their
     cost-benefit analysis. That starts putting the squeeze on
     them.''.
       (6) On June 4, 2008, then-Senator Obama stated, ``We should
     work with Europe, Japan, and the Gulf states to find every
     avenue outside the U.N. to isolate the Iranian regime--from
     cutting off loan guarantees and expanding financial
     sanctions, to banning the export of refined petroleum to
     Iran.''.
       (7) Major European allies, including the United Kingdom,
     France, and Germany, have advocated that sanctions be
     significantly toughened should international diplomatic
     efforts fail to achieve verifiable suspension of Iran's
     uranium enrichment program and an end to its nuclear weapons
     program and other illicit nuclear activities.
       (8) The serious and urgent nature of the threat from Iran
     demands that the United States work together with U.S. allies
     to do everything possible--diplomatically, politically, and
     economically--to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear
     weapons capability.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress
     that--
       (1) international diplomatic efforts to address Iran's
     illicit nuclear efforts, unconventional and ballistic missile
     development programs, and support for international terrorism
     are more likely to be effective if the President is empowered
     with the explicit authority to impose additional sanctions on
     the Government of Iran;
       (2) the concerns of the United States regarding Iran are
     strictly the result of the actions of the Government of Iran;
     and
       (3) the people of the United States--
       (A) have feelings of friendship for the people of Iran;

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       (B) regret that developments in recent decades have created
     impediments to that friendship; and
       (C) hold the people of Iran, their culture, and their
     ancient and rich history in the highest esteem.
       (c) Statement of Policy.--It should be the policy of the
     United States to--
       (1) support international diplomatic efforts to end Iran's
     uranium enrichment program and its nuclear weapons program;
       (2) encourage foreign governments to direct state-owned
     entities to cease all investment in, and support of, Iran's
     energy sector and all exports of refined petroleum products
     to Iran;
       (3) encourage foreign governments to require private
     entities based in their territories to cease all investment
     in, and support of, Iran's energy sector and all exports of
     refined petroleum products to Iran;
       (4) impose sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran and any
     other Iranian bank or Iranian financial institution engaged
     in proliferation activities or support of terrorist groups;
     and
       (5) work with the allies of the United States to take
     appropriate measures to protect the international system from
     deceptive and illicit practices by Iranian banks and Iranian
     financial institutions involved in proliferation activities
     or support of terrorist groups.
       (d) Amendments to the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.--
       (1) Expansion of sanctions.--Section 5(a) of the Iran
     Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to
     read as follows:
       ``(a) Sanctions With Respect to the Development of
     Petroleum Resources of Iran and Exportation of Refined
     Petroleum to Iran.--
       ``(1) Development of petroleum resources of iran.--
       ``(A) Investment.--Except as provided in subsection (f),
     the President shall impose 2 or more of the sanctions
     described in paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) (excluding
     restrictions on imports referred to in such paragraph (6)) of
     section 6(a) if the President determines that a person has,
     with actual knowledge, on or after the date of the enactment
     of this Act, made an investment of $20,000,000 or more (or
     any combination of investments of at least $5,000,000 each,
     which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $20,000,000 in any
     12-month period), that directly and significantly contributed
     to the enhancement of Iran's ability to develop petroleum
     resources of Iran.
       ``(B) Production of refined petroleum resources.--Except as
     provided in subsection (f), the President shall impose the
     sanctions described in section 6(b) (in addition to any
     sanctions imposed under subparagraph (A)) if the President
     determines that a person has, with actual knowledge, on or
     after the date of the enactment of the Iran Refined Petroleum
     Sanctions Act of 2009, sold, leased, or provided to Iran any
     goods, services, technology, information, or support that
     would allow Iran to maintain or expand its domestic
     production of refined petroleum resources, including any
     assistance in refinery construction, modernization, or
     repair.
       ``(2) Exportation of refined petroleum resources to iran.--
     Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall
     impose the sanctions described in section 6(b) if the
     President determines that a person has, with actual
     knowledge, on or after the date of the enactment of the Iran
     Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, provided Iran with
     refined petroleum resources or engaged in any activity that
     could contribute to the enhancement of Iran's ability to
     import refined petroleum resources, including--
       ``(A) providing ships or shipping services to deliver
     refined petroleum resources to Iran;
       ``(B) underwriting or otherwise providing insurance or
     reinsurance for such activity; or
       ``(C) financing or brokering such activity.''.
       (2) Description of sanctions.--Section 6 of such Act is
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``The sanctions to be imposed on a
     sanctioned person under section 5 are as follows:'' and
     inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--The sanctions to be imposed on a
     sanctioned person under subsections (a)(1)(A) and (b) of
     section 5 are as follows:''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Additional Sanctions.--With respect to the sanctions
     to be imposed on a sanctioned person under paragraphs (1)(B)
     and (2) of section 5(a), the President shall, under such
     regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any
     acquisition, holding, withholding, use, transfer, withdrawal,
     transportation, or exportation of, dealing in, or exercising
     any right, power, or privilege with respect to, or
     transactions involving, any property in which the sanctioned
     person has any interest by any person, or with respect to any
     property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United
     States.''.
       (3) Presidential waiver.--Section 9(c)(2) of such Act is
     amended by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
       ``(C) an estimate of the significance of the provision of
     the items described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 5(a)
     or section 5(b) to Iran's ability to develop its petroleum
     resources, to maintain or expand its domestic production of
     refined petroleum resources, to import refined petroleum
     resources, or to develop its weapons of mass destruction or
     other military capabilities (as the case may be); and''.
       (4) Strengthening of waiver authority and sanctions
     implementation.--
       (A) Investigations.--Section 4(f) of the Iran Sanctions Act
     of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
       (i) in paragraph (1)--

       (I) by striking ``should initiate'' and inserting ``shall
     immediately initiate'';
       (II) by inserting ``or 5(b)'' after ``section 5(a)''; and
       (III) by striking ``as described in such section'' and
     inserting ``as described in section 5(a)(1) or other activity
     described in section 5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case may be)'';

       (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, pursuant to section
     5(a), if a person has engaged in investment activity in Iran
     as described in such section'' and inserting ``, pursuant to
     section 5(a) or (b) (as the case may be), if a person has
     engaged in investment activity in Iran as described in
     section 5(a)(1) or other activity described in section
     5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case may be)''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Definition of credible information.--For the purposes
     of this subsection, the term `credible information' means
     public or classified information or reporting supported by
     other substantiating evidence.''.
       (B) Exception for proliferation security initiative.--
     Section 5(f) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C.
     1701 note) is amended--
       (i) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) if the President determines in writing that the
     person to which the sanctions would otherwise be applied is--
       ``(A) a citizen or resident of a country that is a
     participant in the Proliferation Security Initiative; or
       ``(B) a foreign person that is organized under the laws of
     a country described in subparagraph (A) and is a subsidiary
     of a United States person.''.
       (C) General waiver authority.--Section 9(c)(1) of the Iran
     Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by
     striking ``important to the national interest of the United
     States'' and inserting ``vital to the national security
     interest of the United States''.
       (D) Rule of construction.--The amendments made by this
     paragraph shall not be construed to affect any exercise of
     the authority of section 4(f) or section 9(c) of the Iran
     Sanctions Act of 1996 as in effect on the day before the date
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (5) Reports on united states efforts to curtail certain
     business transactions relating to iran.--Section 10 of such
     Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Reports on Certain Business Transactions Relating to
     Iran.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
     the enactment of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of
     2009, and every 6 months thereafter, the President shall
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
     regarding any person who has--
       ``(A) provided Iran with refined petroleum resources;
       ``(B) sold, leased, or provided to Iran any goods,
     services, or technology that would allow Iran to maintain or
     expand its domestic production of refined petroleum
     resources; or
       ``(C) engaged in any activity that could contribute to the
     enhancement of Iran's ability to import refined petroleum
     resources.
       ``(2) Description.--For each activity set forth in
     subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), the President
     shall provide a complete and detailed description of such
     activity, including--
       ``(A) the date or dates of such activity;
       ``(B) the name of any persons who participated or invested
     in or facilitated such activity;
       ``(C) the United States domiciliary of the persons referred
     to in subparagraph (B);
       ``(D) any Federal Government contracts to which the persons
     referred to in subparagraph (B) are parties; and
       ``(E) the steps taken by the United States to respond to
     such activity.
       ``(3) Form of reports; publication.--The reports required
     under this subsection shall be--
       ``(A) submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a
     classified annex; and
       ``(B) published in the Federal Register.''.
       (6) Clarification and expansion of definitions.--Section 14
     of such Act is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (13)(B)--
       (i) by inserting ``insurer, underwriter, guarantor, any
     other business organization, including any foreign
     subsidiary, parent, or affiliate of such a business
     organization,'' after ``trust,''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``, such as an export credit agency''
     before the semicolon at the end; and
       (B) by amending paragraph (14) to read as follows:
       ``(14) Petroleum resources.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `petroleum resources' includes
     petroleum, petroleum by-products, oil or liquefied natural
     gas, oil or liquefied natural gas tankers, and products used
     to construct or maintain pipelines used to transport oil or
     compressed or liquefied natural gas.

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       ``(B) Petroleum by-products.--The term `petroleum by-
     products' means gasoline, kerosene, distillates, propane or
     butane gas, diesel fuel, residual fuel oil, and other goods
     classified in headings 2709 and 2710 of the Harmonized Tariff
     Schedule of the United States.''.
       (7) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) Multilateral regime.--Section 4 of such Act is
     amended--
       (i) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``(in addition to
     that provided in subsection (d))''; and
       (ii) by striking subsection (d) and redesignating
     subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e),
     respectively.
       (B) Impositions of sanctions.--Section 5(b) of such Act is
     amended by striking ``section 6'' and inserting ``section
     6(a)''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
     necessary for purposes of carrying out this Act.

  Mr. BURTON of Indiana (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the motion be considered as read.
  Mr. BERMAN. I object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  The Clerk will continue to read.
  The Clerk continued to read.
  Mr. BERMAN (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my
objection. I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for
5 minutes.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, the Iranian regime is one of the
most prolific state sponsors of terror in the world. Iran has defied
the United States, the U.N. Security Council and the IAEA, and it
continues its quest for nuclear technology. A nuclear Iran would pose a
grave danger to American citizens at home as well as to our service men
and women and to our United States citizens abroad.
  Focusing on Iran should be a top priority of the United States
Congress. Every minute we wait to address this issue the world becomes
a more dangerous place. The State Department has not had an
authorization bill since fiscal year 2003, and it has continued to
operate. While the authorization is important, stopping Iran from
attaining a nuclear weapon is far more important.
  The Republican motion to recommit would replace the authorization
bill with the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions bill that Mr. Berman
introduced earlier this year along with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. This bill
would impose badly needed sanctions on Iran. We feel that this bill is
the right way to proceed and should be acted on immediately. The
legislation currently has 155 cosponsors with wide bipartisan support.
  This legislation would mandate the State Department to open immediate
investigations into alleged violations of the Iran Sanctions Act. This
legislation would implement sanctions on companies that do business in
Iran. This legislation implements sanctions on those who supply refined
fuels to Iran. This legislation expands sanctions on Iranian exported
petroleum and petroleum byproducts as well as on those who helped
facilitate their export.
  Iran can only finance its threatening activities against us and the
world because of the foreign investment in its energy sector. Depriving
the regime of refined petroleum and of foreign investment will severely
undermine Iran's economy, and it will increase pressure on the mullahs
to abandon their dangerous course.
  We need to impose serious sanctions on Iran, and we need to do it now
without delay. We've been delaying long enough. The bill has been
introduced for some time. I've talked to the chairman of the committee
about it, and there is no reason not to move on it today.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to strongly oppose the motion to
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California is recognized
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, what we see in the offering of this motion
to recommit is a political party or the leadership of a political party
that, number one, is not serious about pursuing an effective strategy
to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability and, two,
that is using the pretext of Iran to strike every single provision of
the bill that we have presented and that has been debated on.
  The very first provision in this bill is to strike all that follows
after the enacting clause. Then my friend from Indiana takes a bill
that I am the sponsor of, along with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and a number
of people on both sides--it now has something like 155 cosponsors--to
focus on the issue of refined oil products going to Iran. He
eviscerates that bill by taking out every single trade sanction and all
of the financial institution sanctions, so it totally wipes out the
State Department authorization bill. They know that we intend to pursue
the policy of seeing if Iran diplomatically, in a short timeframe, can
be dissuaded from the course they are now on. If they cannot be, at the
same time, we are pursuing efforts to get key countries to come
together at the Security Council with a level of, as the Secretary of
State said, crippling sanctions on Iran to get that regime to change
its behavior.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BERMAN. Will the gentleman let me finish my thought?
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I will.
  Mr. BERMAN. Then we will pursue these international sanctions in
working with the Russians, the Chinese, the Arab States, and with all
of the countries that know that Iran with a nuclear weapons capability
is an intolerable situation that cannot be tolerated.
  Instead, he jumps ahead to the third part of the strategy, a strategy
on which we were going to have hearings in the month of July and see
how both the multilateral sanctions and the engagement process--the
diplomatic process--worked. Then, if we were not moving ahead, he would
take a serious and tough bill that had import sanctions, which said
that companies that provided refined oil products to Iran couldn't
import, stripped from this bill; and that imposed even tougher
financial sanctions that we now have stripped from this motion to
recommit.
  Meanwhile, all of the things in the State Department authorization
bill--all of the issues that my friends praised even in the course of
the debate on this bill, which they don't like, every single
provision--is stripped.
  This is not a serious effort. What really bothers me about this
amendment is, with Iran, we should have a bipartisan approach. We tried
a policy. I supported that policy of the previous administration:
isolate and sanction unilaterally because we could never get effective
multilateral sanctions. It didn't work. Iran kept enriching every day
while we sat around, railing against them.
  We are trying something new because we want this policy to work. We
want to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapons capability. I don't
know if the diplomatic strategy will work. You guys don't know if it
will work.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BERMAN. I don't know if we can get the international community to
do the kinds of things that can stop Iran and enforce the regime to
change its behavior in this area or on the issue of terrorism or on all
of the other issues that we have with Iran; but let's try a policy
that's different than the one that has been a total failure for the
past 5 years.
  We said we won't engage until they suspend. They kept enriching. We
said we'll sanction all we can. We caused some annoyances. Most of
those sanctions didn't work because no other country was serious about
it. Now we're trying a different approach to get the world serious
about it. Give it a few months to try and work.
  I urge that this eviscerated version of the bill that I am sponsoring
in this motion to recommit be defeated and that you don't wipe out the
whole State Department authorization bill and the committee's work.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BERMAN. I am not going to yield to you and am going to vote
``no'' emphatically on this thing. This is an irresponsible motion.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Well, if my chairman would yield for just one
question.
  Mr. BERMAN. This politicizes a very important bipartisan issue.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has the time.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. The gentleman won't yield for one question?
  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. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on
the question of passage.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 174,
noes 250, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 327]

                               AYES--174

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dreier
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Griffith
     Guthrie
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan (OH)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latham
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mitchell
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--250

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boccieri
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Duncan
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Giffords
     Gonzalez
     Gordon (TN)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Massa
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McMahon
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Hill
     Kagen
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     McNerney
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1840

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 235,
noes 187, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 328]

                               AYES--235

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boccieri
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Giffords
     Gonzalez
     Gordon (TN)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McMahon
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz

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     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--187

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chaffetz
     Childers
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Costello
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Deal (GA)
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Griffith
     Guthrie
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Kucinich
     Lamborn
     Latham
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Massa
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Melancon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rehberg
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Bachus
     Delahunt
     Ellison
     Hill
     Kagen
     Kennedy
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sullivan


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1849

  Mr. ABERCROMBIE changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 328, had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''

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