VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2019; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 59
(House of Representatives - April 04, 2019)

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           VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2019

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 281 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. 1585.
  Will the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) kindly 
resume the chair.

                              {time}  1147


                     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. 1585) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994, and for other purposes, with Mrs. Watson Coleman (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. 40 printed in part B of 
House Report 116-32 offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico, Ms. 
Torres Small, had been postponed.


       Amendment No. 40 Offered by Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, the unfinished 
business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by 
the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Torres Small) 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 425, 
noes 0, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 154]

                               AYES--425

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Allred
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Axne
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (UT)

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     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duffy
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ferguson
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx (NC)
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Fulcher
     Gabbard
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Green (TX)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Haaland
     Hagedorn
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (AR)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meadows
     Meeks
     Meng
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Mullin
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Norcross
     Norman
     Norton
     Nunes
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Olson
     Omar
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouda
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     San Nicolas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spano
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yarmuth
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Clark (MA)
     Cook
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Granger
     Kustoff (TN)
     McEachin
     Plaskett
     Radewagen
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan

                              {time}  1155

  Mr. DUNCAN changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. SABLAN. Madam Chair, had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 154.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. 
Davids of Kansas) having assumed the chair, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 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. 1585) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and 
for other purposes, and, pursuant to House Resolution 281, she reported 
the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted in the Committee 
of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment 
reported from the Committee of the Whole?
  If not, the question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  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

  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
  Ms. STEFANIK. I am, in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Ms. Stefanik moves to recommit H.R. 1585 to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to 
     the House forthwith, with the following amendment:
       Page 1, strike line 4 and all that follows and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 2. STOP GRANTS.

       Section 1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18)), by striking 
     ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 3. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT 
                   OF PROTECTION ORDERS.

       Section 1001(a)(19) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(19)) is 
     amended by striking ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 
     2020''.

     SEC. 4. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS.

       Section 1201(f)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
     2000 (34 U.S.C. 20121(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``through 
     2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 5. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

       Section 1301(e) of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 
     (34 U.S.C. 12464(e)) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' 
     and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 6. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT.

       Section 40152(c) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
     (34 U.S.C. 12311(c)) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' 
     and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 7. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM.

       Section 219(a) the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
     13014(a)) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' and 
     inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 8. RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 
                   ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD ABUSE ENFORCEMENT 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Section 40295(e)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
     1994 (34 U.S.C. 12341(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``through 
     2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 9. GRANTS FOR ENHANCED TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 
                   ABUSE LATER IN LIFE.

       Section 40801(b)(5) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
     1994 (34 U.S.C. 12421(b)(5)) is amended by striking ``through 
     2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 10. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, SERVICE, 
                   AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH GRANTS.

       Section 41201(f) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
     (34 U.S.C. 12451(f)) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' 
     and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 11. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAMPUSES.

       Section 304(e) of the Violence Against Women and Department 
     of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20125(e)) 
     is

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     amended by striking ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 
     2020''.

     SEC. 12. STUDY CONDUCTED THROUGH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE 
                   CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

       Section 402(c) of the Violence Against Women and Department 
     of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 280b-4(c)) 
     is amended by striking ``through 2018'' and inserting 
     ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 13. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES THROUGH 
                   PREVENTION.

       Section 41303(f) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
     (34 U.S.C. 12463(f)) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' 
     and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 14. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 
                   VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 
                   STALKING.

       (a) Collaborative Grants To Increase the Long-Term 
     Stability of Victims.--Section 41404(i) of the Violence 
     Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12474(i)) is amended by 
     striking ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.
       (b) Grants To Combat Violence Against Women in Public and 
     Assisted Housing.--Section 41405(g) of the Violence Against 
     Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12475(g)) is amended by striking 
     ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 15. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES TO 
                   ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

       Section 41501(e) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
     (34 U.S.C. 12501(e)) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' 
     and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 16. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF 
                   DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

       Section 204 of Public Law 90-284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) 
     (commonly known as the ``Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968'') 
     is amended by striking ``through 2018'' and inserting 
     ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 17. ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN 
                   WOMEN.

       Section 905(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women and 
     Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 
     534 note) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' and 
     inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 18. STALKER DATABASE.

       Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
     U.S.C. 12402) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' and 
     inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 19. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE REAUTHORIZATION.

       Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
     (Public Law 103-322; 108 Stat. 1910) is amended by striking 
     ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 20. GRANTS FOR STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM'S 
                   RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
                   SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING.

       Section 399P(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     280g-4(g)) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' and 
     inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 21. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE 
                   WITH DISABILITIES.

       Section 1402(e) of division B of the Victims of Trafficking 
     and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 20122(e)) is 
     amended by striking ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 
     2020''.

     SEC. 22. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM.

       Section 41601(f)(1) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511(f)(1)) is amended by 
     striking ``through 2018'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

     SEC. 23. RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY.

       Section 409 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act 
     of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 21308) is amended by striking ``through 
     2019'' and inserting ``through 2020''.

  Ms. STEFANIK (during the reading). Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to dispense with the House reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized 
for 5 minutes in support of her motion.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, in the United States, 1 in 3 women have 
experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner; 1 in 
7 women have been injured by an intimate partner; 1 in 10 women have 
been raped by an intimate partner; and 1 in 7 women have been stalked.
  Let those numbers sink in for a moment. These are more than just 
numbers. These are our mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, and 
colleagues in this Chamber.
  Today's motion to recommit would extend the Violence Against Women 
Act through 2020 in order to continue critical services that protect 
millions of women, girls, and children across our country.
  I have a proven track record of supporting VAWA, and today I am 
continuing the fight by standing up for the victims and survivors to 
make sure their voices are heard.
  Last year, I introduced legislation that would extend the Violence 
Against Women Act; and then just last month, I introduced another bill 
that would reauthorize this program.
  We all know, in this Chamber, that the bill Speaker Pelosi has put on 
the floor today will not pass the Senate and be signed into law. 
However, my bill, this motion to recommit, could pass the House, the 
Senate, and be signed into law this week.
  This extension gives Republicans and Democrats time to work together 
to pass a truly bipartisan, long-term reauthorization of VAWA, just as 
Congress has done many times before.
  Sadly, there has been very little effort from my Democratic 
colleagues to meaningfully engage in a process to reauthorize VAWA that 
could pass with broad bipartisan support.
  The Democratic bill, H.R. 1585, was referred to seven House 
committees, but was only reported out of the Judiciary Committee on a 
party-line vote. It politicizes VAWA, and could put women, girls, and 
children at potential risk in the future.
  Ending violence against women and protecting women and children 
should not be a partisan issue. But, unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi and 
House Democrats have made it a partisan issue. They have refused to 
work with Republicans in a meaningful way to reauthorize the Violence 
Against Women Act every chance they got, including most recently in 
February during spending negotiations.
  House Democrats are the reason this law has lapsed, putting lives in 
jeopardy, and leaving victims, survivors, and families at risk. Every 
single minute that this critical, lifesaving program goes unauthorized 
is another minute that women who need help can't get it.
  I ask my colleagues today; can we stop playing political games at the 
expense of vulnerable women?
  We must. Voting ``yes'' on this motion to recommit is the only 
opportunity to extend current law. Voting ``no'' on this motion to 
recommit means that you are voting to end the Violence Against Women 
Act and, instead, knowingly voting for a partisan bill that will never 
see the light of day in the Senate. This will collect dust in the 
Senate.
  Once again, the Democratic bill on the floor today will collect dust 
in the Senate. Scoring political points, we should never prioritize 
that over the millions of women and children in this country.
  Let's pass this clean extension today to extend the Violence Against 
Women Act. Fight for millions of women in this country. Fight for 
survivors. Fight for victims.
  I am asking you to vote ``yes'' on the motion to recommit, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to 
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Michigan is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I have nothing but great respect for my 
colleague who offered this; and I do wish that we could do this 
together and not politicize it. But that is exactly what we are doing.
  This motion to recommit would just totally undermine this bill 
because it is a short and incomplete reauthorization; and it undermines 
the Violence Against Women Act and this important effort to reauthorize 
it.
  This bill takes out things that have become so basic, like the Rape 
Prevention Fund, testing of rape case kits, which is a horror across 
this country in how many haven't been tested.
  It takes away child abuse training. None of that is in this motion to 
recommit.
  And what makes me really sad is that this bill is one of the most 
successful laws this House has passed. In the 25 years since it was 
enacted, violence against women by a spouse, or an intimate partner, 
has dropped by 65 percent. We need to build on that progress.
  Since then, victims, survivors, and the communities where we live 
have relied on the Congress to help provide resources needed to prevent 
and investigate these crimes and to assist survivors.
  I remember what it was like. I remember what it was like when you

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called the police and they didn't come because your father was an 
important man in town.
  I remember what it was like when someone on our college campus was 
raped, and the police came to them and said: ``It's your fault'' and 
would do nothing.
  And I don't want anybody in this House to forget that Michigan State 
University, with hundreds of victims, was only brought to the forefront 
last year, when hundreds of victims tried to tell people something was 
happening, and nobody would listen. We cannot go back to those days. 
Since the original passage of this bill, we have learned from 
experience and from the unfortunate continued perpetuation of these 
crimes.
  This House, together, on a bipartisan basis, we authorized VAWA in 
2000, 2005, and 2013. This bill builds on our progress and success. We 
must not only reauthorize it, but make its programs even more 
effective, and help survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and 
other forms of harm with issues that they face.

  Women are staying in these situations because they need to go to the 
doctor and they can't afford healthcare; they can't find a place to 
live; they don't have economic security. These are among the issues 
that this bill is trying to address.
  This motion to recommit would kill the bill, and it leaves victims 
vulnerable.
  I do volunteer work at these domestic--at places where people go for 
domestic abuse.
  Have you talked to anybody there? Do you know how scared they are 
because funding is already being impacted?
  Stepping back means looking the other way when victimization is 
taking place; and they are counting on us to do something. That is why 
we cannot undermine this important law.
  And I am going to say one other thing. Do not let the NRA bully you. 
This is not a poison pill. The provision in this bill--don't forget who 
I was married to. John Dingell was on the NRA board. Hell, he helped 
start it. But all this does--we are not taking away due process. All 
this does is say that if someone has been convicted, convicted, as an 
intimate partner, that they would not have access to a gun. And if 
someone has been convicted of stalking--
  You know what I would say to all of you?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman from Michigan 
has expired.
  Members are reminded to address their remarks to the Chair.
  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

  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam 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.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 185, 
noes 237, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 155]

                               AYES--185

     Abraham
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Peterson
     Posey
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                               NOES--237

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roby
     Rogers (AL)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Clark (MA)
     Cook
     Granger
     Kustoff (TN)
     Long
     McEachin
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Ryan

                              {time}  1216

  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. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 263, 
noes 158, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 9, as follows:

[[Page H3087]]

  


                             [Roll No. 156]

                               AYES--263

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Balderson
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Burchett
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Joyce (OH)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Olson
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reed
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stivers
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walden
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young
     Zeldin

                               NOES--158

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     DesJarlais
     Duffy
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (PA)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Peterson
     Posey
     Ratcliffe
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stefanik
     Steube
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Walberg
     Walker
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Fortenberry
       

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Clark (MA)
     Cook
     Granger
     Kustoff (TN)
     Long
     McEachin
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Ryan

                              {time}  1233

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


                          Personal Explanation

  Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, due to a conflict on Thursday, April 4, 2019, 
I was not present to cast my vote on the Republican Motion to Recommit 
on H.R. 1585 and Final Passage of H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2019.
  As a cosponsor of H.R. 1585, I wholeheartedly support reauthorization 
of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Had I been present my vote 
would have been NAY on Roll Call 155 and YEA on Roll Call 156.

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