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Vol. 162 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016 No. 77 House of Representatives The House met at noon and was waste, has hosted dozens of Feeding the to the grocery store and live solely off called to order by the Speaker pro tem- 5000 events in cities across the globe. of foods that would have been thrown pore (Mr. WOMACK). I am pleased to see so many local away. Jen and Grant were able to find f partners—including government agen- an abundance of perfectly safe and cies, charitable organizations, NGOs, healthy food available for consumption DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO industry, and chefs—joining together that would have been thrown away. TEMPORE to call attention to food waste, because It is exciting to see new partnerships The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- the truth of the matter is we will need forming to study food waste and find fore the House the following commu- all of these partners working together ways to use this perfectly good food to nication from the Speaker: to solve the issue of food waste. reduce hunger in our communities. One WASHINGTON, DC, Last year, the USDA announced their such private-public collaboration, May 16, 2016. first ever food waste reduction goal, ReFED, has brought together over 30 I hereby appoint the Honorable STEVE calling for a 50 percent reduction in business, government, and NGO leaders WOMACK to act as Speaker pro tempore on food waste by 2030. USDA is working committed to wide-scale solutions to this day. with charitable organizations, faith- U.S. food waste. PAUL D. RYAN, based groups, and the private sector, In March 2016, ReFED released a Speaker of the House of Representatives. and I believe this goal is 100 percent Roadmap that charts the course for a f achievable. 20 percent reduction of food waste American consumers, businesses, and MORNING-HOUR DEBATE within a decade. The Roadmap calls for farms spend an estimated $218 billion farmers to reduce unharvested food and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- per year growing, processing, trans- create secondary markets for imperfect ant to the order of the House of Janu- porting, and disposing of food that is produce. It calls on manufacturers to ary 5, 2016, the Chair will now recog- never eaten. Up to 40 percent of all food reduce inefficiencies, make packaging nize Members from lists submitted by grown is never eaten; 40 to 50 million adjustments, and standardize date la- the majority and minority leaders for tons of food is sent to landfills each beling. It calls on food service compa- morning-hour debate. year, plus another 10 million tons is nies to further implement waste track- The Chair will alternate recognition left unharvested on farms. This food ing and incorporate imperfect produce between the parties, with each party waste translates into approximately and smaller plates into restaurants. It limited to 1 hour and each Member 387 billion calories of food that went urges the Federal Government to other than the majority and minority unconsumed. With 50 million Ameri- strengthen tax incentives for food do- leaders and the minority whip limited cans—including 16 million children— nations and consider standardized date to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- struggling with hunger every year, labeling legislation. bate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. these are startling figures. f We know food waste occurs through- The good news is that many in the out the supply chain, from harvesting industry are already taking steps to END HUNGER NOW to manufacturing, to retail operations dramatically cut down on wasted food The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and consumer habits. But we must do by implementing robust donation pro- Chair recognizes the gentleman from more to reduce food waste at every grams. For example, Starbucks re- Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN) for 5 stage, recover food that would other- cently announced it will soon scale up minutes. wise have been wasted, and recycle units successful food donation pilot pro- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, thou- avoidable waste as animal feed, com- gram nationwide. In partnership with sands of people will gather in Wash- post, or energy. the Food Donation Connection and ington, D.C., this weekend for Feeding Thankfully, there is already a lot of Feeding America, Starbucks will do- the 5000, an event designed to bring great work being doing to raise aware- nate unsold food from more than 7,000 awareness to the issue of food waste. ness about the problem of food waste. company-operated stores—salads, sand- Participants will be served a com- Just last week, I attended a screening wiches, and other refrigerated items— munal meal made entirely out of food of the documentary film called ‘‘Just to the Feeding America food bank net- that would otherwise have been dis- Eat It’’ at Amherst Cinema, organized work. By 2021, that amounts to almost carded—in other words, wasted. Since by The Food Bank of Western Massa- 50 million meals. 2009, Feedback, a global environmental chusetts. ‘‘Just Eat It’’ follows a cou- Our college campuses are also step- organization working to end food ple, Jen and Grant, as they stop going ping up. Both the Campus Kitchens

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY7.000 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2390 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 Project and the Food Recovery Net- Beyond Award from the U.S. Depart- Pursuant to clause one, rule I, the work will work with college dining fa- ment of Defense. This award recognizes Journal stands approved. cilities and students to provide hunger employers who have gone above and be- f relief in their local communities. In yond the legal requirements of sup- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE my congressional district, Becker Col- porting Guard and Reserve employees, lege, Holy Cross College, Smith Col- often by giving nonrequired benefits. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the lege, the University of Massachusetts The role of a Reserve member is gentleman from Michigan (Mr. KILDEE) Amherst, and Worcester Polytechnic critically important to national secu- come forward and lead the House in the Institute all have campus food recov- rity, but it is a job with an uncertain Pledge of Allegiance. ery initiatives. future. Thankfully, the Monticello Mr. KILDEE led the Pledge of Alle- Over the past 35 years, Feeding plant fully welcomes the work ethic, giance as follows: America has demonstrated an out- leadership, and applied knowledge vet- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the standing commitment to ensuring food erans can bring to a position. United States of America, and to the Repub- that would otherwise have been wasted Those who serve and sacrifice to keep lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. makes its way to food banks across the our Nation safe not only deserve our country and into the homes of families respect, but also our help when they f in need. There are dozens of other income home. That is why Xcel’s com- RECOGNIZING LANCASTER dustry leaders also taking steps to re- mitment to hire our veterans is so im- GENERAL HEALTH/PENN MEDICINE duce food waste by implementing man- portant. (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- ufacturing upgrades, maximizing har- I commend the Monticello Nuclear mission to address the House for 1 vests, and utilizing recycling initia- Generating Plant for hiring our vet- minute and to revise and extend his re- tives. erans and for assisting employees who marks.) I appreciate the efforts of the Food are serving in the Guard or Reserves. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, today I Waste Reduction Alliance in bringing Congratulations and thank you to Xcel want to recognize Lancaster General together industry partners to reduce Energy for your well-deserved award. Health/Penn Medicine for being a final- food waste, shrink the environmental f ist in the 2015 McGaw Prize for Excel- footprint, and alleviate hunger in our RECESS lence in Community Service. Lancaster communities. General was the only Pennsylvania Reducing food waste is one step we The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- health system to be recognized for this can take toward our goal of ending ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair honor. hunger in the United States and declares the House in recess until 2 Lancaster General was singled out throughout the world. I am pleased to p.m. today. for its work on community programs see so many partners at every level of Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 9 min- for the chronically ill, the Amish com- the food supply chain taking action to utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. munity, and those dealing with tobacco reduce food waste, but there is still f and obesity issues. more that needs to be done. Let’s solve b 1400 Recently, the health system the problem of food waste, and let’s end launched a community-led effort called hunger now. AFTER RECESS Lighten Up Lancaster that works to in- f The recess having expired, the House crease obesity awareness and weight A FIRE CHIEF SAYS GOOD-BYE was called to order by the Speaker pro loss. For the Amish, Lancaster General tempore (Mr. WOMACK) at 2 p.m. offered a special free immunization The SPEAKER pro tempore. The f program for children in the rural areas. Chair recognizes the gentleman from The Hospital and Healthsystem Asso- PRAYER Minnesota (Mr. EMMER) for 5 minutes. ciation of Pennsylvania said Lancaster Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick General Health/Penn Medicine has Speaker, I rise today to celebrate J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: fully recognized that a relationship Ramsey Fire Chief Dean Kapler, who Merciful God, we give You thanks for with the community is invaluable and recently announced his upcoming re- giving us another day. key to improving health and wellness. tirement. In you, Lord, is found the fullness of It is well-deserving of this national Since 1993, Dean Kapler has been re- life and love. It is why the human recognition. sponsible for every aspect of the heart always longs for more. We seek Lancaster General used the $10,000 Ramsey Fire Department, a responsi- You, Lord, sometimes without knowing prize money to pay for technology to bility that he handles with determina- it. track and coordinate its social serv- tion and enthusiasm. Over the past 23 People within our borders, within ices. Congratulations, Lancaster Gen- years, Dean has recruited and trained this Chamber, pray for our Nation. eral Health/Penn Medicine. 55 firefighters and maintained three Others around the world pray for the f fire stations. Additionally, he has United States of America as well. So worked tirelessly to provide better cov- many see our potential for good, for FLINT RESIDENTS DESERVE erage and expand fire service for the doing the right thing in the search for ACTION BY THEIR GOVERNMENT Ramsey area. justice and peace. (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given The dedication that Dean Kapler has Answer the longing of Your people, permission to address the House for 1 displayed to his home city of 37 years Lord. Draw closer to us. Help the Mem- minute and to revise and extend his re- is further proven by the retirement bers of the people’s House to realize the marks.) date he has chosen. His retirement will promise You have placed within them. Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, my home- be determined by the completion of the Not by words alone, but by actions, town of Flint is still facing a crisis: new fire department, a project that he help them as those of Your choosing to 100,000 people still cannot turn on their has supervised and insists on seeing be people of promise who give You tap and have access to safe drinking through to completion. glory in their service to the Nation. water. I want to thank Dean for all the work May all that is done this day be for This Congress faces a multitude of that he has done for the city of Your greater honor and glory. public health crises—Zika, the opioid Ramsey, and I wish him happiness in Amen. epidemic—but Congress must also do his well-earned retirement. f its job and act on Flint to aid the peo- MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT IS ple that I represent of my hometown ‘‘ABOVE AND BEYOND’’ THE JOURNAL that are still suffering and still cannot Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The drink the water coming out of the Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Xcel Chair has examined the Journal of the tap—100,000 people. Energy’s Monticello Nuclear Gener- last day’s proceedings and announces This is a disaster. It is a crisis that ating Plant for receiving the Above and to the House his approval thereof. demands Congress to act. Congress

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.002 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2391 should do its job and immediately take under the conditions described in subsection simple bill that would direct the Gen- up the Families of Flint Act, legisla- (d), all right, title, and interest of the United eral Services Administration, on behalf tion that I have introduced that has States in and to a parcel of real property de- of the National Archives, to convey over 150 cosponsors, 150 Members of scribed in subsection (c). property to Alaska, to the city of An- (2) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—The City shall this body cosponsoring legislation that be responsible for paying— chorage. would replace those damaged lead serv- (A) the costs of an appraisal conducted I am pleased that the sponsor of the ice lines, provide public health service pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(B); and House companion bill, as I mentioned and wraparound services, especially for (B) any other costs relating to the convey- before, has been passed by the House children who can overcome the impact ance of the Federal property under this Act. twice and has now been sent back to of lead exposure, but just need help in (c) LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.— my senator, Senator DAN SULLIVAN. order to do so. (1) IN GENERAL.—The parcel to be conveyed The National Archives has deter- Families in Flint have waited too under subsection (b) consists of approxi- mined that it no longer needs the prop- mately 9 acres and improvements located at long. Congress has to do its job and act 400 East Fortieth Avenue in the City that is erty and wants to sell it as part of its on the Flint crisis. administered by the National Archives and efforts to shrink its real estate foot- f Records Administration. print and reduce the costs to the tax- (2) SURVEY REQUIRED.—As soon as prac- payer. The bill will require fair market RECESS ticable after the date of enactment of this value for the property based on an The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Act, the exact acreage and legal description independent appraisal. The proceeds ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair of the real property to be conveyed under will be deposited into the Treasury and subsection (b) shall be determined by a sur- declares the House in recess until ap- will be used for deficit reduction. vey, paid for by the City, that is satisfactory This bill is in line with what we have proximately 4 p.m. today. to the Archivist. Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 5 min- (d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— been urging all Federal agencies to utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. (1) CONSIDERATION.— do—consolidate and reduce their space (A) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the and sell unneeded properties. f conveyance of the property under subsection The municipality of Anchorage re- b 1600 (b), the City shall pay to the Archivist an quested this land be made available, amount not less than the fair market value and the city council passed a resolu- AFTER RECESS of the conveyed property, to be determined tion that thanks the delegation for The recess having expired, the House as provided in subparagraph (B). supporting this legislation. I am very was called to order by the Speaker pro (B) APPRAISAL.—The fair market value of the property to be conveyed under sub- excited to get this land into the hands tempore (Mr. COLLINS of New York) at section (b) shall be determined based on an of the municipality of Anchorage for 4 p.m. appraisal that— development purposes. f (i) is conducted by a licensed, independent I urge my colleagues to support the appraiser that is approved by the Archivist passage of this legislation. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER and the City; Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of PRO TEMPORE (ii) is based on the highest and best use of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- the property; Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- (iii) is approved by the Archivist; and er, I yield myself such time as I may ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair (iv) is paid for by the City. will postpone further proceedings (2) PRECONVEYANCE ENTRY.—The Archivist, consume. today on motions to suspend the rules on terms and conditions the Archivist deter- I support S. 1492, which directs the on which a recorded vote or the yeas mines to be appropriate, may authorize the GSA, on behalf of the Archivist of the and nays are ordered, or on which the City to enter the property at no charge for United States, to convey 9 acres of vote incurs objection under clause 6 of preconstruction and construction activities. property in Anchorage, Alaska, to the rule XX. (3) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— local municipality in exchange for its Record votes on postponed questions The Archivist may require additional terms fair market value. and conditions in connection with the con- The GSA and the Archivist of the will be taken later. veyance under subsection (b) as the Archi- f vist considers appropriate to protect the in- United States have come to the conclu- terests of the United States. sion that this property is underutilized CONVEYING FEDERAL PROPERTY (e) PROCEEDS.—Any net proceeds received and is no longer needed by the Federal TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF AN- by the Archivist as a result of the convey- Government. A House version of this CHORAGE, ALASKA ance under this Act shall be deposited in the bill was reported out of committee by a Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I Treasury and used for deficit reduction, in voice vote and was subsequently passed such manner as the Secretary of the Treas- by the House. Selling this property to move to suspend the rules and pass the ury considers appropriate. bill (S. 1492) to direct the Adminis- the city of Anchorage, Alaska, at its trator of General Services, on behalf of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- fair market value protects the inter- the Archivist of the United States, to ant to the rule, the gentleman from ests of taxpayers who acquired the convey certain Federal property lo- Alaska (Mr. YOUNG) and the gentleman property. It also allows the Federal cated in the State of Alaska to the Mu- from Indiana (Mr. CARSON) each will Government to shed the costs of main- nicipality of Anchorage, Alaska. control 20 minutes. taining and securing an unneeded prop- The Chair recognizes the gentleman The Clerk read the title of the bill. erty. from Alaska. The text of the bill is as follows: Finally, I encourage the GSA to con- GENERAL LEAVE S. 1492 tinue using its existing authority and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I expertise to identify and dispose of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in ask unanimous consent that all Mem- other pieces of underutilized Federal Congress assembled, bers have 5 legislative days in which to real estate as appropriate. SECTION 1. REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCE. revise and extend their remarks and to I urge my colleagues to support this (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: include extraneous material on S. 1492. legislation. (1) ARCHIVIST.—The term ‘‘Archivist’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance means the Archivist of the United States. objection to the request of the gen- of my time. (2) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the Mu- tleman from Alaska? Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I nicipality of Anchorage, Alaska. There was no objection. urge my colleagues to support this leg- (b) CONVEYANCE.— Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I islation, and I urge its passage. (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable yield myself such time as I may con- I yield back the balance of my time. after the date of enactment of this Act and sume. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The after completion of the survey and appraisal described in this section, the Administrator For the record, this is the same bill question is on the motion offered by of General Services, on behalf of the Archi- that has passed this House twice unani- the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. vist, shall offer to convey to the City by mously. It was over in the Senate, and YOUNG) that the House suspend the quitclaim deed for the consideration and they sent it back to us. It is a very rules and pass the bill, S. 1492.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.005 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2392 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 The question was taken; and (two- any Federal tax return submitted in an elec- Criminal Investigation Division of the Inter- thirds being in the affirmative) the tronic format by that taxpayer or a person nal Revenue Service the position of Local rules were suspended and the bill was purporting to be that taxpayer. The study Law Enforcement Liaison. passed. shall be submitted within 180 days after the (b) DUTIES.—The Local Law Enforcement date of the enactment of this Act and should A motion to reconsider was laid on Liaison shall serve as the primary source of also include a recommendation on whether contact for State and local law enforcement the table. to implement such a program. authorities with respect to tax-related iden- f SEC. 5. USE OF INFORMATION IN DO NOT PAY INI- tity theft, having duties that shall include— TIATIVE IN PREVENTION OF IDEN- (1) receiving information from State and STOLEN IDENTITY REFUND FRAUD TITY THEFT REFUND FRAUD. local law enforcement authorities; PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 The Secretary of the Treasury, and the (2) responding to inquiries from State and Secretary’s delegate, shall use the informa- Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I move local law enforcement authorities; tion available under the Do Not Pay Initia- (3) administering authorized information- to suspend the rules and pass the bill tive established under section 5 of the Im- sharing initiatives with State or local law (H.R. 3832) to amend the Internal Rev- proper Payments Elimination and Recovery enforcement authorities and reviewing the enue Code of 1986 to prevent tax-related Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) performance of such initiatives; identity theft and tax fraud, and for to help prevent identity theft refund fraud. (4) ensuring any information provided other purposes, as amended. SEC. 6. REPORT ON IDENTITY THEFT REFUND through authorized information-sharing ini- The Clerk read the title of the bill. FRAUD. tiatives with State or local law enforcement The text of the bill is as follows: (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September authorities is used only for the prosecution 30, 2018, and biannually thereafter through of identity theft-related crimes and not re- H.R. 3832 September 30, 2023, the Secretary of the disclosed to third parties; and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall (5) such other duties relating to tax-related resentatives of the United States of America in report to the Committee on Ways and Means identity theft prevention as are delegated by Congress assembled, of the House of Representatives and the the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Committee on Finance of the Senate on the SEC. 9. IRS PHONE SCAM REPORT. extent and nature of fraud involving the use This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stolen Iden- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year of a misappropriated taxpayer identity with tity Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 2016’’. after the date of the enactment of this Act, respect to claims for refund under the Inter- SEC. 2. CENTRALIZED POINT OF CONTACT FOR the Inspector General for Tax Administra- nal Revenue Code of 1986 during the pre- IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS. tion, in consultation with the Federal Com- ceding completed income tax filing season, The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Sec- munications Commission and the Federal and the detection, prevention, and enforce- retary’s delegate, shall establish and main- Trade Commission, shall submit a report to ment activities undertaken by the Internal tain an office at the Internal Revenue Serv- Congress regarding identity theft phone Revenue Service with respect to such fraud, ice and procedures to ensure that any tax- scams under which individuals attempt to including— payer whose return has been delayed or oth- obtain personal information over the phone (1) detailing efforts to combat identity erwise adversely affected due to the theft of from taxpayers by falsely claiming to be theft fraud, including an update on the vic- the taxpayer’s identity has a centralized calling from or on behalf the Internal Rev- tims’ assistance unit; point of contact throughout the processing enue Service. (2) information on both the average and of his or her case. The office shall coordinate (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Such report with other offices within the Internal Rev- maximum amounts of time that elapsed before the cases of victims of such fraud were shall include— enue Service to resolve the taxpayer’s case (1) a description of the nature and form of as quickly as possible. resolved; and (3) discussing Internal Revenue Service ef- such scams; SEC. 3. TAXPAYER NOTIFICATION OF SUSPECTED (2) an estimate of the number of taxpayers IDENTITY THEFT. forts associated with other avenues for addressing identity theft refund fraud. contacted pursuant to, and the number of (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of the Internal taxpayers who have been victims of, such (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In addi- Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding tion, each report shall provide an update on scams; at the end the following new section: the implementation of this Act and identify (3) an estimate of the amount of wrongful ‘‘SEC. 7529. NOTIFICATION OF SUSPECTED IDEN- the need for any further legislation to pro- payments obtained from such scams; and TITY THEFT. tect taxpayer identities. (4) details of potential solutions to combat and prevent such scams, including best prac- ‘‘If the Secretary determines that there (c) PROGRESS ON OUTREACH AND EDU- tices from the private sector and techno- was an unauthorized use of the identity of CATION.—In the first biannual report on iden- any taxpayer, the Secretary shall— tity theft refund fraud under subsection (a), logical solutions. ‘‘(1) as soon as practicable and without the Secretary (or the Secretary’s delegate) SEC. 10. PROVIDING IDENTITY THEFT PREVEN- jeopardizing an investigation relating to tax shall include— TION INFORMATION WHILE ON administration, notify the taxpayer and in- (1) an assessment of the agency’s progress HOLD WITH INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. clude with that notice— on identity theft outreach and education to ‘‘(A) instructions to the taxpayer about fil- the private sector, State agencies, and exter- The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Sec- ing a police report, and nal organizations; and retary’s delegate, shall ensure that if a tax- ‘‘(B) the forms the taxpayer must submit (2) the results of a feasibility study on the payer is on hold with the Internal Revenue to allow investigating law enforcement offi- costs and benefits to enhancing its taxpayer Service on a taxpayer service telephone call cials to access the taxpayer’s personal infor- authentication approach to the electronic the following information is provided: mation, and tax return filing process. (1) Basic information about common iden- ‘‘(2) if any person is criminally charged by tity theft tax scams. SEC. 7. INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS indictment or information relating to such CENTER. (2) Directions on where to report such ac- unauthorized use, notify such taxpayer as tivity. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary (or the soon as practicable of such charge.’’. Secretary’s delegate) shall establish an in- (3) Tips on how to protect against identity (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of formation sharing and analysis center to theft tax scams. sections for chapter 77 of such Code is centralize, standardize, and enhance data SEC. 11. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. amended by adding at the end the following compilation and analysis to facilitate shar- No additional funds are authorized to carry new item: ing actionable data and information with re- out the requirements of this Act and the ‘‘Sec. 7529. Notification of suspected iden- spect to identity theft. amendments made by this Act. Such require- tity theft.’’. (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after es- ments shall be carried out using amounts (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments tablishment of the information sharing and otherwise authorized. made by this section shall apply to deter- analysis center, the Secretary (or the Sec- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- retary’s delegate) shall submit a report to minations made after the date of the enact- ant to the rule, the gentleman from ment of this Act. the Committee on Ways and Means of the Ohio (Mr. RENACCI) and the gentleman SEC. 4. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC FILING OPT House of Representatives and Committee on OUT. Finance of the Senate on the information from New Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL) each The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec- sharing and analysis center described in sub- will control 20 minutes. retary’s delegate) shall submit a feasibility section (a). The report shall include the data The Chair recognizes the gentleman study to the Committee on Ways and Means that was shared, the use of such data, and from Ohio. of the House of Representatives and the the results of the data sharing and analysis GENERAL LEAVE Committee on Finance of the Senate describ- center in combating identity theft. ing a program under which a person who has SEC. 8. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT LIAISON. Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I ask filed an identity theft affidavit with the Sec- (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commissioner of unanimous consent that all Members retary may elect to prevent the processing of Internal Revenue shall establish within the may have 5 legislative days within

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.008 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2393 which to revise and extend their re- for ID theft victims to be able to opt that it may proceed expeditiously to the marks and to include extraneous mate- out of electronic filing. This provision House floor. I acknowledge that although rial on H.R. 3832, currently under con- would require the IRS to report back you waived formal consideration of the bill, the Committee on the Judiciary is in no way sideration. to Congress within 180 days on this waiving its jurisdiction over the subject The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there issue. matter contained in those provisions of the objection to the request of the gen- I also thank my friend, Mr. PAS- bill that fall within your Rule X jurisdiction. tleman from Ohio? CRELL, for his work on this issue and I would support your effort to seek appoint- There was no objection. for his amendments that were incor- ment of an appropriate number of conferees Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I yield porated into the bill during this mark- on any House-Senate conference involving myself such time as I may consume. up last month. this legislation. I rise to urge approval of H.R. 3832, Mr. Speaker, tax-related identity I will include a copy of our letters in the the Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Pre- Congressional Record during consideration theft is one of the most pressing chal- of this legislation on the House floor. vention Act of 2016. lenges that we face in the world of tax Sincerely, I introduced this bipartisan legisla- administration. This complex and KEVIN BRADY, tion with my friend and colleague, Mr. evolving threat requires cooperation Chairman. LEWIS, to combat tax-related identity from Congress, the IRS, State revenue Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield theft. On a personal note, it has been agencies, and industry stakeholders. myself such time as I may consume. an honor to work with Mr. LEWIS. He While I am aware that not every tax- I commend my friend from Ohio (Mr. paid me a great compliment when he related ID theft problem is best served RENACCI) for his work on this bill. As said I ‘‘rained passion and truth’’ on with a congressional solution, this leg- he knows, I have been interested in the important issue of identity theft. islation is an important first step in this issue of tax fraud and identity Truthfully, since Congressman LEWIS fighting ID theft and in better pro- theft for some time. was first elected, he has been a legis- tecting victims. I am pleased that the bill we are lator who has brought great passion I urge all Members to support this bi- marking up today, H.R. 3832, includes and truth to every endeavor of his sto- partisan legislation. many provisions included in the bill ried career. I truly thank him for Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of that I put forth, H.R. 3981, the Identity working with me on this legislation. my time. Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act. Tax-related identity theft is an HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, These provisions include having a cen- evolving criminal activity that targets COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, tral point of contact for a victim of innocent taxpayers nationwide and Washington, DC, May 13, 2016. identity theft and taxpayer notifica- robs the Treasury of billions of dollars Hon. KEVIN BRADY, tion of suspected identity theft. In ad- each year. I was grateful for the oppor- Chairman, Committee on Ways & Means, dition, two of my amendments were in- Washington, DC. tunity last month to testify before the cluded in the bill. Committee on Ways and Means about DEAR CHAIRMAN BRADY: I am writing with respect to H.R. 3832, the ‘‘Stolen Identity Re- The first would create a local law en- my experience with tax-related ID fund Fraud Prevention Act,’’ which was re- forcement liaison within the Criminal theft. Last year, my personal informa- ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means Investigation Division of the IRS. Our tion was stolen, and someone used that and in addition to the Committee on the Ju- police and law enforcement officers are information to electronically file a diciary. As a result of your having consulted out every day, keeping our commu- fraudulent tax return for my wife and with us on provisions in H.R. 3832 that fall nities safe and tracking down crimi- me. That return, which included a within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Com- nals. Too often, coordinating their ef- fraudulent W–2 from the House of Rep- mittee on the Judiciary, I agree to discharge forts with the IRS when it comes to resentatives, claimed a significant re- our committee from further consideration of this bill so that it may proceed expeditiously identity theft is not as easy as it fund, with the proceeds directed to a to the House floor for consideration. should be. bank account outside the U.S. So when The Judiciary Committee takes this action My amendment helps law enforce- it comes to ID theft, I truly understand with our mutual understanding that by fore- ment officers do their jobs by creating the impact that it has on taxpayers in going consideration of H.R. 3832 at this time, a local law enforcement liaison at the northeast Ohio and across the country. we do not waive any jurisdiction over subject IRS. This position will be tasked with I am committed to cracking down on matter contained in this or similar legisla- sharing information and responding to the growing threat, and this bipartisan tion, and that our committee will be appro- local law enforcement when they have bill is an important first step forward. priately consulted and involved as this bill or similar legislation moves forward so that information or inquiries about identity I was pleased that two core compo- we may address any remaining issues in our theft cases. It is common sense, and it nents from this bill were included in jurisdiction. Our committee also reserves will make it easier for police officers to the PATH Act that passed last Decem- the right to seek appointment of an appro- go to a single place at the IRS when ber. The remaining components of this priate number of conferees to any House- they want to work a case. bill will help further shield taxpayer Senate conference involving this or similar The second amendment included in dollars from thieves and reduce the legislation, and asks that you support any this bill deals with the IRS phone hardships that are caused by this such request. scam, and this is growing by the day. criminal activity. They include estab- I would appreciate a response to this letter Imagine sitting at home when you re- confirming this understanding with respect lishing a centralized point of contact to H.R. 3832, and would ask that a copy of ceive a call from a threatening voice at the IRS for ID theft victims. This our exchange of letters on this matter be in- on the other end of the line that claims will make it easier for victims to re- cluded in the Congressional Record during to be the IRS. For too many Ameri- solve their ID theft tax cases and en- Floor consideration of H.R. 3832. cans, this experience is all too famil- sure a unit at the IRS is held account- Sincerely, iar. These criminals may ask able for handling a taxpayer’s case BOB GOODLATTE, unsuspecting citizens for their personal from start to finish. Chairman. information, for their Social Security Another one would improve the tax- numbers, or even for bank account in- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, payer notification of suspected ID COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, formation—that has been done; it is theft. When the IRS determines there Washington, DC, May 16, 2016. very common—and will threaten them has been the unauthorized use of a tax- Hon. BOB GOODLATTE, with arrest or other penalties if the lis- payer’s identity, the IRS would be re- Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, teners don’t comply. These phone quired—as soon as practicable and Washington, DC. scams have become increasingly ag- without jeopardizing an investigation— DEAR CHAIRMAN GOODLATTE: Thank you for gressive and harmful to taxpayers. to notify the taxpayer and give in- your letter regarding H.R. 3832, the ‘‘Stolen My amendment addresses this prob- structions to the taxpayer about filing Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act of lem in practical ways. First, it requires 2016.’’ As you noted, the Committee on the a police report. Judiciary was granted an additional referral the Treasury Inspector General for Tax The last one I will mention would re- of the bill. Administration to issue a report that quire the IRS to submit a study on the I am most appreciative of your decision to identifies potential technological solu- feasibility of establishing a program waive formal consideration of H.R. 3832 so tions to the phone scam.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:05 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.009 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2394 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 Second, it would have the IRS pro- I said: Fine. You know what? Leave many efforts from our office, we were vide information to callers who may be your name and number, and I will get able to work it out and get that taken put on hold, when calling in, regarding back to you because I am really busy care of for Terry. common identity theft tax scams and right now. Terry is representative of millions of how to avoid them. That is followed by a very quick Americans who have found themselves We need to do all we can to make click. in this situation, just like Mr. RENACCI sure taxpayers are informed and armed There is so much going on in our did. So I applaud Mr. RENACCI for de- against these scams. Identity theft and world today. We are so vulnerable at veloping these commonsense reforms tax fraud is a growing problem in the every single turn. We put so much in- that are going to give a point of con- United States of America. As tech- formation out there on ourselves. This tact at the IRS, that are going to make nology changes and as criminal syn- is a piece of legislation that protects sure when people engage in identity dicates target American citizens’ tax people. It protects not only their re- theft in the tax arena that there are returns, we have an obligation to ad- turns, but protects their identity. real penalties and consequences to that dress the issue. So I am glad that Mr. RENACCI has behavior. This bill does not go quite as far as I done this with Mr. LEWIS and my good I strongly support this legislation, would have liked, and I urge my col- friend Mr. PASCRELL. We stand here Mr. Speaker, and I urge my colleagues, leagues to take a look at H.R. 3981. I today with the same purpose, and that just as has been demonstrated here am also proud to be a cosponsor of Con- is to protect the people who sent us today, to come together as we care gressman JOHN LEWIS’ bill, the Tax- here to represent them. It is the least deeply about the American taxpayer payer Protection Act of 2016, which we can do. and stand for them as the victims of takes additional steps to increase fund- Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield this crime. ing for taxpayer services and to end the myself such time as I may consume. Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield use of private debt collectors. I just want to quickly say that what back the balance of my time. This bill is a step in the right direc- is really happening out there is that Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I yield tion. I congratulate its sponsor as it is many seniors are being preyed upon. myself such time as I may consume. I again want to thank my colleague, a good example of how we can work to- When you get a threatening phone call, Mr. LEWIS, for his work with me and gether across the aisle and find com- you don’t know what to think. And this legislation. I also truly want to monsense solutions for the American when you are up there in age, as some thank Mr. PASCRELL. As he said, I hope people. I hope this is a harbinger of of us are, Mr. KELLY, you don’t know it is a sign of things to come, where we things to come. Who knows? what to expect, and you don’t know I reserve the balance of my time. can work together on important issues who to turn to. Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 that face the American people. So this is very important, what Mr. minutes to the gentleman from Penn- I urge all Members to support H.R. RENACCI is putting forth right now. I sylvania (Mr. KELLY). 3832, the Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. just want everyone to understand that. Prevention Act of 2016. Speaker, I strongly support H.R. 3832. It has good bipartisan support, and I I yield back the balance of my time. hope that we can move this very, very Mr. RENACCI and I are very good Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise quickly. friends, as I am with Mr. LEWIS, and it in opposition to H.R. 3832, the Stolen Identity I reserve the balance of my time. is good to see Mr. PASCRELL here Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 2016, as Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 today. amended. While I support the legislation’s un- The gentleman is right in that it is minutes to the gentleman from New derlying goal of deterring and preventing tax- nice to see us working together to do York (Mr. REED). related identity theft and tax fraud, I strongly something about people. This is about Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I thank the oppose the bill’s expansion of mandatory min- people. This is policy that concerns gentleman from Ohio for yielding. imum sentencing. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to join my people, and it works in the right direc- Section 5 of the bill would expand the man- colleagues on both sides of the aisle— tion. I don’t think there is anything datory minimums found in Title 18 Section Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. RENACCI, quite as unnerving as finding out that 1028A of the United States Code. This section and Mr. KELLY—in a common refrain. somebody has stolen your identity. I of Title 18 imposes a mandatory minimum What Mr. RENACCI, Mr. LEWIS, and Mr. think Shakespeare sums it up right in sentence of two years for ‘‘aggravated identity PASCRELL have identified here is some- Othello by putting it really succinctly theft.’’ Under section 5 of this bill, a violation thing we have been working on in the when he says: ‘‘But he that filches of section 7206(b) of the Internal Revenue committee for quite some time, and from me my good name, robs me of Code would require a judge to impose a two that is to make sure that we have a tax that which not enriches him, and year mandatory minimum regardless of the cir- administration and a Tax Code that re- makes me poor indeed.’’ cumstances of the case. While a two year spects the privacy of individuals. sentence may be appropriate for most individ- b 1615 When that privacy is violated—I can- uals convicted under this bill, it should be left Now, Pennsylvania is sixth in popu- not speak like my colleague from to the discretion of the sentencing judge to de- lation but second when it comes to Pennsylvania and quote Shakespeare, termine the exact sentence based on all the fraud, tax fraud. This is incredible that as I am a simple country lawyer from relevant facts and circumstances. this could happen. western New York—simply, what we Research and evidence in the past few dec- As we sit here today—and as Mr. need to do is to stand on the side of our ades has demonstrated that mandatory mini- PASCRELL so clearly pointed out, and taxpayers. When tax fraud occurs, real mums are ineffective deterrents, waste the Mr. RENACCI—this is about protecting people suffer as a result of it. taxpayers’ money, force judges to impose irra- people from people who wish to do What Mr. RENACCI and all of us have tional sentences, and discriminate against mi- them harm. They not only wish to take come together here to support are sim- norities, particularly with regards to drug of- their tax returns, but it robs them of ple, commonsense reforms that are fenses. Unfortunately, there are too many their identity. There is nothing that going to help people out like Terry. mandatory minimums in the federal code. could be more chilling than losing your Terry is from Hornell in my district. Mr. Speaker, if we expect to do anything identity. He reached out to us, Mr. Speaker, about that problem, the first step has to be to As we look at how this goes for- about 11⁄2 years to 2 years ago. He, too, stop passing new ones. The mandatory mini- ward—and I think that this phone was the victim of identity fraud and mums in the code today did not get there all fraud is the one that is particularly in- identity theft. at once—they got there one at a time, each teresting. When the IRS calls on you, When he went to file his return, he one part of a larger bill, which on balance it is not on the phone. It is in writing. found out that he would not be getting might have been a good idea. Therefore, the And I tell constituents all the time, I that refund because someone had al- only way to stop passing new mandatory mini- also have received those calls saying ready stolen that money from the U.S. mums is to stop passing bills that contain that: Hey, you know what? You need to Government. Terry relied on that mandatory minimums. get in touch with us right now. We can money, Mr. Speaker. He needed that Therefore, I urge my colleagues to vote No handle this over the phone with you. money. After many phone calls, after on H.R. 3832.

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The Branch to include provisions concerning Tai- Whereas in testimony before the House question is on the motion offered by wan’s security in the Taiwan Relations Act; Foreign Affairs Committee on October 4, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. RENACCI) Whereas then-Deputy Assistant Secretary 2011, then-Assistant Secretary of State Kurt that the House suspend the rules and of State Kin Moy stated in his written testi- Campbell stated that, ‘‘[The] Taiwan Rela- mony before the House Foreign Affairs Com- tions Act, plus the so-called Six Assurances pass the bill, H.R. 3832, as amended. mittee on March 14, 2014, that, ‘‘Our endur- and Three Communique’s, form the founda- The question was taken; and (two- ing relationship under the Taiwan Relations tion of our overall approach’’, to relations thirds being in the affirmative) the Act represents a unique asset for the United with Taiwan; and rules were suspended and the bill, as States and is an important multiplier of our Whereas in testimony before the Senate amended, was passed. influence in the region’’, and credited the Foreign Relations Committee on April 3, A motion to reconsider was laid on Taiwan Relations Act for having ‘‘played 2014, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel R. the table. such a key part in protecting Taiwan’s free- Russel stated that the Six Assurances ‘‘con- dom of action and U.S. interests the last 35 tinue to play an important part as an ele- f years in the Asia-Pacific area’’; ment of our approach to Taiwan and the sit- REAFFIRMATION OF THE TAIWAN Whereas then-Special Assistant to the uation across the strait’’: Now, therefore, be RELATIONS ACT AND THE SIX President and National Security Council it ASSURANCES Senior Director for Asian Affairs Evan Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Medeiros noted on March 28, 2014 that the Senate concurring), That Congress— Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I move to Taiwan Relations Act was ‘‘an enduring ex- (1) affirms that the Taiwan Relations Act suspend the rules and agree to the con- pression to the people of Taiwan about our and the Six Assurances are both corner- current resolution (H. Con. Res. 88) re- commitment to their well-being, their secu- stones of United States relations with Tai- affirming the Taiwan Relations Act rity, their economic autonomy, and their wan; and and the Six Assurances as the corner- international space’’; (2) urges the President and Department of Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act states State to affirm the Six Assurances publicly, stone of United States-Taiwan rela- ‘‘the United States decision to establish dip- tions, as amended. proactively, and consistently as a corner- lomatic relations with the People’s Republic stone of United States-Taiwan relations. The Clerk read the title of the con- of China rests upon the expectation that the current resolution. future of Taiwan will be determined by The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The text of the concurrent resolution peaceful means’’; ant to the rule, the gentleman from is as follows: Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act states California (Mr. ROYCE) and the gen- that it is the policy of the United States to H. CON. RES. 88 tleman from New York (Mr. ENGEL) ‘‘provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive Whereas the Cold War years cemented the each will control 20 minutes. character’’ and ‘‘to maintain the capacity of The Chair recognizes the gentleman close friendship between the United States the United States to resist any resort to and Taiwan, with Taiwan as an anti-Com- force or other forms of coercion that would from California. munist ally in the Asia-Pacific; jeopardize the security, or the social or eco- GENERAL LEAVE Whereas United States economic aid pre- nomic system, of the people on Taiwan’’; Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- vented Taiwan from sliding into an economic Whereas each successive United States Ad- imous consent that all Members have 5 depression in the 1950s and greatly contrib- ministration since the enactment of the Tai- uted to the island’s later economic takeoff; legislative days to revise and extend wan Relations Act has provided arms of a de- their remarks and to include any ex- Whereas Taiwan has flourished to become fensive character to Taiwan; a beacon of democracy in Asia and leading Whereas a 2015 Department of Defense re- traneous material in the RECORD. trade partner for the United States, and the port to Congress on Military and Security The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there relationship has endured for more than 65 Developments Involving the People’s Repub- objection to the request of the gen- years through many shifts in Asia’s geo- lic of China stated that, ‘‘Preparing for po- tleman from California? political landscape; tential conflict in the Taiwan Strait remains There was no objection. Whereas the strong relationship between the focus and primary driver of China’s mili- Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- the United States and Taiwan is based on tary investment’’; self such time as I may consume. mutually beneficial security, commercial, Whereas the United States has an abiding and cultural ties; interest in the preservation of cross-Strait I rise in strong support of H. Con. Whereas Deputy Assistant Secretary of peace and stability, and in peace and sta- Res. 88. State Susan Thornton stated in her testi- bility in the entire Asia-Pacific region; I would like to recognize Mr. CHABOT mony before the House Foreign Affairs Com- Whereas on July 14, 1982, as the United for his longstanding dedication and mittee on February 11, 2016, that ‘‘The people States negotiated with the People’s Republic support for the people of Taiwan. on Taiwan have built a prosperous, free, and of China over the wording of a joint commu- Mr. Speaker, Taiwan has always been orderly society with strong institutions, nique’ related to United States arms sales to a strong friend and critical ally to the worthy of emulation and envy’’; Taiwan, President Ronald Reagan instructed Whereas Deputy Secretary of State Antony his representative in Taiwan, American In- United States. Congress has been cen- J. Blinken stated on March 29, 2016, that stitute in Taiwan (AIT) Director James R. tral to this relationship, championing with Taiwan’s January 2016 elections, ‘‘the Lilley, to relay a set of assurances to Tai- a strong relationship with Taiwan people of Taiwan showed the world again wan’s then-President Chiang Ching-kuo; through landmark measures like the what a mature, Chinese-speaking democracy Whereas in House and Senate testimony Taiwan Relations Act and through looks like’’; immediately after the issuance of the August pressing successive administrations to Whereas on January 1, 1979, when the Car- 17, 1982, Joint Communique’ with the PRC, fulfill their obligation to sell defensive then-Assistant Secretary of State for East ter Administration established diplomatic arms to Taiwan. relations with the People’s Republic of China Asian and Pacific Affairs John H. Holdridge (PRC), it ended formal diplomatic ties with stated on behalf of the Executive Branch Taiwan is now the United States’ the Republic of China on Taiwan; that— ninth largest trading partner, and it is Whereas, the United States Congress acted (1) ‘‘. . .[W]e did not agree to set a date cer- in the U.S.’ interest to have a stable swiftly to reaffirm the United States-Taiwan tain for ending arms sales to Taiwan’’; and a prosperous Taiwan. relationship with the enactment of the Tai- (2) ‘‘. . .[W]e see no mediation role for the It is an exciting time in Taiwan. In United States’’ between Taiwan and the wan Relations Act just 100 days later, ensur- January, a free and fair election once ing the United States maintained a robust PRC; (3) ‘‘. . .[N]or will we attempt to exert pres- again demonstrated the strength and and enduring relationship with Taiwan; sure on Taiwan to enter into negotiations vibrancy of Taiwan’s democratic sys- Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act (Public with the PRC’’; tem. And in 3 days, we expect the Law 96–8) was enacted on April 10, 1979, codi- (4) ‘‘. . .[T]here has been no change in our fying into law the basis for continued com- newly elected President to be inaugu- longstanding position on the issue of sov- rated in a peaceful transfer of power mercial, cultural, and other relations be- ereignty over Taiwan’’; tween the United States and Taiwan; (5) ‘‘We have no plans to seek’’ revisions to from one party to another. Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act was en- the Taiwan Relations Act; and The people of Taiwan should be proud acted ‘‘to help maintain peace, security, and (6) the August 17 Communique’, ‘‘should of their prosperous, free, and demo- stability in the Western Pacific’’, which ‘‘are not be read to imply that we have agreed to cratic society and what they have been in the political, security, and economic in- engage in prior consultations with Beijing on able to accomplish, despite having to terests of the United States and are matters arms sales to Taiwan’’; of international concern’’; Whereas these assurances, first delivered face countless challenges outside of Whereas the United States Congress sig- to Taiwan’s president by AIT Director their control. nificantly strengthened the draft legislation Lilley, have come to be known as the Six As- Mr. Speaker, when the U.S. estab- originally submitted by the Executive surances; lished diplomatic relations with the

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We have all enduring relationship with Taiwan. political transition, it is vital that the seen the growing hostilities in the East Three years later, in 1982, President United States send a clear signal that China Sea and South China Sea over Reagan deepened the U.S. commitment we continue to stand with the people of the last couple years. to Taiwan by issuing the Six Assur- Taiwan on a range of issues, from Tai- I believe that this legislation under- ances to Taiwan, which included treat- wan’s defense to its growing role on the scores the point that the Taiwan Strait ing Taiwan as we would treat any one global stage, to its commitment to continues to be one of the potential of our allies when making decisions on freedom and democracy. flash points on the globe. We have seen defensive arms sales, not setting a date So I am happy to support this meas- China literally building islands and for termination of arms sales, and not ure. We should continue to stand with then militarizing those islands, much altering the Taiwan Relations Act. our partners in Taiwan, and I wish the to the chagrin of all their neighbors in Mr. Speaker, this legislation is espe- people of Taiwan well as they swear in the region, from Japan to Vietnam, to cially important when it comes to the a new President this week. I might add, Taiwan, to the Philippines, and on and Six Assurances. When the Reagan ad- it is the first woman President of Tai- on. That is what the PRC, China, has ministration delivered the Six Assur- wan. been up to. Any sort of solution be- ances, it was by way of a verbal agree- I urge support for this resolution. I reserve the balance of my time. tween China and Taiwan should be ment and has largely remained as such reached in a peaceful and fair manner since 1982. Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio and only with the agreement of the Today, by passing this resolution, people of Taiwan. Congress is going on record that the (Mr. CHABOT). He is chairman of the Mr. Speaker, April 10, 2016, marked cornerstone of U.S.-Taiwan policy is Small Business Committee, a senior the 37th anniversary of the enactment not only the Taiwan Relations Act, but member of the Committee on Foreign of the Taiwan Relations Act, the TRA. also the Six Assurances. This impor- Affairs, and the author of this measure. This act codifies into law an institu- tant measure solidifies President Rea- Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, I rise tional framework and legal basis for gan’s commitment to Taiwan and urges today in support of H. Con. Res. 88. I was one of the original founders of continued interaction between the U.S. this administration and the ones that the Congressional Taiwan Caucus. It and Taiwan, and it serves to maintain follow to publicly, proactively, and was a bipartisan group of people who peace and stability in the western Pa- consistently take the Six Assurances founded it. I have been the chairman of cific. into account when handling United the Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on States-Taiwan relations. When President Ronald Reagan Asia and the Pacific. I have been a I am proud that in the 114th Congress agreed to sign the U.S.-China third longtime friend of Taiwan. I have been we have already passed legislation communique in 1982, he was aware of there probably a dozen times over the which supports Taiwan’s inclusion in the communique’s effect on Taiwan years. INTERPOL and that we are now also and fully recognized that Taiwan need- This important legislation reaffirms passing a measure which will reassure ed to be reassured that they would not the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six our friends in Taiwan and press the ad- be abandoned—and they will not be Assurances as cornerstones of U.S.-Tai- ministration to continue to abide by abandoned—by the United States. wan relations. the Six Assurances. I am also proud As a longtime supporter of Taiwan, In order to reinforce American sup- that maintaining a strong relationship as I mentioned, I believe that the U.S.- port for Taiwan, the United States with Taiwan continues to be a bipar- Taiwan relationship is absolutely vital issued the Six Assurances. The Six As- tisan issue. to the security and sustainability not surances provided a framework for sus- I appreciate Mr. ELIOT ENGEL’s sup- just of Taiwan, but of the whole region. taining the unique relationship be- port on this initiative, the ranking Taiwan is a close ally, one that truly tween the United States and our ally, member of the Foreign Affairs Com- believes and practices freedom and de- Taiwan. Mr. Speaker, they are as valid mittee. Let me say that, by passing mocracy. We witnessed this firsthand today as they were back in 1982. They this resolution, we, the United States this past January, as some of my col- rightfully function along with the Congress, are yet again taking another leagues have mentioned, when the peo- TRA, as cornerstones of U.S.-Taiwan step toward strengthening the U.S.- ple of Taiwan held democratic national relations. Taiwan partnership. elections resulting in the election of I encourage my colleagues to support I reserve the balance of my time. Tsai Ing-wen. I want to congratulate this resolution. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- her and wish her best wishes in her role Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. as President of Taiwan. self such time as I may consume to I rise in support of this resolution. Taiwan elects their people democrat- close. Let me once again thank Chairman ically, unlike the PRC right across the ED ROYCE and our colleague from Ohio Mr. Speaker, it is important that the Taiwan Strait. As we know, China has democracies of the world stand to- (Mr. CHABOT), who introduced this been bullying Taiwan for many years measure. gether to help strengthen freedom, jus- now. It is unfortunate that the PRC, tice, and opportunity. That is why the At the end of this week, Taiwan will China, doesn’t follow, as an example, swear in a new President, marking an- United States and Taiwan have been the people of Taiwan, who democrat- such natural partners over the decades. other peaceful democratic transition in ically elect their leaders. that country. I have had the pleasure Even as we deal with the People’s Re- of meeting the President-elect, Dr. b 1630 public of China, we must continue to Tsai Ing-wen, several times as well as Taiwan faces an unrelenting threat stand with our friends in Taiwan. the country’s outgoing leader, Presi- from China, which has nearly 1,600 bal- Again, I am delighted that Dr. Tsai dent Ma. And though they represent listic missiles aimed at this small is- Ing-wen is the first female President of different political parties, it is clear land. I remember when I came to Con- Taiwan. Perhaps we will follow suit in that they are both fully committed to gress about 20 years ago, we talked November with the first woman Presi- Taiwan’s vibrant democracy and open about how scary it was that there were dent. This resolution reaffirms just society. Those values are also at the a couple hundred, 200 or 300 missiles how important that relationship is; root of the close ties between the aimed at Taiwan at that time. That and as Taiwan moves forward with this United States and Taiwan. has increased over the years to 1,600 week’s political transition, that coun- This resolution affirms our commit- missiles aimed at Taiwan from China. try’s people should know that they ment to the Taiwan Relations Act and Although Taiwan enjoys de facto have an enduring friend in the United the Six Assurances. These are the independence, China’s ultimate goal is States.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:07 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.013 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2397 Again, I commend Mr. CHABOT for his Since 1979, the United States has en- When discussing the origins, stakeholders, insight in putting forward this resolu- joyed a friendly and productive rela- and impact of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), tion. I thank our chairman. I support tionship that has been supported by it is important to note the significant role Con- this measure. the passage of the Taiwan Relations gress played in amending the draft legislation Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Act and Six Assurances. The Taiwan the Executive Branch proposed for the mainte- of my time. Relations Act was a monumental piece nance of unofficial relations with Taiwan. Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 of legislation that is directly respon- I want to thank the Chairman and Ranking minutes to the gentlewoman from sible for fostering the longstanding Member of the House Foreign Affairs Com- Florida (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN), the chair- friendship between the United States mittee for working with me on an amendment man emeritus of the Committee on and Taiwan. The Six Assurances also to H. Con. Res. 88 that credits Congress with Foreign Affairs. played a significant role, setting the significantly strengthening the TRA and the Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I principles by which the United States codified U.S. commitment to Taiwan. thank the chairman and the ranking would mediate its relationship with The draft legislative text proposed by the member for their wonderful leadership Taiwan and China. Executive Branch published in the March 1979 for many years on the issue of As security concerns have increased Department of State Bulletin included three strengthening U.S.-Taiwan relations. I in the South Pacific, our allies in the simple titles to provide the legal authority for also want to thank the gentleman from region have contributed significantly the maintenance of commercial, cultural, and Ohio (Mr. CHABOT), my dear friend, for to the safety and economic growth of other relations with Taiwan. authoring this important resolution of the region. As a member of the Con- However, the Taiwan Relations Act enacted which I am proud to be a cosponsor. gressional Taiwan Caucus, I am contin- into law bears little resemblance to the text H. Con. Res. 88 reaffirms the Taiwan ually supportive of efforts to strength- published in the March 1979 Bulletin. Relations Act and the Six Assurances en the friendship between our two Through the legislative process in both the as the cornerstones of U.S.-Taiwan re- countries. House of Representatives and Senate, Con- lations, guidelines to which there I would like to commend Congress- gress left its mark on our enduring commit- should be no doubt about the commit- man CHABOT, Chairman ROYCE, and the ment to Taiwan in several ways, most notably ment of the United States to our neigh- Committee on Foreign Affairs for their by adding the security commitments made in bor. Section 2(b)(5) and Section 3 of the TRA. In January, Taiwan once again dem- leadership on this issue and their continued efforts in championing the close The U.S. and Taiwan have since developed onstrated that it is one of the world’s a dynamic relationship based on our shared strongest and most vibrant democ- ties we have with Taiwan. I encourage values, deep economic ties, security relation- racies, a great partner, and I congratu- all of my colleagues to support this measure so we can continue to ensure a ship, and a history of bilateral collaboration. late President-elect Tsai on her tre- It is in the tradition of Congressional stew- mendous election and all of the people bright future for both Taiwan and for the United States. ardship of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship that I of Taiwan on their continued demo- urge my colleagues to support H. Con. Res. cratic success. Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 88. Taiwan is truly a beacon of freedom The SPEAKER pro tempore. The in the Pacific, serving as an inspiration As one of the coauthors of this legis- question is on the motion offered by for those still suffering under repres- lation, I really want to thank Rep- the gentleman from California (Mr. sive regimes, and is living proof of resentative CHABOT for introducing ROYCE) that the House suspend the what can be achieved with liberty and this measure and for being a longtime rules and agree to the concurrent reso- self-government, principles that under- champion on Taiwan, especially as he was chairman of the Subcommittee on lution, H. Con. Res. 88, as amended. gird both of our nations and form the The question was taken; and (two- foundation for our mutual stability, for Asia and the Pacific last Congress. I want to thank Mr. ENGEL as well for thirds being in the affirmative) the our security, for our prosperity. rules were suspended and the concur- As Taiwan’s neighbor China con- his efforts on this legislation. rent resolution, as amended, was tinues raising tensions in the region, it We have a commitment to democ- agreed to. is crucial that the United States pro- racy, and we share that with Taiwan. The title of the concurrent resolution vide Taiwan with the capability to de- We share this commitment to the rule was amended so as to read: ‘‘Concur- fend herself against Chinese aggres- of law, to human rights. Frankly, Tai- rent resolution reaffirming the Taiwan sion, whether that aggression is polit- wan serves as an example of what can Relations Act and the Six Assurances ical in nature, economic, or military. be built based upon these shared prin- as cornerstones of United States-Tai- Both China and Taiwan must know ciples, and so do we. wan relations.’’. that our commitment to Taiwan has I think the Six Assurances are a critical element of U.S.-Taiwan policy, but A motion to reconsider was laid on not wavered one bit. the table. Taiwan is an essential U.S. ally. It is obviously they are not consistently ref- our friend. It is our partner. I thank erenced or referred to as a cornerstone f the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. CHABOT), of U.S.-Taiwan policy alongside the PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO MAIN- my friend, for authoring this resolu- Taiwan Relations Act, which is consid- TAIN AND OPERATE A TOLL tion, for reaffirming our commitment ered that cornerstone. Passage of H. BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIO to the Taiwan Relations Act, to the Six Con. Res. 88 will put that longstanding GRANDE verbal agreement onto paper, and, in Assurances, and to the Taiwanese peo- Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I move to turn, it will call on the administration ple here today. suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. and future administrations in unam- The United States will continue to 2143) to provide for the authority for biguous terms to publicly abide by the stand shoulder to shoulder with Tai- the successors and assigns of the Starr- assurances offered by President wan. I look forward, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Camargo Bridge Company to maintain Reagan. Chairman, and ranking member, to and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Taiwan is one of America’s closest even greater cooperation and friend- Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, friends, and I urge my colleagues to ship with Taiwan in the years ahead. and for other purposes. join me in supporting H. Con. Res. 88. I thank the gentleman for the time, The Clerk read the title of the bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance and I thank the ranking member for The text of the bill is as follows: his leadership and Mr. CHABOT for au- of my time. S. 2143 thoring this important resolution. Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 in support of H. Con. Res. 88, reaffirming the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in minutes to the gentleman from Geor- Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances Congress assembled, gia (Mr. CARTER). as the cornerstone of U.S.-Taiwan relations. SECTION 1. STARR-CAMARGO BRIDGE. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- As a co-Chair of the Congressional Taiwan Public Law 87–532 (76 Stat. 153) is amend- er, I rise today to support H. Con. Res. Caucus, I want to thank my colleague and ed— 88 and its effects on U.S. foreign rela- founding co-Chair of the Taiwan Caucus, (1) in the first section, in subsection tions. STEVE CHABOT, for introducing this measure. (a)(2)—

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(2) in section 2, by inserting ‘‘and its suc- Camargo Bridge Company to operate I reserve the balance of my time. cessors and assigns,’’ after ‘‘companies’’; the bridge. It would grant the bridge b 1645 (3) by redesignating sections 3, 4, and 5 as company the same rights and privi- sections 4, 5, and 6, respectively; leges already granted to this body to Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I continue (4) by inserting after section 2 the fol- the B and P Bridge Company in to reserve balance of my time. lowing: Progreso, Texas. By granting this au- Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 ‘‘SEC. 3. RIGHTS OF STARR-CAMARGO BRIDGE minutes to the gentleman from Texas COMPANY AND SUCCESSORS AND thority, we would be incentivizing the ASSIGNS. Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to con- (Mr. CUELLAR). ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Starr-Camargo tinue maintaining and expanding the Mr. CUELLAR. I thank my friend for Bridge Company and its successors and as- bridge’s capacity to keep up with grow- yielding. signs shall have the rights and privileges ing trade and commerce along the Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to granted to the B and P Bridge Company and Texas border with Mexico. thank Chairman ED ROYCE for his lead- its successors and assigns under section 2 of This legislation received the full sup- ership and for the help of his staff on the Act of May 1, 1928 (45 Stat. 471, chapter port of the Committee on Foreign Af- this particular bill. 466). Also, I thank my friend, the ranking ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT.—In exercising the fairs when it was marked up last rights and privileges granted under sub- month. member, Mr. ELIOT ENGEL, and his staff section (a), the Starr-Camargo Bridge Com- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of also for supporting and helping us on pany and its successors and assigns shall act my time. this particular bill. in accordance with— Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in As the lead sponsor of this bill, I rise ‘‘(1) just compensation requirements; strong support of this measure, and I in support of this legislation. Mr. ‘‘(2) public proceeding requirements; and yield myself such time as I may con- Speaker, this bill will provide equity in ‘‘(3) any other requirements applicable to sume. the law and removes a level of uncer- the exercise of the rights referred to in sub- tainty. section (a) under the laws of the State of Mr. Speaker, let me once again thank Texas.’’; and our chairman, ED ROYCE, for bringing In 1962, Congress authorized the (5) in section 4 (as redesignated by para- forward this bipartisan measure and Starr-Camargo International Bridge graph (3))— for his continued good leadership on Company to construct, operate, and (A) by inserting ‘‘and its successors and as- the committee. I also want to thank maintain the private toll bridge be- signs,’’ after ‘‘such company’’; the gentleman from Texas (Mr. tween the United States and Mexico (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘public agen- CUELLAR), my good friend, who intro- near Rio Grande City, which is a city cy,’’; duced the House version of this legisla- in my district. (C) by inserting ‘‘or to a corporation,’’ Congress, in drafting this original au- after ‘‘international bridge authority or tion which has already passed the Sen- commission,’’; and ate. thorization, included a sunset clause of (D) by striking ‘‘authority, or commis- When it comes to our southern neigh- 66 years. In doing so, Congress left a sion’’ each place it appears and inserting bor, Mexico, lately we have been hear- level of uncertainty in the law, as it ‘‘authority, commission, or corporation’’. ing far too much about building walls. did not state what should happen to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mexico is a critically important part- the bridge once the 66 years went by. ant to the rule, the gentleman from ner to the United States. Our people Congress has authorized private toll California (Mr. ROYCE) and the gen- share long, close ties, so we should be bridges or other bridges along the U.S.- tleman from New York (Mr. ENGEL) talking about building bridges, Mr. Mexico border before, yet previously each will control 20 minutes. Speaker, not building walls. had not included this sunset on the au- The Chair recognizes the gentleman A few weeks ago, the Senate helped thorization. This sunset clause, while from California. build a bridge by confirming a new Am- still a number of years away, has al- GENERAL LEAVE bassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson. ready begun to create issues for the Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- This was long overdue. She is excel- owner and operator of the Starr- imous consent that all Members may lent, and we are glad to have her on her Camargo Bridge bill. have 5 legislative days to revise and to way to Mexico City now. Due to this uncertainty around what extend their remarks and to include Today, with this bill, we are talking should happen to this bridge should the any extraneous material in the about, quite literally, strengthening a authorization lapse, they are unable to RECORD. bridge between the United States and get much-needed long-term financing The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mexico in the years ahead. The Starr- to make improvements and finance the objection to the request of the gen- Camargo Bridge connects Rio Grande, long-term maintenance and operations tleman from California? Texas, with Monterrey and Ciudad of the bridge. This bill will give the There was no objection. Camargo in Mexico. The legal author- Starr-Camargo Bridge permanent sta- Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- ity to operate this bridge will expire in tus. self such time as I may consume. 16 years. That may seem like a long The Starr-Camargo Bridge plays an Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. way off, but as a result of that end important role in our Nation’s com- 2143, the Starr-Camargo Bridge act, in- date, we have already started to see a merce and the economy of south Texas. troduced by Senator CORNYN and by constraint in long-term investments. The bridge supports 200 to 300 commer- Representative CUELLAR of Texas. With This bill would eliminate that expira- cial trucks per day, consisting of con- today’s passage, this bill goes to the tion date. struction materials as well as fresh President’s desk for signature. We have done the same thing before. fruits and vegetables coming north and The Starr-Camargo Bridge act grants The Weslaco-Progreso International machinery, oil, and recyclable products permanent authority to continue oper- Bridge once had a sunsetting author- going south. The bridge further sup- ating and maintaining the inter- ization, and Congress acted to lift that ports the crossing of around 4,000 cars a national bridge that connects Rio deadline. day. Grande City, Texas, with Mexican cit- This bill doesn’t cost the U.S. tax- Today the United States trades an ies such as Monterrey and Mexico City. payers a penny, but it does clear the estimated $531 billion in goods and This bridge is one of 28 vehicle border way for this bridge to remain an impor- services with Mexico, our Nation’s crossings on the Texas-Mexico border tant conduit between our countries for third largest trading partner, and this and one of two privately owned cross- years to come. It also sends an impor- trade is only expected to grow in the ing facilities. The Starr-Camargo tant message from those of us actually future. In order for our Nation to take

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(2) in paragraph (6)— expand the capacity of the bridge and A motion to reconsider was laid on (A) by inserting ‘‘and the specific targeting supporting facilities and further im- the table. of non-theists, humanists, and atheists be- prove trade between the United States f cause of their beliefs’’ after ‘‘religious perse- and Mexico. cution’’; and FRANK R. WOLF INTERNATIONAL (B) by inserting ‘‘and in regions where non- I would like to thank Senator COR- RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT state actors exercise significant political NYN for working with me on this legis- power and influence’’ after ‘‘religious ma- lation and for taking that lead and, as Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill jorities’’. I said a few minutes ago, Chairman (b) POLICY.—Section 2(b) of the Inter- ROYCE and Ranking Member ENGEL for (H.R. 1150) to amend the International national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 their support as well as their staffs. Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to im- U.S.C. 6401(b)) is amended by adding at the I also would like to thank local lead- prove the ability of the United States end the following new paragraph: ers, Starr County Judge Eloy Vera and to advance religious freedom globally ‘‘(6) Because the promotion of inter- State Representative Ryan Guillen, for through enhanced diplomacy, training, national religious freedom protects human counterterrorism, and foreign assist- rights, advances democracy abroad, and ad- their support of this legislation. vances United States interests in stability, I ask my colleagues to support this ance efforts, and through stronger and more flexible political responses to re- security, and development globally, the pro- important bill. motion of international religious freedom re- Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, in closing, ligious freedom violations and violent quires new and evolving policies, and diplo- again I want to emphasize that Mexico extremism worldwide, and for other matic responses that are drawn from the ex- is a vital partner to the United States purposes, as amended. pertise of the national security agencies, the in terms of trade, security, and a wide The Clerk read the title of the bill. diplomatic services, and other governmental range of regional concerns. We need to The text of the bill is as follows: agencies and nongovernmental organiza- keep all the channels between our H.R. 1150 tions, and are coordinated across and carried Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- out by the entire range of Federal agen- countries flowing, and that includes cies.’’. the physical connections between the resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. U.S. and Mexico. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CON- Section 3 of the International Religious This bill would help strengthen an TENTS. Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402) is important bridge between our coun- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as amended— tries and, at the same time, signal just the ‘‘Frank R. Wolf International Religious (1) in paragraph (13)— how important we consider this friend- Freedom Act’’. (A) in subparagraph (A)— ship. I support this measure. I thank (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- (i) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as tents for this Act is as follows: the gentleman from Texas (Mr. clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; and Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. (ii) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol- CUELLAR). Sec. 2. Findings; Policy. lowing: Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Sec. 3. Definitions. ‘‘(iv) not professing a particular religion, of my time. TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE or any religion;’’; and Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- ACTIVITIES (B) in subparagraph (B)— self the balance of my time. Sec. 101. Office on International Religious (i) by inserting ‘‘conscience, non-theistic I want to thank Representative Freedom; Ambassador at Large views, or’’ before ‘‘religious belief or prac- CUELLAR for his steadfast leadership to for International Religious tice’’; and ensure the House’s consideration of Freedom. (ii) by inserting after ‘‘forced religious this legislation and that we move for- Sec. 102. Annual Report on International conversion’’ the following: ‘‘, forcibly com- Religious Freedom. pelling non-believers or non-theists to recant ward on this. Sec. 103. Training for Foreign Service offi- their beliefs or to convert’’; and I thought I would also point out that cers; report. (2) by adding at the end, the following new this bill comes at no cost to the tax- Sec. 104. Prisoner lists and issue briefs on paragraphs: payer. What it does instead is religious freedom concerns. ‘‘(14) SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—The term ‘Spe- incentivizes the private sector to in- TITLE II—NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL cial Watch List’ means the Special Watch vest and maintain this important com- Sec. 201. Special Adviser for International List as contained in the Executive Summary mercial border crossing. That is the Religious Freedom. to the Annual Report and described in sec- point here. TITLE III—PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS tion 102(b)(1)(F)(iii). ‘‘(15) NON-STATE ACTOR.—The term ‘non- While the actual end date for the Sec. 301. Non-state actor designations. state actor’ means a nonsovereign entity Sec. 302. Presidential actions in response to bridge’s authority is still some years that exercises significant political power and particularly severe violations away, the lack of that permanent au- is able to exert influence at a national or thority has already begun to constrain of religious freedom. Sec. 303. Report to Congress. international level but does not belong to or the financing of long-term improve- Sec. 304. Presidential waiver. ally itself to any particular country and ments that will help make the crossing Sec. 305. Publication in the Federal Reg- often employs illegal violence in pursuit of more efficient and secure. ister. its objectives. So I thank Mr. CUELLAR again and, TITLE IV—PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS ‘‘(16) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— The term ‘institution of higher education’ also, Mr. CASTRO and Mr. POE, both FREEDOM has the meaning given that term in section Sec. 401. Assistance for promoting religious members of the committee who have 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 freedom. also been strong supporters. U.S.C. 1001)’’. I thank Mr. ENGEL for helping to en- TITLE V—DESIGNATED PERSONS LIST FOR PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLA- TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE sure that our border infrastructure is ACTIVITIES maintained and modernized to keep TIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Sec. 501. Designated Persons List for Par- SEC. 101. OFFICE ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS pace with the growing legitimate com- FREEDOM; AMBASSADOR AT LARGE ticularly Severe Violations of mercial activity across our southern FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS Religious Freedom. border. FREEDOM. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS I encourage my colleagues to support (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Inter- Sec. 601. Miscellaneous provisions. national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 this measure. Sec. 602. Clerical amendments. U.S.C. 6411) is amended— Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance SEC. 2. FINDINGS; POLICY. (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end of my time. (a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(a) of the Inter- before the period the following: ‘‘, and shall The SPEAKER pro tempore. The national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 report directly to the Secretary of State’’; question is on the motion offered by U.S.C. 6401(a)) is amended— (2) in subsection (c)—

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(2) given that the annual Country Reports inserting the following: ‘‘shall be to— (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(b)(1) of the on Human Rights Practices no longer con- ‘‘(A) advance’’; International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 tain updated information on religious free- (iii) in subparagraph (A) (as so added), by (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)) is amended— dom conditions globally, it is important that striking the period at the end and inserting (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph the Department of State and the Commis- ‘‘; and’’; and (A), by striking ‘‘September 1’’ and inserting sion work together to fulfill the original in- (iv) by adding at the end the following new ‘‘May 1’’; tent of the International Religious Freedom subparagraph: (2) in subparagraph (A)— Act of 1998. (A) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause ‘‘(B) integrate United States international SEC. 103. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFI- religious freedom policies and strategies into (vii); and CERS; REPORT. (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol- the foreign policy efforts of the United (a) AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF lowing new clauses: States.’’; 1980.—Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act ‘‘(iv) particularly severe violations of reli- (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the prin- of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended— gious freedom in that country in the case of cipal adviser to’’ before ‘‘the Secretary of (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) a foreign country with respect to which a State’’; as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; government does not exist or the govern- (C) in paragraph (3)— (2) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by ment does not control its territory; (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ striking ‘‘The Secretary of State’’ and in- ‘‘(v) an identification of prisoners in that at the end; serting ‘‘REFUGEES.—The Secretary of country pursuant to section 108; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the pe- State’’; ‘‘(vi) any action taken by the government riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by (iii) by adding at the end the following new of that country to censor religious content, communications, or worship activities on- striking ‘‘The Secretary of State’’ and in- subparagraph: serting ‘‘CHILD SOLDIERS.—The Secretary of ‘‘(C) contacts with nongovernmental orga- line, including descriptions of the targeted religious group, the content, communica- State’’; nizations that have an impact on the state of (4) by striking subsection (a) and inserting religious freedom in their respective soci- tion, or activities censored, and the means used.’’; the following: eties or regions, or internationally.’’; (3) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre- ‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM.— (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- ceding clause (i)— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State graph (5); and (A) by inserting ‘‘persecution of lawyers, shall develop a curriculum for training (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- politicians, or other human rights advocates United States Foreign Service officers in the lowing new paragraph: seeking to defend the rights of members of scope and strategic value of international re- ‘‘(4) COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES.—In religious groups or highlight religious free- ligious freedom, how violations of inter- order to promote religious freedom as an in- dom violations, prohibitions on ritual ani- national religious freedom harm funda- terest of United States foreign policy, the mal slaughter or male infant circumcision,’’ mental United States interests, how the ad- Ambassador at Large— after ‘‘entire religions,’’; and vancement of international religious free- ‘‘(A) shall coordinate international reli- (B) by inserting ‘‘policies that ban or re- dom can advance such interests, how United gious freedom policies across all programs, strict the public manifestation of religious States international religious freedom policy projects, and activities of the United States; belief and the peaceful involvement of reli- should be carried out in practice by United and gious groups or their members in the polit- States diplomats and other Foreign Service ‘‘(B) should participate in any interagency ical life of each such foreign country,’’ after officers, and the relevance and relationship processes on issues in which the promotion ‘‘such groups,’’; of international religious freedom to United of international religious freedom policy can (4) in subparagraph (C)— States defense, diplomacy, development, and advance United States national security in- (A) by striking ‘‘A description’’ and insert- public affairs efforts. The Secretary of State terests, including in democracy promotion, ing ‘‘A comprehensive description’’; shall ensure the availability of sufficient re- stability, security, and development glob- (B) by striking ‘‘policies in support’’ and sources to develop and implement such cur- ally.’’; and inserting ‘‘diplomatic and political coordina- riculum. (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘staff for tion efforts, and other policies in support’’; ‘‘(2) ROLE OF OTHER OFFICIALS.—The Sec- the Office’’ and all that follows through the and retary of State shall carry out paragraph period at the end and inserting ‘‘individuals (C) by adding at the end before the period (1)— to fill at least 25 full-time equivalent staff the following: ‘‘, and a comprehensive and ‘‘(A) with the assistance of the Ambassador positions, and any other temporary staff po- country-specific analysis of the impact of ac- at Large for International Religious Free- sitions as needed to compile, edit, and man- tions by the United States on the status of dom appointed under section 101(b) of the age the Annual Report under the direct su- religious freedom in each such country’’; and International Religious Freedom Act of 1998; pervision of the Ambassador at Large, and (5) in subparagraph (F)— ‘‘(B) in coordination with the Director of for the conduct of investigations by the Of- (A) in clause (i)— the George P. Shultz National Foreign Af- fice and for necessary travel to carry out the (i) by striking ‘‘section 402(b)(1)’’ and in- fairs Training Center and other Federal offi- provisions of this Act. The Secretary of serting ‘‘section 402(b)(1)(B)(i)’’; and cials as appropriate; and State should also provide to the Ambassador (ii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(C) in consultation with the United at Large funds that are sufficient to carry ‘‘Any country in which a non-state actor des- States Commission on International Reli- out the duties described in this section, in- ignated as an entity of particular concern for gious Freedom established in section 201(a) cluding as necessary representation funds, in religious freedom under section 301 of the of the International Religious Freedom Act amounts comparable to those provided to Frank R. Wolf International Religious Free- of 1998 and other relevant stakeholders. other Ambassadors at Large in the Depart- dom Act is located shall be included in this ‘‘(b) TRAINING PROGRAM.—Not later than ment of State.’’. section of the report.’’ the date that is one year after the date of the (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Because inter- (B) by adding at the end the following new enactment of the Frank R. Wolf Inter- national religious freedom is a vital foreign clause: national Religious Freedom Act, the Direc- policy interest and one that needs coordina- ‘‘(iii) SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—A list, to be tor of the George P. Shultz National Foreign tion across many regional bureaus and known as the ‘Special Watch List’, which Affairs Training Center shall begin manda- among Special Envoys and Special Rep- shall identify each country that engages in tory training on religious freedom for all resentatives with overlapping mandates, the or tolerates severe violations of religious Foreign Service officers, including all entry Secretary of State should consider elevating freedom during the previous year but which level officers, all officers prior to departure the office of International Religious Free- the President determines does not meet, at for posting outside the United States, and all dom and the position of the Ambassador-at- the time of the publication of the Annual Re- outgoing deputy chiefs of mission and am- Large for International Religious Freedom port, all of the criteria described in section bassadors. Such training shall, at minimum, to the Office of the Secretary, similar to 3(11) for designation under section 402(b)(1).’’. be a separate, independent, and required seg- other Ambassador-at-Large positions that (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of ment of each of the following: now report directly to the Secretary. Pro- Congress that— ‘‘(1) The A–100 course attended by all For- viding the Office of International Religious (1) the original intent of the International eign Service officers. Freedom with additional resources and sta- Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 ‘‘(2) The courses required of every Foreign tus will demonstrate both the strategic im- et seq.) was to require annual reports from Service officer prior to a posting outside the portance of international religious freedom both the Department of State and the Com- United States, with segments tailored to the policy within the State Department bureauc- mission on International Religious Freedom particular religious demography, religious racy and show persecuted religious groups to be delivered each year, during the same freedom conditions, and United States strat- globally that the U.S. gives priority to the calendar year, and with at least 5 months egies for advancing religious freedom, in protection and promotion of international separating these reports, in order to provide each receiving country.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:07 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY7.008 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2401 ‘‘(3) The courses required of all outgoing gious freedom policy. The Special Advisor is submitted under section 102(b), the Presi- deputy chiefs of mission and ambassadors. should also assist the Ambassador-at-Large dent shall— ‘‘(c) INFORMATION SHARING.—The cur- to coordinate international religious free- ‘‘(i) review the status of religious freedom riculum and training materials developed dom policies and strategies throughout the in each foreign country to determine wheth- pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) should be executive branch and within any interagency er the government of that country has en- made available to all other Federal agen- policy committees where the Ambassador-at- gaged in or tolerated particularly severe vio- cies.’’. Large participates.’’. lations of religious freedom in each such (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after TITLE III—PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS country during the preceding 12 months or the date of the enactment of this Act, the SEC. 301. NON-STATE ACTOR DESIGNATIONS. longer; and Secretary of State, with the assistance of (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, con- ‘‘(ii) designate each country the govern- the Ambassador at Large for International current with the annual foreign country re- ment of which has engaged in or tolerated Religious Freedom, and the Director of the view required by section 402(b)(1) of the violations described in clause (i) as a country George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 of particular concern for religious freedom.’’; Training Center, shall submit to the Com- (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1))— and mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of (1) review and identify any non-state ac- (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Sep- Representatives and the Committee on For- tors operating in any such reviewed country tember 1 of the respective year’’ and insert- eign Relations of the Senate a report con- or surrounding region that have engaged in ing ‘‘the date on which each Annual Report taining a comprehensive plan for under- particularly severe violations of religious is submitted under section 102(b)’’; taking training for Foreign Service officers freedom; and (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as as required under section 708 of the Foreign (2) designate, in a manner consistent with follows: Services Act of 1980, as amended by sub- such Act, each such non-state actor as an en- ‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— section (a) of this section. tity of particular concern for religious free- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the President SEC. 104. PRISONER LISTS AND ISSUE BRIEFS ON dom. designates a country as a country of par- RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONCERNS. (b) REPORT.—Whenever the President des- ticular concern for religious freedom under Section 108 of the International Religious ignates a non-state actor under subsection paragraph (1)(A), the President shall, not Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6417) is (a) as an entity of particular concern for reli- later than 90 days after the designation is amended— gious freedom, the President shall, as soon made, transmit to the appropriate congres- (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘faith’’ as practicable after the designation is made, sional committees— and inserting ‘‘activities, religious freedom submit to the appropriate congressional ‘‘(i) the designation of the country, signed advocacy, or efforts to protect and advance committees a report detailing the reasons by the President; the universally-recognized right to the free- for such designation. ‘‘(ii) the identification, if any, of respon- dom of religion,’’; (c) ACTIONS.—The President should take sible parties determined under paragraph (2); (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, as ap- specific actions to address severe violations and propriate, provide’’ and insert ‘‘make avail- of religious freedom of non-state actors that ‘‘(iii) a description of the actions taken able’’; and are designated under subsection (a), includ- under subsection (c), the purposes of the ac- (3) by adding at the end the following new ing taking actions commensurate to those tions taken, and the effectiveness of the ac- subsection: actions described in section 405 of the Inter- tions taken. national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 ‘‘(d) VICTIMS LIST MAINTAINED BY THE ‘‘(B) REMOVAL OF DESIGNATION.—A country UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTER- U.S.C. 6445). that is designated as a country of particular (d) DEPARTMENT OF STATE ANNUAL RE- NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.— concern for religious freedom under para- PORT.—The Secretary of State should include ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall graph (1)(A) shall retain such designation information detailing the reasons the Presi- make publicly available online and in offi- until the President determines and reports dent designated a non-state actor as an enti- cial publications lists of persons it deter- to the appropriate congressional committees ty of particular concern for religious free- mines are imprisoned, detained, disappeared, that the country should no longer be so des- dom under subsection (a) in the Annual Re- placed under house arrest, tortured, or sub- ignated.’’; and port required in section 102(b)(1) of the Inter- ject to forced renunciations of faith for their (C) by adding at the end, the following new national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 religious activity or religious freedom advo- paragraph: U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)). cacy by the government of a foreign country ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF COUNTRIES ON SPECIAL that the Commission recommends for des- (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should WATCH LIST.— ignation as a country of particular concern ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall des- for religious freedom under section 402(b)(1) work with Congress to create new political, financial, and diplomatic tools to address se- ignate as a country of particular concern for or by a non-state actor that the Commission religious freedom under paragraph (1)(A) any recommends for designation as an entity of vere violations of religious freedom by non- state actors and to update the actions the country that appears on the Special Watch particular concern for religious freedom List in more than 2 consecutive Annual Re- under section 301 of the Frank R. Wolf Inter- President can take in section 405 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. ports. national Religious Freedom Act and include ‘‘(B) EXERCISE OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The as much publicly-available information as (f) DETERMINATIONS OF RESPONSIBLE PAR- TIES.—In order to appropriately target Presi- President may waive the application of sub- possible on the conditions and circumstances paragraph (A) with respect to a country for of such persons. dential actions under the International Reli- gious Freedom Act of 1998 in response, the up to 2 years if the President certifies to the ‘‘(2) DISCRETION.—In compiling such lists, appropriate committees of Congress that— the Commission shall exercise all appro- President shall with respect to each non- state actor designated as an entity of par- ‘‘(i) the country has entered into an agree- priate discretion, including consideration of ment with the United States to carry out the safety and security of, and benefit to, the ticular concern for religious freedom under subsection (a), seek to determine the specific specific and credible actions to improve reli- persons who may be included on the lists and gious freedom conditions and end religious the families of such persons.’’. officials or members thereof that are responsible for the particularly severe violations of freedom violations; TITLE II—NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL religious freedom engaged in or tolerated by ‘‘(ii) the country has entered into an agree- SEC. 201. SPECIAL ADVISER FOR INTERNATIONAL that entity. ment with the United Nations, the European RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms Union, or other ally of the United States, to Section 101 of the National Security Act of ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’, carry out specific and credible actions to im- 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021) is amended by striking ‘‘non-state actor’’, and ‘‘particularly severe prove religious freedom conditions and end subsection (k) and inserting the following: violations of religious freedom’’ have the religious freedom violations; or ‘‘(k) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of meanings given such terms in section 3 of ‘‘(iii) the waiver is in the national security Congress that there should be within the the International Religious Freedom Act of interests of the United States. staff of the National Security Council a Spe- 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402), as amended by section 3 ‘‘(C) EFFECT ON DESIGNATION AS COUNTRY OF cial Adviser to the President on Inter- of this Act. PARTICULAR CONCERN.—The presence or ab- national Religious Freedom, whose position SEC. 302. PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS IN RESPONSE sence of a country from the Special Watch should be comparable to that of a director TO PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLA- List in any given year shall not preclude the within the Executive Office of the President, TIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. designation of such country as a country of with the primary responsibility to serve as a Section 402 of the International Religious particular concern for religious freedom resource for executive branch officials on Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442) is under paragraph (1)(A) in any such year.’’; international religious freedom, compiling amended— and and maintaining information on the facts (1) in subsection (b)— (2) in subsection (c)(5), in the second sen- and circumstances of violations of religious (A) in paragraph (1)— tence, by inserting ‘‘and include a descrip- freedom (as defined in section 3 of the Inter- (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read tion of the impact of the designation of such national Religious Freedom Act of 1998), and as follows: sanction or sanctions that exist in each making relevant policy recommendations to ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days country’’ after ‘‘determines satisfy the re- advance United States international reli- after the date on which each Annual Report quirements of this subsection’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:07 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY7.008 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2402 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 SEC. 303. REPORT TO CONGRESS. TITLE IV—PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS TITLE V—DESIGNATED PERSONS LIST Section 404(a)(4)(A) of the International FREEDOM FOR PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLA- TIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. SEC. 401. ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTING RELI- SEC. 501. DESIGNATED PERSONS LIST FOR PAR- 6444(a)(4)(A)) is amended— GIOUS FREEDOM. (1) in clause (iii), by striking the period at TICULARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (a) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—It is the RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. (2) by adding at the end the following new sense of Congress that for each fiscal year Title VI of the International Religious clause: that begins on or after the date of the enact- Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6471 et seq.) is ‘‘(iv) the impact on the advancement of ment of this Act, the Department of State amended— (1) by redesignating section 605 as section United States interests in democracy, should make available— 606; and human rights, and security, and a descrip- (1) an amount equal to not less than 10 per- (2) by inserting after section 604 the fol- tion of policy tools being applied in the cent of the amounts available in that fiscal lowing new section: country, including programs that target year for the Human Rights and Democracy ‘‘SEC. 605. DESIGNATED PERSONS LIST FOR PAR- democratic stability, economic growth, and Fund for the promotion of international reli- counter-terrorism.’’. TICULARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF gious freedom and for projects to advance RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. SEC. 304. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. United States interests in the protection and ‘‘(a) LIST.— advancement of international religious free- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, Section 407 of the International Religious dom, in particular, through grants to— in coordination with the Ambassador at Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6447) is (A) groups that are able to develop legal Large and in consultation with relevant gov- amended— protections or promote cultural and societal ernment and non-government experts, shall (1) in subsection (a)— understanding of international norms of reli- establish and maintain a list of foreign indi- (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and insert- gious freedom; viduals who are sanctioned, through visa de- ing ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and (B) groups that seek to address and miti- nials, financial sanctions, or other measures, (B) by inserting ‘‘, for a single 180-day pe- gate religiously motivated and sectarian vio- because they are responsible for ordering, riod,’’ after ‘‘may waive’’; controlling, or otherwise directing particu- (2) by striking ‘‘that—’’ and all that fol- lence and combat violent extremism; and larly severe violations of freedom religion. lows and inserting ‘‘that the exercise of such (C) groups that seek to strengthen inves- ‘‘(2) REFERENCE.—The list required under waiver authority would further the purposes tigations, reporting, and monitoring of reli- paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘Des- of this Act.’’; gious freedom violations; and ignated Persons List for Particularly Severe (3) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub- (2) an amount equal to not less than 2 per- Violations of Religious Freedom’. section (c); cent of amounts available in that fiscal year ‘‘(b) REPORT.— (4) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol- for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State lowing: to be made available for the establishment of a Religious Freedom Defense Fund, adminis- shall submit to the appropriate congres- ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to tered by the Ambassador at Large for Inter- sional committees a report that contains the subsection (c), the President may waive, for national Religious Freedom, to provide list required under subsection (a), including, any additional period of time after the 180- grants for— with respect to each foreign individual on day period described in subsection (a), the (A) victims of religious freedom abuses and the list— application of any of the actions described in ‘‘(A) the name of the individual and a de- their families to cover legal and other ex- paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 405(a) scription of the particularly severe violation penses that may arise from detention, im- (or a commensurate action in substitution of religious freedom committed by the indi- prisonment, torture, fines, and other restric- thereto) with respect to a country, if the vidual; tions; and President determines and so reports to the ‘‘(B) the name of the country or other loca- (B) projects to help create and support appropriate congressional committees that— tion in which such violation took place; and ‘‘(1) the respective foreign government has training of a new generation of defenders of ‘‘(C) a description of the actions taken pur- ceased the violations giving rise to the Presi- religious freedom, including legal and polit- suant to this Act or any other Act or Execu- dential action; or ical advocates, and civil society projects tive order in response to such violation; and ‘‘(2) the exercise of such authority is im- which seek to create advocacy networks, ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION AND UPDATES.—The Sec- portant to the national interests of the strengthen legal representation, train and retary of State shall submit to the appro- United States.’’. educate new religious freedom defenders, and priate congressional committees— (5) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or (b)’’ build the capacity of religious communities ‘‘(A) the initial report required under para- after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and and rights defenders to protect against reli- graph (1) not later than 180 days after the (6) by adding at the end the following new gious freedom violations, mitigate societal date of the enactment of this section; and subsection: or sectarian violence, or minimize legal or ‘‘(B) updates to the report every 180 days other restrictions of the right to freedom of thereafter and as new information becomes ‘‘(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of religion. Congress that— available. ‘‘(1) ongoing and persistent waivers of the (b) PREFERENCE.—It is the sense of Con- ‘‘(3) FORM.—The report required under application of any of the actions described in gress that, in providing grants under subparagraph (1) should be submitted in unclas- sified form but may contain a classified paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 405(a) section (a), the Ambassador at Large for annex. (or commensurate action in substitution International Religious Freedom should, as thereto) with respect to a country do not ful- ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the appropriate, give preference to projects tar- term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ fill the purposes of this Act; and geting religious freedom violations in coun- ‘‘(2) because the promotion of religious means— tries designated as countries of particular freedom is a compelling interest of United ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and States foreign policy, the President, the Sec- concern for religious freedom under section the Committee on Financial Services of the retary of State, and other Executive branch 402(b)(1) of the International Religious Free- House of Representatives; and officials, in consultation with Congress, dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)) and ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations should seek to find ways to address existing countries included on the Special Watch List and the Committee on Banking, Housing, violations, on a case-by-case basis, through described in section 102(b)(1)(F)(iii) of the and Urban Affairs of the Senate.’’. the actions specified in section 405 or other International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS commensurate action in substitution there- (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)(F)(iii)). SEC. 601. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. to.’’. Title VII of the International Religious (c) ADMINISTRATION AND CONSULTATIONS.— Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6481 et seq.) is SEC. 305. PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REG- (1) ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts made avail- amended by adding at the end the following ISTER. able in accordance with subsection (a) shall new sections: Section 408(a)(1) of the International Reli- be administered by the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. ‘‘SEC. 702. VOLUNTARY CODES OF CONDUCT FOR gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. UNITED STATES INSTITUTIONS OF 6448(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end (2) CONSULTATIONS.—In developing prior- HIGHER EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE the following: ‘‘Any designation of a non- ities and policies for providing grants in ac- UNITED STATES. state actor as an entity of particular concern cordance with subsection (a), including pri- ‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress recognizes the en- for religious freedom under section 301 of the orities and policies for identification of po- during importance of United States institu- Frank R. Wolf International Religious Free- tential grantees, the Ambassador at Large tions of higher education worldwide both for dom Act, together with, when applicable and for International Religious Freedom shall their potential for shaping positive leader- to the extent practicable, the identities of consult with other Federal agencies, includ- ship and new educational models in host individuals determined to be responsible for ing the United States Commission on Inter- countries and for their emphasis on teaching the violations under subsection (e) of such national Religious Freedom and, as appro- universally recognized rights of free inquiry section.’’. priate, nongovernmental organizations. and academic freedom.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:07 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY7.008 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2403 ‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Congress that United States institutions of tend their remarks and to include any my time. higher education operating campuses outside extraneous material on this bill. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, the United States or establishing any edu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there cational entities with foreign governments, COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES, particularly with or in countries the govern- objection to the request of the gen- Washington, DC, May 13, 2016. ments of which engage in or tolerate severe tleman from California? Hon. ED ROYCE, violations of religious freedom as identified There was no objection. Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, in the Annual Report, should seek to adopt a Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Washington, DC. voluntary code of conduct for operating in self such time as I may consume. DEAR CHAIRMAN ROYCE: I am writing con- such countries that should— Mr. Speaker, today, 18 years after en- cerning H.R. 1150, the Frank R. Wolf Inter- ‘‘(1) uphold the right of freedom of religion actment of the International Religious national Religious Freedom Act of 2016. of their employees and students, including As a result of your having consulted with Freedom Act of 1998, the right to be- the Committee on Financial Services con- the right to manifest that religion peace- lieve and practice one’s faith remains fully as protected in international law; cerning provisions in the bill that fall within ‘‘(2) ensure that the religious views and under threat around the world. our Rule X jurisdiction, I agree to forgo ac- peaceful practice of religion in no way affect, The threats come not just from au- tion on the bill so that it may proceed expe- or be allowed to affect, the status of a work- thoritarian regimes obsessed with con- ditiously to the House Floor. The Committee er’s or faculty member’s employment or a trol, such as North Korea, Iran, or on Financial Services takes this action with student’s enrollment; and Vietnam, which were the focus of that our mutual understanding that, by foregoing ‘‘(3) make every effort in all negotiations, law, but also from lethal terrorist consideration of H.R. 1150 at this time, we do contracts, or memoranda of understanding groups. not waive any jurisdiction over the subject engaged in or constructed with a foreign gov- Two months ago this Chamber made matter contained in this or similar legislation, and that our Committee will be appro- ernment to protect academic freedom and history by declaring that the so-called the rights enshrined in the United Nations priately consulted and involved as this or Islamic State, or ISIS, is committing similar legislation moves forward so that we Declaration of Human Rights. genocide against religious and ethnic ‘‘SEC. 703. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NA- may address any remaining issues that fall TIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY TO minorities. It has committed mass within our Rule X jurisdiction. Our Com- PROMOTE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM murder, beheadings, rape, torture, slav- mittee also reserves the right to seek ap- THROUGH UNITED STATES FOREIGN ery, and the kidnapping of children, pointment of an appropriate number of con- POLICY. among many other atrocities. ISIS dy- ferees to any House-Senate conference in- ‘‘It is the sense of Congress that— volving this or similar legislation, and re- ‘‘(1) the annual national security strategy namites churches and flattens ancient monasteries, hoping to erase the very quests your support for any such request. report of the President required by section Finally, I would appreciate your response 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 existence of religious groups that dis- to this letter confirming this understanding U.S.C. 3043) should promote international re- agree with their brutal world view. with respect to H.R. 1150 and would ask that ligious freedom as a foreign policy and na- Boko Haram in Nigeria and al a copy of our exchange of letters on this tional security priority and should articu- Shabaab in East Africa are also respon- matter be included in your committee’s relate that promotion of the right to freedom sible for their own deadly persecutions, port to accompany the legislation, as well as of religion is a strategy that protects other, both also linked to ISIS in their sup- in the Congressional Record during floor related human rights, and advances democ- port for that terrorist movement. consideration thereof. racy outside the United States, and make These groups have turned religious Sincerely, clear its importance to United States foreign intolerance into a murderous force of JEB HENSARLING, policy goals of stability, security, develop- Chairman. ment, and diplomacy; and global instability. The right to believe and practice according to the dictates ‘‘(2) the national security strategy report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, should be a guide for the strategies and ac- of conscience is a direct challenge to COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, tivities of relevant Federal agencies and in- their ideologies. Thus, religious free- Washington, DC, May 12, 2016. form the Department of Defense quadrennial dom is not just a human rights issue; Hon. JEB HENSARLING, defense review under section 118 of title 10, frankly, today, it is a global security Chairman, Committee on Financial Services, United States Code, and the Department of issue. However, current law related to Washington, DC. State Quadrennial Diplomacy and Develop- religious freedom, which focuses solely DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for con- ment Review.’’. on governments of sovereign states, sulting with the Committee on Foreign Af- SEC. 602. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. fairs on H.R. 1150, the Frank R. Wolf Inter- The table of contents of the International does not address this reality. national Religious Freedom Act, and for Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 Based on years of oversight and mul- agreeing to be discharged from further con- note) is amended— tiple hearings, H.R. 1150, the Frank R. sideration of that bill. (1) by striking the item relating to section Wolf International Religious Freedom I agree that your forgoing further action 605 and inserting the following: Act, updates the International Reli- on this measure does not in any way dimin- ‘‘Sec. 606. Studies on the effect of expedited gious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve ish or alter the jurisdiction of the Com- removal provisions on asylum the coordination and effectiveness of mittee on Financial Services, or prejudice claims.’’; U.S. efforts to promote religious lib- its jurisdictional prerogatives on this bill or (2) by inserting after the item relating to erty around the world and also ex- similar legislation in the future. I would support your effort to seek appointment of an section 604 the following: pressly addresses the role of these non- ‘‘Sec. 605. Designated Persons List for Par- appropriate number of conferees to any state actors like ISIS. House-Senate conference involving this leg- ticularly Severe Violations of Introduced by Subcommittee Chair- Religious Freedom.’’; and islation. man SMITH and Congresswoman ANNA I will seek to place our letters on H.R. 1150 (3) by adding at the end the following: ESHOO, the bill was amended and into the Congressional Record during floor ‘‘Sec. 702. Voluntary codes of conduct for agreed to by the Foreign Affairs Com- consideration of the bill. I appreciate your United States institutions of mittee and has more than 115 bipar- cooperation regarding this legislation and higher education operating outlook forward to continuing to work with side the United States. tisan cosponsors. It is fitting that this bill is named in your committee as this measure moves ‘‘Sec. 703. Sense of Congress regarding na- through the legislative process. tional security strategy to pro- honor of our former colleague from Sincerely, mote religious freedom through Virginia, Frank Wolf, a tireless advo- EDWARD R. ROYCE, United States foreign policy.’’. cate for human rights and the author Chairman. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- of the original International Religious ant to the rule, the gentleman from Freedom Act of 1998, which we are HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COM- California (Mr. ROYCE) and the gen- amending. MITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOV- tleman from New York (Mr. ENGEL) By enhancing coordination, con- ERNMENT REFORM, each will control 20 minutes. fronting non-state actors, and improv- Washington, DC, May 13, 2016. The Chair recognizes the gentleman ing reporting and training, H.R. 1150 is Hon. EDWARD R. ROYCE, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, from California. a helpful refinement of our statutory Washington, DC. GENERAL LEAVE commitment to combat religious perse- DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I write concerning Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- cution around the globe. It deserves H.R. 1150, the Frank R. Wolf International imous consent that all Members may our unanimous support. Religious Freedom Act of 2015. As you know,

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It ditious manner, and accordingly, the Com- that has swirled around religious perse- was no cakewalk. mittee on Oversight and Government Reform cution, governments continue to deny But our opposition was overcome by will forego action on the bill. this freedom to their own people. This the courage, tenacity, and vision of The Committee takes this action with our assault on religious liberty holds soci- Frank Wolf, bolstered by a diverse, bi- mutual understanding that by foregoing con- eties back and undercuts progress. It partisan, and ecumenical coalition of sideration of H.R. 1150 at this time, we do obviously has no place in the 21st cen- not waive any jurisdiction over the subject Members of Congress, ethnic minority tury. and religions groups, and human rights matter contained in this or similar legisla- So for the United States and other tion. Further, I request your support for the organizations. That coalition has reas- appointment of conferees from the Com- countries that cherish freedom, it is sembled to support this bill today, the mittee on Oversight and Government Reform not enough just to guarantee religious Frank R. Wolf International Religious during any House-Senate conference con- liberty to our own people. We need to Freedom Act. vened on this or related legislation. speak out and act when we see this I want to especially thank ANNA Finally, I would ask that a copy of our ex- right under attack around the world. ESHOO, who is the principal Democratic change of letters on this matter be included For that matter, we have a responsi- in the bill report filed by the Committee on sponsor of this legislation, for her lead- bility to speak out when we see any ership and for working particularly in Foreign Affairs, as well as in the Congres- liberty under attack, whether freedom sional Record during floor consideration, to the Middle East to combat the sav- memorialize our understanding of the press, the right to organize, or agery that is being imposed upon peo- Sincerely, the equality of LGBT persons. ple of minority faiths, including Chris- Mr. SMITH’s legislation would help JASON CHAFFETZ, tians. Chairman. ensure that promoting and supporting religious liberty are a component of b 1700 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, American foreign policy. It would help I thank her for her leadership and, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ensure that our diplomats around the again, for being the principal Democrat Washington, DC, May 12, 2016. world understand the importance of on this bill. Hon. JASON CHAFFETZ, this issue and are working to advance Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Govern- Let me just note that naming this ment Reform, Washington, DC. this freedom on the front lines. bill after Frank Wolf, who I consider to DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for con- It is worth noting that we should also be, and many of us consider to be the sulting with the Committee on Foreign Af- continue to fully fund the State De- William Wilberforce of modern times, fairs on H.R. 1150, the Frank R. Wolf Inter- partment’s Human Rights and Democ- is an attempt to recognize his extraor- national Religious Freedom Act, and for racy Fund, which helps address a range dinary life’s work promoting human agreeing to be discharged from further con- of human rights abuses around the sideration of that bill. rights, 34 years as a Member of Con- world, including threats to our reli- gress, including, and especially, reli- I agree that your forgoing further action gious freedom. Together with this leg- on this measure does not in any way dimin- gious freedom. ish or alter the jurisdiction of the Com- islation, it sends a clear message to the He now serves as the Wilson Chair at mittee on Oversight and Government Re- world that protecting human rights is Baylor, again, continuing his lifesaving form, or prejudice its jurisdictional preroga- a priority for the United States. work for religious believers all over the So I support this measure. I urge my tives on this bill or similar legislation in the world. colleagues to do the same. I again want future. I would support your effort to seek He just returned from Nigeria and appointment of an appropriate number of to congratulate my friend Mr. SMITH, testified at our hearing last week. He conferees to any House-Senate conference in- who is so strong on issues like this and was in the embattled states in north- volving this legislation. so forceful in pushing forward all the ern Nigeria, where Boko Haram runs I will seek to place our letters on H.R. 1150 way until we finally got this on the into the Congressional Record during floor free, massacring people. He was there floor of the House. consideration of the bill. I appreciate your on a fact-finding mission to promote cooperation regarding this legislation and I urge my colleagues to support this measure. religious freedom. look forward to continuing to work with Mr. Speaker, the Frank R. Wolf your committee as this measure moves Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of through the legislative process. my time. International Religious Freedom Act Sincerely, Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 10 that is before us is a series of upgrades EDWARD R. ROYCE, minutes to the gentleman from New to meet the challenges of the 21st cen- Chairman. Jersey (Mr. SMITH), chairman of the tury. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Afri- We know that the world is experi- self such time as I may consume. ca, Global Health, Global Human encing an unprecedented crisis of inter- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this Rights, and International Organiza- national religious freedom; a crisis measure. Let me again thank Chair- tions, and the author of the bill. that continues to create millions—no, man ED ROYCE for bringing this bill Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. tens of millions of victims; a crisis that forward. I also want to thank my Speaker, I want to thank my good undermines liberty, prosperity, and friend, Congressman CHRIS SMITH of friend, Chairman ROYCE, for his leader- peace; a crisis that poses a direct chal- New Jersey, for his leadership and for ship on this bill, the markup, and for lenge to the U.S. interests in the Mid- authorizing this bill. the very timely recommendations he dle East, Russia, China, Sub-Saharan Mr. Speaker, freedom of religion has and staff made to improve it. Africa, and elsewhere in the world. been a bedrock principle of open and I would like to thank ELIOT ENGEL The Pew Research Center notes that democratic societies for centuries. again for working hand in glove in a over 75 percent of the world’s popu- Some of the first immigrants to settle good, bipartisan effort to protect inter- lation today lives in countries where on American shores sailed here because national religious freedom. severe religious freedom abuses occur they were fleeing religious persecution As my good friend, Chairman ROYCE, annually. According to Pew, instances at home. This liberty is enshrined in noted a moment ago, 18 years ago Con- of anti-Semitism are at a 7-year high. our own founding documents, in the gress had the foresight to pass the It is getting worse everywhere, particu- Universal Declaration of Human International Religious Freedom Act of larly in the Middle East, but also in Rights, and in the charters of democ- 1998. That landmark bill, authored by Europe and in the United States. racies all over the world. Congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia, Mr. Speaker, ancient Christian com- The freedom to worship as a person made advancing the right to religious munities in Iraq and Syria are on the chooses or not to worship at all should freedom a significant and profoundly verge of extinction, and other religious be settled business and nobody’s busi- serious U.S. foreign policy priority. minorities in the Middle East face a

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Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 cide, mass atrocities and war crimes of individuals sanctioned for partici- minutes to the gentlewoman from Vir- against Christians, Yazidis, and other pating in or directing religious freedom ginia (Mrs. COMSTOCK), our esteemed minority faiths. abuses. colleague, who ably represents the dis- We are on record. We know it is hap- It expands diplomatic training on trict formerly served by Frank Wolf, pening. We are speaking out. international religious freedoms for all who is honored in the title of this bill. In a couple of weeks, I am chairing a State Department diplomats; creates a Representative BARBARA COMSTOCK is a hearing on what is next; what should tier system for IRFA, for the reports, coauthor of this bill with Mr. SMITH, we be doing next to combat this ter- not just countries of particular con- and I thank them both. rible, terrible crisis. cern, of which there are currently 10, Mrs. COMSTOCK. I thank the gen- In Nigeria, the Islamist terror group, but also those that are on a watch list, tleman for yielding. Boko Haram, is believed to have killed those that are bad and, perhaps, get- Mr. Speaker, ask human rights and over 6,600 people last year alone, most- ting worse. religious freedom advocates to name ly Christian, but there are Muslims as It gives the President authority to their most steadfast friend who has well who are being targeted. According designate non-state actors in addition served on Capitol Hill over the years, to the testimony we received last to countries; and it also requires the and Representative Frank Wolf, my week, since 2009, the number is about Ambassador at Large to report directly predecessor, is always on the short list, 15,000 year to date since 2009. to the Secretary of State. as are my colleagues here today. Mr. Speaker, at one of those hearings It also is increasingly clear that reli- So I am honored today to stand in a few years ago, I had a man named gious freedom diplomacy is really support of a bill I proudly cosponsored, Habila. Habila, I met him at an IDP needed to advance U.S. interests the Frank R. Wolf International Reli- camp in Jos, Nigeria, where a lot of around the world. This will do it. gious Freedom Act, named after the churches have been firebombed. He told The legislation is backed by the U.S. distinguished gentleman who served in me this story. He was credible, and it Conference of Catholic Bishops and the this seat for the 10th District of Vir- checked out. And he came to Congress International Religious Freedom ginia, and as the co-chair of the Con- and testified. Roundtable, a diverse and ecumenical gressional Human Rights Caucus, and a Boko Haram put an AK–47—a ter- group of individuals from the faith man whose deep faith and commitment rorist—to his jaw and said: Renounce community. to human rights and religion freedom Christ or I will kill you. You must be- Finally, just let me thank Scott were a large part of why he was known come a Muslim on the spot. Flipse, who worked for Frank Wolf pre- for years here and around the country, Habila said: I am ready to meet my viously, then he worked for the Inter- and even around the world, as the con- Lord. national Religious Freedom Office at science of the Congress. And this terrorist pulled the trigger the State Department, and now is He wrote a book, a powerful book, ti- and blew most of his face away. working at the China Commission; our tled a ‘‘Prisoner of Conscience,’’ about What courage, what faith for a man. General Counsel, Piero Tozzi; Janice his many trips over the years and how And when he told the story, you could Kaguyutan, I thank her for her work he fought for religious freedom; and I have heard a pin drop. on this; and Sajit Gandhi. This is a hope he doesn’t mind if I recommend Mr. Speaker, the bipartisan U.S. true, bipartisan piece of legislation that book to our listeners here. Commission on International Religious and, hopefully, the Senate will favor- We continue to be blessed with Con- Freedom just released its 2016 annual ably receive it. gressman Wolf’s passionate leadership report. And let me note, parentheti- Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- as he leads the 21st Century Wilber- cally, USCIRF, or that Commission, self the balance of my time. force Initiative to create a world where was also created by Chairman Wolf as Again, Mr. Speaker, in closing, we religious freedom is recognized by na- part of IRFA, the original bill. focus on human rights as part of our tions across the globe as a fundamental They have found that the abuses foreign policy because it is the right human right. committed by governments and non- thing to do. The United States is Since leaving Congress, Mr. Wolf has state actors has ‘‘deteriorated.’’ ‘‘The founded on the idea that an individual continued to travel to the front lines incarceration of prisoners of con- should be able to live according to his to see, firsthand, the plight of ethnic science’’—they point out—‘‘remains as- or her own beliefs. That is a value we minorities in Iraq and Syria, including tonishingly widespread . . .’’ want to see thriving around the world. Christians, Yazidis, Kurds, and other They point out that ‘‘Over the past Advancing human rights is also the minority religious groups. year, the Chinese government’’—as just smart thing to do. Countries with a As previously mentioned, he has just one of many examples—‘‘has stepped strong respect for human rights are returned from Nigeria. He continues to up its persecution of religious countries that prosper and play a con- shine a light every day on the dark groups’’—across the board: Tibetans, structive role on the global stage. places where men and women and chil- Uighurs, Muslim Uighurs, Christians, I want to again say to my friend, the dren, even, of faith are victimized, tor- and, of course, the Falun Gong. gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. tured and, tragically, even killed for I spoke in mid-February at NYU, I SMITH), when he comes for advancing their faith. He will not let the world gave a keynote there in Shanghai, and human rights, he takes a second seat look away, and we thank him for his talked about how Xi Jinping, the Presi- to nobody. He is indefatigable when it continued work and his strong and dent of China, is in a race to the bot- comes to these things. In all the years much-needed voice. tom with North Korea to make religion I have known him, he has always been Now this legislation amends his own absolutely subservient to the Com- fair and honest. I really sincerely com- legislation to continue that mission munist Party. He calls it the mend him, and know how heartfelt it is that Mr. Wolf so valiantly fought for sinification of religion; and what was and how much we appreciate his hard for 3 decades here in Congress. It will already a bad situation has now be- work. improve the ability of the United come demonstrably worse. When we see governments stifling re- States to advance religious freedom The Frank R. Wolf International Re- ligious freedom, or any freedom, we globally, with stronger and more flexi- ligious Freedom Act will upgrade the have a responsibility to speak out and ble political responses to a disturbing tools so that this administration, and make it clear that the United States and growing denial of basic religious subsequent ones, can do an even better remains a champion for these basic lib- freedoms around the world.

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Historically, gion, it is currently under attack. the Interagency Policy Committee on Religious Americans and our corresponding insti- Let me also note that people are being Freedom and Engagement. tutions have recognized that con- prosecuted under blasphemy laws for freedom Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support science is not ultimately allegiant to of expression, which is why I introduced the adequate funding in order to enable rapid and the state, but to something, and for bipartisan measure H. Res. 290, calling for the decisive efforts of supporting democracy and many people, Someone, higher.’’ global repeal of blasphemy laws. preservation of human rights. I appreciate the opportunity today to I support H.R. 1150 because we must con- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. continue that legacy with the passing tinue to work to preserve religious freedoms SMITH of Nebraska). The question is on of this important legislation which will as well as making sure that religion is not a the motion offered by the gentleman continue his important and vital mis- pretext for prosecution or persecution in the from California (Mr. ROYCE) that the sion and legacy; and that is needed world. House suspend the rules and pass the now, more than ever, for so many of Indeed, one of the key amendments to IRFA bill, H.R. 1150, as amended. the reasons that my colleagues here would be to relocate the Office of International The question was taken; and (two- have highlighted. Religious Freedom within the Office of the thirds being in the affirmative) the I thank the gentleman so much for Secretary of State. rules were suspended and the bill, as the privilege of addressing and cospon- This action would allow for greater coordina- amended, was passed. soring this legislation. Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- tion of strategic focus and the minimization of A motion to reconsider was laid on self such time as I may consume. duplicated efforts, streamline mandates, and the table. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my col- centralize efforts to engage religious commu- f nities and promote human rights more gen- leagues for their contributions to this b 1715 bill and to today’s debate, especially erally in regards to religious freedom. Mr. SMITH, Congresswoman BARBARA Currently, the office is headed by the Am- REQUIRING COMPTROLLER GEN- COMSTOCK and Mr. ENGEL. bassador at-Large for International Religious ERAL TO ASSESS OPTIONS FOR The right to believe and practice Freedom which monitors religious persecution DISPOSITION OF PLUM ISLAND one’s religion according to the dictates and discrimination worldwide to develop policy ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER IN of conscience is often called the first recommendations, programs, and awareness. PLUM ISLAND, NEW YORK freedom. It is one of the founding ideas Besides being placed in the Secretary of Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I of our Nation, but we do not believe State’s office, the Ambassador at large would move to suspend the rules and pass the that it is only an American value. be able to make every effort to collaborate bill (H.R. 1887) to amend certain appro- Rather, this is what we believe here. and coordinate across all U.S. agencies and priation Acts to repeal the requirement We believe it flows from the inherent departments to formulate strategic religious directing the Administrator of General dignity of every human person, and it freedom policies, programs, and activities. Services to sell Federal property and deserves protection everywhere. These two changes will provide a greater assets that support the operations of In today’s world, those who are most ability for us to advance religious freedom the Plum Island Animal Disease Center violently opposed to religious freedom throughout the world. in Plum Island, New York, and for also pose the biggest threat to our Na- H.R. 1150 will also allow us to assist emerg- other purposes, as amended. tion. They also pose the biggest threat ing democracies to implement freedom of reli- The Clerk read the title of the bill. to civilization worldwide. gion while also helping older partners maintain The text of the bill is as follows: Thus, the promotion of religious lib- their freedom of religion practices and con- H.R. 1887 erty is not some isolated human rights science. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- concern. No. It is a key component of H.R. 1150 calls to ensure that our diplomats our national security. And this bill, resentatives of the United States of America in and foreign policy experts are well versed in Congress assembled, now authored by Mr. SMITH, H.R. 1150, the importance of religious freedom and how SECTION 1. FINDINGS. contains important updates to the to address atrocities related to religion. International Religious Freedom Act of Congress finds the following: H.R. 1150 also addresses how to improve (1) The Federal Government has owned 1998 that will enhance the effectiveness our ability to promote freedom of religion by Plum Island, New York, since 1899. of the United States’ efforts to pro- enhancing the capabilities and knowledge of (2) Since 1954, the Plum Island Animal Dis- mote that liberty around the world, so our diplomats. ease Center has conducted unrivaled sci- it deserves our unanimous support. Our Foreign Service Officers (FSO) are on entific research on a variety of infectious Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance the front lines everyday carrying out American animal-borne diseases, including foot-and- of my time. mouth disease, resulting, most recently, in foreign policy while also shaping it, which Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise the development of a new cell line that rap- makes sure that they are adequately trained today in support of H.R. 1150, amending the idly and reliably detects this highly debili- on religious freedom. Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom tating disease of livestock. H.R. 1150 directs the Secretary to develop Act. (3) Over 62 years, the Center has had a I support this measure because the right to mandatory religious freedom training for all strong, proven record of safety. (4) $23,200,000 in Federal dollars have been freedom of religion has been a cornerstone of Foreign Service Officers. This major change will enhance FSO capa- spent on upgrades to, and the maintenance the American conscience. of, the Center since January 2012. Many of our country’s first leaders fled reli- bilities to identify severe persecutors to help assemble the Ambassador’s Annual Report on (5) In addition to the Center, Plum Island gious persecution abroad and went on to es- contains cultural, historical, ecological, and tablish laws protecting religious freedom. International Religious Freedom. natural resources of regional and national This core belief of our great nation does not In addition to the Annual Report, H.R. 1150 significance. stop at our national borders; we offer refuge to calls for an updated lists of persons that are (6) Plum Island is situated where the Long those suffering from religious persecution currently being persecuted and forced to re- Island Sound and Peconic Bay meet, both of throughout the world. nounce their faith. which are estuaries that are part of the Na- A testament to this commitment was the This is essential in bringing awareness to tional Estuary Program and are environ- International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 countries that need to be monitored or that mentally and economically significant to the have non-state actors that have high levels of region. which was a landmark piece of legislation (7) The Federal Government has invested seeking to make religious freedom a higher detainment, disappearance, torture, or murder hundreds of millions of Federal dollars over priority in U.S. Foreign policy. based on someone’s religion. the last two decades to make long-term im- The Act was approved by Congress unani- Another key aspect of H.R. 1150 is to en- provements with respect to the conservation mously in 1998 and signed into law by Presi- hance engagement and coordination with the and management needs of Long Island Sound dent Clinton. executive branch on issues pertaining to inter- and Peconic Bay.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.023 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2407 (8) The Department of Homeland Security The Chair recognizes the gentleman COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND has undertaken a study to consider alter- from Texas. INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSE OF REP- natives for the final disposition of Plum Is- RESENTATIVES, GENERAL LEAVE land, including an analysis of— Washington, DC, May, 12, 2016. (A) conservation of the island’s resources; Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Hon. MICHAEL MCCAUL, (B) any remediation responsibilities; unanimous consent that all Members Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, (C) the need for any legislative changes; have 5 legislative days within which to Washington, DC. (D) cost; and revise and extend their remarks and in- DEAR CHAIRMAN MCCAUL: I write con- (E) any revenues from the alternatives. clude any extraneous material on the cerning H.R. 1887, a bill to amend certain ap- SEC. 2. REPORT REQUIRED ON STUDY BY DE- bill under consideration. propriation Acts to repeal the requirement PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there directing the Administrator of General Serv- RITY ON CLEAN UP AND ALTER- objection to the request of the gen- ices to sell federal property and assets that NATIVE USES OF PLUM ISLAND. support the operations of the Plum Island (a) ASSESSMENT BY COMPTROLLER GEN- tleman from Texas? Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New ERAL.— There was no objection. York.’’ This legislation includes matters (1) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Comp- Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of troller General of the United States shall yield myself such time as I may con- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- conduct an assessment of the study by the sume. structure. Department of Homeland Security on the op- Mr. Speaker, after my remarks, I will In order to expedite Floor consideration of tions for the disposition of Plum Island re- include an exchange of letters between H.R. 1887, the Committee on Transportation ferred to in section 1(8). Such assessment and Infrastructure will forgo action on this shall include a determination of whether the the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on bill. However, this is conditional on our mu- methodologies used by the Department in tual understanding that forgoing consider- conducting such study adequately support Homeland Security regarding H.R. 1887. ation of the bill does not prejudice the Com- the Department’s findings with respect to Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support mittee with respect to the appointment of the following: of H.R. 1887, which suspends an appro- conferees or to any future jurisdictional (A) The possible alternative uses for Plum priations provision in order to ensure claim over the subject matters contained in Island, including the transfer of ownership to that all necessary information is acces- the bill or similar legislation that fall within another Federal agency, a State or local gov- sible before deciding how to move for- the Committee’s Rule X jurisdiction. I re- ernment, a nonprofit organization, or a com- ward with Plum Island Animal Disease quest you urge the Speaker to name mem- bination thereof for the purpose of edu- bers of the Committee to any conference cation, research, or conservation. Center. Since 1954, the U.S. Department of committee named to consider such provi- (B) The possible issues and implications, if sions. any, of pursuing such alternative uses for Homeland Security Science and Tech- Please place a copy of this letter and your Plum Island. nology Directorate’s Plum Island Ani- response acknowledging our jurisdictional (C) The potential cost to be incurred for mal Disease Center has served the Na- interest in the Congressional Record during expenses related to the transition, cleanup, tion in defending against accidental or House Floor consideration of the bill. I look and hazard mitigation of Plum Island by a intentional introduction of foreign ani- forward to working with the Committee on recipient of such property. mal diseases. In 2005, DHS announced Homeland Security as the bill moves (2) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 through the legislative process. days after the date on which the Department that Plum Island would be moved to a new Federal facility in Kansas. While Sincerely, of Homeland Security completes the study BILL SHUSTER, referred to in section 1(8), the Comptroller DHS will eventually move the research Chairman. General of the United States shall submit to conducted, Plum Island will continue Congress a report containing the following: to operate until the National Bio and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, (A) The results of the assessment described Agro-Defense Facility is fully oper- COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY, under paragraph (1). ational and a complete transition has Washington, DC, May 16, 2016. (B) A description of the Secretary of Home- been made in 2022 or 2023. Hon. BILL SHUSTER, land Security’s coordination with the Ad- The gentleman from New York, Rep- Chairman, Committee on Transportation and ministrator of General Services, the Sec- Infrastructure, Washington, DC. resentative ZELDIN, my friend, intro- retary of the Interior, and the Administrator DEAR CHAIRMAN SHUSTER: Thank you for of the Environmental Protection Agency in duced H.R. 1887 with strong bipartisan your letter regarding H.R. 1887. I appreciate conducting the Department of Homeland Se- support from the entire Long Island your support in bringing this legislation be- curity study referred to in section 1(8). and Connecticut delegations in both fore the House of Representatives, and ac- (b) STUDY BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— the House and the Senate to stop the cordingly, understand that the Committee (1) STUDY REQUIRED.—If the Comptroller sale of Plum Island. on Transportation and Infrastructure will General of the United States determines that DHS recently undertook a study on not seek a sequential referral on the bill. the methodologies referred to in subsection The Committee on Homeland Security con- (a)(1) do not adequately support the Depart- alternatives for the disposition of Plum Island. As amended, H.R. 1887 suspends curs with the mutual understanding that by ment of Homeland Security’s findings re- foregoing a sequential referral of this bill at lated to an issue described in subparagraphs the sale of Plum Island until a thor- this time, the Committee on Transportation (A) through (C) of such subsection, the ough review of the analysis of alter- and Infrastructure does not waive any juris- Comptroller General shall conduct a study natives is conducted by DHS and GAO. diction over the subject matter contained in on any such issue. The bill before us today requires GAO this bill or similar legislation in the future. (2) REPORT REQUIRED.—If the Comptroller to review the DHS study and report to In addition, should a conference on this bill General of the United States conducts a Congress on whether the methodologies be necessary, I would support your request to study under paragraph (1), not later than one have the Committee on Transportation and year after the date on which the Department DHS uses adequately support the De- partment’s findings. If those meth- Infrastructure represented on the conference of Homeland Security completes the study committee. referred to in section 1(8), the Comptroller odologies are found lacking, GAO must I will insert copies of this exchange in the General shall submit to Congress a report study possible alternative uses for Congressional Record during consideration containing the results of the study con- Plum Island and possible costs associ- of this bill on the House floor. I thank you ducted under paragraph (1). ated for the transition and cleanup of for your cooperation in this matter. SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF ACTION. the island. Sincerely, No action may be taken to carry out sec- H.R. 1887 delays the sale of Plum Is- MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, tion 538 of title V of division D of the Con- land until GAO reports its findings to Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security. solidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 976) until at least 180 Congress, allowing for a complete un- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. days after the reports required by subsection derstanding of possible options for Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1887 (a)(2) of section 2 and, if applicable, sub- Plum Island once the Animal Disease and yield myself such time as I may section (b)(2) of such section have been sub- Center functions are transitioned. This consume. mitted to Congress. bill ensures consideration of all options Mr. Speaker, since 1954, the Plum Is- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- for the disposition of the island. land Animal Disease Center in New ant to the rule, the gentleman from Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to York’s Long Island Sound has served as Texas (Mr. RATCLIFFE) and the gen- join me in supporting this bill. the primary laboratory in the United tleman from Mississippi (Mr. THOMP- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of States responsible for research on for- SON) each will control 20 minutes. my time. eign animal diseases of livestock, such

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY7.012 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2408 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 as foot-and-mouth disease and other well. Since World War II, Plum Island the dunes, the waterways, the water animal diseases that could be acciden- has been utilized as a research labora- hitting the rocks, and the seals. You tally or deliberately introduced into tory. The facility, which has been literally feel as if you are nowhere near the United States. under Federal jurisdiction since 1899, the Northeastern United States. It is a At Plum Island, the Department of has since grown to become what is treasure, and it is one that should be Homeland Security works with the Ag- known today as the Plum Island Ani- protected. ricultural Research Service and Ani- mal Disease Center. Mr. Speaker, I am very grateful for mal and Plant Health Inspection Serv- In 2005, the Department of Homeland this Chamber’s considering this legisla- ice within the U.S. Department of Ag- Security, which currently has jurisdiction and hopefully passing it unani- riculture to research and develop new tion over the island, announced that mously. vaccines and diagnostic tests to re- the Animal Disease Center research Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. spond to animal disease outbreaks. would be moved to a new Federal facil- Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- On September 11, 2005, DHS an- ity: the National Bio and Agro-Defense tleman from Connecticut (Mr. COURT- nounced plans to develop the National Facility in Kansas. NEY). Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or To offset the cost of the relocation, a Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, I want NBAF, as a state-of-the-art biocontain- law was enacted that called for the pri- to, first of all, thank Mr. THOMPSON of ment laboratory to replace the Plum vate sale of Plum Island to the highest Mississippi for his interest and support Island facility, an aging facility near- bidder. However, due to costs associ- in this measure, even though he hails ing the end of its lifecycle. After under- ated with the cleanup and closure of from a part of the country which is far taking a multiyear site selection proc- Plum Island and because of local zon- away from the Long Island Sound. But, ess, DHS selected a site in Manhattan, ing restrictions, the Federal Govern- again, going back to his days on the Kansas, for the NBAF. It is slated to ment would receive little compensa- Agriculture Committee, he clearly begin operations in 2022. tion for the sale of Plum Island. Allow- knows the forensics of this legislation, This brings us to H.R. 1887. The focus ing for continued research, public ac- and, again, his interest and support is of this bill is to deal with the question cess, and permanent preservation of much appreciated. of what to do with Plum Island once the island, H.R. 1887 will reverse a 2008 I thank the gentleman from Texas DHS no longer needs it. DHS is cur- law that mandated the sale of Plum Is- (Mr. RATCLIFFE) for bringing this bill rently studying the range of options land. up today. for disposition of the property, includ- The bill, as amended, will commis- Again, Long Island Sound, maybe, is ing transferring it to another Federal sion the Government Accountability not right on your radar screen, but as agency, a State or local government, or Office, in consultation with the Depart- Congressman ZELDIN said, it is an in- a nonprofit organization for the pur- ment of Homeland Security, which cur- credibly special place, a tidal estuary poses of education, research, or con- rently owns the island, to formulate a which separates Connecticut from New servation. In doing so, DHS is expected comprehensive plan for the future of York, and it is within the New York to assess the full implications of each the island. This plan will include pos- territory. Frankly, it is a very small, option, including cost, cleanup, and sible alternative uses, which can in- densely populated area, and the inter- hazard mitigation. clude transfer of ownership to another est level on both sides of the Long Is- H.R. 1887 requires the Government Federal agency, the State or local gov- land Sound in terms of passage of this Accountability Office, or GAO, to as- ernment, nonprofit, or combination legislation is off the charts. sess whether DHS’ forthcoming study thereof, for the purpose of education, I again want to thank Mr. ZELDIN for is adequate to support its findings. In research, and conservation. his efforts. the event that the study is lacking in a Just less than 3 weeks ago, on April Again, this measure started in 2013 in key area, GAO would be required to 28, 2016, H.R. 1887 was marked up with response to the GAO report that basi- conduct its own study on that issue or an amendment and passed out of the cally signaled that the sale of this is- issues. Importantly, H.R. 1887 prohibits House Homeland Security Committee land was on the fast track, and it real- the sale of Plum Island operations with unanimous bipartisan support. ly took persistence up until today’s until at least 180 days after the re- Currently, 24 Republicans and Demo- vote on the floor to make sure that we quired reports in the bill have been crats in this Chamber have signed on stop that process, as Mr. ZELDIN indi- submitted to Congress. as cosponsors of this bill. cated, and send the message that Plum Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of I see the gentleman from Connecticut Island is not for sale. my time. (Mr. COURTNEY) is here. He has long Again, because of its unique history, Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I been championing this issue since be- the activity that took place there with yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from fore I got here. the Animal Disease Center made it un- New York (Mr. ZELDIN), my distin- I would especially like to thank suitable for residential development guished colleague. House Majority Leader KEVIN MCCAR- and commercial development, but sort Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank THY and House Homeland Security of the outcome of that is that this in- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Committee Chairman MICHAEL MCCAUL credibly rich diversity of biology has RATCLIFFE) and Mr. THOMPSON as well for both taking such a direct, personal sprung up there. for both speaking in favor of this legis- interest in helping with this effort in Like the gentleman from Long Is- lation, H.R. 1887. the House. Their leadership is very land, I have had the opportunity to Plum Island is not for sale. The much appreciated. visit there, and it is as if you were in whole purpose of this legislation is to I would also like to thank all the lo- a different world. That is something prevent the sale of Plum Island by the cally elected officials, groups, and con- that we can never take for granted, Federal Government to the highest bid- cerned residents on Long Island and particularly in a part of the country der. elsewhere who have moved heaven and where, again, there are tremendous Situated at the gateway of the Long Earth to raise awareness of this cause amounts of sea traffic, maritime activ- Island Sound, Plum Island is treasured and help recruit cosponsors. ity, and economic activity. To try and, by my local community. As a critical I encourage all my colleagues to vote again, basically preserve this 840-acre resource for research, approximately 90 in support of this critical bill. Hope- parcel with its incredible richness is percent of the land on Plum Island has fully, the Senate also passes this long- something that really will live on for been sheltered from development, of- awaited legislation in earnest so that generations and, really, I think, will fering Long Island a diverse wildlife the President can sign this proposal make the 114th Congress memorable, and ecosystem and a critical habitat into law this year. certainly in terms of that region, for for migratory birds, marine mammals, I have had the opportunity to visit many years to come. and rare plants. Plum Island. It is a place where you Again, like the gentleman from New With recorded history dating back to feel as if you are thousands of miles York, I want to say that the external the 1700s, Plum Island is also an essen- away from Long Island. You have the pressure which was brought to bear by tial cultural and historical resource as history of Fort Terry, the coastline, municipal officials and by folks from

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I urge all members to join me in voting to critical infrastructure owners and operators, Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge passage pass H.R. 1887. and private industry, to encourage commu- of this bill, and, again, with the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nity-wide coordination in defending against tleman from New York, am determined question is on the motion offered by and responding to cybersecurity risks and incidents, including threats of terrorism and to make sure that this moves as quick- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. acts of terrorism, in accordance with sub- ly as possible through the Upper Cham- RATCLIFFE) that the House suspend the section (c) of section 228 of the Homeland Se- ber and is signed into law by President rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1887, as curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 149); Obama, sending a message to all the in- amended. (5) help States and communities develop dividuals and groups that are so inter- The question was taken; and (two- cybersecurity information sharing programs, ested in preserving Plum Island that, thirds being in the affirmative) the in accordance with section 227 of the Home- in fact, we, again, have taken it off this rules were suspended and the bill, as land Security Act of 2002, for the dissemina- sort of conveyor belt and we are going amended, was passed. tion of homeland security information related to cybersecurity risks and incidents, to make sure that it gets the careful The title of the bill was amended so including threats of terrorism and acts of treatment that it deserves. At the end as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize the terrorism; and of the day, it is going to basically pre- Comptroller General of the United (6) help incorporate cybersecurity risk and serve this for generations to come. States to assess a study on the alter- incident prevention and response (including Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. natives for the disposition of Plum Is- related to threats of terrorism and acts of Speaker, I yield myself such time as I land Animal Disease Center, and for terrorism) into existing State and local may consume. other purposes.’’. emergency plans, including continuity of op- Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1887 has broad bi- A motion to reconsider was laid on erations plans. (c) PROHIBITION ON DUPLICATION.—In car- partisan support. It will ensure that, the table. rying out the functions under subsection (b), before DHS disposes of Plum Island, f the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to there is a thorough vetting of all the the greatest extent practicable, seek to pre- options. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PRE- vent unnecessary duplication of existing pro- Mr. Speaker, I encourage my col- PAREDNESS CONSORTIUM ACT grams or efforts of the Department of Home- leagues to support this legislation. OF 2016 land Security. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I (d) CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING SELECTION OF A CONSORTIUM.—In selecting a consortium b 1730 move to suspend the rules and pass the with which to work under this Act, the Sec- bill (H.R. 4743) to authorize the Sec- Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I once retary of Homeland Security shall take into retary of Homeland Security to estab- consideration the following: again urge my colleagues to support lish a National Cybersecurity Pre- (1) Any prior experience conducting cyber- Mr. ZELDIN’s bill, H.R. 1887. paredness Consortium, and for other security training and exercises for State and I yield back the balance of my time. purposes, as amended. local entities. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in The Clerk read the title of the bill. (2) Geographic diversity of the members of support of H.R. 1887, repeals the requirement The text of the bill is as follows: any such consortium so as to cover different directing the Administrator of General Services regions across the United States. H.R. 4743 to sell Federal property and assets that sup- (e) METRICS.—If the Secretary of Homeland Security works with a consortium pursuant port the operations of the Plum Island Animal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in to subsection (a), the Secretary shall meas- Disease Center in Plum Island, New York, and Congress assembled, ure the effectiveness of the activities under- for other purposes. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. taken by such consortium under this Act. Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of the This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Cy- (f) OUTREACH.—The Secretary of Homeland Homeland Security I support this bill because bersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of Security shall conduct outreach to univer- the safety record of the Plum Island Animal 2016’’. sities and colleges, including historically Disease Center is unparalleled. Black colleges and universities, Hispanic- SEC. 2. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PREPARED- serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Uni- The Plum Island Animal Disease Center is NESS CONSORTIUM. versities, and other minority-serving institu- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Home- a United States federal research facility dedi- tions, regarding opportunities to support ef- land Security may work with a consortium, cated to the study of animal diseases. It is forts to address cybersecurity risks and inci- including the National Cybersecurity Pre- part of the DHS Directorate for Science and dents, including threats of terrorism and paredness Consortium, to support efforts to Technology. acts of terrorism, by working with the Sec- address cybersecurity risks and incidents (as retary pursuant to subsection (a). Since 1954, the center has had the goal of such terms are defined in section 227 of the protecting America’s livestock from animal dis- (g) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148)), out this Act shall terminate on the date that eases including threats of terrorism and acts of Throughout the history of the Plum Island is five years after the date of the enactment terrorism. of this Act. (b) ASSISTANCE TO THE NCCIC.—The Sec- Animal Disease Center, there have been no (h) CONSORTIUM DEFINED.—In this Act, the accidental releases of infected animals to the retary of Homeland Security may work with term ‘‘consortium’’ means a group primarily mainland. a consortium to assist the national cyberse- composed of non-profit entities, including The Animal Disease Center on Plum Island curity and communications integration cen- academic institutions, that develop, update, ter of the Department of Homeland Security has conducted first rate scientific research on and deliver cybersecurity training in support (established pursuant to section 227 of the of homeland security. a variety of infectious animal-borne diseases, Homeland Security Act of 2002) to— including foot-and-mouth disease, resulting (1) provide training to State and local first The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- most recently, in the development of a new responders and officials specifically for pre- ant to the rule, the gentleman from cell line that rapidly and reliably detects this paring for and responding to cybersecurity Texas (Mr. RATCLIFFE) and the gen- highly debilitating disease of livestock risks and incidents, including threats of ter- tleman from Mississippi (Mr. THOMP- Mr. Speaker, in addition to the Animal Dis- rorism and acts of terrorism, in accordance SON) each will control 20 minutes. ease Center Plum Island contains cultural, his- with current law; The Chair recognizes the gentleman (2) develop and update a curriculum uti- from Texas. torical, ecological, and natural resources of re- lizing existing programs and models in ac- GENERAL LEAVE gional and national significance. cordance with such section 227, for State and Importantly, the Federal Government has in- local first responders and officials, related to Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I ask vested hundreds of millions of tax payer dol- cybersecurity risks and incidents, including unanimous consent that all Members lars over the last two decades to make long- threats of terrorism and acts of terrorism; may have 5 legislative days in which to

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Mr. Speaker, I port to State, local, and tribal leaders, other disaster or emergency situation. yield myself such time as I may con- including first responders. That is why I am proud to be an sume. There is strong bipartisan support for original cosponsor of H.R. 4743, which Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. this legislation, as introduced by the will allow DHS to coordinate with a 4743. The National Cybersecurity Pre- gentleman from Texas (Mr. CASTRO). handful of universities that have been paredness Consortium Act of 2016 al- H.R. 4743 authorizes DHS to use con- leading the way in cyber preparedness. lows the U.S. Department of Homeland sortia to provide State and local gov- One of these universities, the Univer- Security to work with a consortium, ernments with university-developed sity of Texas at San Antonio, is located including the National Cybersecurity cyber training and technical assist- in my hometown and serves many of Preparedness Consortium, to support ance, including for the development of my constituents. Another leader in efforts to address cybersecurity risks cyber information sharing that juris- this field is none other than my alma and incidents. dictions in need can use. mater, Texas A&M University. This bill allows DHS to engage with Recent studies reveal that organiza- Building upon their great work and a consortium to assist the National Cy- tions at the State and local level de- the breakthroughs of others across the bersecurity and Communications Inte- scribe their cybersecurity programs as country will be crucial to protecting gration Center, or NCCIC, in providing being in the early and middle stages of our digital infrastructure at all levels. training to State and local first re- maturity, and 86 percent of State and This will help us ensure that our first sponders in preparing for and respond- local respondents identified managing responders and government entities are ing to cybersecurity risks and inci- cybersecurity risk as one of their most adequately prepared for a significant dents. An example of a consortium stressful jobs. DHS may work with under this bill is By partnering with consortia, DHS cyber event. I thank my colleague from Texas for the National Cybersecurity Prepared- can make a meaningful impact on rais- his attention to this issue. I fully sup- ness Consortium, or NCPC. ing the levels of cybersecurity on the port H.R. 4743, the National Cybersecu- The NCPC provides State and local State, local, and tribal levels. communities with the tools they need Importantly, H.R. 4743 requires DHS, rity Preparedness Consortium Act of to prevent, detect, respond to, and re- when selecting a consortium for par- 2016. I urge my colleagues to support cover from cyber attacks. The consor- ticipation in its cyber efforts, to not this bill. tium also evaluates communities’ cy- only take into account the prior expe- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. bersecurity posture and provides them rience of the institutions that would be Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gen- with a roadmap to correct deficiencies conducting cybersecurity training ex- tleman from Texas (Mr. CASTRO), the in the security of their information ercises, but also the geographic diver- author of this bill. systems. sity of the institutions participating in Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I Based out of the University of Texas the consortium. The inclusion of geo- thank Ranking Member THOMPSON for at San Antonio’s Center for Infrastruc- graphic diversity should help reach yielding me this time and for his sup- ture Assurance and Security, the NCPC more States and localities. port of this legislation. He and his staff membership includes the University of Moreover, I am pleased that the bill have been terrific partners in moving Arkansas, the University of Memphis, requires DHS to do outreach to col- this bill forward. Norwich University, and Texas A&M leges and universities, including His- I would also like to thank my fellow Engineering Extension Service. torically Black Colleges and Univer- Texans, Chairman MCCAUL, Congress- DHS is responsible for carrying out sities, Hispanic-serving institutions, man HURD, Congressman RATCLIFFE, significant aspects of the Federal Gov- and other minority-serving institu- and also Congressman RICHMOND, who ernment’s cybersecurity mission. The tions about opportunities to provide re- is not a Texan, but is a wonderful per- Cybersecurity Act, which was recently search-based cybersecurity-related son here in our body, for all of their signed into law, allows DHS to actively training exercises and technical assist- work on this issue. share cyber threat indicators and de- ance. Every day our Nation faces a growing fensive measures with the private sec- Mr. Speaker, States and localities number of potentially debilitating tor by affording liability protections. need the ability to prevent, detect, re- cyber threats. Our retailers, our banks, DHS’s National Cybersecurity and spond to, and recover from cyber government agencies, military oper- Communications Integration Center is events as they would have any other ations, and everyday private American responsible for facilitating cross-sector disaster or emergency situation. For citizens all face these threats. We must coordination to address cybersecurity this reason, I support H.R. 4743 and ensure that our defenses are as strong risks and incidents. urge passage. as possible because of that. H.R. 4743 allows DHS to work with I reserve the balance of my time. I represent San Antonio, a national any consortium, including the NCPC, Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I leader in the cybersecurity field. Insti- in a number of activities, including yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from tutions in San Antonio do cutting-edge providing technical assistance, con- Texas (Mr. HURD), my distinguished cyber work that keeps our Nation safe. ducting cross-sector cybersecurity friend and colleague. For example, the University of Texas training and simulation exercises, and Mr. HURD of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I at San Antonio leads the National Cy- helping States and local communities thank the gentleman for his leadership bersecurity Preparedness Consortium, to develop cybersecurity information on this issue and for yielding me some which helps communities across the sharing programs. Allowing DHS to time. Nation improve their cyber defenses. work with organizations already sup- I would like to also thank the rank- It is critical that localities under- porting State and local cyber prepared- ing member and my colleague from stand the impact cyber attacks could ness and response will provide addi- San Antonio on this piece of legislation have on their ability to function and tional support to State and local enti- that is so important to our hometown. are prepared to prevent, detect, re- ties. It is no secret that cyber attacks are spond to, and recover from harmful I urge all Members to join me in sup- on the rise, and the unfortunate reality cyber incidents. porting this bill. is that everyone is vulnerable. The UTSA and its cybersecurity consor- I reserve the balance of my time. costs of protecting your network and tium are educating communities about Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. properly training communities on best these cyber threats and helping them Speaker, I yield myself such time as I practices in a digital world can be bur- develop the defenses they need to suc- may consume. densome. cessfully withstand a cyber emergency.

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This collaboration will bolster our the Consortium, will ensure more tools are We know that planning is crucial, but we cyber preparedness and keep us one available back at home for those working to must encourage cybersecurity planning to go step ahead of cyber attackers. prepare for and combat cyber attacks on a beyond the planning process to understand Mr. Speaker, again I would like to regular basis. the capacity of an entity’s continuity of oper- thank the Homeland Security Commit- I support this bill and urge my colleagues to ations plans by looking at continuity of oper- tee’s leadership for their partnership do the same. ations of service providers should an incident on this legislation and also all of the Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in impact an area or industry. staff, both Republican and Democratic, strong support of H.R. 4743, the National Cy- I support H.R. 4743, because it provides who helped bring this to the floor. bersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of this assurance by providing critical cybersecu- Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I re- 2016, because it will establish an important re- rity collaboration among experts and industries serve the balance of my time. source to ensure that private sector entities that are essential to critical infrastructure oper- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. are better prepared to protect against cyber ations or have a significant economic pres- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I threats. ence in our nation’s economy that a cyber-at- may consume. As a senior member of the House Com- tack would have broad repercussions. Mr. Speaker, the inspiration for this mittee on Homeland Security, I am well aware I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting bill was important work being done by of the threats posed by cybersecurity H.R. 4743. the National Cybersecurity Prepared- vulnerabilities, and this bill takes an essential The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ness Consortium, a group of five uni- step to strengthen domestic cybersecurity. question is on the motion offered by versities led by the University of Texas H.R. 4743 establishes a National Cyberse- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. at San Antonio that has helped to raise curity Preparedness Consortium to engage RATCLIFFE) that the House suspend the cyber preparedness at the State and academic, nonprofit, private industry, and fed- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4743, as local level by evaluating communities, eral, state, and local government partners to amended. cybersecurity postures, and providing address cybersecurity risks and incidents, in- The question was taken. them with a roadmap to correct defi- cluding threats or acts of terrorism. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the ciencies. The Consortium may provide training to opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being While this consortium is making an State and local first responders and officials to in the affirmative, the ayes have it. important contribution to cybersecu- equip them with the tools and skills needed to Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, on rity, there is an enormous need for prepare for and respond to cybersecurity risks that I demand the yeas and nays. training and technical assistance and incidents, including threats and acts of The yeas and nays were ordered. around the Nation. With the enactment terrorism, in accordance with current law. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- of H.R. 4743, more institutions will be I thank both Chairman MCCAUL and Rank- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- able to partner with DHS to provide ing Member THOMPSON for the bipartisan work ceedings on this motion will be post- such critical assistance. done to bring the bill before the House for poned. As such, I urge passage. Consideration. I yield back the balance of my time. I am pleased that during the Committee f Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I once markup of H.R. 4743, two important Jackson DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- again urge my colleagues to support Lee Amendments were adopted. CURITY STRATEGY FOR INTER- H.R. 4743. I yield back the balance of my time. The first Jackson Lee Amendment to H.R. NATIONAL PROGRAMS ACT 4743 establishes metrics as a measure of the Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I of H.R. 4743, the National Cybersecurity Pre- effectiveness of the National Cybersecurity move to suspend the rules and pass the paredness Consortium Act of 2016. Preparedness Consortium program. bill (H.R. 4780) to require the Secretary This bill allows the Department of Homeland Having the information provided by my of Homeland Security to develop a Security to work with a cybersecurity consor- amendment to H.R. 4743, will allow the Con- comprehensive strategy for Depart- tium to carry out training, technical assistance gressional oversight committees to better plan ment of Homeland Security operations and simulation exercises for State and local future programs around cybersecurity collabo- abroad, and for other purposes, as officials, critical infrastructure owners and op- rations that are intended to share knowledge amended. erators and private industry. on best practices in securing computer net- The Clerk read the title of the bill. The National Cybersecurity Preparedness works from attack. The text of the bill is as follows: Consortium, based at the University of Texas The second Jackson Lee Amendment added an additional objective of the bill, a di- H.R. 4780 San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assur- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ance and Security, provides research-based rective that should help participants prepare to address continuity of operations. resentatives of the United States of America in cybersecurity-related training and exercises to Congress assembled, This amendment provides a focus for the increase cybersecurity preparedness across SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Consortium’s work on the issue of continuity of the nation. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department Other members of the Consortium include operation, which addresses whether an entity of Homeland Security Strategy for Inter- the Texas Engineering Extension Service in can survive a cyber-attack, continue to provide national Programs Act’’. the Texas A&M University system, the Univer- information or services during an attack; or the SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR INTER- sity of Memphis, the University of Arkansas likelihood that the time to recovery from a suc- NATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR VETTING System, and Norwich University. cessful cyberattack or threat is predictable and AND SCREENING PERSONS SEEKING TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES. Last December, I helped usher through the reasonable. Just as the attacks on the morning of Sep- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days landmark Cybersecurity Act of 2015. That leg- after the date of the enactment of this Act, islation helps protect our nation’s private sec- tember 11, 2001 came without notice so may the Secretary of Homeland Security shall tor and federal networks which are under con- a major cyber-attack. submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu- tinuous threat from foreign hackers and cyber In March, of this year, U.S. Attorney Gen- rity of the House of Representatives and the terrorists. H.R. 4743 will be a value add in bet- eral Lynch announced ‘‘wanted’’ notices for a Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- ter securing the Nation’s overall cybersecurity group of Iranian hackers the United States be- ernmental Affairs of the Senate a com- preparedness. lieves are behind a 2013 computer intrusion of prehensive three-year strategy for inter- Locally, first responders and government of- a small New York dam and a series of national programs of the Department of ficials as well as critical infrastructure owners cyberattacks on dozens of U.S. banks. Homeland Security in which personnel and resources of the Department are deployed and operators and private industry are There are many companies offering con- abroad for vetting and screening of persons bombarded with cybersecurity threats in the tinuity of operations services to companies seeking to enter the United States. same way as at the federal level. large and small with the intent that they will be (b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required Helping organizations working to incorporate there to support their clients in the event of a under subsection (a) shall include, at a min- cybersecurity risk and incident prevention and cyber incident. imum, the following:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.032 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2412 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 (1) Specific Department of Homeland Secu- land Security Strategy for Inter- must ensure that the expansion of rity risk-based goals for international pro- national Programs Act, offered by the international programs is considered grams of the Department in which personnel ranking member of the committee, the with risk, cost, and benefit in mind. and resources of the Department are de- gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. This bill would require the DHS to re- ployed abroad for vetting and screening of persons seeking to enter the United States. THOMPSON). port on the specific risk-based goals for (2) A risk-based method for determining This bill would require the Secretary these international programs to ensure whether to establish new international proof Homeland Security to submit a re- that they align with Department-wide grams in new locations, given resource con- port to Congress on the Department of and government-wide strategic prior- straints, or expand existing international Homeland Security’s international pro- ities. programs of the Department, in which per- grams, including the vetting and This additional transparency, includ- sonnel and resources of the Department are screening of persons seeking to enter ing the costs related to international deployed abroad for vetting and screening of the United States. programs, will improve Congress’ over- persons seeking to enter the United States. sight of these activities. Additionally, (3) Alignment with the highest Depart- b 1745 the Department will be required to ment-wide and Government-wide strategic The legislation builds off of rec- priorities of resource allocations on inter- consider how the deployment of per- national programs of the Department in ommendations made by the Committee sonnel abroad may impact its domestic which personnel and resources of the Depart- on Homeland Security’s bipartisan capabilities as well as to identify bar- ment are deployed abroad for vetting and Task Force on Combating Terrorist riers for the expansion of international screening of persons seeking to enter the and Foreign Fighter Travel that identi- programs. United States. fied security gaps which allow jihadists While international programs pro- (4) A common reporting framework for the to get to and from Iraq and Syria unde- vide tangible national security and submission of reliable, comparable cost data tected. Specifically, the task force rec- travel facilitation benefits, the grow- by components of the Department on over- ommended that U.S. authorities con- ing DHS presence overseas should be seas expenditures attributable to inter- built upon the foundation of a long- national programs of the Department in tinue to push the border outward by de- which personnel and resources of the Depart- ploying homeland security initiatives term strategy that guides the Depart- ment are deployed abroad for vetting and overseas. ment in the deployment of officers and screening of persons seeking to enter the The DHS has established several agents in a risk-based manner. United States. international programs that are de- I am confident that the comprehen- (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the signed to thoroughly vet and screen sive strategy that is required by this strategy required under subsection (a), the such individuals before their travel to bill will help ensure that the Depart- Secretary of Homeland Security shall con- the United States. Through its many ment is managing these programs ef- sider, at a minimum, the following: international programs, the DHS per- fectively and that Congress has the ap- (1) Information on existing operations of propriate insight that is necessary to international programs of the Department of sonnel overseas effectively extends our Homeland Security in which personnel and Nation’s borders to increase the secu- protect the American taxpayers’ in- resources of the Department are deployed rity of the United States. Expanding vestment in our security. abroad for vetting and screening of persons initiatives like the U.S. Customs and I, therefore, urge all Members to join seeking to enter the United States that in- Border Protection’s Preclearance pro- me in supporting this bill. cludes corresponding information for each gram or Immigration and Customs En- I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. location in which each such program oper- forcement’s Visa Security Program ates. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I could help detect and interdict threats (2) The number of Department personnel may consume. deployed to each location at which an inter- before they are bound for the home- I rise in support of H.R. 4780, the De- national program referred to in subpara- land. For example, the Preclearance partment of Homeland Security Strat- graph (A) is in operation during the current program allows overseas-based CBP of- egy for International Programs Act. and preceding fiscal year. ficers to screen all passengers and lug- I introduced H.R. 4780 to require the (3) Analysis of the impact of each inter- gage before a flight takes off for the Secretary of Homeland Security to de- national program referred to in paragraph (1) United States. velop a comprehensive strategy for the on domestic activities of components of the The CBP currently has 15 Department of Homeland Security. Department’s international programs (4) Analysis of barriers to the expansion of preclearance locations in six countries, where personnel and resources are dean international program referred to in para- including Ireland, Aruba, the Bahamas, ployed abroad for vetting and screening graph (1). Bermuda, Canada, and the United Arab persons who are seeking to enter the (d) FORM.—The strategy required under Emirates. However, the foreign fighter U.S. subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassi- threat and travel patterns continue to In recent years, the Department has fied form but may contain a classified annex concern immigration and national se- expanded its international footprint if the Secretary of Homeland Security deter- curity officials. As a result, DHS has through programs such as the Immi- mines that such is appropriate. announced plans to expand gration Advisory Program, the Joint The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- preclearance operations. Security Program, and the Visa Secu- ant to the rule, the gentleman from Other programs, like ICE’s Visa Se- rity Program. In fact, presently, the Texas (Mr. RATCLIFFE) and the gen- curity Program deploy specially Customs and Border Protection has, tleman from Mississippi (Mr. THOMP- trained agents to diplomatic posts approximately, 800 employees who are SON) each will control 20 minutes. worldwide to conduct additional visa posted in 43 countries, and the Immi- The Chair recognizes the gentleman security screening and quickly identify gration and Customs Enforcement has from Texas. potential terrorists or criminal threats almost 400 employees in 45 countries. GENERAL LEAVE before they reach the United States. DHS personnel who are at overseas lo- Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Agents provide an additional level of cations perform vital vetting and pas- unanimous consent that all Members review for persons of special interest or senger prescreening activities to en- may have 5 legislative days in which to concern, review visa applications, li- sure individuals who are traveling to revise and extend their remarks and in- aise with host country immigration the U.S. do not pose a threat to our Na- clude any extraneous material on the and border security officials, and con- tion’s security. bill under consideration. duct investigations with a nexus to Looking ahead, the DHS has an- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there U.S. travel and security. The program nounced plans to expand the objection to the request of the gen- has agents posted at consulates and Preclearance program to 10 new loca- tleman from Texas? embassies in more than 25 countries, tions in the coming years, and ICE con- There was no objection. with additional plans to expand to ad- tinues to expand its Visa Security Pro- Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, I ditional high-risk locations. gram to additional visa-issuing posts yield myself such time as I may con- As the Department of Homeland Se- abroad. sume. curity continues to build its inter- I strongly support these efforts to Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support national footprint for these and other push out our borders through the ex- of H.R. 4780, the Department of Home- border security programs, the DHS pansion of these important homeland

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A risk-based method for determining partment a board to be composed of senior quires the DHS to have a 3-year strat- whether to establish new international pro- representatives of departmental operational egy that includes risk-based goals, grams in new locations, given resource con- components and headquarters elements. The which is a process to ensure resource straints, or expand existing international pro- purpose of the board shall be to coordinate allocations align with overall Depart- grams; and integrate departmental intelligence, ac- mental strategic priorities, and a com- 2. Alignment with the highest DHS-wide and tivities, and policy related to the counterter- government-wide strategic priorities of re- rorism mission and functions of the Depart- mon reporting framework for personnel ment. who are deployed abroad. source allocations on such programs; and ‘‘(b) CHARTER.—There shall be a charter to My bill requires the DHS to not only 3. A common reporting framework for the govern the structure and mission of the take into account where it currently submission of reliable, comparable cost data board. Such charter shall direct the board to deploys resources for these overseas by DHS components on overseas expendi- focus on the current threat environment and screening and vetting programs and tures attributable to such programs. the importance of aligning departmental the number of DHS personnel at each In developing this strategy the Department counterterrorism activities under the Sec- location, but also any impacts of these for health and human services shall secure: retary’s guidance. The charter shall be reviewed and updated every four years, as ap- overseas activities on domestic oper- 1. Information on existing operations of DHS programs that includes corresponding informa- propriate. ations, including with respect to staff- ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— ing at U.S. ports of entry. tion for each location in which each such pro- ‘‘(1) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall appoint a After 9/11, the attempted Christmas gram operates, Coordinator for Counterterrorism within the Day attack in 2009, as well as other 2. Analysis of the impact of each such inter- Department who will serve as the chair of more recent cases, it is imperative for national program on domestic activities of the board. the DHS and its Federal partners to DHS components, ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—The Secretary bolster the screening and vetting of 3. The number of DHS personnel deployed shall appoint additional members of the board from among the following: travelers before they arrive at our bor- to each location at which such an international program is in operation during the current and ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin- ders. My bill will help ensure that the istration. DHS has a sound strategy for its efforts preceding fiscal year, and 4. Analysis of barriers to the expansion of ‘‘(B) United States Customs and Border to do so. Protection. Mr. Speaker, we face evolving ter- such an international program. ‘‘(C) United States Immigration and Cus- There should be a proper vetting and rorist threats, which include individ- toms Enforcement. screening process for individuals entering the uals who are attempting to use legiti- ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management country from locations abroad. Agency. mate forms of travel to the U.S. to in- Border security is an evolving process, and flict harm. The DHS personnel who are ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. our legislative process must evolve with it. ‘‘(F) United States Citizenship and Immi- posted abroad perform critical preemp- Avoiding recurrences of attacks on the gration Services. tive operations to make sure that trav- homeland such as the 911 attack is a major ‘‘(G) The United States Secret Service. elers who are coming to our country reason entry into the country should be heav- ‘‘(H) The National Protection and Pro- are thoroughly screened and vetted. ily monitored. grams Directorate. H.R. 4780 will help ensure that these I urge all members to join me in voting to ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordination. important international DHS programs pass H.R. 4780. ‘‘(J) The Office of the General Counsel. are utilized in a strategic and effective The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal- manner to further enhance the security question is on the motion offered by ysis. ‘‘(L) The Office of Policy. of the U.S. the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Before I yield back, I would note that ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc- RATCLIFFE) that the House suspend the torate. H.R. 4780 is a part of a larger legisla- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4780, as ‘‘(N) Other Departmental offices and pro- tive package that I am introducing amended. grams as determined appropriate by the Sec- today. Among other things, my pack- The question was taken; and (two- retary. age would authorize significant expan- thirds being in the affirmative) the ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The board shall meet on a sions of critical CBP and ICE overseas rules were suspended and the bill, as regular basis to discuss intelligence and co- screening and vetting programs and amended, was passed. ordinate ongoing threat mitigation efforts significant new CBP staffing resources A motion to reconsider was laid on and departmental activities, including coordination with other Federal, State, local, to support overseas program expansion the table. tribal, territorial, and private sector part- and address domestic staffing short- f ners, and shall make recommendations to ages at U.S. international airports. the Secretary. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISORY ‘‘(e) TERRORISM ALERTS.—The board shall 4780. BOARD ACT OF 2016 advise the Secretary on the issuance of ter- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I move to rorism alerts pursuant to section 203 of this of my time. suspend the rules and pass the bill Act. Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Speaker, once (H.R. 4407) to amend the Homeland Se- ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— No additional funds are authorized to carry again, I urge my colleagues to support curity Act of 2002 to establish in the out this section.’’. H.R. 4780. Department of Homeland Security a (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of I yield back the balance of my time. board to coordinate and integrate de- contents in section 1(b) of such Act is Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in partmental intelligence, activities, and amended by inserting after the item relating support of H.R. 4780, the ‘‘Department of policy related to counterterrorism, and to section 210F the following new item: Homeland Security Strategy for International for other purposes, as amended. ‘‘Sec. 210G. Departmental coordination on Programs Act.’’ The Clerk read the title of the bill. counterterrorism.’’. This legislation directs the Department of The text of the bill is as follows: (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a com- H.R. 4407 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Coordinator prehensive three-year strategy for international Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- for Counterterrorism, shall submit to the programs in which DHS personnel and re- resentatives of the United States of America in Committee on Homeland Security of the Congress assembled, sources are deployed abroad for vetting and House of Representatives and the Committee screening persons seeking to enter the United SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counterter- States. fairs of the Senate a report on the status and rorism Advisory Board Act of 2016’’. Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of the activities of the board established under sec- Homeland Security I support this bill because SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY tion 210G of the Homeland Security Act of COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISORY 2002, as added by subsection (a). the issue of proper vetting and screening proc- BOARD. esses’ upon the entry into the country is para- (a) IN GENERAL.—At the end of subtitle A The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- mount. of title II of the Homeland Security Act of ant to the rule, the gentleman from

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Mr. Speaker, I ask tivities of the CTAB so that we can be it as well as making it here for the unanimous consent that all Members certain it is meeting its mandate. hearing of this bill today. have 5 legislative days within which to I thank Chairman MCCAUL for ap- I reserve the balance of my time. revise and extend their remarks and to pointing me to lead the bipartisan Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I reserve include any extraneous material on the Task Force on Combating Terrorist the balance of my time to close. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. bill under consideration. and Foreign Fighter Travel, which for- Speaker, I yield myself the balance of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there mulated, roughly, 50 recommendations my time. for making our country safer, one of objection to the request of the gen- Again, H.R. 4407 will authorize within tleman from New York? which serves as the basis for this legis- the Department of Homeland Security There was no objection. lation. the counterterrorism advisory board to Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- I also thank Ranking Member coordinate and integrate departmental self such time as I may consume. THOMPSON and his great staff for all of intelligence activities and policies re- Since the tragic events of 9/11, this the work we have been doing to get a lated to counterterrorism. The board body has endeavored to better inte- lot of these bills passed into law, and I already plays a central and necessary grate intelligence and law enforcement very much appreciate our bipartisan role within DHS. agencies to react to new and evolving work together. Enactment of H.R. 4407 will ensure threats and to reduce duplicative ef- I am proud to say we have now acted that, no matter what happens in the forts and waste. To a large extent, we legislatively on more than half of the upcoming election or who is the head have succeeded in producing a more in- task force’s findings, largely thanks to of the Department, the counterterror- tegrated security apparatus that prop- the hard work of the other members of ism advisory board will remain intact. erly reflects the terrorist threats of the the task force and their willingness to I urge passage of H.R. 4407. 21st century. However, we must con- reach across the aisle and do what is I yield back the balance of my time. tinue to make improvements to right for our country. Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- counter fast-changing threats like I urge my colleagues to support this self such time as I may consume. those posed by ISIS. measure. I once again urge my colleagues to Mr. Speaker, we are seeing the great- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of support this strong bipartisan piece of est convergence of radical Islamic my time. legislation. It is commonsense legisla- threats in history, with more than Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. tion, but it is very important to insti- 40,000 jihadist fighters traveling to the Speaker, I yield myself such time as I tutionalize things that are working to battlefield in Syria and Iraq. may consume. some extent within the Department of Furthermore, the United States faces I rise in support of H.R. 4407, the Homeland Security and the counterter- the highest threat level since 9/11— Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act rorism advisory board. The tweaks with open counterterrorism investiga- of 2016. that we have in this legislation are tions in all 50 States in this great H.R. 4407 authorizes, within the De- going to make it a good, firm setting country of ours and with more than 80 partment of Homeland Security, the for fighting the counterterrorism ac- ISIS-related arrests in the past 2 years, Counterterrorism Advisory Board, or tivity going forward. I do want to note for a moment as including one just up the road from my CTAB, to coordinate and integrate De- well that there have been an awful lot district on New Year’s Eve. partmental intelligence, activities, and of bills that came out of Homeland Se- With the current threat environment policy related to counterterrorism. curity this term, and the vast majority in mind, I offer H.R. 4407, the Counter- Since 2010, the internal body, which of those bills have had bipartisan sup- terrorism Advisory Board Act of 2016. is comprised of top DHS officials, has port. I am proud of the work we are Initially established at the end of helped to harmonize counterterrorism doing together with our colleagues on 2010, this panel brings together the De- programs and activities across the both sides of the aisle, and we are partment of Homeland Security’s top DHS. H.R. 4407 directs the CTAB to going to continue to do that moving counterterrorism decisionmakers to re- meet on a regular basis to coordinate forward to keep this country safe. spond to threats. However, I led a bi- and integrate the Department’s coun- partisan task force, which found that I yield back the balance of my time. terterrorism efforts, and it sets forth Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in the Counterterrorism Advisory Board, the leadership and composition of the support of H.R. 4407, Counterterrorism Advi- or CTAB, had neither been codified nor Board. H.R. 4407 also requires the DHS sory Board Act of 2016, because it will estab- had its charter kept pace with today’s to report to Congress on the Board’s lish a board to coordinate and integrate DHS’s evolving terrorist threats. That is why status and activities. intelligence, activities, and clarify policy related we need to pass this bill—to ensure This legislation is a product of the to its counterterrorism mission and functions. that the DHS is effectively integrating House Committee on Homeland Secu- As a member of the House Committee on intelligence, operations, and policy to rity’s bipartisan Task Force on Ter- Homeland Security since its establishment, fight terrorism and that it is quickly rorist and Foreign Fighter Travel, and current Ranking Member of the Judiciary exchanging threat information. which learned that the CTAB, which Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and This legislation formally establishes has operated for 6 years, was never au- Homeland Security this bill is of importance to the CTAB in law, and it makes it the thorized in law. me. Department’s central coordination b 1800 It was said of the George W. Bush Adminis- body for counterterrorism activities. tration by the 9–11 Commission that it did not The bill also updates the Board’s char- To ensure that the board remains an connect the dots that would have allowed the ter to better enable it to confront to- integral part of counterterrorism pol- intelligence and law enforcement communities morrow’s challenges today, and it re- icy recommendations and responses to detect and possibly deter the September quires the Secretary to appoint a Coor- across the Department, the task force 11, 2001 attack against our nation. dinator for Counterterrorism to over- recommended that the board be codi- We have learned a great deal over the see the Board’s activities. It is an im- fied in law. Codification of the board is nearly 15 years since Al Qaeda attacked our portant change to the current struc- consistent with the task force’s finding nation. ture. that information sharing is critical to One of the more important lessons is the Additionally, the legislation requires preventing foreign fighter travel. need to have coordination and unity of effort the CTAB to advise the Secretary on I believe that the CTAB should be a among and within intelligence and law en- the issuance of terrorism alerts, ensur- permanent fixture in the Department forcement agencies in our battle to defeat tering that top counterterrorism and in- to help inform the counterterrorism rorists.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.038 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2415 H.R. 4407 establishes a board that will: RECESS Costello (PA) Jeffries Palazzo Courtney Jenkins (KS) Pallone (1) advise the Secretary of DHS on the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Cramer Jenkins (WV) Palmer issuance of terrorism alerts, and meet on a ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Crenshaw Johnson (GA) Pascrell regular basis to discuss intelligence; and declares the House in recess until ap- Crowley Johnson (OH) Paulsen (2) coordinate ongoing threat mitigation ef- Cuellar Johnson, E. B. Payne proximately 6:30 p.m. today. Culberson Jolly Pearce forts and departmental activities. Accordingly (at 6 o’clock and 3 min- Cummings Jones Pelosi The terrorism alert system initiated following utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. Curbelo (FL) Jordan Perlmutter September 2001, caused confusion and un- Davis (CA) Joyce Perry f Davis, Danny Kaptur Peters certainty. Davis, Rodney Katko Peterson In November 2002, I was proud to join my b 1830 DeFazio Keating Pingree colleagues in voting to create the Department Delaney Kelly (MS) Pittenger of Homeland Security. AFTER RECESS DeLauro Kelly (PA) Pitts DelBene Kennedy Pocan H.R. 4407 will develop a process for deter- The recess having expired, the House Denham Kildee Poe (TX) mining when alerts should be issued, which was called to order by the Speaker pro Dent Kilmer Poliquin will make it easier for the Department of tempore (Mr. DOLD) at 6 o’clock and 30 DeSantis Kind Polis minutes p.m. DeSaulnier King (IA) Pompeo Homeland Security to develop messages that DesJarlais King (NY) Posey will guide public and interagency actions. f Deutch Kinzinger (IL) Price (NC) My work on the Homeland Security Com- Diaz-Balart Kirkpatrick Price, Tom mittee has allowed me the privilege of serving ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Dingell Kline Quigley PRO TEMPORE Doggett Knight Rangel as Chair of the Subcommittee on Transpor- Dold Kuster Ratcliffe tation Security, and the Ranking Member of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Donovan Labrador Reed the Border and Maritime Security Sub- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Doyle, Michael LaHood Reichert committee. F. LaMalfa Renacci will resume on motions to suspend the Duckworth Lamborn Ribble The Homeland Security Committee has rules previously postponed. Duffy Lance Rice (NY) worked over the years since its founding to Votes will be taken in the following Duncan (SC) Langevin Rice (SC) ensure that this agency is prepared and order: Duncan (TN) Larsen (WA) Richmond Edwards Larson (CT) Rigell staffed to meet the challenges and demands H.R. 4743, by the yeas and nays; Ellison Lawrence Roby of its mandate. H.R. 4407, by the yeas and nays. Ellmers (NC) Lee Roe (TN) As we have worked to define and support The first electronic vote will be con- Emmer (MN) Levin Rogers (KY) the mission of the Department of Homeland ducted as a 15-minute vote. The second Engel Lewis Rokita Eshoo Lipinski Ros-Lehtinen Security we have worked to keep the efforts of electronic vote will be conducted as a Esty LoBiondo Roskam the agency focused not only on the threats we 5-minute vote. Farenthold Loebsack Ross Farr Lofgren Rothfus have faced, but also the new ones that may f come. Fitzpatrick Long Rouzer Fleischmann Loudermilk Roybal-Allard It is the responsibility of Congress not only NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PRE- Flores Love Royce to provide DHS with new guidelines, but also PAREDNESS CONSORTIUM ACT Fortenberry Lowenthal Ruiz to provide the agency with the funding it OF 2016 Foster Lowey Ruppersberger Foxx Lucas Russell needs to do the work of protecting this great The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Frankel (FL) Luetkemeyer Ryan (OH) nation. finished business is the vote on the mo- Franks (AZ) Lujan Grisham Salmon For several Congresses DHS has faced a tion to suspend the rules and pass the Fudge (NM) Sa´ nchez, Linda government shutdown and sequestration that Gabbard Luja´ n, Ben Ray T. bill (H.R. 4743) to authorize the Sec- Gallego (NM) Sanford has depleted its resources and stranded its ef- retary of Homeland Security to estab- Garamendi Lummis Sarbanes forts to do all of the work members of this lish a National Cybersecurity Pre- Garrett Lynch Scalise body demands. Gibbs MacArthur Schakowsky paredness Consortium, and for other Gibson Maloney, Sean Schiff Mr. Speaker, since DHS initiated its head- purposes, as amended, on which the Goodlatte Marchant Schrader quarters consolidation in 2006, it has pro- yeas and nays were ordered. Gosar Marino Schweikert gressed despite changes in senior leadership The Clerk read the title of the bill. Gowdy Matsui Scott (VA) and waning funding support from Congress. Graham McCarthy Scott, Austin The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Granger McCaul Scott, David As I urge my colleagues to support this bill, question is on the motion offered by Graves (GA) McClintock Sensenbrenner I also remind them that the passage of new the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Graves (LA) McCollum Serrano laws that require more of the agency should Graves (MO) McDermott Sessions RATCLIFFE) that the House suspend the Grayson McGovern Sewell (AL) also mean that we should require more of our- rules and pass the bill, as amended. Green, Al McHenry Sherman selves as members of Congress. The vote was taken by electronic de- Green, Gene McKinley Shimkus We should support the work of the men and vice, and there were—yeas 394, nays 3, Griffith McMorris Sinema Grothman Rodgers Smith (MO) women of DHS as they stand on the front line not voting 36, as follows: Guinta McNerney Smith (NE) of our nation’s domestic security by making [Roll No. 194] Guthrie McSally Smith (NJ) Hahn Meadows Smith (TX) sure that they have the tools and the skills YEAS—394 needed to do the job we require. Hanna Meehan Smith (WA) Abraham Bonamici Carter (GA) Hardy Meeks Speier I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting Adams Bost Cartwright Harper Meng Stefanik H.R. 4407. Aderholt Boustany Castor (FL) Harris Messer Stewart The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Aguilar Boyle, Brendan Castro (TX) Hartzler Mica Stivers Allen F. Chabot Hastings Miller (FL) Stutzman question is on the motion offered by Amodei Brady (PA) Chaffetz Heck (NV) Miller (MI) Takano the gentleman from New York (Mr. Ashford Brady (TX) Chu, Judy Heck (WA) Moolenaar Thompson (CA) KATKO) that the House suspend the Babin Brat Cicilline Hensarling Mooney (WV) Thompson (MS) rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4407, as Barletta Bridenstine Clark (MA) Hice, Jody B. Moore Thompson (PA) Barr Brooks (AL) Clarke (NY) Hill Moulton Thornberry amended. Barton Brooks (IN) Clawson (FL) Himes Mullin Tiberi The question was taken. Bass Brownley (CA) Clay Hinojosa Mulvaney Tipton The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Beatty Buchanan Clyburn Holding Murphy (FL) Titus Becerra Buck Coffman Honda Murphy (PA) Tonko opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being Benishek Bucshon Cohen Hoyer Nadler Torres in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Bera Burgess Cole Hudson Napolitano Trott Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, on that I Beyer Bustos Collins (GA) Huelskamp Neal Tsongas demand the yeas and nays. Bilirakis Butterfield Collins (NY) Huffman Neugebauer Turner Bishop (GA) Byrne Comstock Huizenga (MI) Newhouse Upton The yeas and nays were ordered. Bishop (MI) Calvert Conaway Hunter Noem Valadao The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bishop (UT) Capps Connolly Hurd (TX) Norcross Van Hollen ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- Black Capuano Conyers Hurt (VA) Nugent Vargas Blackburn Ca´ rdenas Cook Israel Nunes Veasey ceedings on this motion will be post- Blum Carney Cooper Issa O’Rourke Vela poned. Blumenauer Carson (IN) Costa Jackson Lee Olson Vela´ zquez

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY7.026 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2416 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 Visclosky Weber (TX) Woodall Castor (FL) Harris Miller (MI) Stutzman Van Hollen Wenstrup Wagner Welch Yarmuth Castro (TX) Hartzler Moolenaar Takano Vargas Westerman Walberg Wenstrup Yoder Chabot Hastings Mooney (WV) Thompson (CA) Veasey Westmoreland Walden Westerman Yoho Chaffetz Heck (NV) Moore Thompson (MS) Vela´ zquez Williams Walorski Westmoreland Young (AK) Chu, Judy Heck (WA) Moulton Thompson (PA) Visclosky Wilson (FL) Walters, Mimi Williams Young (IA) Cicilline Hensarling Mullin Thornberry Wagner Wilson (SC) Walz Wilson (FL) Young (IN) Clark (MA) Hice, Jody B. Mulvaney Tiberi Walberg Wittman Wasserman Wilson (SC) Zeldin Clarke (NY) Hill Murphy (FL) Tipton Walden Womack Schultz Wittman Titus Walorski Woodall Zinke Clawson (FL) Himes Murphy (PA) Watson Coleman Womack Clay Hinojosa Nadler Tonko Walters, Mimi Yarmuth Clyburn Holding Napolitano Torres Walz Yoder NAYS—3 Coffman Honda Neal Trott Wasserman Young (AK) Amash Gohmert Massie Cohen Hoyer Neugebauer Tsongas Schultz Young (IA) Cole Hudson Newhouse Turner Watson Coleman Young (IN) NOT VOTING—36 Collins (GA) Huelskamp Noem Upton Weber (TX) Zeldin Brown (FL) Higgins Sanchez, Loretta Collins (NY) Huffman Norcross Valadao Welch Zinke Carter (TX) Hultgren Shuster Comstock Huizenga (MI) Nugent NAYS—5 Cleaver Johnson, Sam Simpson Conaway Hunter Nunes Amash Jones Yoho Crawford Kelly (IL) Sires Connolly Hurd (TX) O’Rourke Gohmert Massie DeGette Latta Slaughter Conyers Hurt (VA) Olson Fattah Lieu, Ted Swalwell (CA) Cook Israel Palazzo NOT VOTING—39 Fincher Maloney, Takai Cooper Issa Pallone Bass Higgins Sanchez, Loretta Fleming Carolyn Walker Costa Jackson Lee Palmer Forbes Nolan Brown (FL) Hultgren Schrader Waters, Maxine Costello (PA) Jeffries Pascrell Frelinghuysen Rogers (AL) Courtney Jenkins (KS) Paulsen Carter (TX) Johnson, Sam Simpson Webster (FL) Grijalva Rohrabacher Cramer Jenkins (WV) Payne Cleaver Kelly (IL) Sires Whitfield Gutie´rrez Rooney (FL) Crenshaw Johnson (GA) Pearce Crawford LaMalfa Slaughter Herrera Beutler Rush Crowley Johnson (OH) Pelosi DeGette Latta Swalwell (CA) Cuellar Johnson, E. B. Perlmutter Fattah Lieu, Ted Takai 1850 Culberson Jolly Perry Fincher Maloney, Vela b Fleming Carolyn Cummings Jordan Peters Walker Forbes Marchant So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Curbelo (FL) Joyce Peterson Waters, Maxine Frelinghuysen Nolan tive) the rules were suspended and the Davis (CA) Kaptur Pingree Webster (FL) Davis, Danny Katko Pittenger Grijalva Rohrabacher bill, as amended, was passed. Gutie´rrez Whitfield Davis, Rodney Keating Pitts Rooney (FL) Herrera Beutler Rush The result of the vote was announced DeFazio Kelly (MS) Pocan as above recorded. Delaney Kelly (PA) Poe (TX) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE The title of the bill was amended so DeLauro Kennedy Poliquin The SPEAKER pro tempore (during as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize the Sec- DelBene Kildee Polis Denham Kilmer Pompeo the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- retary of Homeland Security to work Dent Kind Posey ing. with cybersecurity consortia for train- DeSantis King (IA) Price (NC) ing, and for other purposes.’’. DeSaulnier King (NY) Price, Tom b 1857 A motion to reconsider was laid on DesJarlais Kinzinger (IL) Quigley So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Deutch Kirkpatrick Rangel the table. Diaz-Balart Kline Ratcliffe tive) the rules were suspended and the Dingell Knight Reed bill, as amended, was passed. f Doggett Kuster Reichert The result of the vote was announced Dold Labrador Renacci as above recorded. COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISORY Donovan LaHood Ribble A motion to reconsider was laid on BOARD ACT OF 2016 Doyle, Michael Lamborn Rice (NY) F. Lance Rice (SC) the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Duckworth Langevin Richmond f finished business is the vote on the mo- Duffy Larsen (WA) Rigell Duncan (SC) Larson (CT) Roby b 1900 tion to suspend the rules and pass the Duncan (TN) Lawrence Roe (TN) bill (H.R. 4407) to amend the Homeland Edwards Lee Rogers (AL) CUBA DRUG SHIPMENT Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Ellison Levin Rogers (KY) (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was Department of Homeland Security a Ellmers (NC) Lewis Rokita Emmer (MN) Lipinski Ros-Lehtinen given permission to address the House board to coordinate and integrate de- Engel LoBiondo Roskam for 1 minute and to revise and extend partmental intelligence, activities, and Eshoo Loebsack Ross her remarks.) policy related to counterterrorism, and Esty Lofgren Rothfus Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, Farenthold Long Rouzer for other purposes, as amended, on Farr Loudermilk Roybal-Allard the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland which the yeas and nays were ordered. Fitzpatrick Love Royce Security is currently in Cuba partici- The Clerk read the title of the bill. Fleischmann Lowenthal Ruiz pating in bilateral meetings on law en- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Flores Lowey Ruppersberger forcement cooperation with the Castro Fortenberry Lucas Russell question is on the motion offered by Foster Luetkemeyer Ryan (OH) regime. This will serve as another the gentleman from New York (Mr. Foxx Lujan Grisham Salmon propaganda coup for the Castro broth- KATKO) that the House suspend the Frankel (FL) (NM) Sa´ nchez, Linda ers. Franks (AZ) Luja´ n, Ben Ray T. In the past, the Obama administra- rules and pass the bill, as amended. Fudge (NM) Sanford This is a 5-minute vote. Gabbard Lummis Sarbanes tion and Cuba have held technical ex- The vote was taken by electronic de- Gallego Lynch Scalise changes on counternarcotics. Yet, last vice, and there were—yeas 389, nays 5, Garamendi MacArthur Schakowsky month, Panamanian authorities inter- Garrett Maloney, Sean Schiff not voting 39, as follows: Gibbs Marino Schweikert cepted over 400 kilos of cocaine in a [Roll No. 195] Gibson Matsui Scott (VA) shipment from—guess where—Cuba en Goodlatte McCarthy Scott, Austin YEAS—389 route to Belgium. Gosar McCaul Scott, David This is not the first time that the Abraham Bishop (GA) Brooks (IN) Gowdy McClintock Sensenbrenner Adams Bishop (MI) Brownley (CA) Graham McCollum Serrano Castro brothers tried to ship illicit ma- Aderholt Bishop (UT) Buchanan Granger McDermott Sessions terials. In 2013, Mr. Speaker, approxi- Aguilar Black Buck Graves (GA) McGovern Sewell (AL) mately 240 tons of illegal weapons were Allen Blackburn Bucshon Graves (LA) McHenry Sherman Amodei Blum Burgess Graves (MO) McKinley Shimkus intercepted by Panamanians on a ship Ashford Blumenauer Bustos Grayson McMorris Shuster going from Cuba to North Korea. In Babin Bonamici Butterfield Green, Al Rodgers Sinema fact, this shipment was the largest Barletta Bost Byrne Green, Gene McNerney Smith (MO) weapons cache ever intercepted going Barr Boustany Calvert Griffith McSally Smith (NE) Barton Boyle, Brendan Capps Grothman Meadows Smith (NJ) to North Korea in violation of several Beatty F. Capuano Guinta Meehan Smith (TX) U.N. Security Council resolutions. Becerra Brady (PA) Ca´ rdenas Guthrie Meeks Smith (WA) So how does this happen, Mr. Speak- Benishek Brady (TX) Carney Hahn Meng Speier er? Let’s not forget that Cuba’s mili- Bera Brat Carson (IN) Hanna Messer Stefanik Beyer Bridenstine Carter (GA) Hardy Mica Stewart tary owns and operates Cuba’s port fa- Bilirakis Brooks (AL) Cartwright Harper Miller (FL) Stivers cilities.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY7.027 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2417 So how does cocaine, how do ship- tentially lifesaving equipment for their This award is a true sign of Volders’ ments, and how do guns get onto these officers. work in helping prepare students for ships? I doubt that our deputy sec- In addition, we passed my bill to pro- careers in growing technical fields not retary will inquire about the com- vide law enforcement with more tools only across Pennsylvania, but also plicity of the Castro regime in these il- to find abducted and missing children. across the United States. On a day-to- licit shipments when he meets with his Mr. Speaker, we owe a debt of grati- day basis, MaryAnn’s work can include Cuban counterparts. So shame on us, tude to the Thin Blue Line and the everything from working on a grant to Mr. Speaker. men and women of law enforcement for assisting students and teachers—work- f all that they do to keep us safe. ing to create the best possible edu- f cational environment at CPI. CELEBRATING THE CARDENAS’ Her nomination included five letters RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL 24TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY of support, including one from a stu- DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA AND (Mr. CA´ RDENAS asked and was dent. MaryAnn says a student greeted TRANSPHOBIA given permission to address the House her with congratulatory roses after she for 1 minute and to revise and extend (Ms. LEE asked and was given per- received word that she had won this his remarks.) mission to address the House for 1 award and recognition. ´ Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, today minute.) f is a day that is a very emotional day Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to for my family and me. recognize the International Day NATIONAL POLICE WEEK Many years ago, there was a beau- Against Homophobia and Transphobia. (Mr. GUINTA asked and was given tiful young woman who grew up in Every year on May 17, LGBT individ- permission to address the House for 1 Pacoima. She was the daughter of im- uals and their allies use this day to minute and to revise and extend his re- migrants, and I was lucky enough to bring awareness to LGBT discrimina- marks.) meet her and lucky enough for her to tion. Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to accept a date. Some years later, we got Since 2004, this day has expanded to recognize the brave men and women married, 24 years ago today, and I just every corner of the world. It is cele- who protect New Hampshire. wanted to take an opportunity to brated in more than 130 countries, in- Last week in Manchester, our State’s thank her for having a moment of lapse cluding 37 countries where homosex- largest city, a robbery suspect shot and and accepting that date and eventually uality is illegal, where courageous in- wounded two police officers. Thank- for us getting married. We have four dividuals and organizations are stand- fully, Manchester Police Department beautiful children that we have raised. ing up for basic human rights. caught the suspect. Officers Ryan I don’t take it for granted, ladies and Sadly, homophobia, transphobia, and Hardy and Matthew O’Connor are heal- gentlemen, that as her parents are LGBT discrimination still exist around ing. from Mexico and my parents are from the world. Despite last year’s victory Other police officers who risk their Mexico, from another country, we now for marriage equality, many still want lives every day haven’t been as lucky. have been able to provide a better life to turn the clock back on equality. Merrimack native, Ashley Guindon, an for our children that previous genera- North Carolina, Mississippi, and Ten- officer in Virginia, died in the line of tions could not. nessee’s recent anti-LGBT laws cast duty earlier this year, a day after being So I stand before you as a proud light on this discrimination. Sadly, sworn in. Ashley’s name will join those American and a very happy man to these hateful bills are nothing more on the National Law Enforcement Offi- know that I am married to a wonderful than State-sanctioned hate. cers Memorial in Washington, D.C. woman, born Norma Sanchez and now I am proud to have introduced H. During National Police Week, offi- is Norma Ca´ rdenas. She is the mother Res. 263, supporting the goals and cers from around the country are here of our children and someone that I ideals of the International Day Against to pay their respects. Today, I had the miss very much. Homophobia and Transphobia. I would pleasure of meeting Hooksett Police So to you, Norma, I am sorry I like to thank the 70 cosponsors and en- Chief Peter Bartlett and Jordan Wells couldn’t be home. I am thousands of courage all of my colleagues to sign on of the Portsmouth PD. miles away. But thank you for under- as cosponsors. My friends are on the front lines of standing. I look forward to seeing you Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to New Hampshire’s heroin epidemic. My to celebrate with you soon. join me tomorrow and every day in bill to increase their access to life- f speaking out against LGBT hatred. saving antioverdose medication passed the House, and I am a proud partner in NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT f a number of efforts to make their jobs WEEK RECOGNIZING MARYANN VOLDERS easier and safer. ON BEING NAMED ADMINIS- (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given A police officer’s job will always be TRATOR OF THE YEAR permission to address the House for 1 dangerous. This week is an opportunity minute and to revise and extend his re- (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania for us to thank them, particularly marks.) asked and was given permission to ad- those who have made the ultimate sac- Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, it is Na- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- rifice. tional Law Enforcement Week and a vise and extend his remarks.) f time to honor the men and women in Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. blue that risk their health and safety Mr. Speaker, as co-chairman of the SECURING AMERICA’S AIRPORTS daily to keep our communities safe. Congressional Career and Technical (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was The shooting of two officers just this Education Caucus, it is my pleasure to given permission to address the House last week in New Hampshire shows us recognize the efforts of MaryAnn for 1 minute.) that the danger that law enforcement Volders, who was recently named Ad- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I faces is all too real. Whenever I partici- ministrator of the Year by the Penn- have the privilege of serving on the pate in a police ride-along, I am con- sylvania Association of Career and Homeland Security Committee, and in stantly impressed by the profes- Technical Education. that capacity I have the oversight for sionalism and the commitment to duty MaryAnn is the vice president of sec- any number of agencies, including the from our police officers. ondary education at the Central Penn- Transportation Security Administra- It is important that we recognize sylvania Institute of Science and Tech- tion agency, along with our ranking their efforts and make sure they have nology, or CPI, located in Centre Coun- member and ranking member of our the resources to do their jobs effec- ty, in Pennsylvania’s Fifth Congres- subcommittee and our chairpersons. tively. I was pleased that last week we sional District. She has been with CPI Let me be very clear: we want America reauthorized the Bulletproof Vest Part- for the past 9 years, having previously to be secured. nership Grant Program to help local worked with the Tyrone Area School But I had the privilege of meeting law enforcement agencies obtain po- District. again with the Administrator of TSA,

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Mr. Speak- who have lost their lives in the line of the Nation and watched civilians or er, I rise today to recognize Rebuilding duty for the safety and protection of citizens, passengers traveling through, Together Waycross and all the hard others. In 2016, 252 fallen law enforce- I have seen a smile and a recognition of work of its volunteers. ment heroes were added to the Na- how important TSOs are. It is impor- The Rebuilding Together organiza- tional Law Enforcement Officers Me- tant to make sure that equipment tion rebuilds family homes for vet- morial. Their sacrifice is not forgotten, works, and it is more important to erans, people with disability, and low- make sure that we have the right kind and their families remain in our pray- income families, with the goal of a safe ers during this week of remembrance. of staffing. We are almost 3,000 to 4,000 and healthy home for each person in short of the number of TSOs that we The men and women who dedicate the community. their lives to law enforcement not only need. The nonprofit organization was keep our families safe, but they also It is also important that we recog- founded in 1973 in Midland, Texas, by a help to preserve the way of life we hold nize that a professional Federal staff is small group of people who noticed the so dear. They walk the neighborhood very important, similar to the many need to refurbish homes in their com- beats, patrol our streets, and willingly other law enforcement agencies that munity. In the beginning, the group do the dangerous work that make our we have. Privatization is not the an- worked on those homes once a year lives safer. They deserve our gratitude swer, but efficiency, expediency, good each April, but by 1988, Rebuilding To- today and every day. equipment, and training is. I believe we gether gained national recognition. f are moving forward to make sure that Rebuilding Together now has over we have that kind of trained force to 100,000 volunteers who complete 10,000 MICROSTAMPING LIMITS CHOICE secure the American people and secure projects each year and has spread to re- (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given the Nation’s airports. building homes in Waycross, Georgia. permission to address the House for 1 Rebuilding Together Waycross is one of minute and to revise and extend his re- f four Rebuilding Together networks in marks.) the State of Georgia. Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, tonight COMMEMORATING SMALL I want to thank everyone who is a I introduced H. Res. 731 expressing Con- BUSINESS WEEK part of Rebuilding Together, and espe- gress’ opposition to laws requiring that cially Rebuilding Together Waycross, microstamping technology be included (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina for the hard work and for the life- in handguns. asked and was given permission to ad- changing services that this group has Time and time again, studies have dress the House for 1 minute and to re- provided to families across America. shown that microstamping technology vise and extend his remarks.) has failed to achieve any reliable effec- f Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. tiveness. Speaker, earlier this month we cele- MEDIA IGNORES PUBLIC’S VIEWS A study by the University of Cali- brated Small Business Week, a time ON CLIMATE CHANGE fornia, Davis—certainly no hotbed of when we especially recognize the (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was support for the Second Amendment— unique contributions small businesses given permission to address the House recommended against imposing micro- make providing opportunities for citi- for 1 minute and to revise and extend stamping requirements, and the cre- zens. his remarks.) ator of the technology participated in a South Carolina feels the positive im- Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, study which determined it did not pact of small-business owners. These Americans are skeptical about the work reliably. individuals represent 97 percent of all news they receive on climate change. A Mr. Speaker, the only real impact of employers in our State. I am grateful recent Gallup poll found that 46 per- microstamping is to increase costs and to represent these entrepreneurs who cent of Americans believe that the make it more difficult for Americans are dedicated to creating jobs that will Earth’s natural changes are the pri- to exercise their Second Amendment help citizens around them have mean- mary cause of climate change. Ameri- rights. Unfortunately, that is the true ingful and fulfilling lives. cans are split as to the cause of any cli- intent of these laws, not to increase I appreciate visiting with members of mate change. However, the liberal na- safety, but to simply make it more dif- the South Carolina small-business tional media only portrays one side of ficult for law-abiding citizens to own community. I was grateful to tour Day- the story. firearms. ton Rogers, a plant in Columbia, South Over the last month, every New York Even the Ninth Circuit Court Carolina, led by President Ron Lowry, Times and Washington Post article on agreed—the most overturned court in where I was inspired by the enthusi- this topic attributed warmer tempera- the country—just today that laws in- astic personnel. tures solely to human activity. Not one tended solely to prevent Americans from exercising their rights are uncon- I participated in a roundtable discus- mentioned that natural changes could partially be the cause. stitutional. sion with the National Federation of Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to What is amazing is that, with all the Independent Business, NFIB, led by reject these laws and join me in stand- media bias blaming humans for climate Ben Homeyer about the overreach of ing up for the Second Amendment and change, half of all Americans still re- government. These meetings made it join on to H. Res. 731. clear that small businesses are not main skeptical. Americans deserve all being supported by this administration the facts about climate change, not f because of the burdensome tax regula- just the one side the liberal national CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS tions. media are trying to promote. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. I look forward to working with my f BOST). Under the Speaker’s announced fellow House Republicans as we support b 1915 policy of January 6, 2015, the gentle- reforms to reduce regulations and cre- woman from Ohio (Mrs. BEATTY) is rec- ate jobs and opportunities. CELEBRATING NATIONAL POLICE ognized for 60 minutes as the designee In conclusion, God bless our troops, WEEK of the minority leader. and may the President, by his actions, (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- GENERAL LEAVE never forget September the 11th in the mission to address the House for 1 Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I ask global war on terrorism. minute.) unanimous consent that all Members

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There was no objection. the number one factor that leads chil- We are relying on you to be a law-abid- Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise dren to dropping out of school. Chil- ing citizen, educated, self-sufficient, this evening as co-anchor along with dren who do not finish high school, as and a good citizen because we don’t my classmate and scholar, Congress- we all are aware, are more likely to want you to be a statistic in the man HAKEEM JEFFRIES, from the end up incarcerated or in our juvenile school-to-prison pipeline. Eighth District of New York, for to- or criminal justice system and are 3.5 Mr. Speaker, tonight you will hear night’s Congressional Black Caucus times more likely to be arrested. many stories, you will hear facts, and Special Order hour, Equal Justice Approximately 82 percent of the you will hear about legislation. Under the Law: Criminal Justice Re- adult population is composed of high Let me end by saying that I am form and Challenging the School-to- school dropouts. Mr. Speaker, unfortu- proud to be a cosponsor of the Safe, Ac- Prison Pipeline. nately, this is a pipeline that reflects countable, Fair, Effective (SAFE) Jus- Congressman JEFFRIES leads by ex- the prioritization of incarceration over tice Reinvestment Act of 2015, H.R. ample. He is a member of the Criminal education. But, Mr. Speaker, I come 2944, a bill that recognizes the impor- Justice Task Force, and he has a long today as a member of the Congres- tance of mentoring and reducing re- personal and professional history of sional Black Caucus because I believe cidivism and helps offenders think being a Brother’s Keeper. we can disrupt the pipeline. through the decisions that confront This evening the Congressional Black To do this, we need to be honest them when they leave prison. Caucus comes to the House floor to dis- about the opportunity gaps that exist Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman cuss the current state of America’s across our country and in our schools from North Carolina (Mr. criminal justice system and the nec- because you cannot talk about the BUTTERFIELD), our chairman of the essary reform, reform that will allow school-to-prison pipeline without dis- Congressional Black Caucus, a person us to invest in our communities and cussing what needs to be provided as who has a long background in being an expand opportunities for all Ameri- economic opportunities. advocate and a fighter for those who cans. We need better educational chances are in our communities and faced with Mr. Speaker, the school-to-prison for our young people. We need more many of the things that you are going pipeline is an epidemic that is plaguing support to our families so that they to hear tonight. schools across the Nation. Mr. Speaker, can do the best job that they can or Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I the need and appetite to reform our that they are capable of doing to help thank Congresswoman BEATTY for Federal criminal justice system has support their own children. We must yielding, thank her for her friendship, been building for years, and now it is confront prejudices in our Nation head- and thank her for all that she does not clear that there is consensus that the on. just for the Congressional Black Cau- time is now to take meaningful action. That is why initiatives like the cus, but for all that she does for the The school-to-prison pipeline refers White House’s My Brother’s Keeper is constituents that she represents back to the policies and practices that so important. My Brother’s Keeper in Ohio and for what she does for all pushes our Nation’s children, espe- Task Force is a coordinated Federal ef- people in America. cially our most at-risk children, out of fort to address persistent opportunity Let me also thank Congressman the classroom and into the juvenile and gaps faced by boys and young men of JEFFRIES for his great work and his criminal justice system. Far too often, color and ensure that all young people willingness to participate in these Spe- students are expended, expelled, or can reach their full potential. cial Order hours. I know that the even arrested for minor offenses that Mr. Speaker, lastly, this past week- evening is late sometimes, but the two lead to visits to the principal’s office a end I met with the dynamic men of the of them come to the floor and work thing of the past. Columbus chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi very hard. Statistics reflect that these policies Fraternity, Incorporated, in my dis- I want to spend my few minutes, if I disproportionately target students of trict and saw My Brother’s Keeper may, Mr. Speaker, talking about just color and those with a history of abuse, work firsthand. an overview of the criminal justice sys- neglect, poverty, or learning disabil- I learned of their many forms of tem. There is no question that the ities. Those who are unnecessarily being role models, as being community criminal justice system is broken. All forced out of school become stig- mentors for at-risk students, particu- of us I think can agree on that. Those matized and fall behind in their stud- larly young males, who are in need of on the left and those on the right, all ies, Mr. Speaker. Many eventually de- inspiration and counsel regarding their of us even, for different reasons, per- cide to drop out of school altogether, choice of a life’s career. haps, come to one conclusion, that the and many others commit crimes in The mentoring men of Kappa Alpha criminal justice system is in need of their community. Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, are men serious, serious reform. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric who are doctors, lawyers, government I know that we are debating legisla- Holder discussed the issue in a speech officials, teachers, and entrepreneurs, tion here in the House regarding re- to the American Bar Association in just to name a few. forming the criminal justice system. 2013, stating that rigid discipline poli- Mr. Speaker, these men are role mod- Our colleagues over in the Senate are cies transformed too many educational els for the community. They bought a doing the same. But it is time for ac- institutions from the doorway of op- house in my district, and they use that tion. It is time for action on criminal portunity into the gateway to the home as an anchor to provide opportu- justice reform in the 114th Congress. criminal justice system and that a nities and leadership development, pro- As many of my colleagues know, I minor school disciplinary offense fessional networking, and positive re- spent 30 years, 30 long years, in a should put a student in the principal’s inforcement. courtroom, half of those as a lawyer, office, not in the police precinct. Tonight it is important for me to put the other half as a judge. Most of the 15 According to recent data by the De- a face on what we need to do as one years as a judge I was a trial judge, partment of Education, African Amer- small example to stop the school-to- which meant that I was on the front ican students are arrested far more prison pipeline. I salute Philip line in our criminal justice system and than their White classmates. Black and Shotwell, Polemarch; Richard Crock- I saw it firsthand. I can tell you with- Hispanic students represent more than ett, 1st Vice Polemarch; Attorney out question that the criminal justice 70 percent of those involved in school- Byron Potts; Dr. Gus Parker; and system in America is in need of serious related arrests or referrals to law en- Board of Directors Nathaniel Jordan reform from the top to the bottom.

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For That is 25 percent of the world’s prison often, it makes a difference. example, the Pew Research Center on population right here in the United Finally, I thank Mrs. BEATTY for States estimates that after about 350 States of America. talking about using the court system per 100,000, any crime reduction value Just think about that, Mr. Speaker. to punish students. That happens. It begins to diminish, and at over 500 per We are 5 percent of the world’s popu- happens in every State in America. Our 100,000, incarceration becomes, actu- lation, but 25 percent of those who are public school systems cannot, and ally, counterproductive. As I said, our incarcerated are incarcerated in the should not, use the court system as a rate is now at 700 per 100,000. United States of America. We have a means of punishment for students who These counterproductive effects are serious problem of mass incarceration have behavioral problems in school. created because today there are too that must be reduced. I thank all of my colleagues for all of many children who are being raised by But the point that I want to put in their work. I thank them for their ef- a parent who is in prison and by too the RECORD tonight is that, of those forts. I thank them for their tremen- many people with felony records who who are incarcerated in this country, dous interest in this subject because it are unable to find jobs. The impact of 90 percent of those are incarcerated at is real. We know it. We need criminal our tax dollars is also distressing. The the State level and 10 percent incarcer- justice reform, and we need it now. Bureau of Prisons is consuming too ated at the Federal level—90 percent Mrs. BEATTY. I thank Congressman much of the Department of Justice’s incarcerated at the State level. BUTTERFIELD. budget, meaning that the Department We certainly agree with you that the has fewer and fewer resources for other 1930 b criminal justice system is broken. That programs that can actually reduce When we discuss criminal justice re- is why the Congressional Black Caucus crime and enhance public safety. The form—and Congressman BOBBY SCOTT is here tonight—to make sure that we tough on crime approach falls the hard- is going to be speaking in a few min- are prepared to outline the steps and est on minorities. While the incarcer- utes, and he talks about this all of the the legislation that is going to be in ation rate overall in the United States time, as well as Congresswoman SHEILA the forefront. I thank the gentleman is approximately 700 per 100,000, for JACKSON LEE—we must not only talk for his leadership in making this a top Blacks, the incarceration rate is over about reform at the Federal level, but priority for the Congressional Black 2,200 per 100,000; and in some jurisdic- we must find ways to require States to Caucus. tions, they lock up Blacks at the rate reform their criminal justice systems Mr. Speaker, it is now my honor and of 4,000 per 100,000—a rate 40 times the at the local level. We should encourage privilege to yield to the gentleman international average. States to take a serious look at their from the Third Congressional District The war on drugs has exacerbated systems and to seek ways to reduce of Virginia. He is a true scholar, an at- this problem. Over 2,000 Federal pris- mass incarceration at the State level torney, and someone who is a leader on oners are now serving life without pa- without posing any harm to the com- tonight’s topic. He is someone who has role for nonviolent drug crimes, and munities. Too many of those who are worked tirelessly to make sure that we many more are serving unduly harsh incarcerated at the State level are in do more than just come and stand and sentences for nonviolent offenses. The prison for drug-related offenses and talk about this issue tonight. He comes racial disparities are staggering. De- crimes that don’t endanger the commu- to talk about real reform, to talk spite the fact that Whites engage in nity whatsoever. about making a difference in our bro- drug offenses at a rate equal to or often We should encourage States to enact ken criminal justice system. He is my higher than that of African Americans, African Americans are incarcerated on expungement laws. We get telephone friend, Congressman BOBBY SCOTT. calls all the time—and I am sure my Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I thank the drug charges at a rate 10 times greater colleagues get the same calls as well— gentlewoman. than that of Whites. from those who are seeking ways to ex- I appreciate the gentleman from New We all agree that there is a problem punge their records so that young men York and certainly the gentlewoman with mass incarceration. So what is and women who have served in the from Ohio for organizing this Special the best way to solve it? When reviewing any legislative pack- criminal justice system can get some Order to discuss the need for criminal age called criminal justice reform, I of those offenses removed from their justice reform. think there are some key principles records, particularly those offenses Mr. Speaker, we have serious, funda- that we have to address. that deal with petty crimes and mis- mental problems with our criminal jus- First, reform must meaningfully ad- demeanors and drug-related offenses, tice system today. For too long, policy- dress the problem of mass incarcer- because when you have these offenses makers have chosen to play politics ation by significantly reducing admis- on your criminal record, it prevents with crime policy by enacting so-called sions to prison and shortening a pris- young people from getting the gainful tough on crime slogans and sound oner’s length of stay. employment that they so richly de- bites, such as three strikes and you are Second, any reform must address the serve. out, mandatory minimum sentences, primary driver of the ballooning Fed- We also need to encourage States to and—if you get it to rhyme, appar- eral prison populations, and that is look at ways to remove criminal ently, it is better—if you do the adult mandatory minimum penalties, espe- charges from criminal records that did crime, you do the adult time. As ap- cially those for drug and firearm of- not result in convictions. I think most pealing as these policies sound, their fenses. of my colleagues can relate to that. We impacts range from a negligible reduc- Third, we must address the disparate know that, so often, police officers at tion in crime to actually increasing the impact on race in the Federal criminal the local level will charge a young of- crime rate. justice system that has resulted from fender with multiple offenses at the As a result of these policies, the the application of many neutrally time of arrest, and some of the offenses United States, despite representing worded policies and laws. are not even deserving of a charge. only 5 percent of the world’s popu- Fourth, reform must address mental Sometimes police have a tendency to lation, has 25 percent of the world’s health and addiction issues as a public overcharge at the time of arrest. Then prisoners and now has the highest in- health issue and require intervention when the case finally goes to court, carceration rate of any nation’s, by far, and treatment plans to resolve under- those 10 or 12 charges are reduced down in the world. There are 2.2 million peo- lying issues that led those to be in- to one charge or two charges; the de- ple behind bars in this country. That is volved in the criminal justice system fendant pleads guilty; and the case is triple the number of prisoners we had rather than implement so-called tough disposed of while the other 8 or 10 just three decades ago. At over 700 per- on crime, lock ’em up approaches. Ev- charges that are dismissed continue to sons incarcerated for every 100,000 in erybody knows that the war on drugs

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Mr. Speaker, I thank work, with a particular focus on those bills to address heroin addiction is not Congressman SCOTT for clearly articu- with the greatest need. a public health approach, for the bills lating to us why we cannot let our Finally, any legislation must be impose mandatory additional prison criminal justice system remain on this based on research and evidence, not on time. This is not a public health, re- trajectory. poll-tested slogans and sound bites or search-based approach. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Con- political negotiations, which are unre- On the comprehensive reentry and re- gresswoman from the 13th District of lated to research and evidence. habilitation services to reduce recidi- California. My colleague and my friend How do the current proposals stack vism, these bills have turned science is someone who travels the world advo- up? and empirical evidence upside down. cating for those who live in poverty, First, we look at the current bills They give the greatest incentives for advocating for those who are incarcer- that have been reported out of the completing the programs to those with ated in this broken criminal justice House and Senate Judiciary Commit- the lowest need while categorically system that we are focusing on to- tees and notice that they fail to em- barring offenders with the highest risk night. body any of the principles. In fact, they from benefiting from the rehabilitation I yield to the gentlewoman from often take the opposite approach. programs. This approach not only vio- California (Ms. LEE). While these bills reduce the number lates research, but it will exacerbate Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I first thank of admissions and/or length of stay in the current racial disparities in the the gentlewoman from Ohio for those some limited cases, they also create criminal justice system. very kind and humbling remarks. I new mandatory minimums, even new Mr. Speaker, there is ample research want to thank her for her tremendous mandatory minimums or mandatory available to show what credible crimi- leadership and for continuing to come consecutive enhancements. They en- nal justice reform ought to look like. down here each and every week to enhance existing mandatory minimums For example, Texas—one of the Na- sure that her voice, the Congressional to apply to people who would not get tion’s most conservative States—re- Black Caucus’ voice, and Congressman them under the present law, and they cently passed criminal justice reform JEFFRIES’ voice are really put forth so irrationally limit who can benefit from legislation that was based on research that the people of our country will un- prospective and retroactive relief pro- and evidence, and the result was a sig- derstand the critical issues before us visions. It is unknown whether there nificant reduction in crime, a signifi- and the fact that the Congressional will be an overall increase or decrease cant reduction in incarceration, and a Black Caucus is really leading on each in prison impact at the 10-year point savings of billions of dollars. and every issue. Congresswoman after implementation, if these bills The SAFE Justice Act—the Safe, Ac- BEATTY and Congressman JEFFRIES pass, compared to doing nothing. The countable, Fair, and Effective Justice really have done a phenomenal job. United States Sentencing Commission Act—which I cosponsored with the gen- They both have gone way beyond the has been unable to quantify the impact tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. SENSEN- call of duty, and so we thank them so of the expansions or the limitations on BRENNER), which the gentlewoman much for their efforts. relief. So the fact that we do not have from Ohio pointed out that she is sup- Make no mistake—and I think we are the numbers means that we cannot de- porting, was based on the Texas model hearing this over and over again to- termine whether these bills will have and includes evidence-based prevention night—mass incarceration is a crisis in any meaningful effect on mass incar- and early intervention programs; re- our country. The United States of ceration. ducing incarceration even at the State America imprisons far more people Though the bills do shorten two level as well as at the Federal level; than any other nation in the world. supersized mandatory minimums, they comprehensive police training and When African Americans are incar- do not eliminate any mandatory min- funding for body cameras, drug and cerated at six times the rate of Whites, imum. The Senate bill actually creates veterans’ courts; a significant reduc- it is no surprise to me. It is no surprise two new ones, and both bills create new tion in the use of mandatory minimum that African Americans constitute mandatory consecutive sentencing en- sentences; and rehabilitation for all of nearly half of the total 2.3 million in- hancements, which must be served those in prison and second-chance pro- carcerated Americans in 2008. To- after any other sentence. Both bills ex- grams for those who have been re- gether, African Americans and Latinos pand mandatory minimums for drug leased. It has broad, bipartisan sup- comprise 58 percent of all prisoners in and gun offenses by applying them to port. All of the provisions in the bill 2008, even though African Americans people who would not be eligible to re- are fully paid for by reallocating the and Latinos make up approximately ceive them today. reduction in mandatory minimums, one-quarter of the United States popu- If the problem we are trying to ad- and it shows that we do not have to ac- lation. dress is mass incarceration, why are cept a bill that fails to conform to evi- While our prison population grows those in the bill to begin with? dence and research. unchecked and is growing unchecked, Neither of the bills will do anything Mr. Speaker, criminal justice reform we continue to criminalize our stu- to address the disparate racial impact legislation ought to be consistent with dents rather than invest in their edu- that pervades our criminal justice sys- the research and evidence that is read- cation. Right now we spend $10,500 a tem. Federal mandatory minimums, in ily available. From what I can tell, the year to educate a child, but we spend particular those for drug and firearm bills reported out of the House and $88,000 a year to keep a child locked up. offenses, have been studied and have Senate Judiciary Committees have That is unacceptable. Let me repeat been found to have a racially disparate nothing based in research and evidence that. It costs eight times more money impact. These bills do nothing to and, sadly, seem more concerned about to keep a child in jail than to educate eliminate mandatory minimums. Even the politics of criminal justice reform, them and prepare them for a good fu- though they reduce some, they create with little regard to actually wanting ture. new ones, expand others, and create to end our Nation’s addiction to mass We are not just talking about a few new sentencing enhancements. So the incarceration. children here. Our country incarcerates bills may actually make racial dispari- The SAFE Justice Act is a better evi- five times more children than any ties in sentencing even worse than they dence-based approach, which will, if en- other nation in the world. Sadly, two- are under present law. acted, reduce crime, save money, and thirds of these kids will never return to Finally, both bills put limits on who reduce racial disparities that pervade school. When we lock up these chil- can receive prospective and retroactive our criminal justice system. dren, we are essentially throwing away

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For instance, In California, once again, the three the system is stacked against us and one in three African American children strikes law passed. Of course, I opposed that we have had the future of so many lives in poverty today, while one in that while in the California legislature. of our young folks ripped away from four Hispanic children lives in poverty. This law has incarcerated young Afri- them. Mr. Speaker, while Black children can American men for nonviolent drug Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- represent just 18 percent of preschool offenses 25 years to life. That is 25 woman from the great State of Ohio enrollment, they account for nearly years to life for nonviolent drug of- (Ms. FUDGE). She is from the 11th Con- half of all preschool suspensions. Now, fenses. We need to repeal that law. gressional District. She is an attorney. Congresswoman BEATTY, we are talk- We also need to make sure that law She has served as a former mayor. She ing toddlers ages 2 to 5. These kids enforcement officers reflect the diver- is the immediate past chair of the Con- don’t even get a start, let alone a head sity of communities that they police. gressional Black Caucus. start. They are being suspended from So we have introduced H. Res. 262, She is someone who gives us advice. school. which supports effective community- I remember her saying to us: Push the How do you suspend toddlers and ba- oriented policing and encourages great- envelope because you are the voice for bies from school? er diversity in law enforcement. the voiceless. Look at the legislative Something is wrong with this. So we, During the last appropriation season, issues that will make a difference in I must say, in the Appropriations Com- the Congressional Black Caucus the lives of others. mittee are trying to address this with worked with Congressman Lacy Clay So tonight we come to talk about the Department of Education. This is to direct the Department of Justice to equal justice under the law. Mr. Speak- immoral. begin collecting training data. Our leg- er, we come to challenge this House. When they get older, African Amer- islation tracks when officers receive It is my great honor to yield to Con- ican students are four times more like- training for use of force, racial and eth- gresswoman MARCIA FUDGE. ly to be expelled from school than their nic bias, de-escalation of conflict, and Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, I thank White peers for the same offense. More constructive engagement with the pub- the gentlewoman for yielding. It is a than half of all students who are in- lic. This was just a small step, and we pleasure to watch my fellow Ohioan volved in school-related arrests or re- need to do more. and friend and the gentleman from New ferred to law enforcement are Black or With regard to reentry, banning the York on this House floor every Monday Latino. This has a lasting effect and box is essential. We have worked with night bringing the message of the Con- impact on young students. Studies the White House to try to make sure gressional Black Caucus because in- show that students who are disciplined that Federal contractors ban the box. deed they are the people who carry our by schools are more likely to end up in We haven’t accomplished that, but message to the United States. the juvenile justice system where their Federal agencies cannot now ask for Mr. Speaker, the school-to-prison chances of returning to school are slim one’s criminal history records. In my pipeline is robbing far too many chil- to none. This is unacceptable. These district, we do expungement, we do dren of productive futures. Instead of young people are having their futures record remedies. We have remedied learning in classrooms, a large percent- ripped away before they even have a thousands and thousands of young peo- age of our Nation’s at-risk students sit chance. ple who now can go on and move for- in jail cells. We need to change the system and ward with their lives. I want to thank The numbers don’t lie. Black stu- end the school-to-prison pipeline. First, the Family Law Center in Oakland, dents are suspended and expelled at a we must start by making serious in- California, for doing that. rate three times greater than White vestments in our young people. We We need to go back to the drawing students. More than one in four boys of should ensure that all students have board and repeal the welfare reform color with disabilities and nearly one equal access to high-quality public provisions that are denied for life. in five girls of color with disabilities school education. We must also expand There is a Federal ban for food stamps, receives an out-of-school suspension. summer youth job opportunities and eligibility for public housing, and Pell And studies show that students who summer training programs so that our grants for those who have been incar- are suspended or expelled in school are teens have the opportunity to learn cerated for drug felonies. Now, you more likely to end up in prison. workforce skills, contribute to their know who that targets; primarily Afri- Our Nation’s children deserve better. communities, and start a path to eco- can American and Latino men. They It is time we prioritize education and nomic opportunity. As a member of the don’t even have a second chance when not incarceration. Comprehensive Subcommittee on Early Childhood, El- they get out of jail as a result of these criminal justice reform must include ementary, and Secondary Education, lifetime bans. policies which dismantle the school-to- we are working to try to make sure Finally, let me just say it is time to prison pipeline. We must reauthorize that these resources become a priority really look at this problem in a big the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency of our subcommittee, which they, un- way and to understand that we have to Prevention Act, a bill that funds delin- fortunately, aren’t at this point. dismantle, not reform—but we have to quency prevention and improvements We also need to tear down the insti- dismantle this prison industrial com- in State and local juvenile justice pro- tutional racism, quite frankly, that is plex and start investing in our commu- grams, supports restorative initiatives, holding students of color back and nities, especially our young children. and promotes early intervention. Dis- trapping our young people in a broken And we must understand that, in doing rupting the pipeline will provide a criminal justice system. this, we have to look at institutional pathway for a successful future and I am reminded of when I was in the and systemic racism, which is at the lessen the burden on our current judi- California legislature. I was on the core of many of our policies. cial system. public safety committee, and proposals So this is a fight that we are going to The number of people incarcerated in were brought to us, plans for building win, but it is going to be because all of America quadrupled between 1980 and prisons 10 to 12 years out for kids who us here in the Congressional Black 2008. Of the more than 2.3 million are just starting kindergarten. That is Caucus—Congresswoman BEATTY, Con- Americans incarcerated today, more what we had to deal with. Now we see gressman JEFFRIES, Congressman than 1 million of them are Black. what has happened to the prison indus- SCOTT, and Congresswoman JACKSON In my home State of Ohio, more than trial complex in California. That is LEE, and the entire membership—con- 50,000 people are incarcerated in a sys- why we must work together and pass tinue to fight the good fight to make tem that was designed to only hold

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He said: I just want to Now, in this Chamber, I have seen priorities straight. thank you for helping me to get my surprising levels of compassion as it re- As ranking member of the Education boat; and beyond that, I want to thank lates to dealing with the heroin and and the Workforce Subcommittee on your son, who is going to help my son opioid crisis that is sweeping across Early Childhood, Elementary, and Sec- get his boat as well. America right now, and I am glad that ondary Education, promoting policies That conversation has really haunted folks have decided to take a different that keep our children in school is one me because, in such a powerful and pro- approach than the approach that was of my top priorities. found way, what it captures is the es- taken in the 1980s with the crack co- I ask my colleagues: What are yours? sence of what the prison industrial caine epidemic that was sweeping Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I thank complex represents, which is this deci- across communities that those of us in Congresswoman FUDGE for reminding sion that was made in so many parts of the Congressional Black Caucus rep- us again of the value and the impor- the United States of America, cer- resent. tance of our work. tainly in New York, by Democrats and I welcome this newfound compassion. Mr. Speaker, at this time, it is indeed Republicans. I just hope that you would extend it my honor to yield time to the gen- When the automobile factories and now not just to the manner in which tleman from New York (Mr. JEFFRIES), the steel mills, the manufacturing we deal with the heroin crisis—that is who is coanchor of tonight’s Congres- plants began to close in the 1970s and important—but let’s extend it to the sional Black Caucus Special Order in the 1980s, devastating parts of the overcriminalization that is taking hour. upstate economy, a decision was made place as relates to young people across As I said earlier, Congressman in place of those factory jobs to build America, particularly in Black and HAKEEM JEFFRIES is not only a scholar, prisons in their place as a means of Brown communities. he, too, is an attorney. He is someone economic development for depressed I am glad that we have become en- who walks the talk. He is someone who upstate communities. But here is the lightened as it relates to moving away has a long history of being a Brother’s problem. If you build it, someone has from punishment and toward preven- Keeper. got to fill those prisons. In order to fill tion and intervention related to the Mr. Speaker, so tonight, when we dis- those prisons, several things have de- heroin and opioid crisis. Let’s also be- cuss this topic, when we talked about veloped which we are in the process of come enlightened in terms of dealing the challenge, when we talked about trying to dismantle right now: the with breaking the school-to-prison all of the plethora of things that are school-to-prison pipeline and the crim- pipeline. incorporated in why we must come for- inalization of young people, particu- We will have more to say as we move ward tonight to challenge the criminal larly in communities of color, where forward with this discussion, but I justice system which is stacked against they basically are not given a chance know there are other Members who us and broken, certainly we have heard from the very beginning. As a result of would like to contribute to this hour of the disparities as it relates to African being channeled unjustly, often, into power that Representative JOYCE Americans. the criminal justice system at an early BEATTY has brought to the House floor So it is indeed my honor to ask my age, they essentially become economic in connection with the CBC Special coanchor, Congressman HAKEEM commodities for those who have come Order. JEFFRIES, to share with us our chal- to rely on prisons to replace the fac- Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I thank lenge. tory and manufacturing jobs that have Congressman JEFFRIES for reminding Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I thank left the United States of America. us that the United States makes up the distinguished gentlewoman from That has been a big problem in New less than 5 percent of the world’s popu- Ohio, my good friend, the distinguished York. It is a problem in other parts of lation, yet incarcerates nearly a quar- and dynamic anchor for tonight’s Spe- the country. It is a shame here in the ter of the global prison population. cial Order, Congresswoman JOYCE United States of America that we have Thank you for also being on point BEATTY, for yielding and for her con- gone from a place where, when the war and reminding us, Mr. Speaker, if we tinued leadership and for leading the on drugs began in 1971—President are to reform America’s criminal jus- discussion on the House floor today as Nixon declared drug abuse public tice system and advance efforts to it relates the urgency of this Congress enemy number one—there were less break the cycles of incarceration in Af- and America dealing with the school- than 350,000 people incarcerated in rican American communities, in low- to-prison pipeline mass incarceration America. Even when the crime bill that income communities, then we must and the prison industrial complex that is being heavily debated in the public unite and make sure that we pass real so many of my colleagues have ex- domain right now was passed in 1994, at legislation. plained and exposed here on the House the height of the concern about crime Mr. Speaker, can you advise me how floor today. here in the United States of America, much time we have left, please. A few years ago I had a conversation the incarcerated population was still The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- that has always stuck with me in the under 900,000 people. But we have gone tlewoman from Ohio has 12 minutes re- area of criminal justice when I was from less than 350,000 in 1971 to under maining. speaking to a formally incarcerated in- 900,000 in 1994 to more than 2.2 million Mrs. BEATTY. Thank you, Mr. dividual who spent several years be- in 2016. Speaker. hind bars incarcerated in a New York The United States has 5 percent of Mr. Speaker, at this time, it is indeed State penitentiary. He has turned his the world’s population and 25 percent my honor to yield to the gentlewoman life around and he is now an advocate of the world’s incarcerated individuals. who hails from the 18th Congressional for criminal justice reform. He said to We incarcerate more people than any District of Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE). Of me on his final day, after being impris- other country in the world, and it is the many things that this Congress- oned for years in upstate New York, shameful. The school-to-prison pipeline woman does, she serves on the Com- that he had a conversation with a high- is a large part of that dynamic, along mittee on the Judiciary, she has been a ranking corrections officer, a super- with the failed war on drugs. So we are longtime advocate for reforming the visor who he had gotten to know and going to have to deal with this situa- criminal justice system. I refer to her thought he had befriended to some de- tion in a meaningful way. as a strong voice, a strong advocate, gree during his time of incarceration. The statistics clearly show that, if and, truly, a scholar. you suspend a young person, that indi- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I b 2000 vidual—often a Black or Latino boy—is want to add my appreciation to the On that last day, he said to this less likely to graduate and complete gentlewoman from Ohio; the gentleman young African American incarcerated school and more likely to become en- from New York; and the Members who

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.057 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2424 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 have spoken, including the chairman of trained canines when a schoolyard they reach the age of 21. How does that the Congressional Black Caucus, Mr. fight breaks out or when students are happen? Even if their sentence is not as BUTTERFIELD; the former chair, Ms. misbehaving in a cafeteria or at a egregious as one might think—a simple FUDGE; and the ranking member on the school event. misbehavior in school. The way that Committee on Education and the This should not be the picture for a 6- happens is because in juvenile, you can Workforce, Mr. SCOTT. year-old or a 4-year-old or an 8-year-old assess more time on a child without There could not be a more important or an 11-year-old or a 13-year-old. This telling that child’s parent because that topic than the topic that we are speak- should not be equated with school. child did not follow orders or, in es- ing about tonight. There are moments Let me read to you part of the sence, that child did not behave or that in history that I think come at times Appleseed Report and a quote by Ryan child chewed gum when you told them when urgency is the call of the day. It Kellus Turner and Mark Goodner: ‘‘In a not to. is often said that Dr. King emphasized little over two decades, a paradigm b 2015 in his tenure the urgency of moving shift has occurred in the Lone Star forward on civil rights and spoke elo- State. The misdeeds of children—acts We in the Judiciary Committee are quently about the fact of why we can- that in the near recent past resulted in working on juvenile justice reform. not wait. If I might, I want to capture trips to the principal’s office, corporal One of them that I am most concerned his theme of why we cannot wait to punishment, or extra laps under the su- about and want to move is ending soli- end the school-to-prison pipeline. End pervision of a middle school or high tary confinement for juveniles, recog- it now and begin the whole comprehen- school coach . . . ’’ Now, of course, cor- nizing Kalief’s Law, involving the sive approach of criminal justice re- poral punishment will be eliminated death of one inside the New York pris- form. from that. What is worse, ‘‘ . . . now on at Rikers Island. The individual in Let me take Texas as an example and result in criminal prosecution, crimi- solitary confinement had not been ren- cite some very important statistics nal records, and untold millions of dol- dered guilty yet. from the Appleseed Report and as well lars in punitive fines and hefty court And so we want to eliminate putting a comment on the work that we are costs being imposed against children juveniles in solitary confinement. Be- doing in the Committee on the Judici- ages 10 through 16.’’ cause the tragedy, Mr. Speaker, was ary. I am so glad at this moment in ‘‘It is conservatively estimated that that that youngster was released, ulti- history to be the ranking member of more than 275,000 non-traffic tickets mately, but after he was released, he, the Subcommittee on Crime, Ter- are issued to juveniles in Texas each in essence, committed suicide. rorism, Homeland Security, and Inves- year . . . ’’ And based on the informa- So I want to close my remarks by in- tigations and working with the mem- tion from the Texas Office of Court Ad- dicating that I want to turn this sys- bers of my subcommittee, including ministration, the number of non-traffic tem upside down. I want to make sure Mr. JEFFRIES, who is a member, Ms. tickets issued to students may well that we deal with juvenile justice re- BASS, who is a member, and a number grossly exceed that number because it form. I want to ban the box. We have of other members as well, on this very was very difficult to get it. ‘‘Texas can done that in legislation that has not difficult hurdle that we have. interrupt this destructive cycle and yet passed. I want to make sure that Let it be very clear that this hurdle prevent the loss of more young people we have alternative sentencing. of criminal justice reform is, as I heard to the ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ At the same time, the Judiciary Mr. JEFFRIES make mention of, that we through early interventions focused Committee has moved two bills out of have taken hold of this issue of opioids less on punishment and more on cre- committee. I want to see these bills and heroin in a way that not one single ating positive school environments have a vigorous discussion and debate bill was passed last week that had a that address students’ academic and on the floor of the House so that we criminal focus, particularly out of the behavioral needs.’’ can move to conference. Committee on the Judiciary. Not one Let me just say that ‘‘police officers Time is going by. Let us not let the bill had mandatory minimums. in some Texas schools are resorting to perfect be, in essence, the downfall of In the debate last week, on Friday, I ‘use of force.’ ’’ Now, they are supposed change. H.R. 3713 provides for the re- reiterated over and over again no man- to be there as SROs. SROs are supposed duction of sentencing for many who are datory minimums in this legislation. to have educational training. SROs are languishing, by law, in prison today in That should be the perfect that we try supposed to be able to have the under- the Federal system. to achieve going forward on criminal standing of how to deal with coun- As I have spoken to people across the justice reform. seling issues and teaching that is evi- country, they have indicated that, even But let me give the beginnings of dence based, but here is the problem. though some States like my State of that very tragic outcome in America, The problem is that they are focused Texas have made enormous, enormous filling up the Nation’s prisons, not hav- more on law enforcement. strides—I am proud of that—it has not ing criminal justice but criminal un- I am glad to be part of this Special happened around the country. fairness. It starts with a path to incar- Order tonight that deals with the pipe- The bully pulpit of the Federal Gov- ceration, which includes in the schools, line that has started working our chil- ernment can be the most effective tool stops, failing public schools, zero toler- dren toward incarceration: over- to moving toward criminal justice re- ance and other school discipline, police crowded schools, lack of qualified form and sentencing reduction dealing in school hallways, disciplinary alter- teachers, inadequate resources, and with felony drug offenses. We are mov- native schools, and court involvement then the zero tolerance for school dis- ing toward that point. in juvenile detention. All of these are a cipline of children and the rate of sus- A vote on the floor of the House and path for students to incarceration, and pension having increased dramatically moving toward conference can move it is without understanding what a in recent years from 1.7 million in 1974 our efforts toward legislation that can class C misdemeanor ticket and a trip to 3.1 million in 2000; and it has gone truly be responsive to both concerns to court for thousands of Texas stu- beyond that, and the greatest emphasis and as well positives that are in that dents and their families means. has been on children of color. bill. Texas students as young as 6 have So here is my call to the United So as we deal with this prison pipe- been ticketed at school in past years, States Congress. We have to begin the line, we have to not only talk, we have and it is not uncommon for elementary process of dismantling the school-to- to do. And when we do, we have to school students to be ticketed by prison pipeline. We have to understand make sure that we respond to the con- school-based law enforcement. School- that children can learn. No child is a cerns, but we also have to make sure based arrest of students often occurs throwaway. I offer that often in my re- that we move legislation that can ulti- without prior notice to parents. Police marks in my district. mately come out of the Senate and go officers in some Texas schools are re- The detention system is an unfair to conference and make a difference in sorting to use of force, measures more system. I don’t know how many of you the lives of so many. commonly associated with fighting realize that when a child is sent to I want to thank the gentlewoman street crime: pepper spray, tasers, and juvie, that child can remain there until from Ohio. I also want to say how

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All that have been crying out, from 2) Zero-Tolerance and Other School Dis- interventions focused less on punishment and Black Lives Matter to the Mother of cipline; more on creating positive school environments the Movement, say that we need 3) Policing School Hallways; that address students’ academic and behav- changes dealing with the whole vast- 4) Disciplinary Alternative Schools; and ioral needs. ness of criminal justice reform: police- 5) Court Involvement and Juvenile Deten- We must seek appropriate recommenda- community relations, police actions, tion. tions for reform. actions dealing with guns, actions deal- In a little over two decades, a paradigm shift For most students, the pipeline begins with ing with the loss of life of our young has occurred in the Lone Star State. inadequate resources in public schools. people. The misdeeds of children—acts that in the Overcrowded classrooms, a lack of qualified Let’s get a framework that can allow near recent past resulted in trips to the prin- teachers, and insufficient funding for ‘‘extras’’ us to debate, to fix, to amend, and to cipal’s office, corporal punishment, or extra such as counselors, special education serv- get a product that will ultimately be laps under the supervision of a middle school ices, and even textbooks, lock students into signed by the President of the United or high school coach, now result in criminal second-rate educational environments. States on behalf of the people of the prosecution, criminal records, and untold mil- This failure to meet educational needs in- United States who are crying out for lions of dollars in punitive fines and hefty court creases disengagement and dropouts, in- relief. costs being imposed against children in ele- creasing the risk of later court involvement. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join my col- mentary and high schools. Even worse, schools may actually encour- leagues of the Congressional Black Caucus, Disrupting class, using profanity, misbe- age dropouts in response to pressures from Congressman HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D–NY) and having on a school bus, student fights, and test-based accountability regimes such as the Congresswoman JOYCE BEATTY (D–OH) who truancy once meant a trip to the principal’s of- No Child Left Behind Act, which create incen- are anchoring this Special Order on Ending fice. tives to push out low-performing students to the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Today, such misbehavior results in a Class boost overall test scores. The over-criminalization of school children in C misdemeanor ticket and a trip to court for Lacking resources, facing incentives to push America can no longer be swept under the thousands of Texas students and their families out low-performing students, and responding rug, ignored or irrationally justified. each year. to a handful of highly-publicized school shoot- We are in a state of national crisis and it is It is conservatively estimated that more than ings, schools have embraced zero-tolerance time to act. 275,000 non-traffic tickets are issued to juve- policies that automatically impose severe pun- Upon taking office, every Member of Con- niles in Texas each year. ishment regardless of circumstances. gress makes a solemn pledge: to protect and While it is impossible to pinpoint how many Under these policies, students have been defend the American people. of these tickets are issued by campus police, expelled for bringing nail clippers or scissors This is the most important oath we take as the vast majority of these tickets are issued for to school. elected officials—and, to honor this promise, offenses most commonly linked to school-re- Rates of suspension have increased dra- we must do everything in our power to stem lated misbehavior—disruption of class, dis- matically in recent years—from 1.7 million in the School-to-Prison Pipeline in our nation. orderly conduct, disruption of transportation, 1974 to 3.1 million in 2000—and have been The three most important concerns for truancy, and simple assaults related to student most dramatic for children of color. Members of Congress today are No. 1 Chil- fights. Overly harsh disciplinary policies push stu- dren, No. 2 Children, and No. 3 Children. ‘‘Criminalization’’ of student misbehavior ex- dents down the pipeline and into the juvenile House Republicans are still unwilling to act tends to even the youngest students. justice system. to stop the criminalization of our children in In Texas, students as young as six have Suspended and expelled children are often schools and instead work towards providing been ticketed at school in the past five years, left unsupervised and without constructive ac- children the opportunity to thrive in American and it is not uncommon for elementary-school tivities. communities. students to be ticketed by school-based law This Congress has a moral obligation to do They also can easily fall behind in their enforcement. our part to end the epidemic of losing our chil- coursework, leading to a greater likelihood of School-based arrest of students often oc- dren to the correctional system. disengagement and drop-outs. Now is the time for Republicans to join curs without prior notice to parents or a lawyer All of these factors increase the likelihood of Democrats in protecting the lives of America’s being present during initial questioning of the court involvement. youth by taking common sense steps in re- student. As harsh penalties for minor misbehavior directing those who go astray. The increase in ticketing and arrest of stu- become more pervasive, schools increasingly Over the past year, several proposals have dents, in Texas and nationwide, has coincided ignore or bypass due process protections for been introduced to address the need for over- with the growth in school-based policing. suspensions and expulsions. arching reform of our nation’s criminal justice Campus policing is the largest and fastest The lack of due process is particularly acute system. growing area of law enforcement in Texas, ac- for students with special needs, who are dis- Americans must consider the educational cording to its own professional association. proportionately represented in the pipeline de- environment in which we place our students, With counselors stretched to handle class spite the heightened protections afforded to from preschool to high school, subjecting them scheduling and test administration duties, them under law. to disciplinary policies that more closely re- school administrators and teachers are in- Many under-resourced schools become semble policing than teaching. creasingly turning to campus police officers to ‘‘pipeline gateways’’ by placing increased reli- Around the country, advocates are collecting handle student behavior problems. ance on police rather than teachers and ad- data illustrating the devastating effects of what Today in Texas, most public schools have a ministrators to maintain discipline. they call the ‘‘school-to-prison pipeline,’’ where police officer assigned to patrol hallways, Growing numbers of districts employ school student behavior is criminalized, children are lunchrooms, school grounds, and after-school resource officers to patrol school hallways, treated like prisoners and, all too often, actu- events. often with little or no training in working with ally end up behind bars. Police officers in some Texas schools are youth. The school-to-prison pipeline refers to inter- resorting to ‘‘use of force’’ measures more As a result, children are far more likely to be locking sets of relationships at the institutional/ commonly associated with fighting street subject to school-based arrests—the majority structural and the individual levels. crime—pepper spray, Tasers and trained ca- of which are for non-violent offenses, such as All of these policies and practices work to- nines—when a schoolyard fight breaks out or disruptive behavior—than they were a genera- gether to push our nation’s schoolchildren— when students are misbehaving in a cafeteria tion ago. youth of color, especially, our most at-risk chil- or at a school event. The rise in school-based arrests, the dren—out of schools and into unemployment The intent is to keep schools and students quickest route from the classroom to the jail- and into the juvenile and criminal justice legal safe, but there can be unintended con- house, most directly exemplifies the criminal- systems. sequences to disciplining public school stu- ization of school children. This pipeline reflects the prioritization of in- dents in a way that introduces them to the jus- In some jurisdictions, students who have carceration over education. tice system or exposes them to policing tech- been suspended or expelled have been com- For a growing number of students, the path niques more commonly used with adults. pletely denied their right to an education. to incarceration includes the ‘‘stops’’ deterring Texas can interrupt this destructive cycle In others, they are sent to disciplinary alter- matriculation such as: and prevent the loss of more young people to native schools.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16MY7.060 H16MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2426 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 16, 2016 Growing in number across the country, these innovative criminal justice and correc- education and applicable general education these shadow systems—sometimes run by pri- tions interventions. law. vate, for-profit companies—are immune from I too call upon my colleagues to come to- Prohibit school districts from receiving any educational accountability standards (such as gether and pass legislation that will help stop revenue from Class C ticketing for truancy or minimum classroom hours and curriculum re- the derailment of children’s lives. any other offense. quirements) and may fail to provide meaning- Meanwhile, Federal agencies will continue Eliminate Disruption of Class and Disruption ful educational services to the students who to seek opportunities to expand smart proba- of Transportation as penal code offenses. need them the most. tion and problem-solving court initiatives Prohibit ticketing of students under the age As a result, struggling students return to around the country in collaboration with state, of 14. their regular schools unprepared, are perma- local, and tribal agencies. Young children are simply not equipped to nently locked into inferior educational settings, In recognition of the considerable potential understand a Class C misdemeanor ticket as or are funneled through alternative schools in cost savings, improved outcomes for offend- a meaningful consequence of misbehavior, into the juvenile justice system. ers, and improved public safety, a growing and the consequences of court involvement on Youth who become involved in the juvenile number of state and local officials around the academic success are too great to allow this justice system are often denied procedural country are starting their own promising initia- practice to continue. Ticketing of older students should be a last protections in the courts. tives to break the cycle of drug use, crime, resort. Studies demonstrate that as many as 80 and incarceration. Ticketing, arrest and use of force in schools percent of court-involved children do not have Nearly every state is struggling with signifi- is preposterously reshaping today’s school dis- lawyers. cant shortfalls in revenue and making signifi- ciplinary policies disproportionately to actual Students who commit minor offenses may cant cuts to spending in order to close budget need. end up in secured detention if they violate gaps. We must acknowledge this epidemic and boilerplate probation conditions prohibiting In making these cuts, many states are fo- move to correct the inevitable injustice that fol- them from activities like missing school or dis- cusing attention on corrections spending, one lows when our children are derailed from their obeying teachers. of the fastest growing lines in state budgets futures. Students pushed along the pipeline find over the past two decades. I thank my colleagues of the Congressional themselves in juvenile detention facilities, Many states are pursuing a justice reinvest- Black Caucus, Congressman HAKEEM many of which provide few, if any, educational ment approach, using data to determine what JEFFRIES (D–NY) and Congresswoman JOYCE services. has been driving the growth in the prison pop- BEATTY (D–OH) for hosting this Special Order Students of color, who are far more likely ulation and how that growth might be stopped. on Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline. than their white peers to be suspended, ex- In addition, small investments have been It is an invaluable and much needed effort. pelled, or arrested for the same kind of con- made in programs designed to reduce recidi- Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, let me duct at school, and those with disabilities are vism. just end by saying that the urgency is particularly likely to travel down this pipeline. New policies have been enacted, slowing now. In the words of Nelson Mandela, Though many students are propelled down the growth of prison populations or even ‘‘It always seems impossible until it’s the pipeline from school to jail, it is difficult for downsizing corrections systems, saving states done.’’ Tonight the Congressional them to make the journey in reverse. hundreds of millions of dollars. Black Caucus says: Let’s get it done. Students who enter the juvenile justice sys- A portion of those savings are being rein- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance tem face many barriers to their re-entry into vested in community-based services and sup- of my time. traditional schools. ports, including substance abuse treatment. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. The vast majority of these students never However, to have meaningful impact on be- Mr. Speaker, our children represent the future graduate from high school. haviors that contribute to crime, recidivism, of our nation. Our future is more promising Numerous studies have also shown that as and substance abuse, states must focus on a when our children have a clear path to suc- many as 70–80 percent of youth involved in handful of proven strategies that will maximize ceed and have the opportunities to become the justice system meet the criteria for a dis- the impact of limited investments being made active members of the community. Over time, ability. in the treatment of substance use disorders a culture of favoring incarceration over edu- We must move away from the engrained and community supervision. cation has become more prominent throughout culture of criminalization as the answer to our I am a strong supporter of education and I our society—particularly as it relates to minor- problems. am particularly sensitive and protective of ity and low-income populations. Financial It is no secret that 1 in every 3 black males measures to keep students safe in school. shortfalls at all levels of government are also born today can expect to go to prison at some In this same spirit, we must invest in a placing downward pressure on states and mu- point in their life, compared with 1 in every 6 multi-step, collaborative process that involves nicipalities to cut back on public services and Latino males, and 1 in every 17 white males. the combined efforts of law enforcement, pros- educational or community-based programs in It is a statistic we know well because it is ecutors, influential community members, social favor of harsh criminalization or incarceration. one that has been reported since 2001 and services, reentry services, community correc- The result is the ‘‘school-to-prison pipeline,’’ has remained unchanged for nearly 15 years. tions, faith-based organizations, and city man- which poses a very real threat to our children It is time we stop repeating and start under- agement. and our society. This pipeline refers to harsh standing and unraveling the fateful 1 in 3 trend We have seen too often the horrific abuses policies and practices that cultivate a culture that continues to sweep entire generations of of school officers dragging, punching, slap- where young individuals are pushed into the young men of color into a lifetime of system- ping, and more to students. juvenile and criminal justice systems through atic and barriers. First and foremost school-based law en- harsh punishments in schools. Inadequate re- The United States currently has the largest forcement personnel need to be removed from sources in public schools, economic instability, number of prisoners in the world due to its the educational setting. zero-tolerance policies, and harsh punish- skyrocketing national imprisonment rate. And if law enforcement are not removed, ments for non-violent offenses are all contrib- Rather than investing in premier educational they should be required to receive post-certifi- uting to the school-to-prison pipeline. As a re- responses, the United States pays the highest cation training in issues specific to youth, in- sult, the United States suffers from the largest cost globally for incarceration. cluding: number of prisoners in the world and the eco- Federal, state, and local leaders are looking 1) de-escalation and mediation techniques; nomic and social burden of the high costs of for innovative ways to improve public health 2) restraint techniques to be used when incarceration. and public safety outcomes, while reducing force cannot be avoided; Zero tolerance policies are dangerous to the costs of criminal justice and corrections. 3) signs and symptoms of trauma, abuse have in our schools. These policies impose A number of innovative strategies can save and neglect in children and youth, as well as extremely severe punishments on students, public funds and improve public health by appropriate responses; regardless of the circumstances, which can re- keeping low-risk, non-violent, drug-involved of- 4) signs and symptoms of mental illness in sult in suspension or even expulsion from fenders out of prison or jail, while still holding children and youth, and appropriate re- school. Children of color and students with them accountable and ensuring the safety of sponses; and special needs have experienced a dramatic in- our communities. 5) manifestations of other disabilities, such crease in these suspensions and expulsions, The Obama Administration is committed to as autism, and appropriate responses, adoles- which greatly increase their probability of en- funding and evaluating the long-term effects of cent development, Juvenile law, and Special tering into the juvenile justice system. Schools

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Madam Speaker, I move in drought resiliency throughout the West- overreliance on law enforcement to keep order ern United States; to the Committee on Nat- that the House do now adjourn. in our schools not only detracts from the cul- ural Resources, and in addition to the Com- The motion was agreed to; accord- ture of learning we expect in our schools, but mittees on Transportation and Infrastruc- ingly (at 9 o’clock and 21 minutes also condemns countless children to a life of ture, Science, Space, and Technology, and p.m.), under its previous order, the suffering for making simple mistakes during Energy and Commerce, for a period to be House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues- subsequently determined by the Speaker, in their youth. Our society will suffer if we con- day, May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m. for morn- each case for consideration of such provi- tinue on this path of forcing children into the ing-hour debate. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the criminal justice system and it is time that we committee concerned. considered serious reforms to keep children in f By Mr. BISHOP of Georgia (for himself, our communities and outside the juvenile jus- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Mr. DENT, and Ms. BROWN of Florida): tice system. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 5248. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of chil- f Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of dren of Vietnam veterans born with spina RECESS committees were delivered to the Clerk bifida for benefits of the Department of Vet- for printing and reference to the proper erans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- calendar, as follows: Affairs. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mrs. Mr. MCCAUL. Committee on Homeland Se- declares the House in recess subject to ELLMERS of North Carolina, Mr. curity. H.R. 1887. A bill to amend certain ap- MCKINLEY, and Ms. MATSUI): the call of the Chair. propriation Acts to repeal the requirement H.R. 5249. A bill to direct the NIH to inten- Accordingly (at 8 o’clock and 19 min- directing the Administrator of General Serv- sify and coordinate fundamental, utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. ices to sell Federal property and assets that translational, and clinical research with re- support the operations of the Plum Island f spect to the understanding of pain, the dis- Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New covery and development of therapies for b 2120 York, and for other purposes; with an amend- chronic pain, and the development of alter- ment (Rept. 114–568). Referred to the Com- AFTER RECESS natives to opioids for effective pain treat- mittee of the Whole House on the state of ments; to the Committee on Energy and The recess having expired, the House the Union. Commerce. Mr. BYRNE: Committee on Rules. House was called to order by the Speaker pro By Mr. DELANEY (for himself and Mr. Resolution 732. Resolution providing for con- tempore (Ms. FOXX) at 9 o’clock and 20 TAKAI): minutes p.m. sideration of the bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize H.R. 5250. A bill to amend the Small Busi- appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for mili- f ness Act to reform the HUBZone program, tary activities of the Department of Defense and for other purposes; to the Committee on REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- and for military construction, to prescribe Small Business. VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF military personnel strengths for such fiscal By Ms. ESTY (for herself and Ms. year, and for other purposes (Rept. 114–569). H.R. 4909, NATIONAL DEFENSE DELAURO): Referred to the House Calendar. AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FIS- H.R. 5251. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- CAL YEAR 2017 f enue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for property owners who remove hazards relat- Mr. BYRNE, from the Committee on PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ing to lead, asbestos, and radon; to the Com- Rules, submitted a privileged report Under clause 2 of rule XII, public mittee on Ways and Means. (Rept. No. 114–569) on the resolution (H. bills and resolutions of the following By Mr. HURD of Texas: Res. 732) providing for consideration of titles were introduced and severally re- H.R. 5252. A bill to designate the United the bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize appro- ferred, as follows: States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at 1400 Lower Island Road in priations for fiscal year 2017 for mili- By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky: Tornillo, Texas, as the ‘‘Marcelino Serna tary activities of the Department of H.R. 5243. A bill making appropriations for Port of Entry’’; to the Committee on Ways Defense and for military construction, the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, to and Means. to prescribe military personnel strengthen public health activities in re- By Mr. HURD of Texas (for himself, strengths for such fiscal year, and for sponse to the Zika virus, and for other pur- Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. MILLER of Michi- other purposes, which was referred to poses; to the Committee on Appropriations, gan, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. and in addition to the Committee on the the House Calendar and ordered to be KATKO, and Ms. MCSALLY): Budget, for a period to be subsequently de- H.R. 5253. A bill to amend the Homeland printed. termined by the Speaker, in each case for Security Act of 2002 and the Immigration f consideration of such provisions as fall with- and Nationality Act to improve visa secu- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- LEAVE OF ABSENCE rity, visa applicant vetting, and for other cerned. purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- By Mr. KNIGHT (for himself and Ms. ary, and in addition to the Committee on sence was granted to: BROWNLEY of California): Homeland Security, for a period to be subse- H.R. 5244. A bill to provide for the estab- Mr. SWALWELL of California (at the quently determined by the Speaker, in each lishment of a national memorial and na- case for consideration of such provisions as request of Ms. PELOSI) for today on ac- tional monument to commemorate those count of family health emergency. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee killed by the collapse of the Saint Francis concerned. f Dam on March 12, 1928, and for other pur- By Mr. MURPHY of Florida (for him- poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- self, Mr. POLIQUIN, and Mr. CONYERS): BILLS PRESENTED TO THE sources. H.R. 5254. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- PRESIDENT By Mr. PASCRELL: enue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, H.R. 5245. A bill to direct the Federal seniors who install modifications on their reported that on May 13, 2016, she pre- Trade Commission to prescribe rules to pro- residences that would enable them to age in sented to the President of the United tect consumers from unfair and deceptive place, and for other purposes; to the Com- acts and practices in connection with pri- mittee on Ways and Means. States, for his approval, the following mary and secondary ticket sales, and for By Mr. RUSH: bills: other purposes; to the Committee on Energy H.R. 5255. A bill to amend the Federal H.R. 4336. To amend title 38, United States and Commerce. Trade Commission Act to permit the Federal Code, to provide for the inurnment in Arling- By Mr. WEBER of Texas: Trade Commission to enforce such Act ton National Cemetery of the cremated re- H.R. 5246. A bill to remove the Federal against certain tax-exempt organizations; to mains of certain persons whose service has claim to navigational servitude for a parcel the Committee on Energy and Commerce. been determined to be active service. of land in Texas City, Texas, and for other By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for H.R. 4238. To amend the Department of En- purposes; to the Committee on Transpor- himself, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of ergy Organization Act and the Local Public tation and Infrastructure. California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr.

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Homeland Security, and in addition to the lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and The principal constitutional authority for lation pursuant to the following: Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article 1, subsequently determined by the Speaker, in ticle I of the Constitution of the United section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the each case for consideration of such provi- States (the appropriation power), which United States. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the By Mr. MURPHY of Florida: committee concerned. Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- H.R. 5254. By Mr. ZINKE (for himself and Mr. tions made by Law . . . .’’ In addition, clause Congress has the power to enact this legis- DESANTIS): 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5257. A bill to provide for a career (the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Con- This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I military justice litigation track for judge gress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Section 8 of the Constitution of the United advocates in the Armed Forces; to the Com- Debts and provide for the common Defence States. mittee on Armed Services. and general Welfare of the United States . . By Mr. RUSH: By Mr. LAMALFA: . .’’ Together, these specific constitutional H.R. 5255. H. Res. 731. A resolution expressing the provisions establish the congressional power Congress has the power to enact this legis- sense of the House of Representatives that of the purse, granting Congress the author- lation pursuant to the following: mandates imposed on manufacturers requir- ity to appropriate funds, to determine their Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3.: ‘‘To regulate coming inclusion of unproven and unreliable purpose, amount, and period of availability, merce with foreign nations, and among the technology in firearms is costly and puni- and to set forth terms and conditions gov- several states, and with the Indian tribes.’’ tive, and the prohibition of firearms without erning their use. By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: such features is an infringement on the By Mr. KNIGHT: H.R. 5256. rights of citizens under the Second Amend- H.R. 5244. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ment; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: By Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. MARINO, lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8. Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. The constitutional authority of Congress By Mr. ZINKE: LANGEVIN, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- H.R. 5257. Ms. ESHOO, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Il- cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- linois, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. HAHN, tion, specifically clause 18, relating to the lation pursuant to the following: Ms. DELBENE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LEE, power to make all laws necessary and proper Article 1, Section 8: ‘‘to provide for the Mr. CONYERS, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. WILSON for carrying out the powers vested in Con- common Defence’’, ‘‘to raise and support Ar- of Florida, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CRAMER, gress. mies’’, ‘‘to provide and maintain a Navy’’ Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. By Mr. PASCRELL: and ‘‘to make Rules for the Government and LOWENTHAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. H.R. 5245. Regulation of the land and naval Forces’’ LOEBSACK, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HECK of Congress has the power to enact this legis- Washington, Ms. NORTON, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: f FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. CARSON of Article I of the United States Constitution. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Indiana, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. By Mr. WEBER of Texas: RADEWAGEN, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. H.R. 5246. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors PAYNE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TED LIEU Congress has the power to enact this legis- were added to public bills and resolu- of California, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. JODY lation pursuant to the following: tions, as follows: B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. SEAN PATRICK Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 H.R. 27: Mr. ROTHFUS. MALONEY of New York, Mr. POCAN, The Congress shall have Power to regulate H.R. 194: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. Mr. RANGEL, Mr. THOMPSON of Penn- Commerce with foreign Nations, and among REICHERT, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. TIPTON, and Mr. sylvania, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RUSH, the several States, and with the Indian SHIMKUS. Mr. TAKANO, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. Tribes. H.R. 210: Mr. RENACCI. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL of By Mr. GARAMENDI: H.R. 244: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Alabama, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. WITTMAN, H.R. 5247. H.R. 266: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. PALMER, Mr. Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. JUDY Congress has the power to enact this legis- FLEMING, and Mr. HUELSKAMP. CHU of California, Mrs. LAWRENCE, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 292: Mr. BLUM. Ms. DELAURO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Article 1, section 8, clause 18 H.R. 430: Ms. SINEMA. Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. By Mr. BISHOP of Georgia: H.R. 448: Mr. VARGAS, Ms. LORETTA SAN- DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. RUIZ, H.R. 5248. CHEZ of California, and Mr. MEEKS. Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 504: Mr. COOPER. HARTZLER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. BUSTOS, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 592: Mr. WENSTRUP. Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 H.R. 624: Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mexico, Mr. COOPER, Mr. MCGOVERN, By Mrs. CAPPS: H.R. 667: Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. JEFFRIES, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. H.R. 5249. H.R. 711: Mr. TURNER. MOORE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. YOUNG of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 746: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New Alaska, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: The Constitutional authority in which this York. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, bill rests is the power of the Congress to reg- H.R. 756: Miss RICE of New York and Ms. Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. FUDGE, ulate Commerce, as enumerated by Article 1, SLAUGHTER. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Con- H.R. 842: Mr. BLUM and Mr. NOLAN. RICHMOND, and Mr. MURPHY of Flor- H.R. 879: Mr. COOK and Mr. MCCLINTOCK. ida): stitution. H. Res. 733. A resolution recognizing Na- By Mr. DELANEY: H.R. 897: Mr. SCALISE. tional Foster Care Month as an opportunity H.R. 5250. H.R. 921: Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. to raise awareness about the challenges of Congress has the power to enact this legis- KLINE, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. SENSEN- children in the foster-care system, and en- lation pursuant to the following: BRENNER, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BLUM, Mr. couraging Congress to implement policy to The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to NOLAN, and Mr. WENSTRUP. improve the lives of children in the foster- Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the H.R. 1122: Mr. POMPEO. care system; to the Committee on Ways and United States Constitution, which provides H.R. 1185: Mr. BYRNE. Means. Congress with the ability to enact legisla- H.R. 1196: Mr. BUCSHON. tion necessary and proper to effectuate its H.R. 1197: Mrs. DAVIS of California. f purposes in taxing and spending. H.R. 1220: Mr. BLUM. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY By Ms. ESTY: H.R. 1221: Ms. GRAHAM. STATEMENT H.R. 5251. H.R. 1274: Ms. MATSUI. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1312: Ms. GRAHAM. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1356: Mrs. RADEWAGEN. the Rules of the House of Representa- Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the H.R. 1460: Mr. MOULTON and Mr. CLEAVER. tives, the following statements are sub- Constitution. H.R. 1519: Mr. DESAULNIER.

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H.R. 1594: Mr. SIMPSON. H.R. 4277: Mr. KIND and Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 5119: Mr. FLEMING, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. H.R. 1600: Mr. HONDA. H.R. 4365: Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GRAVES of MEADOWS and Mr. GIBSON. H.R. 1718: Mr. TURNER, Mr. BUCSHON, and Georgia, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JOLLY, and H.R. 5170: Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BARR, Mr. Mr. ROSS. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. BISHOP of Georgia, and Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 1763: Mr. PERLMUTTER. H.R. 4450: Mr. LOWENTHAL. H.R. 5183: Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- H.R. 1814: Mr. RUSH. H.R. 4481: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of sylvania, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, and H.R. 1855: Mr. CAPUANO. New York. Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 2058: Mr. MARCHANT. H.R. 4499: Ms. ESTY. H.R. 5210: Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. H.R. 2076: Mr. CAPUANO. H.R. 4553: Mr. KIND. WENSTRUP, and Mr. RYAN of Ohio. H.R. 2121: Mr. TURNER. H.R. 4585: Mr. CONYERS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. H.R. 5218: Mr. CRAMER. H.R. 2144: Mr. SESSIONS. MCCOLLUM, and Ms. JACKSON LEE. H.R. 5224: Mr. GOSAR and Mr. GRAVES of H.R. 2189: Mrs. WAGNER and Mr. MARINO. H.R. 4606: Mr. CICILLINE. Louisiana. H.R. 2296: Mr. QUIGLEY. H.R. 4613: Mr. PETERS. H.R. 5226: Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. MEADOWS, H.R. 2315: Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 4614: Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. GROTHMAN, H.R. 2316: Mr. NEWHOUSE. H.R. 4625: Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BUCK, Mr. H.R. 2350: Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MCGOVERN, H.R. 4640: Mr. COLE. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. BLUM, Mr. Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. KILMER. H.R. 4657: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. WALKER, and Mr. CARTER of Georgia. H.R. 2500: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. H.R. 4668: Mr. DELANEY. H.J. Res. 89: Mr. CARTER of Texas. H.R. 2515: Mr. ENGEL and Mr. BEYER. H.R. 4683: Mrs. RADEWAGEN. H.J. Res. 92: Mr. SMITH of Missouri. H.R. 2694: Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. HASTINGS, H.R. 4706: Mr. WALZ. H. Con. Res. 40: Mr. HECK of Nevada. and Mr. DELANEY. H.R. 4715: Mr. JOLLY. H. Con. Res. 89: Mr. ROKITA and Mr. SMITH H.R. 2773: Mr. SMITH of Washington. H.R. 4764: Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. COLLINS of of New Jersey. H.R. 2802: Mr. TIBERI. New York, and Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. H. Con. Res. 129: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KIL- OSTELLO H.R. 2817: Mr. HECK of Nevada. H.R. 4773: Mr. C of Pennsylvania MER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. OSKAM H.R. 2903: Mr. HECK of Nevada and Mr. and Mr. R . LOWENTHAL, and Mr. GRAYSON. H.R. 4775: Mr. ROKITA. KNIGHT. H. Res. 28: Mr. SHUSTER. H.R. 4792: Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 3099: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. H. Res. 220: Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. H.R. 4795: Mr. CHABOT and Mr. BOUSTANY. H.R. 3119: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa and Mr. LAN- FATTAH, Mr. DESAULNIER, and Mr. H.R. 4797: Ms. LEE. GEVIN. BUTTERFIELD. H.R. 4815: Mr. BRAT. H.R. 3222: Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. H. Res. 263: Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. H.R. 4828: Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. H.R. 3229: Mr. CICILLINE. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. YARMUTH. HUDSON, and Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. H.R. 3284: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. WALZ, Mrs. H. Res. 290: Mr. DONOVAN. H.R. 4848: Mr. BOUSTANY. BEATTY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. JEFFRIES, and H. Res. 343: Mr. MEADOWS. H.R. 4884: Mr. MCKINLEY. Mr. GALLEGO. H. Res. 569: Ms. ADAMS and Ms. GRAHAM. H.R. 4904: Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. LUMMIS, and Mr. H.R. 3299: Mr. RUSH and Ms. SPEIER. H. Res. 586: Mr. DEUTCH. JOYCE. H.R. 3365: Mr. NADLER and Mr. CARNEY. H. Res. 590: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. OYCE H.R. 4928: Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BABIN, and Mr. H.R. 3381: Mr. J . H. Res. 617: Mr. COFFMAN. H.R. 3526: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of DESJARLAIS. H. Res. 647: Mr. PETERS and Mr. FRELING- New York. H.R. 4941: Mr. COLLINS of New York. HUYSEN. H.R. 3535: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. H.R. 4942: Mr. DESAULNIER. H. Res. 650: Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. H.R. 3556: Ms. LEE and Ms. BROWNLEY of H.R. 4979: Mr. OLSON, Mr. FLORES, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of Cali- California. MULLIN, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. COL- fornia, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. AMODEI, H.R. 3660: Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- LINS of New York, and Mr. HARPER. and Mr. PALLONE. fornia. H.R. 5001: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H. Res. 683: Mr. NADLER, Mr. SMITH of H.R. 3666: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. H.R. 5008: Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MCKINLEY, Washington, and Ms. JUDY CHU of California. H.R. 3676: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. ELLISON, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, H. Res. 694: Ms. EDWARDS and Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 3684: Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. VISCLOSKY, and Mr. H. Res. 729: Mr. HOYER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. H.R. 3693: Mr. ROHRABACHER. LOEBSACK. WEBER of Texas, and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. H.R. 3706: Mr. WALZ and Mr. COURTNEY. H.R. 5014: Mr. POLIS and Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 3742: Mr. KING of New York, Mr. COL- H.R. 5025: Mr. OLSON and Mrs. NAPOLITANO. LINS of New York, Mr. JONES, Mr. BUCSHON, H.R. 5044: Ms. MOORE, Mr. TONKO, Ms. f Ms. GRAHAM, Mr. WENSTRUP, and Mr. FOR- EDWARDS, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. GRAHAM, Mr. TENBERRY. SARBANES, Ms. MENG, Ms. BROWN of Florida, CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIM- H.R. 3817: Mr. FOSTER. Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. HIGGINS, Mrs. LAW- ITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIM- H.R. 3870: Mr. HECK of Nevada. RENCE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PAL- ITED TARIFF BENEFITS H.R. 3882: Ms. MCCOLLUM. LONE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRIS- H.R. 3883: Mr. PITTENGER. HAM of New Mexico, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or H.R. 3884: Mr. PITTENGER. SCOTT of Virginia. statements on congressional earmarks, H.R. 3885: Mr. PITTENGER. H.R. 5067: Mr. YODER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff H.R. 3929: Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. and Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New benefits were submitted as follows: PINGREE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. York. CRENSHAW, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. COOPER, Ms. H.R. 5073: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida and Mr. OFFERED BY MR. ROGERS OF KENTUCKY JENKINS of Kansas, and Mr. CONNOLLY. JONES. H.R. 5243, making appropriations for the H.R. 3945: Mrs. RADEWAGEN. H.R. 5090: Mr. BECERRA, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, to H.R. 3965: Ms. DUCKWORTH. ALLEN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. strengthen public health activities in re- H.R. 4062: Mr. LUETKEMEYER and Mr. JACKSON LEE, Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. DINGELL, sponse to the Zika virus, and for other pur- SCHRADER. Ms. MENG, Mr. KLINE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. poses, does not contain any congressional H.R. 4131: Mr. REICHERT and Mr. WALDEN. MURPHY of Florida, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of earmark, limited tax benefits, or limited tar- H.R. 4144: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. California, Mr. VELA, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. iff benefits as defined in clause 9 of rule XXI. QUIGLEY, and Ms. JUDY CHU of California. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. Amendment No. 1 to be offered by Rep- H.R. 4153: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of FITZPATRICK, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. resentative MAC THORNBERRY to H.R. 4909, New York. JEFFRIES, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Mr. LARSON of the National Defense Authorization Act for H.R. 4172: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Connecticut, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. Fiscal Year 2017, does not contain any con- H.R. 4183: Mr. CURBELO of Florida. AGUILAR, Mr. TONKO, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of gressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or H.R. 4215: Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. New Mexico, Mr. KEATING, Mr. HULTGREN, limited tariff benefits as defined in clause 9 H.R. 4230: Ms. MCCOLLUM. and Ms. CASTOR of Florida. of rule XXI.

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Vol. 162 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016 No. 77 Senate The Senate met at 2 p.m. and was appoint the Honorable LISA MURKOWSKI, a Memorial. The names of over 500 Ken- called to order by the Honorable LISA Senator from the State of Alaska, to perform tuckians appear on the memorial, and MURKOWSKI, a Senator from the State the duties of the Chair. more than 20,000 names from across the of Alaska. ORRIN G. HATCH, country appear in all. President pro tempore. f That includes the four Capitol police Ms. MURKOWSKI thereupon assumed officers we have lost in the line of duty PRAYER the Chair as Acting President pro tem- since 1994. The Capitol police recently The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- pore. held a ceremony to honor their fallen fered the following prayer: f officers. It reminds us of the con- Let us pray. tinuing sacrifices of the men and RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY Eternal God, who preserves our Na- women who stand guard every day at LEADER tion with the power of Your might, we the very heart of our democracy. We lift our hearts in praise. We are grate- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- are grateful for their service. ful for Your unfailing love and faithful- pore. The majority leader is recog- I am a proud cosponsor of the resolu- ness because Your promises are backed nized. tion to recognize National Police Week by the honor of Your Name. We place f this year. The resolution recognizes our hope in You and remember daily the work of active-duty law enforce- how You have sustained us in the past. NATIONAL POLICE WEEK ment officers, the 25th anniversary of Lord, give our Senators the wisdom Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, the National Law Enforcement Officers to trust You in the small things, real- this week we commemorate National Memorial, the 15th anniversary of 9/11, izing that faithfulness with the least Police Week and pay tribute to the and all the officers lost in the line of prepares them for fidelity with the local, State, and Federal law enforce- duty in 2015. much. May they trust You to do what ment officers who keep our country I am also a proud cosponsor of the is best for America in good times and and our communities safe. We are Fallen Heroes Flag Act. This bill would in bad. Look down from Heaven on the grateful for their service and for their create a program to provide flags that entire human family and give us Your sacrifice. We benefit from their pledge have been flown over the Capitol to the peace. to serve, protect, and defend. immediate family members of law en- We pray in Your great Name. Amen. I had the pleasure recently of meet- forcement and public safety officers f ing with several officers from Rich- who were lost in the line of duty. This mond, KY, who were in town for the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE bill has passed both the House and the events of police week. I also met with Senate and is awaiting the President’s The Presiding Officer led the Pledge the families of Kentucky police officers signature. of Allegiance, as follows: who laid down their lives in the line of I am also a cosponsor, with my friend I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the duty. Tragically, five officers from the the senior Senator from Texas, of the United States of America, and to the Repub- Bluegrass State were lost in 2015: on POLICE Act. The POLICE Act would lic for which it stands, one nation under God, March 5, Lieutenant Clifford Scott expand COPS grants so that those indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Travis of the Bullitt County Detention grants could be used for active-shooter f Center; on March 11, Officer Burke training and to help equip law enforce- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING Jevon Rhoads of the Nicholasville Po- ment to respond to events like the San PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE lice Department; on June 23, State Bernardino shootings. Passing the PO- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Trooper Eric Keith Chrisman; on Sep- LICE Act would help give our police of- clerk will please read a communication tember 13, State Trooper Joseph Cam- ficers the training they need to do to the Senate from the President pro eron Ponder; and on November 6, Sen- their jobs more effectively. I am hope- ior Patrol Officer Daniel Neil Ellis of ful we can quickly move to this impor- tempore (Mr. HATCH). The senior assistant legislative clerk the Richmond Police Department. tant legislation. read the following letter: The names of these five officers, I am proud to represent Kentucky’s along with the names of hundreds of police officers here in the Senate. Law U.S. SENATE, other brave officers from across the enforcement is very dangerous work. It PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, May 16, 2016. country, have been added to our na- is also a noble calling, and I am grate- To the Senate: tional monument to law enforcement ful for the service of every police offi- Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, officers lost in the line of duty—the cer in Kentucky and across the Nation. of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby National Law Enforcement Officers I know my colleagues share my deep

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Ebola is still a killer, and we in- cated, don’t have subtropical weather. vested in supporting public health in- f Nevada, Colorado, Wisconsin, Ohio, frastructures to prevent future out- NATIONAL POLICE WEEK Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Maine breaks like the one we saw, as I indi- Mr. REID. Madam President, I join are listed. cated, 2 years ago. We need to replenish the Republican leader in recognizing Health officials are desperate to stop these monies so we can continue to the contributions of law enforcement Zika, this devastating virus that has work on vaccines and other things, but officers all around this country. I am been around so long but it was not Republicans are standing in the way. It is really a sad commentary on Re- sorry that they have such a tough job, known to carry all the many problems publicans that when asked for emer- and I don’t think we appreciate them it now carries. It causes birth defects gency funding to protect millions of enough. So I appreciate what the Re- and other deadly conditions. Americans, they respond by offering publican leader said. In Nevada, we too Last week, a report on NPR described half of what is needed. This is in a have had our share of these awful in- what Zika does to the brain as it be- spending bill, and then we have to go stances where these men and women gins to grow. This is one condition: to the House and have a conference. In are killed needlessly. As the brain . . . starts to grow, it creates pressure, which pushes on the skull and the meantime, people are begging for f causes it to grow. But if something stops this money. Republicans should be brain growth—such as [the Zika] virus—pres- ashamed that we aren’t doing every- ZIKA VIRUS AND NOMINATION OF sure on the skull drops. And the skull can MERRICK GARLAND thing in our power to protect the collapse down onto the brain. American people from this virus now. Mr. REID. Madam President, what Two weeks ago we had people come We should have an emergency spending we know today is that the Zika virus to explain this to my caucus, and they bill on the floor now. If it were a flood was first discovered in 1947 in Uganda. described these skulls that just col- or a fire that occurred, we would have It was first detected in monkeys, but in lapse. But Zika isn’t only linked to been here. It is just too bad because 1947 they also learned that the mos- birth defects. As I have indicated, the this is a crisis that is already here. It quito was now carrying this same virus virus is also associated with a nervous is not an emerging crisis. It is here. the monkeys had. Initially, we didn’t system disorder that can result in pa- Madam President, last week, the Re- know or hear much about Zika. But we ralysis, among other problems. publican leader came to the floor and have heard plenty now, and we are Yet, in spite of all the devastating here is what he said: ‘‘We have elec- going to hear a lot more. impacts of Zika, I am sorry to say, the tions in this country right on time, and Researchers named the virus Zika be- Republicans in Congress don’t see this that is not an excuse not to do our cause that is where the mosquito car- virus as an urgent issue. Months ago, work.’’ rying the virus was discovered, in the President Obama requested almost $2 Again: ‘‘We have elections in this Zika Forest of Uganda, as I mentioned. billion to fight Zika, and for the same country right on time, and that is not The Ugandan term ‘‘zika’’ means months the Republicans have refused an excuse not to do our work.’’ ‘‘overgrown.’’ So these mosquitoes to give the money America needs to That is what Senator MCCONNELL with this virus were discovered in an fight this crisis. said. So I say to my friend from Ken- overgrown forest in Uganda. Now, The best time to deal with any crisis tucky: I agree. Elections are no excuse seven decades later, Zika is an inter- is before it is here, but Republicans not to do our work. So Senate Repub- national emergency, and countries are have dragged their feet. We should licans should do their job and give Su- scrambling to address the problems have passed an emergency spending bill preme Court nominee Merrick Garland created by this mosquito that bites. months ago—months ago. We need to a hearing and a vote. What I have learned is that there is address Zika in the territories and give There is clearly no question that more than one type of mosquito; there States and local governments the re- Merrick Garland is experienced and are two. sources they are begging for. qualified to be a nominee. He is the Already Zika-carrying mosquitoes Last Thursday, appropriators filed an nominee, and he has the expertise to go have transmitted the disease to Amer- amendment that would provide $1.1 bil- along with what a Supreme Court ican citizens in Puerto Rico and other lion in Zika funding. That simply is nominee should have. Throughout his United States territories. Soon, mos- not enough. This isn’t about negoti- decades as a prosecutor and judge, Mr. quitoes carrying this virus will be bit- ating an arbitrary number made up by Garland has proven himself to be coming and infecting people in the conti- lawmakers. Our public health officials mitted to the rule of law and following nental United States. That is not hy- have made it clear they need that it. That is more than I can say for my perbole. It is going to happen. Zika- money. Republican colleagues who, by refusing carrying mosquitoes won’t be limited Senate Republicans are giving our to consider this nominee, are rejecting to the gulf coast. government half of what it needs to their constitutional duties. Madam President, look at this map. fight this ravaging virus. This is be- The Republican leader needs to prac- You can’t see it very well on this, but yond reckless. House Republicans are tice what he preaches. He says that you can see the discoloration here, the even doing less. The chairman of the elections shouldn’t interfere with our original coloring that we have. We House Committee on Appropriations Senate duties. He should prove it. The have the blue, and we have the orange last week said that Republicans are Republican Senators should prove that. and the gray. Now, I was really sur- working on a Zika funding measure, Put aside Presidential elections, put prised. I thought this would really be but what House Republicans are pro- aside Donald Trump, put aside all the in the subtropical climates here in the posing is even less than about half of phony excuses, and give Merrick Gar- United States, in the southern part of the already low $1.1 billion amendment land the consideration he deserves. our country. I thought that is where it from Senate appropriators. Study Judge Garland’s questionnaire; would be, but you can see that is not Republicans are trying to haggle as if it is here. Analyze his record; it is here. the case. this is some sort of bidding war. That Give him a hearing and send his nomi- Nevada is here, and Las Vegas is is not how Congress should react to a nation to the floor now. here. There are over 2 million people potentially disastrous health crisis. We As the Republican leader put it, ‘‘We living there. It is all over the United know what is going on in Puerto Rico. have elections in this country right on

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Madam President, on the Zika mat- ican history when Congress has been For years we have heard congres- ter, I would add the following: ‘‘The called on to respond to an emergency, sional Republicans rail against Federal news from the House virtually guaran- there have been amazing examples spending and even embrace the notion tees that the Republican Congress will where partisanship was set aside and of a sequester—a blind across-the-board provide too little aid, too late to ad- people said: In the interest of America, cut. Case in point: Over the past few dress the looming Zika crisis.’’ we need to act and act now. Whether months, we have heard Republicans The way things are going around we are talking about mobilizing for a protest, stall, and push back on pro- here, the appropriations bills are not war, whether we are talking about re- viding funding to help combat the Zika going to be finished until right before sponding to terrorism, we have done it. virus. There have been a variety of ex- the end of this fiscal year, late Sep- We can do it. This time we have failed. cuses for their delay, but the outcome tember. The crisis will long have ar- We have failed for 14 weeks. In that pe- has always been the same: We have lost rived and we will be talking about riod of time, 1,200 Americans in 44 time in responding to this public cases that exist in the continental States, Washington, DC, and 3 U.S. ter- health emergency. United States. It is wrong to wait. ritories, including over 110 pregnant For years, those of us on this side of I don’t see anyone here on the floor, women, have contracted Zika. Six the aisle have been arguing that this so I would ask the Chair to announce more have contracted Guillain-Barre, approach—one of starving funding and the business of the day. an autoimmune disorder that can cause endless delays—is shortsighted and ir- responsible. Yes, we must be good stew- f paralysis and death. Recently, the first Zika-caused death and the first Zika- ards of the taxpayers’ dollars, but I RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME related microcephaly cases were re- would argue that there is no better use The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ported in Puerto Rico. In my State of of the taxpayers’ dollars than invest- pore. Under the previous order, the Illinois, 16 people have tested positive ments in public health—investments in leadership time is reserved. for Zika, including at least 3 pregnant the National Institutes of Health, the women. Centers for Disease Control, and the f Over the past few months, we have Food and Drug Administration. These MORNING BUSINESS learned more about Zika and how dan- are investments that prepare our Na- gerous it can be. We now know it is tion for the unforeseen, such as Zika or The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- carried by two types of mosquitoes. We Ebola, but they are also investments pore. Under the previous order, the now know it is linked to serious neuro- that help us prepare for the foreseen Senate will be in a period of morning logical damage and birth defects in situations that Americans face every business until 4:30 p.m., with Senators children. We now know it can be sexu- day, such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, Par- permitted to speak therein for up to 10 ally transmitted. We also know that kinson’s, and diabetes. That is why I minutes each. the mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus introduced the American Cures Act— The assistant Democratic leader. thrive in the warm summer months, legislation that would provide our Fed- f which is why this action should have eral health research agencies reliable ZIKA VIRUS been taken long ago and must be taken and robust funding increases every this week. year into the future. Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, 3 The best way to fight a public health We are not going to win a war months ago President Barack Obama threat such as Zika is to have a strong, against Zika, Ebola, Alzheimer’s, or asked this Congress for funding to ad- stable public health infrastructure in cancer if our response is tepid, delayed, dress a public health emergency: com- place. That is what the President asked watered down, or subject to the whims bating the Zika Virus. I am pleased for. That means reliable and stable of political fate. Big budget cuts make that this week, 14 weeks after his re- funding year after year. a good talking point in a speech some- quest, we are going to respond. We are Our public health agencies have to be where, but the results can be dev- not responding in full. The President viewed as the first line of defense, just astating. asked for $1.9 billion to address this seas we view the Pentagon as the first I look forward to continuing to work rious public health challenge. We are line of defense when it comes to mili- with my colleagues on the Senate Ap- not responding without some theatrics tary and terrorist threats. Our public propriations Committee to find a path and posturing first, but we are going to health agencies are the first line of de- forward to address the funding of these vote on some amendments this week, fense when we are speaking of Ebola, critical Federal health agencies. There and it is about time. the Zika virus, and a variety of other is more to do, and we must do it to- It has been 14 weeks since representa- challenges that could literally threat- gether. If we don’t do it together, we tives from the Centers for Disease Con- en the health and lives of innocent will pay a heavy price. trol and Prevention and the National Americans. This week we will take up the issue. Institutes of Health testified at the We must ensure robust and stable We will be voting on three Zika-related Senate Appropriations Committee on funding for agencies like the Centers amendments this week. The first, of- the dire need for immediate action to for Disease Control. These invasive fered by Senator NELSON of Florida, is combat the Zika virus. problems can pop up at any time. We one that I fully support. It would fulfill I visited the Centers for Disease Con- can’t rally to each and every occur- the President’s request by providing trol about 14 weeks ago. By then, they rence after it happens; we have to be the $1.9 billion in needed funding to en- had been able to verify that the tissue prepared. The Centers for Disease Con- sure an immediate and comprehensive samples from miscarriages and other trol is not only the best, it is the best response to Zika. We need to treat this serious health problems coming in in the world, but it cannot operate public health emergency like a public from Brazil were linked to the Zika without adequate funding. health emergency. Senator NELSON’s Virus. So there was no question that The National Institutes of Health is amendment would ensure that the CDC these mosquitoes carrying this virus working on a vaccine right now to pro- has the money they need to support had serious public health con- tect all of us from the Zika virus. That States in conducting surveillance, vec- sequences—so serious that the Centers is the answer, but it takes time—a tor control, emergency communica- for Disease Control dedicated 1,000 year. We should have been moving on it tions, and research. It would ensure staffers to deal with this issue. That sooner. that the National Institutes of Health was about 12 or 14 weeks ago. We must provide critical resources to has the money to develop this vaccine, The President used his authority to the Food and Drug Administration. and it would ensure that USAID has come to Congress and say: We have a Their reviewers are responsible for en- the money they need to build up a public health emergency; treat it like suring that any Zika treatments or global health response to Zika.

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Cutting back on this that is a positive thing to say about all accounts, she is a nice person and money for pregnant women and run- the Blunt amendment over the Cornyn has a number of admirers. I don’t ques- ning the risk that a baby is born with amendment. This amendment is an im- tion her integrity. I had an exchange a lifetime of medical challenges and ex- provement, but still, it is important for with her at the Judiciary Committee penses is not a way to save money; it is us to adequately fund public health de- hearing when she came before the com- a disaster for the family and a disaster fense for innocent Americans. mittee. I think this nominee has per- for our budget. When Dr. Frieden of the CDC tells us haps the most hostile record toward Then comes the second amendment, how much the CDC needs to fight Zika, police of any I have seen in a long offered by Senator CORNYN of Texas. I trust the doctor. I do not believe we time. Her background is troubling to This is a misguided amendment. I urge should second-guess his approach, and I me, and I believe it justifies us not al- my colleagues to defeat it. Senator don’t believe we should provide the lowing her to have a lifetime appoint- CORNYN’s amendment would provide a Centers for Disease Control with less ment where she is unaccountable to portion of the funding needed to ade- money than what Dr. Frieden says is anyone as she conducts her daily duties quately respond to the Zika virus. He needed. involving, on a very frequent basis, the picked the number $1.1 billion and said: That said, I appreciate that Senator appearance of police before her in Let’s take the money out of the Pre- BLUNT is trying. criminal cases of all kinds. She would vention and Public Health Fund for I hope the initial amendment by Sen- even hear cases against police officers America—money that is currently ator NELSON passes. That is the respon- for misconduct that may come before being invested to deal with other sible amendment to deal with the pub- her over her career. I was a prosecutor for almost 15 years health challenges around our country. lic health emergency. in Federal court before Federal judges. In order to deal with the Zika virus, We have seen Zika coming for I was blessed to appear before Federal Senator CORNYN would take money months. We had the administration’s judges of high quality who gave the away from other efforts to keep Ameri- detailed, comprehensive plan of action prosecutor a fair trial and gave the de- cans healthy. sitting up here for over 3 months. The fendant a fair trial, and that is what The prevention fund accounts for 12 time to act is way overdue. we are looking for. I am aware of a lot percent—nearly $900 million—of the It is my hope that the Senate will fi- of Federal judges who have a clear bias Centers for Disease Control’s core pub- nally approve Zika funding this week against law enforcement and have lic health efforts, such as lead poi- and that House Republicans will stop made the communities less safe, made soning prevention, breast and cervical their stalling as well and get to work prosecuting a nightmare, and I don’t cancer screening, and tobacco preven- and do the same. We have lost enough believe it is good for the legal system. tion and control. Think about that for time already. There is nothing you can do about it. A a second. Senator CORNYN of Texas I yield the floor. judge can declare that the evidence is wants to take the money out of those The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BAR- insufficient to convict on his or her areas—legitimate public health con- RASSO). The Senator from Alabama. own motion which nobody can appeal. cerns—and put it in Zika. He is going Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I wish That is the final word even though a to share some remarks and ask unani- to move some of the pieces around on jury, had they been able to hear the mous consent that I be allowed such the chessboard in the hope of moving case, might have found otherwise. the right one. Sadly, it will endanger time as I may consume. Yesterday was Peace Officers Memo- innocent people. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without rial Day, and this week is Police Week. There is something else to be consid- objection, it is so ordered. We take special occasion each year to Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ap- ered. His amount is $1.1 billion, and the remember the service and sacrifice of President asked for $1.9 billion. For preciate Senator DURBIN’s comments, law enforcement officers and their in- some reason, Senator CORNYN believes and I believe there is clear bipartisan dispensable role in ensuring law and that we can reduce the threat of the support for dealing with the Zika virus. order in our cities and towns through- Zika virus by 40 percent on the floor of And something will be done on that, out the country. the Senate. I don’t buy it. This is a but make no mistake—there is a dis- Too often when something goes public health emergency. Reducing the agreement, and our colleagues on the wrong on the streets today, the media funding for it from what the President Democratic side, as they always do, is quick to point their fingers at the requested by 40 percent is playing Rus- just want to add whatever new expense police, and that is why we have an im- sian roulette with innocent lives across comes up during the year to the deficit partial justice system—so that the America and around the world. Senator of the United States of America. facts can come out in open court. In CORNYN’s amendment cuts base funding There are many ways we can save my experience, when those facts do that would ordinarily be provided to money to pay for new expenditures, come out—and I have had the duty of the Centers for Disease Control. and that is what Senator CORNYN is prosecuting police officers—many more We are also dealing with lead poi- talking about. He wants to have it times than not, we learn that the po- soning issues across America, which paid-for so we don’t add more debt. lice did everything they could accord- was yesterday’s front-page story in the You say: How can that be? ing to the procedures and that the Chicago Tribune. All of the lead testing Well, we are already in debt. This complaints we heard about in the around my State of Illinois finds that year we borrowed approximately $540 media and through others are not accu- areas you wouldn’t dream of—the sub- billion to fund the government. We rate. That is what the facts show us urbs of Chicago, including some of the spent $4 trillion and we borrowed $540 time and time again. wealthier suburbs of Chicago—sadly billion of that. That is a very large It is critical that we have judges who have too much lead in the water. We number. It is unsustainable, and it is respect the rights of the accused but know that after what happened in getting worse. also respect the role of law enforce- Flint, we have to take it seriously. The We have to start paying for things ment and the dangers they face on a impact on innocent children is obvious. that we want to do around here and daily basis. Cutting back on funding for that to make some choices and set some prior- We have a nominee for the Federal pay for the Zika virus is robbing Peter ities. That is the entire dispute about court in Maryland before us, and every to pay Paul. this matter, if you want to know the police officer in the country needs to Lastly, we have an amendment that truth about it. There is no way we know where she stands and how she ap- will be offered by Senator BLUNT. It is can’t find the money to fund this Zika proaches the duties, responsibilities,

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Ms. Paula Xinis worked as a Federal In every complaint case she heard, she While on paper, Ms. Xinis appears to be a public defender for the District of ruled against the police, which, frank- highly qualified criminal attorney, our mem- Maryland for 13 years; that is, she was ly, makes me uneasy, as it does many bership is urgently concerned about her obvi- on a paid defender’s staff who defended law enforcement officers. When a law- ous disdain for the law enforcement profes- the criminals who were being pros- sion as expressed time and again through the yer sits as a complaint examiner in a various court appearances in which she has ecuted in Federal court, those accused case involving alleged police mis- represented citizens claiming harm caused for a whole lot of crimes. There is conduct, the examiner—the judge, al- by police personnel. In fact, her current part- nothing wrong with that. It is a per- most, in that case—should know and nership in the Baltimore firm of Murphy, fectly honorable profession, and I cer- understand the reality of police work Falcon, & Murphy itself is of concern as this tainly want to emphasize that. For 6 of and what our people have to do every is a firm well known in our area for hostility those 13 years, she simultaneously day to defend us from crime. toward our profession and our members and, served as a complaint examiner in the I asked her about her findings that as a result, we question the ability of Ms. Office of Police Complaints for the Dis- the arrest of a loud, cursing loiterer Xinis to remain impartial in any Federal cases involving law enforcement. trict of Columbia here in DC. During outside a store was police harassment. the course of her work there, she heard In other words, the cursing loiterer was Senators, we respectfully request that you complaints against police officers for OK, but the police officer was wrong. give consideration to our request to deny the conduct as part of their duties. She I would think that someone who has appointment of Paula Xinis to the Federal bench at this time. heard six complaints, and in every one spent their entire professional career of those cases, every single one, she in this arena would be familiar with I also have a letter from the Mary- found against the police officers. some of the concepts and procedures in land State Lodge of the Fraternal It troubled me, and I asked her some policing in cities around the country Order of Police, President Ismael Vin- questions about it. In one of the cases, today. cent Canales. He writes: an officer arrested a man who was loi- For example, broken windows polic- tering amidst a group of individuals ing is well known. I think most people As President of the Maryland Fraternal outside a grocery store while talking know what broken windows policing is. Order of Police and on behalf of over twenty- thousand active and retired law enforcement on his cell phone. When he was asked It is a short-hand way to describe a officers throughout the State of Maryland, I to move along, he refused to do so. policy that originally grew and became respectfully request that members of the Then the man became belligerent and predominant in New York City under U.S. Senate vote unfavorably on the appoint- repeatedly swore and cursed at the po- Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and many be- ment of Paula Xinis as a Judge to the United lice officer. The officer eventually ar- lieve it saved New York City. Crime States District Court of Maryland. rested the man for disorderly conduct. was surging, disorder was about, the I believe that Ms. Xinis at this time fails On the panel, Ms. Xinis concluded that city’s financial status was at risk, and to have the requisite temperament and abil- the police had harassed the man and they started a systematic smart meth- ity to be fair and impartial on matters that found the police officer guilty of mis- od of policing, and the murder rate is directly affect law enforcement. conduct. less than half of what it was in New And he goes on. When I asked her about this decision York City. The entire city has been at her confirmation hearing in the Ju- transformed. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- diciary Committee, she said she didn’t So here she is judging police officers sent that these two letters be printed even know what consequences this about how to handle confrontations on in the RECORD. finding might have on the career of a the street and how to make our com- There being no objection, the mate- police officer as a result of having this munities safer. Shouldn’t she know rial was ordered to be printed in the on their record. about these things? RECORD, as follows: In 2011, Ms. Xinis began work with Broken windows policing suggests FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, her current 11-attorney law firm in that when law enforcement consist- BALTIMORE CITY LODGE NO. 3, Baltimore, where she focuses her prac- ently enforces the law in cases involv- Baltimore, MD, May 16, 2016. tice emphasis on lawsuits against the ing minor crimes—not just big crimes police. According to her firm’s Web TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES but even minor crimes—that consist- SENATE: On behalf of the almost 5,000 mem- site, she and two of her colleagues re- ency helps to prevent major crimes. It bers of the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of cently settled a $5 million police bru- is proven to work. It is a major trend. Police, Lodge #3, I write this letter in ex- tality lawsuit. Notably, her firm also Virtually every city in America does treme opposition to the appointment of represented the family of Freddie Gray, it. Paula Xinis as a United States District Jr., the 25-year-old man who was ar- Yes, we have people who are out on Judge in the Federal District Court system. rested on April 12, 2015, for possessing the streets causing trouble or risks, While, on paper, Ms. Xinis appears to be a an illegal switchblade and who subse- and they get their backs up and com- highly qualified criminal attorney, our mem- quently tragically died in police cus- plain when anybody says anything to bership is urgently concerned about her obvi- tody, causing riots in Baltimore, if my them. Police officers have to use judg- ous disdain for the law enforcement profes- colleagues recall. On September 8, 2015, ment. But this police officer, to me, did sion as expressed time and again through the the suit against the city and the police various court appearances in which she has what one would normally expect him represented citizens claiming harm caused department, in which her firm rep- to do. He certainly didn’t need to be by police personnel. In fact, her current part- resented the plaintiff, settled for $6.4 charged and convicted of harassment. nership in the Baltimore law firm of Murphy, million. Her statement that she did not know Falcon & Murphy itself is of concern as this This may have been a totally justi- what ‘‘broken windows’’ was and was is a firm well known in our area for hostility fied settlement. I certainly believe not familiar with it I think evidenced a toward our profession and our members and, that any death in the custody of a po- real lack of understanding. as a result, we question the ability of Ms. lice officer by any accused is entitled There is concern about this appoint- Xinis to remain impartial in any Federal to and requires a thorough investiga- ment by people who have to deal with cases involving law enforcement. tion. But in a big city like Baltimore, this every day. Here is a letter from Senators, we respectfully request that you when there is civil unrest and huge the Fraternal Order of Police, the Bal- give consideration to our request to deny the public attention, cities are under polit- timore City lodge, signed by Lieuten- appointment of Paula Xinis to the Federal ical, if not legal, pressure to reach Bench at this time, and any time In the fu- ant Gene Ryan, President. Again, this ture. some sort of financial settlement. This is the Baltimore City Fraternal Order Most sincerely, was a tragic case. The details were dis- of Police: LT. GENE RYAN, puted. But it appears that some of the On behalf of almost 5,000 members of the President, Baltimore City Fraternal facts were not clear, certainly. Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police, Order of Police, Lodge #3.

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JEFF SESSIONS, ‘‘To put it bluntly, the court is surprised accused, absolutely, and give them a and disappointed by the United States Attor- Senate Judiciary Committee, fair hearing, as they are required to do, Washington, DC. ney’s decision to not oppose the present mo- DEAR SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS: As Presi- tions,’’ Lamberth said. but they must give the people, the police, and the prosecutor the right to a dent of the Maryland Fraternal Order of Po- Quote: lice, and on behalf of the over twenty-thou- fair trial also. These kind of cases sand active and retired law enforcement offi- ‘‘The court struggles to understand how cause concern about who is protecting the government could condone the release of cers throughout the State of Maryland, I re- the public. Would Judge Xinis be more spectfully request that the members of the Butler and Jones, each convicted of high- level, sophisticated and violent drug traf- likely to follow the pattern of Judge United States Senate vote unfavorably on Royce Lamberth in saying no or go the appointment of Paula Xinis as a Judge to ficking offenses.’’ the United States District Court of Mary- So that is a Federal judge doing their along with these other cases? land. duty. I am not sure where Ms. Xinis Over the past year, our law enforce- After careful review and consideration, I would be on this. ment officers across the country have believe that Ms. Xinis at this time fails to Contrast that with many courts been shot at, assaulted, and murdered, have the requisite temperament and ability across the country that are currently too often simply because they wear a to be fair and impartial on matters that di- badge. Last year we lost 123 police offi- rectly affect law enforcement. Based on prior rubberstamping motions for early release for Federal drug trafficking fel- cers—35 in the first 4 months of 2016. and recent experience, Ms. Xinis has shown a Violent crime and murders have in- clear bias towards law enforcement which ons under the Sentencing Commis- began in her position as a complaint exam- sion’s reductions to the sentencing creased across the country at alarming iner in the Office of Police Complaints for guidelines that have already occurred rates. Let me share with my colleagues the District of Columbia and culminated and that are impacting the prison pop- some of the things we are seeing in with her involvement in the civil suit sur- ulation significantly, as we will see. trends in violent crime. Recently, the rounding the Freddie Gray Case in Baltimore That is according to an October 2015 ar- City, MD. Ms. Xinis is clearly a consummate Major Cities Chiefs Police Association, ticle in the Los Angeles Times entitled advocate which we commend her for. How- a long-established group, called an ‘‘The face of the federal prison release: ever, at this time, I do not believe that she emergency meeting to deal with the A heavy dose of meth, crack, and co- has displayed throughout her professional numbers I am going to share with you career a sufficient ability to equitably apply caine.’’ today. The numbers I will quote rep- the law. This is what the article says: It is for these reasons that I respectfully resent the percentage of increase in A federal analysis of the expected impact total murders in the first quarter of request that the Senate vote unfavorably on of the first wave of those approved for early the appointment of Paula Xinis to the release shows 663 prisoners from California this year, 2016, over the first quarter of United States District Court of Maryland. had filed for shorter sentences as of late 2015: Las Vegas, 82 percent increase; Sincerely, July. Federal judges denied 92 of them. Dallas, TX, 73 percent increase; Chi- VINCE CANALES. It looks as though six out of seven cago, 70 percent; Jacksonville, FL, 67 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, Fed- were granted. percent; Newark, NJ, 60 percent in- eral judges decide cases every day that According to an October 2015 article crease; Miami-Dade, 38 percent; Los have a significant real world impact on regarding offenders released in the Angeles, 33 percent; Atlanta, 20 per- our criminal justice system—some- Pittsburgh area, the U.S. Attorney’s cent; Baltimore, 10 percent. These are times good, sometimes bad. Office there ‘‘erred on the side of grant- substantial increases in crime. Let me point out this case. It gives ing’’ the motions. The FBI Director, Mr. Comey, a long- an insight into the kinds of things I So the U.S. attorney’s office is not term experienced law officer, who saw every day as a prosecutor, and it is defending the legitimate, original sen- served at the top of the Department of happening every day right now in tence that was imposed. They walk in Justice as a prosecutor, recently said courts all over America. and just don’t—if there is any doubt he believes the pushback on police offi- Here is the case before United States about it, they just go along with the cers—this trend of attacking and blam- District Judge Royce C. Lamberth. He prisoner’s request. ing police officers—has caused some denied a request by the prosecutor for According to a November 2015 article drawback and reluctance of police offi- early release of two top associates of entitled ‘‘Upstate NY gang members on cers to take on situations like the guy Rayful Edmond III, a notorious drug secret list of 6,000 freed early from pris- at the store standing out front that kingpin in Washington, DC. I think on,’’ it is happening in New York too. was cursing the police officer. Properly they made a movie about him or a film Quote: handled, those kinds of things reduce about him, one of the most notorious crime. They help violence not to start. gang leaders around. The Washington In the Northern District of New York, the [Court, prosecutors, and defense attorneys] Once it gets started, bad things can Post described Judge Lamberth’s as- agreed on the eligibility of almost all of the happen. Oftentimes, somebody gets tonishment when the U.S. Attorney did inmates, and disagreed on only five cases killed. It is not like on television not object to the drug felon’s request that became subject to litigation. . . . Of where somebody punches somebody and for early release. Quote: those five cases, a judge ordered early re- they get up and walk away and laugh The judge rebuked the Office of acting lease for three and rejected one. A fifth case about it. A good punch breaks teeth, United States attorney Vincent H. Cohen Jr., is pending. jaws, and can kill. This increase in of the District, saying prosecutors did not So out of all the cases, only one was murder rates is significant, and we give due weight to the criminal history of rejected. have to be aware of it. Lives are at Butler, 52, the Los Angeles-based cocaine Judges have a duty to make sure that broker and partner of D.C. drug lord Rayful stake, many innocent people. If we get Edmond III, and Jones, 58, one of four top they—they don’t have to take every- off the right path, we will lose lives as armed enforcers of Edmond’s violent traf- thing the prosecutor says. The pros- a result of criminal conduct. ficking network. The group imported as ecutor sometimes asks for a higher Think about some of the cases, such much as 1,700 pounds of Colombian cocaine a sentence than a judge wants to give, as that of Kate Steinle in California, month. but a judge is equally required to reject who was out with her father and was That is almost a ton a month. That is a prosecutor’s failure to oppose un- murdered by an illegal immigrant who the largest amount I have ever seen. I justified reductions. had been deported multiple times. thought the biggest case I had ever This is, frankly, President Obama’s Judges have to know this isn’t a game. seen was 600 pounds flown in on about policy, and the policy of the Attorney We don’t want to put anybody in jail, 20 plane loads over several months. General, whom he has appointed—Lo- but if we don’t maintain order in cities, This is 1,700 pounds a month. retta Lynch and Eric Holder before chaos can result, innocent people will Edmond’s organization enabled drug addic- her—basically to cut people’s sentences die, and prosperity will be reduced. tion on a scale that until then ‘‘was unprece- that have been lawfully imposed According to the FBI statistics re- dented and largely unimaginable’’ in Wash- throughout this country. In my opin- leased just this year, the number of

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Violent that Chicago topped that figure.’’ I don’t think this Congress has a crime across America rose 5.3 percent Some say we have too many people in duty to confirm everyone who is ap- in large cities, and overall violent prison. We have heard that. It is cer- pointed by the President. We know the crime increased 1.7 percent, an increase tainly our responsibility, in part, in President has hostility toward prisons. that followed two consecutive years of Congress, to set sentencing laws that He has directed his Attorney General decline. are smart, that protect the public, to reduce prison populations, and that In my judgment, what I am seeing is don’t put too many people in jail, and is happening. He has directed the Bu- this is a long-term trend. I think we strike the right balance. reau of Prisons to participate in this. will continue to see this increase. I In the early to mid-1980s, Congress He has directed the Attorney General wish it weren’t so, but I am afraid it is. passed, in a bipartisan, overwhelming and the Attorney General has agreed According to statistics released Friday vote, mandatory minimum sentences and issued policy that rejects Attorney by the Major Cities Chiefs Police Asso- and sentencing guidelines. They al- General Thornburgh’s policies when I ciation, the number of homicides in- lowed dangerous people to be denied was a U.S. attorney. Basically, the creased in the first months of 2016 in bail on appeal. They allowed people Thornburgh policy was, if a person more than two dozen major cities. The who made frivolous appeals—for the used a gun during a crime, a bank rob- Washington Post reports ‘‘the numbers judge to assert that there was no sub- bery, or drug dealing, they were re- were particularly grim for a handful of stantial basis for the appeal and he quired, under the law, to get an addi- places—Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas could leave them in jail while they tional 5 years’ penalty in addition be- and Las Vegas—where the numbers of made their appeals because too many cause the goal was to deter people from homicides increased in the first three people were filing for appeals just to carrying guns during the criminal act, months of 2016. . . . ’’ stay out of jail and committed crimes therefore, having fewer people killed in The article goes on to quote FBI Di- while they were out. All of these are this country. It actually worked. In my rector Comey. He said: great reforms. They are now under sys- opinion, it was part of the reason for I was very worried about it last fall, and I temic attack. During that entire period the decline in the murder rate, clearly. am in many ways more worried, because the of time, the crime rate in America You were required to charge them be- numbers are not only going up, they’re con- went down. The murder rate in the late cause the law said, if you carried a gun, tinuing to go up in most of those cities fast- nineties was half what it was in 1980. you must get 5 years in addition to the er than they were going up last year. Some- How many good people are alive today other penalties. Now the Attorney Gen- thing is happening. I don’t know what the because of this improvement in law en- eral tells everybody: Well, prosecutors, answer is, but holy cow, do we have a prob- forcement? We ended the revolving you don’t have to charge that; in fact, lem. door, where people were arrested, re- we don’t want you to charge too much He also said before our committee leased, arrested. They came in another on these kinds of cases. As a result, the that he remembered the last crime- time and they are arrested and then prosecutions are down, drug prosecu- wave in the seventies and the sixties they would get out and murder some- tions are down 21 percent, and sen- and how enforcement brought it down body. It was happening all the time. We tencing is down too. dramatically. He said we don’t want to didn’t have the jail capacity to put the When I asked the Attorney General forget the lessons we learned pre- people in jail. We didn’t have enough why the prosecutions of these cases are viously. Director Comey has further police to deal with the surging crime down so much, she said they are pros- suggested that possible explanations rate. When you have 20-, 30-, 40-percent ecuting bigger cases. I have to say that for this spike in violent crime included increases in crime, you are talking for the last 50 years, that is the excuse gang and drug violence. He has also about doubling the crime and murder that prosecutors use for having a de- suggested that greater scrutiny of po- rate in America in 2 or 3 years, after cline in statistics. They say: Well, we lice as they do their duty has possibly we spent 20 years bringing it down by are working bigger cases. But regard- changed the way officers and commu- half. less if you are working bigger cases, nities interact, something he calls the We have to be sure that what we are why are the sentencing numbers down? ‘‘viral video effect,’’ which he believes doing, colleagues, is smart, and we are Presumably, she is saying: We are pros- leads to less aggressive policing. Less not signing death warrants for thou- ecuting more serious criminals, but the aggressive policing means more crime sands of American innocent citizens. sentences are going down. We are see- and more deaths. Well, what is the prison situation ing from the prosecutorial end a sig- On Mother’s Day weekend in Chi- today? Is the population going up? Ac- nificant retrenchment or backing off of cago, more than 50 people were shot be- cording to the Bureau of Justice Sta- strong prosecution policy. tween Friday afternoon and early Mon- tistics, the rate of imprisonment in the A judge who gets a lifetime appoint- day. During a 31⁄2-hour period early United States is at its lowest in a dec- ment and is no longer accountable to Saturday, one man was killed and 14 ade. The Federal prison population— the American people—or anyone else, others wounded, as the Chicago Trib- 195,914 as of May 12, 2016—is at its low- for that matter—is not entitled to con- une said, ‘‘the equivalent of someone est level since 2006. Since 2013, the Fed- firmation if we have doubts about the being shot every 14 minutes.’’ eral prison population has decreased by ability over the years to treat police According to the Tribune, Police Su- over 20,000, and it is projected to con- fairly and protect the public from seri- perintendent Eddie Johnson ‘‘saved his tinue downward. According to the Fed- ous criminals. harshest criticism for a criminal jus- eral Bureau of Prisons, the population Certainly, it does not send a positive tice system that he said isn’t putting is projected to drop another 10,000 this message to police and the community away the city’s most dangerous offend- year, which will bring it to its lowest in Baltimore, where she will hear cases ers for long enough periods. ‘Until we levels since 2005. The Bureau of Pris- if confirmed. Last year was the dead- have real truth in sentencing and hold ons, which houses prisoners, ‘‘projects liest year in Baltimore’s history—344 these offenders accountable, this will that the inmate population will con- murders and countless crimes against be the unfortunate reality in the city tinue to decline for the next couple of persons and property. of Chicago.’ ’’ years, particularly as a result of retro- I believe Ms. Xinis’s record dem- According to an article in the Wash- active changes to sentencing guide- onstrates such a lack of understanding ington Post, April 2 of this year, ‘‘vio- lines.’’ of the reality of law enforcement and lence is occurring at levels unseen for Indeed, the 46,276 Federal drug traf- the duty of our whole criminal justice years [in Chicago]. In the first quarter ficking inmates made eligible for early system to protect the public as to dis- of 2016, 141 people were killed, up from release comprise 25 percent of the cur- qualify her from the Federal bench.

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I am not questioning that, but her virus. As the world leader in mosquito- combatting not only the mosquitoes record, as I have discussed, indicates borne viruses, their research is contin- that carry this virus but also the virus an approach to law enforcement that ually groundbreaking. itself. We have to make sure our public does not justify the support of a life- In fact, recently the Brazilian Min- health officials on the frontline of re- time appointment. istry of Health announced a collabora- search and prevention have the re- I yield the floor. tion with researchers at the University sources they need to get the job done I suggest the absence of a quorum. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston too. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. to help them develop a Zika virus vac- Fortunately, tomorrow, the Senate LANKFORD). The clerk will call the roll. cine. They have also had experience will vote on several pieces of legisla- The legislative clerk proceeded to when it comes to tackling other large- tion designed to provide additional call the roll. scale viruses. Last year UTMB was Federal funding so public officials can Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask named one of the first regional Ebola handle this impending crisis head on. unanimous consent that the order for treatment centers in the country, and The first proposal is from the Presi- the quorum call be rescinded. UTMB researchers went on to develop dent of the United States. President The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without an effective, quick-acting Ebola vac- Obama has made a spending request of objection, it is so ordered. cine. nearly $2 billion that isn’t paid for. It is emergency funding, meaning that f When they stressed the urgent need for the United States to approach this the funding would be deficit-increasing ZIKA VIRUS virus in a careful and deliberate man- and debt-increasing. Also, the Presi- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, over the ner, I listened to what they were tell- dent’s proposal to spend $2 billion past few months the Zika virus has not ing me. I heard a similar message when comes without very much in the way of only spread across the Caribbean and I recently visited the Texas Medical a plan about how the administration Latin America, but it has become a Center in Houston. They, too, are med- would use the money. I guess they are matter of grave concern in the United ical pioneers and are working to create asking us to trust them, but, frankly, I think we have a greater responsibility States. a rapid test for the virus and to to make sure that the money will be Although many of the symptoms are strengthen mosquito control in poten- put to good use and that we have ap- relatively minor, Zika has been found tial hot spots. Interestingly, this is one propriated an adequate amount of to cause severe birth defects in chil- of the most important components of money—but not more money than is dren if the virus is acquired by a dealing with the Zika virus; that is, necessary—to deal with this potential woman of childbearing age who is, in mosquito control. crisis. fact, pregnant. In places where the Indeed, we will hear more about some The second piece of legislation we virus has been especially active, ex- of the EPA regulations that are cur- perts have found alarming rates of in- will vote on is a compromise package rently in effect which discourage or in- that was negotiated between the chair- fants born with something called hibit the ability of local public health microcephaly—in other words, basi- man and the ranking member of the units in places such as Houston, Gal- Labor, Health and Human Services Ap- cally a shrunken skull. Obviously, it is veston, and elsewhere to actually con- a profoundly damaging birth defect. propriations Subcommittee in a bipar- trol the mosquito population. We will tisan and commonsense way. I con- This is due to the mother being in- talk more about that later. gratulate Senator BLUNT and Senator fected by the virus while pregnant. But like the researchers in Gal- MURRAY for working through this in an As the weather continues to warm, veston, these folks at the Texas Med- Texans are rightly concerned about the orderly sort of process, and I commend ical Center urge congressional action them on reaching an agreement. continued spread of the virus in our so that our country can be better pre- Their compromise bill is basically for State because it is transmitted pri- pared to handle this potential health $1.1 billion. In other words, it is not the marily by mosquitoes. But it is not crisis, instead of having to react after $1.9 billion or $2 billion that the Presi- just any mosquito but those known to the fact. When the cases of Ebola were dent requested. They thought the $1.1 be present in places such as Texas, confirmed in Dallas, I remember very billion was a more accurate and justifi- Florida, Louisiana, and some of the clearly how people felt overwhelmed by able number. warmer areas. But we don’t know if the fast-developing situation on the Unfortunately, the legislation that that will always be the case or whether ground, so much so that they really did has been negotiated between the chair- they will expand their range or exactly not feel that they were totally pre- man and the ranking member of the how this could unroll. pared ahead of time to deal with it. We Labor, Health and Human Services Ap- In fact, cases in 11 Texas counties don’t want to make that mistake twice propriations Subcommittee is not paid have already been confirmed, including when it comes to the Zika virus. for either. What this would essentially Austin, Houston, and Dallas. One im- Conversations I have had with these do is borrow from our children and portant distinction in these cases is Texas institutions, as well as the Sec- grandchildren to meet the present ex- that they are tied to people traveling retary of Health and Human Services igencies of this crisis. to Latin America, Puerto Rico, or Cen- and the Director of the Centers for Dis- The good news is we have a third op- tral America right now. In other words, ease Control, the CDC, have under- tion, which I want to talk about brief- there has been no confirmed case, I be- scored to me the need to act with ur- ly. It is a third piece of legislation that lieve, by the Centers for Disease Con- gency to avert what could become a I have introduced and which is nearly trol of anybody actually being bitten major public health crisis in this coun- identical to the Blunt-Murray pro- by a mosquito in the United States and try. posal, the Appropriations sub- having acquired the Zika virus. But Because States like mine boast a committee proposal. It would also pro- that doesn’t mean that it is not poten- warmer climate and they are in closer vide a compromise of $1.1 billion in tially dangerous, in fact, for the rea- proximity to where the mosquitoes Federal funding targeted toward health sons I have mentioned, along with the that currently carry the Zika virus are care professionals across the country. fact that we now have at least a couple located, we will likely serve on the But my bill has a key distinction. It of cases of confirmed sexual trans- frontline in dealing this summer with is fully paid for. You might ask: Where mission of the Zika virus. this response nationwide. does that money come from? Fortunately, top research and med- Congress can’t afford to sit back and When the Affordable Care Act—or ical facilities in Texas have been work- do nothing. I don’t hear anybody say- ObamaCare, as it has come to be

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The purpose cludes a provision that would waive tion, with the time equally divided in that was stated in the legislation was provisions of the Clean Water Act—I the usual form. ‘‘to provide for expanded and sustained have referred to those a little earlier— The Senator from Ohio. national investment in prevention and and permit State and local officials to ZIKA VIRUS public health programs.’’ In other spray to protect against mosquitoes Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I words, it could have been tailor-made year around. Unfortunately, this par- rise today to talk about the Zika virus. to deal with this potential Zika crisis. ticular legislation, the Clean Water We will have a vote on this tomorrow. What I would propose is that we deal Act, has provisions in it that essen- Tonight I wish to speak about the with the problem without delay. We ap- tially tie the hands of public health of- need for us to move forward with emer- propriate the right amount of money, ficials when it comes to mosquito gency funding with regard to this which both Democrats and Repub- eradication, which is one of the essen- virus. We need to combat it. It is licans—at least in the Appropriations tial components of a strategy to defeat spreading. It poses a threat to the safe- Committee—have agreed is $1.1 billion, this potential crisis. ty of women, children, and the elderly. but that we take available funds and We all agree that the Zika virus is a It is particularly important that we funds that will be available under the real threat with real public health con- keep it from spreading because there is Prevention and Public Health Fund, sequences. It has already impacted a no known Zika vaccine or treatment. and we pay for it. generation in Brazil and other Latin A lot of my constituents have asked You wouldn’t think that would be American countries. We are told it is me about this back home. This is a particularly revolutionary or novel apparently rampant in Puerto Rico and virus that has spread from Africa, to around here, but unfortunately I think Haiti, and there is no question it is Asia, to Latin America, and now it is too often what we do is we act in an coming our way. With the summer coming into our own country. It is emergency or to avert an emergency months ahead of us, the potential for spreading so quickly because it is in- and we don’t follow through and do it this virus to spread to the United sidious. It is difficult to test for it be- in a fiscally responsible sort of way. States is a major concern that we cause it is usually confused with other The fact of the matter is we do need ought to address with dispatch. We viruses, like dengue. It can only be de- to address the Zika virus. There is no have to give those on the ground the tected in a few days after you get it in doubt about that. There is no dif- tools and support they need to address the blood. Many of its symptoms in ference among us in this Chamber or in this threat, but we have to do so in a older adults are similar to other vi- Congress about the need to deal with responsible way. ruses, such as influenza, so it is tough that. As a matter of fact, the House of I urge our colleagues on both sides of to know whether you have it. It is typi- Representatives has proposed a version the aisle to support the legislation cally contracted simply by being bitten of their response today, I believe. But which funds the Zika prevention pro- by a mosquito, and two kinds of mos- we need to do this responsibly. gram at $1.1 billion but pays for it out quitoes—both of which are in the There is no reason why we have to of the Prevention and Public Health United States—are the problem. We put our country deeper in debt to pro- Fund, as apparently this fund was cre- now know that it can also be trans- tect ourselves against this virus. We ated to do—to ‘‘provide for expanded mitted by sexual activity. We are told don’t have an endless supply of money. and sustained national investment in that men may be able to sexually The Federal Treasury can’t just keep prevention and public health pro- transmit the virus for months after the printing money, and we can’t just keep grams.’’ initial infection based on some experi- imposing on our children and grand- I urge my colleagues on both sides to ences. children the responsibilities to pay the support this legislation when we have a So, again, this is a difficult issue. money back that we continue to bor- chance to vote tomorrow. The time to Some people may not even know they row, particularly when we have a fund act is now. have it; yet they might be spreading it. available to offset this expenditure. I yield the floor. The spread of the virus is accelerating. As the Presiding Officer well knows, I suggest the absence of a quorum. It took 60 years for Zika to make it out our growing debt in and of itself is a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The of Africa to the Pacific. Just 8 years threat to our country’s future and our clerk will call the roll. after that, it reached the Western way of life. The Presiding Officer and I The legislative clerk proceeded to Hemisphere in Latin America. have listened to the Senator from call the roll. Today it has infected people in 62 Georgia, Mr. PERDUE, talk about what Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I countries, including the United States impact our debt has on our ability not ask unanimous consent that the order and 34 other countries in the Americas, only to withstand another financial for the quorum call be rescinded. so pretty much every country in the crisis, such as we had in 2008, but sim- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Americas is now infected with it. Hun- ply to fund such essential functions of FISCHER). Without objection, it is so dreds of Americans have been infected. the Federal Government like national ordered. We know of nearly 500, including 48 defense. f pregnant women and 12 people in my Particularly, as the interest rates are CONCLUSION OF MORNING home State of Ohio, in fact. Thus far, going up, more and more money is BUSINESS it looks as though all of the Americans going to be paid to our bond holders, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning who have become infected did so by such as China and others, instead of business is closed. traveling overseas, being infected by paying for essential functions of the the mosquito or by sexual contact with government, like national defense or f someone who had Zika. safety net programs that we all agree EXECUTIVE SESSION The World Health Organization calls are worthwhile. it ‘‘a threat of alarming proportions’’ If we can deal with this potential cri- because it is spreading so quickly and sis and do so in a fiscally responsible EXECUTIVE CALENDAR because it has serious consequences for way without growing the debt, then we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the most vulnerable in our society, ought to be able to do that. This should the previous order, the Senate will pro- particularly the elderly—an older gen- be a no-brainer. ceed to executive session to consider tleman in Puerto Rico recently died of We should take this opportunity to- the following nomination, which the Zika—children, babies in the womb, morrow to give our public health offi- clerk will report. which we will talk about in a second, cials and local officials back home the The senior assistant legislative clerk and pregnant women. resources they need to protect our con- read the nomination of Paula Xinis, of As Zika has spread, health officials stituents—the American people— Maryland, to be United States District have reported an increased incidence of against the spread of the Zika virus, Judge for the District of Maryland. babies born with a horrible birth defect

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There is tion purposes so we can keep Zika from are going to have before us in the next no known cure for this disease. We crossing our borders again. A lot of couple of days is the best action we can don’t want any child to have to suffer this funding goes to the Centers for take right now to achieve these goals, through that. It is in all of our inter- Disease Control and Prevention—the and I urge my colleagues on both sides ests to protect more babies from this majority of it—to enhance mosquito of the aisle to strongly support emer- syndrome. control programs, improve infrastruc- gency funding for this purpose. In Brazil, there have been more than ture for testing for Zika, and expand Thank you. 900 confirmed cases since Zika arrived, the pregnancy risk assessment moni- I yield back my time. with another 4,000 suspected cases. toring system, all of which are impor- THE PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. These are conservative estimates, and tant. This is emergency funding, and I COATS). The Senator from Vermont. they are rising. That is up from around think it is necessary. Some funding Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, it has an average of 150 each year—a 600-per- also helps provide health services for been 5 weeks since the Senate last con- cent increase from year to year. pregnant women in Puerto Rico and in- firmed a judicial nominee. In that Officials also tell us that Zika can vests in scientific research for a treat- time, judicial vacancies have continued cause what is called Guillain-Barre ment or a vaccine. This is perhaps the to increase. Unfortunately, the Repub- syndrome, which causes the body’s im- most important thing we can do. These lican leadership has repeatedly ob- mune system to attack its own nerves. are critical priorities. jected to unanimous consent motions It is a cruel syndrome, and in bad cases I would also note that I am pleased made to overcome the obstruction of 20 it can cause total paralysis and loss of that we have maintained the Hyde pro- judicial nominees. These are nominees sensation. This can happen to anyone, tections in this proposal, and I believe who were voted out unanimously by not just newborns but adults as well. this is consistent with the goal of pro- committee and are awaiting a con- These are just two of the neurological tecting innocent life, protecting these firmation vote. side effects that can result, and, like innocent babies from birth defects. We The majority leader claims that Zika, they are thought to be incurable. want this funding to be used to help President Obama’s nominees have been For most adults, Zika is not fatal, preserve life and to help the vulner- treated fairly, but anyone paying at- but to the most vulnerable, like the el- able. tention to the Senate over the past 7 derly and the unborn, it could be a life- We need to ensure adequate funding. years knows that is not the case. It has time of suffering, disability, or even We have to recognize the tools already been almost 2 months since Chief death. I mentioned the man in Puerto at our disposal and use them. I have re- Judge Merrick Garland was nominated Rico who died last week after being in- mained in contact with the Secretary by President Obama to fill a vacancy fected by Zika, a fellow American. His of the Air Force as this virus has on the Supreme Court. Chief Judge immune system began to attack the spread to make clear that in Ohio we Garland is widely respected, and prior platelets in his blood, so they couldn’t have reservists at Youngstown Air Re- to his nomination, he had repeatedly clot, and that was the effect for him. serve Station who are ready to help. received praise from the very Repub- As Zika spreads, it becomes clearer This Air Reserve Station in Youngs- licans who now refuse to allow him to than ever that our response has to be town, OH, is the home of the 910th Air- appear for a confirmation hearing. very aggressive, both domestically and lift Wing, which is the only fixed-wing These same Republicans refuse to do internationally. It has to be aggressive, aerial spray unit in the United States. their jobs as Senators while outside and therefore it has to be funded. That It has been used by the military all groups pour millions of dollars into tel- is why I think it is important that we over the United States. They have evision ads that seek to discredit Chief deal with emergency funding before it played key roles in other public health Judge Garland’s record. Before there is truly an emergency. emergencies, including spraying mil- was even a Supreme Court nominee, I thank my colleagues for the steps lions of acres in Louisiana and Texas one Republican aide promised conserv- they have already taken to improve for mosquito abatement after Hurri- atives were ‘‘going to light this person our response. In March, this body cane Katrina. I believe they could play up.’’ Sadly, it appears they are making passed and President Obama signed that same role now. They are ready to good on their threat while simulta- into law bipartisan legislation which I do it, but frankly they need an upgrade neously refusing to allow him a public cosponsored with my friend Senator in their equipment to be able to do it. hearing where he could respond. FRANKEN that will give accelerated pri- As RADM Stephen Redd of the CDC Meanwhile, lower court nominees ority review at the Food and Drug Ad- told me in the Homeland Security and have stalled. Paula Xinis, whom we ministration for new drugs and vac- Governmental Affairs Committee, will vote on today, was nominated cines to treat Zika. This is very impor- ‘‘there could be a role for that airwing more than a year ago to fill an emer- tant, and I applaud the Senate for mov- in locations that do not have [finely gency vacancy—not just a regular va- ing quickly and the administration for honed mosquito control enterprises].’’ cancy but an emergency vacancy in moving on that. It is a critical step. He said that a lot of counties in this Maryland. Since 2011, she has practiced Right now, there is no cure and no country do not have that. He said: as a criminal defense attorney at a law treatment. President Obama has signed ‘‘One of the things that we think is firm. Prior to that, she served in the it into law. really important that the Zika virus Federal Public Defender’s Office for the I am also grateful to the administra- outbreak is pointing out is the need to District of Maryland for 13 years, from tion for redirecting more than $500 mil- really revitalize those mosquito con- 1998 to 2011. Ms. Xinis has extensive lion of residual Ebola funds that were trol efforts.’’ I couldn’t agree with him trial experience, representing hundreds originally appropriated by Congress to more. of clients as a public defender and try- deal with Ebola and were not nec- We need to revitalize these efforts to ing 16 cases to completion over the essary. They stopped using those funds be sure we have them and use the tools course of her career. The ABA Stand- for Ebola and shipped those funds over that are at our disposal right now. If ing Committee on the Federal Judici- to Zika to stop it from spreading. I ap- Zika were to spread around the coun- ary unanimously rated Ms. Xinis ‘‘well plaud them for that as well. try, it is incredibly important that we qualified’’ to serve in the district Again, we have more work to do, and have this control effort. court. They gave Paula Xinis their it is my view that we ought to move I hope we move forward on this in the highest rating. She is strongly sup- forward with emergency funding. There next couple of days, send this legisla- ported by both Senators from Mary- was a proposal—I believe it was final- tion to the President for his signature, land, and her nomination was unani- ized just last week, Thursday or Fri- and get moving on dealing with the mously approved by the Judiciary

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I hope the Re- President Bush’s judicial nominees. based on her experience as an examiner publican Senators from Nebraska are That is compared to a handful of Presi- of complaints against police officers in urging their leadership to schedule the dent Obama’s nominees that the Re- the District of Columbia. From 1995 to confirmation of Robert Rossiter, who publicans have allowed. We confirmed 2011, Ms. Xinis served as a complaint was approved by unanimous voice vote 68 of President Bush’s judicial nomi- examiner in six cases where she made in committee. That vacancy has been nees, and we confirmed right up to the determinations on complaints brought pending for over a year and a half. time we went out for the elections in against Metropolitan Police Depart- There is no good reason for votes on September, not in June or July or May. ment officers. At her Senate Judiciary these nominees to be further delayed. We have also confirmed more than a Committee hearing, Senator SESSIONS Senator GRASSLEY has indicated that dozen Supreme Court Justices in Presi- questioned Ms. Xinis about her experi- Republicans will shut down the judicial dential election years, and many in nominations process in July, even ence and expressed concern that, in the this Senate served at the time. The though vacancies have risen from 43 to six cases Ms. Xinis served as a com- last one we had, of course, was during 81 since Republicans took over the ma- plaint examiner, she sustained rulings President Reagan’s final year in office. jority. They have allowed vacancies to against police officers in all of them. We did so because we knew the Su- rise dramatically and now want to shut Senator SESSIONS questions Ms. Xinis’s preme Court should not be held hostage fairness to police officers based on her it down even though the judicial nominees pending are not controversial and to election-year politics; yet we are determinations in these six cases. being held hostage to election-year pol- However, as Senator SESSIONS said on we have numerous vacancies that need to be filled. This is wrong. Contrast itics because we are not doing our jobs. the floor today, he does not question And the Supreme Court issued a couple her personal qualifications or her in- this to the last 2 years of George W. Bush’s administration, when Demo- more 4-to-4 opinions today. tegrity to be a Federal judge. And he I urge the majority leader to heed his also did not question her testimony be- crats were in control. At this same point in the Bush Presidency, Demo- own advice and to schedule a confirma- fore the Judiciary Committee in which tion vote for the pending lower court she committed to being a fair and im- crats had reduced vacancies to just 46. Because of Republican obstruction, nominees, and I urge the chairman of partial judge, should she be confirmed. our independent judiciary is struggling the Judiciary Committee to follow suit Furthermore, Ms. Xinis’s record as a to perform its role under the Constitu- by scheduling confirmation hearings complaint examiner shows that each tion. The Marshall Project recently for Chief Judge Garland so that we can one of her six determinations was sus- interviewed several sitting judges to do our jobs. tained by the chief of police; none of examine the impact judicial vacancies Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- them was overturned. Her decisions are having on our courts. Chief Judge sent that Judge Sheindlin’s op-ed and could have been appealed and over- Ron Clark of the Eastern District of the Marshall Project review be printed turned if they were incorrect, but they Texas, which currently has three judi- in the RECORD. were not. cial emergency vacancies, said: ‘‘We’re There being no objection, the mate- Paula Xinis has earned the express managing the best we can—but if they rial was ordered to be printed in the support of law enforcement and has de- don’t get us another judge soon, you RECORD, as follows: fended police officers as an attorney on could start to see some more draconian [From the Marshall Project, April 26, 2016] a number of occasions. For instance, in kinds of delays.’’ There is a nominee to one case, she provided legal counsel to WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE AREN’T ENOUGH this court pending in the Judiciary JUDGES TO GO AROUND? a Baltimore police officer unfairly ac- Committee, but the Texas Senators, cused of criminal wrongdoing. That of- (By Eli Hager) who both are members of the com- The ninth seat on the Supreme Court has ficer wrote a letter of support for Ms. mittee, have not returned their blue Xinis, where he said: ‘‘Throughout the been vacant for two months. slips to allow that nominee to even re- But Antonin Scalia’s chair is not the only entire ordeal, I spent countless hours ceive a hearing. I hope the Texas Sen- empty one in the vast federal judiciary, with Paula and her team. They worked ators heed the call of Chief Judge Clark where several judgeships have remained un- diligently seeking the evidence needed and get moving on their nominee. filled for 30 months or more. Around the to exonerate me. Although it was an And I hope the Senate majority al- country, there are 84 of these vacancies, extremely dark time for me, she allows this body to return to regular largely as a result of the Senate’s histori- ways made me feel confident that she order when it comes to processing judi- cally low rate of confirming President Barack Obama’s nominees. And since the be- ‘had my back’ and that she was dedi- cial nominees. We have a constitu- cated to seeing that I was vindicated. ginning of last year, the number of unfilled tional responsibility to provide advice seats and pending nominations have been Thankfully, as a result of her tireless and consent on the President’s nomi- steadily rising. efforts on my behalf, all of the charges nees. The Constitution has not Down in the gears of the justice system, all brought against me were dismissed ear- changed, but once President Obama those absent judges have taken a toll. lier this year.’’ This does not sound took office, this body’s normal practice Because courts are obligated to find ways like a person who holds any biases for treating nominees turned for the to meet speedy-trial rules, at least in crimi- against law enforcement. In addition to worse. Deference to home State Sen- nal cases, the vacancies have not caused this officer, several other members of ators was no longer the norm, and pro- across-the-board delays. But by all accounts, the law enforcement community have the unconfirmed nominees—combined with cedural delay after procedural delay what advocates say is an insufficient number written in support of Ms. Xinis’s nomi- quickly became the standard practice of judgeships overall—have forced the sys- nation. of the Republican caucus, whether they tem to find sometimes extraordinary ways to After we actually vote on Paula were in the minority or now in the ma- make do with the few judges available. Xinis’s nomination today, there will jority. In a New York Times op-ed a Some judges, for example, are having to still be 19 judicial nominees pending on week ago, former Judge Shira drive hundreds of miles to cover the empty the Executive Calendar waiting for a Sheindlin of the Southern District of seats. Less-qualified magistrate judges, sen- confirmation vote. Every single one of New York warned that the Repub- ior judges who are supposed to be entering these nominees was voted out of the licans’ obstruction to district court retirement, and visiting judges who fly in Judiciary Committee by unanimous from other states, have all had to pitch in. nominees ‘‘undermines public trust in And many of the remaining judges say that voice vote. Instead of allowing a vote the impartiality and legitimacy of the it’s hard, with such a lack of personnel, to on these nominees on a regular basis, judiciary.’’ give every case the attention it deserves. the Republican leadership objects to I was heartened to hear the majority In the worst-hit districts, including all the Senate being able to do our jobs. leader last week make the point that four districts of Texas, some areas of Florida

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Bush’s last two years in office, the Demo- gencies out of only eight total judgeships, the district judges, rather than nominated cratic-controlled Senate confirmed about 57 says that ‘‘we’re managing the best we can— by the president and confirmed by the Sen- district court judges. Since Republicans took but if they don’t get us another judge soon, ate) have for several years been doing work power in 2014, the Senate has confirmed only you could start to see some more draconian once reserved for the district judges, from 15 of President Obama’s trial court nomi- kinds of delays.’’ taking guilty pleas to overseeing evidentiary nees. This is an even bigger problem than Judge JUDICIAL VACANCIES IN THE FEDERAL COURTS hearings. The district is also getting last- minute help from visiting judges, who have Garland’s stalled nomination. Trial court In the past year, unfilled federal judgeships traveled from Iowa and Florida to pitch in. judges do the bulk of the work in the federal have been rising dramatically. Similarly, the ‘‘When there are judges who come in from court system: Last year nearly 375,000 new number of seats on the bench considered elsewhere,’’ says Christine Freeman, execu- cases were filed, while the Supreme Court ‘‘emergencies’’—vacant for many months tive director of the federal defender’s office justices issued just under 75 opinions. And with a large caseload per judge—and the in Montgomery, Ala., ‘‘they are strangers to because most trial court decisions are never number of White House nominations await- us, to the prosecutor, to court officials, to appealed, they become the final word in sig- ing Senate confirmation have climbed. the probation officers, to every single person nificant disputes that affect millions of A 2014 study by the Brennan Center for involved in a case.’’ Americans. Justice found that the vacancies led to a ‘‘That makes it very hard to predict out- I know this firsthand. I served as a trial host of negative consequences. Among them comes for your client,’’ Freeman adds. judge for over 21 years, and stepped down were unresolved motions, habeas But the lack of judges has perhaps fallen from the bench last week. As I walked out of corpuspetitions waiting years to be heard (or hardest on senior judges, who, because they a federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan on being handled by law clerks instead of are typically over 70 or 80 years old, usually one of my last days, an African-American judges), judges spending less time on each take on 50 percent or less of a full caseload. United States marshal asked me if he could case, and defendants pleading guilty because Instead, in Middle Alabama and elsewhere, have a word. they believed a trial would not get the time- their caseloads have been 150 or even 200 per- He explained that he had grown up in New York City’s public housing, and thanked me ly attention it deserved. cent of normal. And in civil proceedings, where the Speedy ‘‘I’m 73, and I’d like to be able to say, for my 2013 decision in the ‘‘stop and frisk’’ case. (I ruled that the New York Police De- Trial Act does not apply, longer wait times ‘Look, I’m done, I want to spend more time partment’s practice in which police officers for trial are becoming more common. with my family,’ ’’ says Michael Schneider, stopped hundreds of thousands of New York- Morrison C. England Jr., chief judge of the one of the senior judges in Eastern Texas. ers without reasonable suspicion, a vast ma- Eastern District of California, says that ‘‘I’m encouraged that the president has nom- jority of whom were innocent African-Amer- ‘‘cases that aren’t the priority are going to inated someone, but I can’t actually cut get pushed back for years, literally.’’ icans and Latinos, was unconstitutional.) back until a nominee is approved.’’ ‘‘You just can’t know what a difference In Middle Alabama, Ricky Martin, a pas- ‘‘I’m going to be at this for awhile,’’ tor, had been allowing registered sex-offend- this has made to so many people in my com- Schneider adds. ‘‘It’s frustrating.’’ munity,’’ he said. ‘‘You can’t even imagine.’’ ers to stay in mobile homes surrounding his England, the chief judge in Eastern Cali- church—until the state legislature made it But I think I can. At the policy’s peak in fornia, says that senior judges are the only 2011, officers stopped nearly 700,000 people. illegal for him to do so. Martin filed suit in reason why vacancies haven’t become more August of 2014, and the local D.A. responded That number dropped to about 23,000 last of a crisis. year, and the policy change was not accom- with a ‘‘motion to dismiss’’ a few months ‘‘We are living and dying with our senior later. But a judge didn’t get around to panied by a rise in serious crime, despite dire judges,’’ England says. ‘‘They’re taking on predictions to the contrary. As a result of weighing in—in Martin’s favor—until this cases they shouldn’t have to, but that’s April, and the case may not actually be re- my rulings and community outcry, the Po- what’s saving us.’’ lice Department agreed to reforms, which in- solved for two more years or longer. Of course, federal courts being overbur- The process would have taken only three clude better record keeping, the use of police dened is the symptom of more than simply a body cameras and the abandonment of racial to four months if there were more judges lack of nominations and confirmations. available, says Randall Marshall, legal direc- profiling. Since 1990, Congress has not passed major Other examples abound. In 1974, Judge tor of the ACLU of Alabama. legislation creating new judgeships, even as Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of But sometimes, the effect is the opposite: the war on drugs, and now the surge in pros- New York found the de facto segregation in the proceedings get rushed. ecution of undocumented immigrants, have a Coney Island public school to be unconsti- Brian McGiverin, a civil-rights lawyer in jammed up the system with exponentially tutional, a ruling affirmed on appeal. The Austin, Texas, says that because there are so more cases. school was ultimately integrated under his few judges, the remaining ones are all over- As a result, by 2013, there was a 39 percent supervision, and without the ‘‘white flight’’ booked. As a result, they often ‘‘give you a uptick in the number of overall filings, while that politicians had feared would result. cramped amount of time for trial, regardless only 4 percent more judges were added to And in one of the highest-profile civil of how many witnesses you’d like to call.’’ handle all that extra work. rights cases ever in a trial court, Leonard McGiverin recently assisted in the case of Throw in the higher-than-normal number about a decade later that both the housing a woman named Abieyuwa Ikhinmwin, who of vacancies, and it’s a recipe for an overbur- and schools in Yonkers were intentionally claimed that she was racially profiled, han- dened judiciary. After a three-year wait, for segregated, and ordered construction of inte- dled with excessive force, and wrongfully ar- instance, the Eastern District of California grated housing in the city. An appeals court rested by police in San Antonio. finally got a vacancy filled last October. But upheld this ruling, which, despite years of He says the court tried to ‘‘fast-track’’ her Chief Judge England says the crushing bur- public protest, immensely improved the liv- lawsuit, threatening to dismiss it within 21 den of too few judges hasn’t lessened. ing conditions for thousands of Yonkers resi- days unless she paid a fee and submitted ad- ‘‘One way or the other, Congress would dents. ditional information—which would not have need to give this district more judges,’’ he The influence of district judges has like- happened when there were enough judges. says. ‘‘We need help—we have too many wise had an effect on national security. In Clark, chief judge in the nearby Eastern trials. I’m booked for 2016 and 2017 already.’’ the mid-2000s, Judge Alvin Hellerstein, also District of Texas, says that ‘‘with so few of from the Southern District of New York, or- us, it’s definitely harder to have the flexi- [From the New York Times, May 6, 2016] dered the government to disclose photo- bility that a defense lawyer might want us graphs under the Freedom of Information AMERICA’S TRIAL COURT JUDGES: OUR FRONT to. So the answer sometimes has to be, ‘No, Act that depict the abuse of Abu Ghraib de- LINE FOR JUSTICE sorry, we can’t offer that time in court.’ ’’ tainees, which was affirmed by the appellate Meanwhile, the consequences of too few (By Shira A. Scheindlin) court. Judge Hellerstein also effectively judges are worsened in the most geographi- The outcry over the Senate’s failure to forced the government to turn over the De- cally expansive districts. hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland’s partment of Justice’s infamous ‘‘torture ‘‘When there’s a missing judge in a state nomination to the Supreme Court is fully memos,’’ which incited a national conversa- like ours,’’ Clark says, ‘‘it’s not like we can justified. But that isn’t the only judiciary tion about whether torture is ever appro- walk down the hall and take care of a trial scandal on Capitol Hill. Even as the spot- priate. for him—the trip from Beaumont to Plano is light shines on the high court, the Senate Not every decision by district court judges five and a half hours, and that’s if the traffic has refused to confirm dozens of benefits the public: Last week Judge Thomas is good.’’ uncontroversial nominees to fill vacancies in Schroeder of North Carolina’s Middle Dis- He and the other judges in his district the federal trial courts. trict upheld myriad legislative changes to waste about two days a week on the road. Such obstructionism has become an every- the state’s voting rules that will result in re- ‘‘We’re one traffic accident away from the day occurrence. Just last week, Senate Re- duced voting opportunities for minorities, wheels falling off,’’ he says. publicans refused to vote on 11 federal dis- unless reversed.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:05 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY6.001 S16MYPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2809 Whether Judge Garland should be con- handling everything from the most ing both plaintiff and defense counsel in civil firmed or not, there can be no denying that simple misdemeanors to very complex rights claims resulting from the actions of Supreme Court nominations are inherently white-collar crimes. She has also taken law enforcement officers, and the policies and practices related to those actions. It is political. So it’s no surprise that they are on extra duties, training staff and drawn out for ideological or partisan rea- in this capacity that I have come to know sons. But district court nominations are dif- being an attorney supervisor of re- and respect Paula Xinis. I have come to ferent. Ideology is not the issue: Experience search and writing, proving time and learn that the Senate Judiciary Committee and competence are the only criteria. time again how committed and dedi- is presently considering Paula’s candidacy And yet the Senate majority’s policy of de- cated she is. and I respectfully write in support of her ap- laying qualified district-court nominations She worked as a clerk for the distin- pointment. on purely political grounds undermines pub- guished and esteemed Judge Diana Paula and I met several years ago when I lic trust in the impartiality and legitimacy was asked to assist her in the evaluation of Gribbon Motz, a well-respected judge a civil rights claim that she had filed on be- of the judiciary. This is especially worrisome on the Fourth Circuit. She also has because the public’s understanding of how half of a client related to the actions of a justice is administered is most likely based been a member of the private sector as municipal law enforcement officer and the on its access to and experience with lower a senior trial partner in a private law agency and municipality that employed that court proceedings. firm in Baltimore, taking on complex officer. The claim arose out of a use of force Presidential debates have focused on the civil litigation and protecting those incident which resulted in serious and per- Islamic State, trade pacts and immigration who have been harmed by lead paint or manent injury. I firmly believe that cases such as this requires not only a thorough un- policy; meanwhile, the next president will carbon monoxide poisoning. most likely appoint 130 trial judges over the derstanding of Section 1983 litigation and Judge Motz, in recommending Ms. that of municipal liability, but an equally next four years. The public needs to know Xinis to me, said she is so intelligent what’s at stake. Trial judges must spot the thorough understanding of police training, issues, decide the outcomes and fashion the and generous in terms of working very policy, and practice. For more than a year, I worked closely remedies in all kinds of disputes. I cannot hard, in terms of knowing the law and with Paula as she sought to better under- force this Congress to do its job. But I urge practicing the law, but she also com- stand how a police officer is trained, the voters not to forget the White House’s power mented on her work ethic, praising her policies, principles, and practices that guide to appoint all judges when they choose the skill in the courtroom and her service their work, as well as the manner in which next president. to the community. police departments investigate incidents Mr. LEAHY. Thank you, Mr. Presi- She has mentored children, provided that result in force. What I discovered from dent. legal advice to at-need communities in the onset, and frankly what continued to im- I yield the floor. Baltimore, and served on numerous bar press me as I worked with Paula on this im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- associations. She has deep appreciation portant matter, is the thoughtful and objec- ator from Maryland. for the law and everything that it tive manner in which she approached both Ms. MIKULSKI. Thank you very the facts and the theory of her client’s case. means. I do believe she will be an out- Although the complaint she had advanced much, Mr. President. standing judge. on behalf of her client depicted a series of I rise this evening in support of the There have been criticisms raised of facts that one may find was clearly contrary nomination of Paula Xinis to serve on Ms. Xinis, and the criticisms have cen- to generally accepted policing practices on the District Court of Maryland. I know tered around her support within the the face of her client’s complaint, she con- Senator CARDIN will be coming to the law enforcement community. Flashing sistently endeavored to examine that com- floor shortly to also comment on Ms. yellow lights were raised by one of our plaint and the facts in the support of it through the lenses of a career law enforce- Xinis’s nomination. Senator CARDIN colleagues on the other side of the ment officer who had not only worked the and I recommended Ms. Xinis to Presi- aisle, asking whether she had an im- streets of a large metropolitan city, in- dent Obama with the utmost con- partial attitude toward police officers. structed thousands in policing, but also fidence in her abilities, talent, and I have four letters here from retired po- served as a policy maker as to the training competence for the job. She is a bril- lice officers in Baltimore City all at- of police officers and practices that guide liant litigator and a dedicated public testing to that. that work. She and I spoke countless times, servant. The Judiciary Committee Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- and at great length, about not only that par- agreed with us, because they also voted sent to have these letters printed in ticular case but the way that police officers go about their work and the decisions that her out of the committee unanimously. the RECORD. they make quickly and oftentimes without I thank Senator MCCONNELL, the ma- There being no objection, the mate- much deliberation. jority leader, for scheduling this vote; rial was ordered to be printed in the Paula was amazingly careful to reserve her Senator GRASSLEY for moving this RECORD, as follows: own judgment and opinion as to the appro- nomination; and I also thank my very CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, priateness of the officer’s conduct and that good and dear friend Senator LEAHY, POLICE DEPARTMENT, of the agency’s policy maker and listened the vice chairman of the committee, Charlottesville, VA, August 30, 2015. carefully to my assessment of her claim and my opinion as to its propriety in light of my who has been a strong advocate not Re Letter in Support of Paula Xinis, for the position of United States District Judge specialized training and experience. only for this nomination but for mov- America’s law enforcement officers are fac- for the District of Maryland. ing all nominations forward, as voted ing incredibly difficult challenges as we out by the committee in a prompt way. Hon. CHARLES GRASSLEY, closely evaluate the manner in which we go As I talk about Ms. Xinis, I want the Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judici- about our work, carefully consider re-shap- ary, Washington, DC. Presiding Officer to know that I have ing and reforming our practices, and endeav- Hon. PATRICK LEAHY, recommended several judicial nomi- or to strengthen the necessary relationships Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on the we have with those whom we serve. Undoubt- nees for district and appellate courts, Judiciary, Washington, DC. edly, law enforcement officers, policy mak- and I take my advise and consent re- DEAR HONORABLE SENATORS GRASSLEY AND ers, and municipalities will more frequently sponsibility very seriously. When I rec- LEAHY: My name is Timothy Longo and I find themselves being scrutinized by our ommend to the President a position on currently serve as the Chief of Police in the trial and appellate courts, and ultimately the district court, I have four criteria: City of Charlottesville, Virginia. I am a ca- the court of public opinion. The nature of absolute integrity, judicial competence reer law enforcement officer having pre- our work and recent police-citizen inter- viously served as a Colonel with the Balti- and temperament, a commitment to actions that have ended tragically makes more City Police Department, retiring in this reality most certain. Thus, it has never core constitutional principles, and a March of 2000. In addition, to my profes- been more critical to connect the right peo- history of civic engagement in Mary- sional training and experience, I am proud to ple to this important work; not just on the land. have received my law degree from the Uni- front line but throughout the criminal jus- Ms. Xinis exceeds these expectations versity of Baltimore and was admitted to the tice continuum. over and beyond. She has dedicated her Maryland Bar in December of 1993. It is with a tremendous amount of pride career to the rule of law, achieving For the past 25 years, I have had the honor and the utmost confidence that I respect- equal justice under the law and also of instructing thousands of law enforcement fully ask the Senate of the United States to officers and administrators on matters of confirm the appointment of Paula Xinis to being an advocate for the underdog. policy, law, and generally accepted policing the United States District Court for the Dis- She is truly an outstanding nominee practices. In addition to my sworn duties trict of Maryland. I have absolutely no doubt with a long history of public service— and responsibilities, I have served on many that Paula will bring the competence and ob- 14 years as a Federal public defender, occasions as a police practices expert assist- jectivity that is necessary to discharge the

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When we cer with the department I’ve acquired sev- thoughtful consideration. weren’t training, serving warrants and/or re- eral skills and with worked in numerous spe- Respectfully Submitted, sponding to barricade/hostage situations, we cialized units. I have worked in Patrol, TIMOTHY JOHN LONGO, Sr., were utilized as suppression unit for illegal Bike(flex) squad, Drug enforcement unit, Chief of Police, handguns and narcotics violations. For five SWAT, Organized Crime Unit, Firearms Ap- City of Charlottesville, Virginia. straight years, my partner and I maintained prehension Strike Team. I am highly deco- the highest number of gun seizures/arrests rated officer that was awarded several unit POLICE DEPARTMENT, and the largest narcotics cases within the citations, accommodations, and bronze star BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, Baltimore City Police Tactical Section. We for valor. 4 September 2015. received numerous commendations for our I’ve come to learn the senate Judiciary To: Senator Patrick Leahy. handgun arrests. Throughout the course of Committee is considering Paula for a United From: Sgt Brian Atwood. my career, I was called upon to testify in States District Judge. I want to extend my Subject: Recommendation for Paula Xinis to both the District and Circuit Courts in Balti- support for Paula as a candidate. Paula and U.S. District Judge for Md. more City and County, as well as the United I met at her law firm as she was preparing to SIR: My name is Sgt Brian Atwood; I am a States District Court for the District of defend a co-worker in criminal case. She was twenty year veteran with the Baltimore Po- Maryland in Baltimore. interviewing me as a character witness. Dur- lice Department, I started my career in May Unfortunately, my successful career in law ing this exchange we discussed my family, of 1995 in the Western District. During my enforcement was derailed in 2014 when I en- experiences and my background being a sec- career I have received three Bronze Stars for countered difficulties in connection with a ond generation Police Officer in Baltimore Valor, two Life Saving awards and have recall for service. I was improperly and un- City. We share some similarities on life and ceived numerous unit citations of. I have fairly accuse of wrongdoing which led to making a difference in the world. Paula has held several positions of authority include: criminal charges. This was a new experience a young child, demanding career and is very Field Training Officer, Officer in Charge, for me as I had never even been disciplined well known among her peers. Sergeant and Sergeant in Charge. I have during my career. I felt vulnerable and be- I was most impressed with her attention to been assigned to follow district units: Patrol, trayed. It was clear to me and my wife that detail, due diligence and preparation of the Flex Units, Drug Unit, and Firearm Instruc- we needed legal representation that would case. She is hardworking, open minded, and tor. I’m currently assigned to the depart- aggressively fight to vindicate me. fair. I believe she would be an asset as she ments, Special Operation Section. I have My wife, whose practice is primarily the exemplifies the firm qualities that a United held tactical positions as both an officer and defense of civil cases, had been involved in a States District Court Judge possesses. As a sergeant within the elite Emergency Service case in Baltimore City where Ms. Xinis rep- police officer we need Judges that are fair, Unit. My current assignment is supervising resented the plaintiffs several years prior. impartial and firm on the bench. With Paula sergeant of the K–9 unit. During the course of that case, she would being confirmed by the Senate Committee I am also a passed board member of Mary- often remark that Ms. Xinis was a worthy you will have that Judge I am referring to. land’s largest FOP with over 5000 active and advocate, yet fair and open-minded. Because I am grateful that I had the pleasure of retired members. As a member of FOP Lodge of her experience with Ms. Xinis, my wife meeting and working with Paula. #3, I have held numerous positions within contacted her on a weekend to seek legal Sincerely, our lodge to include. Grievance Rep, Griev- counsel and advice. From that point forward, GREGORY EADS Jr., ance Chairman, P.A.C funds Chairman, Legal Ms. Xinis made herself available to us, even (Retired) BPD. Advisory Board, Contract Team Chairman, if it was to simply reassure us that we were and was elected to the position of Vice Presi- in good hands. Throughout the entire ordeal, Ms. MIKULSKI. One letter is from dent for our Lodge. I spent countless hours with Paula and her someone who is a 20-year veteran, It is my understanding that the Senate Ju- team. They worked diligently seeking the working in the Western District. The diciary Committee will be considering Ms. evidence needed to exonerate me. Although Western District is where they filmed Paula Xinis for United States District Judge. it was an extremely dark time for me, she al- ‘‘The Wire.’’ It is rough, tough, and I would proudly recommend Ms Xinis to the ways made me feel confident that she ‘‘had position of U.S District Judge for Maryland. my back’’ and that she was dedicated to see- hardscrabble. This former police ser- Ms Xinis is a person of honor, integrity, fair- ing that I was vindicated. Thankfully, as a geant said: ness and would be outstanding in that posi- result of her tireless efforts on my behalf, all In closing, as a 20-year member of the law tion. of the charges brought against me were dis- enforcement community, I know firsthand In closing as a 20 year member of the law missed earlier this year. the need to have judges that are well bal- enforcement community, I know first hand I can personally attest to Ms. Xinis’ legal anced, fair and great listeners. . . . That is the need to have judges that are well bal- acumen and her commitment to seeking jus- why I proudly recommend Ms. Paula Xinis to anced, fair and great listeners. It is equally tice, regardless of who the defendant may be. the position of U.S. District Judge. important that our judges take the rule of I observed her demonstrate the ability to law and always apply it equally, with under- forcefully argue her position to the court I won’t go through every letter—the standing and compassion in there decision. while being respectful to the court and other RECORD will speak for itself—but when That is why I proudly recommend Ms. Paula counsel. She can be a fierce advocate while you have retired police officers, those Xinis to the position of U.S. District Judge. maintaining a reassuring demeanor. My ex- who are not on duty now but who Respectfully, posure to the judicial process throughout the worked with her hands-on and who Sgt. BRIAN ATWOOD. course of my law enforcement career and as know the way she works with law en- an officer who was wrongfully accused, has forcement, the way she engages with ABINGDON, MD, AUGUST 31, 2015. provided me with insight as to what is re- Re Letter in Support of Judicial Nomination quired to be an effective, fair and open-mind- them when she was a public defender of Paula Xinis for the United States Dis- ed jurist. I can state without a doubt that and so on—I think these letters speak trict Court for the District of Maryland. Ms. Xinis possesses all of the necessary for themselves. Hon. CHARLES GRASSLEY, traits to be an asset to the federal bench in In closing, let me say this: The job of Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judici- Maryland. The Committee could not find a a U.S. Senator to recommend someone ary, Washington, DC. more qualified candidate to fill the vacancy to be a judge is indeed a great honor, Hon. PATRICK LEAHY, in Maryland. but it is an enormous responsibility. I Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on the Sincerely, THOMAS J. SCHMIDT, Sr. take it very seriously, and I would only Judiciary, Washington, DC. recommend somebody who was truly DEAR SENATORS GRASSLEY AND LEAHY: Please accept this letter as support for the SEPTEMBER 1, 2015. qualified to render impartial justice nomination of Paula Xinis as a United Re Support of Paula Xinis, for United States and bring the competency and the tem- States District Judge for the District of District Judge for the District of Mary- perament to do that. I believe Ms. Maryland. I was employed as a Police Officer land. Xinis possesses competency, the judi- with the Baltimore Police Department from DEAR SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY (RANKING cial temperament, and a real commit- 1987 until the time of my retirement in Sep- MEMBER) UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ment to equal justice under the law. tember 2014. While assigned to the Patrol Di- ON THE JUDICIARY: My name is Gregory Eads, vision, I handled calls for service related to Jr. I am a retired Baltimore City Police Offi- I yield the floor. violations of Maryland’s handgun and nar- cer. I served 22 years on the Baltimore City The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cotics laws. I also actively participated in Police Department and retired in November ator from Maryland.

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Today the Senate ership of our senior Senator from confirmation process, was getting to will vote on the nomination of Paula Maryland in developing a process in know her family background; that is, Xinis to be a judge for the District of which we screen the very most talented to represent the American story. Her Maryland. I will support that nomina- people for opportunities to serve on our father was an immigrant from Greece, tion. Federal bench. This is a professional came over with very little resources. Mr. President, I come to the floor at process that we have gone forward with They were able to take advantage of this time to also talk about judges gen- under Senator MIKULSKI’s leadership in the opportunities in this country as an erally. I have been hearing the usual order to try to get the very best on our immigrant family. Now Paula Xinis complaints from Members of the mi- courts. has been nominated by President nority party regarding the pace of judi- It is not a partisan issue at all. It is Obama to serve on the district court cial nominations. I would urge my col- strictly looking for those who have the for Maryland. leagues to step back and look at the judicial temperament and experience Quite a success story, but Paula bigger picture. The relevant number to to be able to be an outstanding member Xinis has never forgotten her back- consider is the number of confirma- of the bench. We have done that on pre- ground. She has always been giving tions during an entire Presidency. At vious nominations that have been con- back to our community. She is known this point in his Presidency, President sidered on this floor, and Paula Xinis for her pro bono work for her church George W. Bush had 303 judicial nomi- follows in that tradition. I thank Sen- members in the church she belongs to, nees confirmed. After tonight’s vote, so ator MIKULSKI for the process that we but as Senator MIKULSKI pointed out, far in his Presidency, President Obama went forward on in making this rec- in working with the House of Ruth in a will have 325 confirmed. Those are 22 ommendation to President Obama. mentoring program, she has taken on more nominees than Bush had. I might tell you, President Obama some of the most difficult challenges So as we continue to hear complaints then forwarded the nomination to the to affect the lives of people who are about how many judges are being con- Senate in March of last year—in March less fortunate. She has an 11-year-old firmed, we should put these complaints of 2015. It took 6 months for the Judici- who is like her second son whom she in context. The simple fact is, Presi- ary Committee to make its rec- has mentored and given a real oppor- dent Obama has had quite a few more ommendations to the full floor in Sep- tunity in our community. nominees confirmed than President tember of 2015. It was not a controver- She has the whole package. She will Bush did. sial nomination in the committee. The make a great district judge. Senator Further, I would note that as chair- committee reviewed all of Ms. Xinis’s MIKULSKI mentioned the comments man, after this Wednesday, I will have background, record, everything that that were made on the floor in regard held hearings for the same number of she has done, and on a very strong to her support for law enforcement for nominees this Congress has had as the voice vote brought her forward to the police officers. I hope, if anyone has last chairman of the committee did to full floor. any questions about that, read the let- this point during the last 2 years of So this is not a controversial nomi- ters Senator MIKULSKI put into the President Bush’s Presidency. At this nation. Because of the delay, originally RECORD. I know of some of these cases. point in the 2008 Congress—that would to fill the vacancy of Deborah I know of the case of Timothy John be the 110th Congress—the former Chasanow, who took senior status, it is Longo, who served with the Baltimore chairman held hearings on 43 nomi- now a judicial emergency. People of City Police Department and is now the nees. At the end of May of this year, we Maryland are in a desperate situation chief of police for Charlottesville, VA. will have held hearings on 43 nominees to have an adequate number of judges He said: thus far in the 114th Congress. to handle the workload in our district. I have absolutely no doubt that Paula will I yield back all remaining time. It is critical we move forward in the bring the competency and objectivity that is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without confirmation of this nominee. Senator necessary to discharge the duty of such an objection, it is so ordered. MIKULSKI has pointed out how qualified important position. She has my confidence, All time is yielded back. this person is. respect and unfettered support. The question is, Will the Senate ad- I can tell you, over the last several Then there is Thomas Schmidt, who vise and consent to the Xinis nomina- months, I have been stopped on numer- Ms. Xinis represented when he was action? ous occasions by attorneys and non- cused of wrongdoing as a police officer. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask attorneys in Maryland saying: Why She represented him in the most dif- for the yeas and nays. isn’t Paula Xinis confirmed by now? ficult challenge. Mr. Schmidt said: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a She is a wonderful person. We have had Throughout the entire ordeal, I spent sufficient second? experience with her. countless hours with Paula and her team. There appears to be a sufficient sec- I have heard glowing comments They worked diligently seeking the evidence ond. about her dedication to our commu- needed to exonerate me. Although it was an The clerk will call the roll. extremely dark time for me, she always nity, her professional competency, and made me feel confident that she had my The bill clerk called the roll. her qualifications to serve on the U.S. back, and that she was dedicated to seeing Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators district court. It is for that reason the that I was vindicated. Thankfully, as a re- are necessarily absent: the Senator ABA gave her the highest ratings in sult of her tireless efforts on my behalf, all from Arkansas (Mr. COTTON), the Sen- their review of her qualifications. She the charges brought against me were dis- ator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Sen- has been in the private practice of law missed earlier this year. ator from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the at Murphy, Falcon & Murphy. After She has been in the forefront of de- Senator from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE), the just 2 years, she was made a partner in fending those who were defending us as Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), that firm. She has been an assistant first responders. There are other let- the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN), Federal public defender, showing her ters that have been written by police the Senator from Kansas (Mr. ROB- compassion to represent some of the officers indicating that Paula Xinis ERTS), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. most difficult cases in our criminal contains exactly what they want to see SULLIVAN), the Senator from Pennsyl- justice system. in a judge: someone who is fair and im- vania (Mr. TOOMEY), and the Senator She was a law clerk for Judge Motz partial and who will carry out the rule from Louisiana (Mr. VITTER). on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. of law in an objective manner. So for Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the She has devoted her life to under- all of those reasons, we bring you a Senator from Maine (Mr. KING), the standing our legal system but also to nominee who is eminently qualified Senator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS),

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[Rollcall Vote No. 72 Ex.] Lindsey’s op-ed that ran in the Wall But, if increased taxes on the wealthy is a solution to income in- YEAS—53 Street Journal in March. Mr. Lindsey’s article title ‘‘How Pro- equality, why—as I pointed out at the Alexander Gillibrand Murphy gressives Drive Income Inequality’’ de- start of this speech—did income in- Baldwin Graham Murray Bennet Grassley Nelson tails how liberal policies have not only equality grow faster under President Blumenthal Hatch Peters failed to reduce income inequality, but Clinton than under President Reagan? Booker Heinrich Portman may in fact be contributing to it. And why has income inequality grown Boxer Heitkamp Reed For instance, my colleagues on the Brown Hirono faster under President Obama than Reid left all too frequently look to ever under President Bush? Cantwell Kaine Rubio Cardin Kirk Schatz richer and more expansive transfer The fact of the matter is that taxing Carper Klobuchar Schumer payment programs as the solution. the wealthy to reduce income inequal- Casey Leahy Shaheen Coats Manchin However, too often our existing trans- ity at best is a fool’s errand and at Collins Markey Stabenow fer programs meant to help the less worst could be a blow to our economy— Coons McCaskill Tester fortunate act as an anchor preventing potentially harming individuals at all Udall Donnelly McConnell Americans from climbing up the in- income levels. Durbin Menendez Warner Feinstein Merkley Warren come ladder. A recent research paper by the lib- Franken Mikulski Whitehouse This risks creating a permanent eral Brookings Institution looked di- underclass of citizens that are depend- rectly into the question of whether NAYS—34 ent on the state for their basic needs. substantially increasing taxes on the Ayotte Ernst Perdue That may be the dream of European- wealthy would reduce income inequal- Barrasso Fischer Risch Blunt Gardner Rounds style Social Democrats, but it is most ity. To quote their findings, ‘‘An in- Boozman Heller Sasse certainly not the American Dream. crease in the top tax rate leads to an Burr Hoeven Scott The Congressional Budget Office almost imperceptible reduction in Capito Inhofe Sessions looks at this effect in terms of mar- Cassidy Isakson overall income inequality, even if the Shelby ginal effective tax rates on low and Cochran Lankford Thune additional revenue is explicitly redis- Corker Lee Tillis moderate income workers. This refers tributed.’’ Raising taxes might be suc- Cornyn McCain Wicker to how much extra tax or reduction in cessful at generating revenue to fund Crapo Murkowski Daines Paul government benefits is imposed on an— greater wealth transfer payments. But American worker when he or she earns it does nothing to rectify the ‘‘oppor- NOT VOTING—13 an additional dollar of income. tunity gap.’’ Cotton King Toomey CBO estimates that in 2016 those Soak the rich policies do not create Cruz Moran Vitter under 450% of the federal poverty level greater opportunity for low-income in- Enzi Roberts Wyden Flake Sanders will face an average effective tax rate dividuals. In fact, wealth transfer poli- Johnson Sullivan of about 41%. Keep in mind that this is cies often have the perverse effect of The nomination was confirmed. just the average. CBO demonstrates trapping their intended beneficiaries in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under how a substantial number of workers soul-crushing government dependency. the previous order, the motion to re- could experience marginal effective Moreover, because of their negative ef- consider is considered made and laid rates exceeding 50, 60, or even 80%, fects on economic growth and capital upon the table, and the President will which is far higher than the top statu- formation, they can reduce oppor- be immediately notified of the Senate’s tory rate of 39.6% paid by the wealthi- tunity for all Americans. You do not action. est Americans. have to take my word for the anti- The end result is a worker facing growth effects of increasing taxes. Re- f these rates may just decide it doesn’t search by Christina Romer, President LEGISLATIVE SESSION make much sense to take on extra Obama’s former chief economist, found hours or put in the effort to learn extra The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under that a tax increase of 1% of GDP re- skills to increase their earnings poten- duces economic growth by as much as the previous order, the Senate will re- tial. Historically, this has impacted sume legislative session. 3%. married women in the workforce most According to this study, tax in- The Senator from Iowa. of all as they are more likely than men creases have such a substantial effect f to drop out of the workforce com- on economic growth because of the INCOME INEQUALITY pletely as a result. ‘‘powerful negative effect of tax in- Discouraging individuals from enter- creases on investment.’’ Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask ing the labor force, taking on more In effect, what those who pursue unanimous consent to have printed in work hours, gaining extra experience, wealth-destroying redistributionist the RECORD a copy of a newspaper arti- or learning new skills, is a recipe for policies are really saying—to quote cle at the conclusion of my remarks. stagnate incomes and increased income Margaret Thatcher—is that they Income inequality has been a hot disparity. But, far from seeking to ad- ‘‘would rather that the poor were poor- topic this campaign season. It has be- dress these work disincentive effects, er, provided that the rich were less come the rallying cry of the left to sup- President Obama has made it worse for rich.’’ That may result in less dif- port their economic agenda. Whether it millions of workers. Take the premium ferences in wealth between Americans, is taxing the rich, raising the min- tax credit enacted as part of the Af- but the expense of making us all worse imum wage, combating global warm- fordable Care Act for instance. CBO es- off. Our goal must be to create wealth ing, or any other number of policies. If timates it will raise marginal tax rates and opportunity for ALL Americans. you listen to Secretary Clinton and by an estimated 12 percentage points We should reject the notion that in Senator SANDERS on the campaign for recipients. order to improve the lot of one indi- trail, you would get the impression Secretary Clinton and Senator SAND- vidual, someone else must be made that income inequality is the fault of ERS also have provided no indication worse off. The leadership of other side Republicans. They contend that their they would reverse this trend. In fact, has become fixated on redistributing preferred policies will close the gap be- they appear to only be interested in ex- the existing economic pie. The better tween the rich and the poor. However, acerbating this problem through richer policy is to increase the size of the pie. the inconvenient fact is that inequality transfer programs, increased costs on When this occurs, no one is made bet- rose considerably more under President employers, and increased payroll taxes. ter off at the expense of anyone else.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY6.024 S16MYPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2813 This is best achieved through pro- While Senator SANDERS points to Den- measured by the Gini index was only slightly growth policies aimed at growing the mark as a model for the U.S. due to its more during Clinton’s two terms, the Theil economic pie, not by taking from some tax and social welfare policies, it is index and mean log deviation increased two and giving to others. Denmark’s regulatory efficiency that and three times as much, respectively. Instead of seeking to reduce inequal- deserves our attention. In addition to Barack Obama’s administration follows ity by knocking the top down a few this pattern, despite the complaints he and reducing unnecessary regulatory bar- his supporters have made about his prede- pegs on the income ladder, policies riers and built-in work disincentives, cessor. The mean log deviation increased 37% should be focused on helping individ- there is no question we need to do a more under Mr. Obama than under President uals climb upwards by tearing down better job ensuring individuals have George W. Bush, although when this statistic barriers that stand in their way. We all the skills necessary to compete in the was released, Mr. Obama had only six years agree with the need for a sound safety 21 century economy. as president compared with Mr. Bush’s eight. net to protect the most vulnerable There has been considerable research The Gini index rose more than three times as among us. But when that safety net be- demonstrating that the widening wage much under Mr. Obama than under Mr. Bush. gins to act like an anchor holding peo- gap between skilled and unskilled labor The Theil index increased sharply during the Obama administration, while it fell slightly ple back, we need to be brave enough to has contributed to the growth in in- under Bush 43. chart a new course. This is what we come inequality. I consistently hear Sure, no president intends to raise inequal- sought to do with welfare reforms in from employers in Iowa who cannot ity. And the spin doctors for Messrs. Clinton 1994 through work requirements and in- find enough skilled workers to fill well- and Obama may insist that it wasn’t their centives. It is once again time for us to paying jobs. If we are to reduce income fault. review and reform programs so as to inequality, we must first reduce oppor- But consider their policies. Both Demo- minimize as much as possible the cur- tunity inequality. cratic presidents presided over bubble econo- rent built-in work disincentives from We have an excellent system of com- mies fueled by easy monetary policy. There transfer programs that I discussed ear- munity colleges in Iowa that train is no better way to make the rich richer lier. Iowans for jobs that are available in than to run policies that push up the price of Another often overlooked issue is the Iowa, but those who are chronically financial assets. Cheap money is a boon to those who have access to it. Interest rates burden overregulation imposes on low- unemployed tend to lack the so-called were also too low under Bush 43, but that income individuals. ‘‘soft skills’’ that are necessary to hold bubble was in housing, and the effects were Dr. McLaughlin of the Mercatus Cen- down a job. In order to eliminate op- therefore more evenly distributed than under ter in testimony before a Senate Judi- portunity inequality, we must get back Mr. Clinton’s stock-market bubble or Mr. ciary subcommittee hearing earlier to the notion of the inherent dignity of Obama’s credit bubble. this year discussed two negative im- work and ensure that hard work pays Money matters, but so do other policies, pacts regulation can have on low-in- off. such as the long, historic sweep of the ex- come households. These are just a few areas we should panding welfare state. In 1968, government First, while it is well recognized that be able to work together on to increase transfer payments totaled $53 billion or regulations can increase transaction opportunities for those least well off roughly 7% of personal income. By 2014, costs for businesses, it is equally true these had climbed to $2.5 trillion—about 17% among us. Increasing opportunity of personal income. Despite the redistribu- that consumers feel the costs in the should be our focus, not pitting Amer- tion of a sixth of all income, inequality form of higher prices. Since low-in- ican against American based on their measured by all three of the Census Bureau’s come households tend to spend, rather socioeconomic status. If we make in- indexes is far higher today than in 1968. than save, a much larger share of their creased opportunity our focus, no one Transfer payments under Mr. Obama in- income, they are the ones hit hardest is required to be made worse off to ben- creased by $560 billion. By contrast private- by the regulatory costs. In this regard, efit someone else. In fact, by tearing sector wages and salaries grew by $1.1 tril- regulation acts much like a regressive down barriers standing in the way of lion. So for every $2 in extra wages, about $1 tax on the consumption of those that hardworking Americans, all Americans was paid out in extra transfer payments— are the least well off. lowering the relative reward to work. Forty- will benefit from higher productivity, five million people received food stamps in A second point made by Dr. higher wages, and higher economic McLaughlin is that regulations can mid–2015, an increase of 46% since the end of growth. 2008. Similarly, 71.6 million individuals were often create a barrier to entry. Setting My colleagues on the other side who enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s out on one’s own to start a business is are truly interested in reducing pov- Health Insurance Program, an increase of as American as apple pie. It is an ave- erty and inequality should abandon 13.3 million since October 2013. nue that Americans throughout history their divisive politics of envy and class In 2008, during the deepest recession in 75 have taken to climb from the poor warfare Instead, work with Repub- years, 13.2% of Americans lived below the house to the penthouse. But, the cost licans on an agenda focused on eco- government’s official poverty line. The imposed by entry regulations can too nomic growth and opportunity to ben- Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, but in 2014, after five years of economic ex- often stand in the way. This directly efit ALL Americans. limits opportunities of lower-income pansion, 14.8% of Americans were still in I yield the floor. poverty. The economy was better, and there individuals who are the least likely to There being no objection, the mate- were a lot more handouts, but still poverty be able to cut through the red tape and rial was ordered to be printed in the rose. have money on hand to afford the asso- RECORD, as follows: The structure of American households ciated costs. Research by Dr. [Mar. 4, 2016] shows how this happened. From 2008 through McLaughlin directly links entry regu- HOW PROGRESSIVES DRIVE INCOME INEQUALITY 2014, the most recent year for which we have lations with income inequality. His (By Lawrence B. Lindsey) data, the number of two-earner households study looked at the relationship be- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are declined. These two-earner households have tween regulation and income inequal- promising all types of programs to make become the backbone of the American mid- ity across 175 countries and found that America a more equal country. That’s no dle class. stringent entry regulations are cor- surprise. But when you look at performance Research by the Hamilton Project and the Urban Institute show that when families related with significantly higher levels and not rhetoric, the administrations of political progressives have made the distribu- with children making between $20,000 and of income inequality. $50,000 attempt to have a second earner go On the campaign trail we have heard tion of income more unequal than their ad- versaries, who supposedly favor the wealthy. back to work, the effective tax rate on the Senator SANDERS sing the virtues of The Census Bureau releases annual updates extra earnings—including lost government Denmark in his crusade against in- on income distribution in the U.S., pub- benefits such as food stamps, the earned-inequality. Interestingly enough, Den- lishing three technical statistical meas- come tax credit, and medical support pay- mark scores very well in the World ures—the Gini index, the mean logarithmic ments—is between 50% and 80%. This phase- Bank’s ‘‘ease of doing business’’ rank- deviation of income (mean log deviation for out of the ever increasing array of benefits ing, which looks at the cost, time, and short), and the Theil index—each of which has created a ‘‘working-class trap’’ instead of a ‘‘poverty trap’’ that is increasing in- overall red tape in starting and run- represents inequality levels on a scale of 0 to 1 (zero signifies perfect equality and 1 indi- equality and keeping the income of these ning a business. In fact, Denmark is cates perfect inequality). By all three meas- households lower than they might otherwise ranked third, while the U.S. lags be- ures, inequality rose more under Bill Clinton be. hind in seventh and has been consist- than under Ronald Reagan. And it wasn’t While the number of two-earner households ently falling backwards since 2008. even close. While the inequality increase as declined during the first six years of the

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The Sen- objection, it is so ordered. reason the middle class has shrunk, and the ator from Maine. reason inequality has increased. And unless The clerk will report the amend- we increase the number of people wanting to f ments by number. work and the number of jobs through eco- TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND The senior assistant legislative clerk nomic growth, inequality will only increase. URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE- read as follows: The flip side of the progressive agenda to The Senator from Maine [Ms. COLLINS], for redistribute income to those with less is to LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- others, proposes amendments numbered 3903; raise taxes on the ‘‘rich.’’ The data show TIONS ACT, 2016 3909; 3917; 3919; 3922; and 3921, as modified, en that it is also an ineffective way to reduce Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, what is bloc to amendment No. 3896. inequality. the pending business? President Clinton increased the top tax The amendments are as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. H.R. 2577 rate on higher earners—yet inequality rose AMENDMENT NO. 3903 is the pending business, which the during his administration, and faster than (Purpose: To require a report on the eco- under the tax-cutting Ronald Reagan. The clerk will report. nomic and infrastructure effects on air- same happened under President Obama. Tax The senior assistant legislative clerk ports of collegiate aviation flight training rates went up on upper-income earners. In- read as follows: operations) equality rose too, and more than under his A bill (H.R. 2577) making appropriations On page 26, after line 21, add the following: tax-cutting predecessor. for the Departments of Transportation, and SEC. 119J. (a) Not later than one year after A recent Brookings Institution study— Housing and Urban Development, and related the date of the enactment of this Act, the whose authors include Peter Orszag, Presi- agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Comptroller General of the United States dent Obama’s director of the Office of Man- tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes. shall submit to Congress a report assessing agement and Budget—found that boosting Pending: the importance of collegiate aviation flight the top tax rates even more, as Sen. Sanders training operations and the effect of such op- Collins amendment No. 3896, in the nature suggests, would have little or no effect on in- erations on the economy and infrastructure of a substitute. equality. The paper explored the effects of of airports in the National Plan of Inte- McConnell (for Lee) amendment No. 3897 raising the highest marginal income-tax rate grated Airport Systems. (to amendment No. 3896), to prohibit the use to 50% from 39.6%. Assuming no behavioral (b) In the report required by subsection (a), of funds to carry out a rule and notice of the effects, the expected revenue was then dis- the Comptroller General shall include the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- tributed directly (and in theory costlessly) following: ment. to the bottom 20% of income earners. (1) An assessment of the total capacity of McConnell (for Nelson/Rubio) amendment The $95 billion in extra taxes and transfers collegiate aviation flight training programs No. 3898 (to amendment No. 3896), making reduced the Gini Coefficient by only 0.003. To in the United States to meet the needs of the supplemental appropriations for fiscal year put that in perspective, that reversed only United States to train commercial pilots. 2016 to respond to Zika virus. one fifth of the increase in inequality during (2) An assessment of the footprint of colle- McConnell (for Cornyn/Johnson) amend- the Obama presidency. giate aviation flight training operations at There was a catch. When the authors as- ment No. 3899 (to amendment No. 3896), mak- the airports in the United States. sumed that there might be a behavioral re- ing emergency supplemental appropriations (3) An assessment of whether infrastruc- sponse by higher income taxpayers, inequal- for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. ture beyond that necessary for operations of ity fell—but for the wrong reasons. Less McConnell (for Blunt) amendment No. 3900 commercial air carriers is needed at airports work, saving, investing and more tax shel- (to amendment No. 3896), Zika response and at which collegiate aviation flight training tering reduced the taxable income of higher preparedness. operations are conducted. earners and therefore meant less revenue to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- (4) If such infrastructure is needed, an esti- redistribute So the rich got poorer, by their ator from Maine. mate of the cost of such infrastructure. own choice, but the poor got less in benefits. (5) An identification of funding sources, A true lose-lose situation. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, we are None of this should really be surprising. If working very hard on both sides of the available before the date of the enactment of the socialist ideal of ‘‘from each according to aisle. Senator REED and I have been this Act or that may become available after his ability, to each according to his need’’ discussing a package of amendments such date of enactment, that may be used to worked in practice, the Berlin Wall might construct such infrastructure. which we ultimately hope to approve (6) Recommendations for improving tech- still be standing. Of course, one of the rea- by unanimous consent. We are making sons it came down is that a new ruling class nical and financial assistance to airports to sure that it is a balanced package, re- construct such infrastructure. emerged to take from the productive and flecting both Republican and Demo- give to those in need, siphoning off a cut of AMENDMENT NO. 3909 the swag along the way. Ruling classes al- cratic initiatives. These are amend- (Purpose: To allow Indian tribes to use cer- ways have sticky fingers. ments that are acceptable to both of us tain funds to construct housing for certain Redistribution through the political proc- as managers of the bill, but we are skilled workers) ess is not costless—even in a perfect world waiting for the process to work its way On page 103, line 18, insert ‘‘and, notwith- there would be a large bureaucracy to feed. through. My hope is that we might be standing title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5301 et Special-interest elites also emerge when so able to do it this evening, but if not seq.), eligible Indian tribes may use funds much money is being moved around. They this evening, then perhaps we will be made available under this paragraph for the take their cut, introducing even more ineffi- construction of housing for law enforcement, ciency into the system. able to turn to it first thing in the morning. health care, educational, technical, and Presidential contenders who boast of their other skilled workers’’ after ‘‘title)’’. plans to reduce inequality might ponder the I thank the Presiding Officer and AMENDMENT NO. 3917 fact that providing more free things is not suggest the absence of a quorum. the answer. Even free college and free health The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds for the care are paid with taxes that discourage peo- Continuum of Care program of the Depart- clerk will call the roll. ment of Housing and Urban Development ple from increasing their work, savings and The senior assistant legislative clerk entrepreneurship. unless the program allows for zero-toler- Attacking the rich and running against in- proceeded to call the roll. ance recovery housing) equality may be a sensible political strategy. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask In the matter under the heading ‘‘HOME- But in the end the programs to implement unanimous consent that the order for LESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS’’ under the heading this strategy make the problem worse. Yet the quorum call be rescinded. ‘‘COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT’’ advocates come back and demand the same The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without in title II of division A, insert before the pe- programs. That is perilously close to the def- objection, it is so ordered. riod at the end the following: ‘‘: Provided fur- inition of insanity attributed to Einstein: ther, That none of the funds provided under AMENDMENTS NOS. 3903; 3909; 3917; 3919; 3922; AND doing the same thing over and over again this heading shall be available for the con- 3921, AS MODIFIED, TO AMENDMENT NO. 3896 and expecting different results. tinuum of care program unless the Secretary The repeated failure of political promises Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask ensures that zero-tolerance recovery housing has another downside—increasing voter unanimous consent that the following programs are eligible to receive funds under alienation and cynicism. The appeal of redis- amendments be called up en bloc and the continuum of care program’’.

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AMENDMENT NO. 3919 (Purpose: Making emergency supplemental borne diseases, and related health outcomes, (Purpose: To provide for safety appropriations for the fiscal year ending domestically and internationally; and to improvements on transit systems) September 30, 2016, and for other purposes) carry out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS At the appropriate place in division B, in- Act with respect to domestic preparedness At the appropriate place in title I of divi- sert the following: and global health: Provided, That products sion A, insert the following: purchased with these funds may, at the dis- TITLE ll SEC. ll. Notwithstanding any other pro- cretion of the Secretary of Health and vision of this Act— ZIKA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS Human Services, be deposited in the Stra- (1) the total amount made available under CHAPTER 1 tegic National Stockpile under section 319F– the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES’’ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That under the heading ‘‘FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMIN- SERVICES funds may be used for purchase and insur- ISTRATION’’ shall be $113,165,000; and ance of official motor vehicles in foreign HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES (2) the total amount made available under countries: Provided further, That the provi- ADMINISTRATION the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under sions in section 317S of the PHS Act shall the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY’’ PRIMARY HEALTH CARE not apply to the use of funds appropriated in shall be $113,896,000. For an additional amount for fiscal year this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 2016 for ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, $40,000,000, AMENDMENT NO. 3922 appropriated in this paragraph may be used to remain available until September 30, 2017, for grants for the construction, alteration, (Purpose: To allow jurisdictions to maintain to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika or renovation of nonfederally owned facili- access to certain funds deposited in their virus, other vector-borne diseases, and re- ties to improve preparedness and response HOME Investment Trust Fund that would lated health outcomes, domestically and capability at the State and local level: Pro- otherwise expire) internationally: Provided, That funds appro- vided further, That of the amount appro- At the appropriate place in title II of divi- priated in this paragraph shall be used to ex- priated in this paragraph, $88,000,000 may be sion A, insert the following: pand the delivery of primary health services used to reimburse accounts administered by SEC. ll. Section 218(g) of the Cranston- authorized by section 330 of the Public the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act Health Service (‘‘PHS’’) Act in Puerto Rico tion for obligations incurred for Zika virus (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re- and other territories: Provided further, That response prior to the enactment of this Act: spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw such amount is designated by the Congress Provided further, That such amount is des- funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund as an emergency requirement pursuant to ignated by the Congress as an emergency re- that otherwise øexpired or would¿ expire in section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019 under that section. and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- icit Control Act of 1985. AMENDMENT 3921, AS MODIFIED HEALTH WORKFORCE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (Purpose: To require the United States Inter- For an additional amount for fiscal year NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND agency Council on Homelessness to submit 2016 for ‘‘Health Workforce’’, $6,000,000 to re- INFECTIOUS DISEASES a report on improving health and housing main available until September 30, 2017, to For an additional amount for fiscal year outcomes for chronically homeless individ- prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika 2016 for ‘‘National Institute of Allergy and uals, individuals with behavioral health virus, other vector-borne diseases, and re- Infectious Diseases’’, $200,000,000, to remain conditions, and children) lated health outcomes, domestically and internationally: Provided, That funds appro- available until September 30, 2017, to pre- At the appropriate place in division A, in- priated in this paragraph may, for purposes vent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, sert the following: of providing primary health services in areas other vector-borne diseases, and related SEC. ll. Not later than 24 months after affected by Zika virus or other vector-borne health outcomes, domestically and inter- the date of enactment of this Act, the United diseases, be used to assign National Health nationally, including expenses related to States Interagency Council on Homelessness Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members to Puerto carrying out section 301 and title IV of the shall submit to Congress a report that as- Rico and other Territories, notwithstanding PHS Act: Provided, That such amount is des- sesses how Federal housing programs and the assignment priorities and limitations in ignated by the Congress as an emergency re- Federal health programs could better col- or under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), or quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) laborate to reduce costs and improve health 333A(a) of the PHS Act, and to make NHSC of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- and housing outcomes, in particular for— Loan Repayment Program awards under sec- icit Control Act of 1985. (1) chronically homeless individuals; tion 338B of such Act: Provided further, That OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (2) homeless individuals with behavioral for purposes of the previous proviso, section PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES health conditions; and 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied EMERGENCY FUND (3) homeless children, including infants, in as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ in- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) families that— cluded health services regarding pediatric For an additional amount for fiscal year (A) receive housing assistance under pro- subspecialists: Provided further, That such 2016 for ‘‘Public Health and Social Services grams administered by the Federal Govern- amount is designated by the Congress as an Emergency Fund’’, $150,000,000, to remain ment; or emergency requirement pursuant to section available until September 30, 2017, to pre- (B) could benefit from grant programs ad- 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and vent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, ministered by the Federal Government. Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. other vector-borne diseases, and related Ms. COLLINS. I ask unanimous con- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH health outcomes, domestically and inter- sent that the Senate now vote on these For an additional amount for fiscal year nationally; to develop necessary counter- amendments en bloc. 2016 for ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, measures and vaccines, including the devel- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without $5,000,000 to remain available until Sep- opment and purchase of vaccines, thera- peutics, diagnostics, necessary medical sup- objection, it is so ordered. tember 30, 2017, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, other vector-borne plies, and administrative activities; for car- Ms. COLLINS. I know of no further diseases, and related health outcomes, do- rying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS debate on these amendments. mestically and internationally: Provided, Act with respect to domestic preparedness The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there That funds appropriated in this paragraph and global health; and for additional pay- further debate? may be awarded for projects of regional and ments for distribution as provided for under national significance in Puerto Rico and the ‘‘Social Services Block Grant Program’’: The PRESIDING OFFICER. If not, Provided, That funds appropriated in this the question is on agreeing to the other Territories authorized under section 501 of the Social Security Act, notwith- paragraph may be used to procure security amendments en bloc. standing section 502 of such Act: Provided countermeasures (as defined in section 319F– The amendments (Nos. 3903; 3909; further, That such amount is designated by 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act, as amended by this 3917; 3919; 3922; and 3921, as modified) the Congress as an emergency requirement Act): Provided further, That paragraphs (1) were agreed to en bloc. pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- and (7)(C) of subsection (c) of section 319F–2 of the PHS Act, but no other provisions of AMENDMENT NO. 3899, AS MODIFIED anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. such section, shall apply to such security Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask countermeasures procured with funds appro- CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND unanimous consent that the Cornyn priated in this paragraph: Provided further, PREVENTION amendment No. 3899 be modified with That products purchased with funds appro- CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT the changes that are at the desk. priated in this paragraph may, at the discre- For an additional amount for fiscal year tion of the Secretary of Health and Human The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 2016 for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities and Program Services, be deposited in the Strategic Na- objection, it is so ordered. Support’’, $449,000,000, to remain available tional Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the The amendment, as modified, is as until September 30, 2017, to prevent, prepare PHS Act: Provided further, That counter- follows: for, and respond to Zika virus, other vector- measures related to the Zika virus procured

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY6.025 S16MYPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S2816 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 16, 2016 with funds appropriated in this paragraph the Committees until all funds are expended outcomes, other vector-borne diseases, or shall be deemed to be security counter- or expire. other infectious diseases: Provided, That such measures as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1) of CHAPTER 2 funds may be made available for multi-year the PHS Act, and paragraph (7)(C), but no funding commitments to incentivize the de- DEPARTMENT OF STATE other provision, of such section 319F–2(c) velopment of global health technologies, fol- shall apply to procurements of such counter- ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS lowing consultation with the Committees on measures: Provided further, That $75,000,000 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS Appropriations: Provided further, That none shall be transferred to ‘‘Social Services For an additional amount for fiscal year of the funds appropriated in this chapter Block Grant’’ for health services, notwith- 2016 for ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro- may be made available for the Grand Chal- standing section 2005(a)(4) of the Social Se- grams’’, $14,594,000, to remain available until lenges for Development program: Provided curity Act, in territories with active or local September 30, 2017, for necessary expenses to further, That such amount is designated by transmission cases of the Zika virus, as con- support response efforts related to the Zika the Congress as an emergency requirement firmed by the Centers for Disease Control virus and related health outcomes, other pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- and Prevention: Provided further, That the vector-borne diseases, or other infectious anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Secretary of Health and Human Services diseases: Provided, That up to $4,000,000 may Act of 1985. shall distribute funds transferred to the ‘‘So- be made available for medical evacuation INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE cial Services Block Grant’’ in this paragraph costs of any other Department or agency of DEPARTMENT OF STATE to such territories in accordance with objec- the United States under the Chief of Mission NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, tive criteria that are made available to the authority, and may be transferred to any DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS public: Provided further, That such amount is other appropriation of such Department or designated by the Congress as an emergency agency for such costs: Provided further, That For an additional amount for fiscal year requirement pursuant to section such amount is designated by the Congress 2016 for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and as an emergency requirement pursuant to Demining and Related Programs’’, $4,000,000, Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget to remain available until September 30, 2017, GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. for necessary expenses to support response and research efforts related to the Zika virus (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND and related health outcomes, other vector- SEC. ll. For purposes of preventing, pre- CONSULAR SERVICE borne diseases, or other infectious diseases: paring for, and responding to Zika virus, For an additional amount for fiscal year Provided, That such amount is designated other vector-borne diseases, and related 2016 for ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and by the Congress as an emergency require- health outcomes domestically and inter- Consular Services’’, $4,000,000 for necessary ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of nationally, the Secretary of Health and expenses to support response efforts related the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Human Services may use funds provided in to the Zika virus and related health out- Control Act of 1985. this chapter to acquire, lease, construct, comes, other vector-borne diseases, or other MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE alter, renovate, equip, furnish, or manage fa- infectious diseases, to remain available until FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT cilities outside of the United States, as nec- expended: Provided, That such amount is des- essary to conduct such programs, in con- ignated by the Congress as an emergency re- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS sultation with the Secretary of State, either quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) For an additional amount for fiscal year directly for the use of the United States Gov- of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- 2016 for ‘‘International Organizations and ernment or for the use, pursuant to grants, icit Control Act of 1985. Programs’’, $13,500,000, to remain available direct assistance, or cooperative agreements, REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT until September 30, 2017, for necessary ex- of public or nonprofit private institutions or penses to support response and research ef- For an additional amount for fiscal year agencies in participating foreign countries. forts related to the Zika virus and related 2016 for ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Ac- SEC. ll. Funds appropriated by this chap- health outcomes, other vector-borne dis- count’’ for the cost of direct loans, $1,000,000, ter may be used by the heads of the Depart- eases, or other infectious diseases: Provided, to support response efforts related to the ment of Health and Human Services, Depart- That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Zika virus and related health outcomes, ment of State, and the Agency for Inter- Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro- other vector-borne diseases, or other infec- national Development to appoint, without priated under this heading: Provided further, tious diseases, to remain available until ex- regard to the provisions of sections 3309 That such amount is designated by the Con- pended: Provided, That such costs, including through 3319 of title 5 of the United States gress as an emergency requirement pursuant costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de- Code, candidates needed for positions to per- to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced fined in section 502 of the Congressional form critical work relating to Zika response Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That for which— of 1985. (1) public notice has been given; and such funds are available to subsidize an addi- GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER (2) the Secretary of Health and Human tional amount of gross obligations for the Services has determined that such a public principal amount of direct loans not to ex- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) health threat exists. ceed $1,880,406: Provided further, That such SEC. ll. (a) Funds appropriated by this SEC. ll. Funds appropriated in this chap- amount is designated by the Congress as an chapter under the headings ‘‘Global Health ter may be transferred to, and merged with, emergency requirement pursuant to section Programs’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter- other appropriation accounts under the 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, headings ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. ‘‘International Organizations and Pro- Prevention’’, ‘‘Public Health and Social UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL grams’’, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ may be Services Emergency Fund’’, ‘‘Health Re- DEVELOPMENT transferred to, and merged with, funds ap- sources and Services Administration’’, and propriated by this chapter under such head- FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT ‘‘National Institutes of Health’’ for the pur- ings to carry out the purposes of this chap- poses specified in this chapter following con- OPERATING EXPENSES ter. sultation with the Office of Management and For an additional amount for fiscal year (b) Funds appropriated by this chapter Budget: Provided, That the Committees on 2016 for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, $10,000,000, to under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Con- Appropriations shall be notified 10 days in remain available until September 30, 2017, for sular Programs’’, ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo- advance of any such transfer: Provided fur- necessary expenses to support response ef- matic and Consular Service’’, and ‘‘Repatri- ther, That, upon a determination that all or forts related to the Zika virus and related ation Loans Program Account’’ may be part of the funds transferred from an appro- health outcomes, other vector-borne dis- transferred to, and merged with, funds ap- priation are not necessary, such amounts eases, or other infectious diseases: Provided, propriated by this chapter under such head- may be transferred back to that appropria- That such amount is designated by the Con- ings to carry out the purposes of this chap- tion: Provided further, That none of the funds gress as an emergency requirement pursuant ter. made available by this chapter may be trans- to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced (c) The transfer authorities provided by ferred pursuant to the authority in section Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act this section are in addition to any other 206 of division G of Public Law 113–235 or sec- of 1985. transfer authority provided by law. tion 241(a) of the PHS Act. BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE (d) Upon a determination that all or part SEC. ll. Not later than 30 days after en- of the funds transferred pursuant to the au- FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT actment of this Act, the Secretary of Health thorities provided by this section are not and Human Services shall provide a detailed GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS necessary for such purposes, such amounts spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made For an additional amount for fiscal year may be transferred back to such appropria- available in this chapter, including esti- 2016 for ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, tions. mated personnel and administrative costs, to $211,000,000, to remain available until ex- (e) No funds shall be transferred pursuant the Committees on Appropriations. The Sec- pended, for necessary expenses for assistance to this section unless at least 15 days prior retary of Health and Human Services should or research to prevent, treat, or otherwise to making such transfer the Secretary of also provide quarterly obligation updates to respond to the Zika virus and related health State or the Administrator of the United

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Funds appropriated by this chap- priated pursuant to this title for fiscal year such amount is designated by the Congress ter that are made available to respond to the 2016 are subject to the requirements for as an emergency requirement pursuant to Zika virus outbreak, other vector-borne dis- funds contained in the Consolidated Appro- section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget eases, or other infectious diseases shall not priations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113). and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. be available for obligation unless the Sec- PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS HEALTH WORKFORCE retary of State or the USAID Administrator, For an additional amount for fiscal year as appropriate, notifies the Committees on SEC. ll. Funds made available by this 2016 for ‘‘Health Workforce’’, $6,000,000 to re- Appropriations in writing at least 15 days in title to support response efforts related to main available until September 30, 2017, to advance of such obligation. the Zika virus and related health outcomes, other vector-borne diseases, or other infec- prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika SPEND PLAN REQUIREMENT tious diseases may be used to enter into con- virus, other vector-borne diseases, and re- SEC. ll. Not later than 45 days after the tracts with individuals for the provision of lated health outcomes, domestically and date of enactment of this Act and prior to personal services (as described in section 104 internationally: Provided, That funds appro- the obligation of funds made available by of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula- priated in this paragraph may, for purposes this chapter to respond to the Zika virus tions (48 CFR 37.104)), within the United of providing primary health services in areas outbreak, other vector-borne diseases, or States and abroad, subject to prior consulta- affected by Zika virus or other vector-borne other infectious diseases, the Secretary of tion with, and the notification procedures of, diseases, be used to assign National Health State and the USAID Administrator, as ap- the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members to Puerto propriate, shall submit spend plans to the That such individuals may not be deemed Rico and other Territories, notwithstanding Committees on Appropriations on the antici- employees of the United States for the pur- the assignment priorities and limitations in pated uses of funds on a country and project pose of any law administered by the Office of or under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), or basis, including estimated personnel and ad- Personnel Management. 333A(a) of the PHS Act, and to make NHSC ministrative costs: Provided, That such plans Loan Repayment Program awards under sec- DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT tion 338B of such Act: Provided further, That shall be updated and submitted to the Com- SEC. ll. Each amount designated in this for purposes of the previous proviso, section mittee on Appropriations every 90 days until title by the Congress as an emergency re- 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied September 30, 2017, and every 180 days there- quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ in- after until all funds have been fully ex- of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- cluded health services regarding pediatric pended. icit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or subspecialists: Provided further, That such COMPTROLLER GENERAL OVERSIGHT rescinded, if applicable) only if the President amount is designated by the Congress as an SEC. ll. Of the funds appropriated by this subsequently so designates all such amounts emergency requirement pursuant to section chapter, up to $500,000 shall be made avail- and transmits such designations to the Con- 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and able to the Comptroller General of the gress. Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. United States, to remain available until ex- EFFECTIVE DATE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH pended, for oversight of activities supported SEC. ll. This title shall become effective For an additional amount for fiscal year pursuant to this chapter with funds appro- immediately upon enactment of this Act. 2016 for ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, priated by this chapter: Provided, That the $5,000,000 to remain available until Sep- Secretary of State and USAID Adminis- RECISSION tember 30, 2017, to prevent, prepare for, and trator, as appropriate, and the Comptroller SEC. ll. From amounts appropriated for respond to Zika virus, other vector-borne General shall consult with the Committees the Prevention and Public Health Fund diseases, and related health outcomes, do- on Appropriations prior to obligating such under section 4002 of the Patient Protection mestically and internationally: Provided, funds. and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-11)— That funds appropriated in this paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2017, $931,000,000 shall be may be awarded for projects of regional and RESCISSION rescinded on the date on which such amounts national significance in Puerto Rico and SEC. ll. Of the unobligated balances are available for obligation; and other Territories authorized under section available under the heading ‘‘Operating Ex- (2) for fiscal year 2018, $200,000,000 shall be 501 of the Social Security Act, notwith- penses’’ in title IX of the Department of rescinded on the date on which such amounts standing section 502 of such Act: Provided State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro- are available for obligation. further, That such amount is designated by grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of SHORT TITLE the Congress as an emergency requirement Public Law 113–235), $10,000,000 are rescinded: pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- Provided, That such amounts are designated SEC. ll. This title may be cited as the anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control by the Congress as an emergency require- ‘‘Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1985. for Zika Response and Preparedness Act, ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 2016’’. the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit PREVENTION Control Act of 1985. AMENDMENT NO. 3900, AS MODIFIED CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT CHAPTER 3 Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask For an additional amount for fiscal year REMOVING BARRIERS TO COMBATING unanimous consent that the Blunt 2016 for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities and Program THE ZIKA VIRUS AND MOSQUITO-BORNE amendment No. 3900 be modified with Support’’, $449,000,000, to remain available TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE the changes that are at the desk. until September 30, 2017, to prevent, prepare REMOVING BARRIERS TO COMBATING THE ZIKA The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without for, and respond to Zika virus, other vector- VIRUS AND MOSQUITO-BORNE TRANSMISSION objection, it is so ordered. borne diseases, and related health outcomes, domestically and internationally; and to OF DISEASE The amendment, as modified, is as carry out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS SEC. ll. Section 402 of the Federal Water follows: Act with respect to domestic preparedness Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is (Purpose: Zika response and preparedness) and global health: Provided, That products amended by adding at the end the following: At the appropriate place in division B, in- purchased with these funds may, at the dis- ‘‘(s) MOSQUITO CONTROL WAIVER.—Notwith- sert the following: cretion of the Secretary of Health and standing any other provision of this section, Human Services, be deposited in the Stra- TITLE ll the Administrator (or a State, in the case of tegic National Stockpile under section 319F– a permit program approved under subsection ZIKA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That (b)) shall not require a permit for a discharge CHAPTER 1 funds may be used for purchase and insur- from the application by an entity authorized DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN ance of official motor vehicles in foreign under State or local law, such as a vector SERVICES countries: Provided further, That the provi- control district, of a pesticide in compliance sions in section 317S of the PHS Act shall HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES with all relevant requirements of the Federal not apply to the use of funds appropriated in ADMINISTRATION Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act this paragraph: Provided further, That funds (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) to control mosquitos or PRIMARY HEALTH CARE appropriated in this paragraph may be used mosquito larvae to protect the public health For an additional amount for fiscal year for grants for the construction, alteration, and welfare, including for the prevention or 2016 for ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, $40,000,000 to or renovation of non-federally owned facili- control of the Zika virus, West Nile virus, or remain available until September 30, 2017, to ties to improve preparedness and response dengue fever. The Administrator shall not prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika capability at the State and local level: Pro- directly or indirectly require any State to virus, other vector-borne diseases, and re- vided further, That of the amount appro- require such a permit.’’. lated health outcomes, domestically and priated in this paragraph, $88,000,000 may be

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For purposes of preventing, pre- CONSULAR SERVICE ignated by the Congress as an emergency re- paring for, and responding to Zika virus, For an additional amount for fiscal year quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) other vector-borne diseases, and related 2016 for ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- health outcomes domestically and inter- Consular Service’’, $4,000,000 for necessary icit Control Act of 1985. nationally, the Secretary of Health and expenses to support response efforts related NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Human Services may use funds provided in to the Zika virus and related health out- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND this chapter to acquire, lease, construct, comes, other vector-borne diseases, or other INFECTIOUS DISEASES alter, renovate, equip, furnish, or manage fa- infectious diseases, to remain available until For an additional amount for fiscal year cilities outside of the United States, as nec- expended: Provided, That such amount is des- 2016 for ‘‘National Institute of Allergy and essary to conduct such programs, in con- ignated by the Congress as an emergency re- Infectious Diseases’’, $200,000,000, to remain sultation with the Secretary of State, either quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) available until September 30, 2017, to pre- directly for the use of the United States Gov- of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- vent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, ernment or for the use, pursuant to grants, icit Control Act of 1985. other vector-borne diseases, and related direct assistance, or cooperative agreements, REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT health outcomes, domestically and inter- of public or nonprofit private institutions or For an additional amount for fiscal year nationally, including expenses related to agencies in participating foreign countries. 2016 for ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Ac- carrying out section 301 and title IV of the SEC. ll. Funds appropriated by this chap- count’’ for the cost of direct loans, $1,000,000, PHS Act: Provided, That such amount is des- ter may be used by the heads of the Depart- to support response efforts related to the ignated by the Congress as an emergency re- ment of Health and Human Services, Depart- Zika virus and related health outcomes, quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) ment of State, and the Agency for Inter- other vector-borne diseases, or other infec- of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- national Development to appoint, without tious diseases, to remain available until ex- icit Control Act of 1985. regard to the provisions of sections 3309 pended: Provided, That such costs, including OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY through 3319 of title 5 of the United States costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de- Code, candidates needed for positions to per- PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES fined in section 502 of the Congressional form critical work relating to Zika response EMERGENCY FUND Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That for which— (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) such funds are available to subsidize an addi- (1) public notice has been given; and tional amount of gross obligations for the For an additional amount for fiscal year (2) the Secretary of Health and Human principal amount of direct loans not to ex- 2016 for ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Services has determined that such a public ceed $1,880,406: Provided further, That such Emergency Fund’’, $150,000,000, to remain health threat exists. amount is designated by the Congress as an available until September 30, 2017, to pre- SEC. ll. Funds appropriated in this chap- emergency requirement pursuant to section vent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, ter may be transferred to, and merged with, 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and other vector-borne diseases, and related other appropriation accounts under the Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. health outcomes, domestically and inter- headings ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and nationally; to develop necessary counter- Prevention’’, ‘‘Public Health and Social UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL measures and vaccines, including the devel- Services Emergency Fund’’, ‘‘Health Re- DEVELOPMENT opment and purchase of vaccines, thera- sources and Services Administration’’, and FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT peutics, diagnostics, necessary medical sup- ‘‘National Institutes of Health’’ for the pur- OPERATING EXPENSES plies, and administrative activities; for car- poses specified in this chapter following con- For an additional amount for fiscal year rying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS sultation with the Office of Management and 2016 for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, $10,000,000, to Act with respect to domestic preparedness Budget: Provided, That the Committees on remain available until September 30, 2017, for and global health; and for additional pay- Appropriations shall be notified 10 days in necessary expenses to support response ef- ments for distribution as provided for under advance of any such transfer: Provided fur- forts related to the Zika virus and related the ‘‘Social Services Block Grant Program’’: ther, That, upon a determination that all or health outcomes, other vector-borne dis- Provided, That funds appropriated in this part of the funds transferred from an appro- eases, or other infectious diseases: Provided, paragraph may be used to procure security priation are not necessary, such amounts That such amount is designated by the Con- countermeasures (as defined in section 319F– may be transferred back to that appropria- gress as an emergency requirement pursuant 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act, as amended by this tion: Provided further, That none of the funds to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Act): Provided further, That paragraphs (1) made available by this chapter may be trans- Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act and (7)(C) of subsection (c) of section 319F–2 ferred pursuant to the authority in section of 1985. of the PHS Act, but no other provisions of 206 of division G of Public Law 113–235 or sec- BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE such section, shall apply to such security tion 241(a) of the PHS Act. countermeasures procured with funds appro- SEC. ll. Not later than 30 days after en- FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT priated in this paragraph: Provided further, actment of this Act, the Secretary of Health GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS That products purchased with funds appro- and Human Services shall provide a detailed For an additional amount for fiscal year priated in this paragraph may, at the discre- spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made 2016 for ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, tion of the Secretary of Health and Human available in this chapter, including esti- $211,000,000, to remain available until ex- Services, be deposited in the Strategic Na- mated personnel and administrative costs, to pended, for necessary expenses for assistance tional Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the the Committees on Appropriations. The Sec- or research to prevent, treat, or otherwise PHS Act: Provided further, That counter- retary of Health and Human Services should respond to the Zika virus and related health measures related to the Zika virus procured also provide quarterly obligation updates to outcomes, other vector-borne diseases, or with funds appropriated in this paragraph the Committees until all funds are expended other infectious diseases: Provided, That such shall be deemed to be security counter- or expire. funds may be made available for multi-year measures as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1) of CHAPTER 2 funding commitments to incentivize the de- the PHS Act, and paragraph (7)(C), but no DEPARTMENT OF STATE velopment of global health technologies, fol- other provision, of such section 319F–2(c) lowing consultation with the Committees on ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS shall apply to procurements of such counter- Appropriations: Provided further, That none measures: Provided further, That $75,000,000 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be transferred to ‘‘Social Services For an additional amount for fiscal year may be made available for the Grand Chal- Block Grant’’ for health services, notwith- 2016 for ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro- lenges for Development program: Provided standing section 2005(a)(4) of the Social Se- grams’’, $14,594,000, to remain available until further, That such amount is designated by curity Act, in territories with active or local September 30, 2017, for necessary expenses to the Congress as an emergency requirement transmission cases of the Zika virus, as con- support response efforts related to the Zika pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- firmed by the Centers for Disease Control virus and related health outcomes, other anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control and Prevention: Provided further, That the vector-borne diseases, or other infectious Act of 1985. Secretary of Health and Human Services diseases: Provided, That up to $4,000,000 may INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE shall distribute funds transferred to the ‘‘So- be made available for medical evacuation cial Services Block Grant’’ in this paragraph costs of any other Department or agency of DEPARTMENT OF STATE to such territories in accordance with objec- the United States under Chief of Mission au- NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, tive criteria that are made available to the thority, and may be transferred to any other DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS public: Provided further, That such amount is appropriation of such Department or agency For an additional amount for fiscal year designated by the Congress as an emergency for such costs: Provided further, That such 2016 for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, requirement pursuant to section amount is designated by the Congress as an Demining and Related Programs’’, $4,000,000,

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Mr. President, I ask and related health outcomes, other vector- ing estimated personnel and administrative unanimous consent that the Senate be borne diseases, or other infectious diseases: costs: Provided, That such plans shall be up- in a period of morning business, with Provided, That such amount is designated by dated and submitted to the Committee on Senators permitted to speak therein the Congress as an emergency requirement Appropriations every 90 days until Sep- for up to 10 minutes each. pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- tember 30, 2017, and every 180 days thereafter The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control until all funds have been fully expended. objection, it is so ordered. Act of 1985. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OVERSIGHT f MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE SEC. ll. Of the funds appropriated by this FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT chapter, up to $500,000 shall be made avail- NATIONAL POLICE WEEK INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS able to the Comptroller General of the Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I will For an additional amount for fiscal year United States, to remain available until ex- be submitting a bipartisan resolution 2016 for ‘‘International Organizations and pended, for oversight of activities supported to commemorate National Police Programs’’, $13,500,000, to remain available pursuant to this chapter with funds appro- Week, which this year began on Sun- until September 30, 2017 for necessary ex- priated by this chapter: Provided, That the day, May 15, and ends on Saturday, Secretary of State and USAID Adminis- penses to support response and research ef- May 21. forts related to the Zika virus and related trator, as appropriate, and the Comptroller Senator LEAHY and 52 others have health outcomes, other vector-borne dis- General shall consult with the Committees eases, or other infectious diseases: Provided, on Appropriations prior to obligating such joined me as original cosponsors of the That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance funds. measure. The theme of this year’s Po- Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro- RESCISSION lice Week is ‘‘Honoring Our Heroes.’’ priated under this heading: Provided further, SEC. ll. Of the unobligated balances National Police Week is dedicated to That such amount is designated by the Con- available under the heading ‘‘Operating Ex- the brave men and women in blue who gress as an emergency requirement pursuant penses’’ in title IX of the Department of selflessly protect and serve our com- to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro- munities every hour of every day of Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of every week and in every community of 1985. Public Law 113–235), $10,000,000 are rescinded: across the United States. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER Provided, That such amounts are designated The week affords an opportunity to (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) by the Congress as an emergency require- honor those who have made the ulti- ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of SEC. ll. (a) Funds appropriated by this the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit mate sacrifice while striving to make chapter under the headings ‘‘Global Health our neighborhoods safer and more se- Programs’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter- Control Act of 1985. CHAPTER 3 cure. rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, Multiple events have taken place in ‘‘International Organizations and Pro- GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE grams’’, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ may be Washington, DC over the past week to EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND PROVISIONS transferred to, and merged with, funds ap- not only remember those officers who propriated by this chapter under such head- SEC. ll. Unless otherwise provided for by tragically lost their lives in the line of ings to carry out the purposes of this chap- this title, the additional amounts appro- duty but also to honor outstanding ter. priated pursuant to this title for fiscal year acts of valor and service by many oth- 2016 are subject to the requirements for (b) Funds appropriated by this chapter ers. under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Con- funds contained in the Consolidated Appro- priations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113). Tens of thousands of police officers sular Programs’’, ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo- as well as their friends and family matic and Consular Service’’, and ‘‘Repatri- PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS ation Loans Program Account’’ may be members have gathered in our nation’s SEC. ll. Funds made available by this capital for these events, which included transferred to, and merged with, funds ap- title to support response efforts related to propriated by this chapter under such head- the Zika virus and related health outcomes, the Annual Blue Mass, a Candlelight ings to carry out the purposes of this chap- other vector-borne diseases, or other infec- Vigil and a Police Unity Tour Arrival ter. tious diseases may be used to enter into con- Ceremony, among others. (c) The transfer authorities provided by tracts with individuals for the provision of Yesterday was National Peace Offi- this section are in addition to any other personal services (as described in section 104 cers Memorial Day and thousands transfer authority provided by law. of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula- gathered on the West Front of the Cap- (d) Upon a determination that all or part tions (48 CFR 37.104)), within the United itol for the 35th Annual National Peace of the funds transferred pursuant to the au- States and abroad, subject to prior consulta- thorities provided by this section are not Officers Memorial Service. tion with, and the notification procedures of, This solemn service offered an oppor- necessary for such purposes, such amounts the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, may be transferred back to such appropria- That such individuals may not be deemed tunity for all of us to pay our respects tions. employees of the United States for the pur- to fallen officers and the families, com- (e) No funds shall be transferred pursuant pose of any law administered by the Office of munities, and law enforcement agen- to this section unless at least 15 days prior Personnel Management. cies that have been permanently al- to making such transfer the Secretary of tered because they paid the ultimate State or the Administrator of the United DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT States Agency for International Develop- SEC. ll. Each amount designated in this sacrifice. ment (USAID), as appropriate, notifies the title by the Congress as an emergency re- We owe these brave men and women Committees on Appropriations in writing of quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) our utmost respect and gratitude as we the details of any such transfer. of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- honor their noble profession this week. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT icit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or Each of the officers killed in the line rescinded, if applicable) only if the President SEC. ll. Funds appropriated by this chap- of duty this year started their shift subsequently so designates all such amounts ter that are made available to respond to the with the same goals: do some good, and transmits such designations to the Con- Zika virus outbreak, other vector-borne dis- backup my fellow officers, and return gress. eases, or other infectious diseases shall not home safely. be available for obligation unless the Sec- EFFECTIVE DATE Some of these officers had dedicated retary of State or the USAID Administrator, SEC. ll. This title shall become effective decades of their lives to protecting as appropriate, notifies the Committees on immediately upon enactment of this Act. their communities. Appropriations in writing at least 15 days in Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, that al- One of these officers was murdered advance of such obligation. lowed us to move forward on the appro- mere hours after being sworn to her SPEND PLAN REQUIREMENT priations bill we are now considering. I oath of service. SEC. ll. Not later than 45 days after en- am very pleased, and I thank the rank- At the National Law Enforcement Of- actment of this Act and prior to the obliga- ing member for working so coopera- ficers Memorial, the names of some 200 tion of funds made available by this chapter to respond to the Zika virus outbreak, other tively, and I thank all of the sponsors Iowans are inscribed amongst their law vector-borne diseases, or other infectious of these amendments for working with enforcement family. diseases, the Secretary of State and the us so we can start to make real Carved into the Memorial’s walls are USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall progress on this appropriations bill. the names of more than 20,000 men and

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CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- cause of the manner in which they died local law enforcement agencies, and porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of but because time and again they an- the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, swered a call to do right, impervious to will help further our support for these we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. the constant lurking of danger. collaborative efforts. 15–70, concerning the Department of the Regrettably, 123 new names of offi- The bill also includes an important Navy’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Ac- cers killed in the line of duty in 2015 set of provisions authored by Senator ceptance to the Government of Egypt for de- will be added to the rolls this week and fense articles and services estimated to cost SHAHEEN to protect the rights of sexual $143 million. After this letter is delivered to we know that they will not be the last. assault survivors. I want to thank and your office, we plan to issue a news release Mr. President, the men and women of applaud Senator SHAHEEN for her hard to notify the public of this proposed sale. law enforcement make sacrifices both work and leadership on the Sexual As- Sincerely, big and small, frequently missing fam- sault Survivors Rights Act. As an J.W. RIXEY, ily celebrations and holidays because original cosponsor of her bill, I sup- Vice Admiral, USN, Director. they believe in serving something ported the inclusion of her important Enclosures. greater than themselves. measure as part of this bill. TRANSMITTAL NO. 15–70 The work of law enforcement is not a I encourage all Senators to support Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of job, it is a calling. this bill. I hope that the House will Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the That calling and those officers’ devo- take it up and promptly pass it so that Arms Export Control Act, as amended tion to duty merits our admiration and it can be signed into law by the Presi- (i) Prospective Purchaser: Egypt. we are deeply indebted to them. dent. There is no need to delay any (ii) Total Estimated Value: Major Defense Equipment* $116 million. I call on all Americans this week to longer our support for the Federal, pause and contemplate the safety and Other $ 27 million. State, and local enforcement agencies Total $143 million. security they enjoy. that work tirelessly to protect the (iii) Description and Quantity or Articles We all must recognize that such children of our community. But once or Services under Consideration for Pur- peace is the result of sacrifices made this bill becomes law, our job does not chase: by the brave men and women of law en- end there. It is not sufficient to just Major Defense Equipment (MDE) includes: forcement. pay lip service to this issue and allow Twenty (20) UGM–84L Harpoon Block II I also want to take this opportunity Congress to pat itself on the back for Encapsulated Missiles Two (2) Encapsulated Harpoon Certifi- to urge my colleagues to support this passing an authorization bill. Just as year’s resolution designating National cation Training Vehicles (EHCTV) we have seen with our efforts to com- Non-MDE items also included are con- Police Week. bat the opioid abuse epidemic, a bill tainers, spare and repair parts, support and f that authorizes programs is important test equipment, publications and technical ADAM WALSH REAUTHORIZATION and worthy of support, but ultimately documentation. personnel training and training equipment. U.S. Government and ACT OF 2016 an empty promise if it is not backed up with the actual Federal resources that contractor representative technical assistance, engineering and logistics support serv- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, hopefully Congress authorizes. I will keep fight- this week the Senate will vote on legis- ices, and other related elements of logistics ing to ensure that Congress puts its support. lation to reauthorize key elements of money where its mouth is and provides the Adam Walsh Act. I supported this (iv) Military Department: Navy (XX–P– the funding that is necessary to sup- LFW) important law when it was first en- port these important efforts. I will con- (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: acted nearly 10 years ago, and I am tinue fighting to improve our laws so FMS case ABW–$48M–12 Nov 97. proud to be a cosponsor of this reau- that we protect the most vulnerable in FMS case ABZ–$68M–27 Mar 98. thorization bill. Over the years, I have all of our communities. FMS Case CAN–$107M–22 Jan 03. worked closely with John Walsh and (vi) Sales Commission. Fee. etc.. Paid. Of- others who have been such tireless ad- fered, or Aereed to be Paid: None. f vocates on behalf of missing and ex- (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or Defense Services ploited children. And as a Senator and ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex. former prosecutor, but most impor- (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: tantly, as a father and a grandfather, I Mr. CORKER. Mr. President, section May 11, 2016. take seriously my duty to protect the 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms children of Vermont and every commu- requires that Congress receive prior no- Export Control Act. nity throughout the country. tification of certain proposed arms POLICY JUSTIFICATION The Adam Walsh Reauthorization sales as defined by that statute. Upon Egypt—UGM:–84L Harpoon Block II Act will reauthorize two important such notification, the Congress has 30 Encapsulated Missiles programs that assist State and local calendar days during which the sale The Government of Egypt has requested a law enforcement agencies to monitor may be reviewed. The provision stipu- possible sale of: and apprehend sex offenders. Specifi- lates that, in the Senate, the notifica- Major Defense Equipment (MDE) includes: cally, this legislation authorizes the tion of proposed sales shall be sent to Twenty (20) UGM–84L Harpoon Block II Attorney General to continue pro- the chairman of the Senate Foreign Encapsulated Missiles viding grants to State and local law en- Relations Committee. Two (2) Encapsulated Harpoon Certifi- forcement agencies in their efforts to In keeping with the committee’s in- cation Training Vehicles (EHCTV). Non-MDE items also included are con- improve sex offender registry systems. tention to see that relevant informa- tainers, spare and repair parts, support and The bill also reauthorizes funding for tion is available to the full Senate, I test equipment, publications and technical grants to improve information sharing ask unanimous consent to have printed documentation, personnel training and and verification and supports the work in the RECORD the notifications which training equipment, U.S. Government and of the U.S. Marshals Service in helping have been received. If the cover letter contractor representative technical assist- State and local law enforcement to lo- references a classified annex, then such ance, engineering and logistics support serv- cate and apprehend sex offenders who annex is available to all Senators in ices, and other related elements of logistics fail to comply with registration re- the office of the Foreign Relations support. This proposed sale will contribute to the quirements. Committee, room SD–423. foreign policy and national security of the Last Congress, I was proud to help There being no objection, the mate- United States by helping to improve the se- lead the fight to reauthorize the Na- rial was ordered to be printed in the curity of a strategic partner that has been tional Center for Missing and Exploited RECORD, as follows: and continues to be an important force for

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political stability and economic progress in TRANSMITTAL NO. 16–08 against heavy and light armored targets, the Middle East. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of thin-skinned vehicles, urban structures, The proposed sale of these submarine- Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the bunkers, caves, and personnel. The missile is launched missiles will support the Egyptian Arms Export Control Act, as amended Inertial Measurement Unit-based, with a Navy’s Type 209 submarines, increasing its variable delay fuze, improved safety and reli- (i) Prospective Purchaser: United Arab anti-surface warfare and maritime security ability. The highest level for release of the Emirates. capabilities. Egypt already possesses Har- AGM–114 R/K Hellfire Missile Semi-Active (ii) Total Estimated Value: poon Block II missiles and will have no dif- Laser is SECRET, based upon the software. Major Defense Equipment * $ 468 million. The highest level of classified information ficulty absorbing these additional weapons. Other $ 8 million. The proposed sale of this equipment and that could be disclosed by a proposed sale or TOTAL $ 476 million. by testing of the end item is SECRET: the support will not alter the basic military bal- (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- highest level that must be disclosed for pro- ance in the region. tities of Articles or Services under Consider- The prime contractor will be The Boeing duction, maintenance or training is CON- ation for Purchase: Company in St. Louis, Missouri. There are FIDENTIAL. Reverse engineering could re- Major Defense Equipment (MDE): veal CONFIDENTIAL information. Vulner- no known offset agreements proposed in con- Four-thousand (4,000) AGM–1 14R/K Hellfire ability data, countermeasures, vulnerability/ nection with this potential sale. Missiles. Implementation of this proposed sale will susceptibility analyses and threat defini- Also included are the following non-MDE require annual trips to Egypt involving U.S. tions are classified up to SECRET. items: training and technical assistance. The Government and contractor representatives 2. A determination has been made that the estimated cost is $476 million. Government of the United Arab Emirates for technical reviews, support, and oversight (iv) Military Department: Army (AE-B- can provide substantially the same degree of for approximately five years. ZUF, Amendment 2) There will be no adverse impact on United protection for the technology being released (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: as the U.S. Government. This sale is nec- States defense readiness as a result of this AE–B–JAH–02 Jan 92—$606 million. essary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign pol- proposed sale. AE–13–UDE–06 Jan 00—195 million. icy and national security objectives outlined TRANSMITTAL NO. 15–70 AE–B-ZUF–31 Dec 08–$174 million. in the Policy Justification. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of AE–B–ZUL–21 Oct 09–$252 million. 3. All defense articles and services listed in Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Of- this transmittal have been authorized for re- Arms Export Control Act fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. lease and export to the United Arab Emir- Annex Item No. vii (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained ates. in the Defense Article or Defense Services (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex. 1. The UGM–84L Harpoon Block II Encap- DEFENSE SECURITY (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: sulated missile system is classified CON- COOPERATION AGENCY, May 11, 2016. FIDENTIAL. The Harpoon missile is a con- Arlington, VA. * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms ventional tactical weapon system currently Hon. BOB CORKER, Export Control Act. in service in the U.S. Navy and in 29 other Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, foreign nations. It provides day, night, and POLICY JUSTIFICATION U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. adverse weather, stand-off capability and is United Arab Emirates—AGM–114 R/K DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- an effective Anti-Surface Warfare missile. Hellfire Category III Missiles porting requirements of Section 36(b)(5)(A) of The UGM–84L incorporates components, soft- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has re- the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), as ware, and technical design information that quested a possible sale of four-thousand amended, we are forwarding Transmittal No. are considered sensitive. The following com- (4,000) AGM–114 R/K Hellfire Missiles over 01–16. This notification relates to enhance- ponents of the proposed sale are classified the next three (3) years in increments of one- ments or upgrades from the level of sensi- CONFIDENTIAL: thousand (1,000) to one-thousand five-hun- tivity of technology or capability described a. The Radar Seeker dred (1,500) missiles. Also included in this in the Section 36(b)(1) AECA certification 11– b. The Global Positioning System/Inertial possible sale are training and technical as- 37 of 28 October 2011. Navigation System (GPS/INS) sistance. The total estimated value of MDE Sincerely, c. Operational Flight Program Software is $468 million. The overall total estimated J. W. RIXEY, d. Missile operational characteristics and value is $476 million. Vice Admiral, USN, Director. performance data This proposed sale will enhance the foreign Enclosures. These elements are essential to the ability policy and national security of the United TRANSMITTAL NO. 01–16 of the Harpoon missile to selectively engage States by helping to improve the security of Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensi- hostile targets under a wide range of oper- a partner country, which has been, and con- tivity of Technology or Capability (Sec. ations, tactical, and environmental condi- tinues to be, an important force for political 36(B)(5)(A), AECA) tions. stability and economic progress in the Mid- i. Purchaser: Government of Finland. 2. If a technologically advanced adversary dle East. ii. Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 11– were to obtain knowledge of the specific The proposed sale will improve the UAE’s 37; Date: 28 October 2011; Military Depart- hardware and software elements, the infor- capability to meet current and future ment: Air Force. mation could be used to develop counter- threats and provide greater security for its iii. Description: On 28 October 2011, Con- measures which might reduce weapon system critical infrastructure. The UAE will use the gress was notified by Congressional certifi- effectiveness or be used in the development enhanced capability to strengthen its home- cation transmittal number 11–37, of the pos- of a system with similar or advanced capa- land defense. (UAE will have no difficulty sible sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms bilities. All defense articles and services list- absorbing these Hellfire missiles into its Export Control Act (AECA) of 70 AGM–158 ed in this transmittal have been authorized armed forces. Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles for release and export to Egypt. The proposed sale of this equipment and (JASSM), 2 test vehicles, support and test support will not alter the basic military bal- equipment, publications, and technical docu- DEFENSE SECURITY ance in the region. mentation, personnel training and training COOPERATION AGENCY, The prime contractor will be Lockheed equipment, U.S. Government and contractor Arlington, VA. Martin Missile and Fire Control in Dallas, engineering, technical and logistics support Hon. BOB CORKER, Texas. There are no known offset agreements services, and other related elements of Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, proposed in connection with this potential logistical and program support. The esti- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. sale. mated total cost was $255 million. Major De- DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- Implementation of this proposed sale will fense Equipment (MDE) constituted $134 mil- porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of not require the assignment of any U.S. Gov- lion of this total. the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, ernment or contractor representatives to the This transmittal reports the addition of we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. United Arab Emirates. one test vehicle, a JASSM Missile in which 16–08, concerning the Department of the There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- the warhead has been replaced by test in- Army’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Ac- fense readiness as a result of this proposed struments. The additional unit will result in ceptance to the United Arab Emirates for de- sale. a net increase in cost of MDE of $2 million, fense articles and services estimated to cost TRANSMITTAL NO. 16–08 resulting in a revised MDE cost of $136 mil- $476 million. After this letter is delivered to Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of lion. The total cost will remain at $255 mil- your office, we plan to issue a news release Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b1) of the lion. to notify the public of this proposed sale. iv. Significance: This report is being pro- Arms Export Control Act, as amended Sincerely, vided to increase the quantity of JASSM test JENNIFER ZAKRISKI, Annex Item No. vii vehicles Finland will procure from 2 to 3. (For J. W. Rixey, Vice Admiral, USN (vii) Sensitivity of Technology The additional equipment provides Finland Director). 1. The AGM–114 R/K Hellfire Category III additional capability to support its JASSM Enclosures. Missile is an air-to-ground missile used missiles.

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Finland’s training and training equipment, site sur- ∑ Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, for over acquisition of JASSM is intended to mod- veys, construction, U.S. Government and 35 years, the Holocaust Memorial Ob- ernize its current aircraft munitions suite contractor engineering, technical, and logis- servances of Greeley and Northern Col- and counter potential threats. This will con- tics support services, and other related ele- orado have worked to raise awareness tribute to the Finnish military’s goal of up- ments of logistics and program support. The dating its capability. Finland will have no estimated value of Major Defense Equipment of the atrocities of Nazi crimes and the difficulty absorbing this additional test vehi- (MDE) was $330 million. The estimated total perils of anti-Semitism and have fos- cle into its inventory. cost was $2.43 billion. tered greater understanding and The proposed sale of this equipment and knowledge throughout Colorado. This transmittal reports an update to the support will not alter the basic military bal- Through various educational experi- ance in the region. MDE status of the MMC and cockpit multifunction displays. The MMC and cockpit ences, the Holocaust Memorial Observ- vi. Date Report Delivered to Congress: May ances have preserved many of the sto- 13, 2016. multifunction displays included in the notified sale were categorized as MDE by the ries of the courage and bravery that DEFENSE SECURITY U.S. Air Force in June and August 2015, re- have come to define that period. COOPERATION AGENCY, spectively. Updating the designation of this This month, the members of the Hol- Arlington, VA. equipment as MDE results in a $62.2 million ocaust Memorial Observances com- Hon. BOB CORKER, increase to the MDE value of this sale. The mittee hosted a series of discussions, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, new estimated MDE value is $392.2 million. films, and school visits, including a The total case value will remain $2.43 billion. U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. presentation by Holocaust survivor DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- (iv) Significance: This equipment provides Peter Daniels, formerly known as porting requirements of Section 36(b)(5)(A) of the Republic of Singapore Air Force im- Peter Berlowitz. Thanks to the com- the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), as proved situational awareness and the ability amended, we are forwarding Transmittal No. to interpret complex tactical situations mittee’s hard work, our children, 0L–16. This notification relates to enhance- more quickly and accurately. grandchildren, and generations after ments or upgrades from the level of sensi- them will have the opportunity to re- tivity of technology or capability described (v) Justification: This proposed sale will flect on the experiences of people like contribute to the foreign policy and national in the Section 36(b)(1) AECA certification 13– Peter Daniels and his inspiring story of 67 of January14, 2014. security of the United States by increasing the ability of Singapore to contribute to re- survival and determination. Sincerely, It is my pleasure to commend the J.W. RIXEY, gional security. The proposed sale will im- Vice Admiral, USN, Director. prove the security of a strategic partner Holocaust Memorial Observances of Enclosure. which has been, and continues to be, an im- Greeley and Northern Colorado com- portant force for political stability and eco- TRANSMITTAL NO. 0L–16 mittee for their dedicated service to nomic progress in the Asia Pacific region. Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensi- this critical cause and to congratulate tivity of Technology or Capability (Sec. (vi) Date Report Delivered to Congress: the committee on continuing to pro- 36(B)(5)(A), AECA) May 13, 2016. vide a platform for individuals to coun- (i) Purchaser: Government of Singapore. teract hate and prejudice.∑ f (ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: f 13–67; Date: 14 January 2014; Military Depart- ment: Air Force. TRIBUTE TO PASTOR BENNIE TRIBUTE TO MARK VAN TINE (iii) Description: On 14 January 2014, Con- MORAN ∑ gress was notified by Congressional certifi- Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, today I cation transmittal number 13–67, of the pos- wish to recognize Mark Van Tine, vice Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, today I president of Digital Aviation for the sible sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms wish to honor Pastor Bennie Moran of Export Control Act of: Boeing Company and chief executive 70 Active Electronically Scanned Array Faith Baptist Church in Morgantown, officer of Jeppesen. He is retiring after Radars (AESA) WV, upon his retirement after 49 years 35 years with the company as a cham- 70 LN–260 Embedded Global Positioning of faith-based service to the commu- pion of the aviation industry. System/Inertial Navigation Systems (GPS/ nity. Pastor Moran held the church’s Mr. Van Tine leads more than 3,800 INS) first service in 1967 from his home with 70 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems employees at Jeppesen, which is only 10 people in attendance. Word of headquartered in Englewood, CO, and (JHMCS) the newly formed church spread 70 APX–125 Advanced Identification Friend serves general, business, military, and or Foe (IFF) Combined Interrogator Tran- throughout the county, so the growing the commercial aviation sectors. Addi- sponders congregation had to meet at the tionally, Jeppesen works closely with 3 AIM–9X Block II Captive Air Training Westover Community Building for the the aviation industry to improve the Missiles next 7 years. In 1973, the church moved flying experience at Denver Inter- 3 TGM–650 Maverick Missiles for testing into its first permanent location. Faith and integration national Airport. A new navigation Baptist Church remained there until pattern design, for example, allows 4 GBU–50 Guided Bomb Units (GBU) for 1995, which is when they moved into testing and integration commercial airline pilots to descend in 5 GBU–38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions their current location. Pastor Moran a single, smooth arc rather than a for testing and integration was there helping the church every more traditional stair-step pattern, re- 3 CBU–105 (D–4)/B Sensor Fused Weapons step of the way. sulting in lower costs, fewer carbon for testing and integration Born in Fairmont, WV, Bennie grew emissions, and gentler landings. 1 AIS Interface Test Adapters for software updates up a son of a coal miner. He attended Since 1981, Mr. Van Tine has held nu- 1 Classified Computer Program Identifica- Fairmont State University for his un- merous positions at Jeppesen, includ- tion Numbers (CPINs) dergraduate degree and received his ing serving as its chief information of- 4 GBU–49 Enhanced Paveways for testing doctorate from Bob Jones University. ficer, before being named CEO in 2002. and integration Bennie also proudly served his country In 2012, he became the leader of 2 DSU–38 Laser Seekers for testing and in- in the U.S. Army. I am honored to rep- Boeing’s new Digital Aviation organi- tegration resent this individual who has faith- zation, taking on the tremendous chal- 6 GBU–12 Paveway II, Guidance Control fully served both this country and his lenge of overseeing Jeppesen’s digital Units Also included were Modular Mission Com- community. Today I ask my colleagues transformation. This involved moving puters (MMC), a software maintenance facil- to join me in honoring Pastor Moran’s the entire global aviation industry to ity, cockpit multifunction displays, radios, service to Faith Baptist Church and electronic charts, which reduced paper- secure communications, video recorders; a the State of West Virginia. work and increased efficiency.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:05 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY6.036 S16MYPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2823 Mr. Van Tine is also an active con- more than 18 points, as the Bruins did Act of 1916, a bill signed into law by tributor to the general aviation com- in Hutchinson, it can be tempting to President Woodrow Wilson barely a munity. He sits on the boards of the look back at the season and see a pre- year before the United States entered General Aviation Manufacturers Asso- ordained path to the championship. World War I. Like many other univer- ciation, GAMA, and the Experimental But, as head coach Todd Phillips surely sity administrators of the day, Prince Aircraft Association, EAA. In 2009, he knows, there are no guaranteed vic- Lucien Campbell, the University of Or- served as GAMA’s chairman and has tories in basketball, only earned ones, egon’s president at the time, was a sup- since chaired the association’s Secu- even for a team as storied and success- porter of the program. President Camp- rity Issues Committee for the last 5 ful as Salt Lake Community College. bell established the first ROTC cur- years. He also chairs the Jeppesen Indeed, the story of the Salt Lake riculum at the University of Oregon, Aviation Foundation, which honors the Bruins’ championship season is one not placing a retired British military offi- legacy of Captain Elrey B. Jeppesen by of assured success, but obstacles over- cer—the appropriately named Lieuten- supporting educational institutions, come. ant Colonel John Leader—in charge. organizations, and students in the At the end of the regular season, the More than 100 students participated in aviation community. Bruins had lost five of their last seven the first drill in March 1916. Encouraging students to become the games, finishing third in the Scenic The University of Oregon ROTC pro- next generation of aviation leaders is West Athletic Conference, their worst gram commissioned its first officers in Mr. Van Tine’s greatest passion. His performance in Coach Phillips’ five 1919, after the Allied victory in World commitment to education has ensured seasons with the team. War I, and the unit has produced some Jeppesen continues to support pro- Entering the regional tournament on truly top-notch officers in the decades grams that introduce Colorado stu- a three-game losing streak, the team since. In fact, the Army Cadet Com- dents to science, technology, engineer- seemed to be fraying at the edges, their mand awarded the unit a General ing, and math using aviation. This in- season on the brink of irrelevance. Douglas MacArthur Award for the 2014– cludes initiatives such at Aurora Pub- Something wasn’t right. The team was 2015 academic year, recognizing it as lic Schools, Experience Aviation, playing well below its potential, and one of the top eight Army ROTC pro- Rocky Mountain BEST, Shades of everyone knew it. grams in the country. According to the Blue, and the Cherry Creek School The easy response for the players and unit’s records, the University of Or- Foundation. the coaches would have been to point egon has produced more general offi- Under Mr. Van Tine’s leadership, fingers, assign blame, and begin look- cers than any nonmilitary ROTC pro- Jeppesen has become a sponsor of nu- ing forward to the fresh start always gram in the country. The program also merous scholarships aimed at encour- promised by the next season waiting counts a total of 47 flag officers among aging students to pursue aviation ca- around the corner. its graduates. reers. Mr. Van Tine has also created a But that is not the Salt Lake way. As Oregonians, we have long taken national STEM competition for high Instead of giving up, the team doubled pride in serving our State and this schoolers with the annual prize being a down, rebuilding their confidence and great country, and the Webfoot War- 2-week build of a Glasair Sportsman rededicating themselves to each other riors are hardly an exception. As then- airplane. This June marks the third and to their season. And they did this President Campbell put it himself, year Mr. Van Tine will join students to as all good teams must do: together. ‘‘the matter of military training in any assemble an aircraft in the GAMA/ The Salt Lake Bruins’ always have school seems to me to be a training for Build-A-Plane Aviation Design Chal- plenty of stand-out athletes, and this better citizenship, rather than for lenge. season was no exception, but the 12- war.’’ Today I say thank you to all of I congratulate Mark Van Tine on his man roster that took home the na- the men and women of the Webfoot many accomplishments and years of tional title truly played and won as a Warriors past and present, and I wish outstanding service to the aviation team. the University of Oregon ROTC pro- community. He is truly an asset to the To the 16 men who earned this cham- gram another 100 years of success.∑ people of Colorado and to the millions pionship, as players and as coaches, of passengers around the world who are congratulations. Your legendary sea- f son—and the teamwork that made it safer in the skies and at sea through 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ∑ possible—is an inspiration to the Na- the use of his navigation services. CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COL- tion and one of the many reasons I am f LEGE proud to call Utah home.∑ RECOGNIZING THE SLCC MEN’S ∑ f Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, today I BASKETBALL TEAM wish to congratulate Clackamas Com- ∑ Mr. LEE. Mr. President, on March 14, 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RE- munity College, CCC, in Clackamas 2016, the Salt Lake Community College SERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING County, OR, on 50 years of continued men’s basketball team walked into the CORPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF growth and achievement in providing Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutch- OREGON valuable education to Oregon’s citi- inson, KS, to play their first game in ∑ Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, this year zens. From Gladstone, to Oregon City, the NJCAA national tournament, the marks the 100th anniversary of the to Wilsonville, CCC has grown to in- ‘‘Big Dance’’ for America’s community Webfoot Warriors, the Reserve Officers’ clude three campuses and two exten- colleges, ranked 13th out of 24 highly Training Corps program at the Univer- sion sites. Now with campuses edu- talented and competitive teams. Six sity of Oregon. As an alumnus of the cating 35,000 students, CCC still has a days and five games later, the Salt University of Oregon Law School, I community-minded focus and provides Lake Bruins walked out as national would like to commemorate this mile- its communities with affordable edu- champions, having bested the home stone. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, cation and training opportunities team, Hutchinson Community College, or ROTC, is a voluntary program of- which aid in creating family-wage jobs. 74 points to 64, in front of a sold-out fered at hundreds of schools across the Since 1966, CCC has prided itself on crowd of more than 6,000 fans. country. Students who meet the eligi- being a welcoming place for students On behalf of the people of Utah, I bility requirements and stick with the seeking transfer degrees, specialized commend the Salt Lake Community program receive subsidized tuition and, career technical education, or return- College 2015–2016 men’s basketball team after graduation, are commissioned as ing to finish a high school diploma. for their well-deserved championship. officers in the U.S. military. The ROTC The college has over 80 career and tech- In particular, I applaud the Bruins not curriculum consists of courses in mili- nical programs, from automotive tech- just because they won, but because of tary science and history as well as nology and renewable energy, to the how they won. practical skills and leadership train- ever-growing field of medical and den- When a team is awarded the national ing. tal assistance. title after winning 5 games in 6 days, The ROTC program we know today CCC has also grown into one of the beating the opposition by an average of traces its roots to the National Defense top community colleges in the Nation

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:05 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16MY6.024 S16MYPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S2824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 16, 2016 for our veterans, earning a Best in the MEASURES REFERRED and second times by unanimous con- West award from the Military Times The following bills were read the first sent, and referred as indicated: last year. The college has made service and the second times by unanimous By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. to veterans and military families a consent, and referred as indicated: WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): high priority and an integral part of its S. 2931. A bill to amend title 18, United H.R. 1818. An act to amend the Public campus identity. The college has sev- States Code, to protect Americans from Health Service Act to provide grants to cybercrime; to the Committee on the Judici- eral full-time veterans advocates on States to streamline State requirements and staff and the only Army Strong Com- ary. procedures for veterans with military emer- By Mr. CASSIDY: munity Center in the western U.S., gency medical training to become civilian S. 2932. A bill to amend the Controlled Sub- connecting military families to the re- emergency medical technicians; to the Com- stances Act with respect to the provision of sources they need. mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and emergency medical services; to the Com- For 50 years, educators, administra- Pensions. mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and tors, and board members have followed H.R. 4586. An act to amend the Public Pensions. their vision that has led to CCC being Health Service Act to authorize grants to By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. States for developing standing orders and a fixture of achievement in northwest MORAN, and Mr. TILLIS): educating health care professionals regard- S. 2933. A bill to prohibit certain health Oregon. And to help continue that tra- ing the dispensing of opioid overdose rever- dition of achievement, CCC has re- care providers from providing non-Depart- sal medication without person-specific pre- ment health care services to veterans, and cently launched the ‘‘Imagine scriptions, and for other purposes; to the for other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- Clackamas’’ project, which is a 2-year Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and erans’ Affairs. outreach effort designed to help the Pensions. By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. H.R. 5046. An act to amend the Omnibus college identify where to adapt and ex- BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to pand its strengths. I am excited to see MURPHY, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. MAR- authorize the Attorney General to make what new heights this great commu- KEY): grants to assist State and local governments S. 2934. A bill to ensure that all individuals nity college will reach as it thrives for in addressing the national epidemic of opioid decades to come. who should be prohibited from buying a fire- abuse, and for other purposes; to the Com- arm are listed in the national instant crimi- It is an honor to represent mittee on the Judiciary. nal background check system and require a Clackamas Community College in the f background check for every firearm sale; to U.S. Senate, and congratulations again the Committee on the Judiciary. to the college on its 50th anniversary.∑ ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED f The Secretary of the Senate reported f MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE that on May 13, 2016, she had presented to the President of the United States SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND At 2:03 p.m., a message from the the following enrolled bills: House of Representatives, delivered by SENATE RESOLUTIONS S. 32. An act to provide the Department of The following concurrent resolutions Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, Justice with additional tools to target announced that the House has passed extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and Senate resolutions were read, and the following bills, in which it requests and for other purposes. referred (or acted upon), as indicated: the concurrence of the Senate: S. 125. An act to amend title I of the Omni- By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. H.R. 1818. An act to amend the Public bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of GARDNER): Health Service Act to provide grants to 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bul- S. Res. 465. A resolution supporting the States to streamline State requirements and letproof Vest Partnership Grant Program United States solar energy industry in its ef- procedures for veterans with military emer- through fiscal year 2020, and for other pur- fort to bring low-cost, clean, 21st-century gency medical training to become civilian poses. solar technology into homes and business emergency medical technicians. S. 2755. An act to provide Capitol-flown across the United States; to the Committee H.R. 4586. An act to amend the Public flags to the immediate family of firefighters, on Energy and Natural Resources. Health Service Act to authorize grants to law enforcement officers, members of rescue By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. States for developing standing orders and squads or ambulance crews, and public safety STABENOW, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. GARD- educating health care professionals regard- officers who are killed in the line of duty. NER, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. KAINE, Mr. ing the dispensing of opioid overdose rever- PETERS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. INHOFE, f sal medication without person-specific pre- Mr. SCOTT, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. FEIN- scriptions, and for other purposes. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES STEIN, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): H.R. 5046. An act to amend the Omnibus S. Res. 466. A resolution recognizing Na- Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to The following reports of committees tional Foster Care Month as an opportunity authorize the Attorney General to make were submitted: to raise awareness about the challenges of grants to assist State and local governments By Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on children in the foster-care system, and en- in addressing the national epidemic of opioid Environment and Public Works, without couraging Congress to implement policy to abuse, and for other purposes. amendment: improve the lives of children in the foster- The message further announced that S. 2808. A bill to amend the John F. Ken- care system; to the Committee on Health, pursuant to section 451 of the Work- nedy Center Act to authorize appropriations Education, Labor, and Pensions. force Innovation and Opportunity Act for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per- By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. forming Arts (Rept. No. 114–254). MERKLEY): (Public Law 113–128) the Minority By Mr. THUNE, from the Committee on S. Res. 467. A resolution supporting the Leader appoints the following member Commerce, Science, and Transportation, goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, to on the part of the House of Representa- with an amendment in the nature of a sub- be observed from May 6 through May 12, 2016; tives to the National Council on Dis- stitute: considered and agreed to. ability: Mr. James T. Brett of Massa- S. 1626. A bill to reauthorize Federal sup- chusetts. port for passenger rail programs, improve f The message also announced that safety, streamline rail project delivery, and for other purposes. pursuant to section 201(b) of the Inter- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 By Mr. ISAKSON, from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, without amendment: S. 553 (22 U.S.C. 6431) and the order of the S. 2921. A bill to amend title 38, United At the request of Mr. CORKER, the House of January 6, 2015, the Speaker States Code, to improve the accountability appoints the following members on the of employees of the Department of Veterans name of the Senator from Louisiana part of the House of Representatives to Affairs, to improve health care and benefits (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor the Commission on International Reli- for veterans, and for other purposes. of S. 553, a bill to marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative gious Freedom for a term effective May f 14, 2016, and ending May 14, 2018: Mr. effort that seeks to bring an end to Daniel I. Mark of Villanova, Pennsyl- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND modern slavery, and for other purposes. vania and Ms. Kristina Arriaga of Alex- JOINT RESOLUTIONS S. 628 andria, Virginia to succeed Dr. Robert The following bills and joint resolu- At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the P. George. tions were introduced, read the first name of the Senator from New Mexico

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At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the S. 2051 S. 2569 name of the Senator from New York At the request of Mr. CARPER, the At the request of Mr. PETERS, the (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. name of the Senator from Wisconsin sponsor of S. 688, a bill to amend title WARNER) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon- XVIII of the Social Security Act to ad- 2051, a bill to improve, sustain, and sor of S. 2569, a bill to authorize the Di- just the Medicare hospital readmission transform the United States Postal rector of the United States Geological reduction program to respond to pa- Service. Survey to conduct monitoring, assess- tient disparities, and for other pur- S. 2178 ment, science, and research, in support poses. At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the of the binational fisheries within the S. 804 name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Great Lakes Basin, and for other pur- At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the ISAKSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. poses. name of the Senator from Delaware 2178, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- S. 2577 (Mr. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor enue Code of 1986 to make permanent At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the of S. 804, a bill to amend title XVIII of certain provisions of the Heartland, names of the Senator from North Caro- the Social Security Act to specify cov- Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act lina (Mr. BURR) and the Senator from erage of continuous glucose monitoring of 2008 relating to timber, and for other Delaware (Mr. COONS) were added as co- devices, and for other purposes. purposes. sponsors of S. 2577, a bill to protect crime victims’ rights, to eliminate the S. 884 S. 2196 substantial backlog of DNA and other At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the forensic evidence samples to improve name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. name of the Senator from North Caro- and expand the forensic science testing MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor lina (Mr. BURR) was added as a cospon- capacity of Federal, State, and local of S. 884, a bill to improve access to sor of S. 2196, a bill to amend title crime laboratories, to increase re- emergency medical services, and for XVIII of the Social Security Act to search and development of new testing other purposes. provide for the non-application of technologies, to develop new training S. 1358 Medicare competitive acquisition rates programs regarding the collection and to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the use of forensic evidence, to provide and accessories. name of the Senator from Washington post-conviction testing of DNA evi- (Ms. CANTWELL) was added as a cospon- S. 2417 dence to exonerate the innocent, to sor of S. 1358, a bill to amend title 38, At the request of Mr. THUNE, the support accreditation efforts of foren- United States Code, to authorize the name of the Senator from North Da- sic science laboratories and medical ex- Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inter kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- aminer offices, to address training and in national cemeteries individuals who sponsor of S. 2417, a bill to amend the equipment needs, to improve the per- supported the United States in Laos Indian Health Care Improvement Act formance of counsel in State capital during the Vietnam War era. to allow the Indian Health Service to cases, and for other purposes. S. 1500 cover the cost of a copayment of an In- S. 2598 dian or Alaska Native veteran receiv- At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the At the request of Ms. WARREN, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. ing medical care or services from the names of the Senator from California Department of Veterans Affairs, and CORNYN) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and the Senator from for other purposes. 1500, a bill to clarify Congressional in- Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) were added as tent regarding the regulation of the S. 2424 cosponsors of S. 2598, a bill to require use of pesticides in or near navigable At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the the Secretary of the Treasury to mint waters, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Connecticut coins in recognition of the 60th anni- S. 1714 (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor versary of the Naismith Memorial Bas- At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the of S. 2424, a bill to amend the Public ketball Hall of Fame. name of the Senator from Vermont Health Service Act to reauthorize a S. 2736 (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- program for early detection, diagnosis, At the request of Mr. THUNE, the sor of S. 1714, a bill to amend the Sur- and treatment regarding deaf and hard- name of the Senator from Missouri face Mining Control and Reclamation of-hearing newborns, infants, and (Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor Act of 1977 to transfer certain funds to young children. of S. 2736, a bill to improve access to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan S. 2489 durable medical equipment for Medi- and the 1974 United Mine Workers of At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, care beneficiaries under the Medicare America Pension Plan, and for other the name of the Senator from Iowa program, and for other purposes. purposes. (Mr. GRASSLEY) was added as a cospon- At the request of Ms. HEITKAMP, the S. 2010 sor of S. 2489, a bill to ensure that per- name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the sons who form corporations in the DONNELLY) was added as a cosponsor of name of the Senator from California United States disclose the beneficial S. 2736, supra. (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a cosponsor owners of those corporations, in order S. 2795 of S. 2010, a bill to provide for phased- to prevent the formation of corpora- At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the in payment of Social Security Dis- tions with hidden owners, stop the mis- name of the Senator from West Vir- ability Insurance payments during the use of United States corporations by ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- waiting period for individuals with a wrongdoers, and assist law enforce- sponsor of S. 2795, a bill to modernize terminal illness. ment in detecting, preventing, and the regulation of nuclear energy. S. 2031 punishing terrorism, money laun- S. 2822 At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the dering, tax evasion, and other criminal At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the name of the Senator from Connecticut and civil misconduct involving United name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- States corporations, and for other pur- KIRK) was added as a cosponsor of S. sponsor of S. 2031, a bill to reduce tem- poses. 2822, a bill to continue the use of a 3- porarily the royalty required to be paid S. 2499 month quarter EHR reporting period for sodium produced on Federal lands, At the request of Mr. HATCH, the for health care providers to dem- and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. onstrate meaningful use for 2016 under

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RES. 462 of many incomes and backgrounds; At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the Whereas grid-connected solar energy re- the name of the Senator from North names of the Senator from Michigan duces carbon emissions by more than Carolina (Mr. BURR) was added as a co- (Ms. STABENOW), the Senator from 31,000,000 metric tons annually; sponsor of S. 2904, a bill to amend title Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE), the Whereas, by 2020, solar electric capacity II of the Social Security Act to elimi- Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER) will quadruple in size to nearly 100 gigawatts nate the five month waiting period for and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. and employment in the solar energy industry disability insurance benefits under SCHATZ) were added as cosponsors of S. will more than double to 420,000 workers in such title for individuals with Res. 462, a resolution urging the United the United States; and Whereas, having reached the milestone of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. States Soccer Federation to imme- 1,000,000 solar installations in the United S. 2906 diately eliminate gender pay inequity States, solar energy should be supported by At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the and treat all athletes with the same re- sound policies and continued private sector name of the Senator from New York spect and dignity. innovation and ingenuity that will propel (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- AMENDMENT NO. 3900 the United States forward to a stronger sor of S. 2906, a bill to amend the Tariff At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the economy and well-paying jobs: Now, there- Act of 1930 to require congressional ap- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. fore, be it Resolved, That the Senate supports the proval of determinations to revoke the RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of designation of the People’s Republic of amendment No. 3900 proposed to H.R. United States solar energy industry in its effort to bring low-cost, clean, 21st-century China as a nonmarket economy coun- 2577, a bill making appropriations for solar technology into homes and business try for purposes of that Act. the Departments of Transportation, across the United States. S. 2921 and Housing and Urban Development, f At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the and related agencies for the fiscal year names of the Senator from North Caro- ending September 30, 2016, and for SENATE RESOLUTION 466—RECOG- lina (Mr. BURR), the Senator from Ohio other purposes. NIZING NATIONAL FOSTER CARE (Mr. PORTMAN) and the Senator from f MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO Indiana (Mr. DONNELLY) were added as RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS cosponsors of S. 2921, a bill to amend CHALLENGES OF CHILDREN IN title 38, United States Code, to improve THE FOSTER-CARE SYSTEM, AND the accountability of employees of the SENATE RESOLUTION 465—SUP- ENCOURAGING CONGRESS TO IM- Department of Veterans Affairs, to im- PORTING THE UNITED STATES PLEMENT POLICY TO IMPROVE prove health care and benefits for vet- SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN THE erans, and for other purposes. ITS EFFORT TO BRING LOW- FOSTER-CARE SYSTEM S. CON. RES. 35 COST, CLEAN, 21ST-CENTURY Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the SOLAR TECHNOLOGY INTO STABENOW, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. GARDNER, name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. HOMES AND BUSINESS ACROSS Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. KAINE, Mr. PETERS, LEE) was added as a cosponsor of S. THE UNITED STATES Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. SCOTT, Con. Res. 35, a concurrent resolution Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. expressing the sense of Congress that GARDNER) submitted the following res- BLUMENTHAL) submitted the following the United States should continue to olution; which was referred to the resolution; which was referred to the exercise its veto in the United Nations Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Committee on Health, Education, Security Council on resolutions regard- sources: Labor, and Pensions: ing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. S. RES. 465 S. RES. 466 Whereas the solar energy industry has Whereas National Foster Care Month was S. CON. RES. 36 reached 1,000,000 solar installations nation- established more than 20 years ago to— At the request of Mr. NELSON, the wide, a milestone that marks just the begin- (1) bring foster-care issues to the forefront; name of the Senator from Connecticut ning of the role of solar energy as a main- (2) highlight the importance of perma- (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- stream power source; nency for every child; and sponsor of S. Con. Res. 36, a concurrent Whereas although decades elapsed before (3) recognize the essential role that foster resolution expressing support of the the solar energy industry reached the parents, social workers, and advocates have goal of ensuring that all Holocaust vic- 1,000,000 installation milestone, the solar en- in the lives of children in foster care tims live with dignity, comfort, and se- ergy industry projects that the solar energy throughout the United States; curity in their remaining years, and industry will reach 2,000,000 installations in Whereas all children deserve a safe, loving, urging the Federal Republic of Ger- just 2 more years; and permanent home; Whereas, as of December 2015, there are Whereas the primary goal of the foster- many to reaffirm its commitment to over 27 gigawatts of cumulative solar elec- care system is to ensure the safety and well- that goal through a financial commit- tric capacity operating in the United States, being of children while working to provide a ment to comprehensively address the which is enough energy to power more than safe, loving, and permanent home for each unique health and welfare needs of vul- 5,400,000 average homes in the United States; child; nerable Holocaust victims, including Whereas, as of December 2015, the United Whereas there are approximately 415,000 home care and other medically pre- States solar energy industry provides em- children living in foster care; scribed needs. ployment opportunities for more than 208,000 Whereas there were approximately 255,000 solar workers in all 50 States and the solar youth that entered the foster-care system in S. RES. 459 energy industry is creating jobs at a rate 12 2014, while over 107,500 youth were eligible At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the times higher than the rate of employment and awaiting adoption at the end of 2014; name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. growth in the overall economy; Whereas children of color are more likely MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Whereas the United States solar energy in- to stay in the foster-care system for longer Res. 459, a resolution recognizing the dustry is a leading employer of minorities, periods of time and are less likely to be re- importance of cancer research and the women, and veterans; united with their biological families; vital contributions of scientists, clini- Whereas there are nearly 4,000 primary and Whereas foster parents are the front-line cians, cancer survivors, and other pa- secondary schools in the United States with caregivers for children who cannot safely re- tient advocates across the United active solar energy systems, which means main with their biological parents and pro- States who are dedicated to finding a that more than 2,700,000 students in the vide physical care, emotional support, edu- United States attend solar schools; cation advocacy, and are the largest single cure for cancer, and designating May Whereas the cost of solar energy has source of families providing permanent 2016, as ‘‘National Cancer Research dropped by 70 percent in the last 7 years and homes for children leaving foster care to Month’’ . solar energy has brought billions of dollars adoption; At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the in new investments to communities across Whereas children in foster care who are names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. the United States; placed with relatives, compared to children

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY6.012 S16MYPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2827 placed with nonrelatives, have more sta- Whereas much remains to be done to en- lengthy hospital stays decreases, resulting in bility, including fewer changes in place- sure that all children have a safe, loving, cost savings; ments, have more positive perceptions of nurturing, and permanent family, regardless Whereas nurses are experienced research- their placements, are more likely to be of age or special needs: Now, therefore, be it ers, and the work of nurses encompasses a placed with their siblings, and demonstrate Resolved, That the Senate— wide scope of scientific inquiry, including fewer behavioral problems; (1) supports the designation of National clinical research, health systems and out- Whereas some relative caregivers receive Foster Care Month; comes research, and nursing education re- less financial assistance and support services (2) recognizes National Foster Care Month search; than do foster caregivers; as an opportunity to raise awareness about Whereas nurses provide culturally and eth- Whereas recent studies show foster chil- the challenges that children face in the fos- nically competent care and are educated to dren enrolled in Medicaid were prescribed ter-care system; be sensitive to the regional and community antipsychotic medications at nearly 4 times (3) encourages Congress to implement pol- customs of individuals needing care; the rate of other children receiving Med- icy to improve the lives of children in the Whereas nurses are well-positioned to pro- icaid; foster-care system; vide leadership to eliminate health care dis- Whereas youth in foster care are much (4) acknowledges the special needs of chil- parities that exist in the United States; more likely to face educational instability dren in the foster-care system; Whereas nurses are the cornerstone of the with 65 percent of former foster children ex- (5) recognizes foster youth throughout the public health infrastructure, promoting periencing at least 7 school changes while in United States for their ongoing tenacity, healthy lifestyles and educating commu- care; courage, and resilience while facing life chal- nities on disease prevention and health pro- Whereas an increased emphasis on preven- lenges; motion; (6) acknowledges the exceptional alumni of tion and reunification services is necessary Whereas nurses are strong allies to Con- the foster-care system who serve as advo- to reduce the number of children that are gress as the nurses help inform, educate, and cates and role models for youth who remain forced to remain in the foster-care system; work closely with legislators to improve the in care; Whereas more than 22,000 youth ‘‘age out’’ education, retention, recruitment, and prac- (7) honors the commitment and dedication of foster care without a legal permanent con- tice of all nurses and, more importantly, the of the individuals who work tirelessly to pro- nection to an adult or family; health and safety of the patients for whom vide assistance and services to children in Whereas the number of youth who age out the nurses care; the foster-care system; and of foster care has steadily increased for the Whereas strengthening nursing workforce (8) reaffirms the need to continue working past decade; development programs at all levels, includ- to improve the outcomes of all children in Whereas foster care is intended to be a ing the number of doctorally prepared fac- the foster-care system through parts B and E temporary placement, but children remain ulty members, and providing education to of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 in the foster-care system for an average of 2 the nurse research scientists who can dis- U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and other programs de- years; cover new nursing care models to improve signed to— Whereas children in foster care experience the health status of the diverse population of (A) support vulnerable families; an average of 3 different placements, which the United States, are needed; (B) invest in prevention and reunification often leads to disruption of routines and the Whereas nurses touch the lives of the peo- services; need to change schools and move away from ple of the United States from birth to the (C) promote adoption in cases where reuni- siblings, extended families, and familiar sur- end of life; and fication is not in the best interests of the roundings; Whereas nursing has been voted as the child; Whereas children entering foster care often most honest and ethical profession in the (D) adequately serve those children confront the widespread misperception that United States for each of the 13 years pre- brought into the foster-care system; and children in foster care are disruptive, unruly, ceding the date of adoption of this resolu- (E) facilitate the successful transition into and dangerous, even though placement in tion: Now, therefore, be it adulthood for children that ‘‘age out’’ of the foster care is based on the actions of a par- Resolved, That the Senate— foster-care system. ent or guardian, not the child; (1) supports the goals and ideals of Na- Whereas children who age out of foster f tional Nurses Week, as founded by the Amer- care lack the security or support of a bio- ican Nurses Association; SENATE RESOLUTION 467—SUP- (2) recognizes the significant contributions logical or adoptive family and frequently PORTING THE GOALS AND struggle to secure affordable housing, obtain of nurses to the health care system in the health insurance, pursue higher education, IDEALS OF NATIONAL NURSES United States; and and acquire adequate employment; WEEK, TO BE OBSERVED FROM (3) encourages the people of the United Whereas on average, 8.5 percent of the posi- MAY 6 THROUGH MAY 12, 2016 States to observe National Nurses Week with appropriate recognition, ceremonies, activi- tions in child protective services remain va- Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. cant; ties, and programs to demonstrate the im- MERKLEY) submitted the following res- portance of nurses to the everyday lives of Whereas due to heavy caseloads and lim- olution; which was considered and ited resources, the average tenure for a patients. worker in child protection services is just 3 agreed to: f S. RES. 467 years; AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND Whereas States, localities, and commu- Whereas, beginning in 1991, National nities should be encouraged to invest re- Nurses Week is celebrated annually from PROPOSED sources in preventative and reunification May 6, also known as ‘‘National Recognition SA 3909. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an services and postpermanency programs to Day for Nurses’’, through May 12, the birth- amendment intended to be proposed to ensure that more children in foster care are day of Florence Nightingale, the founder of amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS provided with safe, loving, and permanent modern nursing; (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. placements; Whereas National Nurses Week is a time of TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appro- Whereas Federal legislation over the past 3 year to reflect on the important contribu- priations for the Departments of Transpor- decades, including the Adoption Assistance tions that nurses make to provide safe, high- tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (Public Law 96– quality health care; and related agencies for the fiscal year end- 272), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of Whereas nurses are known to be patient ing September 30, 2016, and for other pur- 1997 (Public Law 105–89), the Fostering Con- advocates, acting fearlessly to protect the poses. nections to Success and Increasing Adop- lives of individuals under the care of the SA 3910. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an tions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–351), the nurses; amendment intended to be proposed by her Child and Family Services Improvement and Whereas nurses represent the largest single to the bill H.R. 2577, supra; which was or- Innovation Act (Public Law 112–34), and the component of the health care profession, dered to lie on the table. SA 3911. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strength- with an estimated population of 3,964,000 pro- Mr. TILLIS) submitted an amendment in- ening Families Act (Public Law 113-183) pro- fessionally active nurses in the United tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. vided new investments and services to im- States; 2577, supra; which was ordered to lie on the prove the outcomes of children in the foster- Whereas nurses are leading in the delivery table. care system; of quality care in a transformed health care SA 3912. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mr. SUL- Whereas May 2016 is an appropriate month system that improves patient outcomes and LIVAN) submitted an amendment intended to to designate as National Foster Care Month safety; be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed to provide an opportunity to acknowledge Whereas the Future of Nursing report of by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. the accomplishments of the child-welfare the Institute of Medicine has called for the REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, workforce, foster parents, advocacy commu- nursing profession to meet the call for lead- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. nity, and mentors for their dedication, ac- ership in a team-based delivery model; SA 3913. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and complishments, and positive impact they Whereas, when nurse staffing levels in- Mr. PORTMAN) submitted an amendment in- have on the lives of children; and crease, the risk of patient complications and tended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896

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proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. 3900 proposed by Mr. MCCONNELL (for Mr. by adding at the end the following new sec- KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill BLUNT (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. COCH- tion: H.R. 2577, supra; which was ordered to lie on RAN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. LEAHY)) to the ‘‘§ 7330B. Center of excellence in prevention, the table. amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and reha- SA 3914. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. bilitation of health conditions relating to KIRK) submitted an amendment intended to TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, supra; which exposure to burn pits and other environ- be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed was ordered to lie on the table. mental exposures by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. SA 3929. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary REED, and Mr . TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, intended to be proposed to amendment SA shall establish within the Department a cen- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. 3900 proposed by Mr. MCCONNELL (for Mr. ter of excellence in the prevention, diag- SA 3915. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amend- BLUNT (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. COCH- nosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilita- ment intended to be proposed to amendment RAN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. LEAHY)) to the tion of health conditions relating to expo- SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS sure to burn pits and other environmental Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. exposures to carry out the responsibilities bill H.R. 2577, supra; which was ordered to lie TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, supra; which specified in subsection (d). on the table. was ordered to lie on the table. ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish the cen- SA 3916. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an amend- f ter of excellence under paragraph (1) through ment intended to be proposed to amendment the use of— SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, TEXT OF AMENDMENTS ‘‘(A) the directives and policies of the De- Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the SA 3909. Mr. BARRASSO submitted partment in effect as of the date of the en- bill H.R. 2577, supra; which was ordered to lie actment of this section; on the table. an amendment intended to be proposed SA 3917. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. ‘‘(B) the recommendations of the Comp- amendment intended to be proposed to COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. troller General of the United States and In- spector General of the Department in effect amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. as of such date; and (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. 2577, making appropriations for the De- ‘‘(C) guidance issued by the Secretary of TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, supra. partments of Transportation, and Defense under section 313 of the National De- SA 3918. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amend- Housing and Urban Development, and ment intended to be proposed to amendment fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 related agencies for the fiscal year end- (Public Law 112–239; 10 U.S.C. 1074 note). SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, ‘‘(b) SELECTION OF SITE.—In selecting the Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the ing September 30, 2016, and for other bill H.R. 2577, supra; which was ordered to lie purposes; as follows: site for the center of excellence established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall on the table. On page 103, line 18, insert ‘‘and, notwith- consider entities that— SA 3919. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. standing title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5301 et ‘‘(1) are equipped with the specialized SHELBY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. KAINE, seq.), eligible Indian tribes may use funds equipment needed to study, diagnose, and and Mr. BROWN) submitted an amendment in- made available under this paragraph for the treat health conditions relating to exposure tended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 construction of housing for law enforcement, to burn pits and other environmental expo- proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. health care, educational, technical, and sures; KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill other skilled workers’’ after ‘‘title)’’. H.R. 2577, supra. ‘‘(2) have a track record of publishing information relating to post-deployment SA 3920. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. SA 3910. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted TOOMEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. health exposures among veterans who served an amendment intended to be proposed in the Armed Forces in support of Operation CASEY, and Mr. COONS) submitted an amend- by her to the bill H.R. 2577, making ap- ment intended to be proposed to amendment Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Free- propriations for the Departments of SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, dom; Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the Transportation, and Housing and ‘‘(3) have collaborated with a geosciences bill H.R. 2577, supra; which was ordered to lie Urban Development, and related agen- department that has a medical geology divi- on the table. cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- sion; SA 3921. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; ‘‘(4) have developed animal models and in Mr. TILLIS) submitted an amendment in- which was ordered to lie on the table; vitro models of dust immunology and lung injury consistent with the injuries of mem- tended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 as follows: proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. bers of the Armed Forces who served in sup- On page 238, line 22, insert after ‘‘equip- KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill port of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Oper- H.R. 2577, supra. ment’’ the following: ‘‘(including rehabilita- ation Enduring Freedom; and SA 3922. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and tive equipment for veterans entitled to a ‘‘(5) have expertise in allergy and immu- Mr. PORTMAN) submitted an amendment in- prosthetic appliance under chapter 17 of title nology, pulmonary diseases, and industrial tended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 38, United States Code, which may include and management engineering. proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. recreational sports equipment that provides ‘‘(c) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary shall KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill an adaption or accommodation for the vet- ensure that the center of excellence collabo- H.R. 2577, supra. eran, regardless of whether such equipment rates, to the maximum extent practicable, SA 3923. Mr. BOOKER submitted an is intentionally designed to be adaptive with the Secretary of Defense, institutions amendment intended to be proposed to equipment, such as hand cycles, recumbent of higher education, and other appropriate amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS bicycles, medically adapted upright bicycles, public and private entities (including inter- (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. and upright bicycles)’’. national entities) to carry out the respon- TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, supra; which sibilities specified in subsection (d). was ordered to lie on the table. SA 3911. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for her- ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The center of ex- SA 3924. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an self and Mr. TILLIS) submitted an cellence shall have the following responsibil- amendment intended to be proposed by him amendment intended to be proposed by ities: to the bill H.R. 2577, supra; which was or- her to the bill H.R. 2577, making appro- ‘‘(1) To provide for the development, test- dered to lie on the table. priations for the Departments of ing, and dissemination within the Depart- ment of best practices for the treatment of SA 3925. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. Transportation, and Housing and ERNST, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. ROB- health conditions relating to exposure to Urban Development, and related agen- ERTS) submitted an amendment intended to burn pits and other environmental expo- be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2577, cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- sures. supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; ‘‘(2) To provide guidance for the health sys- SA 3926. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amend- which was ordered to lie on the table; tems of the Department and the Department ment intended to be proposed by him to the as follows: of Defense in determining the personnel required to provide quality health care for bill H.R. 2577, supra; which was ordered to lie At the end of title II of division B, add the members of the Armed Forces and veterans on the table. following: SA 3927. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. BOOK- with health conditions relating to exposure SEC. 251. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER OF EXCEL- ER, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. CARPER) submitted to burn pits and other environmental expo- LENCE IN PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, sures. an amendment intended to be proposed to MITIGATION, TREATMENT, AND RE- amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS HABILITATION OF HEALTH CONDI- ‘‘(3) To establish, implement, and oversee a (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TIONS RELATING TO EXPOSURE TO comprehensive program to train health pro- TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, supra; which BURN PITS AND OTHER ENVIRON- fessionals of the Department and the Depart- was ordered to lie on the table. MENTAL EXPOSURES. ment of Defense in the treatment of health SA 3928. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter conditions relating to exposure to burn pits intended to be proposed to amendment SA 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended and other environmental exposures.

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‘‘(4) To facilitate advancements in the SEC. lll. Any bridge eligible for assist- (1) identified the near-term and long-term study of the short-term and long-term ef- ance under title 23, United States Code, that United States military force requirements in fects of exposure to burn pits and other envi- is structurally deficient and requires con- Europe in support of the European Reassur- ronmental exposures. struction, reconstruction, or maintenance— ance Initiative; ‘‘(5) To disseminate within medical facili- (1) may be reconstructed in the same loca- (2) evaluated the posture, force structure, ties of the Department best practices for tion with the same capacity and dimensions and military construction options for meet- training health professionals with respect to as in existence on the date of enactment of ing projected force requirements; health conditions relating to exposure to this Act; and (3) evaluated the long-term costs associ- burn pits and other environmental expo- (2) shall be exempt from any environ- ated with the posture, force structure, and sures. mental reviews, approvals, licensing, and military construction requirements; and ‘‘(6) To conduct basic science and permit requirements under— (4) developed a Future Years Defense Pro- translational research on health conditions (A) the National Environmental Policy Act gram for force structure costs associated relating to exposure to burn pits and other of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); with the European Reassurance Initiative. environmental exposures for the purposes of (B) sections 402 and 404 of the Federal (c) The report shall also include any other understanding the etiology of such condi- Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342, matters related to security threats in Eu- tions and developing preventive interven- 1344); rope that the Comptroller General deter- tions and new treatments. (C) division A of subtitle III of title 54, mines are appropriate, and recommendations ‘‘(7) To provide medical treatment to all United States Code; as warranted for improvements to the De- veterans identified as part of the open burn (D) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 partment’s planning and analysis method- pit registry established under section 201 of U.S.C. 703 et seq.); ology. the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ (E) the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public U.S.C. 1271 et seq.); SA 3915. Mr. LEAHY submitted an Law 112–260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). (F) the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act amendment intended to be proposed to ‘‘(e) USE OF BURN PITS REGISTRY DATA.—In (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.); amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. carrying out its responsibilities under sub- (G) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. section (d), the center shall have access to U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), except when the recon- REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. and make use of the data accumulated by struction occurs in designated critical habi- 2577, making appropriations for the De- the burn pits registry established under sec- tat for threatened and endangered species; partments of Transportation, and tion 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other (H) Executive Order 11990 (42 U.S.C. 4321 Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 note; relating to the protection of wetland); (Public Law 112–260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). related agencies for the fiscal year end- and ing September 30, 2016, and for other ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (I) any Federal law (including regulations) ‘‘(1) The term ‘burn pit’ means an area of requiring no net loss of wetland. purposes; which was ordered to lie on land located in Afghanistan or Iraq that— the table; as follows: ‘‘(A) is designated by the Secretary of De- SA 3913. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself In section 124(a) of division A, insert ‘‘, or fense to be used for disposing solid waste by and Mr. PORTMAN) submitted an for any project designated under section 1702 burning in the outdoor air; and amendment intended to be proposed to or 1934 of the SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109– ‘‘(B) does not contain a commercially man- amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. 59; 119 Stat. 1256, 1485) and located within ufactured incinerator or other equipment that boundary,’’ before ‘‘any earmarked COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. specifically designed and manufactured for amount’’. the burning of solid waste. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. ‘‘(2) The term ‘other environmental expo- 2577, making appropriations for the De- SA 3916. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an sures’ means exposure to environmental haz- partments of Transportation, and amendment intended to be proposed to ards, including burn pits, dust or sand, haz- Housing and Urban Development, and amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. ardous materials, and waste at any site in related agencies for the fiscal year end- COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. Afghanistan or Iraq that emits smoke con- ing September 30, 2016, and for other REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. taining pollutants present in the environ- purposes; which was ordered to lie on 2577, making appropriations for the De- ment or smoke from fires or explosions. ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— the table; as follows: partments of Transportation, and There is authorized to be appropriated to At the appropriate place, in Division A in- Housing and Urban Development, and carry out this section $30,000,000 for each of sert the following: related agencies for the fiscal year end- the first five fiscal years beginning after the SEC. ll. Section 218(g) of the Cranston- ing September 30, 2016, and for other date of the enactment of this section.’’. Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act purposes; which was ordered to lie on (b) USE OF FUNDS.—In carrying out section (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re- the table; as follows: 7330B of title 38, United States Code, as spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw added by subsection (a), the Secretary of funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund On page 41, after line 25, add the following: SEC. 127. (a) Section 127(a)(10) of title 23, Veterans Affairs may use amounts appro- that would otherwise expire in 2016, 2017, United States Code, is amended by striking priated or otherwise made available to the 2018, or 2019 under that section. ‘‘January 1, 1987’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, Department of Veterans Affairs for any SA 3914. Mr. TESTER (for himself 2016’’. other purpose. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of and Mr. KIRK) submitted an amend- shall take effect on July 1, 2016. sections at the beginning of chapter 73 of ment intended to be proposed to such title is amended by inserting after the amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. SA 3917. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an item relating to section 7330A the following COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. new item: amendment intended to be proposed to REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. ‘‘7330B. Center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treat- 2577, making appropriations for the De- COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ment, and rehabilitation of partments of Transportation, and REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. health conditions relating to Housing and Urban Development, and 2577, making appropriations for the De- exposure to burn pits and other related agencies for the fiscal year end- partments of Transportation, and environmental exposures.’’. ing September 30, 2016, and for other Housing and Urban Development, and purposes; which was ordered to lie on related agencies for the fiscal year end- SA 3912. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mr. the table; as follows: ing September 30, 2016, and for other SULLIVAN) submitted an amendment At the appropriate place in title I of divi- purposes; as follows: intended to be proposed to amendment sion B, insert the following: In the matter under the heading ‘‘HOME- SA 3896 proposed by Ms. COLLINS (for SEC. ll. (a) Not later than one year after LESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS’’ under the heading herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. the date of the enactment of this Act, the ‘‘COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT’’ TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, making Comptroller General of the United States in title II of division A, insert before the pe- appropriations for the Departments of shall submit to the congressional defense riod at the end the following: ‘‘: Provided fur- Transportation, and Housing and committees a report evaluating the extent to ther, That none of the funds provided under Urban Development, and related agen- which the Department of Defense has devel- this heading shall be available for the con- cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- oped a comprehensive force structure plan, tinuum of care program unless the Secretary including military construction require- ensures that zero-tolerance recovery housing tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; ments, to meet emerging security threats in programs are eligible to receive funds under which was ordered to lie on the table; Europe. the continuum of care program’’. as follows: (b) The report required under subsection At the end of the general provisions of title (a) shall include an assessment of the extent SA 3918. Mr. RUBIO submitted an I in division A, add the following: to which the Department of Defense has— amendment intended to be proposed to

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(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwith- related agencies for the fiscal year end- Housing and Urban Development, and standing any other provision of law, not to ing September 30, 2016, and for other related agencies for the fiscal year end- exceed $1,100,000,000 of the unobligated balances of amounts made available to the De- purposes; which was ordered to lie on ing September 30, 2016, and for other partment of State, the United States Agency the table; as follows: purposes; as follows: for International Development, and the De- On page 152, strike lines 1 through 13 and At the appropriate place in division A, in- partment of Health and Human Services for insert the following: sert the following: fiscal year 2015, or any fiscal year before fis- (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner SEC. ll. Not later than 24 months after cal year 2015, that remain available for obli- and provide an opportunity for response the date of enactment of this Act, the United gation may be transferred or reprogrammed within 15 days of UPCS inspection results. If States Interagency Council on Homelessness by the head of the applicable agency for use the violations remain, the Secretary shall shall submit to Congress a report that as- to prevent, prepare for, or respond to the develop a Compliance, Disposition and En- sesses how Federal housing programs and Zika virus. forcement Plan within 30 days of the UPCS Federal health programs could better col- (b) NOTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION RE- inspection results and must provide the laborate to reduce costs and improve health QUIREMENTS.— owner with a Notice of Default with a speci- and housing outcomes, in particular for— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days fied timetable, determined by the Secretary, (1) chronically homeless individuals; prior to the transfer or reprogramming of for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary (2) homeless individuals with behavioral funds made available pursuant to subsection must also provide a copy of the Notice of De- health conditions; and (a) or section 7058(c) of the Consolidated Ap- fault to the tenants, the local government, (3) homeless children in families that— propriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113)— any mortgagees, and any contract adminis- (A) receive housing assistance under pro- (A) the Director of the Office of Manage- trator. If the owner’s appeal results in a grams administered by the Federal Govern- ment and Budget shall certify to the appro- UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary ment; or priate Congressional committees that the may withdraw the Notice of Default. (B) could benefit from grant programs ad- net effect of all transfers and reprogramming ministered by the Federal Government. made pursuant to subsection (a) shall not re- SA 3919. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, sult in an increase in outlays over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2021; and Mr. SHELBY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. WARNER, SA 3922. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself (B) the Secretary of Health and Human and Mr. PORTMAN) submitted an Mr. KAINE, and Mr. BROWN) submitted Services, in coordination with the Secretary an amendment intended to be proposed amendment intended to be proposed to of State and the Administrator of the United to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. States Agency for International Develop- COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ment, shall submit to the appropriate Con- REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. gressional committees a multi-year spending 2577, making appropriations for the De- 2577, making appropriations for the De- plan that specifies the proposed uses of such partments of Transportation, and partments of Transportation, and funds. Housing and Urban Development, and Housing and Urban Development, and (2) SPENDING PLAN.—The spending plan submitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall include— related agencies for the fiscal year end- related agencies for the fiscal year end- (A) the objectives, indicators to measure ing September 30, 2016, and for other ing September 30, 2016, and for other progress, and a timeline to implement a suc- purposes; as follows: purposes; as follows: cessful strategy to respond to the Zika virus; At the appropriate place in title I of divi- At the appropriate place in title II of divi- (B) the amounts intended to be transferred sion A, insert the following: sion A, insert the following: or reprogrammed pursuant to this Act, that SEC. ll. Notwithstanding any other pro- SEC. ll. Section 218(g) of the Cranston- are made available from prior Acts making vision of this Act— Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act appropriations for— (1) the total amount made available under (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re- (i) the Department of State, foreign oper- the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES’’ spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw ations, and related programs to support such under the heading ‘‘FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMIN- funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund strategy; and ISTRATION’’ shall be $113,165,000; and that otherwise expire in 2016, 2017, 2018, or (ii) the Department of Labor, Health and (2) the total amount made available under 2019 under that section. Human Services, Education, and related the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under agencies; the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY’’ SA 3923. Mr. BOOKER submitted an (C) a description of how any foreign assist- shall be $113,896,000. amendment intended to be proposed to ance planned to be transferred or repro- amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. grammed pursuant to subsection (a) will dif- fer from, complement, and leverage funds al- SA 3920. Mr. BROWN (for himself, COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. MUR- located by— REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. (i) each government for countries in which RAY, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. COONS) sub- 2577, making appropriations for the De- the United States will use funds authorized mitted an amendment intended to be partments of Transportation, and by this Act; and proposed to amendment SA 3896 pro- Housing and Urban Development, and (ii) other governmental, nongovernmental, posed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. related agencies for the fiscal year end- and intergovernmental donors; and KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the ing September 30, 2016, and for other (D) a description of— bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations purposes; which was ordered to lie on (i) the resources each government de- for the Departments of Transportation, scribed in subparagraph (C)(i) possess to pre- the table; as follows: vent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika and Housing and Urban Development, In division A, on page 50, line 7, insert ‘‘up and related agencies for the fiscal year virus; and to’’ before ‘‘$25,000,000’’. (ii) the political will of each government ending September 30, 2016, and for In division A, on page 50, line 8, insert ‘‘not described in subparagraph (C)(i) to use the other purposes; which was ordered to less than’’ before ‘‘$25,000,000’’. resources described in clause (i). lie on the table; as follows: In division A, on page 50, lines 9 and 10, (c) FOLLOW UP REPORT.—Not later than No- At the end of title II of division B, add the strike ‘‘section 24407 (c)(5), (c)(6), (c)(7), and vember 30, 2017, the Secretary of Health and following: (c)(10) of title 49’’ and insert ‘‘paragraphs (2), Human Services, in coordination with the (5), (6), (7) and (10) of section 24407(c) of title Secretary of State and the Administrator of EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON 49’’. the United States Agency for International CAPACITY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF- Development, shall submit to the appro- FAIRS TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIALIZED TREAT- SA 3924. Mr. LANKFORD submitted priate Congressional committees, a report MENT AND REHABILITATIVE NEEDS OF DIS- an amendment intended to be proposed that contains a full accounting, on a pro- ABLED VETERANS by him to the bill H.R. 2577, making ap- gram level, of funds transferred or repro- SEC. 251. Section 1706(b)(5)(A) of title 38, propriations for the Departments of grammed pursuant to subsection (a). Such United States Code, is amended, in the first report shall, to the greatest extent prac- sentence, by striking ‘‘through 2008’’. Transportation, and Housing and ticable, contain a comparison of the full ac- Urban Development, and related agen- counting contained in the report to the SA 3921. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- original spending plan described in sub- and Mr. TILLIS) submitted an amend- tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; section (b)(2).

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(d) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The author- (4) a list of the 10 States with the lowest ADDITIONAL RESCISSIONS OF UNOBLIGATED ity provided in the section to reprogram and average REAC-inspected scores for all in- EBOLA FUNDS obligate funds shall terminate on September spected properties. SEC. l. (a) Of the unobligated balances 30, 2017. (b) The Comptroller General of the United made available under the heading ‘‘Public (e) PROHIBITION.—No transfers or re- States shall prepare a report, and post the Health and Social Services Emergency Fund programming of funds under this section report on the public website of the Govern- (Including Transfer of Funds)’’ in title VI of shall be made from the funds designated by ment Accountability Office, regarding areas the Departments of Labor, Health and Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper- in which REAC inspections of all properties Human Services, and Education, and Related ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to assisted, insured, or both, under a program Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division G section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budg- of the Department should be reformed and of Public Law 113-235) for the purpose of et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 improved. other preparation and response, $250,000,000 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(ii). shall be rescinded: Provided, That such (f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term SA 3927. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. amount is designated by the Congress as an ‘‘appropriate Congressional committees’’ BOOKER, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. CARPER) emergency requirement pursuant to section means the Committee on Appropriations and submitted an amendment intended to 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and the Committee on Homeland Security and be proposed to amendment SA 3896 pro- Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the posed by Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. (b) Of the unobligated balances made avail- Committee on Appropriations and the Com- able under the heading ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities mittee on Oversight and Government Reform KIRK, Mr. REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations and Program Support (Including Transfer of of the House of Representatives. Funds)’’ in title VI of the Departments of for the Departments of Transportation, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- SA 3925. Mr. GRASSLEY (for him- and Housing and Urban Development, cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations self, Mrs. ERNST, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. and related agencies for the fiscal year Act, 2015 (division G of Public Law 113-235) MORAN, and Mr. ROBERTS) submitted an ending September 30, 2016, and for for supporting national public health insti- amendment intended to be proposed by other purposes; which was ordered to tutes and global health security, $384,000,000 him to the bill H.R. 2577, making ap- lie on the table; as follows: shall be rescinded: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an In division A, beginning on page 51, strike propriations for the Departments of emergency requirement pursuant to section line 14 and all that follows through page 53, Transportation, and Housing and 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and line 3, and insert the following: Urban Development, and related agen- Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD (c) Of the unobligated balances made avail- tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; PASSENGER CORPORATION able under the heading ‘‘Economic Support which was ordered to lie on the table; To enable the Secretary of Transportation Fund’’ in title IX of the Department of as follows: to make grants to the National Railroad State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro- Passenger Corporation for activities associ- grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of At the end of title II of division B, insert ated with the Northeast Corridor, as author- Public Law 113-235), $466,000,000 shall be re- the following: ized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing Amer- scinded: Provided, That such amount is des- SEC. 251. None of the amounts appropriated ica’s Surface Transportation Act (division A ignated by the Congress as an emergency re- or otherwise made available under this Act of Public Law 114–94), and for activities asso- quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) may be used, in any case arising out of the ciated with the National Network, as author- of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- administration by the Secretary of Veterans ized by section 11101(b) of such Act, icit Control Act of 1985. Affairs of any law administered by the Sec- $1,834,000,000, to remain available until ex- retary, to treat an individual as adjudicated pended: Provided, That the Secretary may re- SA 3929. Mr. LEE submitted an as a mental defective for purposes of sub- tain up to 0.5 percent of the funds provided amendment intended to be proposed to section (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title under this heading to fund the costs of 18, United States Code, without the order or amendment SA 3900 proposed by Mr. project management and oversight of activi- MCCONNELL (for Mr. BLUNT (for him- finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judi- ties authorized by section 11101(c) of such self, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. COCHRAN, Mrs. cial authority of competent jurisdiction that Act: Provided further, That in addition to the such person is a danger to himself or herself project management oversight funds author- MURRAY, and Mr. LEAHY)) to the or others. ized under such section 11101(c), the Sec- amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. retary may retain up to an additional COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. SA 3926. Mr. RUBIO submitted an $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. amendment intended to be proposed by heading to fund expenses associated with the 2577, making appropriations for the De- him to the bill H.R. 2577, making ap- Northeast Corridor Commission established partments of Transportation, and propriations for the Departments of under section 24905 of title 49, United States Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation, and Housing and Code: Provided further, That the Secretary related agencies for the fiscal year end- may retain up to an additional $2,000,000 of Urban Development, and related agen- ing September 30, 2016, and for other cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- the funds provided under this heading to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup- purposes; which was ordered to lie on tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; ported Route Committee established under the table; as follows: which was ordered to lie on the table; 24712 of title 49, United States Code: Provided At the end, add the following: as follows: further, That of the amounts made available SEC. ll. Amounts provided for in this At the appropriate place in division A, in- under this heading, not less than $50,000,000 title shall, prior to appropriating any sums sert the following: shall be made available to bring Amtrak- out of any money in the Treasury not other- SEC. ll. (a) Not later than 90 days after served facilities and stations into compli- wise appropriated, be transferred from the the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- ance with the Americans with Disabilities following: retary of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). (1) $250,000,000 from the unobligated bal- shall prepare a report, and post the report on ances made available under the heading the public website of the Department of SA 3928. Mr. LEE submitted an ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emer- Housing and Urban Development (in this sec- amendment intended to be proposed to gency Fund (Including Transfer of Funds)’’ tion referred to as the ‘‘Department’’), re- amendment SA 3900 proposed by Mr. in title VI of the Departments of Labor, garding Real Estate Assessment Center (in MCCONNELL (for Mr. BLUNT (for him- Health and Human Services, and Education, this section referred to as ‘‘REAC’’) inspec- self, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. COCHRAN, Mrs. and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, tions of all properties assisted, insured, or 2015 (division G of Public Law 113-235) for the MURRAY, and Mr. LEAHY)) to the both, under a program of the Department, purpose of other preparation and response. which shall include— amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. (2) $384,000,000 from the unobligated bal- (1) the percentage of all inspected prop- COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ances made available under the heading erties that received a REAC-inspected score REED, and Mr. TESTER) to the bill H.R. ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support of less than 65 within the last 48 months; 2577, making appropriations for the De- (Including Transfer of Funds)’’ in title VI of (2) the number of properties in which the partments of Transportation, and the Departments of Labor, Health and most recent REAC-inspected score rep- Housing and Urban Development, and Human Services, and Education, and Related resented a decline relative to the previous related agencies for the fiscal year end- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division G REAC score; ing September 30, 2016, and for other of Public Law 113-235) for supporting na- (3) a list of the 10 metropolitan statistical tional public health institutes and global areas with the lowest average REAC-in- purposes; which was ordered to lie on health security. spected scores for all inspected properties; the table; as follows: (3) $466,000,000 from the unobligated bal- and At the end, add the following: ances made available under the heading

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Mr. President, I ask agreed to. ation of H.R. 4957, which was received unanimous consent that the Judiciary The preamble was agreed to. from the House. Committee be discharged from further (The resolution, with its preamble, is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The consideration of and the Senate now printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- clerk will report the bill by title. proceed to the consideration of S. Res. mitted Resolutions.’’) The senior assistant legislative clerk 403. f read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without A bill (H.R. 4957) to designate the Federal objection, it is so ordered. ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 17, building located at 99 New York Avenue, The clerk will report the resolution 2016 N.E., in the District of Columbia as the by title. ‘‘Ariel Rios Federal Building.’’ The senior assistant legislative clerk Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask There being no objection, the Senate read as follows: unanimous consent that when the Sen- ate completes its business today, it ad- proceeded to consider the bill. A resolution (S. Res. 403) designating the Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask week beginning April 24, 2016 as ‘‘National journ until 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 17; unanimous consent that the bill be Industrial Assessment Center Week’’ in cele- that following the prayer and pledge, read a third time and passed and the bration of the 40th anniversary of Industrial the morning hour be deemed expired, motion to reconsider be considered Assessment Centers. the Journal of proceedings be approved made and laid upon the table. There being no objection, the Senate to date, and the time for the two lead- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without proceeded to consider the resolution. ers be reserved for their use later in objection, it is so ordered. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask the day; further, that following leader The bill (H.R. 4957) was ordered to a unanimous consent that the resolution remarks, the Senate resume consider- third reading, was read the third time, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed ation of H.R. 2577, with the time until and passed. to, and the motions to reconsider be 12:30 p.m. and from 2:15 p.m. until 2:30 f considered made and laid upon the p.m. equally divided between the managers or their designees; further, that CONGRATULATING THE HISTORIC table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY ON 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly con- ITS 100TH YEAR objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 403) was ference meetings; finally, that notwith- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask agreed to. standing the provisions of rule XXII, unanimous consent that the Environ- The preamble was agreed to. the Senate vote on the motions to in- ment and Public Works Committee be (The resolution, with its preamble, is voke cloture at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. discharged from further consideration printed in the RECORD of March 17, 2016, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of and the Senate now proceed to the under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) objection, it is so ordered. consideration of S. Res. 387. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f f objection, it is so ordered. SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND The clerk will report the resolution ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. IDEALS OF NATIONAL NURSES TOMORROW by title. WEEK The senior assistant legislative clerk Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, if there read as follows: Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask is no further business to come before A resolution (S. Res. 387) congratulating unanimous consent that the Senate the Senate, I ask unanimous consent the Historic Columbia River Highway on its proceed to the consideration of S. Res. that it stand adjourned under the pre- 100th year. 467, submitted earlier today. vious order. There being no objection, the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The There being no objection, the Senate, proceeded to consider the resolution. clerk will report the resolution by at 7:14 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask title. May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m. unanimous consent that the resolution The senior assistant legislative clerk be agreed to, the preamble be agreed read as follows: f to, and the motions to reconsider be A resolution (S. Res. 467) supporting the considered made and laid upon the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, to CONFIRMATION table. be observed from May 6 through May 12, 2016. Executive nomination confirmed by The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without There being no objection, the Senate the Senate May 16, 2016: objection, it is so ordered. proceeded to consider the resolution. THE JUDICIARY The resolution (S. Res. 387) was Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask PAULA XINIS, OF MARYLAND, TO BE UNITED STATES agreed to. unanimous consent that the resolution DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND.

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RECOGNIZING CARLOS ELIAS country, we welcome these heroes to our na- I would be remiss to not also highlight the tion’s capital. great work these owners have done to posi- HON. TOM GRAVES This particular Honor Flight brings us 20 tively impact their community. Both Darrell and OF GEORGIA World War II veterans from 13 cities and John have served on the boards of local non- towns in Oregon representing every branch of profit organizations, and their quality of work IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the military. Infantrymen, mechanics, opera- can be seen in the hotels, office buildings, res- Monday, May 16, 2016 tors, cutters, flight crew, pilots, seamen . . . taurants, supermarkets, warehouses, and Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I, each of these brave Americans deserves our manufacturing buildings they built within their along with Representative WASSERMAN everlasting thanks for their contributions to the community. SCHULTZ, rise today to recognize and pay trib- war effort, and for their sacrifice on behalf of I am honored to recognize and congratulate ute to Carlos Elias on his retirement after 36 our liberty. Darrell, John, and Linda on their 50 years of years of service to the federal government, 17 The veterans on this flight from Oregon are building up not only their business but also years of which were with the Architect of the as follows: Robert Kukuska, Army; Arthur communities. They exemplify the true Amer- Capitol. Lyons, Army; Walter Young, Army; Cecil Cole- ican Dream, building something from nothing, Carlos started his federal career in 1980 man, Army Air Force; Michael W. Foree, Army and I wish them the absolute best on their with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after Air Force; Carl Maier, Army Air Force; Gordon hard-earned retirements. graduating from the University of Puerto Rico. Halsten, Coast Guard; Robert Bennett, Ma- f Carlos joined the Architect of the Capitol in rines; Earl Giggers, Merchant Marines; Jack 1999 as the Deputy Superintendent of the Alsup, Navy; Oral Fitts, Navy; John IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL U.S. Capitol Building, and in 2001 was ap- Hilderbrand, Navy; Robert Lazzarini, Navy; NURSES WEEK pointed to the position of Superintendent of Virgil Luksan, Navy; James Smith, Navy; How- the U.S. Capitol Building and the Capitol Vis- ard Winegarden, Navy; Verl Middlesworth, HON. ROD BLUM itor Center. Navy; Eugene Wellman, Navy Reserve; OF IOWA As Superintendent, Mr. Elias oversees 1.5 Wayne Harris, Navy Seabees; and Howard IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES million gross square feet and manages 250 Graul, Navy Seabees. Monday, May 16, 2016 employees. In addition to maintenance func- These 20 heroes join the estimated 20,000– tions, he is responsible for repairs, moderniza- 25,000 veterans who will travel to Washington, Mr. BLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tion, improvements, conservation, preserva- D.C. from their home states in 2016, adding to honor of National Nurses Week and to gration, and new construction activities. the more than 150,000 veterans who have ciously thank the hardworking nurses residing He also served as lead coordinator for the been honored through the Honor Flight Net- and practicing in the First District of Iowa. last four Presidential Inaugurations and he is work of volunteers nationwide since 2005. Every day, nurses provide compassionate, responsible for the construction of the Inau- Mr. Speaker, each of us is humbled by the quality care to patients across the country. As gural platform, installation of the sound sys- courage of these veterans who put themselves the largest workforce in the healthcare sector, tem, security fencing, and all other supporting in harm’s way for our country and way of life. nurses are often the first line of defense in infrastructure. As a nation, we can never fully repay the debt prevention and treatment to patients. I am Mr. Elias is overseeing the $60 million U.S. of gratitude owed to them for their honor, com- confident nurses will continue to do an admi- Dome Restoration Project, the first since 1959. mitment, and sacrifice in defense of the free- rable job promoting safe public health prac- Due to age and weather, the Dome had more doms we have today. tices among the communities in the First Dis- than 1,000 cracks and deficiencies. The My colleagues, please join me in thanking trict. From schools to hospitals to long term project was awarded in November 2013 and, these veterans and the volunteers of the Bend care, these hardworking men and women pro- with Mr. Elias’ management, we expect it to Heroes Foundation and Honor Flight of Or- vide compassionate care to those in need. be completed before the Presidential Inau- egon for their exemplary dedication and serv- I urge my colleagues to continue to support guration—on time and under budget. ice to this great country. nurses as they dedicate their lives to the well- Our subcommittee has come to depend on f being of others. Nurses deserve our recogni- Carlos and his team for their exceptional cus- tion for their contributions to healthcare and I tomer service and reliability. In addition, Car- RECOGNIZING BRECHBILL & am proud to stand before you today and offer los has provided us with invaluable guidance HELMAN CONSTRUCTION COM- my thanks for their sacrifices. PANY FOR 50 YEARS OF SUCCESS and analysis throughout the years. f Carlos’ retirement constitutes a profound loss for the institution. He will not be easily re- HON. BILL SHUSTER HONORING MR. BILL ‘‘BULLDOG’’ CUNNINGHAM placed and will be sorely missed. We wish him OF PENNSYLVANIA and his wife, Ana, all the best in this next IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES phase of their lives. Monday, May 16, 2016 HON. JEB HENSARLING f OF TEXAS Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING 20 WORLD WAR II VET- recognize Darrell Brechbill, John Helman, and ERANS FROM OREGON FOR Linda Brechbill on the occasion of their 50th Monday, May 16, 2016 THEIR HONOR FLIGHT TO THE year in business and well-deserved retire- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, longtime NATION’S CAPITAL ments. East Dallas constituent, Bill L. ‘‘Bulldog’’ Brechbill and Helman Construction Com- Cunningham passed away on April 24, 2016, HON. GREG WALDEN pany began in 1966 in Chambersburg, Penn- after a courageous fight with prostate cancer. OF OREGON sylvania, and subsequently has grown to be- Born on May 3, 1921, Bulldog grew up in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES come a premier design-build commercial con- East Dallas. He graduated from Woodrow Wil- struction company serving a large portion of son High School in 1949 and was a star on Monday, May 16, 2016 the Mid-Atlantic Region. Throughout their 50 the football team. He went to play football at Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recog- years of business, Darrell, John, and Linda Midwestern State University, but withdrew nize the 20 World War II veterans from Or- have remained actively involved in the projects after one year to join the United States Marine egon who will be visiting their memorial today and business, which has enabled the com- Corps. During his service, he was wounded in Washington, D.C. through Honor Flight of pany to make many of its impressive contribu- three times. And awarded the Purple Heart. Oregon. On behalf of a grateful state and tions. After leaving Korea, he served the rest

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16MY8.001 E16MYPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E704 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 16, 2016 of his time as a drill instructor at Camp Pen- SACRAMENTO CENTER FOR INTER- platoon level to the Department of the Army dleton. NATIONAL TRADE DEVELOP- headquarters staff. His initial assignment was MENT IS SELECTED TO RECEIVE After returning to Dallas, he married his as an aeroscout platoon leader in the Republic PRESIDENT’S E–STAR AWARD of Korea with the 5–501st Attack Helicopter sweetheart, Mina, in 1954. They were blessed Battalion, 17th Aviation Brigade. He continued with four boys, Gregory, Vickers, William, and to his second overseas assignment in Wies- Michael. He is survived by Mina, his four sons, HON. AMI BERA OF CALIFORNIA baden, Germany with 5–6 Cavalry Squadron, eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. It 12th Aviation Brigade. During his tenure with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was rare to see Bulldog or Mina separately. the 12th Aviation Brigade, he served as Their marriage of over 60 years was an exam- Monday, May 16, 2016 squadron liaison officer and squadron adju- ple of a life-long love. The Cunninghams are Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer tant. He later served as the assistant squad- a very close-knit family. congratulations to the Sacramento Center for ron operations officer and headquarters troop Bulldog made a life-long passion out of his International Trade Development and the Los Commander in 6–6 Cavalry Squadron, based chosen profession of insurance. He based his Rios Community College District for being in Illesheim, Germany. awarded the ‘‘E–Star’’ award from the United Upon completion of his overseas tour in insurance company in East Dallas. He was a Germany, he returned to the U.S. and served member of the Million Dollar Round Table. In States Department of Commerce, which recognizes excellence in export assistance. in multiple duty assignments from the National the last year of his life, he was still a national The Sacramento Center for International Training Center (NTC) at Ft. Irwin, CA to the top 10 percent producer for Safeco Insurance. Trade Development is a prominent part of the U.S. Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Bulldog was an active political volunteer, drive to increase exports from the Sacramento VA. Later in his career, John returned to the along with his wife, Mina. He was very active region. The program, which is administered 11th Aviation Regiment and served during the in the Dallas community, including the Greater through the Los Rios Community College Dis- initial invasion of Iraq. The Army selected East Dallas Chamber of Commerce, in which trict, is a longstanding force for global com- John to command 1–14th Aviation Battalion at he was instrumental in their annual Economic petitiveness in our area. Ft Rucker, AL, where he completed the AH– 64D Instructor Pilot course and assumed re- Summit, investing a lot of time in building the For more than two decades, the Center has sponsibility of all attack and reconnaissance event, Habitat for Humanity, City of Dallas provided export services and programs that flight training for the Army. After command, he Planning & Zoning Commission, and numer- serve to enhance the effectiveness and profit- ability of Northern California businesses. The was assigned to the U.S. Army Human Re- ous other organizations and city boards and sources Command where he served as the commissions. He was inducted into the Wood- Center’s relationship with the Department of Commerce provides Sacramento area busi- aviation branch chief and later as the chief of row Wilson High School Hall of Fame in 2004. nesses with a unique edge, helping to con- maneuver, fires and effects division. Mr. Cunningham will be sorely missed by tribute to the growing economy in our region. Upon promotion to Colonel, Colonel Lindsay his family, friends, and the East Dallas com- The Center provides critical support to our attended the U.S. Army War College Fellow- munity. We have lost a patriotic, hard-working local businesses, and deserves this important ship at the Institute for Defense Analyses in businessman who was the example of who we recognition. Washington, D.C., and subsequently deployed should all strive to be. My condolences to Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor the Sac- as the director of the Joint Operations Center Mina and the rest of the Cunningham family. ramento Center for International Trade Devel- (JOC) to U.S. Forces Iraq. In his most recent Melissa and I are praying for God’s comfort on opment and the Los Rios Community College assignments, he served as a senior advisor to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and also you during this time of loss. District for their work to support Northern Cali- fornia. Please join me in congratulating them as the director of army aviation for the Army’s G 3/5/7. John was instrumental in the formula- f on this significant achievement. tion of the Army’s Aviation Restructure Initia- f HONORING WEST VIRGINIA’S AL- tive (ARI), which optimizes the operational ca- WAYS FREE HONOR FLIGHT AND TRIBUTE TO COLONEL JOHN J. pability, deployment and lethality, and deploy- VETERANS LINDSAY ment in Army Aviation. Mr. Speaker, it has been a sincere pleasure HON. MARTHA ROBY to have worked with Colonel John J. Lindsay over the last three years. On behalf of a grate- OF ALABAMA HON. EVAN H. JENKINS ful nation, I join my colleagues in recognizing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF WEST VIRGINIA and commending John for his service to the Monday, May 16, 2016 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States of America. We wish him, his Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay trib- lovely wife Virginia, and their three children, Monday, May 16, 2016 ute to Colonel John J. Lindsay for dedicating Ian, Emma, and Kevin all the best as they de- 28 years of honorable service to the United part the United States Army and continue on Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, States Army. John and his family’s devotion, their wonderful journey. I rise today to honor the brave men and sacrifice, and commitment to the Nation is f women who sacrificed so much for the free- worthy of praise and recognition. IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL doms we hold so dear. Those who serve this A native of New York, John was commis- TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK great country deserve not only our respect but sioned into the United States Army as a sec- our deepest gratitude. I stand here today to ond lieutenant after graduating from the United honor West Virginia’s veterans who are vis- States Military Academy in 1988. He is a com- HON. ROD BLUM iting Washington, D.C., with the Always Free bat proven leader and a highly skilled AH–64D OF IOWA Honor Flight on May 18, 2016. These veterans Apache attack helicopter pilot. John is a true IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES served honorably in times of war and times of professional and scholar, earning a Bachelor Monday, May 16, 2016 peace, and they deserve to be recognized and of Science in National Security from the Mr. BLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in rec- thanked for their service to our nation and United States Military Academy and a Master ognition of National Teacher Appreciation their efforts to secure the freedoms we enjoy of Science in Human Resources from Central Week occurring last week and to graciously as Americans. Michigan University. He is a graduate of the thank all the hardworking educators in the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Col- First District of Iowa. As a country we must never forget the costs lege, the Joint Forces Staff College, and the Every day, teachers rise and face the chal- of war, the costs to the families of our service U.S. Army War College Fellowship Program. lenge of preparing today’s youth to be the men and women, and the costs of protecting Upon entrance into the Armed Forces, Colo- leaders of tomorrow. Our teachers are at the our freedom, especially when there are so nel Lindsay attended the aviation officer basic forefront of shaping young minds, recognizing many in this world who seek to destroy our course and initial entry rotary wing flight train- potential, and encouraging their success. way of life. I want to thank all those who came ing at Fort Rucker in the 2nd Congressional Across the country, teachers are empow- with this Honor Flight, and I extend my sin- District of Alabama that I proudly represent. ering students with the necessary skills to cerest appreciation for what they have done Throughout John’s career in Army aviation, he achieve their dreams and become the next for West Virginia and for this country. served in a range of assignments from the generation of leaders of the United States.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16MY8.005 E16MYPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E705 As Members of Congress, we must do our slightly lesser known garage band, The Mono- Navy Frogmen were instrumental in clearing part to equip our teachers with the best tools tones. obstacles on Omaha Beach and Utah Beach and resources possible to educate our chil- After graduating high school, Hal took his during the Normandy invasion on D-Day in dren—who are our most precious resource talents to Texas A&M where he served as the 1944, and many were killed or wounded per- and deserve every effort we can make to give drum major in the Fighting Texas Aggie Band. forming their dangerous missions. In the Pa- them the opportunity to succeed. He graduated in 1975 with a degree in political cific, Frogmen demonstrated similar gallantry I thank all the dedicated teachers in the science, and later he earned his MBA. during the operations to liberate the Phil- First District of Iowa during National Teacher Hal met his wife Christi while at A&M and ippines, Guam, Borneo, and many other Appreciation Week for continuing to provide they married in 1976. They found their way to places that had been occupied by Japanese their best to our children and empowering Terrell in 1981 where he opened a tractor dis- forces and that were instrumental in the ad- them to reach their full potential. tributorship and raised his family. The folks of vance toward victory. Frogmen were training f Terrell are glad they did. In 2001, Hal sold the for cold-water operations in preparation for an tractor dealership and took over his father’s anticipated invasion of the Japanese home is- IN RECOGNITION OF MUSTANG manufacturing company, Catco, where he con- lands when the war ended. SUD’S 50 YEARS OF SERVICE tinues to oversee operations. The Underwater Demolition Teams that suc- Hal decided to give back to his adopted ceeded the initial Naval Combat Demolition HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS town and ran for city council, and served for Units saw action in Korea and Vietnam, and it one term before being elected Mayor of Terrell OF TEXAS was in the early 1960’s that the Navy decided in 2007. As mayor, he has been instrumental IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to transition them into the Navy SEAL teams in the growth of ‘‘Terrell America,’’ the adopted Monday, May 16, 2016 we know today, in a reflection of their broad- slogan. Hal has served his community in a ening role beyond the water’s edge. Ameri- number of other capacities including: Chair- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cans are grateful for the extraordinary service man of the Terrell Chamber of Commerce, As- recognize a milestone for the Mustang Special and sacrifices of our Navy SEALs, among the sistant Scout Master, member and past presi- Utility District (SUD). On May 13, 2016, this most skilled, experienced, and courageous to dent of the Rotary Club, and his church’s ves- local government entity will celebrate fifty serve in defense of our nation. I’m proud to try. Not surprisingly, Hal was also recently years of utility service to residents and busi- represent many Navy personnel and veterans named Citizen of the Year. And if he wasn’t nesses in northeast Denton County. in Maryland’s Fifth District, which is home to busy enough, Hal finally realized a lifelong The organization started as a small water Pax River Naval Air Station, the Naval Surface dream of becoming a pilot in 2003. supply corporation in 1966 with less than 50 Warfare Center Indian Head Division, and connections. The Mustang SUD now covers Hal and Christi have three sons, Jason, Travis and Chad. Like their dad, they are all Webster Field. I join in thanking Bill Dawson 100 square miles and 11,000 connections as and all of those who were our nation’s first a provider of retail water and sewer utilities proud Texas A&M graduates as well. It is truly an honor to represent Hal Richards in the Navy Frogmen for their gallant service in de- within its designated boundaries, encom- fense of freedom and for their crucial role in passing cities and communities between Pilot United States House of Representatives. On behalf of the Fifth District of Texas I would like the history of U.S. Naval Special Operations. Point to the north and Oak Point to the south. f The Mustang SUD is governed by an elect- to congratulate Hal for a job well done as ed board of directors. The nine directors are Mayor, and thank him for his tireless commit- PERSONAL EXPLANATION elected to three year terms and must be retail ment to his family and community. customers of the organization and reside with- f HON. JAMES A. HIMES in the district’s boundaries. Since 2011, the or- PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE ‘‘FROG- OF CONNECTICUT ganization has been deemed a ‘‘Superior Pub- MEN’’ OF THE U.S. NAVAL COM- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lic Water System’’ by the Texas Commission BAT DEMOLITION UNITS IN Monday, May 16, 2016 on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). WORLD WAR II To be designated ‘‘Superior,’’ the system Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, on May 13, 2016, must meet the TCEQ’s stringent criteria for HON. STENY H. HOYER I was unable to be present to cast my vote on overall excellence in the operation of a public OF MARYLAND roll call No. 190, Motion on Ordering the Pre- water system. These standards include ex- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vious Question on the Rule (H. Res. 725). celled efforts in protecting public health, ensur- Had I been present for roll call No. 190, I ing reliable operations and water supply for Monday, May 16, 2016 would have voted ‘‘NAY.’’ the system’s customers, compliance with regu- Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I had the privi- I was unable to be present to cast my vote latory requirements and environmental stew- lege of meeting on March 30 with William on roll call No. 191, the rule providing for con- ardship. ‘‘Bill,’’ Dawson of Waldorf; Maryland, in the sideration of the House Amendment S. 524— It is my privilege to represent the customers Fifth Congressional District. Bill is the last liv- Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of of the Mustang SUD in the U.S. House of ing member of the first class of Naval Special 2016 (H. Res. 725). Had I been present for Representatives. Warfare Operators to train for duty with the roll call No. 191, I would have voted ‘‘NAY.’’ f U.S. Naval Combat Demolition Units that were I was unable to be present to cast my vote the precursor to today’s Navy SEAL teams. on roll call No. 192, on approving the Journal. HONORING MR. HAL RICHARDS He is ninety-one years old and a retired Had I been present for roll call No. 192, I Washington, D.C. firefighter who remains would have voted ‘‘AYE.’’ HON. JEB HENSARLING deeply proud of his service to our nation and f OF TEXAS to his community. I was honored to receive CONGRATULATING BENJAMIN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from him a copy of his book Before They Were SEALS They Were Frogs, which re- FRANKLIN PLUMBING FOR Monday, May 16, 2016 counts the story of the Naval Combat Demoli- BEING RECOGNIZED AS A FINAL- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, today I rise tion Units during the Second World War and IST FOR THE 2016 SECRETARY OF to honor and congratulate a dear friend, Mayor his own service in the Pacific. DEFENSE EMPLOYER SUPPORT Hal Richards of Terrell, Texas. Hal is an out- First created in 1943 and led by Lt. Draper FREEDOM AWARD standing community leader and servant for the L. Kauffman, the first Naval Combat Demoli- people of Kaufman County. tion Units were tasked with the reconnais- HON. BILLY LONG Hal was born in 1953 in El Paso while his sance of amphibious landing sites and the OF MISSOURI father served in the Army at Fort Bliss. After demolition of enemy obstacles that would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the military, his father’s job as a petroleum en- hinder the advance of invading Allied forces. gineer took him across Texas to wherever the After their specialized training at Fort Pierce in Monday, May 16, 2016 next oil boom struck. The Richards family Florida, including the series of grueling tests Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- even lived in Venezuela for a period of time. that is now considered to have been the first- gratulate Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, of Ultimately, the family settled in Garland, Texas ever ‘‘Hell Week,’’ the first Navy ‘‘Frogmen’’ Springfield, Missouri, for being recognized as where he was an active musician in the Gar- deployed to the European and Pacific theaters a finalist for the 2016 Secretary of Defense land High School band and even played in a of operation in support of combat operations. Employer Support Freedom Award.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16MY8.004 E16MYPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E706 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 16, 2016 The Secretary of Defense Employer Support IMPROVING TREATMENT FOR would never succeed. In addition, I had been Freedom Award is the agency’s highest rec- PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM through drug court programs and licensed ognition given to employers who offer excep- WOMEN ACT OF 2016 therapists and could never stay clean. I found tional support to their workers who serve in it difficult to relate to anyone that had not ex- SPEECH OF the National Guard or Army Reserve. This perienced addiction firsthand. award is an incredibly prestigious honor, as HON. BEN RAY LUJA´ N ‘‘In August of 2011 I entered the doors of In- side Out Recovery where I met a Certified only 30 businesses were selected as finalists OF NEW MEXICO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Peer Support Worker. Through the CPSW’s this year from more than 2,400 potential can- own experience with addiction I came to be- didates. Wednesday, May 11, 2016 lieve that I could live my life without drugs. I Mr. Speaker, it is a true privilege to rep- Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico. Mr. had finally found someone I could relate to resent the Southwest Missourians at Benjamin Speaker, I appreciate my colleague’s com- and learn from. Our talks were invaluable in Franklin Plumbing, who have earned this nom- ments on this legislation, and I’m encouraged my early recovery because I knew that if the ination for respecting our troops. I’m proud to by the bipartisan support to advance not only CPSW could stay clean that I could too. The be a part of this community, where businesses my bill, but all of the important bills we are dis- seed of recovery had been planted with that like this have taken it upon themselves to act cussing today. CPSW’s experience and I immediately knew I I’d like to take a few minutes to discuss wanted to dedicate the rest of my life toward as patriotic role-models and I urge my col- some of the stories of those who have faced staying clean and helping the addict that still leagues to join me in applauding their being addiction. Stories from people in my home suffers.’’ named a finalist for this esteemed award. state of New Mexico—who have faced the Joshua and Kayla’s stories of addiction are challenges of substance abuse and are all too common, and their stories of recovery f healthier today and working to improve their are ones that we must ensure become more communities. common as well. IN RECOGNITION OF OCA’S SAC- As we come here and discuss the impor- We are taking important action on the floor RAMENTO DRAGON BOAT FES- tance of various programs and we debate the today, but let’s make sure that we are pro- TIVAL 21ST ANNIVERSARY GALA need for greater investments—which I think viding the resources necessary to address this we need to address this crisis—let us not lose crisis. sight of the people whose lives are at the cen- f HON. DORIS O. MATSUI ter of this. BARBARA SHORTER OF CALIFORNIA Mr. Speaker, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors—everyone is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES impacted by this drug crisis. HON. KATHY CASTOR Monday, May 16, 2016 I’d like to share Kayla Trujillo’s story. Kayla OF FLORIDA has been in recovery since November of 2014 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and is using her experiences to help others Monday, May 16, 2016 recognize the Organization of Chinese Ameri- struggling with drug addiction. She is working cans’ Sacramento chapter and the distin- to become a Certified Peer Support Worker. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the accomplishments of a true guished organizations that are being honored But at the age of 14, Kayla was struggling. champion of progress during Black History at the 21st annual Dragon Boat Festival and ‘‘As a young teen I had no sense of self- worth, no ability to cope with life, and sought Month and all year long, Barbara Shorter. Her Gala. I ask all my colleagues to join me in things outside myself to help fill the empty invaluable contributions to the Tampa Bay honoring OCA Sacramento and these fine or- void I felt inside,’’ she wrote to me. community is an inspiration to us all. Today, I ganizations. She was also a straight A, honor roll stu- am grateful to recognize her selfless dedica- The OCA Sacramento chapter is an active dent, because she knew good grades were a tion and honor her valuable service to our advocate for all Asian Pacific Islander Ameri- ticket to a better life. But one day, she went community. cans, dedicated to advancing the social, polit- to her mom’s medicine cabinet and found a Ms. Shorter grew up in St. Petersburg, grad- ical, and economic well-being of our Sac- green bottle labeled Percocet for pain and uating from Gibbs High School. She matricu- lated from Florida A&M University where she ramento community. An exemplary organiza- took three pills. then began her illustrious career as an Admin- tion, OCA Sacramento promotes civic partici- She writes: ‘‘That day I started my thirteen year love/hate affair with opiates that would istrative Assistant to the Dean of the School of pation and community involvement. OCA Sac- forever change my life. Once I was physically Agriculture and Home Economics. She dedi- ramento hosts a variety of annual events cele- dependent on opiates I took whatever means cated the next decade to teaching before con- brating traditional Chinese holidays and fes- necessary to obtain my pills. tinuing her own education at Florida A&M tivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival, ‘‘I resorted to faking injuries, stealing my when she received her Master’s in Guidance which promote and foster an understanding of friends’ and family members’ pain pills, buying and Counseling. Soon after graduation she ac- our city’s rich cultural heritage. OCA Sac- pills off the street, and eventually trading sex cepted a position as the Assistant Principal at ramento offers essay contests and scholar- for pills just to support my daily pain pill habit Northeast High School, becoming the third Af- ships for youth, which promote education and . . . One day I ran out of pills, was very ill, rican American teacher ever assigned to an leadership skills. OCA Sacramento’s deep in- and there were no pills to be sold so I picked all-white high school in Pinellas County. Re- volvement and commitment to our community up heroin to stay well. Once introduced to her- turning to her own Gibbs High School as Prin- is commendable. oin I knew I had to change my way of life be- cipal, she became the first female African fore it was too late.’’ American High School Principal in Pinellas In keeping with this year’s theme of ‘‘Light Kayla checked herself into a rehab facility County in 100 years. Most recently, she was the Torch for the Next Generation,’’ receiving and got help. But there are too many people an Adjunct Instructor at the University of South this year’s Community Partner Award at the who don’t have access to the treatment they Florida. Festival are Wells Fargo, the Sacramento Po- need. Ms. Shorter is a longtime leader in the Afri- lice Department, and the Sacramento Sheriff’s I’d also like to share the story of Joshua can-American community. She was recog- Department. These community organizations Trujillo. Joshua is a Certified Peer Support nized as Tampa Bay’s Black Most Influential in are dedicated to making the Sacramento re- Worker at Inside Out Recovery in Espanola, 1983 as well as Pinellas County’s Educator of gion a safe and prosperous place to live, New Mexico. He entered recovery after spend- the Year for two straight years. Her local suc- work, and raise a family. ing 11 years on the streets using drugs and cesses were recognized on the national level alcohol. He wrote to me to share his story, upon an invitation from Secretary of State Mr. Speaker, as the members of OCA Sac- and I’d like to read from that letter: Colin Powell to President Clinton’s Summit on ramento gather at the Dragon Boat Festival to ‘‘I was in and out of jail for various drug re- Education Issues from 1997–2000. celebrate their 21st anniversary, I ask all my lated crimes. I would steal and lie to everyone Ms. Shorter service was not limited only to colleagues to join me in honoring them for that came in contact with me just to support her work in the educational field. Throughout their unwavering commitment to the Sac- my addiction. I attempted to abstain from her life, she displayed a passion for civic en- ramento region. drugs many times through my own means and gagement. She inspired the next generation of

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High School Principals Association and the mi- on the Atascosa County Historical Commis- The sixth annual Senior Corps Week, taking nority member for the Florida Association of sion, Atascosa County Crime Stoppers Board, place May 16–20, 2016, is a time to thank School Administrators. She currently is a Atascosa County Healthcare Center Board, Senior Corps volunteers for their service and member of the Florida A&M University Alumni and the Chairman for the Emergency Food recognize their positive impact and value to Association and has been an active member and Shelter Program. In addition to his exem- our communities and nation. of the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, hav- plary career as a public servant, Mike f ing had longest active membership at 70 plus Lambaria is a committed husband to Anita years. Lambaria. Together they have three sons: HONORING HENRY CHAPMAN MER- Ms. Shorter was an unabashed environ- Scott Michael, Craig Anthony and John, as CER AND THE MERCER MUSEUM mentalist. Her heroic commitment to well as eight grandchildren. According to Mr. environmentalism made an unforgettable mark Lambaria, he could not have accomplished the HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK on the Tampa Bay community. Tampa Bay is past 25 years of success without the support OF PENNSYLVANIA a better and more beautiful place to live and love of his wife. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have the op- thanks to her efforts. Monday, May 16, 2016 Ms. Shorter has selflessly dedicated her life portunity to recognize Mike Lambaria, a deco- to our community and the children of Tampa rated war hero, a devoted Veterans Service Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Bay. Countless students and young profes- Officer to Atascosa County, and a loving fam- to recognize the accomplishments of Henry sionals have benefited from her immeasurable ily man. Chapman Mercer and the importance of the efforts and unabashed enthusiasm. Her com- f Mercer Museum. mitment will always be remembered and ap- Bucks County’s agricultural history is pre- preciated. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of a grateful HONORING SENIOR CORPS WEEK served in the 100-year-old Mercer Museum, Tampa Bay community, I am proud to recog- AND THE SERVICE OF OLDER thanks to the foresight of Henry Chapman nize Barbara Shorter for her lifelong exem- AMERICANS Mercer. The noted historian, scholar and ar- plary service to the State of Florida. ´ chaeologist collected and preserved outmoded f HON. RAUL M. GRIJALVA materials of daily life believing they would be OF ARIZONA lost forever in the rush of the Industrial Revo- CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lution. Mr. Mercer gathered and displayed OF VETERANS SERVICE OFFI- more than 30,000 hand tools and even boats Monday, May 16, 2016 CER, MIKE LAMBARIA and horse-drawn carriages at the museum he Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in would design and build in Doylestown, Bucks HON. HENRY CUELLAR support of national Senior Corps Week. County. More than 50 Early American trades OF TEXAS Older Americans bring a lifetime of skills are represented, including blacksmithing, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and experience as parents, workers, and citi- shoemaking, farming, printing, cider making zens that can be tapped to meet challenges in and needlework crafts, some items hanging Monday, May 16, 2016 our communities. from the ceiling. All are organized and housed Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to For more than four decades Senior Corps, in an imposing museum built over a three-year celebrate the retirement of Veterans Service and its three programs—RSVP, Senior Com- period entirely of concrete. Through the dec- Officer, Mike Lambaria of Atascosa County, panions, and Foster Grandparents—have ades, this National Historic Landmark has ad- Texas. He has proudly served the people of proven to be a highly effective way to engage vanced in the management of its collections Atascosa County for nearly 10 years. Americans age 55 and over in meeting na- and also in meeting contemporary museum Mike Lambaria was born on October 4th, tional and community needs. standards. Today, the museum and its new 1944 to Mike Lambaria Sr. and Ruth Each year Senior Corps provides opportuni- wing offer dozens of programs for all ages. Lambaria. After graduating from Pleasanton ties for nearly 330,000 older Americans across For a century, the Mercer Museum stands out High School, he attended the University of the nation, including approximately 435 in as a place where Bucks County’s past is hon- Kansas and graduated with a degree in Busi- Southern Arizona, to serve their communities. ored along with the memory of an extraor- ness Administration and a minor in History. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tu- dinary man—Henry Chapman Mercer. After college, Mr. Lambaria joined the U.S. tors and mentors to young Arizonans who f Army and courageously served his country in have special needs. Senior Companions help Vietnam. He received multiple awards for his homebound Arizona seniors and other adults CONGRATULATING MACY MORGAN, service, including: Army Good Conduct Medal, maintain independence in their own homes. ON BEING NAMED THE 2016 RE- Army of Occupation Medal, National Defense RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols for GION 4 GOLD ALL-AROUND Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Over- local police departments, protect the environ- CHAMPION AND WINNING HER seas Service Ribbon, Vietnam Service Medal, ment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to nat- AGE DIVISION AT THE XCEL MIS- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Com- ural disasters, and provide other services SOURI STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS bat Infantryman Badge, and Expert Infantry- through more than 130 groups across Arizona. man Badge. Senior Corps volunteers last year provided HON. BILLY LONG Following his retirement from the Military in more than 96.2 million hours of service, help- OF MISSOURI 1985, Mike worked as a military liaison with ing to improve the lives of our most vulnerable IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES McDonnell Douglas until 1988. In 1989, he citizens, strengthen our educational system, worked in Saudi Arabia as an advisor for lo- protect our environment, provide independent Monday, May 16, 2016 gistics and combat. He returned home in living services, and contribute to our public Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- 1992, becoming a teacher and coach at safety. gratulate Ozark, Missouri, gymnast Macy Mor- Poteet High School until 2006. After his tenure Senior Corps volunteers build a capacity of gan, on recently winning her age division at with Poteet High School, Mike began his ca- organizations and communities by serving the XCEL Missouri State Championships and reer as a Veterans Service Officer for the through more than 65,000 nonprofit, commu- being named the 2016 Region 4 Gold All- Atascosa County Veterans Services Office. nity, educational, and faith-based community around Champion in the face of great life ob- Mike was known to go above and beyond in groups nationwide. stacles. his duties. He would drive veterans to their ap- At a time of mounting social needs and Macy is an 11-year-old girl who has already pointments, then come back, see veterans in growing interest in service by older Americans, conquered more adversity in her life than most the office, and help them submit claims. He there is an unprecedented opportunity to har- people will ever face. Diagnosed at only 8 also assisted homeless veterans in finding ness the talents of 55-plus volunteers to ad- months old with a form of kidney cancer, Macy places to stay and worked with local churches dress community challenges. had to fight for her life in a situation that most and organizations to get homeless veterans Service by older Americans helps volunteers families couldn’t imagine. Despite this adver- food and clothing. Mike has even provided by keeping them active, healthy, and engaged, sity, Macy fought her cancer into remission

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Macy is now one of the best young gym- Mr. Speaker, it is fitting and proper that we On roll call No. 191, I would have voted nasts in the state of Missouri. Her athletic recognize and honor the historical significance ‘‘nay’’ (May 13) (On Agreeing to the Resolu- abilities are known state wide, and she has of the 40th anniversary of this event, as well tion for Providing for consideration of the bill won numerous medals for her skill. She is reas the impact of the California victory on the (S. 524) the Comprehensive Addiction and garded as a natural gymnast, and her coaches world of wine and the United States wine in- Recovery Act of 2016). speculate that she one day may represent the dustry as a whole. On roll call No. 192, I would have voted United States in the Olympic Games. To recognize the 40th anniversary of the ‘‘yea’’ (May 13) (On Approving the Journal). Mr. Speaker, Macy Morgan is truly a re- Judgment of Paris, Rep. DUNCAN HUNTER and On roll call No. 193, I would have voted markable young woman and her success in I, House Leadership from both sides of the ‘‘yea’’ (May 13) (On Passage of S. 524, the overcoming adversity is impressive on its own aisle, and the entire California delegation will Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of merits. But her working to become an elite submit the following language as a resolution: 2016). gymnast is all the more praiseworthy and in- Whereas forty years ago in Paris, a number f spiring to other young people in Missouri’s of leading French wine experts were invited by Seventh Congressional District. I would ask Wine Merchant Stephen Spurrier to blind taste IN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE JE- that my colleagues join me in expressing both some of the greatest wines of France and ROME E. GAFF, U.S. ARMY, VIET- our congratulations and deep admiration for California; NAM 1969–1970 Macy and her achievements. Whereas those prestigious experts chose f the 1973 Chateau Montelena Winery Napa HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH Valley Chardonnay by winemaker Miljenko OF MASSACHUSETTS HONORING THE 40TH ANNIVER- ‘‘Mike’’ Grgich as the finest white wine in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SARY OF THE JUDGMENT OF tasting; Monday, May 16, 2016 PARIS Whereas those same experts chose the 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Napa Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in HON. MIKE THOMPSON Valley Cabernet Sauvignon made by Warren honor of Jerome Edward Gaff, May 30, 1946, OF CALIFORNIA Winiarski as the finest red wine in the tasting; in recognition of his outstanding service to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Whereas the resulting story by journalist United States Army. Jerry is the son of John M. and Dorothy A. Monday, May 16, 2016 George Taber found widespread distribution throughout the press, notably in TIME maga- Gaff who raised Jerry in Chelsea, MA. Jerry Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, zine, as ‘‘The Shot Heard Round the World’’; grew up alongside his brothers Harold, Jack, I rise today to honor the 40th anniversary of Whereas this attention created an imme- Tom, and sister, Loretta. Jerry and his family the Judgment of Paris wine tasting competi- diate, positive impact on the world of wine, relocated to Everett MA, where he made his tion, an event that brought global esteem to and created among experts, consumers and residence from 1950–1969. He graduated the California wine community. the trade a new and enthusiastic appreciation from Everett High School in 1964, and soon On May 24, 1976, a who’s-who of French for California wines; after, began working at General Edwards Inn wine and food influencers gathered for a blind Whereas wine is now produced in all fifty of Restaurant in the Point of Pines Section of tasting of Cabernet Sauvignon and the United States, and enjoyed at ever in- Revere with his brothers and sisters. He was Chardonnay wines at the Paris InterConti- creasing levels by consumers throughout the drafted into the U.S. Army on April 19, 1969, nental Hotel organized by wine merchant Ste- country; where he served his tour of duty in Vietnam ven Spurrier. Whereas the Smithsonian Institution’s Na- from September 1969 to November 1970. Mr. Spurrier selected the finest California tional Museum of American History exhibits While serving in the Army, he served with vintages at the time. He included Cabernet the winning bottles in its permanent collections the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) Sept. Sauvignon from Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, (the 1973 Chateau Montelena Winery 1969 to Mar. 1970 and the 11th Armored Cav- Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello, Heitz Wine Cel- Chardonnay and the 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine alry Regiment (Black Horse) Mar. 1970 to lars, Clos du Val Winery, Mayacamas Vine- Cellars S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon), and has Nov. 1970. He was stationed at the U.S. Army yards, and Freemark Abbey Winery. included those bottles in their selection of re- base located in Lai Khe, northwest of Saigon. In the white wine category, Mr. Spurrier markable objects in the book The During his time in the Army he was active in chose Chardonnay from Chateau Montelena Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Ob- the major battle of the Cambodian Incursion Winery, Chalone Vineyard, Spring Mountain jects by Richard Kurin; from May to June, 1970. He received several Vineyard, Freemark Abbey Winery, Whereas the Napa Valley is now recognized medals for his Army service including: Na- Veedercrest Vineyards, and David Bruce Win- internationally as a vanguard of the United tional Defense Service Medal, Army Com- ery. States wine business and contributes more mendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, When the experts’ scores were tallied, two than $162 billion to the nation’s economy. Bronze Star Medal and the Vietnam Campaign wines from California’s Napa Valley—the 1973 Resolved, That the U.S. House of Rep- Medal. Although Jerry is a decorated veteran Chateau Montelena Winery Chardonnay by resentatives recognizes and honors the histor- of the Vietnam Conflict he seldom spoke of his winemaker Miljenko ‘‘Mike’’ Grgich and the ical significance of the 40th Anniversary of the distinguished military career, and upon return- Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet Judgment of Paris, and the impact of the Cali- ing stateside focused his attention to raising Sauvignon made by Warren Winiarski—came fornia victory at the 1976 Paris Tasting on the his family, but never forgot those who served out on top, forever changing the way the world world of wine and the American wine industry with him, and stills serves as an advocate for views American wine. as a whole. all veterans today. George Taber documented this consequen- f When he returned from the war, he contin- tial decision in a TIME magazine article, ‘‘Mod- ued to work at the General Edwards Inn. He ern Living: Judgment of Paris.’’ The resulting PERSONAL EXPLANATION attended college before and after the war, coverage of the Judgment of Paris created an studying education and Spanish. In 1972, he immediate and positive impact on the world of HON. JACKIE SPEIER was married and had four daughters, Nancy wine, and inspired among experts, consumers, OF CALIFORNIA 42, Shannon 41, Lauren 39 and Marybeth 38. and the trade a new appreciation for California IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jerry and his family moved to Sandown, NH in wines. the summer of 1978, just prior to the opening The Napa Valley is now recognized inter- Monday, May 16, 2016 of his restaurant The Village Square Inn, lo- nationally as the vanguard of the American Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, due to a conflict, cated in Hampstead, NH. Jerry was owner/ wine business. The California wine community I unavoidably missed the following votes on chef at the restaurant through the early 90’s. now adds $61.5 billion to the state’s economy May 13, 2016. He continued to be a well-respected chef in and $121.8 billion to the United States econ- Had I been present I would have voted as the southern New Hampshire area until his re- omy. The wine community supports 330,000 follows: cent retirement. In his retirement, Jerry enjoys

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Jerry has positively influenced everyone VERSARY OF THE CITY OF born in Indiana, was there for D.C. without fail, in his lifetime and is the definition of what it BOWIE carrying the banner of freedom for his adopted means to be a Father, Grandfather, and city. Friend. HON. STENY H. HOYER Jerry brought similar vigor to other causes Mr. Speaker, Jerry is a true gentleman and OF MARYLAND and endeavors. A graduate of Princeton Uni- is known for being funny, kind and caring. He IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES versity and the University of Chicago Law continues to support his fellow veterans by Monday, May 16, 2016 School, Jerry completed his doctoral studies meeting with others at his local Veterans hos- and then spent his career dedicated to work- Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to mark an ers as executive director of the United Mine pitals/clinics. His dedication to those he served important milestone in the history of the Fifth with is only exceeded by his dedication to his Workers Health and Retirement Funds. District and the State of Maryland. This year, At the same time, Jerry threw himself into family and friends. the City of Bowie celebrates the centennial of work for LGBT rights. That work earned Jerry Mr. Speaker, I wish to congratulate Jerry on its incorporation, which took place on April 18, the Distinguished Service Award for exemplary the occasion of his 70th birthday. I find it only 1916. In the intervening century, Bowie has and dedicated work for the LGBT community fitting that we honor Jerry’s lifetime of accom- grown and flourished, becoming the fifth-larg- in the District of Columbia from the D.C. Gay plishments as a testament of his excellent mili- est city in Maryland and a vibrant and diverse and Lesbian Activists Alliance. His work was tary service, outstanding character, his posi- community. so widespread in the District that former D.C. tive influence on all those who have met him, Bowie has its roots in a small village called Mayor Vincent Gray appointed Clark to the and his commitment to his family and commu- Huntington City that developed in 1870 along- Mayor’s committee on the 50th anniversary of nity. side a railroad depot named for Maryland the 1963 March on Washington. Our city has f Governor Oden Bowie, a local resident who lost a true crusader who never stopped stand- INTRODUCTION OF THE EXPAND- had been instrumental in bringing the railroad ing up for equality for the disenfranchised. ING DHS OVERSEAS PASSENGER to the area. Within twelve years, the village Among the many organizations that have SECURITY SCREENING AND VET- had grown into a small town of several streets benefited from Jerry’s service are the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the National LGBTQ TING OPERATIONS ACT lined with shops and houses, which was re- named Bowie after the rail station. When the Task Force, the DC for Democracy, DC State- Town of Bowie was first incorporated in 1916, hood Coalition, Bread for the Soul, Ward 1 HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON its first commissioners were R.P. Watts, Wil- Democrats, the Coalition to Stop Gun Vio- OF MISSISSIPPI liam Luers, and Thomas P. Littlepage, who lence, the Law and Society Association, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES held their town meetings in the Knights of St. Whitman-Walker HealthSpring Gala, and the Monday, May 16, 2016 John Hall, which still stands today. Democratic National Committee Gay and Les- In the 1950’s, Bowie began to spread south bian Leadership Council. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- of the original railroad settlement to include Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to join me in er, over the past several years, terrorists have new suburban developments. These included honoring the full and productive life of Jerry exploited legitimate channels of travel to the Belair at Bowie, whose annexation by the Clark and for his dedicated work with District United States from countries around the globe Town of Bowie marked the beginning of to- of Columbia residents, for D.C. Statehood, for with the intention of conducting attacks. To day’s City of Bowie. Today, the city operates the LGBT community, and for workers. prevent terrorist travel, the Department of under the same charter as it adopted in 1916 f Homeland Security has ‘‘pushed out our bor- and is home to approximately 56,000 Mary- ders’’ by expanding its presence and partner- HONORING EVALYNN DIAMOND landers. While still retaining the feel of a small ships around the world to ensure vetting of town, Bowie has grown to include a number of passengers well in advance of their arrival in HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM new suburban developments that have the United States. OF NEW MEXICO Today, I am introducing the ‘‘Expanding brought diversity and economic opportunity IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that are benefitting the residents of Bowie and DHS Overseas Passenger Security Screening Monday, May 16, 2016 and Vetting Operations Act’’ to enhance DHS’ the surrounding area. I’m honored to represent the City of Bowie Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New overseas operations that vet and screen for- and its residents in Congress. Bowie con- Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my eign travelers to the United States by, among tinues to follow an upward trajectory of growth dear friend, Evalynn (‘‘Evy’’) Diamond. Evy other things: and development, and I look forward to con- represented the best of our great State of New Requiring DHS to use a strategic, risk- tinuing to work with the Mayor and city officials Mexico: she was a loving wife and mother, a based, and coordinated approach to expand to ensure that Bowie has all the resources it loyal friend to so many, a brilliant, hard-work- overseas operations; requires to succeed. I hope my colleagues will ing and talented teacher, and a dedicated ac- Increasing U.S. Customs and Border Pro- join me in marking this important milestone for tivist in our community. tection’s (CBP) capacity to screen additional Bowie and wishing it much success as it en- Evy and her husband of 40 years, Jeff, met passengers and facilitate travel by authorizing ters its second century of incorporation. in 1975 when they were both teaching at Tem- an additional 2,000 CBP Officers and 600 Ag- ple Beth Shalom in Santa Ana, California. f riculture Specialists to address existing do- They shared a love for the state of Israel and mestic staffing shortages, particularly at U.S. HONORING JERRY CLARK became active in the Anti-Defamation League international airports, while expanding over- (ADL). She and Jeff fund ADL’s A World of seas operations; and HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON Difference program in Haifa which fosters tol- Expanding U.S. Immigration and Customs OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA erance between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Enforcement’s (ICE) visa vetting operations by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES children. Evy made frequent trips to Israel to directing ICE to stand up an additional 50 Visa meet with Israeli leaders, journalists, and other Monday, May 16, 2016 Security Units at overseas visa-issuing posts activists, whether Jewish or Muslim, to uphold abroad and authorizing the PATRIOT auto- Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the values of the ADL. She was a committed mated visa vetting program at 50 additional ask the House of Representatives to join me activist who dedicated much of her life to pro- high-risk locations. in honoring the life of Jerry Clark, who passed moting peace and cooperation. My legislation, which I am introducing with away in February. Jerry was a standout civic In addition to her work with the ADL, Evy Representatives LORETTA SANCHEZ (CA), SHEI- leader who was devoted to the people of the worked tirelessly with Jeff to promote and fund LA JACKSON LEE (TX), WILLIAM R. KEATING District and its causes. Jerry Clark was also a cancer research. After their son Shannon died (MA), DONALD M. PAYNE, Jr. (NJ), BONNIE particularly avid leader of our D.C. statehood from melanoma on August 31, 2009, they es- WATSON COLEMAN (NJ), and YVETTE D. movement and a leader in the lesbian, gay, bi- tablished a fund in his memory at the Univer- CLARKE (NY), would bolster the effectiveness sexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. sity of New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation.

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The school nurses em- provide hope to those struggling with this dis- consistently demonstrated her compassion braced the challenge and were able to host ease. and devotion to fighting for important causes. TB clinics in almost every GDOE school for Mr. Speaker, the people of New Jersey’s However, Evy’s greatest love, after Jeff and students and staff. Despite these challenges, her sons, was her career as a teacher. She Third Congressional District are tremendously our island’s school nurses have responded to grateful for the hard work done by Prosecutor was an outstanding educator who instilled a these needs with professionalism and passion Coronato, Sheriff Mastronardy and others like love of learning, hard work, and excellence in for the school communities they serve. them. All of us know someone whose life has all her students. Those students have gone on I commend and congratulate nurses and been affected by drug addiction—we need to to become leaders in law enforcement, health school nurse support staff of the Guam De- fight this epidemic now. care, and many other professions throughout partment of Education (GDOE) as they cele- our community. Indeed, we need more teach- brate the 2016 National School Nurses Day f ers like Evy who devote themselves to their and on a successful school year. I join the students with passion and find innovative people of Guam in expressing our apprecia- ways to teach and support her students. RECOGNIZING THE LEADERSHIP tion for their contributions to Guam’s school OF CAROL ANN MOONEY On April 18, 2016, at the age of 84, Evy communities. passed away in her home in Carlsbad with f Jeff and her son, Max Shaw, at her side. In addition to her husband Jeff and her son Max, PERSONAL EXPLANATION HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON she is survived by Shannon’s wife, Christine, OF TEXAS and their two children, Jacob and Marlena HON. KATHY CASTOR Shaw Davis. Evy was a true friend whom we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FLORIDA will all miss dearly. I cherish our friendship IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, May 16, 2016 and all of the wonderful contributions she has made to our state. Her memory and legacy is Monday, May 16, 2016 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. a blessing to us all. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on Mr. Speaker, today I want to recognize the f May 10 and 11, 2016 I was absent. Vice significant leadership of a selfless educator RECOGNIZING GUAM DEPARTMENT President BIDEN gave an important address and inspirational woman, Carol Ann Mooney. OF EDUCATION SCHOOL NURSES about U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemi- After a storied career in Catholic education in sphere in my District and I was part of the pro- South Bend, Indiana, Mrs. Mooney will be re- gram. Had I been present on Tuesday May tiring from her position as president of St. HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO 10, I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. 4957 Mary’s College after holding that title for OF GUAM and H.R. 5052. Had I been present on twelve years. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday May 11, I would have voted ‘‘no’’ Monday, May 16, 2016 Mrs. Mooney’s love for St. Mary’s is tried on the Previous Questions on H. Res. 720, and true, seeing as she is the first lay alumna Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ‘‘no’’ on Agreeing to H. Res. 720, ‘‘yes’’ on President of the university. She attended St. to commend and congratulate nurses and H.R. 4843, and lastly, had I been present I Mary’s from 1968–1972, then made the short school nurse support staff of the Guam De- would have voted ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. 4641—the physical but grand intellectual journey to the partment of Education (GDOE) in honor of the same way I voted in Committee when we University of Notre Dame Law School, where were considering the bill in the Energy and 2016 National School Nurses Day. There are she graduated first in her class. After a stint in Commerce Health Subcommittee Markup on currently 44 Registered Nurses and 3 Li- law firms here in Washington D.C., she re- April 20, 2016 and in the full Energy and Com- censed Practical Nurses serving the students turned to South Bend to join the University of merce Committee Markup on April 27, 2016. of the Guam Department of Education. These Notre Dame Law School’s faculty, in her jour- nurses take on the daunting task of caring for f ney holding the titles of assistant dean, asso- the Guam Department of Education’s more ciate dean, university vice president, and as- than 30,000 students and nearly 4,000 em- HEROIN EPIDEMIC IN SOUTH sociate provost. In 2004, she was delighted to ployees of the Guam Department of Edu- JERSEY return to the alma mater that she and I share cation. These school nurses work day in and to become its first alumna president. day out to remove the barriers to learning and HON. THOMAS MacARTHUR ensure the health of our island’s children. OF NEW JERSEY Mrs. Mooney’s tenure at St. Mary’s is de- Guam Department of Education nurses join IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fined by her deep love for the school. Under the National Association of School Nurses in her leadership, the school saw unprecedented Monday, May 16, 2016 celebrating the theme of this year’s School growth with a record-breaking fundraising Nurses Day: Better Health; Better Learning. Mr. MACARTHUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today campaign, underwent a lengthy accreditation They also join the American Nurses Associa- to address the growing addiction crisis and the process with the Higher Learning Commission, tion in celebrating the 2016 Nurses Week: challenge it presents for families and commu- rapidly expanded diversity on the campus, and Culture of Safety; It Starts With You! GDOE nities in South Jersey. launched three graduate programs. We need to take action now, and it is with nurses have chosen to celebrate National More than anything, Mrs. Mooney will be re- School Nurses Day by teaching students how resolve, that I stand with the Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, and membered as a mentor, who was available to to conduct hands only CPR. talk to students always. The young women of Every year the GDOE nurses serve a critical local leaders like Ocean County Prosecutor St. Mary’s College will certainly miss Mrs. role in providing a safe and healthy learning Joseph D. Coronato and Ocean County Sheriff Mooney, but not as much as she will miss environment for students throughout Guam’s Michael G. Mastronardy. New Jersey’s heroin seeing them as she has for the better portion public elementary, middle, and high schools. overdose death rate is triple the soaring U.S. of her life. During retirement, Mrs. Mooney GDOE nurses provide frontline, critical care for rate and our local officials have made com- and her husband will stay in South Bend, but the most fragile children in our community and bating the addiction epidemic a top priority. plan to visit their four children and grandchild are members of health teams that support They have sought partnerships between law as much as possible. both educational and response initiatives dedi- enforcement, hospitals and educators, and cated to improving public health. Additionally, created a Drug Task Force to coordinate ef- Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize the self- school nurses are liaisons to the school ad- forts with local police forces. The steps Con- less dedication this woman has given to edu- ministrators, parents and healthcare providers gress is taking are strong and necessary, and cating young people and shaping the future when it comes to attending to the physical I am proud to lead that effort by supporting bi- generation of leaders and thinkers. For this health of our island’s students. partisan bills to address this growing crisis. she deserves our undue respect, admiration, Every school year is different and chal- Ocean County admits more people for her- and praise—though her humility will likely not lenging for the GDOE nurses. In April, the oin addiction treatment than any county in allow her to accept it.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY8.018 E16MYPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS May 16, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E711 IN HONOR OF THE LAW ENFORCE- The Agent Orange Benefits Act (Public Law High School; Janneth Guambana of Center MENT OFFICERS IN NORTH 104–204), which became law in 1996, estab- Moriches High School; and Alexis Wallace of CAROLINA’S 8TH CONGRES- lished a benefits package for the children of William Floyd High School. SIONAL DISTRICT Vietnam veterans as a result of exposure of Twelve have joined the U.S. Marines; their one or both biological parents to herbicide dur- names are the following: Scott Amato of Wil- HON. RICHARD HUDSON ing active duty in the Vietnam war. These ben- liam Floyd High School; Deny Amaya of Cen- OF NORTH CAROLINA efits include lifetime health care services for ter Moriches High School; Tyler Baudier of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Spina Bifida and any disability associated with William Floyd High School; Alexander Cruz- Monday, May 16, 2016 Spina Bifida, a monthly monetary allowance, Perez of William Floyd High School; Dion Ken- and VA vocational training and rehabilitation nedy of Center Moriches High School; William Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to service. The Act authorized the VA to provide Ladolcetta of William Floyd High School; recognize and honor the brave men and such benefits effective October 1, 1997, but Jonas Marrello of Center Moriches High women who faithfully serve in North Carolina’s not earlier than the date of the VA’s receipt of School; Camron McLeod of Longwood High 8th District as law enforcement officers. an individual’s claim for benefits. Regrettably School; Michael Murphy of William Floyd High In 1962, Congress established National Po- however, this legislation did not tackle the al- School; Shaun O’Mara of Patchogue-Medford lice Week to pay our respects to officers who ready incurred medical costs directly cor- High School; Caleb Richters of Longwood died in the line of duty, as well as those who related to Spina Bifida. High School; and Terrell Sinclair of William continue to serve. This is a week for all of us According to the VA, there are approxi- Floyd High School. to join together and show support for these mately 1,200 affected children of Vietnam-era One has joined the U.S. Navy; his name is heroes in blue. veterans receiving compensation since enact- Adam Erkan of Bellport High School. It is because of their tireless—and some- ment of the Agent Orange Benefits Act. While One has joined the U.S. Air Force; her times unnoticed—work that we remain safe in these children became eligible for benefits in name is Jilian McCabe of Patchogue-Medford our homes. Their commitment to our commu- 1997, these veterans and their families have High School. nity deserves our gratitude and appreciation, been left with the cost of years of medical One has joined the U.S. Coast Guard; his and their service is an example to all of us. care necessary to treat a child’s condition name is James Giarraputo of Center Moriches As Representative of North Carolina’s eighth since birth that was directly attributable to the High School. district, I’m committed to making sure our law veteran’s wartime service. One has joined the Air National Guard; his enforcement officers have the tools needed to The Agent Orange Reconciliation Act of name is Jakob Klaus of Center Moriches High do their jobs. Just last week, the House 2016 would make the benefits for children of School. passed five bills supporting our law enforce- Vietnam-era veterans born with and currently Mr. Speaker, we should be extremely grate- ment community, including legislation to pro- suffering from Spina Bifida effective beginning ful to each and every one of these nineteen tect our police forces’ access to bulletproof at birth. As a result, this bill would provide a individuals. Their call to duty cannot be under- vests and enable them to carry their firearms one-time retroactive monetary payment to the scored or admired enough and it is my distinct when off-duty. families enduring this condition to compensate honor and privilege to represent them and Mr. Speaker, these brave men and women for treatment of the symptoms of Spina Bifida their families in the First Congressional District continue to serve our communities year after from birth until enactment of the Agent Orange of New York. I wish them the best of luck in year, and it’s important to offer them our sin- Benefits Act. their respective branches and in all of their fu- cere gratitude. I ask my fellow Americans, to Let us provide the benefits for which we are ture endeavors. join me in reflecting on the sacrifice of our fall- responsible with this important legislation. Our f en officers, honoring those who are currently provision of benefits to the children of Vietnam serving, and saying a big thank you to these PERSONAL EXPLANATION veterans living suffering from Spina Bifida from heroes and their families. their birth not only honors the service of these f veterans but also recognizes the harmful and HON. DINA TITUS THE AGENT ORANGE continued effects of Agent Orange Exposure OF NEVADA RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2016 in later generations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Monday, May 16, 2016 HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent on OF GEORGIA OF NEW YORK OUR COMMUNITY May 12, 2016, and May 13, 2016. If I were IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SALUTES HONOREE LIST present, I would have voted on the following: Monday, May 16, 2016 Thursday, May 12, 2016 Roll no. 186—H.R. 5046—On agreeing to Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise HON. LEE M. ZELDIN the Lynch amendment: YEA. in effort to heal the post-conflict, human cost OF NEW YORK Roll no. 187—H.R. 5046—On passage: of war by caring for the children of our Viet- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES YEA. nam veterans living with Spina Bifida resulting Monday, May 16, 2016 Roll no. 188—H.R. 1818—On motion to from Agent Orange exposure. suspend the rules and pass the bill, as Spina Bifida, which literally means ‘‘split Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to amended: YEA. spine,’’ is a condition in which a baby’s spinal pay a special tribute to nineteen exemplary Roll no. 189—H.R. 4586—On motion to column fails to close properly during preg- young men and women who have chosen to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as nancy. Typically, an adult with Spina Bifida serve their country in various branches of the amended: YEA. may suffer from nerve damage, paralysis, and Armed Forces of the United States. These Friday, May 13, 2016 difficulty completing ordinary, day-to-day tasks, courageous individuals will be dedicating Roll no. 190—H. Res. 725—On ordering the and generally, surgery must be performed themselves to the cause of protecting the se- previous question: NAY. within 24 hours of the child’s birth to minimize curity and welfare of their fellow citizens. I ad- Roll no. 191—H. Res. 725—On agreeing to the risk of further damage due to infection, mire their strong sense of patriotism, as well the resolution: NAY. and to preserve any remaining function in the as their desire to protect our values and make Roll no. 192—On approving the Journal: spinal cord. In many cases, those suffering certain we remain the great nation we are YEA. from Spina Bifida require costly surgeries and today. Each of the following students has my Roll no. 193—S. 524—On passage: YEA. extensive medical care because of potential deepest appreciation for their service to this f paralysis resulting from damage to the spinal country. These students will be honored by cord. Thankfully, due to medical advances, Our Community Salutes, a local community SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS most children born with Spina Bifida live well group, on May 19, 2016 at the Our Commu- Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, into their adulthood. nity Salutes Brookhaven Town Enlistee Rec- agreed to by the Senate of February 4, The Department of Veterans Affairs pre- ognition Ceremony at Sunset Harbor in 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- sumes a link between Vietnam-era veterans Patchogue, NY. tem for a computerized schedule of all exposed to herbicides such as Agent Orange, Of the nineteen from my district, three have meetings and hearings of Senate com- and the incidences of Spina Bifida in their bio- joined the U.S. Army; their names are the fol- mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- logical children. lowing: Jacob Bernocco of Patchogue-Medford tees, and committees of conference.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 May 17, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MY8.023 E16MYPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E712 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 16, 2016 This title requires all such committees Committee on the Judiciary Suzanne Mitchell, and Scott L. Palk, to notify the Office of the Senate Daily To hold hearings to examine the nomina- both to be a United States District Digest—designated by the Rules Com- tions of Donald Karl Schott, of Wis- Judge for the Western District of Okla- mittee—of the time, place and purpose consin, to be United States Circuit homa. Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Paul SD–226 of the meetings, when scheduled and Lewis Abrams, to be United States Dis- 10:15 a.m. any cancellations or changes in the trict Judge for the Central District of Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and meetings as they occur. California, Stephanie A. Finley, to be Forestry As an additional procedure along United States District Judge for the To hold an oversight hearing to examine with the computerization of this infor- Western District of Louisiana, Claude the Farm Credit System, focusing on mation, the Office of the Senate Daily J. Kelly III, to be United States Dis- the outlook of the current economic Digest will prepare this information for trict Judge for the Eastern District of climate. SR–328A printing in the Extensions of Remarks Louisiana, and Winfield D. Ong, to be United States District Judge for the 10:30 a.m. section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Southern District of Indiana. Committee on Appropriations on Monday and Wednesday of each SD–226 Business meeting to markup an original week. 2 p.m. bill entitled, ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De- Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, May Committee on Small Business and Entre- velopment, Food and Drug Administra- 17, 2016 may be found in the Daily Di- preneurship tion, and Related Agencies Appropria- tions Act, 2017’’, and an original bill gest of today’s RECORD. To hold hearings to examine small business and the Affordable Care Act. entitled, ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro- SR–428A priations Act, 2017’’. MEETINGS SCHEDULED 2:15 p.m. SD–106 MAY 18 Committee on Indian Affairs 11:30 a.m. Committee on Foreign Relations 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine S. 2785, to protect Native children and promote Business meeting to consider an original Committee on Environment and Public bill extending certain privileges and Works public safety in Indian country, S. 2916, to provide that the pueblo of Santa immunities to the Gulf Cooperation Business meeting to consider S. 2816, to Council, and a routine list in the For- reauthorize the diesel emissions reduc- Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and S. 2920, to amend the eign Service. tion program, S. 2795, to modernize the S–116 regulation of nuclear energy, S. 1479, to Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform 2 p.m. amend the Comprehensive Environ- Select Committee on Intelligence mental Response, Compensation, and Act to provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian com- To hold closed hearings to examine cer- Liability Act of 1980 to modify provi- tain intelligence matters. sions relating to grants, S. 2446, to munities. SD–628 SH–219 amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste 2:30 p.m. 3 p.m. Disposal Act to encourage recovery and Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Committee on the Judiciary beneficial use of coal combustion resources Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism siduals and establish requirements for To hold hearings to examine the Bureau To hold hearings to examine the proper management and disposal of of Ocean Energy Management’s 2017– ransomware, focusing on under- coal combustion residuals that are pro- 2022 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program. standing the threat and exploring solu- tective of human health and the envi- SD–366 tions. ronment, S. 921, to direct the Secretary Committee on the Judiciary SD–226 of the Interior to establish a non- Subcommittee on Immigration and the Na- regulatory program to build on and tional Interest MAY 19 help coordinate funding for restoration To hold hearings to examine the Admin- and protection efforts of the 4-State 10 a.m. istration’s immigration policies. Delaware River Basin region, H.R. 3114, Committee on Banking, Housing, and SD–226 to provide funds to the Army Corps of Urban Affairs Engineers to hire veterans and mem- Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, MAY 24 bers of the Armed Forces to assist the and Investment 10:30 a.m. Corps with curation and historic pres- To hold hearings to examine improving Committee on Banking, Housing, and ervation activities, S. 2754, to des- communities’ and businesses’ access to Urban Affairs ignate the Federal building and United capital and economic development. To hold hearings to examine under- States courthouse located at 300 SD–538 standing the role of sanctions under Fannin Street in Shreveport, Lou- Committee on Foreign Relations the Iran Deal. isiana, as the ‘‘Tom Stagg Federal To hold hearings to examine the inter- SD–538 Building and United States Court- national Treaty on Plant Genetic Re- house’’, the nominations of Thomas A. sources for Food and Agriculture, MAY 25 Burke, and Jane Toshiko Nishida, both adopted by the Food and Agriculture of Maryland, both to be an Assistant Organization of the United Nations on 10 a.m. Administrator of the Environmental November 3, 2001, and signed by the Committee on Foreign Relations Protection Agency, and General Serv- United States on November 1, 2002 (the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, ices Administration resolutions. ‘‘Treaty’’) (Treaty Doc.110–19), and the and International Cybersecurity Policy SD–406 Convention on the Law Applicable to To hold hearings to examine inter- 10 a.m. Certain Rights in Respect of Securities national cybersecurity strategy, focus- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Held with an Intermediary (the ‘‘Con- ing on deterring foreign threats and Transportation vention’’), done at The Hague on July building global cyber norms. To hold hearings to examine the Tele- 5, 2006, and signed by the United States SD–419 phone Consumer Protection Act at 25, on that same day (Treaty Doc.112–06). 2:30 p.m. focusing on effects on consumers and SD–419 Committee on Banking, Housing, and business. Committee on the Judiciary Urban Affairs SR–253 Business meeting to consider S. 247, to To hold hearings to examine under- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, amend section 349 of the Immigration standing the role of sanctions under and Pensions and Nationality Act to deem specified the Iran Deal, focusing on Administra- To hold hearings to examine Every Stu- activities in support of terrorism as re- tion perspectives. dent Succeeds Act implementation, fo- nunciation of United States nation- SD–538 cusing on perspectives from education ality, S. 356, to improve the provisions stakeholders. relating to the privacy of electronic MAY 26 SD–430 communications, and the nominations 10 a.m. Committee on Homeland Security and of Ronald G. Russell, to be United Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Governmental Affairs States District Judge for the District Forestry To hold hearings to examine assessing of Utah, Inga S. Bernstein, to be United To hold hearings to examine a review of the security of critical infrastructure, States District Judge for the District the United States livestock and poul- focusing on threat, vulnerabilities, and of Massachusetts, Stephanie A. Galla- try sectors, focusing on marketplace solutions. gher, to be United States District opportunities and challenges. SD–342 Judge for the District of Maryland, and SH–216

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to carry out a rule and notice of the Department of By 53 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 72), Paula Housing and Urban Development. Page S2814 Xinis, of Maryland, to be United States District McConnell (for Nelson/Rubio) Amendment No. Judge for the District of Maryland. 3898 (to Amendment No. 3896), making supple- Pages S2805–12, S2832 mental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond Messages from the House: Page S2824 to Zika virus. Page S2814 McConnell (for Cornyn) Modified Amendment Measures Referred: Page S2824 No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 3896), making emer- Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S2824 gency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year Pages S2824–26 ending September 30, 2016. Pages S2814–17 Additional Cosponsors: McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896), Zika response and Pages S2826–27 preparedness. Pages S2814, S2817–19 Additional Statements: Pages S2822–24 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at ap- Amendments Submitted: Pages S2827–32 proximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. with the time until 12:30 p.m., and from 2:15 p.m. (Total—72) Page S2812 until 2:30 p.m., equally divided between the managers, or their designees; and that notwithstanding Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and ad- the provisions of rule XXII, Senate vote on the mo- journed at 7:14 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May tions to invoke cloture on McConnell (for Nelson/ 17, 2016. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of Rubio) Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on 3896), McConnell (for Cornyn) Modified Amend- page S2832.) ment No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 3896), and McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896), at 2:30 p.m. Committee Meetings Page S2832 (Committees not listed did not meet) Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination: No committee meetings were held. h House of Representatives Chamber Action prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 pub- year, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114–569). lic bills, H.R. 5243–5257; and 2 resolutions, H.Res. Page H2427 731, 733 were introduced. Pages H2427–28 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he Additional Cosponsors: Pages H2428–29 appointed Representative Womack to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H2389 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 1887, to amend certain appropriation Acts Recess: The House recessed at 12:09 p.m. and re- to repeal the requirement directing the Adminis- convened at 2 p.m. Page H2390 trator of General Services to sell Federal property Recess: The House recessed at 2:05 p.m. and recon- and assets that support the operations of the Plum vened at 4 p.m. Page H2391 Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules York, and for other purposes, with an amendment and pass the following measures: (H. Rept. 114–568); and H. Res. 732, providing for consideration of the Directing the Administrator of General Services, bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize appropriations for fis- on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to cal year 2017 for military activities of the Depart- convey certain Federal property located in the State ment of Defense and for military construction, to of Alaska to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alas- ka: S. 1492, to direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Archivist of the United

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States, to convey certain Federal property located in by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 394 yeas to 3 nays, Roll the State of Alaska to the Municipality of Anchor- No. 194; Pages H2409–11, H2415–16 age, Alaska; Pages H2391–92 Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To au- Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act of thorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work 2016: H.R. 3832, amended, to amend the Internal with cybersecurity consortia for training, and for Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent tax-related iden- other purposes.’’. Page H2416 tity theft and tax fraud; Pages H2392–95 Department of Homeland Security Strategy for Reaffirming the Taiwan Relations Act and the International Programs Act: H.R. 4780, amended, Six Assurances as the cornerstone of United States- to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to de- Taiwan relations: H. Con. Res. 88, amended, re- velop a comprehensive strategy for Department of affirming the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six As- Homeland Security operations abroad; and surances as the cornerstone of United States-Taiwan Pages H2411–13 relations; Pages H2395–97 Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2016: Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Re- H.R. 4407, amended, to amend the Homeland Secu- affirming the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six As- rity Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of surances as cornerstones of United States-Taiwan re- Homeland Security a board to coordinate and inte- lations.’’. Page H2397 grate departmental intelligence, activities, and policy Providing for the authority for the successors related to counterterrorism, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company of 389 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 195. to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Pages H2413–15, H2416 Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas: S. Recess: The House recessed at 6:03 p.m. and recon- 2143, to provide for the authority for the successors vened at 6:30 p.m. Page H2415 and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to Recess: The House recessed at 8:19 p.m. and recon- maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio vened at 9:20 p.m. Page H2427 Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas; Pages H2397–99 Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes de- Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom veloped during the proceedings of today and appear Act: H.R. 1150, amended, to amend the Inter- on pages H2415–16, H2416. There were no quorum national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve calls. the ability of the United States to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, train- Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and ad- ing, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance efforts, journed at 9:21 p.m. and through stronger and more flexible political responses to religious freedom violations and violent Committee Meetings extremism worldwide; Pages H2399–H2406 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION Amending certain appropriation Acts to repeal ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 the requirement directing the Administrator of Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on General Services to sell Federal property and assets H.R. 4909, the ‘‘National Defense Authorization that support the operations of the Plum Island Act for Fiscal Year 2017’’ [general debate]. The Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule York: H.R. 1887, amended, to amend certain appro- for H.R. 4909. The rule provides one hour of gen- priation Acts to repeal the requirement directing the eral debate equally divided and controlled by the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal chair and ranking minority member of the Com- property and assets that support the operations of mittee on Armed Services. The rule waives all points the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Is- of order against consideration of the bill. The rule land, New York; Pages H2406–09 provides that the amendment in the nature of a sub- Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To au- stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee thorize the Comptroller General of the United States Print 114–51, modified by the amendment printed to assess a study on the alternatives for the disposi- in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be tion of Plum Island Animal Disease Center, and for considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall other purposes.’’. Page H2409 be considered as read. The rule waives all points of National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consor- order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The tium Act of 2016: H.R. 4743, amended, to author- rule makes in order only those further amendments ize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish printed in part B of the Rules Committee report and a National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the

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The rule provides that the amendments printed structure, and protection of existing water rights, and S. in part B of the report may be offered only in the 2907, to amend the Energy and Water Development and order printed in the report, may be offered only by Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to strike the a Member designated in the report, shall be consid- termination date for funding for pilot projects to increase ered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified Colorado River System water in Lake Mead, 2 p.m., in the report equally divided and controlled by the SD–366. proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to Committee on Environment and Public Works: Sub- amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand committee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, to hold for division of the question. The rule waives all hearings to examine marine debris and wildlife, focusing points of order against the amendments printed in on impacts, sources, and solutions, 10 a.m., SD–406. Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine inte- part B of the report or against amendments en bloc grating the corporate and individual tax systems, focusing as described in section 3 of the rule. Section 3 of the on the dividends paid deduction considered, 10 a.m., rule provides that it shall be in order at any time SD–215. for the chair of the Committee on Armed Services Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam- or his designee to offer amendments en bloc con- ine the War in Syria, focusing on next steps to mitigate sisting of amendments printed in part B of the re- the crisis, 11 a.m., SD–419. port not earlier disposed of. The rule provides that Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and Inter- amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, national Cybersecurity Policy, to receive a closed briefing shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided on international cybersecurity strategy, 4 p.m., SVC–217. and controlled by the chair and ranking minority Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: member of the Committee on Armed Services or to hold hearings to examine America’s insatiable demand their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, for drugs, focusing on assessing the Federal response, 2:30 and shall not be subject to a demand for division of p.m., SD–342. the question. The rule provides that no further con- Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine sideration of the bill shall be in order except pursu- National Foster Care Month, focusing on supporting ant to a subsequent order of the House. Testimony youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, 10 was heard from Chairman Thornberry and Rep- a.m., SD–226. resentative Smith of Washington. Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. Joint Meetings House No joint committee meetings were held. Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation f and Forestry, hearing entitled ‘‘Focus on the Farm Econ- COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, omy: Impacts of Environmental Regulations and Vol- MAY 17, 2016 untary Conservation Solutions’’, 10 a.m., 1300 Long- worth. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on Senate the Defense Appropriations Bill for FY 2017; Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for FY 2017; and the Revised Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agri- Report on the Interim Suballocation of Budget Alloca- culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- tions for FY 2017, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. tion, and Related Agencies, business meeting to markup Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight an original bill entitled, ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop- and Investigations, hearing entitled ‘‘Assessing the De- ment, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agen- cies Appropriations Act, 2017’’, 4 p.m., SD–124. partment of Defense’s Execution of Responsibilities in the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hear- U.S. Foreign Military Sales Program’’, 10 a.m., 2212 ings to examine the status of advanced nuclear tech- Rayburn. nologies, 10 a.m., SD–366. Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Com- Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Helping Students Succeed by to examine S. 2524, to insure adequate use and access to Strengthening the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical the existing Bolts Ditch headgate and ditch segment Education Act’’, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle County, Colo- Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on rado, S. 2533, to provide short-term water supplies to Health, hearing entitled ‘‘The Obama Administration’s drought-stricken California and provide for long-term in- Medicare Drug Experiment: The Patient and Doctor Per- vestments in drought resiliency throughout the Western spective’’, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. United States, S. 2616, to modify certain cost-sharing Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4775, the ‘‘Ozone and revenue provisions relating to the Arkansas Valley Standards Implementation Act of 2016’’; and H.R. 4979, Conduit, Colorado, S. 2902, to provide for long-term the ‘‘Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of water supplies, optimal use of existing water supply infra- 2016’’, 5 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Mone- President Obama’s National Ocean Policy’’, 10 a.m., tary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ‘‘Interest on Re- 1324 Longworth. serves and the Fed’s Balance Sheet’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Ray- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Com- burn. mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘White House Narratives on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Iran Nuclear Deal’’, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ‘‘Legislative Pro- Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5233, the ‘‘Clari- posals to Enhance Capital Formation, Transparency, and fying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Regulatory Accountability’’, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn. Rule Act of 2016’’; H.R. 24, the ‘‘Federal Reserve Trans- Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Ter- parency Act of 2015’’; H.R. 5199, the ‘‘Construction rorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2016’’; H.R. ‘‘U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Bureau: FY 5226, the ‘‘Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016’’; S. 1550, 2017 Budget’’, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. the ‘‘Program Management Improvement Accountability Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Over- Act’’; H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the United sight and Management Efficiency, hearing entitled ‘‘Over- States Postal Service located at 523 East Railroad Street sight of Federal Efforts to Address Electromagnetic in Knox, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Specialist Ross A. Risks’’, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. McGinnis Memorial Post Office’’; H.R. 2607, to des- Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing en- ignate the facility of the United States Postal Service lo- titled ‘‘Flying Blind: What are the security risks of re- cated at 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New suming U.S. Commercial Air Service to Cuba?’’, 2 p.m., York, as the ‘‘Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office 311 Cannon. Building’’; H.R. 3218, to designate the facility of the Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, United States Postal Service located at 836 Anacapa markup on a resolution on the House Safe Program; a Street, Santa Barbara, California as the ‘‘Special Warfare resolution to Amend the Voucher Documentation Stand- Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis ’Lou’ ards; H.R. 5160, to amend title 40, United States Code, J. Langlais Post Office Building’’; H.R. 3931, to des- to include as part of the buildings and grounds of the ignate the facility of the United States Postal Service lo- National Gallery of Art any buildings and other areas cated at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs within the boundaries of any real estate or other property National Park, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Chief Petty Officer interests acquired by the National Gallery of Art; H.R. Adam Brown United States Post Office’’; H.R. 3953, to 4511, the ‘‘Gold Star Families Voices Act’’; H.R. 4092, designate the facility of the United States Postal Service to reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation located at 4122 Madison Street, Elfers, Florida, as the programs of the Library of Congress, and for other pur- ‘‘Private First Class Felton Roger Fussell Memorial Post poses; H.R. 4733, to permit the United States Capitol Office’’; H.R. 4010, to designate the facility of the Police to accept certain property from other Federal agen- United States Postal Service located at 522 North Central cies and to dispose of certain property in its possession; Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Of- H.R. 5227, to authorize the National Library Service for fice’’; H.R. 4425, to designate the facility of the United the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide play- States Postal Service located at 110 East Powerhouse back equipment in all forms, to establish a National Col- Road in Collegeville, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Eugene J. lection Stewardship Fund for the processing and storage McCarthy Post Office’’; H.R. 4747, to designate the facil- of collection materials of the Library of Congress, and to ity of the United States Postal Service located at 6691 provide for the continuation of service of returning mem- Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the ‘‘Major Greg- bers of Joint Committee on the Library at beginning of ory E. Barney Post Office Building’’; H.R. 4761, to des- a Congress; and H.R. 4734, to amend the Federal Elec- ignate the facility of the United States Postal Service lo- tion Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for elec- cated at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, Cali- tion for Federal office to designate an individual who will fornia, as the ‘‘Louis Van Iersel Post Office’’; H.R. 4777, be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized cam- to designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- paign committees of the candidate in the event of the ice located at 1301 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama death of the candidate, 10:45 a.m., 1310 Longworth. as the ‘‘Amelia Boynton Robinson Post Office Building’’; Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Safeguarding our H.R. 4877, to designate the facility of the United States Symbol of Democracy: U.S. Capitol Police’s Management Postal Service located at 3130 Grants Lake Boulevard in Plan for 2017 and Beyond’’, 11:15 a.m., 1310 Long- Sugar Land, Texas, as the ‘‘LCpl Garrett W. Gamble, worth. USMC Post Office Building’’; H.R. 4925, to designate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, hear- 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, Ohio, as the ing entitled ‘‘Synthetic Drugs, Real Danger’’, 10 a.m., ‘‘Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building’’; 2141 Rayburn. H.R. 4960, to designate the facility of the United States Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illi- Antitrust Law, hearing on H.R. 4768, the ‘‘Separation of nois, as the ‘‘Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building’’; Powers Restoration Act of 2016’’, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. H.R. 4975, to designate the facility of the United States Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Power and Oceans, hearing entitled ‘‘The Implications of Omaha, Nebraska, as the ‘‘Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb

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A. Nelson Post Office Building’’; H.R. 4987, to des- May 19, Full Committee, business meeting to markup ignate the facility of the United States Postal Service loan original bill entitled, ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop- cated at 3957 2nd Avenue in Laurel Hill, Florida, as the ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen- ‘‘Sergeant First Class William ’Kelly’ Lacey Post Office’’; cies Appropriations Act, 2017’’, and an original bill enti- and H.R. 5028, to designate the facility of the United tled, ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017’’, States Postal Service located at 10721 E Jefferson Ave in 10:30 a.m., SD–106. Detroit, Michigan, as the ‘‘Mary Eleanora McCoy Post Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May Office Building’’, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. 19, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Invest- Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. ment, to hold hearings to examine improving commu- 4909, the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal nities’ and businesses’ access to capital and economic de- Year 2017’’ [amendment consideration]; H.R. 4974, the velopment, 10 a.m., SD–538. ‘‘Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017’’; and H.R. 5243, the 18, to hold hearings to examine the Telephone Consumer ‘‘Zika Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016’’, Protection Act at 25, focusing on effects on consumers 2 p.m., H–313 Capitol. and business, 10 a.m., SR–253. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 17, to committee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing hold hearings to examine the status of advanced nuclear entitled ‘‘A Review of Recently Completed United States technologies, 10 a.m., SD–366. Army Corps of Engineers Chief’s Reports’’, 10 a.m., 2167 May 17, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold Rayburn. hearings to examine S. 2524, to insure adequate use and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Eco- access to the existing Bolts Ditch headgate and ditch seg- nomic Opportunity, hearing entitled ‘‘Veterans in Tech: ment within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle County, Innovative Careers for All Generations of Veterans’’, 2 Colorado, S. 2533, to provide short-term water supplies p.m., 334 Cannon. to drought-stricken California and provide for long-term Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, investments in drought resiliency throughout the West- Member Day hearing entitled ‘‘Tax-Related Proposals to ern United States, S. 2616, to modify certain cost-sharing Improve Health Care’’, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth. and revenue provisions relating to the Arkansas Valley f Conduit, Colorado, S. 2902, to provide for long-term water supplies, optimal use of existing water supply infra- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD structure, and protection of existing water rights, and S. 2907, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Week of May 17 through May 20, 2016 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to strike the termination date for funding for pilot projects to increase Senate Chamber Colorado River System water in Lake Mead, 2 p.m., On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will SD–366. May 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine continue consideration of H.R. 2577, Transportation, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s 2017–2022 Housing and Urban Development, and Related OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2:30 p.m., SD–366. Agencies Appropriations Act, with votes on the mo- Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 17, tions to invoke cloture on McConnell (for Nelson/ Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, to hold Rubio) Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. hearings to examine marine debris and wildlife, focusing 3896), McConnell (for Cornyn) Modified Amend- on impacts, sources, and solutions, 10 a.m., SD–406. ment No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 3896), and May 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. S. 2816, to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896), at 2:30 p.m. program, S. 2795, to modernize the regulation of nuclear During the balance of the week, Senate may con- energy, S. 1479, to amend the Comprehensive Environ- sider any cleared legislative and executive business. mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating to grants, S. 2446, to Senate Committees amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion re- (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) siduals and establish requirements for the proper manage- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 19, ment and disposal of coal combustion residuals that are to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Farm Credit protective of human health and the environment, S. 921, System, focusing on the outlook of the current economic to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a non- climate, 10:15 a.m., SR–328A. regulatory program to build on and help coordinate fund- Committee on Appropriations: May 17, Subcommittee on ing for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- Delaware River Basin region, H.R. 3114, to provide istration, and Related Agencies, business meeting to funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans markup an original bill entitled, ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De- and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps velopment, Food and Drug Administration and Related with curation and historic preservation activities, S. 2754, Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017’’, 4 p.m., SD–124. to designate the Federal building and United States

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courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Paul Lewis Abrams, to be United States District Judge Louisiana, as the ‘‘Tom Stagg Federal Building and for the Central District of California, Stephanie A. Finley, United States Courthouse’’, the nominations of Thomas to be United States District Judge for the Western Dis- A. Burke, and Jane Toshiko Nishida, both of Maryland, trict of Louisiana, Claude J. Kelly III, to be United States both to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environ- District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and mental Protection Agency, and General Services Adminis- Winfield D. Ong, to be United States District Judge for tration resolutions, 9:30 a.m., SD–406. the Southern District of Indiana, 10 a.m., SD–226. Committee on Finance: May 17, to hold hearings to ex- May 18, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, to amine integrating the corporate and individual tax sys- hold hearings to examine ransomware, focusing on under- tems, focusing on the dividends paid deduction consid- standing the threat and exploring solutions, 3 p.m., ered, 10 a.m., SD–215. SD–226. Committee on Foreign Relations: May 17, to hold hearings May 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider to examine the War in Syria, focusing on next steps to S. 247, to amend section 349 of the Immigration and mitigate the crisis, 11 a.m., SD–419. Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of May 17, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, S. International Cybersecurity Policy, to receive a closed 356, to improve the provisions relating to the privacy of briefing on international cybersecurity strategy, 4 p.m., electronic communications, and the nominations of Ron- SVC–217. May 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ald G. Russell, to be United States District Judge for the the international Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for District of Utah, Inga S. Bernstein, to be United States Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agri- District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Steph- culture Organization of the United Nations on November anie A. Gallagher, to be United States District Judge for 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on November the District of Maryland, and Suzanne Mitchell, and Scott 1, 2002 (the ‘‘Treaty’’) (Treaty Doc.110–19), and the L. Palk, both to be a United States District Judge for the Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Western District of Oklahoma, 10 a.m., SD–226. Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary (the May 19, Subcommittee on Immigration and the Na- ‘‘Convention’’), done at The Hague on July 5, 2006, and tional Interest, to hold hearings to examine the Adminis- signed by the United States on that same day (Treaty tration’s immigration policies, 2:30 p.m., SD–226. Doc.112–06), 10 a.m., SD–419. Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 18, May 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider to hold hearings to examine small business and the Af- an original bill extending certain privileges and immuni- fordable Care Act, 2 p.m., SR–428A. ties to the Gulf Cooperation Council, and a routine list Select Committee on Intelligence: May 17, to receive a in the Foreign Service, 11:30 a.m., S–116, Capitol. closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May SH–219. 18, to hold hearings to examine Every Student Succeeds May 19, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to Act implementation, focusing on perspectives from edu- examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH–219. cation stakeholders, 10 a.m., SD–430. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: House Committees May 17, to hold hearings to examine America’s insatiable Committee on Agriculture, May 18, Full Committee, hear- demand for drugs, focusing on assessing the Federal re- ing entitled ‘‘Service in the Field: Veteran Contributions sponse, 2:30 p.m., SD–342. to National Food Security’’, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth. May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine assessing the security of critical infrastructure, focusing Committee on Appropriations, May 18, Subcommittee on on threat, vulnerabilities, and solutions, 10 a.m., Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, mark- SD–342. up on the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agen- Committee on Indian Affairs: May 18, to hold hearings cies Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, 10 a.m., 2358–C Ray- to examine S. 2785, to protect Native children and pro- burn. mote public safety in Indian country, S. 2916, to provide May 18, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years cer- and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, markup tain restricted land, and S. 2920, to amend the Tribal on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian Law Enforce- and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, ment Reform Act to provide for advancements in public 11:30 a.m., 2358–A Rayburn. safety services to Indian communities, 2:15 p.m., Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 18, Full SD–628. Committee, markup on H.J. Res. 87, providing for con- Committee on the Judiciary: May 17, to hold hearings to gressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United examine National Foster Care Month, focusing on sup- States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor porting youth in the foster care and juvenile justice sys- relating to ‘‘Interpretation of the ’Advice’ Exemption in tems, 10 a.m., SD–226. Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and May 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Disclosure Act’’; and H.R. 5003, the ‘‘Improving Child the nominations of Donald Karl Schott, of Wisconsin, to Nutrition and Education Act of 2016’’, 11 a.m., 2175 be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Rayburn.

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Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 18, Full Com- May 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Re- mittee, markup on H.R. 4775, the ‘‘Ozone Standards Im- sources, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining Deficiencies in plementation Act of 2016’’; and H.R. 4979, the ‘‘Ad- Transparency at the Department of the Interior’’, 9 a.m., vanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016’’ 1324 Longworth. (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 18, May 19, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining Employee ‘‘Examining H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Re- Misconduct at EPA’’, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. sponse Act’’, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. May 18, Subcommittee on Information Technology; Committee on Financial Services, May 18, Subcommittee and Subcommittee on Government Operations, joint on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing hearing entitled ‘‘The Federal Information Technology entitled ‘‘Examining the CFPB’s Proposed Rulemaking Reform Act (FITARA) Scorecard 2.0’’, 2 p.m., 2154 Ray- on Arbitration: Is It in the Public Interest and for the burn. Protection of Consumers?’’, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 18, Sub- May 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investiga- committee on Space, hearing entitled ‘‘Next Steps to tions, hearing entitled ‘‘Settling the Question: Did Bank Mars: Deep Space Habitats’’, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Settlement Agreements Subvert Congressional Appropria- Committee on Small Business, May 19, Full Committee, tions Powers?’’, 9:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. hearing entitled ‘‘Help Wanted: Small Business Providing Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 18, Full Committee, Opportunities for All’’, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn. markup on H. Res. 374, recognizing the 50th anniversary Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 18, of Singaporean independence and reaffirming Singapore’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Build- close partnership with the United States; H. Res. 650, ings, and Emergency Management, hearing entitled ‘‘Bor- providing for the safety and security of the Iranian dis- sidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya in Iraq and await- der Station Construction: Minimizing Costs and ing resettlement by the United Nations High Commis- Leveraging Private Dollars’’, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn. sioner for Refugees, and permitting use of their own as- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, May 18, Full Committee, sets to assist in their resettlement; H. Con. Res. 129, ex- markup on H.R. 5178, the ‘‘Veterans Success on Campus pressing support for the goal of ensuring that all Holo- Act of 2016’’; H.R. 5229, to direct the Secretary of Vet- caust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in erans Affairs to carry out a study to evaluate the effective- their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of ness of programs, especially in regards to women veterans Germany to reaffirm its commitment to this goal through and minority veterans, in transitioning to civilian life, a financial commitment to comprehensively address the and for other purposes; H.R. 4138, to authorize the Sec- unique health and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust retary of Veterans Affairs to recoup relocation expenses victims, including home care and other medically pre- paid to or on behalf of employees of the Department of scribed needs; S. 284, the ‘‘Global Magnitsky Human Veterans Affairs; H.R. 3286, the ‘‘HIRE Vets Act’’; H.R. Rights Accountability Act’’; and S. 1252, the ‘‘Global 3471, the ‘‘Veterans Mobility Safety Act of 2015’’; H.R. Food Security Act of 2016’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. 3974, the ‘‘Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant May 18, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Employment and Education Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3989, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, the ‘‘Support Our Military Caregivers Act’’; H.R. 2460, hearing entitled ‘‘Democracy Support Strategies in Afri- to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ca’’, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. provision of adult day health care services for veterans; Committee on the Judiciary, May 19, Subcommittee on H.R. 3956, the ‘‘VA Health Center Management Sta- the Constitution and Civil Justice, hearing entitled ‘‘Ex- bility and Improvement Act’’; H.R. 4782, the ‘‘Veterans’ amining Legislation to Promote the Effective Enforce- Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016’’; ment of the ADA’s Public Accommodation Provisions’’, H.R. 4087, the ‘‘Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Act’’; and H.R. 3715, the ‘‘Final Farewell Act of 2015’’, Committee on Natural Resources, May 18, Subcommittee 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon. on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on Committee on Ways and Means, May 18, Subcommittee H.R. 4289, to provide for the conveyance of certain prop- on Social Security, hearing entitled ‘‘Protecting Social Se- erty to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, curity from Waste, Fraud, and Abuse’’, 10 a.m., B–318 Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Rayburn. located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes; May 18, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing and S. 246, the ‘‘Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff entitled ‘‘The Heroin Epidemic and Parental Substance Commission on Native Children Act’’, 2 p.m., 1324 Abuse: Using Evidence and Data to Protect Kids from Longworth. Harm’’, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 17 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 17

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Tuesday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Tuesday: Begin consideration of H.R. ation of H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban 4909—National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (Subject to a Rule). Consideration of measures with votes on the motions to invoke cloture on McCon- under suspension of the rules. nell (for Nelson/Rubio) Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. 3896), McConnell (for Cornyn) Modi- fied Amendment No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 3896), and McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896), at 2:30 p.m. (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Hensarling, Jeb, Tex., E703, E705 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, Himes, James A., Conn., E705 E709 Bera, Ami, Calif., E704 Hoyer, Steny H., Md., E705, E709 Roby, Martha, Ala., E704 Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E711 Hudson, Richard, N.C., E711 Shuster, Bill, Pa., E703 Blum, Rod, Iowa, E703, E704 Jenkins, Evan H., W.Va., E704 Speier, Jackie, Calif., E708 Bordallo, Madeleine Z., Guam, E710 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E710 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E709 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E705 Long, Billy, Mo., E705, E707 Castor, Kathy, Fla., E706, E710 Lujan Grisham, Michelle, N.M., E709 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E708 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E707 Luja´ n, Ben Ray, N.M., E706 Titus, Dina, Nev., E711 Fitzpatrick, Michael G., Pa., E707 Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E708 Walden, Greg, Ore., E703 Graves, Tom, Ga., E703 MacArthur, Thomas, N.J., E710 Zeldin, Lee M., N.Y., E711 Grijalva, Rau´ l M., Ariz., E707 Matsui, Doris O., Calif., E706

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