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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 8415-
8431; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 91; H. Con. Res. 101; and H. Res. 1233-1234 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H. Res. 1232, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8294) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8373) to protect a person's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8404) to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes; and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-420). Page H6881
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Jackson Lee to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Respect for Marriage Act: The House passed H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, by a yea-and-nay vote of 267 yeas to 157 nays, Roll No. 373.
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H. Res. 1232, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8294), (H.R. 8373), and (H.R. 8404) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 366, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 365. Pursuant to section 10 of H. Res. 1232, House Resolution 1230 was hereby adopted. Pages H6711-19
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023: The House considered H.R. 8294, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, July 20th.
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Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-55 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
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Agreed to:
DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 2 consisting of the following amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Allred (No. 2) that increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 to express the intent that the Secretary of Transportation shall waive repayment of any Federal-
aid highway funds expended on the construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes constructed on US 75 in Dallas County and Collin County, if the State of Texas presents the Secretary with its determination that such high occupancy vehicle lanes are not in the public interest; Carter (LA) (No. 4) that increases and decreases funding by $3 billion with the intent to provide Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) disaster assistance to cover unmet needs for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Ida in 2021; Castor (FL) (No. 5) that increases and decreases funding for FAA Facilities and Equipment by $115,000,000 to highlight the need for funding to replace outdated Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) across the country and to encourage the FAA to provide a report to Congress detailing the process by which ATCTs are chosen for replacement, including a list of criteria and relative importance of each criteria that FAA uses for these choices; DeSaulnier (No. 8) that increases funding for the Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing program by $2 million; offset by reducing the HUD Information Technology Fund account; Kahele (No. 26) that prohibits funding for the new foreign air carrier permits that are not in compliance with public interest standards; Panetta (No. 33) that provides $2 million for grants to eligible entities to carry out activities to benefit pollinators on roadsides and highway right-of-ways under section 11528 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 332.); offset from the Highway Infrastructure Programs account; Pfluger (No. 34) that increases and decreases the Federal Aviation Administration account by
$1,000,000 with the intent of requiring a report within one year on the infrastructure needs at spaceports located in rural communities; Sherrill (No. 36) that increases and decreases funding for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program by $10 million to highlight the need for apprenticeship and workforce training funding for critical supply chain sectors currently facing workforce shortages, such as the trucking industry; Sherrill
(No. 37) that increases and decreases by
$5,000,000 to the U.S. Interagency Council for Homelessness with the intent to support increased outreach for vouchers/housing assistance provided through the McKinney-VASH program to maximize utilization; Baird (No. 40) that transfers $8 million to FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine from the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy Response, the Office of Operations, and the Office of the Chief Scientist with the intent of improving the review and approval of animal food ingredients, and to develop solutions on how ingredient claims benefiting animal production, animal wellbeing, food safety, and the environment can be regulated as animal food; Bergman (No. 42) that increases and decreases funding for the Foreign Agriculture Service by $1 million with the intent of fully implementing
``Buy American'' programs that develop markets for U.S. producers overseas, including through the Market Access Program and the Emerging Markets Program; Jackson Lee (No. 46) that transfers $2 million to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture from the Office of the Chief Information Officer for the purpose of promoting innovation through payments to agricultural experiment stations, cooperative forestry and other research, facilities, and related expenses; Jackson Lee (No. 47) that provides that none of the funds made available for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may be used to violate section 107(b) of division A of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act; Jacobs (CA) (No. 48) that Transfers $3 million to the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Program from the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer for the purpose of supporting equipment grants to help schools serve healthier meals; Kuster (No. 49) that transfers $700,000 to Rural Cooperative Development Grants from the Agriculture Buildings and Facilities Account to increase funding for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program; Larsen (WA) (No. 50) that increases and decreases funding for the Research and Education Activities by $10 million to highlight the importance of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative in addressing the needs of the specialty crop industry through research and extension activities; Neguse (No. 52) that transfers $1 million to the Conservation Operations account from the Office of Hearing and Appeals to provide additional funding for soil, water, and conservation programs; Panetta (No. 56) that increases and decreases funds by $3 million to emphasize the importance of FDA hiring additional staff to support the issuance of guidance for industry on foods derived from plants produced using genome editing and to modernize and improve the timelines and predictability of the Plant Biotechnology Consultation Program under FDA's 1992 Statement of Policy--Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties; Pfluger (No. 57) that increases and decreases funding for the Office of the Secretary by $1,000,000 to highlight the need for a required report to review any companies owned, directed, controlled, financed, or influenced directly or indirectly by the Government of the People's Republic of China, the CCP, or the Chinese military that have received funding, grants, or participated in any federal program related to agriculture production, harvesting, or agriculture related research and development; Schrier (No. 59) that transfers $2 million from Rural Development Salaries and Expenses to Agricultural Programs-
Research, Education, and Economics--National Institute of Food and Agriculture for agricultural research infrastructure as authorized through the Research Facilities Act (RFA) to support land-grant universities and non-land-grant colleges of agriculture for facility construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling; Spanberger (No. 60) that transfers $2 million from the Office of Hearings and Appeals to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for conservation operations and conservation technical assistance for farmers at the NRCS; Spanberger (No. 61) that transfers
$3 million from the Office of Hearings and Appeals fund to the Food and Nutrition Services Child Nutrition Programs account to fund the Farm to School Program; Stauber (No. 64) that transfers funds from the Building and Facilities account to Rural Utilities Service Circuit Rider Program to allow traveling technical assistance for rural wastewater treatment professionals; Steil (No. 65) that transfers $5 million to the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research from the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist to combat the illicit importation of opioids, including fentanyl, through international mail facilities and land ports-of entry; Beyer (No. 69) that increases and decreases by $234,678,000 funding for the Office of Science to express support for the authorized level of the Fusion Energy Sciences program; DeSaulnier (No. 74) that increases the operation and maintenance account by $3 million to fund the Harmful Algal Bloom Demonstration Program and reduces funding from the expenses account by the same amount; Escobar (No. 75) that increases and decreases funds in the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program by $8 million to emphasize the importance of supporting economic opportunities for Tribal communities through energy development projects; Graves (LA) (No. 76) that increases and decreases by $1 million the Army Corps of Engineers' Construction account, with the intent of requiring the Corps to complete the Comite Diversion Canal within one year of enactment; Graves (LA) (No. 77) that increases and decreases by $1 million the Army Corps of Engineers' Construction account, with the intent of requiring the Corps to complete the Five Bayous Project (also known as the East Baton Rouge Flood Risk Reduction Project) within two years of enactment; Moore (UT) (No. 81) that increases and decreases funding by $4 million for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to support calling up funding for implementation of the MAPLand Act as enacted on April 29, 2022; and Trahan (No. 96) that increases and decreases funding for the Office of Science by $20,000,000 to draw attention to the need to accelerate the implementation of the milestone-based fusion development program (by a yea-and-nay vote of 336 yeas to 90 nays, Roll No. 368);
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DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 3 consisting of the following amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Auchincloss (No. 3) that increases and decreases funding by $15 million for DOT's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology to emphasize the importance of establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency--
Infrastructure, as authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; Cohen (No. 6) that increases and decreases funding by $1 million in the staff offices line within the FAA Operations account to express the intent that there be a moratorium on the further shrinkage of seat sizes and passenger space until the FAA publishes a final rule for minimum seat size standards as mandated by the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act; Danny K. Davis (IL) (No. 7) that increases and decreases funding the Research, Engineering, and Development program by $10 million to highlight the need to increase funding for the Aviation Workforce Development Grants to improve diversity of aircraft pilots and aviation maintenance workers, including by working with HBCUs, TCUs and Minority Serving Institutions; Escobar (No. 9) that increases and decreases the Office of the Secretary by $1,000,000 to encourage the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the potential benefits of public transit between binational communities; Escobar (No. 10) that increases and decreases funding for the Community Development Fund by $1,000,000 to encourage the Department to establish a Colonia Ombudsman Office; Escobar (No. 11) that increases funding for the National Infrastructure Investments account by $2,000,000 and decreases the Office of the Secretary by $2,000,000 to ensure RAISE Grant funding is available for projects at or immediately surrounding land ports of entry; Escobar
(No. 12) that increases and decreases by $105,800,000 for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity to emphasize the important role it has in eliminating housing discrimination and promoting economic opportunity in economically disadvantaged communities; Jackson Lee (No. 19) that increases and decreases HUD's Office of Inspector General account by $1,000,000 with the intent to support the OIG's oversight of the Texas General Land Office to track the accounting of Emergency Supplemental Disaster Appropriations for Hurricane Harvey Mitigation and Recovery that Congress approved for the 2017 disaster; Jackson Lee
(No. 20) that provides an increase of $1,000,000 in assistance to historically disadvantaged communities or areas impacted by persistent poverty; Jackson Lee (No. 22) that increases and decreases by $1 million the Federal Rail Administration Safety and Operation's account to emphasize the need to provide dedicated funding to address community engagement on safety issues related railroad crossings in urban areas; Jackson Lee (No. 23) that prohibits the Department of Transportation from using funds for Section 106 Transportation construction projects in urban areas that have not been determined to meet the statutory and fiduciary obligations of the National Historic Preservation Act; Jayapal (No. 24) that increases and decreases Homeless Assistance Grants by $3,604,000,000 to prioritize use of funds that follow
``Housing First'' principles to promote housing stability; Jones (NY)
(No. 25) that increases and decreases funding for administrative expenses under the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program by
$1,000,000 with the intent to allow for the use of Housing Choice Voucher Housing Assistance Payments for security deposits and holding fees; Larsen (WA) (No. 27) that increases and reduces funding for the Research, Engineering and Development account at FAA by $1 million to make clear the need for investment in the Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program and other programs to reduce the carbon emissions from aviation; Levin (MI) (No. 28) that increases and decreases by $12.5 million the $5 billion Public Housing Operating Fund for Tenant Participation Activities to emphasize the need to increase funding for tenant organizing, the funding for which has not kept pace with inflation or been updated since 2001; Levin (MI) (No. 29) that increases and decreases funding by $1,000,000 for RAISE (formerly BUILD) grants to emphasize the prioritization of grant funding towards green infrastructure projects that will decarbonize and electrify the U.S. ground transportation sector while improving local roads, bridges and rail; Manning (No. 30) that increases and decreases funding for HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research by $1,000,000 with the intent to conduct a nationwide study of the impact of large companies and Government-sponsored Enterprises on the supply of single-family affordable housing units; Omar (No. 32) that Increases and decreases by
$1,000,000 funds at HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research with the intent for them to work with the IRS to assess the reporting mechanisms of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program in order to evaluate the long-term economic outcomes of tenants and communities affected by LIHTC developments; Pressley (No. 35) that increases and decreases funding for FTA's Transit Formula Grants by $1,000,000 with the intent to conduct a study on fare free transit's impact on people with disabilities; Waters (No. 39) that increases and decreases funding for several HUD programs, including public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, the Section 202 program, the Section 811 program, the HOME Investment Partnerships program, and the Community Development Block Grant program; Bera (No. 41) that increases and decreases Agriculture Research Service by $1.5 million with the intent of increasing funding for alternative protein research; Escobar (No. 43) that increases and decreases funding by $10,045,000 from the Rural Energy for America Program to emphasize the need for guaranteed loans and grant funding for renewable energy systems to make energy-efficient improvements; Houlahan (No. 45) that transfers $15 million to the Cooperative Service Rural Business Program Account from the Office of the Chief Economist and the Building and Facilities account to support the domestic infant formula manufacturing base; Moore (WI) (No. 51) that transfers funds from the Office of Hearings and Appeals to the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services to increase funding for the school breakfast program by $2 million; Omar (No. 54) that increases and decreases the Food and Nutrition Services Child Nutrition Programs by $1 million to emphasize the importance of year-
round access to school meals and prohibits the stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for school meals; Omar (No. 55) that increases and decreases the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by $5 million to emphasize the importance of providing educational information in various languages regarding the use of SNAP benefits online; Plaskett (No. 58) that provides $10 million for the micro-
grants for food security program; Spanberger (No. 62) that increases and decreases Food and Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses fund to emphasize the importance of finalizing the 2010 Proposed Rulemaking
``Direct-to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements; Presentation of the Major Statement in Television and Radio Advertising in a Clear, Conspicuous, and Neutral Manner'' as required by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, which would improve regulation of pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer television ads; Spanberger (No. 63) that transfers $1 million from the Buildings and Facilities account to Marketing and Services for the Packers and Stockyards Division to hire attorneys and staff with a background in legal investigations in order to enforce the Packers and Stockyards Act; Velazquez (No. 66) that increases funding for the Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto Rico by $1 billion; Auchincloss (No. 67) that increases and decreases funding by $2 million Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to emphasize the importance of workforce training for the offshore wind industry; Auchincloss (No. 68) that increases funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $5 million to highlight the need to establish a Milestone-Based Development Program, which would create public private partnerships where federal funds will be available to private geothermal energy companies through milestone-based funding, similar to the Milestone-Based Development Program for fusion energy; decreases funding for departmental administration by $5 million; Bush
(No. 70) that increases the Defense Production Act Domestic Clean Energy Accelerator by $5 million and reduces Departmental Administration by $5 million; Bush (No. 71) that increases the Office of Science by $500,000 to support a study of the impacts of low-level radiation on human health and the environment and reduces Departmental Administration by $500,000; Bush (No. 72) that transfers $5 million from the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Castor (FL) (No. 73) that adds and subtracts $30 million from the DOE Office of Electricity in support of more robust funding for DOE to provide technical assistance to states for transmission planning to help create jobs, increase grid resilience, and expand access to affordable and abundant wind, solar, and other clean energy; Matsui (No. 80) that increases funding of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs by $3,000,000 for programs that reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from our nation's transportation sector; specifically, to support the Vehicle Technologies Office the Super Truck III initiative and the Clean Cities Program; Neguse (No. 82) that increases the Water and Related Resources account by $2 million and decreases the Policy and Administration Account by the same amount, with the intent of the increase being allocated to the WaterSMART program to support communities experiencing ongoing drought conditions; Omar (No. 84) that increases and decreases the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management account by $1 million to emphasize the importance of conducting a comprehensive study and consideration of the climate change and environmental justice impacts of proposed fossil fuel energy and pipeline projects; Omar (No. 85) that clarifies that the Department of Energy's Section 1703 Loan Program is providing loans only to clean energy projects that avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases; Peters (No. 86) that adds and subtracts $30.5 million from the DOE Office of Electricity in support of more robust funding for the Grid Deployment Office which is integral to modernizing the nation's high voltage electric transmission lines, improving grid resiliency, creating good-paying energy jobs, and deploying cheaper, cleaner electricity across the country; Phillips (No. 89) that revised increases and decreases the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission account by $1,000,000 with the intent to reflect that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority already includes combating climate change and lowering carbon emissions; Scanlon (No. 93) that increases and decreases by $1 the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account to urge the Department of Energy to dedicate no fewer than $5 million for research, development, and demonstration of appropriate measurement, reporting and, verification (MRV) systems for hydrogen leakage, as well as hydrogen leak detection and repair (LDAR) programs; Sherrill (No. 94) that increases and decreases funding by
$5,000,000 for the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to emphasize the importance of the Secretary of Energy studying the impacts of inflation, including regional differences in the cost of living, on the implementation and awarding of weatherization grants and identifying opportunities to mitigate such regional inflationary impacts; and Speier (No. 95) that increases funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $3 million to support research and development on battery and electrification technologies, including means to reduce electric battery cell cost, eliminate dependence on rare earths, and mitigate battery supply chain risks; decreases funding for departmental administration by $3 million
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 369); and
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DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 6 consisting of the following amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Auchincloss (No. 98) that increases and decreases the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund by $1 million to emphasize the importance of new CDFIs to assist underserved communities; Beatty (No. 99) that increases and decreases $20 from the Department of Treasury with the intent to instruct the public release of a design for $20 Federal Notes that prominently feature the abolitionist, Harriet Tubman; Carson (IN) (No. 101) that increases and decreases the Treasury Salaries and Expenses account by $500,000 to encourage Treasury to work with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to study the best models for financial literacy programming and assist schools, nonprofits, and localities in developing their own financial literacy programs for young people and families; Castor (FL) (No. 102) that increases the amount for Special Emphasis Programs by $20 million in support of more robust funding for GSA to reduce energy and water consumption and to enhance the resilience of Federal facilities; decreases the amount for rental of space by $20 million; Escobar (No. 108) that increases the Economic Mobility Corps Program by $2 million to continue to provide financial literacy programs to individuals with disabilities and populations in high-poverty areas; decreases the GSA Federal Building fund rental account by $2 million; Gottheimer (No. 114) that increases funding by
$1 million for the Department of the Treasury to support efforts to study the potential interaction between central bank digital currencies and privately issued stablecoins and ways to ensure the US dollar remains the reserve currency as the use of digital currencies increases around the globe; Houlahan (No. 119) that increases and decreases funding for the Growth Accelerators Program under SBA's Entrepreneurial Development Programs by $5 million with the intent of meeting the President's Budget Request; Jayapal (No. 121) that increases and decreases the salaries and expenses account for the Public Buildings Reform Board by $4,000,000 to encourage maximize readiness to implement the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 and convene regular meetings; Levin (MI) (No. 124) that increases and decreases funding for the Election Assistance Commission to emphasize the need that allocated funds go to help states pay for election worker wages in order to increase the number of poll workers and improve the administration of elections; Morelle (No. 126) that increases and decreases funding for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) account by $5 million to encourage the FTC to continue using its existing authority to protect the consumer's right to repair and ensure that companies who engage in the anti-competitive conduct of limiting repairs by consumers are held accountable; Morelle (No. 127) that increases and decreases funding for the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Building Fund by $1 million to encourage the GSA to integrate the procurement of remanufactured products into its sustainability initiatives and develop enforceable measures to prioritize the procurement of remanufactured products; Omar (No. 129) that increases and decreases the Treasury Salaries and Expenses account by $1,000,000 to encourage Treasury to work with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to study the rise of charge-off rates and help consumers resolve mistaken or longstanding negative information on credit reports; Omar (No. 130) that increases and decreases the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network salaries and expenses account by $1,000,000 to encourage addressing de-risking and banking access issues faced by Muslim Americans and immigrant communities; Quigley (No. 132) that provides that none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order 14076; Waters (No. 138) that increases and decrease funding for the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund by
$336,420,000; Auchincloss (No. 140) that increases and decreases funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by $2,000,000 to emphasize the importance of conducting Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances-related research in accordance with the EPA's new acceptable exposure limits; Castor (FL) (No. 144) that adds and subtracts $80 million from the EPA Environmental Programs and Management, in support of more robust funding for the voluntary EPA ENERGY STAR program, which helps consumers and businesses identify energy-efficient products; Escobar (No. 146) that increases and decreases funds by $74,362,000 for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grant Programs to highlight the importance of research, surveys, and species and habitat management; Jackson Lee (No. 154) that increases and decreases funding for EPA Environmental Programs and Management by $5 million to highlight the need to support culturally competent federal, state, and local public health and environmental protection efforts to address cancer clusters impacting overburdened communities in the gulf coast region; Omar (No. 162) that increases and decreases funds for the Bureau of Land Management by $1 million to emphasize the importance of honoring treaties and conducting true and meaningful government-to-government consultation with Native Nations, Tribes, and Indigenous communities; Rice (NY) (No. 165) that transfers $1 million from the DOI Office of the Secretary's Departmental Operations budget to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management intended for the Office of Renewable Energy Programs for the purpose of supporting wind energy development; Ross (No. 166) that prohibits the use of funds to enforce the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer continental shelf from offshore wind leasing activities off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; Scott (GA) (No. 169) that increases and decreases funding for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants Account by $1 million to highlight the need for increased air quality monitoring in urban communities; Sherrill (No. 170) that increases and decreases funding by
$15,000,000 for the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Programs and Management account to emphasize the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to, with the consent of parties to an environmental enforcement action, reduce or compromise penalties assessed in exchange for the defendant or respondent party or parties funding environmentally beneficial projects that address environmental or public health hazards of a similar nature to those underlying the violations for which penalties were assessed; Tlaib (No. 171) that increases and decreases DWSRF funding by
$1,000,000 related to grants made available by Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund; Auchincloss
(No. 173) that increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Electronic Health Record system by $5 million to emphasize the importance of updating and maintaining the system; Escobar (No. 176) that increases and decrease by $997,425,000 the Military Construction, Army account with the intent to express the need for more investments in large Mobilization Force Generation Installations, such as Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, to maintain and improve the Department's capability to rapidly and efficiently mobilize forces and resources, conduct training operations, and meet other readiness needs; Escobar
(No. 177) that increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Affairs Construction, Major Projects account to highlight the need for the VA to include a new Sterile Processing Service unit in their budget for the new El Paso VA health center; Escobar (No. 178) that increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Benefits Administration, General Operating Expenses account to emphasize the need for the Department to include food security screening questions in the Solid Start program to ensure new veterans are being connected to appropriate nutrition resources; and Norton (No. 185) that increases and decreases funding by
$1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support to law school clinical programs that assist veterans with legal matters
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 372).
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Rejected:
DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 1 consisting of the following amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Allen (No. 1) that sought to reduce amounts made available by this Act by 5 percent; Hern (No. 18) that sought to reduce the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations budget by 26%: Norman (No. 31) that sought to cut Division A spending by 5 percent; Hern (No. 44) that sought to reduce funding for Division B by 22%; Norman (No. 53) that sought to reduce funding for Division B by 5%; Hern (No. 79) that sought to reduce all funding provided in Division C by 24 percent, other than those defined as ``security category''; Norman (No. 83) that sought to cut Division C funding by 5 percent; Allen (No. 97) that sought to reduce the Financial Services and General Government appropriations budget by 5%; Hern (No. 118) that sought to reduce all funding provided in Division D by 22 percent, other than those defined as ``security category''; Norman (No. 128) that sought to reduce Division D funding by 5 percent; Allen (No. 139) that sought to reduce funding provided in Division E by 5 percent; Hern (No. 151) that sought to reduce funding provided in Division E by 22 percent; and Norman (No. 160) that sought to cut Division E funding by 5 percent (by a yea-and-nay vote of 199 yeas to 229 nays, Roll No. 367);
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DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 4 consisting of the following amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Good (No. 13) that sought to ensure that no funds are used to implement, administer, or enforce the Davis-Bacon Act; and Good (No. 179) that sought to ensure that no funds are used to implement, administer, or enforce the Davis-
Bacon Act (by a yea-and-nay vote of 165 yeas to 264 nays, Roll No. 370); and Pages H6845-47, H6856-57
DeLauro amendment en bloc No. 5 consisting of the following amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-420: Good (No. 14) that sought to strike $11,000,000 to purchase electric vehicles; Good (No. 15) that sought to strike $75,000,000 to the ``climate resilience'' of public housing; Grothman (No. 16) that sought to prohibit funding for the DOT's Equity Action Plan; Grothman (No. 17) that sought to decrease funding for the Community Development Block Grant by $300,000,000; Taylor (No. 38) that sought to increase and decrease the Federal-Aid Highways account funding by $1 million with intent to direct the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the effectiveness of transportation projects; Grothman (No. 78) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to fund the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity of the Department of Energy; Pfluger (No. 87) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to implement or enforce Executive Order 14008, entitled ``Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad''; Pfluger (No. 88) that sought to strike all funding for the Defense Production Act Domestic Clean Energy Accelerator; Roy (No. 90) that sought to defund the Department of Energy's Office of Economic Impact and Diversity; Roy (No. 91) that sought to strike funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy; Roy (No. 92) that sought to strike all funding for the Defense Production Act Domestics Clean Energy Accelerator; Budd (No. 100) that sought to prohibit funding to implement Executive Order 14019; Clyde (No. 103) that sought to prohibit funds made available by this Act may be used to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 14076, titled
``Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services,'' signed by President Biden on July 8, 2022; Davidson (No. 105) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to amend Investment Advisor and Investment Company disclosure forms so that no environmental, social, and governance disclosures would be required from such entities; Fallon
(No. 109) that sought to prevent the establishment of Treasury-back Green Bonds; Fallon (No. 110) that sought to strike funding for the Electric Vehicle Fund account; Fitzgerald (No. 111) that sought to prohibit funds being made available to the FTC from being used to promulgate any rule defining or describing unfair methods of competition for purposes of the Federal Trade Commission Act; Gooden
(No. 112) that sought to strike the section creating a Commission on Federal Naming and Displays; Grothman (No. 117) that sought to strike the provision related to the Commission on Federal Naming and Displays; Huizenga (No. 120) that sought to increase and decrease funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission by $83 million to highlight the importance of economic and cost-benefit analysis by the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis for proposed rulemaking; Joyce (No. 122) that sought to prohibit the use of funds for finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the SEC rule titled, ``The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.''; Pfluger (No. 131) that sought to strike funding for electric vehicle purchases by the United States Postal Service; Rose (No. 133) that sought to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from implementing provisions of its rulemaking on ``the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-
related Disclosures for Investors'' that would require the disclosure of Scope 3 emissions; Roy (No. 134) that sought to prevent funding for the implementation of President Biden's Executive Order 13985, relating to Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government; Roy (No. 135) that sought to eliminate funding for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Burgess (No. 143) that sought to place a funding limitation on the Environmental Protection Agency from using the special pay authority in subsection (f) or (g) of section 207 of the Public Health Service Act to hire new employees or transition existing employees; Duncan (No. 145) that sought to strike the prohibition on the use of funds to issue a permit for the import of a sport-hunted elephant or lion trophy taken from Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania; Gooden (No. 147) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for environmental justice activities; Grothman (No. 148) that sought to reduce the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities (National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities) total from $414,000,000 to
$299,697,000; Grothman (No. 149) that sought to reduce funding for Smithsonian Institution Salaries and Expenses by $311,153,000; Grothman
(No. 150) that sought to reduce EPA Environmental Programs and Management, under which funds are available for environmental justice implementation and training grants, by $294,938,000; Miller (No. 157) that sought to strike the proviso allowing EPA Environmental Programs and Management funds to be used for environmental justice implementation and training grants; Pfluger (No. 163) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to implement Executive Order 14008, entitled ``Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.''; Roy (No. 167) that sought to prohibit Bureau of Ocean Energy Management funds from being used for renewable energy programs and reduces BOEM--Ocean Energy Management funds by $51,675,000; Roy (No. 168) that sought to prohibit Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) funds from being used for Tribal climate resilience programs and reduce BIA--Operation of Indian Programs funds by $59,859,000; and Budd (No. 175) that sought to prohibit funding to implement Executive Order 14019 entitled
``Promoting Access to Voting.'' (by a yea-and-nay vote of 197 yeas to 230 nays, Roll No. 371). Pages H6847-49, H6857-58
H. Res. 1232, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8294), (H.R. 8373), and (H.R. 8404) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 366, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 365. Pursuant to section 10 of H. Res. 1232, House Resolution 1230 was hereby adopted. Pages H6711-19
Suspending the Rules and passing bills en bloc: Pursuant to section 9 of H. Res. 1232, Representative DeLauro made a motion to suspend the rules and pass the following bills en bloc, and therefore the ordering of the yeas and nays on postponed motions would be vacated to the end that all such motions would be considered as withdrawn: H.R. 1286, as amended; H.R. 2024, as amended; H.R. 3222, as amended; H.R. 6337, as amended; and H.R. 7002, which was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 365 yeas to 57 nays, Roll No. 374.
Pages H6728-33, H6860-65
Agreed to amend the title of H.R. 1286 as follows: ``To establish the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.''. Page H6865
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures. Consideration began Monday, July 18th.
Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act: S. 144, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 379 yeas to 41 nays, Roll No. 375;
Pages H6865-66
Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Act: H.R. 4404, amended, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Kissimmee River in the State of Florida as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 377 yeas to 45 nays, Roll No. 376;
Page H6866
Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022: H.R. 7025, amended, to prohibit the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from funding entities that commit, fund, or support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 379 yeas to 43 nays, Roll No. 377; and
Pages H6866-67
National Park Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022: H.R. 7693, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Park Foundation, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 22 nays, Roll No. 378.
Pages H6867-68
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he notified the Congress of declaring a national emergency with respect to hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals--
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
(H. Doc. 117-132).
Page H6869
Quorum Calls--Votes: Fourteen yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6717-18, H6718, H6854-55, H6855, H6856, H6856-57, H6857-58, H6858, H6859, H6864-65, H6865, H6866, H6866-67, and H6867-68. Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 119(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 119(2)
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