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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Solis). Pursuant to House Resolution
1384 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. 6599.

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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. 6599) making appropriations for military construction,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, with Mr. Lynch
(Acting Chairman) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose on the
legislative day of Thursday, July 31, 2008, the bill had been read
through page 55, line 19.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on
those amendments printed in the Congressional Record on which further
proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 11 by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey.
Amendment No. 6 by Mr. McCaul of Texas.
Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Flake of Arizona.
Amendment No. 3 by Mr. King of Iowa.
The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote.
Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.

Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey

The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey
(Mr. Garrett) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey:
Page 36, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $18,018,000)''.
Page 41, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $18,018,000)''.

Recorded Vote

The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 185,
noes 227, not voting 27, as follows:

[Roll No. 558]

AYES--185

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Buchanan
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
English (PA)
Everett
Fallin
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holt
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Keller
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
LaHood
Lamborn
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Tim
Musgrave
Neugebauer
Nunes
Pallone
Pascrell
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pickering
Platts
Poe
Pomeroy
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Rothman
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Sali
Scalise
Schmidt
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shays
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Space
Stearns
Sullivan
Tancredo
Tanner
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Wolf
Young (FL)

NOES--227

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Altmire
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bordallo
Boren
Boucher
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Burgess
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Castor
Cazayoux
Chandler
Childers
Christensen
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cuellar
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Lincoln
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly
Doolittle
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Emerson
Eshoo
Etheridge
Faleomavaega
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hall (TX)
Hare
Hastings (FL)
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kildee
Kind
Kirk
Kucinich
Kuhl (NY)
Lampson
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
McNulty
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Norton
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pastor
Payne
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Porter
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Souder
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tauscher
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)

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Wexler
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--27

Andrews
Boswell
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Cannon
Cubin
Cummings
Engel
Fortuno
Harman
Hulshof
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kilpatrick
Klein (FL)
Levin
Maloney (NY)
Meek (FL)
Peterson (PA)
Pitts
Pryce (OH)
Rogers (AL)
Rush
Saxton
Weller
Wilson (NM)
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Acting Chairman

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

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Messrs. ACKERMAN, RUPPERSBERGER, LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, HONDA,
TAYLOR, RANGEL, KANJORSKI, PASTOR, LARSEN of Washington, HALL of Texas,
SESTAK, ALTMIRE, and BURGESS changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. GIFFORDS and Mr. WALDEN of Oregon changed their vote from ``no''
to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Madam Speaker, On Friday, August 1, 2008 I was
unavoidably detained.
Had I voted, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 558.

Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. McCaul of Texas

The Acting CHAIRMAN. 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 text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment No. 6 offered by Mr McCaul of Texas:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. _____. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used for a project or program named for an individual
then serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or
Senator of the United States Congress.

Recorded Vote

The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 329,
noes 86, not voting 24, as follows:

[Roll No. 559]

AYES--329

Abercrombie
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Allen
Altmire
Arcuri
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berry
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Bordallo
Boren
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cantor
Capito
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Carter
Castle
Castor
Cazayoux
Chabot
Chandler
Childers
Cleaver
Coble
Cohen
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Lincoln
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Doggett
Donnelly
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Emerson
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Everett
Faleomavaega
Fallin
Feeney
Ferguson
Filner
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green, Gene
Hall (NY)
Hare
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hirono
Hodes
Hoekstra
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jordan
Kagen
Kanjorski
Keller
Kennedy
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Klein (FL)
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lamborn
Lampson
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Mahoney (FL)
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McNulty
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Mitchell
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Norton
Nunes
Ortiz
Pallone
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Platts
Poe
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Richardson
Rodriguez
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothman
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salazar
Sali
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schiff
Schmidt
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sestak
Shadegg
Shays
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Sutton
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauscher
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Walberg
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Walz (MN)
Wamp
Waxman
Welch (VT)
Weldon (FL)
Westmoreland
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Wolf
Yarmuth
Young (FL)

NOES--86

Ackerman
Baldwin
Berman
Brady (PA)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Christensen
Clarke
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
Crowley
Davis (IL)
Delahunt
Dingell
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Ellison
Farr
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (TX)
Hastings (FL)
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoyer
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kucinich
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lynch
Markey
Matsui
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Olver
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Roybal-Allard
Schakowsky
Scott (GA)
Serrano
Sires
Slaughter
Solis
Stark
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu

NOT VOTING--24

Andrews
Boswell
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Cannon
Cubin
Cummings
Engel
Fortuno
Harman
Hulshof
Kaptur
Kilpatrick
Levin
Maloney (NY)
Obey
Pitts
Pryce (OH)
Rogers (AL)
Rush
Saxton
Weller
Wilson (NM)
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Acting Chairman

The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members have 2 minutes
remaining to vote.

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Ms. WATERS, Messrs. GUTIERREZ, LYNCH, FRANK of Massachusetts, and
SCOTT of Georgia changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Flake

The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona
(Mr. Flake) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. Flake:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) Elimination of Military Construction
Congressional Earmarks.--None of the funds provided in this
Act shall be available from the following Department of
Defense military construction accounts for the following
projects, and the amount otherwise provided in this Act for
each such account is hereby reduced by the sum of the amounts
specified for such projects from such account:

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Amount (in
Account State Location Project Title thousands)
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Army............................. Alabama............. Anniston Army Depot. Lake Yard Railroad $1,400
Interchange.
Army............................. Alabama............. Fort Rucker......... Chapel Center....... $6,800
Air Force........................ Arizona............. Luke AFB............ Repair Runway $1,755
Pavement.
Army............................. Arizona............. Fort Huachuca....... ATC Radar Operations $2,000
Building.
Army NG.......................... Arkansas............ Cabot............... Readiness Center.... $10,868
Air NG........................... Arkansas............ Little Rock AFB..... Replace Engine Shop. $4,000
Navy............................. California.......... Monterey............ Education Facility.. $9,990
Air Force........................ California.......... Edwards AFB......... Main Base Runway Ph $6,000
4.
Navy............................. California.......... North Island........ Training Pool $6,890
Replacement.
Navy............................. California.......... Twentynine Palms.... Lifelong Learning $9,760
Center Ph 1.
Air NG........................... Connecticut......... Bradley IAP......... TFI Upgrade Engine $7,200
Shop.
Air Force........................ Florida............. Tyndall AFB......... 325 ACS Ops Training $11,600
Complex.
Army NG.......................... Florida............. Camp Blanding....... Regional Training $20,907
Institute Ph 4.
Air Force........................ Florida............. MacDill AFB......... Combat Training $5,000
Facility.
Navy............................. Florida............. Mayport............. Aircraft Refueling.. $3,380
Air NG........................... Georgia............. Savannah CRTC....... Troop Training $7,500
Quarters.
Navy............................. Georgia............. Kings Bay........... Add to Limited Area $6,130
Reaction Force
Facility.
Air Force........................ Georgia............. Robins AFB.......... Avionics Facility... $5,250
Army............................. Hawaii.............. Pohakuloa TA........ Access Road, Ph 1... $9,000
Air NG........................... Illinois............ Greater Peoria RAP.. C-130 Squadron $400
Operations Center.
Army NG.......................... Indiana............. Muscatatuck......... Combined Arms $6,000
Collective Training
Facility Ph 1.
Air NG........................... Indiana............. Fort Wayne IAP...... Aircraft Ready $5,600
Shelters/Fuel Fill
Stands.
Army NG.......................... Iowa................ Camp Dodge.......... MOUT Site Add/Alt... $1,500
Army NG.......................... Iowa................ Davenport........... Readiness Center Add/ $1,550
Alt.
Air NG........................... Iowa................ Fort Dodge.......... Vehicle Maintenance $5,600
& Comm. Training
Complex.
Army NG.......................... Iowa................ Mount Pleasant...... Readiness Center Add/ $1,500
Alt.
Army............................. Kansas.............. Fort Leavenworth.... Chapel Complex Ph 2. $4,200
Army............................. Kansas.............. Fort Riley.......... Fire Station........ $3,000
Air Force........................ Kansas.............. McConnell AFB....... MXG Consolidation & $6,800
Forward Logistics
Center Ph 2.
Army NG.......................... Kentucky............ London.............. Aviation Operations $7,191
Facility Ph III.
Navy............................. Maine............... Portsmouth NSY...... Dry Dock 3 $1,450
Waterfront Support
Facility.
Navy............................. Maine............... Portsmouth NSY...... Consolidated Global $9,980
Sub Component Ph 1.
Navy............................. Maryland............ Carderock........... RDTE Support $6,980
Facility Ph 1.
Army NG.......................... Maryland............ Dundalk............. Readiness Center.... $579
Navy............................. Maryland............ Indian Head......... Energetics Systems & $12,050
Tech Lab Complex Ph
1.
Air NG........................... Maryland............ Martin State Airport Replace Fire Station $7,900
Air NG........................... Massachusetts....... Otis ANGB........... TFI Digital Ground $1,700
Station FOC Beddown.
Air Reserve...................... Massachusetts....... Westover ARB........ Joint Service $943
Lodging Facility.
Army NG.......................... Michigan............ Camp Grayling....... Live Fire Shoot $2,000
House.
Army NG.......................... Michigan............ Camp Grayling....... Urban Assault Course $2,000
Army NG.......................... Minnesota........... Arden Hills......... Infrastructure $1,005
Improvements.
Air NG........................... Minnesota........... Duluth.............. Replace Fuel Cell $4,500
Hangar.
Air NG........................... Minnesota........... Minneapolis-St. Paul Aircraft Deicing $1,500
IAP. Apron.
Navy............................. Mississippi......... Gulfport............ Battalion $5,870
Maintenance
Facility.
Army............................. Missouri............ Fort Leonard Wood... Vehicle Maintenance $9,500
Shop.
Air Force........................ Missouri............ Whiteman AFB........ Security Forces $4,200
Animal Clinic.
Army............................. Missouri............ Fort Leonard Wood... Chapel Complex...... $3,500
Air NG........................... New Jersey.......... Atlantic City IAP... Operations and $8,400
Training Facility.
Air Force........................ New Jersey.......... McGuire AFB......... Security Forces $7,200
Operations Facility
Ph 1.
Army............................. New Jersey.......... Picatinny Arsenal... Ballistic Evaluation $9,900
Facility Ph 1.
Air Force........................ New Mexico.......... Cannon AFB.......... CV-22 Flight $8,300
Simulator Facility.
Air NG........................... New York............ Gabreski Airport.... Replace Pararescue $7,500
Ops Facility Ph 2.
Army............................. New York............ Fort Drum........... Replace Fire Station $6,900
Air Reserve...................... New York............ Niagara Falls ARS... Dining Facility/ $9,000
Community Center.
Air NG........................... New York............ Hancock Field....... Upgrade ASOS $5,400
Facilities.
Army............................. North Carolina...... Fort Bragg.......... Access Roads Ph 1 $8,600
(Additional Funds).
Army NG.......................... North Carolina...... Camp Butner......... Training Complex.... $1,376
Army............................. North Carolina...... Fort Bragg.......... Mass Casualty $1,300
Facility.
Army............................. North Carolina...... Fort Bragg.......... Chapel.............. $11,600
Army NG.......................... Ohio................ Camp Perry.......... Barracks............ $2,000
Army NG.......................... Ohio................ Ravenna............. Barracks............ $2,000

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Air NG........................... Ohio................ Springfield ANGB.... Combat $12,800
Communications
Training Complex.
Air Force........................ Ohio................ Wright-Patterson AFB Security Forces $14,000
Operations Facility.
Army............................. Oklahoma............ McAlester AAP....... AP3 Connecting Rail. $5,800
Air Force........................ Oklahoma............ Tinker AFB.......... Realign Air Depot $5,400
Street.
Army NG.......................... Pennsylvania........ Honesdale........... Readiness Center Add/ $6,117
Alt.
Army NG.......................... Pennsylvania........ Honesdale........... Readiness Center Add/ $504
Alt.
Army NG.......................... Pennsylvania........ Pittsburgh.......... Combined Support $3,250
Maintenance Shop.
Army............................. Pennsylvania........ Letterkenny Depot... Upgrade Munition $7,500
Igloos Phase 2.
Navy............................. Rhode Island........ Newport............. Unmanned ASW Support $9,900
Facility.
Air NG........................... Rhode Island........ Quonset State Replace Control $600
Airport. Tower.
Army NG.......................... South Carolina...... Hemingway........... Field Maintenance $4,600
Shop Ph 1.
Army NG.......................... South Carolina...... Sumter.............. Readiness Center.... $382
Air Force........................ South Carolina...... Shaw AFB............ Physical Fitness $9,900
Center.
Air NG........................... South Dakota........ Joe Foss Field...... Aircraft Ready $4,500
Shelters/AMU.
Army NG.......................... Tennessee........... Tullahoma........... Readiness Center.... $10,372
Army Reserve..................... Texas............... Bryan............... Army Reserve Center. $920
Army............................. Texas............... Camp Bullis......... Live Fire Shoot $4,200
House.
Air NG........................... Texas............... Ellington Field..... ASOS Facility....... $7,600
Army............................. Texas............... Fort Hood........... Chapel with $17,500
Education Center.
Air Force........................ Texas............... Lackland AFB........ Security Forces $900
Building Ph 1.
Air Force........................ Texas............... Laughlin AFB........ Student Officer $1,440
Quarters Ph 2.
Air Force........................ Texas............... Randolph AFB........ Fire and Rescue $972
Station.
Navy............................. Texas............... Corpus Christi...... Parking Apron $3,500
Recapitalization Ph
1.
Army............................. Texas............... Fort Bliss.......... Medical Parking $12,500
Garage Ph 1.
Air NG........................... Texas............... Fort Worth NAS JRB.. Security Forces $5,000
Training Facility.
Navy............................. Texas............... Kingsville.......... Fitness Center...... $11,580
Air Force........................ Utah................ Hill AFB............ Three-Bay Fire $5,400
Station.
Army NG.......................... Vermont............. Ethan Allen Range... Readiness Center.... $323
Army NG.......................... Virginia............ Fort Belvoir........ Readiness Center and $1,085
NGB Conference
Center.
Army............................. Virginia............ Fort Myer........... Hatfield Gate $300
Expansion.
Army............................. Virginia............ Fort Eustis......... Vehicle Paint $3,900
Facility.
Navy............................. Virginia............ Norfolk NS.......... Fire and Emergency $9,960
Services Station.
Navy............................. Virginia............ Norfolk NSY......... Industrial Access $9,990
Improvements, Main
Gate 15.
Navy............................. Virginia............ Quantico............ OCS Headquarters $5,980
Facility.
Navy............................. Washington.......... Kitsap NB........... Saltwater Cooling & $5,110
Fire Protection
Improvements.
Air NG........................... Washington.......... McChord AFB......... 262 Info Warfare $8,600
Aggressor Squadron
Facility.
Navy............................. Washington.......... Whidbey Island...... Firefighting $6,160
Facility.
Army NG.......................... West Virginia....... Camp Dawson......... Shoot House......... $2,000
Army NG.......................... West Virginia....... Camp Dawson......... Access Control Point $2,000
Army NG.......................... West Virginia....... Camp Dawson......... Multi-Purpose $5,000
Building Ph 2.
Air Force........................ Guam................ Andersen AFB........ ISR/STF Realign Arc $5,400
Light Boulevard.
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(b) Elimination of VA Congressional Earmark.--None of the
funds provided in this Act shall be available from the
following Department of Veterans Affairs account for the
following project, and the amount otherwise provided in this
Act for such account is hereby reduced by the amount
specified for such project from such account:

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 560]

AYES--63

Bachmann
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Boehner
Broun (GA)
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Campbell (CA)
Cantor
Chabot
Cooper
Deal (GA)
Duncan
Ehlers
English (PA)
Feeney
Flake
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett (NJ)
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hoekstra
Issa
Johnson (IL)
King (NY)
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Lamborn
Linder
Mack
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McMorris Rodgers
Moran (KS)
Musgrave
Nunes
Pence
Petri
Platts
Price (GA)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Sali
Scalise
Sensenbrenner
Shadegg
Stearns
Tancredo
Terry
Tiberi
Walberg

NOES--350

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Allen
Altmire
Arcuri
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baldwin
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Bordallo
Boren
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brown (SC)
Buchanan
Butterfield
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Carter
Castle

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Castor
Cazayoux
Chandler
Childers
Christensen
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cohen
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Lincoln
Davis, Tom
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly
Doolittle
Doyle
Drake
Dreier
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Everett
Faleomavaega
Fallin
Farr
Fattah
Ferguson
Filner
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gerlach
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gonzalez
Granger
Graves
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hall (TX)
Hare
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Hooley
Hoyer
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Jordan
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kennedy
Kildee
King (IA)
Kingston
Klein (FL)
Knollenberg
Kucinich
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lampson
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (KY)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Manzullo
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McCrery
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McNerney
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Norton
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pearce
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Poe
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Richardson
Rodriguez
Rogers (KY)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schmidt
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sessions
Sestak
Shays
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Souder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sullivan
Sutton
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Walz (MN)
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)
Weldon (FL)
Westmoreland
Wexler
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (FL)

ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

Kind

NOT VOTING--25

Andrews
Bishop (UT)
Boswell
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Cannon
Cramer
Cubin
Cummings
Fortuno
Harman
Hirono
Honda
Hulshof
Kilpatrick
Levin
Maloney (NY)
Pitts
Pryce (OH)
Rogers (AL)
Rush
Saxton
Weller
Wilson (NM)
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Acting Chairman

The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Two minutes remain in this
vote.

{time} 1005

Ms. KAPTUR changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. BURTON of Indiana changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 560, had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
Ms. HIRONO. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 560, had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''

Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. King of Iowa

The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr.
King) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes
prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. King of Iowa:
Insert after section 407 the following:
Sec. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to enforce subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of title 40,
United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon
Act).

Recorded Vote

The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 143,
noes 275, not voting 21, as follows:

[Roll No. 561]

AYES--143

Aderholt
Akin
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cantor
Carter
Chabot
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Dent
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Everett
Fallin
Feeney
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Hall (TX)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hoekstra
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jordan
Keller
King (IA)
Kingston
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Lamborn
Latham
Latta
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCrery
McHenry
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Platts
Poe
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Reynolds
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Royce
Sali
Scalise
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Tancredo
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Walberg
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Wolf
Young (FL)

NOES--275

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Alexander
Allen
Altmire
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bordallo
Boren
Boucher
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Butterfield
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Castle
Castor
Cazayoux
Chandler
Childers
Christensen
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cuellar
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Lincoln
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Faleomavaega
Farr
Fattah
Ferguson
Filner
Fossella
Foster
Frank (MA)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hare
Hastings (FL)
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hobson
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kind
King (NY)
Kirk
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lampson
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHugh
McIntyre
McNerney
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Norton
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell

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Pastor
Payne
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schmidt
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shays
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tiberi
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)
Wexler
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--21

Andrews
Boswell
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Cannon
Cubin
Cummings
Fortuno
Harman
Hulshof
Kilpatrick
Levin
Pickering
Pitts
Pryce (OH)
Rogers (AL)
Rush
Saxton
Weller
Wilson (NM)
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Acting Chairman

The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Two minutes remain in this
vote.

{time} 1012

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 6599, Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs Act, 2009. This legislation builds
upon last year's needed increases in military construction and veterans
affairs funding, and continues to make our veterans a top priority.
As a veteran, I am pleased that H.R. 6599 provides more support for
our veterans. H.R. 6599 includes a total of $47.7 billion for the
Department of Veterans Affairs. $40.8 billion supports the Veterans
Health Administration, VHA, and Veterans Medical Services, which
expects to serve over 5.8 million patients next year. To improve access
to care for our veterans, H.R. 6599 provides $200 million for fee-based
providers where VHA services are not available. The bill also raises
the travel reimbursement rate from 28.5 cents per mile to 41.5 cents
per mile to help thousands of rural veterans get care. A continuing
backlog at the VA forces our veterans to wait far too long to receive
the benefits that they have earned. This bill will enable the VA to
hire 1,400 new casework processors. Our veterans are men and women who
have answered the call of duty to serve our country, and we have a duty
to provide them with the best possible care when they return.
This bill addresses the specific issues that we see affecting our
soldiers returning today from Iraq and Afghanistan. H.R. 6599 provides
a $250 million increase to support prosthetics and new prosthetic
technology, as well as $3.8 billion for specialty mental health
services and $584 million for substance abuse programs. This is funding
that can help address the growing incidence of post traumatic stress
disorder and traumatic brain injury cases among our returning soldiers.
As the Representative of Fort Bragg, one of the largest United States
Army bases in the country, I am pleased that this bill addresses the
needs of our military installations. This bill includes $24 billion for
military construction, including an increase of $300 million for
replacing inadequate military housing. Fort Bragg is expanding rapidly,
and there are crucial funds in this bill to meet new demands. H.R. 6559
includes over $21 million for road construction and $78 million for on-
base school constructions, to meet the needs of the influx of people at
Fort Bragg. In addition, this bill includes $1,300,000 that I requested
to construct a new mass casualty facility at Womack Army Medical Center
for triage and decontamination purposes for the surrounding area. H.R.
6599 provides $5.6 billion for new military construction and family
housing, in line with the ``Growing the Force'' initiative to increase
the size of the Army, Marine Corps and National Guard and Reserve.
Finally, I am pleased that there is an increase of $1.8 billion for the
Base Realignment and Closure Act, BRAC, to continue these efforts.
I support H.R. 6599, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Act,
2009, and I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for its passage.
Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to express my support for
H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs FY09
Appropriations Act. Unfortunately, I was unable to vote on this bill
today, however if I had been able to cast my vote I would have
supported this measure. I have been a strong and consistent supporter
of the military, veterans, and military families and this measure
provides much needed funds to assist our brave men and women in
uniform.
Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill and our
Nation's veterans. Their service and sacrifice for our country is
honorable and today this body will properly honor them by ensuring
greater resources for their care and wellbeing. Congress has responded
appropriately by increasing funding by $2.9 billion above the
President's request.
This bill responds to the needs of our returning troops from Iraq and
Afghanistan by including $3.8 billion for mental health resources to
provide treatment for post traumatic stress syndrome and traumatic
brain injuries. It includes $300 million above the President's request
for maintaining VA medical facilities. Access to these facilities and
ensuring their proper upkeep has a positive impact on our communities
and is imperative to serving the needs of our veterans. This bill
increases enrollment in VA medical care for all veterans, including
those on a limited income, by 10 percent. To help veterans in rural
areas that must travel to get needed health care, the mileage
reimbursement has been increased from 28.5 cents to 41.5 cents.
I therefore support this bill. These improvements to our VA system
will have a beneficial impact on our veterans and move our Nation in
the direction of providing them with the care they need and deserve.
However, this bill includes funding for military construction
projects for military operations in Afghanistan. The Bagram Air Base is
the main base for the Combined Forces Air Component Command, CFACC.
Funds from this bill will be used to fortify temporary buildings,
expand refueling capability and build an aircraft maintenance hangar at
Bagram. As the U.S. expands and improves military facilities in
Afghanistan, the likelihood that our troops will remain in the region
increases.
Including these funds, which keep our troops in harms way, in a bill
meant to support our veterans is an affront to our Nation's veterans
and to the level of transparency our government should maintain.
Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill.
I'm pleased that for the second year in a row, the 110th Congress is
providing the funding necessary to meet the housing requirements of our
servicemembers and their families, as well as the money needed to care
for our veterans.
Let me begin by thanking Chairman Edwards for including report
language directing the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to
develop a plan to care for the veterans and military retirees in my
district who would need health care services if Fort Monmouth's
Patterson Army Health Clinic were to close in 2011. While I continue to
oppose the decision to close Fort Monmouth and will continue to look
for ways to reverse it, that decision is, for now, the law of the land.
Accordingly, it is necessary to plan for meeting the medical needs of
the many veterans and TRICARE beneficiaries in Central New Jersey in
the event Fort Monmouth's medical facilities are closed. I'm pleased
that the Committee is requiring that a report on how their needs will
be met be delivered to Congress no later than January 30, 2009.
Overall, this bill would provide $40.7 billion for VA health
programs, which is $3.1 billion over the current level. In addition to
continuing to focus on providing adequate funding to treat veterans
suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, and traumatic
brain injury, TBI, this bill would provide $400 million that was not
requested by the President to start enrolling 10 percent of Priority 8
veterans in the VA medical system. The Priority 8 category is reserved
for veterans whose injuries currently are not rated as service related
and whose incomes are more than $24,644 if single or $29,576 for a
veteran with a dependent. An estimated one half of all uninsured
veterans are Priority 8, and Priority 8 veterans have not been enrolled
since 2003 as part of an Administration effort to cut costs.
The bill also includes $200 million, which was not requested by the
President, to improve access to care where Veterans Health
Administration, VHA, services are not available. I am hopeful that this
will assist both rural veterans seeking care and those living in urban
or ex-urban communities that currently lack ready access to a VA
community-based outpatient clinic.
The bill would provide $1.6 billion, $250 million more than last
year, to provide veterans with more technologically advanced
prostheses. The VA has a long and generally commendable track record in
this area. However, I am pleased the committee recognizes the need for
the VA to apply a greater emphasis on harnessing the latest
technological breakthroughs to help give our wounded veterans the
maximum possible personal mobility.
I am also grateful to the committee for providing $165 million for
grants to States for the construction and renovation of extended care
facilities. The President's proposed $80 million

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cut to this account was, frankly, unconscionable. The VA grant program
that serves the State-run extended care facilities is critical. Many
New Jersey veterans have visited with me over the past several years
and described in detail the kinds of air conditioning, heating, and
other upgrades that are vital to facilities such as the one in Paramus,
New Jersey. I consistently have supported proper funding for this
account, and I thank the committee for meeting this important need.
Finally, for our active duty community, this bill would provide $336
million that President Bush failed to request to continue a quality of
life initiative for troops and their families started in the Fiscal
Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 2642. The bill includes
nearly $200 million for the Army and Marine Corps to improve the
barracks that soldiers and Marines live in when they train. It also
includes $136 million for medical military construction and planning
activities to upgrade substandard medical treatment facilities. We have
all seen the pictures and heard the stories about substandard living
conditions for troops. I am pleased that the committee remains focused
on fixing this problem as quickly as possible.
Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill that will help our active duty
families and our veterans. I will vote for it and I urge my colleagues
to do likewise.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, per the bill's rule for H.R. 6599 that
required preprinting of amendments, I submitted an amendment for
consideration. This amendment was drafted incorrectly and therefore I
am withdrawing the amendment.
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I rise in reluctant opposition to this
appropriations legislation. It is unfortunate that my colleagues have
decided to combine the necessary appropriations contained in the
Veterans Affairs portion of this bill with the bloated and
unconstitutional military construction appropriations. In the past I
have voted in favor of Veterans Affairs appropriation bills when they
were not combined with unwise and wasteful spending of other
appropriations like military construction.
This appropriation will allocate $9.5 billion to close bases in the
United States while spending nearly $12 billion building other
facilities overseas. As a matter of fact, any construction of new bases
in the United States is prohibited by this bill. While I am not
necessarily in favor of building new bases in the United States, we
certainly should not be spending money to close existing domestic bases
in favor of constructing new bases overseas.
The bill will transfer more than $200 million to NATO, an
organization with no purpose that should be disbanded immediately, for
the construction of NATO facilities in countries where we have no
business having our military in the first place.
We have been told that we will have no permanent bases in Iraq, but
then again we have no ``permanent'' bases in Korea either even though
we have had a military presence there for more than 50 years. It is
unclear how much of this $12 billion will go to building new facilities
to maintain an indefinite presence in Iraq, but any such expenditure
will be counterproductive to U.S. national interests.
This appropriation increases construction funds to the service
branches by as much as 50 percent over current levels, which is
financially dangerous and unsustainable particularly in view of next
year's record budget deficit.
Mr. Chairman, it is a tragedy that necessary spending to keep
promises to American veterans should be held hostage to this out of
control spending on maintaining an unnecessary and dangerous U.S.
empire overseas. We are doing no favors to today's veterans or to
future veterans--or to the U.S. taxpayers--with this appropriations
bill.
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, the 2009 Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill allocates $47.7
billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
This is $4.6 billion above 2008 and $2.9 billion over the President's
request, for veterans' medical care, claims processors, and facility
improvements.
This bill makes available resources to support military construction
projects and ensures America's servicemen and women have more effective
training facilities, and better housing, health care and day care
facilities.
I would like to take this opportunity to once again commend my
colleagues, Congressman Edwards and Chairman Obey for providing a
comprehensive Military Construction and Veterans Appropriations for FY
2009 possible.
This Congress has made veterans our No. 1 priority. We understand the
needs of our returning heroes and we will ensure that they receive the
quality of care they deserve.
Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, traumatic brain injury is one of the
signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there is much
to be accomplished. For the estimated 320,000 soldiers who have
sustained a brain injury, the war will not end when the last shots are
fired. For this reason, I applaud the committee for its work to make
progress in treating veterans with TBI.
As co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, I am proud
to say that we have accomplished a lot over the past year in honoring
our commitment to soldiers and veterans with brain injuries. The
Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic
Brain Injury opened its doors in November. The FY 2008 Defense
Authorization established new TBI programs for rehabilitation,
reintegration, research, and civilian-military cooperation. We
reauthorized the Traumatic Brain Injury Act in April, establishing new
connections between HHS, the Department of Defense, and the VA. And now
this month, all soldiers will begin to receive pre-deployment cognitive
assessments establishing individual baselines against which each
soldier can be properly screened for a brain injury so that they may
receive the care that they need and deserve.
In this bill, the committee has recognized the need to improve care
for veterans with TBI by fostering cooperation between DOD and VA
through joint programs, by improving the ability to track patients
diagnosed with TBI, and by encouraging systemic TBI screening for
veterans. New research is, however, showing that there is considerable
overlap in the occurrence of brain injury and mental health conditions
like post-traumatic stress disorder. In fact, the Rand Corp. recently
estimated that as many as 27 percent of soldiers with PTSD and
depression have also sustained a brain injury.
In light of these disturbing figures, Mr. Chairman, would you be
willing to work in the Conference with the Senate on language to
recognize the relationship between and co-occurrence of TBI and PTSD
among our armed services?
I want to thank the gentleman from Texas and his staff for working so
hard on this legislation and making a commitment to our injured
veterans. Our soldiers have fulfilled their duties bravely and
honorably, and they deserve nothing less than treatment and care that
is commensurate with the heroic deeds they have undertaken.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009''.
Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now
rise and report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments, with
the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill,
as amended, do pass.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Weiner) having assumed the chair, Mr. Lynch, Acting Chairman 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. 6599)
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, he reported the bill back
to the House with sundry amendments adopted in the Committee of the
Whole, with the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and
that the bill, as amended, do pass.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under House Resolution 1384, the previous
question is ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the
Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
The amendments were agreed to.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.

Motion to Recommit

Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at
the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. LEWIS of California. I am in its present form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Lewis of California moves to recommit the bill H.R.
6599 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to
report the same back to the House forthwith with the
following amendment:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. There is hereby enacted into law H.R. 6566 of the
110th Congress (the American Energy Act) as introduced on
July 22, 2008.

Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order on the
gentleman's motion.

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman reserves a point of order.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

{time} 1015

Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a motion to
recommit. But I want to say first to my colleagues that one of the
reasons for my rising with this motion is because there seems to be a
good deal of confusion on the part of at least my constituency, and my
colleagues' families and constituents at home may have the same kind of
confusion.
It seems that my people believe that this President does want to lead
to a comprehensive energy independence policy that would include the
availability to States to drill off their continental shelf, et cetera,
to give us an adequate supply of oil to assure our energy independence.
And yet those same people believe that it is the President's Congress
that is holding up such action. That is, many of them believe that the
Congress, the House and the Senate, are controlled by his party. But
that is not the case, and our people are confused. The Congress is
controlled by the other party who are resisting those proposals that
involve the ability to drill off the Outer Continental Shelf, to tap
into shale, to develop a comprehensive policy that will lead to energy
independence. My people are absolutely dying at the gas pump. Our small
businesses are doing the same.
So I have a motion to recommit, Mr. Speaker, with the term, I might
add, ``promptly'' in it to allow us to act immediately--I misread it.
It is not promptly, it is ``forthwith.'' So it would be implemented
immediately. I did that because my colleagues on the other side have
been complaining about the word ``promptly.'' We want you to be able to
act very quickly, not just strike this on a point of order, but allow
the people's voices to be heard. Because I can tell you, when you go
home, you are going to hear them if you strike this on a point of
order. So back to the point, Mr. Speaker.
This motion would enact the American Energy Act, a comprehensive
solution to the energy crisis that is causing families to pay $4 per
gallon for gasoline. Adoption of this motion will increase the supply
of American-made energy and will relieve those families, those
businesses, and my constituents at the gas pump. It will improve
conservation efficiency, it will promote new and expanded technologies.
Most of all, it will reduce America's increasingly costly and dangerous
dependence on foreign sources of energy.
The minute we send them a message that we are serious about home
supply, prices will crash. I can guarantee you that.
We need to consider all solutions to achieve energy independence. I
hope that as we prepare to head back to our districts for the month of
August, we can go back to our constituents with the good news: We did
something; rather than what this Congress has been doing in the past--
nothing.
I urge support for this motion to recommit.
I yield time to my leader from Ohio, Mr. John Boehner, the Republican
leader.
Mr. BOEHNER. Let me thank my colleague for yielding.
Listen, America's families and small businesses are suffering under
the high cost of energy and the high cost of gasoline. High gasoline
prices are crushing American families, they are hurting our schools,
they are hurting seniors, and they are destroying jobs in America; and
the American people expect us to do something about it. And over these
last 10 weeks, what have we done? Nothing.
The gentleman's amendment offers the American Energy Plan, which is a
comprehensive plan to encourage more conservation, more biofuels,
alternative sources of energy, and, yes, more American-grown oil and
gas. And all we're asking of the majority Democrats in this chamber is
to allow us to vote. That's all we're asking. We're not asking you to
vote for it. All we're doing is, allow us a vote. Let the American
people decide.
Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my
time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Texas insist upon
his point of order?
Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Yes, I do.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his point of order.
Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rise in opposition
first.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman continues to reserve his point
of order.
The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, we believe attaching nongermane
amendments to this critical veterans' bill could jeopardize its passage
by unnecessarily delaying it or even grinding debate completely to a
halt. This is unacceptable. My colleagues, those aren't my words. Those
are the words of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Let me agree with my distinguished colleague. And let me say, last
night at about midnight I told this chamber that Mr. Lewis has been one
of the champions throughout his public service career on behalf of our
veterans and our troops. I meant it when I said it then, and I mean it
when I say it again now.
But let me say, having said that, no one is perfect. And on this
motion, I think Mr. Lewis is wrong. Seriously wrong.
I do agree with this point he made just a moment ago; there may be
confusion on this bill. There may be, so let me clear up the confusion.
This is the 2009 fiscal year Military Construction and Veterans
Affairs appropriations bill. If there is any confusion as to whether
this is the 2009 fiscal year energy bill, get that out of your minds
right now.
This is a bill designed for the deadly serious purpose of honoring
our veterans. Millions of them have put on our Nation's uniform and
gone into harm's way in defense of your family and my family and the
American family. This bill is deadly serious, because it provides
training facilities and barracks for young men and women who are
willing to go to Iraq and Afghanistan to answer their Nation's call of
duty.
By making this motion, the gentleman knows, were it to pass, even
though he knows also that it is nongermane, it would complicate this
bill, it would slow down this bill, it could well kill this bill
because of the honest differences on the energy issue.

Announcement By the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore. All Members are reminded that they may
engage in debate only when recognized by the Chair or yielded to.
Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, if my colleagues don't want to
listen to my words, let me offer them some other people's words.
``It is imperative this bill is not delayed by unrelated and
unnecessary amendments.'' That came from AMVETS.
How about what the Disabled American Veterans said about this kind of
measure. They said, ``This bill provides the means to serve and care
for sick and disabled veterans, provide housing facilities for military
families, and to fund the activities of several other agencies that
affect veterans, a most generous and necessary act.'' They have gone on
to say they do not want delay on this important bill.
Mr. LEWIS of California. Would the gentleman yield?
Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. I would like to finish my remarks. I respected
the gentleman's right to his remarks.
Let me go to another statement made by the Disabled American
Veterans. They say, ``It is our strongest recommendation that this bill
be unfettered with nongermane amendments.''
My colleagues, we have a very simple choice at this moment. We can
choose to stand with the Republican leadership that chose to add this
partisan motion at the end of a long bipartisan process; or we can
stand with millions of American veterans, as represented by the
statements against this very kind of motion, by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the Disabled American Veterans, and the AMVETS.
I don't know about some of my colleagues on the Republican side of
the aisle, but as for me, that's an easy choice. I'm going to stand
with America's veterans. I'm going to stand with our troops in harm's
way who deserve the funding in this bill as soon as possible.
Mr. LEWIS of California. Would the gentleman yield?

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Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Out of respect to the gentleman, I will yield.
Mr. LEWIS of California. I consider that to be a great courtesy for
your yielding.
I know that you know that I am the Member who carried the amendment
that increased the mileage reimbursement for the veterans that is in
this bill. I do know they had that problem, because all those veterans
who you mentioned in those quotes are the same ones that are also
paying $4 a gallon. They would love to have this bill reduce that
burden.
Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I think the
views of the Disabled American Veterans, the VFW and the AMVETS are
very clear. They didn't say they strongly oppose this kind of a motion;
they vehemently oppose it, because it could harm millions of America's
veterans.
So make your choice. You can choose to stick with the Republican
leadership on a clearly partisan nongermane motion, or you can stand up
for America's veterans.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Point of Order

Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I make a point of order against
the motion to recommit with instructions, because it includes
legislation and is not in order under clause 2 of rule XXI.
Mr. Speaker, the gentleman's motion to instruct proposes legislation
in an appropriations bill and would not be in order in the Committee of
the Whole pursuant to clause 2 of rule XXI. I ask for a ruling from the
Chair.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman raises a point of order. Does
any Member seek to be heard on the point of order? Hearing none, the
Chair is prepared to rule.
The gentleman from Texas makes a point of order that the instructions
in the motion to recommit constitute legislation in violation of clause
2 of rule XXI.
The Chair finds that the instructions propose the enactment of
legislation directly amending existing law.
The instructions therefore constitute legislation in violation of
clause 2 of rule XXI.
The point of order is sustained and the motion is not in order.
Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the
Chair.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the
Chair stand as the judgment of the House?

Motion to Table

Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the appeal of the
ruling of the Chair.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.

Recorded Vote

Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-
minute votes on passage of H.R. 6599, if arising without further debate
or proceedings in recommittal; motion to suspend the rules on H. Res.
1008; and motion to suspend the rules on H. Res. 1316.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 230,
noes 184, not voting 20, as follows:

[Roll No. 562]

AYES--230

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Altmire
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Castor
Chandler
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Lincoln
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hare
Hastings (FL)
Heller
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kind
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reichert
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shays
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)
Wexler
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

NOES--184

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Cazayoux
Chabot
Childers
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Donnelly
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Fallin
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Hall (TX)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Keller
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lamborn
Lampson
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Tim
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Sali
Scalise
Schmidt
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Tancredo
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Westmoreland
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Wolf
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--20

Andrews
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Cannon
Cubin
Green, Gene
Harman
Hulshof
Kilpatrick
Levin
Ortiz
Pryce (OH)
Reyes
Rogers (AL)
Rush
Saxton
Velazquez
Weller
Wilson (NM)
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are reminded there
are less than 2 minutes remaining on the vote.

{time} 1045

Messrs. McHENRY, MORAN of Kansas, and CAZAYOUX changed their vote
from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. HASTINGS of Florida, ISRAEL, SHAYS, INSLEE, and RAMSTAD
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 562, had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''

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Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 562, had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 562, had I been
present, I would have voted ``aye.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 409,
nays 4, not voting 21, as follows:

[Roll No. 563]

YEAS--409

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Allen
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Baldwin
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Carter
Castle
Castor
Cazayoux
Chabot
Chandler
Childers
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cohen
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Lincoln
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Everett
Fallin
Farr
Fattah
Feeney
Ferguson
Filner
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foster
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
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NAYS--4

Campbell (CA)
Duncan
Flake
Paul

NOT VOTING--21

Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Cannon
Cubin
Drake
Harman
Hastings (WA)
Hulshof
Kilpatrick
King (IA)
Levin
Moore (WI)
Pryce (OH)
Radanovich
Rogers (AL)
Rush
Saxton
Tancredo
Weller
Wilson (NM)
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members have 2 minutes
remaining on this vote.

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So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mrs. DRAKE. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 563, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

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