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Vol. 162 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 No. 94 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was It is important to note that the law recipients who work tend to earn low called to order by the Speaker pro tem- doesn’t require States to offer job wages that keep them in poverty. They pore (Mr. BOST). training programs—most do not—and struggle to get the healthy food they f SNAP recipients have their benefits need. Often, they must eat less or skip cut off after 3 months even if they are a meal entirely because they simply DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO searching for work or are working less have no money with which to purchase TEMPORE than 20 hours per week. food. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- So who are the ABAWDs? A provision in the 1996 welfare law al- fore the House the following commu- While some on the other side of the lows States to suspend the 3-month nication from the Speaker: aisle tend to stereotype these vulner- limit in areas with high and sustained WASHINGTON, DC, able adults, the truth of the matter is unemployment. In the aftermath of the June 14, 2016. there is no one face to the ABAWD pop- Great Recession, Democratic and Re- I hereby appoint the Honorable MIKE BOST ulation. This is a very diverse group. publican Governors requested and re- to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day. About 45 percent are women. Close to ceived waivers from the 3-month limit, PAUL D. RYAN, one-third are over 40 years old. Many and the limit has not been in effect in Speaker of the House of Representatives. have limited educational experiences, most States during the past several f with more than 80 percent having no years. But as the economy continues to more than a high school education or a MORNING-HOUR DEBATE recover, fewer areas qualify for waivers GED. Some have mental health issues, despite the fact that many of these vul- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- difficult histories of substance abuse, nerable Americans still struggle to find ant to the order of the House of Janu- or are ex-offenders who have nowhere long-term, stable jobs. As these waiv- ary 5, 2016, the Chair will now recog- else to turn, and as many as 100,000 are ers expire this year, it is expected that nize Members from lists submitted by veterans. more than 500,000 and as many as 1 mil- the majority and minority leaders for These childless adults on SNAP are lion of our poorest neighbors will be morning-hour debate. extremely poor and often experience cut off from SNAP. Thousands already The Chair will alternate recognition chronic homelessness. They often turn began losing their benefits on April 1 between the parties, with each party to SNAP as a safety net when they lose as 23 States began implementing the limited to 1 hour and each Member their jobs, when their hours at work time limits for the first time since be- other than the majority and minority get cut, or when their wages are so low fore the recession. leaders and the minority whip limited they are unable to make ends meet. These waivers are providing support to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- Most childless adults on SNAP who are as they were intended to: helping our bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. able to work do. At least 25 percent of communities overcome hardship and f these households work while receiving providing a lifeline to vulnerable SNAP, and about 75 percent work in adults who are unable to find work dur- END HUNGER NOW the year before or after receiving bene- ing difficult times. So I am greatly dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The fits. While many struggle with job inse- appointed by the proposals offered by Chair recognizes the gentleman from curity, among those households that Speaker RYAN to eliminate the ability Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN) for 5 worked in a typical month while re- of States to request these waivers dur- minutes. ceiving SNAP or at some point during ing times of economic hardship. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the the following year, about half worked Mr. Speaker, cutting off food assist- 1996 welfare reform law imposed new full time for 6 months or more in the ance for vulnerable adults who are un- limitations on able-bodied adults with- year after they were on the program. able to make ends meet is a rotten out dependents, known as ABAWDs, re- Because childless adults receive only thing to do, and it only makes hunger ceiving food assistance through the limited government assistance, access worse in our communities. How does SNAP program. These 18- to 49-year- to SNAP becomes a critical lifeline to making hunger worse make it easier to olds who do not have children or serve these Americans who are living in pov- get a job? Every single congressional as caretakers to other individuals have erty. After these vulnerable adults district is home to Americans who are access to SNAP for only 3 months in leave the SNAP program, research sug- struggling with hunger. The hardships any 3-year period when they are not gests that many continue to face in- they face are exactly why such cuts are employed at least half time or are in a credible hardship. While some continue so cruel. These proposals are mean- work training program. to struggle to find jobs, former SNAP spirited, political documents that are

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This means America must use its ORLANDO SHOOTING guarantees that vulnerable Americans influence to stop the current flurry of will have access to job training pro- airstrikes on civilian areas, and Russia The SPEAKER pro tempore. The grams that will get them back to work. must be part of this solution. If Amer- Chair recognizes the gentleman from Many job training programs are al- ica fails to lead in negotiating a cease- Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- ready stretched incredibly thin. If Re- fire immediately, the catastrophic utes. publicans were serious, they would in- losses of life will continue. Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, we crease job training funding so that We must accomplish a longer term should all be concerned with the kill- more Americans could get the help cessation of hostilities, and we must ing of innocents. Let’s start right here they need to get back on their feet. allow the Syrian people free movement in America where we are under attack. We are all still reeling from the hor- And, at every turn, they have resisted so that the innocent are able to escape rific violence in Orlando—49 killed, calls to increase the minimum wage. harm’s way. A no-fly zone must be es- more than 50 wounded. It is the worst Work ought to pay in this country. tablished so that Syria is able to heal mass shooting in American history. I sometimes wonder if my friends on into a place that promotes justice and The killer was someone who, in his own the other side of the aisle have ever freedom for all citizens. words, identified with ISIS, a met working people who are living in Does this photo of Syria look famil- madman’s fury directed at the GLBT poverty and who rely on SNAP for ac- iar? You may remember seeing similar community, who were slaughtered in a cess to food. The truth is their neatly destruction in Bosnia almost 20 years place of comfort, release, and joy. It packaged rhetoric doesn’t match the ago. This is Bosnia. The war in Bosnia was especially jarring because this has reality of those who are working to in the mid-1990s provides a thought- provoking blueprint as we search for been an unprecedented period of make ends meet. progress for the GLBT issues on every We must reject harmful attempts to solutions in Syria. With the disintegra- front. New landmarks have been limit SNAP participation for our vul- tion of Yugoslavia in 1992, the region achieved. nerable neighbors and, instead, work devolved into an ethnic civil war—first While this outrage is tragic, horri- on solutions to end hunger now. in Croatia, then in Bosnia. Serbian fying, and frustrating, it is important f strongman Slobodan Milosevic began that people understand that the advo- instituting a policy of ethnic cleansing SYRIA cates of GLBT equality and of a ration- by which whole populations were al approach to gun safety are not going The SPEAKER pro tempore. The forced from their homes and were to stop in their efforts for reform. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from killed. unprecedented outpouring of support in West Virginia (Mr. MOONEY) for 5 min- For 4 years, the United States re- the wake of Orlando ought to be a utes. mained passive in the conflict, but in source of comfort and strength for the Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Mr. the summer of 1995, under President GLBT community as people every- Speaker, on May 1 of last year, I came Bill Clinton, America took decisive where reaffirm their support and stand to this floor to speak on behalf of the military action with a series of air- in solidarity for full equality. Our Syrian people. I called for stronger strikes that brought Milosevic to the Pride Parade in Portland this weekend leadership from our Commander in bargaining table, that forced peace, is going to be larger and more enthusi- Chief, President Barack Obama, in the and that, ultimately, removed astic than ever. Syrian conflict. Specifically, I urged Milosevic from power. Today, Bosnia The equality tide is not going to the President to establish no-fly zones and Croatia are flourishing countries turn, and the silly bathroom police in to protect innocent lives. At that time, and are top destinations for many North Carolina is not where America is 200,000 Syrians had already died. international tourists. Here is Bosnia going or even where North Carolina The administration has failed to act, today. will be in the future. While it seems and, today, Syria remains in crisis. The We must apply these lessons of the gun violence continues unchecked by number of Syrians killed through the war in Bosnia to the current conflict in sensible gun safety laws, that tide, too, civil war has now doubled to 400,000. Syria. The United States must take de- is poised to turn. We know what to do. Many of these casualties are civilians: cisive leadership in returning long- No one needs an assault rifle to hunt; women, children, doctors, and teachers. term stability to Syria. Unless Amer- although it is very efficient to slaugh- So, Mr. Speaker, I come to this floor ica and our allies are willing to use ter little children in school or people in again to say that this slaughter of in- force, Russian and Syrian leaders will a nightclub. nocent human life must end, and it will not respect us or have reason to nego- There are dozens of simple steps that not end unless the United States takes tiate peace. can be taken to protect Americans, the lead fearlessly and immediately. To enable the citizens of Syria to live steps which are, in fact, supported I meet regularly with Syrian Ameri- free from fear and to thrive, we must broadly by the public, not just by the cans who live in my congressional dis- do at least three things: establish safe majority of Americans but by most gun trict in Charleston, West Virginia. zones along Syria’s border with Tur- owners themselves. We should start They have told me the stories of their key; ramp up our efforts to train Syr- with universal background checks for friends and families in the city of Alep- ian opposition forces who have proven all gun purchases. Someone on the ter- po, which is a financial and cultural they are not extremists; and help Syria rorist watch list should not be able to center in Syria. Aleppo is now on fire institute a new coalition government. purchase a gun; no fly, no buy. If we and under siege. Just last week, a civil- Peace in Syria is impossible while can personalize our cell phones so that ian bus was the victim of an airstrike Assad remains in control. He has prov- others can’t use them, we ought to be where 10 were killed, including three en this point time and again by his able to make smart guns so that others women and two children. reckless and evil use of chemical weap- cannot use guns unauthorized. Sadly, this type of violence is a daily ons and other cruel tools of war on his occurrence in Aleppo and elsewhere in own people. b 1015 Syria. Hospitals, markets, schools, bus America cannot address the humani- When somebody fails a background stations, warehouses: none of these tarian crisis and restore long-term sta- check, that ought to be reported to the places are off limits for bombings and bility to Syria on our own. We must authorities, who it was, and why. destruction. If America does not take engage with our partners around the We can repeal the inane prohibition immediate actions to end the current world who share a mutual interest in on gun safety research that stops us

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I’m gonna die.’’ wants to overturn it. sity High School and the U.S. Naval If you can hear these words without Just like automobile safety, we can Academy Preparatory School; your heart breaking, if you can think take dozens of small steps to reduce Zack Quilty of Saint Petersburg, of those little children gunned down in gun violence. Not eliminate it alto- Florida, a graduate of Jesuit High Newtown without breathing, if you can gether, but we don’t stop treating can- School; and think of empty pews in Charleston cer just because some people die; so it Ethan Singer of Clearwater, Florida, without mourning, then truly you have is with our commitment to gun safety. a graduate of Countryside High School. lost your souls. If we can stop a few tragic acts, it is Receiving appointments to attend Hateful people like to compare LBGT worth it to reduce the number of at- the U.S. Air Force Academy from equality to the sin-filled Biblical cities tacks and save lives. Pinellas County, Florida are: of Sodom and Gomorrah, but we here We are poised for one of the most Brian Brown of Safety Harbor, Flor- in Congress are the real Sodom and Go- consequential elections in anybody’s ida, a graduate of Countryside High morrah. memory. Let’s make it count. We have School; Are there not 218 Members here to an opportunity to stand in solidarity Dalton Collins of Largo, Florida, a stand against this bloody tide? with our brothers and sisters in the graduate of Admiral Farragut Acad- I ask you today: How many lives LGBT community. We can join with emy and the U.S. Air Force Academy must be destroyed before Congress President Obama and Secretary Clin- Preparatory School; acts? ton for enlightened national leader- Joseph Gannaio of Clearwater, Flor- Nine lives? Charleston showed us ship, stand with the LBGT community ida, a graduate of Calvary Christian nine is not enough. committed to making this tragedy a Thirteen lives? Columbine showed us turning point. This is the year to de- High School; that 13 was not enough. liver on full LBGT equality and com- Thomas ‘‘Trey’’ Walker of Saint Pe- Certainly, 27 small children killed in monsense gun safety. tersburg, Florida, a graduate of Saint Petersburg High School. their classrooms in Newtown? No, not f Receiving appointments to attend enough. ACADEMY APPOINTEES the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy The 32 lives lost at Virginia Tech, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The from Pinellas County, Florida, are: again, not enough lives. The more than Chair recognizes the gentleman from Jackson Misner of Tampa, Florida, a 33,000 Americans killed each year by Florida (Mr. JOLLY) for 5 minutes. graduate of H.B. Plant High School; guns, not enough. Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise this and Now 49 people have been mowed down morning to recognize a group of re- Sofia Tucker of Navarre, Florida, a and murdered in Orlando, yet even this markable young people from Pinellas graduate of Navarre High School. historic tragedy, the biggest mass mur- County, Florida, who have excelled Finally, receiving an appointment to der since 9/11, hasn’t been deemed big among their peers and answered the attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy enough, horrific enough, or insidious call to duty to serve their fellow Amer- is Olivia Suski of Seminole, Florida, a enough to break the weak-kneed, icans. These young men and women graduate of Seminole High School and spineless, silent Members of Congress. have tested and proven themselves aca- the Marion Military Institute. Congress is happy to debate for hours demically, athletically, and physically, These future cadets and midshipmen about bathrooms, but bring up the gun and have demonstrated the leadership that we recognize today will be the fu- violence killing of thousands? Abso- skills necessary to now be offered ap- ture leaders of our military forces and lutely not. pointments to one of our United States our Merchant Marine. I wish them God- Radical Islam or homegrown Amer- Service Academies. speed in the challenges of their sum- ican homophobia or a toxic stew of It is an honor to recognize these mer training and the academic years to both may have inspired the Orlando young men and women from Florida’s follow. shooter. No doubt we will learn about 13th Congressional District today. These young people represent the his disgusting motivations in the com- Receiving appointments to attend best of America, and we each look for- ing weeks. the U.S. Military Academy at West ward to witnessing their future success But there are simple actions we can Point are: and their service to country. take right now, actions that would Elizabeth Brown-Worthington of We, the House of Representatives, have reduced the deaths in Orlando as Gulfport, Florida, a graduate of Boca can have great confidence in our Na- well as in Aurora, Newtown, San Ciega High School; tion’s future as we entrust it to these Bernardino, and at Umpqua Commu- Andrew Buck of Tierra Verde, Flor- appointees and those of my colleagues nity College. All these killers use AR– ida, a graduate of Saint Petersburg here in Congress. 15s. All of them used weapons of mass Catholic High School; destruction. Sean McClair of Seminole, Florida, a f First, let’s make sure every gun pur- graduate of Osceola Fundamental High ORLANDO MASSACRE chase requires a background check School and the U.S. Military Academy The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rather than just 60 percent of gun pur- Preparatory School; Tyler Mitchiner of Clearwater, Flor- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from chases. ida, a graduate of Palm Harbor Univer- California (Ms. SPEIER) for 5 minutes. Why have we created a separate mar- sity and the U.S. Military Academy Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, this is ket for criminals, domestic abusers, Preparatory School; what our moments of silence have and mentally ill? William Moorhead of Clearwater, brought us: Let’s ban assault weapons that have Florida, a graduate of Clearwater Cen- A silent nightclub. The only sound is time and time again caused mass tral Catholic High School; the frantic ringing of cell phones that bloodshed. The American people are Patrick Prior of Saint Petersburg, would never be answered and silent too familiar with the AR–15, a weapon Florida, a graduate of Osceola Funda- bodies where there should be life, love, designed to hunt Americans in their mental High School; and pride. And, here, a silent Congress. most vulnerable places: the classroom, John Rusnak of Seminole, Florida, a Mere words cannot express the depth the movie theater, the nightclub. graduate of Saint Petersburg Catholic of my rage and grief. Forty-nine lives Whether the would-be killers are Is- High School. lost in the middle of Pride Month when lamic extremists or American White Receiving appointments from they should have been safe and cele- supremacists or disgruntled coworkers, Pinellas County to attend the U.S. brated. Forty-nine families devastated banning assault weapons would prevent Naval Academy in Annapolis are: by the loss of their loved ones. Forty- mass bloodshed on the scale we saw

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The business opportunities, and the pur- women may have been violated in the Second Amendment cannot be abridged chase of new equipment to remain process. by basic scientific studies. competitive. Let’s take a look at what the panel Would these policies stop all gun vio- The farm credit system has also been found. First, and possibly the most lence? Of course not. vital to helping new farmers in Penn- shocking, is a Web site where one pro- But I am repulsed by the moments of sylvania hit the ground running and to curement business, whose name has silence that just are for show. No other start to grow their new businesses. been redacted, has set up an online industrialized country has such blood- Mr. Speaker, American agriculture is order form. From this Web site, a user soaked streets. By remaining silent, we responsible for feeding our local com- can select what type of parts they are complicit in these crimes. munities, our Nation, and the world as want: baby brains, baby tongue, scalp, To the Latino and LGBT commu- a whole. It is my hope that the farm reproductive organs. The quantity is nities that are dealing with this un- credit system will assist our farms for then selected of the gestational period imaginable tragedy, I mourn with you generations to come. chosen. The user even has shipping op- and stand with you against this tide of f tions. hatred. This is truly appalling. This is online AL RIDDLEY’S PRAYER To my colleagues, I plead with you, shopping for baby parts, and this pro- please, stop the idolatry of weapons of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The curement business has made it as easy death. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from as possible. Illinois (Mrs. BUSTOS) for 5 minutes. f 1030 Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise b REMEMBERING THOSE LOST IN today to recognize Al Riddley of But these procurement businesses are THE JUNE 11TH SHOOTING IN OR- Springfield, Illinois, who is giving this not doing this by themselves. They are LANDO afternoon’s opening prayer. only the middlemen in a transaction The SPEAKER pro tempore. The This tradition of a congressional between the supplier—or abortion clin- Chair recognizes the gentleman from prayer dates back all the way to the ic—and the end user. Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 Continental Congress in 1774. It has As seen on exhibit B2, this procure- minutes. guided the House of Representatives ment business markets itself in its bro- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. through trying and through difficult chure to abortion clinics as a way for Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues in times. That is why I can think of no the clinics to make additional income praying for the victims and the im- better person to lead us in prayer this by allowing the procurement business pacted families from Saturday’s ter- afternoon. technicians to collect tissues and or- rorist attack in Orlando, Florida. Al has dedicated his life to helping gans from aborted babies immediately This terrorist attack serves as a re- others and improving our communities after an abortion is completed. The minder that we must do everything in Illinois. Throughout his entire pro- brochure uses the words ‘‘financially possible to defeat those who inspire fessional career, he has extended a profitable,’’ ‘‘fiscally rewards,’’ and ‘‘fi- hate and we must eradicate ISIS before helping hand to the most vulnerable, nancial benefit to your clinic.’’ other incidents occur. especially our friends and our neigh- The Select Investigative Panel on In- Mr. Speaker, over the past 2 years bors in need. fant Lives’ investigation revealed that alone, 73 American lives have been Al serves on the Governor’s Commis- the procurement business technician taken by acts of terrorism here at sion on the Elimination of Poverty. As performs every conceivable task in the home, in the United States. the recent past executive director of harvesting process immediately after Mr. Speaker, the first duty of Amer- the Illinois Coalition for Community an abortion. For this, the procurement ican leadership is the safety of our citi- Services, he has worked to empower business is charged a fee by the clinic, zens and our families. When American volunteers through education and even though the clinics are not incur- leadership fails, our citizens pay a grassroots organizing. ring any additional costs in the proc- heavy price. As a minister, Al gives the best ser- ess, thus they are making money off of CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FARM mons I have ever heard. He can move this horrific act. CREDIT congregations to tears. He can give It is important to note at this point Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. them a good laugh. And I can guar- that the underlying statute allowing Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recogni- antee you that if you hear him, there is for the donation of fetal tissue assumes tion of the 100th anniversary of the never a congregation that doesn’t walk the tissue would be for farm credit, which was signed into law away feeling inspired to make a dif- transplantations and research and through the Federal Farm Loan Act of ference in the lives of their neighbors. would not be sold. Further, in 1993, 1916 and was created to be a source of That is why it makes me proud to former Democrat Congressman Henry competitive credit for those who live say that Al Riddley is going to be giv- Waxman, who wrote the restrictions and work in rural America. ing the opening prayer later this after- into law, stated on the House floor: Today, the farm credit system plays noon, and I am honored to have him ‘‘This amendment would enact the a vital role in the success of our rural here with us today. most important safeguards to prevent communities throughout our 50 States f any sale of fetal tissue for any purpose, and in Puerto Rico, providing more not just the purpose of research.’’ He than $237 billion in loans to more than TRUTH ABOUT THE BABY BODY went on and said: ‘‘It would be abhor- 500,000 customers. PARTS INDUSTRY rent to allow for the sale of fetal tissue Now, while the farm credit system The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and a market to be created for that has a national footprint, its leaders are Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from sale.’’ local. There are nearly 75 independ- Missouri (Mrs. HARTZLER) for 5 min- So what have these clinics done? ently owned and operated farm credit utes. Well, just the opposite, it would seem. organizations across the Nation, acting Mrs. HARTZLER. Mr. Speaker, today This shows an abortion clinic charged as cooperatives, owned by its cus- I rise to bring attention to the research the middleman $11,365 for harvested tomers with a deep understanding of that the Select Investigative Panel on baby parts or what they call POCs, agriculture in their area. Infant Lives is conducting. On April 20 products of conception, and blood. Ex- Agriculture is the number one indus- of this year, Select Investigative Panel hibit D2 shows the abortion clinic try in Pennsylvania, my home State, on Infant Lives Chairman MARSHA charged the middleman again, this

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How callous does We often use words like ‘‘indiscrimi- tion, then we cannot be surprised when one have to be to rob a baby of life and nate’’ when we talk about gun vio- that prejudice takes root across the then charge others for the pieces of the lence, referring to the terrifying ran- country and rears its head with grue- corpse? This is beyond disturbing. domness these tragedies can reflect, some, gut-wrenching consequences. Just as disturbing, the Select Inves- the sense that it could happen any- Bigotry begets violence. This is a les- tigative Panel on Infant Lives also where, anytime, to any of us. We can- son our country has learned time after found that women’s privacy rights ap- not use the term ‘‘indiscriminate’’ time at tremendous human cost. pear to have been violated in the proc- here. While the details are still coming Today, if we are serious about respond- ess. After the online order form comes to light, all signs point to a crime mo- ing to hate, then we have to dismantle to the procurement company from a re- tivated by hateful prejudice against a the policies within our Federal Govern- searcher, it goes to the procurement specific subset of our population. ment that give it cover. company’s technician, who is embed- It comes at a particularly difficult f ded in the abortion clinic. time. This month is LGBT Pride The technician then, without their Month, 30 days to celebrate what it CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNI- consent, reviews the woman’s medical means to be an LGBT American, to be VERSARY OF THE FARM CREDIT records to see if their baby’s age and true to yourself, to remember the SYSTEM gender match that day’s order. If so, blood, sweat, and tears that activists The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the technician then goes to the woman, and advocates have shed for genera- Chair recognizes the gentleman from befriends her, and coerces her to give tions demanding better of their coun- Florida (Mr. ROSS) for 5 minutes. consent by lying to her—and this is a try. Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise Planned Parenthood consent form— On Saturday afternoon, I walked to recognize the 100th anniversary of claiming that blood from pregnant through the streets of Boston for our the Farm Credit System. Established women and tissue that had been abort- Commonwealth’s annual Pride Parade. by Congress in 1916, Farm Credit’s mis- ed have been used to treat and find a It is one of my favorite events of the sion is to provide a reliable source of cure—find a cure—for such diseases as year—the celebration, jubilation, ca- credit for United States farmers. diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alz- maraderie, and energy that takes the At the time of Farm Credit’s cre- heimer’s, cancer, and AIDS. As we city by storm. The first year I partici- ation, credit was virtually unaffordable know, this is not true. pated, I had the honor of marching or inaccessible in rural areas. Over the From there, the procurement techni- with my predecessor, Congressman next 100 years, Farm Credit helped our cian dissects the aborted baby in order Barney Frank. The year after that, I Nation’s farmers survive the Great De- to harvest the specific organs that walked with my former college room- pression, feed a country during World were ordered and ships them off. The mate, Jason Collins, who had recently War II, and survive nearly two decades Select Investigative Panel on Infant come out as the first gay professional of a farm crisis. Lives’ investigation into this issue is athlete in a major U.S. sport. Today Farm Credit provides more already illustrating that the clinics are Standing next to Congressman Frank than one-third of the credit needed by turning the sale of baby body parts and Jason, I saw not only what their those living and working in rural into a business, and they are making a presence meant to that sea of sup- America. In my home State of Florida, profit doing so. porters surrounding us, but what those Farm Credit is the largest single lender No woman should be treated this supporters mean to them: an incredible to agriculture. It is made up of people way. No woman should have her pri- wave of love and acceptance that they like a good friend of mine, Al Bellotto, vate medical records given to a for- had to fight a lifetime to see—a state- a World War II hero who survived Iwo profit company so they can use her for ment of support from community and Jima and Okinawa, came back home financial gain. These practices are de- country that most of us get to take for and served for 35 years as the chairman plorable, and they must end. granted. of the Farm Credit of Central Florida f This past Saturday was no different. and is now a chairman emeritus and Love and tolerance emanated from member of Florida’s Agricultural Hall WE ARE ALL MOURNING THE every sidewalk, every storefront, and of Fame. It is people like him who SENSELESS VIOLENCE every street. Yet less than 24 hours make sure that Farm Credit is dedi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The later, we woke up on Sunday to the cated to the people and to the business Chair recognizes the gentleman from devastating images of the Pulse night- of agriculture, the heart and lifeblood Massachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY) for 5 club: families and friends searching for of the United States. minutes. loved ones; heroes carrying injured vic- It is my hope that the Farm Credit Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, regard- tims in their arms to a nearby hos- System will continue to support our less of our party affiliation or our con- pital; strangers waiting in line for Nation’s great farmers, that our agri- gressional district, we are all mourning hours to donate blood; a community cultural industry will thrive, and in 100 the senseless violence and loss of life in far too accustomed to violence and years a future Representative of cen- Orlando. hate forced to confront a painful tral Florida will be on this floor cele- As we learn the names and the sto- truth—that for all of our recent strides brating Farm Credit’s 200th anniver- ries of each victim, our focus now turns and successes, this country continues sary. to how we respond, how we prevent an- to give discrimination against the Happy anniversary, Farm Credit. other act of terror and hate, another LGBT community a home. f tragedy to which this country has be- While this body stands firmly united come far too accustomed. in heartbreak and horror over what TRAGEDY HAS ONCE AGAIN We face a multitude of shortcomings transpired on Sunday morning, we can- STRUCK OUR NATION that this Nation must account for: ac- not ignore the example that our ac- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The cess to guns designed to maximize tions—or inactions—have helped set. Chair recognizes the gentleman from death and destruction as well as the Our Nation was founded on a sacred New York (Mr. NADLER) for 5 minutes. very real threat that violent extre- promise of equal treatment under the Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, this week mism and homegrown terrorism pose law; yet, even today, we still fall short. tragedy once again struck our Nation to American lives. Two debates, it is When we allow some Americans to be when the deadliest mass shooting in worth noting, that this body has re- fired from their job because of who American history occurred in an LGBT peatedly failed to take up. they love, when we deny access to pub- nightclub in Orlando early Sunday

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During World there are three aspects of this tragedy tainly he or she is too dangerous to War II, 9 out of 10 employees worked on that I want to address today: permit to buy assault weapons. projects so vital to the war effort that First, the fact that the shooter And yet this Congress has done noth- armed guards patrolled the company. pledged allegiance to ISIS is deeply ing except hold repeated moments of Today, General Mills successfully disturbing. We need to follow every silence. That is not enough. This si- markets many popular brands like lead and find out if he did, indeed, have lence, combined with this inaction, Betty Crocker and Haagen-Dazs, cre- any connection to ISIS or any other makes hypocrites of us all. The Amer- ating jobs and making a major con- terrorist group. We must pursue those ican people are baffled by our silence. tribution to the great State of Min- who may have inspired him, trained They demand more. They demand ac- nesota and this country. him, or assisted him in his deadly act, tion, action to combat hate, to protect I would like to thank General Mills and we must take action to prevent the LGBT community, and to control for feeding the Nation, and I wish them others from being radicalized and access to deadly weapons to prevent a happy 150th birthday. Here’s to 150 turned into deadly killing machines. murderers and lunatics from getting more years of success. Second, we must acknowledge that assault weapons. HONORING ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY’S this was a hate crime targeted at the If the leadership of this Congress PRESIDENT EARL POTTER LGBT community. The killer didn’t won’t take action, then it ought to be Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. pick his target randomly. He sought replaced by a leadership that will. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life out gay, young men in a club environ- f of St. Cloud State University presi- ment where they felt safe, where they dent, Earl Potter, who was tragically felt a sense of community and accept- b 1045 killed in a car accident last night. ance, and he sought to shatter their A DEDICATED EDUCATOR TO Earl was one of Minnesota’s best and world and terrorize and intimidate the RETIRE brightest educators, and he dedicated LGBT community. his entire life to this Nation’s students, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I have worked with my friends in the most recently serving Minnesota’s Chair recognizes the gentleman from LGBT community for a very long time, Sixth District at St. Cloud State Uni- Minnesota (Mr. EMMER) for 5 minutes. and one thing I am sure of is that they versity. He brought innovation and Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. will not be intimidated; they will not positive change to St. Cloud State Uni- Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge be beaten down; they will not be forced versity over the past decade, preparing Minnesota State Colleges and Univer- into hiding; they will not be silenced. his students for life after college. sities chancellor Steven Rosenstone’s The community is strong, it is united, Not only was Earl Potter committed upcoming retirement, and I thank him and it is unashamed. The LGBT com- to the students within the St. Cloud for his years of serving our State’s munity will come together to honor community, but he dedicated his time higher education system. the dead and then will keep educating, and energy to serving the greater St. Steven has dedicated his entire life keep advocating, keep mobilizing for a Cloud community and Minnesota as a to education, which began when he re- more fair, a more just society where no whole. He served on the St. Cloud Area ceived his own degree from Washington one has to live in fear because of who Chamber of Commerce Board of Direc- University and a master’s degree from they are or whom they love. tors, United Way of Central Minnesota the University of California, Berkeley. Third, it is clear that far fewer peo- Board of Directors, Greater St. Cloud From there, he went on to teach polit- ple would have been killed or wounded Development Corporation, and the ical science at Yale University, and if the attacker had not had access to a Minnesota National Guard Senior Ad- later at the University of Michigan. deadly assault weapon. Once again, the visory Task Force, among many oth- In 1996, Steven came to Minnesota to necessity of controlling access to mili- ers. serve as the dean of the College of Lib- tary-style assault weapons, whose only Earl’s service extended well beyond eral Arts, where his hard work and vi- purpose is to kill large numbers of peo- the borders of our great State of Min- sion ultimately led him to being named ple as quickly and efficiently as pos- nesota as well as with his service on the chancellor of Minnesota State Col- sible, is made tragically clear. nearly a dozen national academic leges and Universities in February of Our refusal to ban assault weapons boards. He was passionate about the 2011. During his time as the head of makes this House complicit in this and universities he represented, the stu- Minnesota’s State schools, Steven im- every other mass murder that we now dents he served, and the communities plemented numerous policies that en- see on a regular basis. This Chamber is in which he lived. drenched in blood. We must cleanse it. sured a better and more affordable edu- We have suffered a huge loss in the We must pass the long-pending legisla- cation for Minnesotans. St. Cloud community, and my deepest tion to reinstitute the assault weapon Thank you, Steven, for dedicating condolences go out to Earl’s wife Chris- ban. We ban machine guns, and we had your life to helping others pursue their tine, their children and grandchildren, an assault weapon ban not that long goals through education. We wish you and their loved ones across the coun- ago, so it is not a radical proposal. It is a happy and restful retirement. try. The work that Earl has done for not counter to the Second Amendment. THE PRIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS TURNS 150 our community will be his living leg- It is just common sense. And yet, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. acy. President George W. Bush let the ban Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the f expire, and Republicans in Congress 150th birthday of a fantastic Minnesota have acted repeatedly to prevent even company, General Mills. REMEMBERING THE ORLANDO our consideration of renewing the ban. In 1866, Cadwallader Washburn start- SHOOTING VICTIMS Every Member of Congress who has ed a mill that would eventually become The SPEAKER pro tempore. The refused to support renewing the ban General Mills. Located on the mighty Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from should be forced to answer to their con- Mississippi, the mill was the largest New York (Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ) for 5 min- stituents, to their country, and to the mill west of the Mississippi, causing utes. countless victims and their families the locals to name it ‘‘the pride of Min- Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, Stan- who have suffered so much heartbreak neapolis.’’ ley Almodovar, III. Amanda Alvear. due to gun violence. Throughout the years, the company Antonio Davon Brown. Darryl Roman How can you allow such carnage to flourished, even through the hardest of Burt, II. Angel L. Candelario-Padro. go unchecked? How can you do nothing times. During the Great Depression, Luis Daniel Conde. Cory James in the face of so much pain? Why won’t while many other companies went Connell. Tevin Eugene Crosby. Deonka

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Eddie Jamoldroy Justice. while helping finance organizations Enough. We will not be silent. This Anthony Luis Laureanodisla. Chris- like Hamas and Hezbollah, is simply madness must end. topher Andrew Leinonen. Alejandro unacceptable. And make no mistake, it is utter Barrios Martinez. Juan Chevez-Mar- At home, we cannot allow the tired, madness that a man with a history of tinez. Brenda Lee Marquez McCool. partisan bickering to distract us from domestic violence, a man who had been Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez. Oscar the difficult but necessary work of pre- investigated by the FBI for his possible A. Aracena-Montero. Kimberly Morris. venting gun violence. We need to ties to terror, could buy an assault Akyra Monet Murray. Luis Omar bridge the partisan divide and put the weapon as easily as he could buy an as- Ocasio-Capo. Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez. best interests of our country before pirin. Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera. Joel Rayon politics. In the Pulse massacre, this man Paniagua. Jean Carlos Mendez Perez. A good first step is the legislation armed with an AR–15 military-type as- Enrique L. Rios, Jr. Jean C. Nives that I helped introduce with former sault rifle, a weapon that he bought le- Rodriguez. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Congresswoman Gabby Giffords to re- gally, killed 49 people and injured 50 Rosado. Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz. quire universal background checks on more. Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan. Edward firearm purchases. The vast majority b 1100 Sotomayor, Jr. Shane Evan Tomlinson. of the American people support this Martin Benitez Torres. Jonathan Anto- commonsense idea, and it is past time Earlier, at an elementary school in nio Camuy Vega. Congress moves forward with this pro- Connecticut, another madman with an We will never forget. And while we posal that will keep more people safe. AR–15-style assault weapon killed 26 mourn your loss, your memory will in- We also need to improve communica- children and their teachers. And in a spire us to fight for change. tions so that local law enforcement is theater in Aurora, Colorado, one man f notified when someone attempts to with one AR–15 assault weapon killed purchase a gun and fails a required 12 and wounded 70. TIME FOR ACTION background check. My colleague, Con- In each of these mass casualty The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gressman MIKE QUIGLEY, introduced a events, it took one gun and one man to Chair recognizes the gentleman from commonsense bill to make this fix, brutally take so many innocent lives. Illinois (Mr. DOLD) for 5 minutes. which I strongly support. In each case, the gun was an assault Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Other important efforts to prevent weapon. because thoughts and prayers are not gun violence include my bill with Con- Assault weapons are designed to do enough. It is time for action. gresswoman DEBBIE DINGELL to prevent one thing very well, and that is to kill The hateful terrorist attack tar- domestic abusers from being able to people very rapidly. They aren’t used geting America’s LGBT community in purchase weapons. This proposal would for hunting. They aren’t used for self- Orlando is another reminder to come help, again, prohibit firearm traf- defense. They are used as weapons of together and work across party lines to ficking used to evade background war. root out terrorism, prevent gun vio- checks, and also, a long-overdue in- So why is it so easy for people to pur- lence, and put an end to bigotry of all crease in mental health resources. chase them and hurt others? kinds. An attack on one American is In short, there are numerous com- That is why, in 1994, three United an attack on all of us. monsense proposals, Mr. Speaker, that States Presidents—President Ford, We cannot allow partisanship to de- will keep guns out of the hands of President Carter, and President fine this debate. We must take decisive those that should not have them while Reagan—all signed a letter to the and united actions to ensure that noth- protecting our Second Amendment House of Representatives calling for a ing like the attacks on Orlando, Paris, rights. It is time that we take action. Federal ban on military-style assault Newtown, or San Bernardino ever hap- Mr. Speaker, there is no quick and weapons. I will place their meaningful pen again. easy solution to all the problems un- letter into the RECORD. Congress should immediately move derscored by the Orlando terrorist at- MAY 3, 1994. forward and pass the Denying Firearms tack, but if we are able to set aside TO MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REP- and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists partisan differences and unite in the RESENTATIVES: We are writing to urge your Act. This commonsense bill would pro- best interests of our Nation, we can support for a ban on the domestic manufac- hibit suspected terrorists from pos- make serious strides in the ongoing ef- ture of military-style assault weapons. This is a matter of vital importance to the public sessing guns or explosives. Keeping forts to keep Americans safe and pre- dangerous weapons out of the hands of safety. Although assualt weapons account vent future atrocities. for less than 1% of the guns in circulation, people who wish to do our country f they account for nearly 10% of the guns harm is a solution that we should all traced to crime. be able to get behind. WE ARE ALL ORLANDO Every major law enforcement organization The hateful attack in Orlando also The SPEAKER pro tempore. The in America and dozens of leading labor, med- reminds us once more of the growing Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ical, religious, civil rights and civic groups threat of ISIS-inspired radical Islamic New York (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY) support such a ban. Most importantly, poll terrorist on U.S. soil is real and cannot for 5 minutes. after poll shows that the American public be ignored or downplayed. Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New overwhelmingly support a ban on assault Congress must reassert leadership in weapons. A 1993 CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll York. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I went found that 77% of Americans support a ban the fight against ISIS by passing legis- down to the Stonewall Inn in Green- on the manufacture, sale, and possession of lation to hold the President account- wich Village in New York City, where semiautomatic assault guns, such as the AK– able for developing a comprehensive the modern gay rights movement real- 47. plan to destroy ISIS. ly began. The 1989 import ban resulted in an impres- Through congressional oversight I went there to leave some flowers in sive 40% drop in imported assault weapons hearings, we must also ensure that honor of those members of the LGBT traced to crime between 1989 and 1991, but Federal agencies and local law enforce- community who lost their lives in the the killing continues. Last year, a killer ment are effectively communicating armed with two TEC9s killed eight people at massacre—the worst mass shooting in a San Francisco law firm and wounded sev- with each other to identify inter- American history—at Pulse Nightclub eral others. During the past five years, more national and homegrown terror threats in Orlando, Florida. than 40 law enforcement officers have been through both traditional security ap- While I stood there in solidarity with killed or wounded in the line of duty by an proaches and social media. a somber crowd of allies and members assault weapon.

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Award. ten to the American public and to the law It wasn’t always easy as a small-busi- Receiving the Women’s Business Ad- enforcement community and support a ban ness owner, but having the opportunity vocate of the Year was Leanna Jen- on the further manufacture of these weap- to employ hundreds of employees over kins, director of the Nevada Women’s ons. the years is an experience I would Business Center. Ms. Jenkins has spent Sincerely, never trade. years working in the small business GERALD R. FORD. Over the last 17 months, I have had community to provide small-business JIMMY CARTER. the great privilege of touring numerous owners with the educational and finan- RONALD REAGAN. small businesses within my district, cial resources necessary to succeed, es- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New where I have had the opportunity to pecially for women- and minority- York. That same year, I voted for a speak to the employees that see first- owned businesses. Federal Assault Weapons Ban signed hand what business does as it contrib- Ms. Jenkins has made a tremendous into law by President Clinton that also utes to our economy. impact within the small-business com- banned massacre-sized magazines. Un- From the small-business barber shop munity of southern Nevada, so I con- fortunately, this ban expired in 2004, to a tortilla chip factory, it has always gratulate Ms. Leanna Jenkins for being and Congress, under pressure from the amazed me to see the enthusiasm that awarded the 2016 SBA Women’s Busi- NRA, has since refused to reauthorize exists when the small-business owners ness Advocate of the Year Award for it, even when facts show that reauthor- work side-by-side with their employ- Nevada. izing it would save lives. ees. It is for this reason that small Again, I would like to thank these It should come as no surprise that, of businesses are the backbone of our award winners and all small-business the 10 mass shooting incidents in the economy. owners for what they do on a daily United States, 7 of them involved the It is my honor to recognize out- basis to provide their employees with a use of an assault-style rifle. standing individuals who received the That is why I fully and whole- job, their customers with a great prod- award on May 4 in Las Vegas during heartedly support the commonsense uct or service, and contribute to the the 2016 SBA Small Business Award proposal to reinstate a Federal ban on American economy. Small businesses luncheon. These individuals serve their the sale and manufacture of assault are the true economic engines of this community as a current small-business weapons and massacre-sized magazines, country. owner or provide services for small and that is why so many Members of f businesses. Congress have introduced—on both Receiving the Small Business Person YOU ARE NOT ALONE sides of the aisle—commonsense gun of the Year Award was Bradley The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reform bills. Chair recognizes the gentleman from And let’s be clear. These measures Burdsall, owner of six restaurants in Texas (Mr. AL GREEN) for 5 minutes. are not some kind of assault on Second southern Nevada named The Egg Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- Amendment freedoms for hunters or Works and the Egg & I, with his newest er, it is always a preeminent privilege those who wish to have a gun for self- location just recently opening in Ne- to stand in the well of the Congress of protection. The assault ban is a lim- vada’s Fourth Congressional District. Mr. Burdsall’s company has seen tre- the United States of America. I never ited, commonsense measure to help mendous growth and expansion over take for granted the opportunity that keep people safe. It is time for us to stand up together the past 18 years, including being fea- has been afforded me by my constitu- and to pass these commonsense bills tured in USA Today and on the Food ents, as their representative, to be here because this time #WeAreAllOrlando. Network. I congratulate Bradley and stand and speak on their behalf. Burdsall on being awarded the 2016 Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that f SBA Small Business of the Year for Ne- this day is Flag Day. It is the day that RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE vada. the flag was adopted, June 14, 1777, and AND IMPACT OF SMALL BUSI- Receiving the Veteran Owned Busi- I am honored tonight to make addi- NESSES ON OUR NATION’S ECON- ness of the Year award was Robert D. tional comments about Flag Day. But OMY Daniel, the owner of PrideStaff Las this is a day that we honor the flag of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Vegas. Prior to starting the PrideStaff the United States of America. Chair recognizes the gentleman from Las Vegas location, Mr. Daniel spent 30 On this day when we will honor the Nevada (Mr. HARDY) for 5 minutes. years in the field of employee manage- flag of the United States of America, Mr. HARDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise ment, including holding executive posi- this evening, after the first votes, we today to recognize the importance and tions with IBM, Fuji USA, Western will also bring to the floor the LGBTQ the impact that small businesses have Electronics, and MicronPC. Pride Month resolution. We are bring- on our Nation’s economy. With this valuable managerial expe- ing this resolution to the floor, not- Last month, we celebrated National rience along with his service in the withstanding things that have oc- Small Business Week in order to recog- United States Air Force and as a Viet- curred, because we would not want the nize the hard work and dedication of nam veteran, Mr. Daniel has built a dastardly deeds of one to prevent us the estimated 28 million small-business company that greatly benefits south- from commemorating the accomplish- owners who provided 48 percent of the ern Nevada by providing businesses ments of the many. private sector job workforce here in with temporary employees. I congratu- The resolution will be brought to the the United States while also rep- late Robert D. Daniel on being awarded floor, and those Members of Congress resenting 99.7 percent of all businesses the 2016 SBA Veteran Owned Business who consider themselves allies of the with employees. of the Year for Nevada. LGBTQ community, please come. This It is without a doubt that small busi- Receiving the Small Business Advo- will afford you an opportunity to speak nesses are the backbone of our Nation’s cate Lifetime Achievement Award was of your concern and to express your economy. I greatly appreciate each and Bob Cushman, who has volunteered his love for the LGBTQ community. Allies every small-business owner across this time as a SCORE Las Vegas counselor of the community should come to the country who devotes their time, their and a mentor since 1998. With decades floor. This will be a great opportunity, passion, and their financial resources of experience, Mr. Cushman has used and we ask that you preface your to ensure that small businesses are his invaluable knowledge to counsel statements, let your preamble be ‘‘you successful. For these individuals, 3,000 small businesses in southern Ne- are not alone.’’ Small Business Week is every week of vada. This is an opportunity for those of us the year. Mr. Cushman’s dedication to the who are allies of the community to As a former small-business owner of small business community has been a make it clear, perspicuously so, that 20 years, I understand what it takes to valuable asset to southern Nevada, so I this community is not alone; that they

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Come and wondering, you know, when is the ship over at the IRS, the CI Re- to the floor, if you choose, and make their tax refund going to be delivered? alignment Act is concerned with cre- your statements known. ating a clear distinction between the b 1115 I do this because I understand that civil IRS function and the Federal law this opportunity to stand here is not Or perhaps their minds might jump enforcement agency charged with something that I enjoy because I am so to the scandals that have plagued the criminal enforcement of our Nation’s smart. There are people who lived and IRS, from the targeting of conservative laws. some who died so that I might stand in groups to the IRS’ failures to keep Most importantly, Mr. Speaker, my the well of the Congress of the United track of employee emails. Whatever legislation will remove CI from the bu- States of America on this day. the case, Mr. Speaker, I don’t believe reaucracy of the scandal-ridden IRS And because they did, it is worthy of most people would immediately asso- and allow for an increased focus on law mentioning that there were people ciate the IRS as a Federal law enforce- enforcement. other than African Americans who par- ment agency. However, the IRS is, in Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the IRS ticipated in my liberation. Schwerner fact, home to our Nation’s sixth largest urgently needs to address their short- and Goodman died fighting for the law enforcement agency. It is called falls in many areas, from consumer rights of African Americans. They were the IRS Criminal Investigation, or CI, service to data protection. Let’s make not Black. for short. certain that they do not further im- John Shillady died in Austin, Texas, CI was originally known as the IRS pede the critical work of our Nation’s a field marshal for the NAACP. He was Intelligence division, and it was formed top financial investigators while they not Black. in 1919 to combat widespread corrup- try to figure out how to run the IRS. When Rosa Parks went to jail, Vir- tion and organized crime. A great ex- f ginia Durr and her husband, attorney ample of that from the early days is Clifford Durr, along with Mr. Nixon, the investigation and conviction of Al HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES who was the then-president of the Capone. ARMY NAACP, posted her bail. Mr. Nixon was Now, today, CI is solely responsible The SPEAKER pro tempore. The African American; the Durrs were not. for the enforcement of criminal viola- Chair recognizes the gentleman from So it is important for those of us who tions of our Nation’s tax laws and Texas (Mr. CARTER) for 5 minutes. have benefited from the goodness, the shares jurisdiction over violations of Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, goodwill of others, to pay that debt we money laundering and bank secrecy on this day 241 years ago, the Congress owe. This is an opportunity to make laws. In addition, CI has also become adopted the American Continental another installment on the debt that an indispensable tool used in the inves- Army. This Congress resolved to raise we owe as a result of others standing tigation of terror financing cases and six companies of expert riflemen and to up for us. We were not alone, and the works jointly with many of our other march and join the Army near Boston. LGBTQ community should not be alone Federal law enforcement agencies. Our Army was born in war, and to and is not alone. Now, Mr. Speaker, I was a United this day, it has continued its service in So, tonight, we invite Members to States attorney for a number of years, the defense of American liberty. Our come to the floor and to preface your and I have had the privilege of working six companies have grown to over 1 statements with ‘‘you are not alone’’ with many CI special agents and per- million strong. Our All-Volunteer force and to let people know that you stand sonally know the value of their un- continues to be the example around the with the community in this time of matched financial investigatory abili- world, producing an image of American great sadness, of great sadness. But, also, speak of some of the good ties. idealism and vision and a culture of things that have occurred. We can talk Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, the IRS’ soldiers that fight for country, the of how the Supreme Court has made a mismanagement of CI and their inabil- Constitution, and their fellow man. significant difference, not only for this ity to prioritize CI’s needs has caused a General George Washington, during time but for all time, for people, be- troubling drop in the number of CI spe- one of the Army’s first battles at the cause the Constitution of the United cial agents and staff. This, in turn, has 1775 Siege of Boston, articulated how I States was not written for Democrats led to a reduction in the number of CI’s feel about the Army: ‘‘Your exertions or Republicans. It wasn’t written for investigations and convictions at a in the cause of freedom, guided by wis- conservatives or liberals. It wasn’t time when offenses such as identity dom and animated by zeal and courage, written for people of a certain hue. It theft, money laundering, tax fraud, and have gained you the love and con- wasn’t written for people of a certain terror financing are all on the rise. fidence of your grateful countrymen; These resource decisions, along with religion. It was written for the people and they look to you, who are experi- an organizational and reporting struc- of the United States of America, and enced veterans, and trust that you will ture at the IRS that is poorly suited to that includes the LGBTQ community. still be the guardians of America.’’ I thank you for the time. This is a to- oversee a Federal law enforcement These past 241 years have tried and be-continued moment. First hour after agency, have demonstrated that the tested our Army, from the fields of votes, to be continued. IRS is ill-equipped to effectively sup- France to the deserts of Iraq and the God bless you, and God bless the port and manage CI. mountains of Afghanistan. Today our United States of America. And I pledge Mr. Speaker, simply put, we need to soldiers are deployed in over 140 coun- allegiance to the flag and to the Repub- be placing a premium on the world- tries. Representing Fort Hood, I am lic for which it stands, one nation class financial investigations CI carries aware that Fort Hood soldiers are de- under God, with liberty and justice for out each day. This is why, Mr. Speaker, ployed in Afghanistan and Korea in the all, and that includes the LGBTQ com- I am proud to have recently introduced defense of our American security. munity. the CI Realignment Act. This legisla- Every day I am reminded of what our tion, which I am pleased is supported men and women in uniform and their f by the Federal Law Enforcement Offi- families do to protect what we hold CI REALIGNMENT ACT cers Association, will create a new Bu- special. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reau of Criminal Investigation within With all the focus on weapons, pro- Chair recognizes the gentleman from the Department of the Treasury by grams, and initiatives, it is easy to for- North Carolina (Mr. HOLDING) for 5 transferring CI out of the IRS. get that the Army is about people. minutes. Mr. Speaker, first and foremost, this Looking to God, I am reminded of Isa- Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, when legislation is about law enforcement. It iah 6:8: ‘‘Then I heard the voice of the most folks hear or think about the In- is about the dedicated personnel at CI Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And

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Without objection, day. are recovering from their wounds. This the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. attack is the truest example of sense- f BUSTOS) is recognized for 1 minute. less violence and pure evil. There was no objection. RECESS Today, we mourn as a Nation because Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, during we will not allow hate to invade our The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. morning-hour debate, I spoke about Al own hearts and minds. America is bet- HOLDING). Pursuant to clause 12(a) of Riddley, who is from Springfield, Illi- ter than that. rule I, the Chair declares the House in nois, which is my hometown. He also is But tomorrow, tomorrow, Mr. Speak- recess until noon today. my brother-in-law. My sister from er, and in the days and months to Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 22 Springfield, Illinois, Lynn Callahan come, we can do something. We must minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- Riddley is also here. I want to welcome do something. We must ensure that our cess. them to the Nation’s Capitol. LGBT brothers and sisters are wel- f Mr. Speaker, thank you very much comed by their communities, not sub- for your courteousness to my sister and jected to discrimination. We must en- 1200 b brother-in-law. I am grateful to you. sure that access to deadly weapons are AFTER RECESS f sensibly controlled, and we must en- The recess having expired, the House ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER sure that Congress no longer sits idly by while hate and violence continue to was called to order by the Speaker at The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- noon. take innocent lives. tain up to 15 further requests for 1- But, today, Mr. Speaker, we pray for f minute speeches on each side of the Orlando, though we know our prayers, aisle. PRAYER our thoughts, our moments of silence, f they are not enough. Reverend Al Riddley, The Springs of HONORING THE FATHER OF FLAG f Bonita Church, Bonita Springs, Flor- DAY ida, offered the following prayer: NAVAL STATION AT GUANTANAMO Dear God, grant us the wisdom and (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was BAY vision to comprehend the common be- given permission to address the House (Mr. HOLDING asked and was given lief that all people shall know peace as for 1 minute and to revise and extend permission to address the House for 1 well as justice, righteousness, freedom, his remarks.) minute.) and security, with equity for every cul- Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, last ture, color, and commitment. today to honor the father of Flag Day, week, The Washington Post reported Remind us of the past victories while Illinois’ own Dr. Bernard Cigrand, on that at least 12 former Guantanamo de- recognizing the present challenges so its 100th anniversary. tainees, after being released, had gone as to strengthen our future as a coun- An immigrant and a teacher, Dr. on to lead and participate in attacks try. Cigrand believed his students needed a against Americans and allied forces in Lord, on this Flag Day, as it is hon- symbol to instill a sense of national Afghanistan. And most troubling, Mr. ored and displayed around the world, identity. He first celebrated our flag’s Speaker, the report noted that these may we take pride as Americans in birthday with his students on June 14, attacks cost American lives. being reminded of the significance of 1885, 108 years after its official adop- Mr. Speaker, the Obama administra- our democracy. tion by Congress. tion’s plan to shutter our detention fa- Give guidance to us as we are dili- Thus began his life’s work to create a cility at Guantanamo Bay and accel- gent in our responsibilities as citizens National Flag Day. He wrote articles erate the transfer of detainees to for- to guarantee that freedom is enjoyed for magazines and newspapers. He gave eign nations or even the United States by all who claim this country as home. lectures and wrote a book on the flag’s is both misguided and extremely dan- In our Allegiance, we witness to ‘‘one importance. Soon, schools caught on, gerous. nation under God’’ as a promise of and more than 100,000 children partici- I am committed to preventing the what others in this world can yet be- pated in an Illinois celebration in 1894. closure of Guantanamo and the further come. For this, we Americans stand to- Eventually, Dr. Cigrand moved to Ba- transfer of detainees. Mr. Speaker, gether today, proud and strong, both tavia, Illinois, opened a dental practice even one detainee returning to the bat- now and forever. and remained passionate in his efforts. tlefield is too many. Amen. Finally, in 1916, President Wilson This administration needs to ac- called for a nationwide observance. knowledge the reality of the threat f Seventeen years after Dr. Cigrand’s posed by these detainees and abandon THE JOURNAL 1932 passing, President Truman signed their ill-advised attempt to close a law cementing June 14 as National Guantanamo Bay. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- Flag Day. f ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- This 14th of June, the 14th Congres- ceedings and announces to the House sional District of Illinois celebrates Dr. KEEP DANGEROUS WEAPONS OUT his approval thereof. Cigrand’s dedication to our Nation’s OF THE HANDS OF SUSPECTED Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- symbol, which gives hope and moves TERRORISTS nal stands approved. hearts throughout the world. (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given f f permission to address the House for 1 minute.) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, our The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given hearts are broken, and we are angry. from Rhode Island (Mr. LANGEVIN) permission to address the House for 1 The deadliest mass shooting in our his- come forward and lead the House in the minute and to revise and extend his re- tory, 49 young lives ended in a place Pledge of Allegiance. marks.) that served as a refuge from hate, a Mr. LANGEVIN led the Pledge of Al- Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, the place of love and safety and commu- legiance as follows: tragic events over the weekend in Or- nity.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.016 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3767 Mr. Speaker, when faced with terror No one needs an AR–15 assault rifle. For God’s sake, they should not be able and hatred, our Nation is tested. This This was the weapon of war that was to go and buy a weapon. The shooter in House of Representatives is tested. And used in Newtown, Aurora, and San Orlando had been on the terror watch we are failing that test. Bernardino. We need to reinstate the list and was able to go buy three weap- Shame on us if we cannot close the assault weapon ban to reduce the ons, including an AR–15. loophole that lets people on the ter- chances that we have more tragedies. Congressman PETER KING of New rorist watch list buy AR–15s. I am so People on the terrorist watch list York’s bill would stop this. I join with tired of the House majority’s pitiful ex- should not be able to get a gun. This is him, and I ask all Members of Con- cuses. Why does this majority allow common sense, but the majority con- gress, please, let’s not let this moment suspected terrorists to buy guns? Why tinues to block this critical security pass. Let’s take action. does this majority refuse to close the measure. f terrorist loophole and strengthen back- I also rise to commend our law en- ground checks? Mr. Speaker, I am forcement and healthcare professionals WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AGRI- ashamed of this institution. whose lifesaving work is ongoing. Acts CULTURAL HALL OF FAME IN- Let us vote today. Let us vote to of love like these will always conquer DUCTEES keep dangerous weapons out of the hate. They always have. (Mr. MEADOWS asked and was given hands of suspected terrorists. Let us The American people will continue to permission to address the House for 1 vote so everyone can see where we stand with our LGBTQ and Latino minute and to revise and extend his re- stand and who we stand with. brothers and sisters, and we will work marks.) Mr. Speaker, I stand with every that much harder and that much Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise American who rightly believes that if smarter and that much faster to ensure today to acknowledge the service of you are on the terrorist watch list, you their safety and equal rights in their two men from western North Carolina: can’t buy weapons that can be used in communities. John Queen, III, and Don Smart. Re- the next mass shooting. That is where Love will win. Hate will be defeated. cently, they were inducted into the I stand, Mr. Speaker. f Western North Carolina Agricultural Where do you stand? FLAG DAY AND COLLIN COUNTY Hall of Fame. f FLAG CEREMONY As those plaques were put on the wall, it really didn’t share the entire GOD BLESS THE FLAG AND (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked VETERANS WHO CARRY IT story, the entire story of who they are and was given permission to address and how they serve their communities (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given the House for 1 minute and to revise so well, not only in Haywood County permission to address the House for 1 and extend his remarks.) but throughout all of western North minute.) Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Carolina. Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, our Speaker, today, I rise in honor of Flag These two men, whether it was with veterans face many challenges when Day, a special day when we reflect on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Associa- they return home from war, both phys- what our American flag stands for and tion, both on the local and national ical and psychological. All too often, how blessed we are to live in this great level, or whether it was with different the latter is overlooked. An estimated Nation that celebrates freedom. associations of growers and farmers 22 veterans per day take their own life, I believe this reflection is particu- and the Farm Bureau, as is the case many of them struggling with post- larly important given this weekend’s with Don Smart, served their commu- traumatic stress disorder. ISIS-inspired terrorist attack. There nity and have made their community One Michigan veteran, Marty Wills, are those who seek to destroy our way better. is embarking on an incredible journey of life, and we must actively defend our Mr. Speaker, I rise today to not only to raise awareness about PTSD and freedom. acknowledge their service but also to mental health issues. Carrying an So, as our American flag waives acknowledge their friendship because American flag, he is walking more than proudly today and we reflect on its they have helped me understand the 1,000 miles from his home in Michigan symbol of hope, I invite Collin County agriculture community in a way that to North Carolina. Last week, he went folks to join me this Saturday for a profoundly can only be done by those through several cities in my district, special event that I will be hosting— who are in it. including Jonesville, Hillsdale, Hudson, the inaugural ‘‘Honor our Stars and So, with this, we honor them today Adrian, and Blissfield. Stripes’’ flag retirement ceremony. I and their induction into the Western On Flag Day, as we commemorate hope you will join me for this unique North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Old Glory and the freedom and liberty program that honors our flag and our Fame. she represents, let’s also remember the country’s unique founding. brave men and women who fight in God bless America. I salute you. f harm’s way in defense of those free- f b 1215 doms. And when they get home, let’s CLOSE THE DEADLY LOOPHOLE IT IS TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT do everything we can to get our vet- erans the help they need for wounds, (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given (Mrs. LAWRENCE asked and was both seen and unseen. permission to address the House for 1 given permission to address the House f minute.) for 1 minute.) Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, like my Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise ORLANDO TRAGEDY colleagues and so many Americans, I today for a call to action. Over 200 (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked am horrified by the brutal act of terror years ago, when our Constitution was and was given permission to address that killed 49 people, including Tevin authored, it ignored the backbone of the House for 1 minute and to revise Crosby, a 25-year-old man from my dis- the American people: women, African and extend her remarks.) trict, and that wounded so many others Americans, Latinos, and even White Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. in Orlando. I stand with the loved ones men who did not own property. Speaker, I rise today in memory of of those lost and with the LGBT com- However, the beauty of our Constitu- those whose lives were lost in my home munity that has suffered this unimagi- tion and our democracy is our ability State at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. nable act of violence. to change. The power to amend the Floridians, Americans, and people You know, as our country works to United States Constitution is the around the world are in mourning heal from this latest deadliest mass power to protect and reflect the will of today, grieving for those young lives shooting ever, Congress has got to do the people. lost and for their families. its job. We can act on this floor to pro- Our forefathers could not anticipate When will this body finally say tect American citizens by making sure the introduction of assault rifles into ‘‘enough’’? Gun violence is a public that, if an individual is on the terrorist the United States. They could not an- health crisis, and we must do better. watch list, they cannot fly on a plane. ticipate that 32,000 Americans per year

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It is time for us meeting every week would get help. tanooga, Tennessee; Charleston, South once again to lead the world and put an He also helped a marginalized com- Carolina; Garland, Texas; Oak Creek, end to these horrendous attacks and vi- munity. In a very volatile time in Or- Wisconsin; and Fort Hood, Texas. olence that we have witnessed. Mr. ange County, the change of diversity Mother Emanuel, of course, is Charles- Speaker, it is time for Congress to act. was happening. He sat on the Orange ton, and then, of course, Newtown, f County Human Relations Commission where babies were murdered and and on the Anaheim Planning Commis- slaughtered. 100TH BIRTHDAY FOR BOEING sion, and he was an active member of This was a hateful crime, and more (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina the police chief’s advisory council and than one in three hate crimes end in vi- asked and was given permission to ad- helped to foster dialogue between the olence. It was Hispanics. It was the dress the House for 1 minute and to re- police and our community. LGBTQ community. Tell it what it is: vise and extend his remarks.) He fought for marginalized commu- hatefulness, terrorism. Pass the as- Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. nities and called out prejudices like sault weapons ban now. No fly, no buy Speaker, on July 15, the Boeing Com- Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. He is now. Time to act. It is immoral for us pany will mark their 100th birthday, a survived by his wife and his four chil- not to act. remarkable achievement for its em- dren. I am proud to have called him a f ployees, subcontractors, and entire friend. THE ORLANDO ATTACK WAS AN community. Boeing opened facilities in f North Charleston, South Carolina, cre- ACT OF HATE ating over 8,000 jobs directly and giving CONDEMNING THE HATEFUL (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given back to the community as a partner, ATTACKS IN ORLANDO permission to address the House for 1 such as sponsoring the Heritage Golf (Mr. BYRNE asked and was given minute and to revise and extend his re- Classic at Hilton Head Island. permission to address the House for 1 marks.) The impact of Boeing extends beyond minute.) Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise their facility. Many of their sub- Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to today with a heavy heart. This past contractors are located in the Second condemn the horrific terrorist attack weekend, our Nation suffered a terrible Congressional District, including Zeus in Orlando. This tragedy is a strike at attack in an Orlando nightclub. This of Orangeburg and Aiken, Prysmian of every single American, regardless of was an act of terror. This was an act of Lexington, Thermal Engineering of Co- your age, race, gender, sexual orienta- hate. This was an unacceptable, lumbia, and AGY of Aiken. Governor tion, location, or religious beliefs. Our unfathomable tragedy. Nikki Haley and the General Assembly, hearts go out to the wounded and their Our neighbors in Orlando remain in led by House Speaker Jay Lucas and families, but most especially to the our thoughts and prayers. As we mourn Senate President Hugh Leatherman, families and loved ones of all who were the tragic loss of life, we must stay have recognized the important mile- killed. laser-focused on rooting out radicals in stone by proclaiming June 1 as Boeing There is no room for hate in Amer- our Nation who heed the call to radical Impact Day across South Carolina. ica, and this ugly crime is the result of jihad and aim to harm our friends, Congratulations to the chairman, a coward following his own hate. It neighbors, and families. president, and CEO of the Boeing Com- doesn’t matter what the source of that We must provide law enforcement pany, Dennis Muilenburg; vice chair- hate was. It was and is an affront to and intelligence officers the tools they man Raymond Conner; and the execu- God himself. need within constitutional restraints tive vice president, Leanne Caret. In moments like this, it is my hope to prevent the spread of incitement to Thank you to all of the many dedicated that we can come together as a nation violence and to hunt down the radicals. team members of Boeing South Caro- and as a people instead of turning Protecting our homeland should never lina, especially the newly selected vice against one another. If we allow these be taken for granted. president, Joan Robinson-Berry, and attacks to pull us further apart, then In light of this tragedy, we must Beverly Wyse, who leads the Shared we have done exactly what the unite and stand firm against the evil in Services Group. Best wishes for your attacker intended to achieve. the world. Orlando, we are here for continued success creating jobs. So I hope every American will join you. In conclusion, God bless our troops me in condemning these hateful at- f and may the President, by his actions, tacks and pledge to stand together in CELEBRATING THE 90TH never forget September the 11th in the support of those who tragically lost BIRTHDAY OF HUGH MCMILLAN global war on terrorism. Today, more their lives. Islamic terrorist murders in Paris. f (Mr. KILMER asked and was given f permission to address the House for 1 IT IS TIME TO ACT minute.) REMEMBERING AMIN DAVID (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, Friday is (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- given permission to address the House a big day in my neck of the woods. It fornia asked and was given permission for 1 minute and to revise and extend is the day we are going to celebrate the to address the House for 1 minute and her remarks.) 90th birthday of Hugh McMillan. Hugh to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, if I is an absolute icon of our region and is Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- could every minute of the day offer to the definition of a servant. fornia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to those in Orlando who had to experience He served our country in the military honor a friend, a role model, a mentor, the most horrific terroristic mass and in the intelligence community, and Mr. Amin David. He passed away in his shooting in the United States, I would he served our community as the unoffi- home on May 21 of this year at the age do so every minute of the day. I would cial mayor of the Key Peninsula. That of 83. He was an immigrant from Mex- also do so, however, for others who is evidenced through his service in the ico, and his life quickly became the have suffered at the hands of those who Lions Club, who each year puts on a epitome of the American Dream. He have used guns violently and used guns Citizen of the Year ceremony to honor came here to California, ended up being illegally, for I am not ashamed to be those who make the Key Peninsula a an entrepreneur and owning businesses someone who understands the First better and stronger place. In fact, he and being such an integral part of Or- Amendment, the Second Amendment, served the community so well, he was ange County, California. and all amendments, to stand and say given the Service Above Self Award

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This reward is resolved into the Committee of the Whole group in the Peninsula School District certainly well deserved by Mr. Leggett House on the state of the Union for consider- and on the Peninsula Schools Edu- and Mr. Rogers. ation of the bill (H.R. 5293) making appro- cation Foundation board. He writes a Making the ceremony even more priations for the Department of Defense for Kids’ Corner column in the Peninsula unique is that Mr. Rogers and Mr. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. The first reading of the Gateway. Anytime there is a kid in our Leggett will be only the third and bill shall be dispensed with. All points of neck of the woods doing something fourth people from the American Le- order against consideration of the bill are cool, Hugh McMillan is there with a gion Post 9 who have been awarded the waived. General debate shall be confined to camera to take their picture and make Peace Medal. I am proud to recognize the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal- them feel special. these two veterans from the First Con- ly divided and controlled by the chair and I am just very grateful for all he does gressional District of Georgia, and I ranking minority member of the Committee on behalf of kids and on behalf of our thank them for their service to the on Appropriations. After general debate, the community and our country, and I am United States. Committee of the Whole shall rise without proud to call him a friend. motion. No further consideration of the bill f shall be in order except pursuant to a subse- f ELECTING A MEMBER TO CERTAIN quent order of the House. A DAUGHTER WILL NOT BE WITH SEC. 3. Section 10002 of H.R. 5293 shall be STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE considered to be a spending reduction ac- HER FATHER THIS FATHER’S DAY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES count for purposes of section 3(d) of House (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, by direc- Resolution 5. given permission to address the House tion of the Republican Conference, I SEC. 4. (a) During consideration of H.R. 5293, it shall not be in order to consider an for 1 minute and to revise and extend offer a privileged resolution and ask his remarks.) amendment proposing both a decrease in an for its immediate consideration. appropriation designated pursuant to section Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, a The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Texas father wrote me this week: lows: Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an ‘‘I heard your statements . . . about H. RES. 781 increase in an appropriation not so des- removing the so-called judge in the ignated, or vice versa. Resolved, That the following named Mem- (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an Stanford swimmer’s rape case. I do ber be, and is hereby, elected to the fol- hope you pursue this all the way to his amendment between the Houses. lowing standing committees of the House of SEC. 5. During consideration of H.R. 5293, elimination. Representatives: section 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution ‘‘As the father of a daughter that was COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECH- 11 shall not apply. raped a number of years ago while she NOLOGY: Mr. Davidson. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. COL- was jogging at night near a college COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. David- son. LINS of New York). The gentleman from campus in Texas, I would even consider Ohio is recognized for 1 hour. The resolution was agreed to. the death penalty for the perpetrator. Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, for the A motion to reconsider was laid on Why? Because that is what happened to purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- the table. my daughter. The feeling of violation tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman and uncleanness caused her to take her f from Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), own life in later years. The judge does PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION pending which I yield myself such time not know the meaning of rape and the as I may consume. During consider- effects it has on a female.’’ OF H.R. 5053, PREVENTING IRS ABUSE AND PROTECTING FREE ation of this resolution, all time yield- Mr. Speaker, the father is correct. ed is for the purpose of debate only. Rape victims live lives of quiet hope- SPEECH ACT; AND PROVIDING lessness and despair. That is why the FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. b 1230 5293, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE weak-kneed judges like the one in Cali- GENERAL LEAVE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 fornia need to be removed. Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask Sunday is Father’s Day, and I will be Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, by direc- unanimous consent that all Members with my 4 kids and 11 grandkids. The tion of the Committee on Rules, I call have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- father I referenced here will not be up House Resolution 778 and ask for its tend their remarks. with his daughter. We must deliver jus- immediate consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tice for rape victims, daughters, and The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- objection to the request of the gen- families because, Mr. Speaker, justice lows: tleman from Ohio? is what we do in America. H. RES. 778 There was no objection. And that is just the way it is. Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, on Mon- f lution it shall be in order to consider in the day, the Rules Committee met and re- House the bill (H.R. 5053) to amend the Inter- ported a rule for H.R. 5053, the Pre- HONORING LEON LEGGETT AND nal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Sec- venting IRS Abuse and Protecting Free HERBERT ROGERS retary of the Treasury from requiring that Speech Act, and H.R. 5293, the fiscal (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and the identity of contributors to 501(c) organi- year 2017 Department of Defense Ap- was given permission to address the zations be included in annual returns. All propriations Act. House Resolution 778 House for 1 minute and to revise and points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in provides a closed rule for consideration extend his remarks.) the nature of a substitute recommended by of H.R. 5053 and a general debate rule Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- the Committee on Ways and Means now for H.R. 5293. er, I rise today in honor of Leon printed in the bill, an amendment in the na- The resolution provides 1 hour of de- Leggett and Herbert Rogers, two dis- ture of a substitute consisting of the text of bate equally divided between the chair tinguished American veterans who Rules Committee Print 114-58 shall be con- and ranking minority member of the served in the Korean war from 1950 to sidered as adopted. The bill, as amended, Committee on Ways and Means for 1953. shall be considered as read. All points of H.R. 5053, and 1 hour equally divided On June 25, the American Legion’s order against provisions in the bill, as between the chair and ranking minor- amended, are waived. The previous question Post 9 in the First Congressional Dis- shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as ity member of the Committee on Ap- trict of Georgia will present both men amended, and on any further amendment propriations for H.R. 5293. The resolu- with South Korea’s Ambassador of thereto, to final passage without intervening tion also provides for a motion to re- Peace Medal. motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally commit for H.R. 5053, with or without

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We stood here and, for 10 nonprofit organizations are required to zations at the Internal Revenue Serv- seconds, had a moment of silence. collect personally identifiable informa- ice has publicly stated that the IRS is One of our leaders, Mr. CLYBURN, tion on what are known as substantial considering removing Schedule B sought to get the Speaker’s attention donors and report that information to themselves. Let me repeat that. This is to ask a question. Basically, the ques- the IRS. Substantial donors are defined a democratically appointed Director of tion was: Is that it? What about legis- as individuals who donate $5,000 or Exempt Organizations at the Internal lation? What about action to prevent more to an organization during the Revenue Service. This individual said these types of tragedies from hap- course of the calendar year. that the IRS is considering removing pening in the future? He was gaveled Normally, that information is re- Schedule B themselves. That is exactly down. ported by 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organi- what this bill does. That makes this a There was a lot of outrage here on zations. However, the IRS expanded the bipartisan bill. the House floor, and I think justifiably substantial reporting requirement to I hope my colleagues will support so. We have been on this floor calling all tax-exempt organizations through this measure. It makes sense. for moments of silence after terrible the use of Form 990. The second underlying bill is the De- tragedies like the one in Orlando again The security of personal information partment of Defense Appropriations and again and again. It is not enough. of American taxpayers is vital. The Act for fiscal year 2017. The legislation Surely, this Congress, Democrats and IRS doesn’t normally make this infor- includes $517 billion for our national Republicans, can come together and do mation public, yet there have been in- security, a slight increase over last more than just have a moment of si- stances involving IRS employees im- year’s enacted level. lence. properly accessing this information The legislation includes $58.6 billion Mr. CLYBURN was asking about and even releasing it to the public. One in funding to fight the global war on whether or not we could bring to the particular instance saw the National terror, which includes funding for our floor the bill that basically says that, Organization for Marriage have its forces in the field as well as support to if you are a suspected terrorist and you donor list information publicly dis- key allies to resist aggression from na- are on the FBI’s no-fly list, then you closed in 2012. tion-states and terrorist groups. ought not to be able to go into a gun In California, Mr. Speaker, the State The bill includes a small 2.1 percent store and buy a weapon of war, could attorney general wanted to require pay raise for our military, which is that come up for a debate and could we that the information reported is made more than the 1.6 percent requested by have a vote on that. He was also going to raise the issue public, which prompted a lawsuit. In the administration, and it includes $34 about whether or not we can revisit April of this year, the U.S. district billion for the Defense Health Program legislation that would call for a ban on court ruled that requiring an organiza- to provide care for our troops, their assault weapons. The weapon that this tion to disclose its donor list is uncon- families, and retired members of the killer used was an assault weapon, and stitutional. armed services. it was perfectly legal for him to buy. Is My colleagues on the other side of Important investments in cancer re- it worth a discussion as to whether or the aisle may make the accusation search, traumatic brain injury, psycho- not we ought to place limits on the that this bill will allow for a flood of logical health research, and suicide purchase of such weapons? foreign money into our elections. Mr. prevention outreach as well as sexual He was also going to raise the issue Speaker, this argument rings hollow assault prevention programs are also about whether or not we could pass the for two reasons. included in this bill. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a bill that First, we have laws on the books to A well-equipped, well-trained, effec- would prevent criminals who have been specifically protect against that very tive military providing for the common convicted of misdemeanor assaults thing. It is called the Bank Secrecy defense of our Nation is our most basic against a victim based on his or her Act. Federal regulations under that constitutional responsibility. This bill race, religion, gender, sexual orienta- law require every bank to file informa- helps preserve our military as the most tion, or disability from causing further tion with the Treasury Department capable and superior armed force in the harm with a gun. and report any suspicious transactions world, while providing funds necessary This is common sense, and both par- relevant to a possible violation of law to fight America’s enemies abroad. ties need to come together and take ac- or regulation. H.R. 5053 does not While there will be amendments of- tion. For the life of me, I can’t under- change the Bank Secrecy Act or those fered by colleagues on both sides of the stand why there is a hesitancy by the regulations in any way. aisle in the days to come, Mr. Speaker, leadership of this House to grapple Second, and more importantly, the the rule here today is only for general with some of these issues. It is just not IRS doesn’t even have authority to debate of the overall bill. I look for- enough to come here after terrible share this information with the two or- ward to continuing the debate on these tragedies like the one in Orlando, ganizations that enforce campaign fi- policies with our House colleagues, and where 49 people lost their lives and 53 nance laws: the Federal Election Com- I urge support for the underlying bills. were wounded, and just have a moment mission and the Department of Justice. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of of silence. It is becoming an empty ges- So only in limited circumstances in my time. ture. We need to follow it up with ac- which there is already evidence of a Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield tion. criminal act can these tax privacy laws myself such time as I may consume, The American people, I don’t care allow the IRS to share this informa- and I want to thank the gentleman what their political ideology or polit- tion. The problem is the IRS doesn’t from Ohio (Mr. STIVERS) for yielding ical party may be, want us to do some- share this information anyway. It is up me the customary 30 minutes. thing. Instead, all we can do is have a to the Federal Election Commission (Mr. MCGOVERN asked and was moment of silence. I would just say to and the Justice Department to enforce given permission to revise and extend my colleagues: It is not enough. It is those laws, and they do so already. his remarks.) time for action. Mr. Speaker, I agree with the district Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, before Mr. Speaker, getting to this rule, I court ruling because American citizens I get into the substance of the rule and rise in strong opposition to the rule, have a right under the First Amend- the underlying bills that the rule which provides for consideration of ment to free speech and free associa- would allow to be considered, I do want H.R. 5053, the so-called Preventing IRS tion. The IRS has demonstrated in the to take a moment to reflect on what Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act, past that many of their employees do happened yesterday here in the House under a completely closed process. No not adequately protect personally iden- of Representatives. amendments can be made in order.

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For me, this is not just a matter of are not going to fund them for an en- When Speaker RYAN was elected to principle, it is a matter of the Con- tire year. preside over the House, he made a stitution of the United States and the Now, the last piece of irony to this promise to return to regular order. He role and responsibility of the United disgusting set of gimmicks is that this promised to fix this broken House by States Congress. It is also the duty type of prohibition in a rule is rarely, making changes to the process by that we owe every single one of our if ever, seen. which the House does business. He men and women in uniform, to either Why, you ask, Mr. Speaker? promised to ‘‘open up the process,’’ to formally authorize their mission, or to Well, because that type of guidance is ‘‘let people participate.’’ He said it bring them back home to the comfort generally outlined in a budget resolu- would be a ‘‘relief’’ to the American and security of their families. tion. You know, Mr. Speaker, the budget people if we were to get our act to- Over the years, we have had a few de- resolution that the Republican leader- gether. bates on this serious issue, and often ship hasn’t brought to the House floor Well, unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, we those opposed to bringing forward an this year because it can’t get a con- are light-years away from regular AUMF will argue that we can’t put in sensus out of its cantankerous caucus, order and have yet to get our act to- jeopardy the support of our troops. and can’t corral enough votes to even gether. We are here on the floor of this Well, Mr. Speaker, for those Members who are concerned about cutting off pass a budget resolution. House considering another two pieces Enough is enough, Mr. Speaker. We funds for our troops, they must stand of legislation under rules that violate need to bring forward an AUMF for up and be counted and oppose this rule the Speaker’s promise of an open proc- Iraq and Syria, and if we continue to and the underlying Defense Appropria- ess for both the majority and the mi- fail to do so, then we should bring our nority. tions bill. troops home. If the Members of this H.R. 5293 cuts the funds in the over- b 1245 House can sit here safe and sound, then seas contingency operations account so so should our troops. And we should This week, the Republican leadership badly that it is estimated that all stop purposely robbing the funding for has chosen to shut down the appropria- funds for all U.S. military engagements tions process even further, with the our troops and using that money for in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and else- their pet projects and weapons systems majority on the Rules Committee indi- where will run out on or around the cating that they will issue a structured in the base budget. end of next April. Lastly, let me just say a few words rule for consideration of amendments Now, Mr. Speaker, you may recall about the other bill that we are consid- to the FY17 Defense Appropriations that the defense authorization bill ac- ering this week, to constrain the Inter- bill. tually sets a date for this national se- nal Revenue Service’s ability to en- Now I am saddened by the recent curity disaster: April 30, 2017. And force our tax laws and reduce trans- events that have led to the shutdown of while the authors of the Defense Ap- parency. the appropriations process, and by the propriations bill are too coy to name a H.R. 5053 removes one of the only fact that my conservative Republican date, the amount of money is so lim- tools available to ensuring that foreign colleagues voted down their own appro- ited that it is guaranteed to run out money is not illegally spent by tax-ex- priations bill because it included an just about this time. empt groups in our elections, and I amendment to protect LGBT rights, Now the Republican leadership is strongly oppose this most recent effort which was adopted during consider- gambling that the next President and to unleash a new flood of unlimited, ation of the Energy and Water Develop- the next Congress will pass a supple- anonymous, unaccountable money into ment Appropriations bill a few weeks mental appropriations bill to fund all our political system. ago. these wars through the remainder of My colleague mentioned that this But I shouldn’t be surprised. Last fiscal year 2017, just scarcely 2 months was about people being able to give summer, the appropriations process after being sworn into office. freely to charitable organizations. The was upended because some of my con- Even I, as someone who does not sup- charitable organizations that they are servative colleagues refused to vote for port these wars, can see that this is referring to are groups like Crossroads legislation that banned the display of crazy. GPS, Americans for Prosperity, Amer- the Confederate flag. So this is just How can anyone stand up and say ican Future Fund, funded by—these are more of the same dysfunction and mis- that they support the troops, and then the groups headed by Karl Rove and placed priorities from this Republican support a bill that knowingly, delib- the Koch brothers. majority. erately, willfully cuts them off at the The Koch brothers sent a nice letter Mr. Speaker, Republicans have yet to knees at the beginning of next year? to all of us asking us to support this issue a single open rule this Congress, And why did the Republican majority, legislation with one goal in mind, to and we are now beginning a process with eyes wide open, take such a cal- basically keep the American people in that further restricts what little oppor- culated move? the dark. They don’t want you to know tunity we once had to offer amend- Well, they did it to pump up the all the money that is being pumped in ments under a modified-open appro- funding of some of their favorite pet to influence our elections and who is priations process. projects in the defense base budget. giving that money. They want to keep And let me say a few words about the They stole $15.17 billion of OCO funds— the American people in the dark. Department of Defense Appropriations that is nearly 27 percent of the OCO I think the one lesson on both the Act bill that we are set to consider this budget—funds that were supposed to Democratic side and the Republican week. fund our troops, their equipment, and side during this Presidential campaign Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues know, their supplies for an entire fiscal year, that is clear, people want us to open up I oppose and I have been deeply trou- and boosted the base budget. the process. They think this process bled by these endless wars, by con- To take this hypocrisy another step has been corrupted by money. And tinuing to send tens of billions of dol- further, the rule that we are debating rather than opening up the process, lars each year to fund U.S. military op- right now forbids any amendments this is shutting the process down, shut- erations and wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, from being offered that would take ting transparency, and I think that Syria, Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere. money from the base budget and put it goes against what both Democrats and In the cases of Afghanistan, and espe- back into OCO, not even to fund our Republicans want. cially Iraq and Syria, I believe that troops for 5 months until the end of the I urge my colleagues to defeat the this Congress has failed in its most sol- fiscal year. rule and the underlying legislation.

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Any check will be gone and there will be no Really quickly, on the IRS bill, it is Force completes this recapitalization already the interpretation of the Fed- way to hold a group and foreign donor ac- program. countable for illegally spending foreign eral district court that these contribu- Lastly, this bill also provides support money in U.S. elections. tions should not be made public; that to the Army’s combat aviation bri- House members should vote against elimi- donor lists should not be made public gades through additional AH–64 Apache nating the existing check against foreign because people have a right to free as- helicopters, and the Air Force’s airlift countries, foreign companies and foreign in- sociation and free speech. These are capacity is strengthened under the en- dividuals spending money illegally to influ- constitutional rights. So to argue that gine enhancement programs for C–130s. ence our elections. We strongly urge you vote to protect the this information that is not allowed to Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN and the integrity of U.S. elections by voting against be made public is somehow going to Defense Appropriations Committee lead to a flood of foreign money, is H.R. 5053. have, again, done a tremendous job on Brennan Center for Justice, Campaign nonsense. making the difficult decisions to Legal Center, Center for Responsive Also, again, I will reiterate that the prioritize what is most needed for our Politics, Common Cause, CREW, De- Bank Secrecy Act is in place to make Armed Forces. I commend the sub- mocracy 21, Every Voice, Issue One, sure that that does not happen. So I committee on their work. League of Women Voters, Public Cit- just wanted to quickly dispel with Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield izen, Sunlight Foundation, The that. myself such time as I may consume. Rootstrikers Project at Demand Progress, Represent.Us. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD gentleman from Georgia (Mr. CARTER), a letter signed by a number of reform Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, if we who is a distinguished member of the organizations that are organized to defeat the previous question, I will Homeland Security Committee. protect the public from the big money offer an amendment to the rule to Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- and from foreign donations, from the bring up bipartisan legislation that er, I rise today to speak on H.R. 5293, League of Women Voters, to Public would bar the sale of firearms and ex- the fiscal year 2017 Department of De- Citizen, to Common Cause, to the Cam- plosives to those on the FBI’s terrorist fense Appropriations Act, and to recog- paign Legal Center, the Center for Re- watch list. nize the hard work that the House Ap- sponsive Politics, Brennan Center for It is unconscionable that the major- propriations Committee’s Defense Sub- Justice, and so on. There are many ity in this House has repeatedly re- committee has put into this bill. more. fused to even debate closing such a I would also like to thank Chairman I want to submit for the RECORD the glaring loophole, which continues to FRELINGHUYSEN and all the members of letter they sent to every Member of allow suspected terrorists to legally the subcommittee and the Rules Com- Congress saying, vote ‘‘no’’ on the Ros- buy firearms. mittee for their work on this bill. kam bill, and vote against opening The country can simply not wait any This legislation represents an oppor- longer for this Congress to act. And if tunity for Members on both sides of the loopholes for foreign money. These organizations believe that we my friends want to vote against it, aisle to work together to provide our are opening a loophole for more foreign then they can vote against it. But de- Armed Forces the resources they need money into our political system. And if nying the ability of this legislation to to keep our country and Americans that is what you want, then support come to the floor, I think, is just safe. We ask the courageous men and the bill. I personally do not, and ask wrong. women who volunteer in our Armed that that be part of the RECORD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- Forces to confront global terrorism, sent to insert the text of the amend- and we must give them the tools to do REFORM GROUPS URGE NO VOTE ON ROSKAM BILL, H.R. 5053—VOTE AGAINST OPENING ment in the RECORD along with extra- so. LOOPHOLE FOR FOREIGN MONEY neous material immediately prior to This year’s Defense Appropriations the vote on the previous question. bill, H.R. 5293, funds the programs that June 13, 2016. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: Our organizations The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there are not only essential to our national strongly urge you to oppose H.R. 5053, Rep- objection to the request of the gen- security, but critical to the welfare of resentative Peter Roskam’s bill that would tleman from Massachusetts? our military personnel. eliminate the requirement for 501(c) groups There was no objection. The Ohio Replacement Program is to disclose their donors to the IRS. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, to dis- set to become the most dominant leg of Our organizations include the Brennan our nuclear triad and is vital to our nu- Center for Justice, Campaign Legal Center, cuss our proposal, I yield 5 minutes to clear deterrence. This bill progresses Center for Responsive Politics, Common the gentleman from California (Mr. that project. Cause, CREW, Democracy 21, Every Voice, THOMPSON). Townsend Bombing Range is being Issue One, League of Women Voters, Public Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Citizen, Sunlight Foundation, The Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule expanded to accommodate the needs of Rootstrikers Project at Demand Progress the new fifth generation fighters com- today and ask that we defeat the pre- and Represent.Us. vious question. ing online, and offers a unique training The Roskam bill would open the door wide aspect for those planes located on the for secret money from foreign donors to be The IRS portion of this bill that is East Coast. This bill helps to clear up illegally laundered into federal elections included in the rule, the debate regard- ongoing airspace concerns. through 501(c)(4) and other 501(c) groups. ing that, is nothing more than a polit- The A–10s, the most lethal close air Foreign money cannot be legally spent in ical messaging debate, and it is politi- support aircraft in the Air Force’s in- U.S. elections, but it can be given to 501(c) cally charged, and it really has no groups and they can spend money in our place on this floor today, given the se- ventory, will continue to be funded, en- elections. These groups are not required to suring our warfighters get the close-in riousness of this underlying issue that disclose their donors publicly, but they are the gentleman from Massachusetts just air operations they need. required to make non-public disclosure of Cyber is, and will continue to be, a their donors to the IRS. spoke about. major issue for our military, and I This disclosure to the IRS is the only pro- The American people don’t need more commend the committee’s focus on es- tection citizens have to prevent 501(c)(4) and partisan politics. The American people tablishing cyber protection teams and other 501(c) groups being used to illegally need a Congress that will stand up and partnerships with public universities. spend foreign money in our elections. The take action to help keep Americans End-strength has been another recur- fact that 501(c) groups are required to dis- safe from a number of things, one of close their donors to the IRS means the the most important of which is gun vi- ring issue, and this bill provides the groups know that donor information is avail- necessary funding to reduce the strain able as an accountability check against ille- olence in their neighborhoods and in on the men and women who serve. gal conduct. their communities. Warfighters have also relied on the If donor disclosure to the IRS by 501(c) Thirty people are killed every day by Joint Surveillance Target Attack groups is eliminated, however, as the Ros- someone using a gun in our country. In

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.028 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3773 the 3 years since Sandy Hook, there we rally our national security, and and ensuring that the Global Response have been over 1,000 mass shootings, that is peace through strength; that is, Force has proper funding. All of these, and more than 34,000 people have been we look to deter potential adversaries, Mr. Speaker, are going to help killed by someone using a gun. always prepared, in the event that de- strengthen the hand of diplomats. Every time these tragedies take terrence fails, to fight and prevail to When you look at our strengths, they place, the response from my friends on win and to protect our people. are instantiated in our founding docu- the Republican side of the aisle is the As part of this concept of deterrence, ments. On our best day, other coun- same. Thoughts and prayers are sent it is critically important at this junc- tries want to be like us. It is the free- and moments of silence are held, but ture, in my view, that we provide the dom and it is the prosperity that comes no real action is taken. resources necessary to revitalize our from arraying power the way that we In the 3 years since Sandy Hook, we Armed Forces. We are coming through do. Of course, all of this is relying on have held 30 moments of silence after a a very long period of focus on counter- the principle of deterrence. This bill is terrible tragedy such as the one that insurgency operations in Iraq and Af- very important toward that end. just occurred in Orlando. ghanistan. Much needs to be done. I Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my col- b 1300 think this bill does quite a bit on that league and friend, Mr. STIVERS, yield- score. ing time. I urge my colleagues to sup- But we haven’t taken a single vote I want to thank the chairman and port the House Defense Appropriations on legislation that would help keep the ranking member for their work on bill. guns out of dangerous hands. it. I also want to express my gratitude Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I advise One of the simplest solutions we have for them to include the bill that I au- the gentleman from Massachusetts put forward to help keep Americans thored that deals with end strength of that I have no more speakers, and I am safe is legislation to prohibit those on our Armed Forces. This is the POS- prepared to close. the FBI’s terrorist watch list from TURE Act. It is supported by 52 of my Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of being able to legally purchase firearms. colleagues. It is a bipartisan piece of my time. Today, individuals on the FBI’s ter- legislation. In fact, I authored it with Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield rorist watch list can go into a gun Chairman TURNER, MIKE TURNER from myself the balance of my time. store anyplace in the United States of the House Armed Services Committee, Mr. Speaker, there are 1,000 reasons America and buy a firearm of their and Representative TIM WALZ, the to be opposed to this rule. One is that choosing legally. As a matter of fact, highest ranking enlisted man to ever it brings forward two bills that are since this watch list has been estab- serve in this Chamber, a Democrat deeply flawed. lished, over 2,000 individuals on the ter- from Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD rorist watch list have gone into gun This bill effectively stops the draw- The New York Times editorial against stores across the country and legally down that is planned over the next 2 the Roskam bill, ‘‘Dark Money and an purchased firearms. I think that is years. Right now we have end strength I.R.S. Blindfold.’’ wrong. It is dangerous, it is unaccept- numbers that essentially match where able, and it makes our country less [From the New York Times Editorial, Apr. we were on September 11, 2001. If the 28, 2016] safe. administration’s plan is allowed to go DARK MONEY AND AN I.R.S. BLINDFOLD I have bipartisan legislation that I into effect, we are looking at handing (By the Editorial Board) have offered with my Republican friend out approximately 70,000 pink slips be- and colleague, PETER KING from New tween now and 2018, bringing down the It is plainly illegal for foreigners to con- tribute to American political campaigns. York, that would prohibit those on the size of our Armed Forces. terrorist watch list from being able to But reform groups are warning that the ban Now is not the time to be doing that, would be gravely undermined by a little-no- purchase a firearm legally in our coun- as we deal with Russia, China, North ticed bill advanced Thursday by Republicans try. Korea, Iran, and certainly the Islamic on the House Ways and Means Committee. The American people are overwhelm- State. We have lots of challenges out It would alter the current tax code provi- ingly in support of this, and if House there, and if we are going to reassert sion that, while permitting the identity of Republicans agree that suspected ter- peace through strength, strengthening donors to 501(c) ‘‘social welfare’’ groups to be rorists shouldn’t be able to legally buy the hand of our diplomats, I think it is kept firmly secret from the public, requires that the donors be privately identified to In- guns, then let’s take a vote. Vote it up critically important that we don’t con- or down, but give the American people ternal Revenue Service officials responsible tinue on that drawdown of our land for enforcing the law. Politically oriented the right to have this measure voted forces and of our forces in the Depart- groups claiming dubious exemptions as ‘‘so- on. ment of Defense. cial welfare’’ nonprofits have proliferated in Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 So I appreciate the leadership’s in- recent elections, allowing donors—including minutes to the distinguished gen- cluding this bill that I have authored publicity-shy campaign backers—to work tleman from New York (Mr. GIBSON). with my colleagues in the House De- from the shadows. The gentleman was a colonel in the fense Appropriations bill. It was crit- Under the proposal, the I.R.S. would no longer be told the identities of contributors United States Army, a member of the ical that it come with the resources, Armed Services Committee, and a to these nonprofits. Watchdog groups warn because you just can’t increase end in a letter to the House that this would great American. strength. It has to come with the ‘‘open the door wide for secret, unaccount- Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Speaker, I want to money to do that. This committee did able money from foreign governments, for- thank my friend and colleague, Mr. that, and I appreciate that. eign corporations and foreign individuals to STIVERS, for yielding time. I also great- I also want to say there are impor- be illegally laundered into federal elec- ly appreciate his work on the com- tant provisions in here to reassure our tions.’’ The letter, signed by the Brennan mittee and his service to our Nation. allies, the European Reassurance Ini- Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Cen- We appreciate the sacrifices that he tiative. It is funded here along with the ter, Democracy 21 and five other groups, has rendered on our behalf and also stressed that the disclosure requirement is Global Response Force, and a pay raise one of the few ways of guarding against for- from his family. for our servicemen and -women. They eigners influencing American elections. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support richly deserve this. Representative Peter Roskam, the bill’s of the House Defense Appropriations The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. sponsor, dismissed the reform groups’ warn- bill, a very important piece of legisla- MCCLINTOCK). The time of the gen- ing, saying the I.R.S. ‘‘has a miserable track tion that provides the resources for our tleman has expired. record when it comes to safeguarding sen- servicemen and -women to defend this Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, 1 yield sitive data’’ and a history of targeting con- cherished way of life and to protect our the gentleman from New York an addi- servative nonprofits that are critical of ad- people. We are reminded of that after ministration policies. His office insisted that tional 1 minute. ending the disclosure requirement would not this devastating terrorist attack this Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Speaker, I want to affect the foreign-donation ban, but the re- past weekend. say how important it is that we bring form groups sensibly ask who else could Mr. Speaker, dating back to the forward all these initiatives: preserving monitor what has become a runaway system founding, we had a principle by which our end strength, reassuring our allies, of big-money stealth politicking.

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I the Democrats’ Priorities USA Action, which in the amendment process that we will think the American people—and this aided in President Obama’s re-election cam- have the opportunity to debate some of goes beyond political affiliation—are paign, have followed suit in claiming ‘‘social these issues. But if history is any indi- getting sick of our inaction on this welfare’’ status. In the last four years, more cation, the answer is probably not. stuff. I should just say, if my friends than $500 million in secretive election con- Finally, I am urging my colleagues are afraid of the NRA, according to a tributions has been netted by those using the to defeat the previous question. Quite ploy. 2012 poll, 71 percent of current or Amid fierce Republican criticism, the frankly, instead of these flawed bills, former NRA members and 80 percent of I.R.S. has grown ever more gun-shy about we should be debating how to prevent other gun owners support preventing enforcement, with Tea Party and other more tragedies like the one that took people on a terrorist watch list from right-wing groups accusing tax officials of place in Orlando. purchasing guns. bias in daring to investigate conservative If we defeat the previous question, we I don’t know what it is going to take, ‘‘social welfare’’ claims. As I.R.S. wariness will bring up a bill that is a bipartisan but I will tell you this: the outrage is grows, so does the attraction of 501(c)s for bill that would simply say that, if you donors more interested in stealth politicking already beyond description here on the than charity work. Enabling foreigners to are on an FBI watch list so you are un- House floor of people who are simply join this dark money debacle would be disas- able to fly, then you should be unable tired of our inaction. trous. to buy a gun at a gun store. It is that So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my col- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I will simple. leagues on both sides of the aisle to de- read the opening paragraph: ‘‘It is I don’t quite understand why that is feat the previous question so we can plainly illegal for foreigners to con- such a big deal. If the FBI believes that actually have a debate and vote on tribute to American political cam- you are potentially dangerous so that something that might save some lives, paigns. But reform groups are warning they will not allow you to fly on an and also vote against the rule. that the ban would be gravely under- airplane, then how in the world can we Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance mined by a little-noticed bill’’—which allow that person to go into a gun store of my time. is this bill—‘‘advanced Thursday by and buy a gun? And not just any gun; Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Republicans on the House Ways and they can buy an assault weapon. It is myself the balance of my time. Means Committee.’’ crazy. The gentleman makes an impas- This is basically saying that this We have tried, on numerous occa- sioned argument, but today’s rule is opens up a loophole that, quite frankly, sions, to bring this issue to the floor, about two bills. It is about a bill that can be very, very dangerous. So I urge and House Republicans have voted 11 will prevent IRS abuse and make sure my colleagues that if this rule gets times—11 times—to block the bipar- that our citizens have a right to free passed, that they would vote against tisan No Fly, No Buy legislation that speech and free association that they this bill. was originally authored by my Repub- are guaranteed under the First Amend- Again, as I mentioned on the Defense lican colleague, Congressman PETER ment of the Constitution. Appropriations bill, it is a bill that is KING. I thought it was really interesting based on budget gimmicks, and it is Since taking control of the House in that he read a portion of The New York also a bill that continues to fund end- 2011, my Republican friends have dras- Times editorial that is very clear to less wars without having any author- tically cut the resources available for say that reform groups claim that this ization from this Congress. We have law enforcement, slashing the COPS bill does X. The editorial writer did not not voted on an AUMF for the most re- program, which includes COPS hiring, make the claim that it happened or cent war in Iraq and in Syria. I find it COPS technology, interoperability, et that it will happen; he made the claim unconscionable that we have no prob- cetera, by 64 percent. We need to re- that reform groups claim it will happen lem just putting these wars on auto- spond to these terrible tragedies and because the editorial writer can’t matic pilot and having our brave men make sure that our communities have verify the validity of it, and it is sim- and women in uniform in harm’s way, what they need to keep people safe. ply not true. and we don’t even have the guts to de- According to the Government Ac- The Bank Secrecy Act will make bate it. countability Office, as my colleague sure, as it does today, that foreign We have tried and tried and tried and from California (Mr. THOMPSON) point- money is kept out of our elections. The tried on various bills—on authorization ed out, more than 2,000 suspects on the Federal Election Commission, which is bills and on appropriations bills—to be FBI’s terrorist watch list have success- responsible for enforcing our election able to have that debate. There is al- fully purchased weapons in the United laws, will continue to enforce our elec- ways an excuse—oh, it is a different States—more than 2,000. These are peo- tion laws. committee jurisdiction; oh, we have to ple who can’t fly on airplanes because give it more than 10 minutes; oh, we they are suspected of being terrorists, b 1315 have to do this, we have to do that— but they can go in and buy a firearm. In fact, no one knows what Schedule but this is our constitutional responsi- More than 90 percent of all suspected B is used for. Today it has no real pur- bility. We have time to vote on all terrorists who attempted to purchase pose. The IRS’ Director of Exempt Or- these other bills that, quite frankly, guns in the last 11 years walked away ganizations has publicly stated that are going nowhere that are political with the weapon they wanted, with just they are considering doing away with messaging pieces written at the Na- 190 rejected, despite their ominous his- Schedule B themselves. That is all the tional Republican Congressional Com- tory. first bill does. mittee, but we can’t find the time to This legislation that we want to The second bill we are talking about debate these wars to clarify what our bring to the floor—just so there is no is providing for funding for our troops. mission is—these wars that our brave misunderstanding here—was originally It is the DOD authorization for funding men and women in uniform have been crafted in 2007 and endorsed by Presi- for 2017. The gentleman talks about put in harm’s way to deal with? dent Bush’s Justice Department. It has some other issues, but if we don’t fund Come on. At some point, we have to bipartisan support in the House and is it, we are the ones doing nothing. If we find the courage to debate this. If peo- supported by prominent Republicans don’t fund our troops, we are the ones ple think these wars are the right way and counterterrorism and law enforce- doing nothing. We have an obligation to go or they want to expand Presi- ment experts. Yet we can’t find the to fund our troops to provide for the dential authority, then that is how you time to bring it to the floor. All we can common defense. We need to make sure do it. If people like me think our mili- do in the aftermath of terrible mas- we do that. That is what this bill does, tary footprint is too big in the Middle sacres like the one in Orlando is come and I want to make sure we do that.

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That is as of scribes the vote on the previous question on previous question will be followed by 5- May—halfway through this year. In the the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the minute votes on adopting the resolu- consideration of the subject before the House 113th Congress, the majority allowed tion, if ordered, and suspending the 1,545 amendments to be considered. being made by the Member in charge.’’ To defeat the previous question is to give the rules and passing H.R. 5049. When the gentleman from Massachu- opposition a chance to decide the subject be- The vote was taken by electronic de- setts was in the majority in the 111th fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s vice, and there were—yeas 236, nays Congress, his party only allowed 778 ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that 171, not voting 27, as follows: amendments during the entire 111th ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- Congress. The gentleman’s claims ring mand for the previous question passes the [Roll No. 299] a little hollow. Maybe where you stand control of the resolution to the opposition’’ YEAS—236 depends on where you sit. in order to offer an amendment. On March Abraham Guinta Pearce I will say that these are important 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Aderholt Guthrie Perry fered a rule resolution. The House defeated Allen Hanna Peterson bills. The rule will make sure that we the previous question and a member of the Amash Hardy Pittenger can fully fund our national defense and opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, Amodei Harper Pitts make sure that we look out for the asking who was entitled to recognition. Babin Harris Poe (TX) constitutional rights of our citizens. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: Barletta Hartzler Poliquin ‘‘The previous question having been refused, Barr Heck (NV) Pompeo Those are two very important things. I Barton Hensarling Posey don’t argue with the gentleman that the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- Benishek Hice, Jody B. Price, Tom there may be other things we want to gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Bilirakis Hill Ratcliffe yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Bishop (MI) Holding Reed talk about, but those things are impor- the first recognition.’’ Black Hudson Reichert tant, and that is what today is about, The Republican majority may say ‘‘the Blackburn Huelskamp Renacci that is what this 1 hour of debate is vote on the previous question is simply a Blum Huizenga (MI) Ribble about, and that is what the 2 hours the vote on whether to proceed to an immediate Bost Hultgren Rice (SC) vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] Boustany Hurd (TX) Rigell rule provides are about. Brady (TX) Hurt (VA) Roby Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to has no substantive legislative or policy im- Brat Issa Roe (TN) support the rule and the underlying plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what Bridenstine Jenkins (KS) Rogers (AL) they have always said. Listen to the Repub- bills. Brooks (AL) Jenkins (WV) Rogers (KY) lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative Brooks (IN) Johnson (OH) Rohrabacher The material previously referred to Process in the United States House of Rep- Buchanan Johnson, Sam Rooney (FL) by Mr. MCGOVERN is as follows: resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s Buck Jolly Ros-Lehtinen AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 778 OFFERED BY how the Republicans describe the previous Bucshon Jones Roskam Burgess MR. MCGOVERN question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- Jordan Ross Byrne Joyce Rothfus At the end of the resolution, add the fol- though it is generally not possible to amend Calvert Katko Rouzer lowing new sections: the rule because the majority Member con- Carter (GA) Kelly (MS) Royce SEC. 6. Immediately upon adoption of this trolling the time will not yield for the pur- Carter (TX) Kelly (PA) Russell resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to pose of offering an amendment, the same re- Chabot King (IA) Salmon clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- Chaffetz King (NY) Scalise resolved into the Committee of the Whole vious question on the rule . . . When the mo- Clawson (FL) Kinzinger (IL) Schweikert House on the state of the Union for consider- tion for the previous question is defeated, Coffman Kline Scott, Austin Cole Knight Sensenbrenner ation of the bill (H.R. 1076) to increase public control of the time passes to the Member Collins (GA) LaHood Sessions safety by permitting the Attorney General who led the opposition to ordering the pre- Collins (NY) LaMalfa Shimkus to deny the transfer of a firearm or the vious question. That Member, because he Conaway Lamborn Shuster issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to then controls the time, may offer an amend- Cook Lance Simpson a known or suspected dangerous terrorist. ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of Costello (PA) Latta Smith (MO) The first reading of the bill shall be dis- amendment.’’ Cramer LoBiondo Smith (NE) pensed with. All points of order against con- In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House Crawford Long Smith (NJ) of Representatives, the subchapter titled Crenshaw Loudermilk Smith (TX) sideration of the bill are waived. General de- Culberson Love Stefanik bate shall be confined to the bill and shall ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal Curbelo (FL) Lucas Stewart not exceed one hour equally divided and con- to order the previous question on such a rule Davidson Luetkemeyer Stivers trolled by the chair and ranking minority [a special rule reported from the Committee Davis, Rodney Lummis Stutzman member of the Committee on the Judiciary. on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- Denham MacArthur Thompson (PA) After general debate the bill shall be consid- ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- Dent Marchant Thornberry ered for amendment under the five-minute tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- DeSantis Marino Tiberi jection of the motion for the previous ques- DesJarlais Massie Tipton rule. All points of order against provisions in Diaz-Balart McCarthy Trott the bill are waived. At the conclusion of con- tion on a resolution reported from the Com- Dold McCaul Turner sideration of the bill for amendment the mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- Donovan McClintock Upton Committee shall rise and report the bill to ber leading the opposition to the previous Duncan (SC) McHenry Valadao the House with such amendments as may question, who may offer a proper amendment Duncan (TN) McKinley Wagner have been adopted. The previous question or motion and who controls the time for de- Ellmers (NC) McMorris Walberg shall be considered as ordered on the bill and bate thereon.’’ Emmer (MN) Rodgers Walden Farenthold McSally Walker amendments thereto to final passage with- Clearly, the vote on the previous question on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Fincher Meadows Walorski out intervening motion except one motion to Fitzpatrick Meehan Walters, Mimi recommit with or without instructions. If cations. It is one of the only available tools Fleischmann Messer Weber (TX) the Committee of the Whole rises and re- for those who oppose the Republican major- Fleming Mica Webster (FL) ports that it has come to no resolution on ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- Flores Miller (FL) Wenstrup the bill, then on the next legislative day the native views the opportunity to offer an al- Fortenberry Miller (MI) Westerman House shall, immediately after the third ternative plan. Foxx Moolenaar Westmoreland Franks (AZ) Mooney (WV) Whitfield daily order of business under clause 1 of rule Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Frelinghuysen Mullin Williams XIV, resolve into the Committee of the back the balance of my time, and I Garrett Mulvaney Wilson (SC) Whole for further consideration of the bill. move the previous question on the res- Gibbs Murphy (PA) Wittman SEC. 7. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not olution. Gibson Neugebauer Womack apply to the consideration of H.R. 1076. Gohmert Newhouse Woodall The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gosar Noem Yoder THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT question is on ordering the previous Gowdy Nugent Yoho IT REALLY MEANS question. Graves (GA) Nunes Young (AK) The question was taken; and the Graves (LA) Olson Young (IA) This vote, the vote on whether to order the Graves (MO) Palazzo Young (IN) previous question on a special rule, is not Speaker pro tempore announced that Griffith Palmer Zeldin merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- the ayes appeared to have it. Grothman Paulsen Zinke

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NAYS—171 RECORDED VOTE Bera Garamendi Neal Beyer Graham Nolan Adams Frankel (FL) Norcross Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I de- Bishop (GA) Grayson Norcross Aguilar Fudge O’Rourke mand a recorded vote. Blumenauer Green, Al O’Rourke Ashford Gallego Pallone Bonamici Green, Gene Pallone Beatty Garamendi A recorded vote was ordered. Pascrell Boyle, Brendan Grijalva Pascrell Becerra Graham Payne The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a F. Gutie´rrez Payne Bera Grayson Pelosi 5-minute vote. Brady (PA) Hahn Pelosi Beyer Green, Al Perlmutter Brown (FL) Hastings Perlmutter Bishop (GA) Green, Gene The vote was taken by electronic de- Peters Brownley (CA) Heck (WA) Peters Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Pingree vice, and there were—ayes 239, noes 179, Bustos Higgins Peterson Bonamici Hahn Pocan not voting 16, as follows: Butterfield Himes Pingree Boyle, Brendan Hastings Polis Capps Honda Pocan F. Heck (WA) [Roll No. 300] Price (NC) Capuano Hoyer Polis Brady (PA) Higgins Quigley AYES—239 Ca´ rdenas Huffman Price (NC) Brown (FL) Himes Rangel Carney Israel Quigley Brownley (CA) Honda Abraham Grothman Paulsen Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Rangel Bustos Hoyer Rice (NY) Aderholt Guinta Pearce Cartwright Jeffries Rice (NY) Butterfield Huffman Richmond Allen Guthrie Perry Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Richmond Capps Israel Roybal-Allard Amash Hanna Pittenger Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Roybal-Allard Capuano Jackson Lee Ruiz Amodei Hardy Pitts Chu, Judy Jones Ruiz Ca´ rdenas Jeffries Ruppersberger Babin Harper Poe (TX) Cicilline Kaptur Ruppersberger Carney Johnson (GA) Rush Barletta Harris Poliquin Clark (MA) Keating Rush Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Ryan (OH) Barr Hartzler Pompeo Clarke (NY) Kelly (IL) Ryan (OH) Cartwright Kaptur Sa´ nchez, Linda Barton Heck (NV) Posey Clay Kennedy Sa´ nchez, Linda Castor (FL) Keating T. Benishek Hensarling Price, Tom Cleaver Kildee T. Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) Sanchez, Loretta Bilirakis Hice, Jody B. Ratcliffe Clyburn Kilmer Sanchez, Loretta Chu, Judy Kennedy Sarbanes Bishop (MI) Hill Reed Cohen Kind Sarbanes Cicilline Kildee Black Holding Reichert Schakowsky Connolly Kirkpatrick Schakowsky Clark (MA) Kilmer Blackburn Hudson Renacci Schiff Conyers Kuster Schiff Clarke (NY) Kind Blum Huelskamp Ribble Schrader Cooper Langevin Schrader Clay Kuster Bost Huizenga (MI) Rice (SC) Scott (VA) Costa Larsen (WA) Scott (VA) Cleaver Langevin Boustany Hultgren Rigell Scott, David Courtney Larson (CT) Scott, David Clyburn Larsen (WA) Brady (TX) Hunter Roby Serrano Crowley Lee Serrano Cohen Lee Brat Hurd (TX) Roe (TN) Sewell (AL) Cuellar Levin Sewell (AL) Connolly Levin Bridenstine Hurt (VA) Rogers (AL) Sherman Cummings Lewis Sherman Conyers Lewis Brooks (AL) Issa Rogers (KY) Sinema Davis (CA) Lieu, Ted Sinema Cooper Lieu, Ted Brooks (IN) Jenkins (KS) Rohrabacher Sires Davis, Danny Lipinski Sires Costa Loebsack Buchanan Jenkins (WV) Rokita Slaughter DeFazio Loebsack Slaughter Courtney Lofgren Buck Johnson (OH) Rooney (FL) Smith (WA) DeGette Lofgren Smith (WA) Crowley Lowenthal Bucshon Johnson, Sam Ros-Lehtinen Speier Delaney Lowenthal Speier Cuellar Lowey Burgess Jolly Roskam Swalwell (CA) DeLauro Lowey Swalwell (CA) Cummings Lujan Grisham Byrne Jordan Ross Takano DelBene Lujan Grisham Takano Davis (CA) (NM) Calvert Joyce Rothfus Thompson (CA) DeSaulnier (NM) Thompson (CA) Davis, Danny Luja´ n, Ben Ray Carter (GA) Katko Rouzer Deutch Luja´ n, Ben Ray Thompson (MS) DeFazio (NM) Thompson (MS) Carter (TX) Kelly (MS) Royce Doggett (NM) Titus DeGette Lynch Titus Chabot Kelly (PA) Russell Doyle, Michael Lynch Tonko Delaney Maloney, Tonko Chaffetz King (IA) Salmon F. Maloney, Tsongas DeLauro Carolyn Torres Clawson (FL) King (NY) Scalise Duckworth Carolyn Van Hollen DelBene Maloney, Sean Tsongas Coffman Kinzinger (IL) Schweikert Edwards Maloney, Sean Vargas DeSaulnier Matsui Van Hollen Cole Kline Scott, Austin Ellison Matsui Veasey Deutch McCollum Vargas Collins (GA) Knight Sensenbrenner Engel McCollum Vela Doggett McGovern Veasey Collins (NY) Labrador Sessions Eshoo McGovern Vela´ zquez Doyle, Michael McNerney Vela Comstock LaHood Shimkus Esty McNerney Visclosky F. Meeks Vela´ zquez Conaway LaMalfa Shuster Farr Meeks Walz Duckworth Moore Visclosky Cook Lamborn Simpson Foster Moore Wasserman Edwards Moulton Walz Costello (PA) Lance Smith (MO) Frankel (FL) Moulton Schultz Ellison Murphy (FL) Wasserman Cramer Latta Smith (NE) Fudge Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman Engel Nadler Schultz Crawford LoBiondo Smith (NJ) Gabbard Nadler Welch Eshoo Napolitano Watson Coleman Crenshaw Long Smith (TX) Gallego Napolitano Yarmuth Esty Neal Welch Culberson Loudermilk Stefanik Foster Nolan Yarmuth Curbelo (FL) Love Stewart NOT VOTING—16 Davidson Lucas Stivers NOT VOTING—27 Davis, Rodney Luetkemeyer Stutzman Bishop (UT) Herrera Beutler Takai Dingell Hinojosa Torres Bass Goodlatte Lawrence Denham Lummis Thompson (PA) Duffy Lawrence Waters, Maxine Bishop (UT) Granger Lipinski Dent MacArthur Thornberry Fattah McDermott Wilson (FL) Comstock Grijalva McDermott DeSantis Marchant Tiberi DesJarlais Marino Tipton Forbes Meng Dingell Herrera Beutler Meng Goodlatte Sanford Duffy Hinojosa Rokita Diaz-Balart Massie Trott Dold McCarthy Turner Farr Hunter Sanford b 1344 Fattah Kirkpatrick Takai Donovan McCaul Upton Forbes Labrador Waters, Maxine Duncan (SC) McClintock Valadao So the resolution was agreed to. Gabbard Larson (CT) Wilson (FL) Duncan (TN) McHenry Wagner Ellmers (NC) McKinley Walberg The result of the vote was announced Emmer (MN) McMorris Walden as above recorded. b 1337 Farenthold Rodgers Walker A motion to reconsider was laid on Fincher McSally Walorski Messrs. RYAN of Ohio, SERRANO, Fitzpatrick Meadows Walters, Mimi the table. SIRES, and TAKANO changed their Fleischmann Meehan Weber (TX) PERSONAL EXPLANATION Fleming Messer Webster (FL) vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Flores Mica Wenstrup Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I was un- Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mrs. Fortenberry Miller (FL) Westerman avoidably detained. Had I been present, I NOEM, and Mr. JOYCE changed their Foxx Miller (MI) Westmoreland would have voted: vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Whitfield No on rollcall No. 299. Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Williams So the previous question was ordered. Garrett Mullin Wilson (SC) No on rollcall No. 300. The result of the vote was announced Gibbs Mulvaney Wittman f as above recorded. Gibson Murphy (PA) Womack Gohmert Neugebauer Woodall NSF MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITY Stated for: Gosar Newhouse Yoder Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Gowdy Noem Yoho REFORM ACT OF 2016 No. 299, had I been present, I would have Granger Nugent Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Graves (GA) Nunes Young (IA) voted ‘‘yes.’’ Graves (LA) Olson Young (IN) finished business is the vote on the mo- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Graves (MO) Palazzo Zeldin tion to suspend the rules and pass the question is on the resolution. Griffith Palmer Zinke bill (H.R. 5049) to provide for improved The question was taken; and the NOES—179 management and oversight of major Speaker pro tempore announced that Adams Ashford Beatty multi-user research facilities funded by the ayes appeared to have it. Aguilar Bass Becerra the National Science Foundation, to

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The Maloney, Pompeo Stefanik There was no objection. question is on the motion offered by Carolyn Posey Stewart f Maloney, Sean Price (NC) Stivers the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Marchant Price, Tom Swalwell (CA) PREVENTING IRS ABUSE AND LOUDERMILK) that the House suspend Marino Quigley Takano PROTECTING FREE SPEECH ACT the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Matsui Rangel Thompson (CA) This is a 5-minute vote. McCarthy Ratcliffe Thompson (MS) Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, McCaul Reed Thompson (PA) pursuant to House Resolution 778, I The vote was taken by electronic de- McClintock Reichert Thornberry vice, and there were—yeas 412, nays 9, McCollum Renacci Tiberi call up the bill (H.R. 5053) to amend the not voting 13, as follows: McDermott Ribble Tipton Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to pro- McGovern Rice (NY) Titus hibit the Secretary of the Treasury [Roll No. 301] McHenry Rice (SC) Tonko from requiring that the identity of con- YEAS—412 McKinley Richmond Torres McMorris Rigell Trott tributors to 501(c) organizations be in- Abraham Costello (PA) Hanna Rodgers Roby Tsongas cluded in annual returns, and ask for Adams Courtney Hardy McNerney Roe (TN) Turner its immediate consideration. Aderholt Cramer Harper McSally Rogers (AL) Upton Aguilar Crawford Harris Meadows Rogers (KY) Valadao The Clerk read the title of the bill. Allen Crenshaw Hartzler Meehan Rohrabacher Van Hollen The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Amodei Crowley Hastings Meeks Rokita Vargas ant to House Resolution 778, in lieu of Ashford Cuellar Heck (NV) Messer Rooney (FL) Veasey the amendment in the nature of a sub- Babin Culberson Hensarling Mica Ros-Lehtinen Vela Barletta Cummings Hice, Jody B. Miller (FL) Roskam Vela´ zquez stitute recommended by the Com- Barr Curbelo (FL) Higgins Miller (MI) Ross Visclosky mittee on Ways and Means, printed in Barton Davidson Hill Moolenaar Rothfus Wagner the bill, an amendment in the nature of Bass Davis (CA) Himes Mooney (WV) Rouzer Walberg a substitute consisting of the text of Beatty Davis, Danny Holding Moore Roybal-Allard Walden Becerra Davis, Rodney Honda Moulton Royce Walker Rules Committee Print 114–58, is adopt- Benishek DeFazio Hoyer Mullin Ruiz Walorski ed, and the bill, as amended, is consid- Bera DeGette Hudson Murphy (FL) Ruppersberger Walters, Mimi ered read. Beyer Delaney Huelskamp Murphy (PA) Rush Walz Bilirakis DeLauro Huffman Nadler Russell Wasserman The text of the bill, as amended, is as Bishop (GA) DelBene Huizenga (MI) Napolitano Ryan (OH) Schultz follows: Bishop (MI) Denham Hultgren Neal Salmon Watson Coleman H.R. 5053 Bishop (UT) Dent Hunter ´ Neugebauer Sanchez, Linda Weber (TX) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Black DeSantis Hurd (TX) Newhouse T. Webster (FL) Blackburn DeSaulnier Hurt (VA) Noem Sanchez, Loretta Welch resentatives of the United States of America in Blum DesJarlais Israel Nolan Sarbanes Wenstrup Congress assembled, Blumenauer Deutch Issa Norcross Scalise Westerman SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Bonamici Diaz-Balart Jackson Lee Nugent Schakowsky Westmoreland This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing IRS Bost Doggett Jeffries Nunes Schiff Whitfield Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act’’. Boustany Dold Jenkins (KS) O’Rourke Schrader Williams Boyle, Brendan Donovan Jenkins (WV) Olson Schweikert Wilson (SC) SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING THAT IDEN- F. Doyle, Michael Johnson (GA) Palazzo Scott (VA) Wittman TITY OF CONTRIBUTORS TO 501(C) Brady (PA) F. Johnson (OH) Pallone Scott, Austin Womack ORGANIZATIONS BE INCLUDED IN Brady (TX) Duckworth Johnson, E. B. Palmer Scott, David Woodall ANNUAL RETURNS. Brat Duncan (SC) Johnson, Sam Pascrell Serrano Yarmuth (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6033 of the Internal Bridenstine Duncan (TN) Jolly Paulsen Sessions Yoder Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesig- Brooks (AL) Edwards Jordan Payne Sewell (AL) Yoho nating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by Brooks (IN) Ellison Joyce Pearce Sherman Young (AK) inserting after subsection (m) the following: Brown (FL) Ellmers (NC) Kaptur Pelosi Shimkus Young (IA) ‘‘(n) IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF DONORS.— Brownley (CA) Emmer (MN) Katko Perlmutter Shuster Young (IN) Buchanan Engel Keating ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection Perry Simpson Zeldin (a), the Secretary may not require the name, ad- Buck Eshoo Kelly (IL) Peters Sinema Zinke Bucshon Esty Kelly (MS) dress, or other identifying information of any Bustos Farenthold Kelly (PA) NAYS—9 contributor to any organization described in sec- Butterfield Farr Kennedy Amash Grothman Mulvaney tion 501(c) of any amount of any contribution, Byrne Fincher Kildee Burgess Jones Sensenbrenner grant, bequest, devise, or gift of money or prop- Calvert Fitzpatrick Kilmer Gohmert Massie Stutzman erty. Capps Fleischmann Kind ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— Capuano Fleming King (IA) NOT VOTING—13 Ca´ rdenas Flores King (NY) ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not Dingell Heck (WA) Takai Carney Fortenberry Kinzinger (IL) apply— Duffy Herrera Beutler Carson (IN) Foster Kirkpatrick Waters, Maxine ‘‘(i) to any disclosure required by subsection Fattah Hinojosa Carter (GA) Foxx Kline Wilson (FL) (a)(2), and Forbes Meng Carter (TX) Frankel (FL) Knight ‘‘(ii) with respect to any a contribution, grant, Goodlatte Sanford Cartwright Franks (AZ) Kuster bequest, devise, or gift of money or property Castor (FL) Frelinghuysen Labrador b 1351 made by an officer or director of the organiza- Castro (TX) Fudge LaHood tion (or an individual having powers or respon- Chabot Gabbard LaMalfa So (two-thirds being in the affirma- sibilities similar to those of officers or directors) Chaffetz Gallego Lamborn tive) the rules were suspended and the Chu, Judy Garamendi Lance or any covered employee. Cicilline Garrett Langevin bill, as amended, was passed. ‘‘(B) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of Clark (MA) Gibbs Larsen (WA) The result of the vote was announced this paragraph, the term ‘covered employee’ Clarke (NY) Gibson Larson (CT) as above recorded. means any employee (including any former em- Clawson (FL) Gosar Latta A motion to reconsider was laid on ployee) of the organization if the employee is Clay Gowdy Lawrence one of the 5 highest compensated employees of Cleaver Graham Lee the table. Clyburn Granger Levin the organization for the taxable year. Coffman Graves (GA) Lewis f ‘‘(C) COMPENSATION FROM RELATED ORGANIZA- Cohen Graves (LA) Lieu, Ted TIONS.— Cole Graves (MO) Lipinski PERMISSION TO POSTPONE PRO- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Compensation of a covered Collins (GA) Grayson LoBiondo CEEDINGS ON MOTION TO RE- employee by the organization shall include any Collins (NY) Green, Al Loebsack COMMIT ON H.R. 5053, PRE- compensation paid with respect to employment Comstock Green, Gene Lofgren VENTING IRS ABUSE AND PRO- of such employee by any related person or gov- Conaway Griffith Long ernmental entity. Connolly Grijalva Loudermilk TECTING FREE SPEECH ACT ‘‘(ii) RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.—A person or Conyers Guinta Love Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I Cook Guthrie Lowenthal governmental entity shall be treated as related Cooper Gutie´rrez Lowey ask unanimous consent that the ques- to the organization if such person or govern- Costa Hahn Lucas tion on adoption of the motion to re- mental entity—

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It seeks to codify the se- ‘‘(IV) is a supporting organization described needed steps to protect taxpayer iden- crecy around donations to social wel- in section 509(a)(3) during the taxable year with tities and ease the compliance burden fare organizations for political pur- respect to the organization, or on tax-exempt organizations. Most im- poses. ‘‘(V) in the case of an organization that is a portantly, this bill helps ensure that So Republicans are here today to voluntary employees’ beneficiary association de- Americans can never again be singled continue their attack on the IRS as scribed in section 501(c)(9), establishes, main- out by the IRS for their political be- they drive, really, to further under- tains, or makes contributions to such voluntary liefs. employees’ beneficiary association.’’. mine our campaign finance system. I am grateful to Chairman ROSKAM (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section This legislation removes the last 6033(b)(5) of such Code is amended— for his leadership and diligence on this safeguard against foreign governments (1) by striking ‘‘all’’, and important issue, and I urge all my col- and foreign individuals from influ- (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘to the leagues to join me in supporting the encing our elections. Currently, foreign extent not prohibited by subsection (n),’’. passage of this legislation. money cannot legally be given or spent (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of in our elections, and a real protection by this section shall apply to returns required to my time, and I ask unanimous consent we have against the use of foreign be filed for taxable years ending after the date that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. of the enactment of this Act. money by politically active social wel- ROSKAM) be permitted to control the fare organizations is that they must The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill reminder of the time. disclose their donors to the IRS. shall be debatable for 60 minutes, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there This requirement means that tax ex- equally divided and controlled by the objection to the request of the gen- empt 501(c)(4) groups know they can be chair and ranking minority member of tleman from Texas? held accountable if they illegally spend the Committee on Ways and Means. There was no objection. Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- foreign money in Federal elections. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Thirteen key campaign finance and self such time as I may consume. BRADY), and the gentleman from Michi- government transparency groups, in- gan (Mr. LEVIN) each will control 30 The Republican majority believes the more hidden money in politics, the bet- cluding Democracy 21 and Common minutes. Cause, have written to Congress The Chair recognizes the gentleman ter. Freedom of speech, they say, re- quires more and more dark money or strongly opposing this bill. In their let- from Texas (Mr. BRADY). ter, they state: ‘‘The . . . bill would GENERAL LEAVE that democracy requires the ability of a few key people to write a check of open the door wide for secret money Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I from foreign donors to be illegally ask unanimous consent that all Mem- $100 million without anyone knowing who signed the check or, as a Koch laundered into Federal elections bers have 5 legislative days to revise through 501(c)(4) and other 501(c) and extend their remarks and to in- brothers executive claimed, Americans have the right to ‘‘anonymous free groups . . . House Members should vote clude extraneous material on H.R. 5053, against eliminating the existing check currently under consideration. speech.’’ This bill now would help extend that against foreign countries, foreign com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there anonymity to foreign individuals and panies, and foreign individuals spend- objection to the request of the gen- governments who contribute in viola- ing money illegally to influence our tleman from Texas? tion of our laws. elections.’’ There was no objection. We have a crisis in our campaign sys- This legislation would eliminate that Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I tem, a crisis. Tens of millions of dol- protection. The administration opposes yield myself such time as I may con- lars are being spent without full disclo- this bill. In its Statement of Adminis- sume. sure. So our constituents know and can tration Policy, it states: ‘‘By perma- Over the past several years, the make their own judgments about who nently preventing the IRS from requir- American people have come to learn is influencing our elections. To make ing reporting of donor information by just how reckless and untrustworthy matters worse, many of the organiza- 501(c) organizations, H.R. 5053 would the IRS can be with their sensitive tax- tions now doing the spending are orga- constrain the IRS in enforcing tax laws payer information. nized under our Tax Code as groups al- and reduce the transparency of private Most concerning of all is that this legedly engaged in social welfare ac- foundations.’’ Federal agency, which holds immense tivities. Therefore, I strongly urge a ‘‘no’’ power to disrupt the lives of taxpayers, According to the Center for Respon- vote. has directly exploited sensitive tax- sive Politics, political spending by Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of payer information for political pur- such tax-exempt groups at this point in my time. poses. the current election cycle is five times Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield We have responsibility to taxpayers the amount spent at the same point myself such time as I may consume. to make sure this is never allowed to during the 2012 cycle. Spending during I want to thank Chairman BRADY for happen again. That is why we fought the 2012 Presidential election cycle by his leadership in bringing this bill to hard to push forward a ban on IRS po- 501(c)(4)s and 501(c)(6)s soared to more the floor. Just to put this into context, litical targeting as part of the PATH than $300 million, up from $100 million let’s focus in on what we are really Act. And last December, that ban was in 2008 and just $6 million in 2004, ac- talking about. Every year, tax exempt signed into law for the very first time. cording to the Center for Responsive 501(c) organizations fill out a form 990, But we still have more work to do to Politics. And the three largest 501(c)(4) and they send it to the IRS. So far, so clean up the IRS and hold it more ac- spenders from the 2012 cycle, rep- good. It makes all the sense in the countable to the taxpayers it serves. resenting fully 51 percent of the total, world. Public information. It is sup- The Preventing IRS Abuse and Pro- have special meaning to this House ma- posed to be public, and the public is tecting Free Speech Act continues this jority. able to review that. critical effort. Under current law—actually, it is a This important bill, authored by Con- b 1400 rule; it is not a statute, it is a rule— gressman ROSKAM, would prohibit the They include Karl Rove’s Crossroads 501(c) organizations have to fill out IRS from collecting the identity of GPS, which spent $71 million; Ameri- Schedule B. Okay, what is Schedule B? people who donate to tax-exempt orga- cans for Prosperity of the Koch broth- Schedule B is donor information. This nizations. During our committee’s IRS ers spent $36 million; and the American donor information is submitted to the political targeting investigation, we Future Fund, also the Koch brothers, IRS. But here is the problem, Mr. learned that the IRS not only singled spent $25 million. Speaker. The IRS Commissioner has

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I don’t ability at the IRS, but I can tell you mean, I got carpal tunnel syndrome think we would disagree on that point. much more needs to be done, and this writing down all these things: hidden H.R. 5053 would make it easier for is part of that effort to continue to money, crisis in campaigns, codify se- super-PACs to spend money anony- hold this agency accountable. crecy, last safeguard against foreign mously in support of their preferred Taxpayers deserve to know whether influence. Put up the ramparts, Mr. candidates or political party. That is the IRS is violating their privacy. Speaker. If all that was true, then why H.R. 5053. The bill before us today Chairman ROSKAM’s bill furthers that would the IRS Commissioner be saying would make it easier for groups to op- effort by preventing the IRS from tar- these things, that they don’t think erate in the shadows, groups like geting nonprofits by prohibiting the they need Schedule B? Americans for Prosperity and Amer- agency from collecting the identity of And further, why wouldn’t the White ican Future Fund, which together donors who contribute to these organi- House just declaratively say they are spent more than $61 million in just one zations. We know that the IRS can im- going to veto it? But did you notice election in 2012 yet still claim tax ex- pose an audit at any time, but there is something, Mr. Speaker? The White empt status. no need for the IRS to just collect all House didn’t say they would veto it. Now, I believe we need better trans- this information when they can’t even Why? This is a pretty good idea. Now, parency and accountability in our sys- do some of the things they are sup- my friends on the other side of the tem. Disclosure of donors to the IRS is posed to be doing with the resources aisle at this point aren’t persuaded a minimum safeguard and a practical they have. that it is a good idea, but just because tool for auditing. Furthermore, requir- This bill is a step toward restoring they are slow to the game doesn’t ing disclosure of donors is one of the individual privacy that the IRS has mean it is not a good idea. only safeguards we have against for- been exploiting and abusing, and I So why is this a good idea? Here is eign money influencing our elections. think the American people have had why. The IRS in the past has dem- That is why so many good govern- enough. Passing this bill would dra- onstrated they have leaked this infor- ment groups have spoken out against matically reduce the information that mation. When did they do it? They this legislation, groups that promote the IRS has the legal ability to de- leaked it in the case of the National transparency in our political system, mand, lessening that chance, that po- Organization for Marriage, a group like the Sunlight Foundation and the tential for abuse. that was advocating for traditional League of Women Voters. This bill Specifically, the bill would limit the marriage. They filed their Schedule Bs. would make it easier, Mr. Speaker, for Secretary of the Treasury from requir- Lo and behold, an IRS employee leaked anonymous donors to funnel dark ing the name, address, or other identi- it. Out it goes. You can imagine the money into groups that spend unlim- fying information of any contributor, donor harassment, the hassle, and so ited sums of money to influence elec- regardless of the nature or size of the forth. So the IRS’ hands in the past, tions. This flies in the face of our contribution, with two exceptions. Mr. Speaker, are not exactly clean democratic principles. I urge my col- We know the IRS still operates under when it comes to holding this informa- leagues to oppose it. the shadow of a scandal in which it ad- tion close. The National Governors As- This isn’t about the IRS. This is mitted to targeting organizations sociation also was similarly situated. about hiding who contributes and how based on their political beliefs. We All right, that is the first reason. The second reason is the IRS ac- much. The IRS isn’t for sale, but there have to get to the bottom of this. This knowledges that they don’t need this are many buyers out there, Mr. Speak- agency has to be reined in. We need to to administer the Tax Code. They don’t er, who want to remain unknown. You strengthen the laws that protect Amer- need it. What is their job? Their job is and I, the sponsor of this bill, we don’t ican citizens’ privacy. This investiga- to administer the Tax Code. They don’t have that luxury. We have to put down tion is still ongoing. I can tell you, the need it to administer the Tax Code. everything when someone contributes IRS still refuses to admit that some of Finally, we on the Subcommittee on to us. You know it, and I know it. I be- its employees engaged in intentional Oversight and those of us on the Com- lieve the PACs should have to do that, wrongdoing. mittee on Ways and Means know all too. Why in God’s name you don’t To successfully carry out its mission, too well that the IRS is very poorly think so, I have no idea. the IRS must be viewed by the Amer- equipped right now, Mr. Speaker, to Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, one ican people as an unbiased arbiter of deal with cybersecurity issues and quick point. The gentleman said that it the law. It cannot do that without identity theft issues. was a practical tool for auditing, and coming clean. H.R. 5053 is a necessary So my final point is this: the IRS has yet there was a lawsuit recently where step to require more accountability demonstrated an inability to hold this the attorney general of California tried and transparency at the IRS. I urge my information in the past. They have to disclose the Schedule B information. colleagues to support us in passing this demonstrated an inability to hold it in The Federal judge who struck down the critical bill. the future. And they don’t need it. So public disclosure pointed out that it Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 if they don’t need it, let’s not give it to had not been used in a single concrete minutes to the gentleman from New them. instance, not one. And, in fact, the York (Mr. RANGEL), a truly distin- I reserve the balance of my time. folks in California had not had this in- guished member of our committee. Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 formation submitted for 10 years before (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given minutes to the gentleman from New they even noticed that it was missing. permission to revise and extend his re- Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL), a member of Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the marks.) our committee. gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. BOU- Mr. RANGEL. My colleagues, if you Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise STANY), the distinguished chairman of are frustrated, if you are down and out, today to speak on why this is a bad the Subcommittee on Tax Policy. if you lack self-esteem, if you really idea. We have seen in recent years a Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, I want want to get a good shot in the arm, proliferation of political groups claim- to applaud my colleague, Chairman kick the IRS. I am telling you, I have ing tax exempt social welfare. You ROSKAM, for bringing this legislation to been down here 46 years. It always know how many groups in the past 5 the floor. It is an important piece of works. It always works. years have claimed that? That is the legislation, Preventing IRS Abuse and But to take away an institution that status as a means to hide the identities Protecting Free Speech Act. depends on the voluntary contribution of their donors. Can’t put it any more Back in 2012, when I was the Chair- of taxpayers, to take away the image elementary than that. man of the Oversight Subcommittee of of trying to do the right thing for the Now, that is the very law my friend the Committee on Ways and Means, I American people because we have had from Illinois—and I mean that seri- started this investigation into the IRS’ some severe setbacks, whether under

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(Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS). publican kid comes from a rich family. How absurd. How ridiculous. How un- Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. I I like to believe that they have the constitutional, in fact, that was. We thank the gentleman for yielding. same aspirations, no matter what the are not at the same threshold, I would Mr. Speaker, in this House, the Re- political party is. submit, as the NAACP case, but I publican leadership has failed to pro- But today, in communities through- would suggest that there is something vide sufficient investment in major out these great United States, if some- untoward about an agency here—the emergencies facing Americans. They body says they want to serve in the Internal Revenue Service—that has have refused to address the horrible local, State, or Federal Government, what? Power to take things away, epidemic of gun violence that plagues what is the first thing you ask? How power to put people in prison. And you communities like mine and provides much money do you have? And then, are giving them information that they extremists an easy tool to kill dozens you contribute that to the negative have squandered and abused in that of people in minutes. ads, where an Independent listens to past. Further, the Republican leadership Republicans and the Democrats, and Mr. RANGEL. Will the gentleman has refused to give sufficient funds to are they turned off? yield? combat the Zika virus, risking the But assuming that some foreigner Mr. ROSKAM. I yield to the gen- health and well-being of Americans. wants to interfere with a local elec- tleman from New York. They have refused to raise the min- tion, that should bring Democrats and Mr. RANGEL. Let me make it per- imum wage to help working families Republicans together. We can fuss with fectly clear. If the IRS had leaked in- improve their quality of life and have each other, but we certainly don’t like formation or had not done their job, advanced efforts to reduce access to foreigners to interfere with our foreign they should not only be investigated, school meals for low-income children. policy. they should go to trial, and those who Yet, today, the priority of Repub- Recently we have had some people violate the law ought to be convicted lican leadership is a bill to blindfold the Internal Revenue Service to large come right here to the well from for- and serve time for it. donors to any 501(c) organizations ex- eign governments and criticize our You don’t just take away the oppor- cept under very narrow circumstances, President. Criticism is one thing, but tunity for somebody. I am not sug- opening the floodgates for unlimited, financing a political party or a polit- gesting that you don’t have rich people anonymous donations, possibly from ical candidate is repugnant to every- or foreign governments that are not foreign sources. thing that we stand for. nice people, but we should not provide The confidential disclosure of donors If you really want to accumulate a vehicle for them to influence our provides an important check on secret hundreds of millions of dollars to sup- elections. money from foreign governments or in- port an individual, why in the heck Just because the Commissioner says, dividuals that could be funneled into would you not want your name to be I don’t need additional responsibility, I our elections. This is not a freedom of known? don’t care whether he is appointed by a speech issue. This is not a fight for To say that the IRS cannot collect Democrat or a Republican, it is not for American freedom. This is a fight to information is opening the door to a Commissioners to say what is good for protect the secret efforts to funnel so terrible thing that can happen to our this country. It is for this House of much money into certain coffers to un- country. If you want to break all of the Representatives and the Senate. dermine the integrity of our election laws which put caps on how much you Mr. ROSKAM. Reclaiming my time, I system. are spending, then use a charitable or- agree. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman I strongly oppose this bill and hope ganization and say: Hey, it is listed not from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK) to give us the Republican leadership will focus on as political, but I can get away with it. more insight. addressing the true emergencies facing It is the wrong thing to do, not for Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, I rise American families, such as gun vio- Republicans, but for Americans. today in strong support of the Pre- lence, hunger, poverty, and health. You know, people try to get even. To venting IRS Abuse and Protecting Free These are real deal issues. the victor belongs the spoils. So this Speech Act. Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 time, it is Obama, and he is leaving. As we debate this legislation, I think minutes to the gentlewoman from Cali- But I really think that the principle of back to June of 2013, when victims of fornia (Mrs. MIMI WALTERS). having people go into public service is the IRS targeting testified before our Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California. being shattered by this type of thing, Ways and Means Committee, including Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of where foreigners and rich people can someone from my own State, a fellow the Preventing IRS Abuse and Pro- make contributions and not be proud Tennesseean, Kevin Kookogey, who is tecting Free Speech Act. enough to state it. the founder of Linchpins of Liberty. The IRS requires tax exempt organi- Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield This legislation protects groups like zations to report sensitive information myself such time as I may consume. Kevin’s from further IRS abuse by re- about their donors, but, frankly, the The gentleman from New York asked pealing the so-called Schedule B re- information is unnecessary. a provocative question. Here is why quirement that compels tax exempt or- There are numerous examples of the you don’t want this type of capacity in ganizations to turn over names, ad- IRS targeting political groups, which the hands of the IRS, I would say, and dresses, and other personal identifiable demonstrates that the IRS is incapable it is this reason: there is a fundamental information of their donors. of using this information for legiti- lack of trust. The IRS has run rough- Now, we know this information has mate purposes. Even the IRS itself has shod over people’s freedoms in the past. been misused before and that the IRS, indicated it is considering eliminating The Commissioner himself has said: I as has already been said, doesn’t use this requirement. By eliminating the don’t need this information. We don’t this information to determine a tax ex- IRS’ power to inquire into the member- need this information. There are other empt status anyway. ship of private citizen groups, tax- entities—that is, the Federal Election So why in a free country would these payers’ identities will be protected and Commission, the Bank Secrecy Act, groups need to turn over such personal the IRS will be prevented from improp- and so forth—that are in place that are information in the first place? erly targeting certain organizations. protections against foreign influence. We should all be asking ourselves I urge my colleagues to join me in But, basically, the IRS—and based on that question. This information is not supporting H.R. 5053 to hold the IRS

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They ever do. tleman for yielding. don’t like it. They want to elect people So, Mr. Speaker, this is not a time to Mr. Speaker, I think it is, first, im- who won’t be so tough. Because a drug do that. Let’s vote for openness. And if portant to clarify this legislation im- trafficker won’t give it directly to a you vote for openness, you have to vote pacts tax exempt organizations under candidate, they give it to one of these against this bill. the Tax Code, section 501(c). Many of social welfare organizations. The social Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield these tax exempt organizations we rec- welfare organization, under this bill, myself such time as I may consume. ognize as charities, like United Way won’t have to report the contribution, Mr. Speaker, did you notice some- and so forth, foundations. Social wel- the name of the contributor. If that thing? Every one of the examples of the fare organizations, they come in any drug trafficker gives $5,000 or $5 billion, previous speakers were hypothetical, variety. it is never disclosed. every one of them, drug dealers, drug A social welfare organization, typi- Who else? We are right now fighting traffickers, an ISIS strategy, as if ISIS cally when we think social welfare, it ISIS. Say ISIS wants to make sure is sitting around not cutting people’s means, essentially, organizations that somebody gets elected to be the next heads off and writing checks. How ab- are promoting the common good and President or a Member of Congress. surd. the general welfare of the people of a They don’t like somebody else. How do The notion that there is no docu- community. Social welfare organiza- the they influence our elections? They mentation is a false claim. Of course tions. get one of their wealthy contributors people have to have documentation. Of What the problem, then, here is that to give money to one of these tax ex- course all of these organizations have we have seen so many social welfare or- empt organizations. And guess what? to document. They have to maintain ganizations, the 501(c)(4)s, become not That ISIS contributor never gets dis- records. They are subject to audit. promoters of social good, but some of closed. They are subject to investigation. the biggest campaign spenders in our Since when do Americans want us to But here is the point. We have been election process. They use the loop- have a system in our elections where able to demonstrate actual harm to ac- holes in the Tax Code to be able to col- contributions can be made to influence tual people who are actually subject to lect a whole bunch of money that usu- our elections if we don’t know who is a capricious and vicious attack by ally Americans think goes to do social doing it? their own government. That is the In- welfare and instead is now being used If you don’t believe it is true that ternal Revenue Service, who turned to drive our campaigns. that is going on, let me give you this their stare at them and intimidated So this is now the problem with this statistic that will blow your mind. them. That is a fact. particular legislation. This legislation Four years ago, in our last Presidential This House voted on the criminal re- says: You know what? Those organiza- election, the parties—the Democrat ferral of Lois Lerner. This House has tions right now have to document who Party and the Republican Party com- investigated, time and time and time is giving them money, who is contrib- bined, the parties that we know are again, to the point where our friends uting the dollars to them, if it is bigger there for politics—spent a quarter of a on the other side of the aisle have basi- than a $5,000 contribution. billion dollars in the 2012 elections. cally begged for mercy, said: Do we This bill says no longer would any of Guess how much these social welfare have to talk about the IRS anymore? those 501(c) organizations, those tax organizations spent in that same elec- Well, yes, we do because this is the exempt organizations, have to file the tion? More than the two parties com- group that has been the bad actor, Mr. name of the contributor. bined. Speaker, in the past. Let’s realize who At a time, right now, when so many The SPEAKER pro tempore. The we are talking about. Americans have become skeptical time of the gentleman has expired. Now, I think it is very, very impor- about our government’s ability to pro- Mr. LEVIN. I yield the gentleman an tant for us to recognize that we have mote the interests of our citizens first, additional 1 minute. an opportunity to do something, and at a time when so many believe our that is this: let’s follow the lead of 1430 government is driven by special inter- b Commissioner Koskinen. If the Com- ests, we should be asking for more Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, the par- missioner of the Internal Revenue openness in our government, not less in ties spent $255 million in 2012 poli- Service thought, wow, ISIS is coming how we do business. Secret money is ticking because that is what they are in here and they are coming over the hijacking our American democracy. there to do. They have a partisan posi- ramparts and they are going to com- This bill would prohibit the disclo- tion, so they are using their money pletely flood us, and we have got to sure of substantial contributions and that people contribute to politick. watch out for ISIS and drug traf- promote special interest secrecy. And by the way, when you make a fickers, why would Commissioner What do I mean by that? This bill be- contribution, you have got to report it Koskinen say this: ‘‘On your 990, you comes a license to secretly influence when you make a contribution to that list donors’’—and we are not about to our elections. political party. try to change that. ‘‘As a general mat- How? A foreign government doesn’t $257 million in 2012 was spent by ter, who gives to you should not matter like where American policy is going, so these social welfare organizations on as to what you’re about to do.’’ guess what? They want to influence politicking, and under this bill, if it be- In other words, these things that the who gets elected. comes law, guess what? Those contrib- other side is saying are illegal, they What do they do? They don’t make a utors won’t have to be identified; and are illegal. There is nothing in this contribution to a candidate because so whatever your motives, you get to that changes that. they can’t under the law. influence our elections without the But there is a plot trap in their logic, What did they do? They now give to American people—who can’t do the Mr. Speaker, and it is this: the IRS, by one of these social welfare organiza- same thing, because if they give a con- their own admission, is not going tions and let them use the money to tribution, they have got to disclose it— through this on a systematic basis. politic in our campaigns. without the American people knowing They acknowledge that. They are not And guess what? If this bill becomes who you are. going through these Schedule B’s on a law, you will never know the name of I don’t believe that is where this systematic basis. They are not inves- that foreign government or foreign country wants to go. And I don’t care tigating them. government official who makes that under what good-government kind of So what happens?

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The gentleman from Illi- shots, the insiders rule the roost, and accident. nois has 12 minutes remaining. the average person has no voice, is of To give us more insight on this, I Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 no consequence. yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from minute to the gentleman from Cali- They see the money being spent on Oregon (Mr. WALDEN). fornia (Mr. BECERRA). these campaign commercials during Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I walked Mr. BECERRA. I thank the gen- election time. They don’t know where in and was hearing the gentleman from tleman for yielding. it is coming from. They don’t know California talking about all these for- Mr. Speaker, I just want to respond what organizations are supporting it, eign donations, and I thought for sure to my friend from Illinois and some of and they feel like they don’t have a he was talking about the Clinton Foun- his comments, and my friend from Or- stake in their own democracy any- dation donations from foreign govern- egon. more. ments, that there is a big question The Clinton Foundation, great that What is interesting is that, you about their influence on policy and ap- you raise that because, see, the Clinton know, traditionally, in the past, Re- pointments and other things. That is Foundation has raised a lot of ques- publicans had argued for more trans- why I was glad the gentleman clarified tions in the minds of some. At least, parency and disclosure; that all polit- the topic at hand here. some are trying to politicize it, wheth- ical activity, all contributions that What we are doing here, really, is er you agree or don’t agree with the were made and all expenditures, should protecting the First Amendment’s money that came, because some money be divulged. In fact, in 1996, MITCH guarantee of freedom of speech. That is did come from foreign sources. MCCONNELL, the majority leader in the a very bedrock of our democratic soci- This bill would terminate the need Senate, declared, proudly: ‘‘Public dis- ety. As Benjamin Franklin once wrote: for the Clinton Foundation to report closure of campaign contributions’’— ‘‘Whoever would overthrow the Liberty any sources of its income. So, if you public disclosure of campaign contribu- of a Nation, must begin by subduing are concerned that the Clinton Founda- tions—‘‘and spending should be expe- the Freeness of Speech.’’ tion has gotten some contributions dited so voters can judge for them- See, American citizens should not be from foreign sources, this bill makes it selves what is appropriate.’’ targeted by their own government for worse because, under this legislation, We are moving even further away exercising their rights, their free the Clinton Foundation wouldn’t have from public disclosure because this bill speech, which is exactly why we are to report any of those contributions would say that the IRS isn’t even going here today; because, under the Obama anymore. And so that is the craziness to be able to collect information on administration, the IRS has all too of this legislation. who is donating to these 501(c)(3) orga- often targeted groups based on their It is not speculation to say what will nizations. So at a time when the Amer- political affiliation. happen. We have gone from virtually ican people are saying we need more I don’t care whether you are liberal, zero spending by social welfare organi- accountability in our politics, in our conservative, or somewhere in between, zations that are tax exempt for polit- government when it comes to this se- you shouldn’t have your government ical purposes to, now, these social wel- cret money that is out there, at a time targeting you, through the IRS, based fare organizations spending more than when Americans want more account- on your political views. And they even the political parties spend together. ability, this bill moves us towards less disclosed the identities of supporters of So it is not speculation. The expert accountability. It will move secret these organizations. from the Joint Tax Committee said so money even further into the shadows This commonsense bill would protect himself. This is what will happen, and contribute further to a less respon- the First Amendment by prohibiting could happen, if we pass this legisla- sive and less transparent democracy. the IRS from collecting sensitive infor- tion. I can hear the American people say- mation about citizens who support Please reject this bill. ing to the Republicans who are putting nonprofit organizations like charities, Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I think I this on the bill, who are authoring this like education organizations, trade as- am the last speaker on this side, so I legislation: Are you new here? Are you sociations, and more. am prepared to close, but I will defer to new in this current environment, polit- This would, of course, apply to future the gentleman from Michigan if he ical environment, where we are so administrations, too, and will simply wants to wind it up. angry, as the American people, that we serve to strengthen our constitutional I reserve the balance of my time. want to understand who is trying to hi- right to free speech, no matter what Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 jack our politics, and you are going to party occupies the White House. minutes to the distinguished gen- move us in the opposite direction? Even some IRS officials have admit- tleman from Maryland (Mr. SARBANES), People already feel locked out. We ted they don’t need this information to who has worked so hard for so long on don’t have to do more to push them in enforce the Tax Code, though I imagine this issue. It is a privilege. that direction. We need more account- they did find it useful when they ‘‘acci- Mr. SARBANES. I thank the gen- ability, not less. For that reason, I dentally’’ leaked at least one conserv- tleman for yielding. urge my colleagues to defeat this bill ative organization’s list of supporters Mr. Speaker, fundamentally, this is today. to another nonprofit that, in turn, about which direction we want to move Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield made that list public. in as a country, as a Congress, as a re- myself such time as I may consume. This bill would take away this power sponsible institution, as a government, Mr. Speaker, one of the reasons peo- from the agency completely. That will in terms of whether we are going to re- ple feel locked out and left out is the greatly reduce the chance this could spect the American people and their cold notion that the government that happen again. Doing so would protect voice, whether we are going to turn is supposed to be collecting taxes and taxpayers’ identities and sensitive in- their voice over to Big Money, to spe- evaluating things according to the law, formation, and help prevent the IRS cial interests that are hijacking our it turns out that they were acting for a from going after certain organizations politics and our government. malevolent reason. It turns out that because they don’t agree with that or- The problem with the proposal that they were going after the very people ganization’s mission. is being put on the floor today is that that they were supposed to protect. So I urge support of this thoughtful it is moving us in the wrong direction. Turns out they were investigating legislation. Let’s prevent taxpayers, It is moving us away from the kind of based on religious belief, political be- protect them, and prevent abuse of tax- disclosure information transparency in lief, education belief, and so forth. payers, and protect their free speech our political process that the American So it is no wonder that the public rights under the Constitution. people are demanding. feels disconnected from this. It is no

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What we are out feeling. eral was, ‘‘We did not, sir,’’ period. talking about is the lack of trust that There is another problem, too, with There is another abuse here, and that we have in the Internal Revenue Serv- the logic of the argument that we is the abuse of 501(c)(4)s. It is scan- ice based on past activities to hold this heard just a minute ago, and there is dalous. They are supposed to be doing information close, based on their pro- somehow an implication that this in- social welfare. What has happened is jections about their challenges as it re- formation is supposed to be public. they have used the mask of legality, lates to cybersecurity and identity That is news. Schedule B isn’t public many of these, to essentially become theft, and I think a general recognition today, and nobody is proposing that it political organizations. That is the of the chilling effect of what happens be public. And, in fact, the courts have scandal. when you have an organization that said it would be unconstitutional to Essentially what the Republican chooses to target people based on their make it public. Party is doing here is saying that they political speech. So who is the beneficiary of this in- want to essentially pull a mask over Mr. Speaker, I think we have thor- formation, Mr. Speaker, if it is not the what is scandalous. oughly debated this. I urge its passage, public, because it is not the public ac- As Mr. SARBANES said, this bill goes and I yield back the balance of my cording to the law now. Who would be in the wrong direction. We need more time. the beneficiary? disclosure, not less. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5053, Oh, the IRS. They are the only ones, The Achilles’ heel in the argument of Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Mr. Speaker, that have access to this Mr. ROSKAM and others is this: A for- Speech Act is a common sense bill meant to information. The public doesn’t have eign government has to now disclose to help curb the rampant abuses of the IRS, an it. And we already learned what hap- IRS; a foreign individual would have to agency that has proven itself to be completely pened. The courts have said: You can- disclose a contribution that was ille- out of control in recent years. not tell the NAACP, you cannot make gal. They essentially want to eliminate In April, Federal Judge David Sentelle said them reveal their donors. that requirement in terms of this form that the IRS can’t be trusted, and that there is By that logic that we heard a minute altogether—eliminate it—so that there strong evidence that the agency violated the ago, those organizations, during the would be no way of knowing through constitutional rights of conservative groups civil rights movement, what would that operation when there was a viola- when it delayed their nonprofit status applica- they have had to do? They would have tion by a foreign government or an in- tions and asked inappropriate questions about had to disclose all of that information. dividual trying to influence the polit- their political beliefs. And thanks be to God, Mr. Speaker, ical process of this country. Currently, the IRS requires non-profits to that the Court said no. It is bad enough that domestic submit a schedule B form, listing the names Speech is special, speech is sac- money reigns so supremely. Essentially and addresses of their donors. According to rosanct, and speech ought not be ma- what the majority here wants to do is the law, the IRS is forbidden from using this nipulated and intimidated by people add foreign operations to that process. form for any purpose. with power. You say that speech is power. But Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of If they are forbidden from using this form for speech backed up by hidden money es- my time. any purpose then, why are they even allowed sentially undermines the democratic Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 to ask for this information? This doesn’t make processes of this country. What you are minute to the gentleman from Mary- any sense. doing today is coming forth here and This is another ‘‘mistake’’ waiting to happen. land (Mr. SARBANES). essentially wanting to give a further The mere presence of this form will make it b 1445 imprimatur to this distortion of the easier for unscrupulous employees to target Mr. SARBANES. I just wanted to re- democratic process. Money reigns too individuals for increased scrutiny based on spond to this idea that the public strongly in the political process, and their political beliefs or what non-profit they wouldn’t benefit from this. Yes, there you now essentially want to say: if it is choose to give money to. are opportunities to develop more dis- foreign, all the better. It is terrible. I have seen this kind of political targeting closure of this information to the pub- It is terrible what is going on in this first hand with my constituent Catherine lic, and certainly the Democrats would country today in terms of the power of Engelbrecht in Houston Texas. She was tar- like to see that. But the public would money over the political process. You geted because she dared to attempt to start a benefit from the IRS’ getting more in- make it worse by essentially inviting voting integrity group called True the Vote. formation about where this money foreign entities to join in that distor- This kind of political targeting needs to stop. comes from because it is the IRS’ re- tion of democracy in the United States. It’s un-American and Unconstitutional. sponsibility to determine whether Mr. Speaker, I urge a strong ‘‘no’’ We need to reign in the IRS, and H.R. 5053 these 501(c)(3) organizations are getting vote on this bill, and I yield back the is a step in the right direction. hijacked and taken over by special in- balance of my time. And that’s just the way it is. terest money—potentially foreign in- Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time terest—and so forth. So the public myself the balance of my time. for debate has expired. would absolutely benefit if the IRS, The foreign money invitation is a Pursuant to House Resolution 778, which is the organization that has re- straw man argument, and we have the previous question is ordered on the sponsibility for determining whether spent a lot of time on it talking about bill, as amended. you should have tax-exempt status or it this afternoon. But remember, all The question is on the engrossment not, can fulfill that function on behalf these activities are legal. Also remem- and third reading of the bill. of the public, and this would make it ber that it is the Internal Revenue The bill was ordered to be engrossed even more difficult for that agency to Service based on past practice that has and read a third time, and was read the do its job in that respect. developed or communicated an inabil- third time. Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I reserve ity to hold confidential information MOTION TO RECOMMIT the balance of my time. close. That is important. Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I have Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- It is also important to recognize that a motion to recommit at the desk. self the balance of my time. it was the Internal Revenue Service The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the Mr. Speaker, there has been discus- Commissioner who has essentially said: gentleman opposed to the bill? sion here about abuse. There was mis- We don’t need this information. We Mr. SARBANES. I am opposed to it management. I was among those who have had this debate and basically an in its current form. indicated that the person or the two admonition against the campaign fi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The people most responsible should be re- nance laws. The minority’s objection is Clerk will report the motion to recom- lieved of their duties. largely directed to the United States mit.

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PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING CONTRIB- eliminate the Schedule B on the Form UTOR IDENTITY NOT TO APPLY IN tax exempt because of the good work 990. Not only is it unnecessary, but the CASE OF ORGANIZATION INTER- that they are doing, that they are actu- IRS doesn’t have a good track record VENING IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. ally social welfare organizations, the at protecting sensitive information or The amendments made by section 2 of this local Boys & Girls Club, organizations treating everyone fairly. We shouldn’t Act shall not apply in the case of an organi- zation described in section 501(c) of the In- like that, providing a public benefit. be giving the Internal Revenue Service ternal Revenue Code of 1986 which directly or That is okay. We will pay our taxes. access to this information, especially indirectly participates in, or intervenes in, But we understand that those organiza- when they don’t need it to do their job. any political campaign on behalf of (or in op- tions shouldn’t have to because they Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to position to) any candidate for public office. are doing something that is good for vote against the motion, ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- the public and good for the community 5053, and I yield back the balance of my ant to the rule, the gentleman from and so forth. time. Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes in But if an organization is getting The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without support of his motion. taken over by some group that has got objection, the previous question is or- Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, this is a political goal or political objective, dered on the motion to recommit. the final amendment to the bill, which then it shouldn’t be entitled to that There was no objection. will not kill the bill or send it back to tax exemption anymore. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The committee. If adopted, the bill will im- That is what this motion to recom- question is on the motion to recommit. mediately proceed to final passage, as mit says: You don’t get to deny the The question was taken; and the amended. IRS the kind of information that will Speaker pro tempore announced that Mr. Speaker, we have had a debate allow them to make a judgment as to the noes appeared to have it. here today on this larger issue of ac- whether you deserve to have that tax Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, on countability to the American people exempt status. So that is all that we that I demand the yeas and nays. when it comes to our politics, the way are trying to do. The yeas and nays were ordered. we govern, and the huge amounts of se- There are two things that the IRS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- cret money that are pouring into our needs to look at when they are decid- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, and the politics in a way that has left the aver- ing whether a C organization is en- order of the House of today, further age American feeling cynical and dis- gaged primarily in political activity. proceedings on this question will be connected from their democracy. If One is, where is the money going? How postponed. anything, what Americans want to see are they spending it? They will be able f is not less information and less ac- to see that. But the other is, where is countability when it comes to politics, the money coming from that is getting MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT but more of it. spent? Who is behind the thing? That A message in writing from the Presi- Now, many people out there are just helps them decide, is this organization dent of the United States was commu- kind of hanging on by a fingernail in really fulfilling tax exempt purposes, nicated to the House by Mr. Brian terms of any confidence or trust when or is it just masquerading that way Pate, one of his secretaries. it comes to our democracy and our pol- when, in fact, what it is doing is en- f itics because they see how Big Money gaged primarily in political activity? has sort of taken over the conversation So we want the IRS to have the in- RECESS and that the megaphone that Big formation that allows them to reach a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Money has is hard to compete with if judgment as to whether an organiza- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair you are just a regular person out there tion that is benefiting from this tax ex- declares the House in recess subject to who wants your voice to be heard. But emption really deserves to get that tax the call of the Chair. it is made even worse when you don’t exemption. That is what this motion to Accordingly (at 3 p.m.), the House know who is holding that megaphone recommit would do. stood in recess. when that speech comes in with all We need more accountability, not that money behind it and you don’t less, in our politics. We need more in- f know who the speaker is because that formation to decide who appropriately b 1601 is hidden away because all of this is benefiting from this tax exempt sta- AFTER RECESS money has become secret. tus. One of the mechanisms that is being Mr. Speaker, for that reason, I urge The recess having expired, the House used by Big Money out there to kind of my colleagues to support the motion to was called to order by the Speaker pro foist themselves onto our politics and recommit, and I yield the balance of tempore (Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) at push average Americans on to the mar- my time. 4 o’clock and 1 minute p.m. gins of their own democracy is to go in Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise in f there and try and hijack, commandeer, opposition to the motion to recommit. and takeover these 501(c) organiza- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER tions. These tax exempt organizations tleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 PRO TEMPORE end up really engaging primarily in po- minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- litical activity but are masquerading Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, the mo- ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the order as these 501(c) organizations that are tion to recommit essentially says this: of the House of today, proceedings will supposed to be engaged in tax exempt All kind of speech is sacred, and all resume on questions previously post- activities. types of speech should be protected, ex- poned. So what this motion to recommit cept certain kinds. So you can say Votes will be taken in the following would do is pretty straightforward. It whatever you want to say, you can say order: says that if one of these 501(c) tax ex- it however you want to say it, but if it Adoption of the motion to recommit empt organizations—and I am reading is political, we are going to treat it dif- H.R. 5053, and now from the motion to recommit, ferently. And that is the problem; that Passage of H.R. 5053, if ordered. from the amendment that would be is absolutely the problem. The first electronic vote will be con- made—is directly or indirectly partici- H.R. 5053 is commonsense legislation ducted as a 15-minute vote. Any re- pating in or intervening in any polit- that protects Americans from having maining electronic vote will be con- ical campaign on behalf of or in opposi- their information improperly disclosed. ducted as a 5-minute vote.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:29 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.050 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3785 PREVENTING IRS ABUSE AND Bishop (UT) Hartzler Poe (TX) Stated for: Black Heck (NV) Poliquin PROTECTING FREE SPEECH ACT Blackburn Hensarling Pompeo Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoid- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Bost Hice, Jody B. Posey able detained. Had I been present, I would Boustany Hill finished business is the vote on the mo- Price, Tom have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 302. Brady (TX) Holding Ratcliffe Stated against: tion to recommit on the bill (H.R. 5053) Brat Hudson Reed to amend the Internal Revenue Code of Bridenstine Huelskamp Reichert Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, during the sec- 1986 to prohibit the Secretary of the Brooks (AL) Huizenga (MI) Renacci ond voting series today, I intended to vote Brooks (IN) Hultgren Ribble ‘‘nay’’ in accordance with leadership rec- Treasury from requiring that the iden- Buchanan Hunter Rice (SC) tity of contributors to 501(c) organiza- Buck Hurd (TX) Roby ommendation on the first vote, Democrat Mo- tions be included in annual returns, of- Bucshon Hurt (VA) Roe (TN) tion to Recommit H.R. 5053—Preventing IRS Burgess Issa Rogers (AL) Abuse and Protecting Free Speech. I inadvert- fered by the gentleman from Maryland Byrne Jenkins (KS) Rogers (KY) ently voted ‘‘yes.’’ I intended to vote ‘‘no.’’ (Mr. SARBANES), on which the yeas and Calvert Jenkins (WV) Rohrabacher nays were ordered. Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Rokita The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The Clerk will redesignate the mo- Carter (TX) Johnson, Sam Rooney (FL) question is on the passage of the bill. Chabot Jolly Ros-Lehtinen The question was taken; and the tion. Chaffetz Jordan Roskam The Clerk redesignated the motion. Clawson (FL) Joyce Ross Speaker pro tempore announced that Coffman Katko Rothfus the ayes appeared to have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Cole Kelly (MS) Rouzer RECORDED VOTE question is on the motion to recommit. Collins (GA) Kelly (PA) Royce The vote was taken by electronic de- Collins (NY) King (IA) Russell Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Comstock King (NY) Salmon recorded vote. vice, and there were—yeas 180, nays Conaway Kinzinger (IL) Sanford A recorded vote was ordered. 238, not voting 16, as follows: Cook Kline Scalise [Roll No. 302] Cooper Knight Schweikert The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Costa Labrador Scott, Austin will be a 5-minute vote. Costello (PA) LaHood YEAS—180 Sensenbrenner Cramer LaMalfa The vote was taken by electronic de- Adams Garamendi Napolitano Sessions Crawford Lamborn Aguilar Graham Neal Shimkus vice, and there were—ayes 240, noes 182, Crenshaw Lance Ashford Grayson Nolan Shuster not voting 12, as follows: Culberson Latta Bass Green, Al Norcross Simpson Curbelo (FL) LoBiondo [Roll No. 303] Beatty Green, Gene O’Rourke Smith (MO) Davidson Long Becerra Grijalva Pallone Smith (NE) AYES—240 Davis, Rodney Loudermilk Bera Gutie´rrez Pascrell Smith (NJ) Denham Love Abraham Fitzpatrick Long Beyer Hahn Payne Smith (TX) Dent Lucas Aderholt Fleischmann Loudermilk Bishop (GA) Hastings Pelosi Stefanik DeSantis Luetkemeyer Allen Fleming Love Blum Heck (WA) Perlmutter Stewart DesJarlais Lummis Amash Flores Lucas Blumenauer Higgins Peters Diaz-Balart MacArthur Stivers Amodei Fortenberry Luetkemeyer Bonamici Himes Peterson Dold Marchant Stutzman Babin Foxx Lummis Brady (PA) Honda Pingree Donovan Marino Thompson (PA) Barletta Franks (AZ) MacArthur Brown (FL) Hoyer Pocan Duncan (SC) Massie Thornberry Barr Frelinghuysen Marchant Brownley (CA) Huffman Polis Ellmers (NC) McCarthy Tiberi Barton Garrett Marino Bustos Israel Price (NC) Emmer (MN) McClintock Tipton Benishek Gibbs Massie Butterfield Jackson Lee Quigley Farenthold McHenry Trott Bilirakis Gohmert McCarthy Capps Jeffries Rangel Fincher McKinley Turner Bishop (MI) Gosar McCaul Capuano Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Fitzpatrick McMorris Upton Bishop (UT) Gowdy McClintock Ca´ rdenas Johnson, E. B. Richmond Fleischmann Rodgers Valadao Black Granger McHenry Carney Jones Roybal-Allard Fleming McSally Wagner Blackburn Graves (GA) McKinley Carson (IN) Kaptur Ruiz Flores Meadows Walberg Blum Graves (LA) McMorris Cartwright Keating Ruppersberger Fortenberry Meehan Walden Bost Graves (MO) Rodgers Castor (FL) Kelly (IL) Rush Foxx Messer Walker Boustany Griffith McSally Castro (TX) Kennedy Ryan (OH) Franks (AZ) Mica Walorski Brady (TX) Grothman Meadows Chu, Judy Kildee Sa´ nchez, Linda Frelinghuysen Miller (FL) Walters, Mimi Brat Guinta Meehan Clark (MA) Kilmer T. Garrett Miller (MI) Weber (TX) Bridenstine Guthrie Messer Clarke (NY) Kind Sanchez, Loretta Gibbs Moolenaar Webster (FL) Brooks (AL) Hanna Mica Clay Kirkpatrick Sarbanes Gibson Mooney (WV) Wenstrup Brooks (IN) Hardy Miller (FL) Cleaver Kuster Schakowsky Gohmert Mullin Westerman Buchanan Harper Miller (MI) Clyburn Langevin Schiff Gosar Murphy (PA) Westmoreland Buck Harris Moolenaar Cohen Larsen (WA) Schrader Gowdy Neugebauer Whitfield Bucshon Hartzler Mooney (WV) Connolly Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Granger Newhouse Williams Burgess Heck (NV) Mullin Conyers Lawrence Scott, David Graves (GA) Noem Wilson (SC) Byrne Hensarling Murphy (PA) Courtney Lee Serrano Graves (LA) Nugent Wittman Calvert Hice, Jody B. Neugebauer Crowley Levin Sewell (AL) Graves (MO) Nunes Womack Carter (GA) Hill Newhouse Cuellar Lewis Sherman Griffith Olson Woodall Carter (TX) Holding Noem Cummings Lieu, Ted Sinema Grothman Palazzo Yoder Chabot Hudson Nugent Davis (CA) Lipinski Sires Guinta Palmer Yoho Chaffetz Huelskamp Nunes Davis, Danny Loebsack Slaughter Guthrie Paulsen Young (AK) Clawson (FL) Huizenga (MI) Olson DeFazio Lofgren Smith (WA) Hanna Pearce Young (IA) Coffman Hultgren Palazzo DeGette Lowenthal Speier Hardy Perry Young (IN) Cole Hunter Palmer Delaney Lowey Swalwell (CA) Harper Pittenger Zeldin Collins (GA) Hurd (TX) Paulsen DeLauro Lujan Grisham Takano Harris Pitts Zinke Collins (NY) Hurt (VA) Pearce DelBene (NM) Thompson (CA) Comstock Issa Perry DeSaulnier Luja´ n, Ben Ray Titus NOT VOTING—16 Conaway Jenkins (KS) Peterson Doggett (NM) Tonko Boyle, Brendan Fattah Mulvaney Cook Jenkins (WV) Pittenger Doyle, Michael Lynch Torres F. Forbes Costello (PA) Johnson (OH) Pitts F. Maloney, Tsongas Rigell Cicilline Goodlatte Cramer Johnson, Sam Poe (TX) Duckworth Carolyn Van Hollen Takai Deutch Herrera Beutler Crawford Jolly Poliquin Duncan (TN) Maloney, Sean Vargas Thompson (MS) Dingell Hinojosa Crenshaw Jones Pompeo Edwards Matsui Veasey Wilson (FL) Duffy Moore Culberson Jordan Posey Ellison McCaul Vela Curbelo (FL) Joyce Price, Tom Engel McCollum Vela´ zquez b 1622 Davidson Katko Ratcliffe Eshoo McDermott Visclosky Davis, Rodney Kelly (MS) Reed Esty McGovern Walz Messrs. ROONEY of Florida, BRAT, Denham Kelly (PA) Reichert Farr McNerney Wasserman and CULBERSON changed their vote Dent King (IA) Renacci Foster Meeks Schultz from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ DeSantis King (NY) Ribble Frankel (FL) Meng Waters, Maxine Messrs. POCAN, HUFFMAN, Ms. DesJarlais Kinzinger (IL) Rice (SC) Fudge Moulton Watson Coleman Diaz-Balart Kline Roby Gabbard Murphy (FL) Welch BASS, Messrs. HIMES and CLYBURN Dold Knight Roe (TN) Gallego Nadler Yarmuth changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to Donovan Labrador Rogers (AL) Duncan (SC) LaHood Rogers (KY) NAYS—238 ‘‘yea.’’ So the motion to recommit was re- Duncan (TN) LaMalfa Rohrabacher Abraham Amodei Barton Ellmers (NC) Lamborn Rokita Aderholt Babin Benishek jected. Emmer (MN) Lance Rooney (FL) Allen Barletta Bilirakis The result of the vote was announced Farenthold Latta Ros-Lehtinen Amash Barr Bishop (MI) as above recorded. Fincher LoBiondo Roskam

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:29 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.056 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3786 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2016 Ross Stefanik Webster (FL) b 1630 Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- Rothfus Stewart Wenstrup man, I yield myself such time as I may Rouzer Stivers Westerman Ms. BROWN of Florida changed her Royce Stutzman Westmoreland vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ consume. Russell Thompson (PA) Whitfield So the bill was passed. Mr. Chairman, I rise to present the Salmon Thornberry Williams The result of the vote was announced Appropriations Committee rec- Sanford Tiberi Wilson (SC) ommendation for the fiscal year 2017 Scalise Tipton Wittman as above recorded. Schweikert Trott Womack A motion to reconsider was laid on Department of Defense Appropriations Scott, Austin Turner Woodall the table. bill. Sensenbrenner Upton Yoder f I would like to begin by paying trib- Sessions Valadao Yoho ute to those who are not with us Shimkus Wagner Young (AK) COMMUNICATION FROM THE today—our men and women in uni- Shuster Walberg Young (IA) CLERK OF THE HOUSE Simpson Walden Young (IN) form—all volunteers—who serve all Smith (MO) Walker Zeldin The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- across the globe defending our freedom. Smith (NE) Walorski Zinke fore the House the following commu- Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and ma- Smith (NJ) Walters, Mimi nication from the Clerk of the House of rines provide the mantle of security Smith (TX) Weber (TX) Representatives: that allows us to meet in settings like NOES—182 OFFICE OF THE CLERK, this every day, and they should never HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Adams Fudge Nadler be far from our minds. Washington, DC, June 14, 2016. Aguilar Gabbard Napolitano Mr. Chairman, they, those who serve Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, Ashford Gallego Neal in uniform and their families, deserve Bass Garamendi Nolan The Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. our heartfelt thanks for their personal Beatty Gibson Norcross sacrifice. Becerra Graham O’Rourke DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- Bera Grayson Pallone mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of I also want to thank Chairman ROG- Beyer Green, Al Pascrell the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- ERS and Mrs. LOWEY for their support Bishop (GA) Green, Gene Payne tives, the Clerk received the following mes- during the process, and special thanks Blumenauer Grijalva Pelosi sage from the Secretary of the Senate on to my counterpart, PETE VISCLOSKY, Bonamici Gutie´rrez Perlmutter June 14, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.: for his partnership in this effort. I Boyle, Brendan Hahn Peters That the Senate concur in the House F. Hastings Pingree amendment to the bill S. 2276. thank him for his assistance and col- Brady (PA) Heck (WA) Pocan With best wishes, I am, laboration. Brown (FL) Higgins Polis Sincerely, Mr. Chairman, our Defense Sub- Brownley (CA) Himes Price (NC) Bustos Honda Quigley KAREN L. HAAS. committee conducted 11 formal hear- Butterfield Hoyer Rangel f ings and had numerous briefings to Capps Huffman Rice (NY) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE help shape this legislation. These Capuano Israel Richmond meetings allowed us to look in great Ca´ rdenas Jackson Lee Roybal-Allard APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 Carney Jeffries Ruiz detail into our national defense posture GENERAL LEAVE Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Ruppersberger and the capabilities of our adversaries Cartwright Johnson, E. B. Rush Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, and our partners, and we are very con- Castor (FL) Kaptur Ryan (OH) I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- cerned by what we see. Castro (TX) Keating Sa´ nchez, Linda bers may have 5 legislative days in Chu, Judy Kelly (IL) T. Over the past several years, we have Cicilline Kennedy Sanchez, Loretta which to revise and extend their re- largely focused on the dangers posed by Clark (MA) Kildee Sarbanes marks and include extraneous mate- Islamic terrorist organizations—al Clarke (NY) Kilmer Schakowsky rials on H.R. 5293, and that I may in- Qaeda, barbaric ISIS, al-Nusrah, and Clay Schiff Kind clude tabular material on the same. others. They remain a clear and Cleaver Kirkpatrick Schrader The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Clyburn Kuster Scott (VA) present danger. But in recent years, Cohen Langevin Scott, David WESTMORELAND). Is there objection to new threats have emerged: a more ag- Connolly Larsen (WA) Serrano the request of the gentleman from New gressive and capable Russia, an expan- Conyers Larson (CT) Sewell (AL) Jersey? sionist China, emboldened states like Cooper Lawrence Sherman There was no objection. Iran, and rogue nations like North Costa Lee Sinema The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Courtney Levin Sires Korea. At the same time, we are deal- Crowley Lewis Slaughter ant to House Resolution 778 and rule ing with fiscal constraints imposed by Cuellar Lieu, Ted Smith (WA) XVIII, the Chair declares the House in sequestration and budget caps. Cummings Lipinski Speier the Committee of the Whole House on So, looking today at our Department Davis (CA) Loebsack Swalwell (CA) the state of the Union for the consider- Davis, Danny Lofgren Takano of Defense and intelligence commu- DeFazio Lowenthal Thompson (CA) ation of the bill, H.R. 5293. nity, we note that our readiness levels DeGette Thompson (MS) The Chair appoints the gentleman Lowey are alarmingly low for our soldiers, Delaney Lujan Grisham Titus from Tennessee (Mr. DUNCAN) to pre- marines, sailors, and airmen; our deci- DeLauro (NM) Tonko side over the Committee of the Whole. DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Torres sive technological edge over our adver- DeSaulnier (NM) Tsongas b 1633 saries is eroding; and our adversaries’ Deutch Lynch Van Hollen resolve and their capability are only Doggett Maloney, Vargas IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Doyle, Michael Carolyn Veasey Accordingly, the House resolved growing. F. Maloney, Sean Vela itself into the Committee of the Whole The bill before you begins to reverse ´ Duckworth Matsui Velazquez House on the state of the Union for the these trends by providing more money Edwards McCollum Visclosky for national security. Ellison McDermott Walz consideration of the bill (H.R. 5293) Engel McGovern Wasserman making appropriations for the Depart- This measure includes a total of Eshoo McNerney Schultz ment of Defense for the fiscal year end- $575.8 billion for the Department of De- Esty Meeks Waters, Maxine ing September 30, 2017, and for other fense for functions under our sub- Farr Meng Watson Coleman committee’s jurisdiction and $58.6 bil- Foster Moulton Welch purposes, with Mr. DUNCAN of Ten- Frankel (FL) Murphy (FL) Yarmuth nessee in the chair. lion for overseas contingency oper- The Clerk read the title of the bill. ations/global war on terrorism funding. NOT VOTING—12 The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Our recommendation mirrors the Dingell Goodlatte Mulvaney bill is considered read the first time. funding structure that the House Duffy Herrera Beutler Rigell The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Armed Services Committee and this Fattah Hinojosa Takai Forbes Moore Wilson (FL) FRELINGHUYSEN) and the gentleman House approved a few weeks ago and from Indiana (Mr. VISCLOSKY) each will shifts roughly $16 billion from the ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE control 30 minutes. President’s request for OCO operations The Chair recognizes the gentleman into critical investments in our per- The SPEAKER pro tempore (during from New Jersey. sonnel, training, and equipment, while the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- ing.

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They need deaths of American service personnel, quest a targeted supplemental to sup- it; they will welcome it. if the President refused to call them port our troops. Congress did a similar Mr. Chairman, as I close, I want to ‘‘combat operations.’’ maneuver in 2008. make an observation about this year’s There is more happening in the Mid- I am confident that Members of this debate. The President’s spokesman and dle East today than the airstrikes House will work in a bipartisan way to Secretary of Defense were quick to against ISIS, and we need to thank criticize the funding structure of the ensure that this essential supplemental those warfighters on the ground that National Defense Authorization bill appropriations legislation is passed are there as we gather here this after- and, indeed, this proposal, and issued a when that time comes. Rest assured noon. They are risking their lives right veto threat against our bill this morn- that we will never let our troops down. now—every day—and their families are By providing a bridge fund to next ing. The White House and Secretary Car- dispirited because their sons and April, our bill is able to make targeted ter have suggested we are, in their own daughters are in combat and do sustain investments in additional manning for words, ‘‘gambling’’ with our troops’ injuries while the administration hides the Army, Marines, and Air Force, mission in the Middle East and that behind semantics of ‘‘no boots on the more training, as well as the equip- our approach is somehow ‘‘irrespon- ground.’’ There are boots on the ment they rely upon—all designed to sible’’ or, in their own words, ‘‘dan- ground. repair the worrisome readiness gaps we gerous.’’ Further, it was ‘‘gambling’’ and see across our Armed Forces. But what was really ‘‘gambling,’’ ‘‘ir- ‘‘dangerous’’ to establish a poorly We currently have the lowest man- responsible,’’ and ‘‘dangerous’’ was the thought-out and poorly executed ning level in the Army since before administration’s decision to pull all of ‘‘train and equip’’ scheme in Syria, or World War II, and this legislation our troops out of Iraq and Afghani- to conclude that Russia and China boosts Army and Marine Corps end stan—against the advice of our mili- would not cease their aggressive chal- strength. tary leadership—and not anticipate lenges to American superiority around Despite the Secretary’s assurances that the resulting vacuum would be the world. that we are on our way to a 300-ship filled by ISIS, the Taliban, and other My friends, one thing we can all Navy, we now have 273 in our fleet, terrorist groups. agree upon is that the last 2 years of which is smaller than at any time since What was ‘‘gambling,’’ ‘‘irrespon- budget cuts, constant deployments, before World War I. This bill funds a sible,’’ and ‘‘dangerous’’ was—and is— and new crises have only eroded our significant increase in shipbuilding. the constant changing of the military military’s readiness and capabilities. Our Air Force is flying the oldest rules of engagement to meet political planes in its entire history, and the bill The bill before you does not gamble. objectives. It is highly responsible. before you boosts the modernization of What was ‘‘gambling’’ and ‘‘irrespon- Rather, our proposal wisely invests our fighters, bombers, tankers, and sible’’ was ousting Qadhafi in Libya more money for our troops, more train- other aircraft. without any plan whatsoever for the ing for our troops, more modern equip- We are also able to increase funding aftermath. by $9.6 billion for equipment the serv- Indeed, it is ‘‘gambling,’’ ‘‘irrespon- ment, expanded cybersecurity, more ice chiefs have requested in their sible,’’ and ‘‘dangerous’’ to believe that intelligence-gathering capabilities, and unmet needs list. Iran would not violate any aspects of better healthcare outcomes for our Our investments will allow our mili- the Geneva Agreement. troops and their families. tary services to fully meet critical And surely it was a ‘‘gamble’’ to be- Mr. Chairman, it deserves your sup- training requirements, such as flying lieve that the American people would port; it deserves our support. hours, steaming days, depot mainte- ignore the capture and provocative I reserve the balance of my time.

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Department of' Defense Appropriations Act FY 2017 (H. R. 5293) (Amounts in Thousands.)

FY 2016 FY 2017 Bnl vs Bill vs. Enacted Reque-st Bil1 Enacted Reque~ t

TITLE I

MILITARY PERSONNEL

.Mi -~ l tary Personnel, Ar·my. 41,045,562 40,028' 182 39.986,962 -1 ,058 600 -41 '220 lH l 1 taty Per:sonne'l, Navy 27,835,-183 27.951,-605 27 I 774 605 -60 '578 -177 000 Mi1 i tary Personnel, Marine Corp--s 12,859,152 12,813,412 12.701 ,412 ·157 ,740 '112 000 N:iiitary Personnel, Air Force. 17,679,066 27,944,815 27,794 615 +115 '549 ·150 000 Reserve Personnel, Army. 4, 453,164 4,561 '703 4,45B 963 -4 201 -102' 740 Reserve Personnel, Navy 1 '866,891 1 '924, 155 1. 898' 825 +31 '934 -25' 330 Reserve Personna I. Marine Corps 702,481 744, 995 736' 305 +33' 824 -8,690 Reserve Personne1, Air Force-. 1, 682.942 1 '742 '906 1. 718' 126 +35' 184 -24 '780 N.at l on a 1 Guard Personne 1 , Army. 7. 892. 327 7. 910 '694 7,827,440 -54, 887 -83,254 N.i.!tional Guard Por5orme1, A• r Force. 3,201,890 3. 280' 065 3,271,215 +:69' 325 -8,850 ------" H H ~ H ~. r H H H H H ~ Total, Title I. Militar-y Personnel,. 129,228,£58 128,902,332 128,168,468 -1,060,190 -133,864

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TITLE II

OPERATJON AND MAINTENANCE

Oper;:,ti on and Mai nten<.~nco, Army. 32' 399 '440 33,809,040 34,436 295 +2,036, BS5 +627' 255 Operat 'ion and Maintenance, Navy. 39,600,172 39,483' 581 40,213 '485 +613 '313 +729. 904 Dp-erat 1 on and Maintenance, Mar-ine Corps 5,718,074 5, 954 258 6,246, 3GB +528 '292 +292 '108 .O.petat~on and Maintemmce, Alr Force. 35,727,457 371518 '05\l 38.209 602 +2 '4-82' 145 +691 '546 Opcratl on and Mal ntenance, Detense-Wide 32,105' 040 32.571 '590 32 '263 224 +158' 184 , 308,366 Ope :ration and Mal ntanance, Army Reserve> 2,646,911 2' 712 '331 2. 767 '471 +120, 560 +55 '140 Operatl on and Mal nteoance, Navy Reserve. 998,481 927 656 975 724 -22 ,757 +4B ,068 Operat ian and ttai ntenanc€, Marl ne Corps Reserve. 274 526 270' 633 320 066 +45' 540 +49 ,433 D:pe:rat ion and Maintenance, A 1 r F-orce Re-serve. 2' 980 ,768 3. 067.929 3,106 066 -+125 298 +38 '137 Operat lon and M-a1 ntenance, Army Natlomll Guard> 6,595 '483 6' 825,370 6,SZ3 595 +328' 112 +98 '225 Operatlon and Maintereance, A1r National Guard. 6,820 569 6.703' 578 6. 708' 200 -112' 369 +4' 622 U-n i Led States Court of Appeals for the A;med Forces 14 '07S 14,194 14' 194 +116 Environmental Reator-ation, Ar-my. 234' 829 170,167 170' 167 -S4,662 f:nvi ronmental Restoration, Navy 300 '000 281 '762 289' 262 -10' 738 +7' 500 Environmental Restoration, Ajr Force. 368, 131 371.521 371 '521 +3' 390 En vi ronmenta 1 Restarat ion, Defense-Wide. 8, 232 9 '009 9 009 +777 Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used O<:!ftmse SHes., 231,217 197 '084 222 084 ·9' 133 ;-25 000 Overseas Hum.am tari an, Dis as tnr, and C1 v ~c: Al d 103,266 105' 125 108, 125 +4, 859 +3 000 Cooperative Threat R-eduction Accourn 358' 496 325 '604 325' 604 -32' 892

W ~ n n v •- n • • v •- -···------~-. ~ u " ~ " •• " -- rot.al, Title li, Operation and maintenance. 167,485,170 171,318 '488 173' 680' 060 +6' 19-4 '890 +2' :361 '572 =="'"'l'l'~~~"='=~-"!"'= ::0:0:"====-====:oo:::::..::. ===-===::::::::;:;;:=:"':::::;;: ""~~~;o;;!;:;;.:!;'~~~::;~~ ~~=:;;;=-:::'=::=====

TITLE Ill

PROCUREMENT

A~ rcraft Procurement, Army .... 5, 866,367 3.614 ,787 4' 628' 697 ~1 '237 670 +1 ,013,910 Mis:sile Proct~remern, Army. 1,600,957 1 .519, 956 1,502, 377 -98' 580 -17' 589 Procurement of Weapons and Track.ed Combat Vehi c! es, Army., 1, 951 . 646 2 ,285,177 2, 244. 547 +292 901 -20 830 Proo;urement of Ammu.rd t "I on, Army 1 .245,4.26 1 ,513,157 1 ,513' 157 +2:()7 '731 Other Pr"o-curement., Army. 5,718,811 -5-,-873.949 6,081 , Bti6 +3£3 045 +-207 907 A1 JCraft Procuremont, Navy. 17 ,S2i ,209 14 '1-09' 1413 15 '900, 093 _, ,-6-21 '116 +1 , 79iJ '945- Heaporr~ Procl.lreme:nt, Navy. 3,049,542 3,209.262 3.102' 544 +53 '002 -106,718- Proctwcment of Ammun.it1on, Navy and Marine Corps ...... 651.920 664,368 601 '5£3 -50' 357 -62' 80-5 Shipbuncting and Conversion. N~vy. 18,704,539 18, 354,874 18,484 524 -220' 015 -t129. -65D Other ProcuJ-emertt. Navy. 6,484,257 6' 338,861 6 '099' 326 -384' 931 -239,535 Procur·ement MaT1n& Corps. 1 '186 ,812 1,362,769 1.213,872 +27. 050 -14B ,-897 Al :-craft Procurement, A1 r Force. 15,756,853 13 922-917 14' 325,111 -1 ,431: ,736 -f-402. 200 Ml ss i le Procurem-ent, A'1 r Force 912' 131 2 426.621 2,288,772 -623' 359 -13'1'' 549 Space Procurement, Air Force ... 2,B12,159 ,055,743 2.538,152 -274 007 -517.591 Procurement of Ammum t1on, A~ r Force. 1, 744,993 ,677,719 1 '609,719 -135,274 -68,000 Other Procurement, A1 r- Fo-rce. 18,311,882 17 ,438,056 17 ,342.313 -969' 569 ,95,743 Procur-ement, OefensewWHic- .. 5' 245' 443 4.524,918 4 649. 8'16 ~595,567 Defense Product ion Act Pu:rcheses +124 958 76,680 44' 065 74,065 -2,615 ot-30,000

--- ~ • - n r •--- ~ Total, Titie Ill, Procur-ement. 101,916,357 104,200,570 ~6.641,{157

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Department of Defense ApprQpri.::tti0!1S Act FY 2017 (ILfL 5293) (Amounts 1 n Thousands)

FY 2016 FY 2017 B ~ n v$. B111 VS' l:.nact.ed ReqlJest Bi il En~ct ed Ri3ques t

TITlE IV

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

Research, Deval-opment, Test and Evaluation, Army .•. 7' 565' 327 . 515,399 7,864,517 +299,190 +349 '11 6 Research, Development, Test and Ev.aluati.on. Navy ....•. 18. 117.677 17 275' 301 16,831,290 "1 ,286.387 -44S, 011 Research, Oevel opment, Test and Evaluation, Air Forc!J. 25. 217.148 28. 112,251 27.106.651 +1.889.703 ·1 ,005 . 400 Research. Deve 1opment, lest and Eva1uat1on, Defense~ Wide 18. 695.955 18.308.826 18.311.236 -384.719 +2 ,41D Operational Defe11se. Test and Evaluation, 188.558 178.994 178. 994 a9 1 564 ' T - n ~ - ~- T ~ 0 W T n r 0 • 0 • • • • • n ~ ~ nnmonn-•• --· Total, T1tle IV, Rese;;p·cn, Deve1opment. Test and E.va1uatioti .. 69 '784,665 71 . 391 '771 70,292,888 +508. 223 ·1.098.883

TITLE V

REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

Defense Working Capit~l fl.mds. 1 '738. 768 1. 371 ,613 -367.155 Natwniil Defense Seallft Fund. 474,164 ~474,164

fotal, Title V, Revolving and Management Funds. 2,212.932 1. 371 ,613 -841.319

TITLE VI

OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

Defense He;:d th Program Operation and maintenance. 29 ,842.167 32.231,390 31,696.337 +1. -854, 170 -535 , o:)J. Procurement. 355.390 413.219 413,219 +47 829 Research, development, test and evaluation • 121 ,933 822.907 1.467.007 -654,926 +644 . 100 n ~ m ~ • n • • • ~ n n M ------····· Total, DefensB HeaHh Program 1! 31. 32. 329.490 33 . 467.516 33 >576, 563 +i ,247 073 +109 047

ChCm1cal AgBnts and 11unit10fi"S Destruction, Defense: Operati 00 and mai ntenanca. 118.198 147.282 147.282 +29 084 Procurement, ... , 2.281 15, 132 i 5,132 +12 851 ResE>arc.h, development, test arJd evaluation. 579' 342 388.609 388 '609 ·190 733

~ " u a~ • •••• _ •• n • • • • w • • • • ~ • • n-n•n•n•••••• Total, Chemical Agents 2.1 .. 699.821 551.023 551 '023 -148 '798

Orug Int-erdiction and Counte:r ·Dr-ug Act1 vi ties, ()of(li1Se1/ . 050, 598 844.800 908.800 -141 . 798 +64, ODO Joint Urgent Operational Need$ Fu11d, ... 99.300 ·99,300 Ofnce of the Inspector Genen>.l 11, 312' 559 322,035 322.035 +9 476 ····----·------~- ~ ff- - - • ~-. --·------· Tot a 1 , T1 t "l e VI, Other Depu rtmerot of Oefense Ptograms .. 34.392.468 35' 284 '674 35' 358' 421 >~-965. 95-3 +73 '747 """""'~::;:;::::;::~::.:;;:::::-:= "'""':::;t:;~-::;""'-:::"":;;======-===::::::::-:::=::::;;;, ~"'~~::::0::"''="""=-=:::= ==">0;~::="":::::::::.·..-u.;::

TITLE VIl

RELATED AGENCIES

Central IntGl "ligence Agency Retirement and Di sablll ty System Fund. 5!4. 000 514, OOD 514,000 Inte"ll1gence Community MarJagement Account (lOlA} 505' 20:6 533. 596 483. 596 -21 .610 ~50 000 Total, Title VII, Related agencie$,

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Departmont of Defe11se App:ropr~.ati-ons Act f.Y 2017 pi.R. 5293} (Amounts in Thousands)

fY 2016 FY 2017 B1 IF vs B1n vs tnactu-d Re-qusst £n<;J;;tcd Roquest

TITLE VIII

GENERAl PROVISIONS

Additio-n~'l transfer authority (Sec,S005) ... (4,500,000) (5 ,000,000) (4,500,000) ( -500,000) FFRDC (Sec.8023) -65' 000 -126,800 -61 ,800 ·126' 800 Overseas M~l itary facility !nvestm~nt RE::cover-y (Sec.8D28). '000 -1 '000 Rescissions (Sec,$041) ... -1 '768' 937 ~'l,283,416 +485' 521 -1,283,416 Nat 10nal grants (S€c. 8048) 44' 000 44' 000 +44' 000 O&M, Oet'ense-w1d-e transfer autnority (Sac.8D52) .. (30' 000) (30.000) (30,000) Fisher House Foundat1or. (Sec.8Cl67) 5' 000 5,000 +5, OOD Revised ecDnomi c assurnpt 1ons (Sec. 8074) .... -1 '500 ,78-S -573.400 'l'927' 389 -573,400 F1Sher House O&M Army Navy Al r Force tran-sfer authority (Sec. 8089) .. (11 '000) (11 ,000) (11 ,000) Defense Health O&M transfer authonty (Set: 8093} I 121 ,000) (122,375) (122, 375) (+1 '375) John C. StenniS Center for Pub-lic Ser.ilGe O~Jvelopment Trust Fund (08!:11, Navy tran:;;fer authority) (1 '000) (-1 '000) tlal'>lc allowanco for h-ousing ... 300 000 . 300' 000 Hork1ng Capital Fund, Army excess -cash balance$ (Sec.8116), ... ,,,.,, .. -389' 000 ·336,000 +53' ODD -336.000 Work>ng Ca.pltal Fund, Defense-wide excass cash b-alances ( resc1 ssion} -1 '037 000 +1 '037 ODD Revised fuel costs (Sec.B1'17). -2' 576 000 -1,493.000 +1 '083 ,000 -1,493,000 Military pay ral-se (Sec,813\}. 340, ODD +34{1 , DOD +340' 000

r~~-~~~•-•••n • ~ ft - ft-- •• ------. -- ~ ------~ ------Total. Tit"le VIII, Genor~J Provisions. -6' 9:86' 726 -3' 423 < 616 +3_563,110 -3,423,616 :=:;;;;::;,;1-,;;:;:;:z,,;:;""'""""""""' """l''-"'"""'~"""'"""'"'""~ ""~~"'"""'::::"'::::;=.;o:,, ="======-======::::= ...... lo'::l'>::. TITLE IX

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOf)

M1ll t-a>Y Pcrsonne~

Mi lltary Personnel, Arrny {GWDT} OCO/GWOT Requirements {GWOT),,. i. 646,356 2, 05L 578 1 '271. 302 -575,054 -780.276 OCO/GWOT For Sase Requirements (GWQT) .. 1 '154,828 +1,154,828 +1 '1-54.828 ------~ .. ----.- - ~- ~ Subtotal. 1 '846' 356 051,578: 1, 426' 130 -+57'9 J74 -+374,552

Mll iti~rY Personnel, Navy (GW.OT) OCO/GWOT Requi renwnts {GWOT) 251 '011 330.557 194.001 -57,010 -13(.1,556 OCO/GWOT For Base Rt::qUl r-ements \GWOTf, 63. 500 +'1)3 ,500 •63 '500

n ~ n ~ ~ c • • • • • • • -- . --~------Subtota1. 251 '011 330 .551 257,501 +6 '490 -73 056 Ml l i tary Personnel, Marine Corps (GWOT) OCO/GWOf Requh·emen-ts \GWOTf 171 '079 179 ,733 104,542 -06. 537 -75. 191 OCO!GWOT For Base Requi r-emcnts {GWDT) 349.000 +349 000 +349, 000 ----- ~--- ~- -- Subtota I 171 '079 179' 733 453: t 542 +282 463 +273.' 309 M>litary Personn-el, Air Forc-e {GWOr) -OCO!GWOT Requiremoents {GWOT}. 726.126 719 896 446.792 -279' 3J4 -273.104 OCOfGWOT f-or Base Requl rements (GWOT), 145' 000 +145. 000 +145' 00-0 --- ~ ------···------Sl.lbtota 1 ... ------·------726,126 719,895 591 > 792 -134,334 -128' 104

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Department o-f De tense Appropriations Act T FY 2017 (H. R. 5293} {Amounts HI Thousands)

FY 2016 FY 2017 Sill V$. Bi 11 vs. Enacted Raquest 6il'f Enacted Reql.leS t

Reser·ve Personnel, Army {GWOT} OCO/GWOl ~equi rements (GWOT)., .... 24' 462 42' 506 30,8-12 ... 6' 350 -1i '694 OCO/GWOT For- Base Requirements (GWDT) 172,382 +172 362 +172' 362

Subtota 1 24' 462 42' 506 +178 712 '1"160,668

Reserve Personne1. Navy {GWOT} OCG/GWOT Requi rerncots (GWOT) 12,693 11 ,929 -4.788 -4' 024 Reserve PelSDo'HiCl, Marine Corps {GWOf) OCOIGWOT Requi rernents (GWOr) 3' 393 3, 764 3, 087 • 306 -677 Reserve Personne1, A~r Force (GWOT) OCD/GWOT Requirements (GWOT) 18,710 20 '535 15,979 ·2' 731 -4 '556 National Guard Personnel, Army (GWOT) OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOT) 166,015 196,472 120,514 ·45' 501 -75' 958 OCD/GWOT For Base Requ1 rements (GWOT) 316,454 +316,454 +316,454

------~ ~-- w. ~ ~ Subto-t~ 1 . 166,015 196,472 436' 968 +270' 953 +240 '496-

Nalional Guard Personne1, Air Force (GWOT) DCO/GWOT Requl rements (GWOT) 2, 828 5,288 4' 125 +1. 297 -1 '163 ------T----- Total, Ml11tary Personnel OCOtGWOr Requirements 3,222,673 3' 562 '258 2 '199, 059 -1,023,614 -1,363.199 Total, OCOIGWOT For Base Requirements .. 2.201,144 +2,201 ,144 +2,201- '144

Grand Total, Hi 1 itary Personne1. 3,222.673 3,562,258 4,400, 203. +1 ,177, 530 •837 '945

Operat1on and Maintenance

Operatlon & Maintenance, Army (GWOr) OCG/GWOT Requi remer;ts \G-WOT) 14,994,833 15' 310,587 10,396,008 -4,598,825 -4,914,579 OCO/GWOT For Base Reqtn reme!lts (GWOT} 2.186,£72 +2. 186' 672 +2,186,672 r • ~ ~ • • • • • • ~ •' ------Subtotal 14,994,833 15' 310,587 12' 582 '£-80 -2' 412' 153 -2,727,907

Operation & t-1ainten;;~nce, Navy (GWOT) OCOIGWOT Requirements (SWOT) 7,169,611 6, 827,391 3' 947,082 -3,222' 529 -2,880' 309 (Coast Guard} (by transfer) (GWOT). (162 ,692} (162,692} (+162 692) OCOIGWOT For Base Requirements {GWOT), 1,082,170 +1 ,082 170 +1 ,082' 170

0 ff ~ • - n ~ n 0 T------.- ~-- ~ ... -- Subtotal 7' 169,611 6' 827' 391 5,029,252 -2' 140' 359 -1 '798' 139

Oper(,ltion & Malntemmce, Mar1na Carps {Gi.~OT) OCD/GWOf Requirements. (GWOT) 1,372,534 1 '244.359 149,596 ·622,938 ·494' 763 OCO!GWOT For· Base Requi rernents (GWOT), 166,900 +166' 900 +166 '900

-- ~ ~ 0 T n 0 0 0- n ------~ . ~ -~- -- ... ------····-- Subtotal 1,372,534 1 244' 359 916,496 -456.038 -327,863

Operation & Maintenance, Alr Forc-e (GWOT) OCO!GWOT Requirements (GWOT), 11 '128 ,813 ,493,830 5,909,780 ·5,219,033 -.3.589,050 OCOIGwor For Base Requirements [GWOT). 960 '<326 -•960' 626 ------··----- +960 '620 Subtot~ l 11 '128, 813 9,493,830 6,870,406 -4.258 407 -2,628.424 Operation & Maintenance, Oefenso-Wide (GWOT} OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOT} 5,6B5,633 5 '982 .173 3 '544,434 -2' 121' 1~9 ·2,437.739 (Coalition- support funds) {GWOT) (1,160,000) ( 1 '1 00 '000} (1 '100,000) ( ·60,000) DCO/GWOf For Base Rcqui remen.ts {GWOi). 351 '000 •351 '000 +351,000

- T ~. " ~ " o o •. - o Subtota I 5.£65,633 5, 982' 173 3,895,434 -1 '770' 199 ·2 ,086, 739

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D-epartment of Det-ense Appr9priuUons Act fY 2017 ULfC 529-J) (Amouhtt:o 1 n lhous<';nds-)

FY 2016 FY 2017 :B-11 l vs. Bi1l ItS. Enacted Reque:st Bi II Enacted Request

Operation & Mal ntenancc, Army Resarve {GWOl} OCOIGWOT Requi reme11ts {GWOT) .•. , . 99.559 38.879 85. $66 -13.893 +46,987 OCO/GWOl For Base Requirements (m~OT) .... 186,381 +186.381 +186.381 n ~ ~ n ~ • r " n n n n • ------·------·--· Subtotal . 99.559 38.679 272, 047 +172' 488 +233. 358

Operation & Mal n.tenance, Navy Reserve- (GWOT) OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOT) •.. 31 .643 26.265 25. 669 -5 . 974 ·596 OCOIGWOT For Base Requi ri;irn~ntE;> (GW"OT) 112,350 +112, 350 -T-112 , 350 ----·--·------31 ,643 26.265 138' 019 +106, 376 -t111 '754

Ooeratlon & Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve (GWOT) , OCOlGWOT Requirements (GWOT) _ 3,455 3,304 5, 078 +1 . 623 +1, 774 OCOIGWOT For Base Requirements (GWOT} 24. ;;so +24' 550 •24' 550 ------~-- - . -- " Subtotal 3.455 3,304 29' 528 •26 '173 +26. 324

Operation & Maintenance, Air Force Reserve (m.fOT) OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOT) ..•.•. 58,106 57.586 45,173 "12 '933 -12 413 OCOiGWOT For Base Requirements (GWOT). 27' 550 +27 550 +27' 550 ------···· ·4··------Subtotal. 58,106 57,586 72. 723 -+14, 617 +15' 137

Operat "ion & Maintenance, Army Nat1 ona1 Guar-d (GWOT) OCDIGWOT Requlrcments (GWOl). 135,845 127,035 142,341 +6 . 496 +15. 306 OCOIGWOT for Baso Requi r·ements. {GWOT) .. 231. 680 +237' 880 .. 237. 880

Subtota'l ... 135.845 127,035 380. 221 +.244. 375 +253 '1 86 Oper-ation & Maintenance, Air National Gl.lard (GWOr) OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOT). 19,900 20.000 31.086 ., 1 '186 +11, 086 OCO/GWOT For Base R:equirem-ent~ (GWOT) .... 247,950 -t-247 . 950 +247.950

Suotot•l . 19,900 20.000 279.036 +259. 136 +259 '036

Subtotal. Operation and Maintenance .. ,. 40 679.932 39,136.209 30 465.942 ·10. 213 . 990 ·8,670.267

Counterterrorism Pa<"tnerships Fund (GWOT). 1,100,000 .000,000 750 '000 -350.000 -250.000 Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (GWOI) 3,652,257 448,715 448,715 ·203. 542 Iraq train and Equip Fund {GWOT)., 7i5,000 630' 000 ·715,000 -630' 000 CounterTISIL Train and Equip Fund (GWDf) .. 880.000 +880. 000 +880 '000 Syna Train and (quip Fund {GWO'f). 250.000 ·250.000

Total, Operation and 11aint~nance OCOJGWOl Requi rmnonts 46,147,189 44,454, 924 29,960.628 -18,186,581 -14,504 296 Tot a 1, OCO!GWO'l' Fo-r Base Requ1 rements 5, 584' 029 +5 '584' 029- f-5. 584' 029

Grand Tota1, Opoer-ation and Ma1ntenance. 46,147.189 44,46-4,924 35,544.657 -10,602,532

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Department of Defense Approprl~tioros Act FY 2017 (H.R. 5293) (Amounts ln 'Thousands)

FY 2016 rY 2017 Bi 11 vs. 8i i 1 VS. EnBcted Reque-st Bi 11 £nacted REquest

A1 rcraft Procuroement. Army {GWOT} OCO/GWOT Requirements {GWOT) 161,987 313' 171 313' 171 +151 '184 OCO/GWOT For Base Requiroment~ {GWOT) 481 '900 +4$1 '900 -t481 '900

Subtotal .. 161 ,9$7 313' 171 795' 071 +6.33 084 +481 '900

Missne Procurement, Army (GWOT) OCO/GWOT Requiremeflts (GWOT). 37 '260 632,817 632 '817 +5"95' 557 DCOIGWOT For· Bose Re.qut remants {GWOT), 196' 100 +1:96' 100 -+196 '100 --- -- " ~-- ~ ~- ~ ~ - " " ~ ~ u " " " " " ~ • -- • - ~ u u u •• u ~ Subtotal .. 37 '260 632 '817 828 ,917 +791 ,657 +196,100

Procurement of Wei;~ pons and Tracked Combat Vehi c'les, Aroy (GWOT) OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOl), .. ,. 486' 630 153,544 398' 544 -88' 086 +245 '000 OCOIGWOT For Base Re.quirement:s {GWOT) .. 212,000 +212 '000 +212.000 ~~OOTo~T---~~ ~- n n ~ •-- n '" ---·······------··------Subtotal .. 486' 630 153' 544 610 . 544 +123 914 .,..457. O:QO

Pr-ocvrem~nt of Arnmuni t iof1, Army {GWO'!} OCO/GWDT Requiremeflts (GWOT). 222 '040 301 '523 301 '523 •79 '483 OCOtGwor ror Base Requirements (GWOT). 240 .200 +240 200 <240,200

---~~~~~--~·- Subtota1 ...... 222 '040 301 '523 541 '723 +3-19 603 +240' 200

OthGr Procurement, Army (GWOT) .OCO I GWOi Rcqui rement s ( GWDT' . 1.175' 596 1 '373 010 1 '373 010 +197 414 DCOIGWOT For Base Requirements (GWOT) .. B 400 +8 400 +8 '400

~ ~ ~ -" n ~ • n • • • • ------. ~- ~- -. --·-··-·------• - • u ~ ~ • " " • - Subtotal .... 1,175,596 1,373 010 1,381 ,410 +205 814 •B '400

Alrcraft Procurement, Navy (GWOT) OCO/GWOT Requireme"ts (GWOT), ... 210' 990 393' 030 344' 323 +133' 333 -48 '707 OCOIGWOT For Basn Requirements (GWOT) .. 626 714 +626, 714 +626 , 714 ~ ~ m - ~ n •- • • "•------·------. u ••• ~. "~ • - Subtotal 210' 990 393 '030 971,037 t-7£0 047 t-578 '007

Weapons Procurement, Navy (GWOTi OCOfGWOT R.equiremants (GWOT), 600 8 soo +8 '600 OCOIGWOT For Base Requ1rements {G'WOT), 175' 100 +175' 100 +175' 100

0 T n n ~ 0 0 T 0 0 " 0 R ------"" ~. " ~ Subtota'i,., 8 .600 183 ,700 f'183 '700 +175 100

Procure~ent of Ammunit1on> Navy and Marine Corps (GWOT) OCO/GWOT ReQlli re1~ent:!> (GWOT) 117,966 66. 229 62' 540 -55,426 -3 .6B9 OCOJGWOT For Bese Requirements {GWOT). 58' 000 -+58, DOD -o·58 ,000

--- ~ u-" ~. -- -- 0 ~ 0 " 0 0 T T T T 0 Subtotal . ------···- 117' 966 66,229 120.540 •2' 574 +54 ,311 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy {GWOT} OCOJGWOT For Base Requi reme!lts (Gwo-q. 3 086, :JOO +3' 086 '300 +3' 086.3-00 Other Procurement. Nuvy (GWOT) OCO/GWOT h:'equircments {GWOTf 12, 186 iZ4.206 111 ,551 •99 365 -12,5:55 OCOJGWOf For Base Requilements (GWOT) 102,510 +102 '530 ... 102.530 Sub tot a·l _ ------12' 186 124,206 214,081 +201, S% +89' 875

Procurement, Marl na CO~"PS ( GWOT) OCOHiWOI Requirements (GWOT) 56,934 11 s. 939 106.204 +49' 270 -12,735 OCO/GWOJ' For Base Requirements (GWOT}. 107.463 ·d07,453 -t11)7 ,463 Sut>tote11. " 0 n • ~ - T • o o • " 56' 934 118 '939 213,667 +t56. 733 -t94, 728 Aircraft Procurement. AIr Force {GWOT} OCOIGWO'!' Requ i rement:s (GWOT). 128 '900 659' 399 709 .833 +580. 933 ·149.566 OCOIGWOT For Base Requi remQnts (GWOT) •... 1 '295' 716 +1,295,716 +1,295.716

n n- ~ 0 0 • "-"" ~" Subtotal 128,900 859. 39:9 2,005' 549 +1,876,649 +1 ,146,150

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Department of Defen$c Approprlations Act FY ?017 UI.Rc 5293) (Amounts 1 n Thou5ands 1

FY <:016 FY 2017 Bn) YSc SUI vs. Enacted Request S-lll Enacted Request

Mi ssi I.e Proc~Jre:m-ent, Air Force (GWOT} OCO/G-WOT ReqllltemHnh (GW011··· 289,142 339.545 141 ,375 -147,767 -198' 170 OCO!GWOi for Base Requirements (GWOT}. 194.420 +194,42() +194. 421}

Subtotal .... 289,142 339.545 335.795 +46 t 653 -3 '750

Procurement of Ammuni t1-on, Air Force (GWOT) OCOIGWOT Requirements (GWOT) .•.• 228,874 487.408 155,158 '73. 718 ·332 250 OCO!GWOT For Base Requirements (GWOT) .. 323.000 +323' 000 +323' 000 ~~~-~~------Sub-total, ... , 228.874 487' 408 478,158 +249. 284 -9' 250

Other Procurement, Air Force (GWOT) OCOIGWOT Requirements (GWOT) ... ,477,001 696.281 479.781 +2. 780 -216. 500 Procurement, Defense-W~de (GWOl) OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOI). 173,918 238.434 219,134 ... 45' 216 -19' 300 OCO/GWOT For Base Requirements (GWOT) .. ,. 170,000 +-170 000 +170 '000 ············- ·····------Subtotal. 173,918 238.434 389.134 +215 216 +150 700

Nat•onul G1.1ard and Reserve Equipment (GWOT) 000.000 .000.000 +1 '000' 000

Tota1, Procurement OCO/GWOT Re-quir-ements. 7 '779.424 9,106,136 g' 357.564 +1.-578.140 "1-251 '428 Total, OCOIGWOT For Base Requirements. 7,277. 843 +7 .277. 843 +7 ,27?.843

Grand Total, Procurement. 7' 779.424 9,106,136 16,635,407 +8,855,983 +7 J)-29 t 271

Research, Developmef1t, le$t and Evaluation

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army (-GWOT) OCOtGWOT Requirements (GWOT). 1. 500 100,522 100.522 +99. 022 OCOfGWOT For Base Requirements (GWOT). 67 ,DGO 'f-67 ,0[)0 -+67 ,00{1

- . - -- ~ - - - ~ ~ -- -- ~ ------~ ------. -- Subtotal. 1 .500 100,522 167,522 +166 022 +57. 000

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy (GWOT) DCOfGWOT Requirements (GWOT). 35,747 7B, 323 40.333 +4 586 ·37.990 OCO/GWOr For Ba$e R~Qlli r-emenls {GWOT). 55.990 +65 990 +65 '990 -- ~ r •" •" •"- ~ -- --- " ------SIJbtotal. 35.747 78.323 106,323 +70 576 +28 '0():0

Research, Dev-ai-op.ment, Test Evaluation, Air Force (GWDT) OCOIGWOT Requirements (GWOT) .. 17,100 32 '905 32.905 -t\5. 805 OCO/GWOT For Base Requirements (GWOT) •. 10,000 1-10.000 +10 000 -. ~- --. -~- -. Subtotal - 17.100 32' 905 42,905 -1'25' 805 +10.000

Research, Oevt;~lop-ment. Test and :Evaluat~on, De'fen:se-Wi de (GWOT) OCO/GWOT Requirements (GWOT) 177.087 182. 419 159,919 -17' 168 -2.500 OCOfGWOT For Base Requlremeni.s {GWOT) ... 20' 000 +20' 000 +20. 000 ------~ Subtotal ------177,087 1B2 '419 179.919 +2 ,83:2 -+17 .500

------~ ~ - - - . ------Tota'l, RDrE OCO/GWOT Requirements. c 231 '434 374.169 333' 679 +102 .245 -40.490 Total, OCO!GWOf For Ba1l.e Rcqut raments 162.990 +162.990 +162. 990 --. -- "~ "~- ' -- Grand Total. Research, Development, Test an-d Evaluation. 231 .434 374.159 496.669 +265. 235 +122,500 :::.:::;:::::;:_c;;;:::;"":::::::=:o:::=>.,; ::;:;:;:;:;:-:;:~.,::;;;::::=:"'-:::-:o::: """'""~~;~~':l:::o::::=: ::::-:::=;::::;;;.;;;;;;;-;;:;:;-.;::;:::::: =~::::===:::::=:.:::~-::::;::::

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Department of Det~nse Approp.:r;auons Act FY 2017 (HJC 5.293) (Amounts l n Thousands!

FY 2016 FY 2017 8111 vs. Bll t V$-. Enacted Request. Bill En~ctGd Request

Revolvlng and Management Funds

Petense WorK1ng Capital Funds (GWOT), 88' 850 140,633 140,633 +.11 '783

Other Depsrtrnent of Defense PrograiJI.S

Defense Hee1th Pr-ogram: Operatlon and ma1r1tenance (Gio.!QT) OCOIGWOJ Requirements (GWOT) 272 '704 331 '764 331 '764 +59' 060 OCO/GWOT For Base Re.qul rements (GWOT),. 450.000 +4-50, 000 +450 000 ------··--·-·----·· Subtotal. 272.704 331 '764 781 '764 +5{)9, 060 -J-450, 000

Drug Interdiction a:rd Counter~o-rug Activiti-e-s, Oefeose (GWOT). 186,000 215,333 215,333 -t29,333 Jo1nt [Impr-ovised Explosive Device} Improvlsed-Thr-eat Defeat fund {GWOr/. 349.464 408' 272 408 '272 +58' 808 Office of the Inspector General {GWOT) .. 10,262 22' 062 22 '062 +11 '800 ~ . ~- "-. -. " --- T-otal, Other Department of Defense Programs OCOfGWOT Reql.li rements, 818.430 977,431 977 '431 Total, OCO/GWOT For Ba-se Requirements. 450 'ooo +450 000 ~- r n - " " • • r v • ~ ------Gr<:Jnd Total, Other- :!):epartment of Defense Programs. 818.430 977,431 1 ,427 '431 +609, 001 +4SO. 000

TITLE IX General Provi-sions

Additional transfer authari ty {GWOT) {Sec .9D02) (4,500,000) (4, 500,000) (4,500,000) Ukralne SecurHy Asslstanc::c Initiative (GWOr} (Sec. 9014) ..... 250' 000 150,000 ·100' 000 +i50 000 Intelligence, Survel1lance, and Recol'lnaissa:nce {GWOTf (Sec.9018) 500' 000 500.000 +500. 000 Rescissions (GWOf) {Sac.-9020) -400' 000 -669.000 ·269' 000 ·669' 000 n•••--•-••••- Total, General Pravlsions, 350' 000 -19.000 -:369 '000 -19,000

lotal, Title IX OCOiGWOT Requirements .. 58 638 '000 !;8' 625,551 42,949,9-94 ~15,688,006 ~15,675,557 Total, Title IX OCOiGWOT For Base Requirements, 15,676,-Q06 +15,$76,006 +15,()76,0(}{) Grand Tot a·!, Title IX 58,638,000 58,625,551 58,626,000 -12,000 +449

Gl""and Total. Bill. 566,616,000 569' 858 '382 569 '272' 000 +2,656,000 -586.382 Appropr 1at ions. (510,783,937) (511 ,232,831) (511 ,929,416) (+1.145 479) (+696,585) Globa1 War on Terrorism {GWOT} •. (59,038,000) (58,625,551) (59,295,000) (+257 ,000) ( +669. 449 J ~eSClSS'iOrls, (-2,805,937) (-1 '283,416) (+1 ,522,521) (·1 ,283,416) Reschslans. (GWOf) ..... ( -400' 000) (·669,000) ( ·269, 000) ( -669,000)

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Department of Defense Appropriations Act FY 2017 (H.R. 5293) (Amount:s 1 n Thousands)

fY 2016 FY 2017 Bi J:l V$. Si II vs. Enacted Request Bill £n~ct ed Reque~ t

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET RECAP

Scorokeopi ng adjustments: Lease of defen"Se Foal prop!;!rty {per:m.ar1ent). 33' 000 37 '000 37' 000 +4' 000 Dl s.posa) of defense rea I property (per-manent). 8' 000 B ,000 8, 000 OHP, O&M to 000-VA Joint Incentive Fund (pcrman~nt): Defense function , , ...... -15,000 ,15,000 -15 '000 Non~defense functlon. 15.000 15,000 15' 000 DHP, O&M to Joint DOD-VA Medical Fac11Hy Oemonstrat ion Fund \Soec. 8098): Defense function -120,000 -122.375 -122 '375 -2.375 Non~defense funct1o:n .. 120,000 122,375 122 '375 +2. 375 Nevy transfer to John C. Stennis Center for Public S-ervice Davecloprnent Tr-ust Fund {Sec 8107): Defense functiofl .. , ... -1,000 +1 '000 Nu-n-defense fwnct 10n. 1,000 -1 '000 l'ricarc accrual {perman-ent. ln-defirnte auth. 4i, 6.631,000 '953,000 6, 953 ,000 +3-22 , DOD

~ H ~ ~ -- - -- 0 - -- 1ota1, scorekeepi ng adjustments 6,672,000 6 .998, 000 6, 998 '000 +326' 000

RECAPITULATION

1 t l e I Mi 11 tary Personnel . 129,228,658 126,902,332 126,168,468 -1,060,190 -733 '864 T t·le II - Operation a11d MainterJam;e. 167,485,170 171.318,488 173,68D.Oli0 +6, 194,890 +2, 36-1 '572 T tle III - Procurement, 110,841,627 101,916,357 104.20D.570 ,6,641 ,057 +2 '284 ,213 T1Ue IV • Research, Devcdopment, Test an-d Evaluation. u9, 784.665 71,391 '771 70.292,888 +5:08' 223 -1 ,098,883 r 1 tIe V Revo I vi ng and Managemant fvnds 2,212,932 1 ,371 '613 1. 371 '613 -841 '319 Title VI • Other Department of Defense Programs 34,392,468 35,284,674 35,358,421 +905' 953 +73 '747 Title- VIl -Related Agench--s. 1,019.206 1,047,596 997 '59G -21 , 61D -50.000 Title VIII ~ General Provisions {net). -6,986.726 -3.423,616 +3,563, 110 -3 42;L616 ritlc lX · Global War on Te-rr-oi'H>m (GWOT),. 58,638,000 58,625,551 58,626,000 -12 000 +449

------~~~~~~T·•-•nn Total, Depa-rtm-ent -of Defense, 566,616.000 56:3 ,858.382 569,272,000 +2, 656,000 ,5813,382 Scorekeep1 ng ad]"t;;>rmcnts 6.672.000 6 998' 000 6. 998 '000 +316' 000 -=-======.::.::::::::::::: .::.::~::-:.J~,;:u:;:;:::r:;:.:::r:::;:;: ;:::;:::;;:::::::::-:::::::::o::::::::=:::;:;::::::::: ==::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::;;;::::::: ::;:::::::::::::>:::o:::,;;:,;-::I::r:-o:;o;,,;r:

Total mandatory and di-scretionary. 573,288,000 576' 856' 382 576' 270 '000 +2,982,000 -58B.382 :::::~:"'~~o::~::.:::::;::=:;: =====::::;::::;:;:::::.::;::, ;;:;;~O:::;'a;.;o;t;:;!;;;O::;:±o;;.::::::::::::: :;::::.:;:;::::::::::::o:::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::;:;-:;:;-::::-=::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;::::

11 Included in Bu:dg-et LJnder Oper-ation a!'ld M.a1ntenance 2 ( Included in B-u-dget under Procurement 31 Bu-dget request assume'S enactment of OoO' $ pharmacy /Con so 11 dated Hea'l th Plan proposals 4! Contributions to Oeparlment of Defense Medicare-Eligible Ret1ree Health Care Fund (Sec. 725, Pl. 108~375), Amount does not lnc1ude Budget proposals to amend lR!CARE

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:29 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.063 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE Insert graphic folio 739/8 here EH14JN16.009 June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3797 Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I The Defense Appropriations Sub- strategy. To date, it has been rejected yield myself such time as I may con- committee was far along in its 2017 by the administration, the Senate Ap- sume. process when the OCO to base strat- propriations Committee, as well as the I would like to begin by conveying egy—conceived to placate some on full Senate. While those institutions my deep appreciation, as well, for other committees—was settled upon as are not infallible, I fear that if the Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN’s steady the strategy for the House majority. House majority insists upon heading leadership of the Defense Sub- While this bill technically does not vio- down this path, we are looking at an committee. His commitment to this late the caps established by the BBA impossible conference process. subcommittee’s tradition of coopera- for base defense programs and OCO, it Putting concerns about uncertainty tion and bipartisanship is unwavering, is hard to argue that this bill was as- aside, I further believe that the OCO to and it is a pleasure to be able to work sembled under what passes for nor- base strategy abdicates our discre- with him. malcy in this Congress. And there is no tion—Congress’ discretion—to the De- I also would like to express my grati- doubt that the chairman and the sub- partment of Defense in executing the tude to Chairman ROGERS, Ranking committee members and staff made remaining OCO funding. In order to Member LOWEY, and the other members smart investment decisions in exe- free $15.7 billion, certain appropria- of the subcommittee for their very cuting the $15.7 billion in OCO to base tions in OCO were subject to reduc- good efforts. funding strategy. However, I am trou- tions. These reductions were done at Additionally, as we all know, this bill bled with the circumstances that com- the account level, not at the program could not have been written without pelled the subcommittee’s action. level. For example, Navy O&M in the the dedication, long hours, and dis- First and foremost, the fiscal year OCO title was reduced by $2.9 billion cerning and thoughtful input of our begins October 1, 2016, not May 1, 2017, from its requested level. The Depart- committee staff and associate staffs. and it is the responsibility of us hold- ment has discretion on how to apply The chairman has well and clearly ing office in the second session of the that $2.9 billion reduction across 10 articulated the major elements of the 114th Congress to execute the 2017 fis- programs under that account. I believe bill and report. Under less than ideal cal year appropriations process. In that should be our discretion. order to make OCO funding available circumstances and unsettled condi- A final concern I have—and one ex- for base programs, our bill only pro- tions, he and the subcommittee staff pressed in prior years—is that we vides enough funding to fully support have, again, demonstrated their talent should eliminate the reliance on OCO the warfighter until the end of April and acumen in putting together this funding in the first instance and shift 2017, which is 5 months before the end legislation. There are many highlights activities to the base budget. It is in- of the fiscal year. This is intended to to the bill. However, I will use my time creasingly difficult after 15 years of force the next administration and the during general debate to discuss the war to argue that this operational next Congress to pass a supplemental circumstances and conditions that led tempo for our military is a contin- in calendar year 2017 to support ongo- to the proposal to use nearly 27 percent gency and not the new normal in de- ing combat operations. of the overseas contingency operations, fending our Nation and our interests. It is not the responsibility of the OCO, accounts to fund base Depart- This subcommittee has correctly begun 115th Congress to finish a predeter- ment of Defense programs, which gives to limit what is an eligible expense in mined fraction of our work, and we me pause as an appropriator. OCO, but under the act and this latest should not be dismissive of the difficul- It was as an appropriator that I op- proposal, we could take a step back. ties created. To assume that there will posed the Budget Control Act of 2011 For example, this bill proposes to in- be smooth sailing for a supplemental and its arbitrary spending caps that crease end strength by 52,000 troops appropriations bill in the spring is very only address one-sixth of the Federal above planned reductions for the Army, problematic. We do not know who will budget equation. Marine Corps, and Air Force. The be in the White House. We do not know 1645 chairman alluded to it in his opening b who will be the civilian leadership at remarks. I absolutely agree with him In each session of Congress, we the Department of Defense. And we do that we need new personnel, but this should be making discrete decisions on not know the composition in the next additional force structure costs $3 bil- how we annually invest our discre- Congress. And as we have clearly seen lion in 2017. What remains unsaid is if tionary dollars. Setting inflexible from the Zika virus debate and, before you look out for the next 5 years, it spending targets for 10 years is, in my that, Hurricane Sandy, supplemental will also increase spending by $30 bil- opinion, nonsensical. I believe we need appropriations bills are not without lion that is not budgeted for. to invest in our roads, ports, drinking controversy. water infrastructure, universities, and Additionally, in making the $15.7 bil- In closing, I have taken some time our Nation’s defense. We need to gen- lion in cuts to the OCO budget request, describing my concerns with the cir- erate more resources, and we need to the committee has had to make some cumstances that impact less than 3 have a fulsome discussion of our enti- assumptions on the pace of combat op- percent of the total bill. But the manu- tlement programs. My assumption is erations between now and May 2017. factured uncertainty introduced by that there are very few people in Con- While Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN exer- these circumstances diminishes the gress who believe that the Federal Gov- cised great care and caution, there is likelihood that this committee and the ernment is currently making enough of not much wiggle room in the interim. Congress will complete its work on a long-term investment in our Nation If the OCO spend rate were to increase time. It is a mark of the talent of and its interests. for any reason in an uncertain world, Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN and our It was as an appropriator that I voted Congress and a new administration staff, their commitment to our troops for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, would have to act quickly to pass a and our Nation’s defense, and their se- which mitigated the BCA caps on base supplemental in early 2017. If that sup- riousness of purpose, that they have discretionary funding and capped OCO plemental were not timely, the Depart- done so much good to ameliorate the spending for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. ment would likely be forced to repro- problems caused and highlighted in my I, obviously, would have rather seen gram or transfer base dollars to OCO, remarks. I look forward to working the complete repeal of the act. But, which shortchanges other priorities, with Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN and the nevertheless, I supported it because it negates the committee’s funding lev- Members of this House as we advance provided some clarity to the appropria- els, and still requires a supplemental to the process over the next several days tions process for the balance of this backfill both base and OCO while not and complete the task before us. I also Congress. As such, we were able to violating the BCA caps. Will said sup- look forward to the debate on amend- wrap up the fiscal year 2016 process, plemental be funded by offsets from re- ments. and with a top line number for fiscal sources within the other 11 appropria- Mr. Chair, I would like to begin by conveying year 2017, I was guardedly optimistic tions bills? my deep appreciation for Chairman FRELING- that the House would have predict- Adding to the uncertainty, the House HUYSEN’s steady leadership of the Defense ability this year. majority is going it alone with this Subcommittee. His commitment to this

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For ex- for their efforts. staff made smart investment decisions in exe- ample, Navy O&M in the OCO Title was re- Additionally, this bill could not have been cuting the $15.7 billion in OCO to Base fund- duced by $2.9 billion, from its requested level written without the dedication, long hours, dis- ing strategy. However, I am troubled with the of $6.8 billion. The Department has discretion cerning and thoughtful input of our committee circumstances that compelled the subcommit- on how it will apply that $2.9 billion reduction staff and personal staffs. I want to thank Rob tee’s action. across the tens of programs under that ac- Blair, Sherry Young, Walter Hearne, BG First and foremost, the fiscal year begins on count. Wright, Brooke Boyer, Adrienne Ramsay, Alli- October 1, 2016, not May 1, 2017, and it is A final concern I have, and one expressed son Deters, Megan Milam, Colin Lee, Cornell the responsibility of those of us holding office in prior years, is that we should eliminate the Teague, Matthew Bower, Rebecca Leggieri, in the 2nd session of the 114th Congress to reliance on OCO funding in the first instance Chris Bigelow, Steve Wilson, Joe DeVooght, execute the FY 2017 appropriations process. and shift activities to the base budget. It is in- and Luke Wood. In order to make OCO funding available for creasingly difficult after fifteen years of war to The Chairman has well and clearly articu- base programs, our bill only provides enough argue that this operational tempo for our mili- lated the major elements of the bill and report. funding to fully support the warfighter until the tary is a contingency and not the new normal Under less than ideal circumstances and un- end of April 2017, which is five months before in defending our nation and our interests. This settled conditions, he and the Subcommittee the end of the fiscal year. This is intended to Subcommittee had correctly begun to limit staff have again demonstrated their talent and force the next administration and the next what is an eligible expense in OCO, but under acumen in putting together this legislation. Congress to pass a supplemental in calendar the BBA and this latest proposal we would There are many highlights to the bill. However, year 2017 to support ongoing combat oper- take a step back. For example, this bill pro- I will use my time during general debate to ations. poses to increase end strength by 52,000 discuss the circumstances and conditions that It is not the responsibility of the 115th Con- above planned reductions for the Army, Ma- led to the proposal to use nearly 27 percent of gress to finish a predetermined fraction of our rine Corps, and Air Force. And I agree that we the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) work, and we should not be dismissive of the need more personnel, but this additional force accounts to fund base Department of Defense difficulties we created. To assume there will structure costs $3 billion in FY 2017 and is programs, which gives me pause as an Appro- be smooth sailing for a supplemental appro- paid for with OCO to Base dollars. But, we priator. priations bill in the spring is problematic. We defer the tough decisions. This is particularly It was as an Appropriator that I opposed the do not know who will be in the White House, true when recognizing the fact that BCA caps Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) and its arbi- who will be the civilian leadership at DoD, nor are scheduled to lower defense spending by trary spending caps that only address one- the composition of the next Congress. And as $2 billion in FY 2018. An increase in end sixth of the federal budget equation. In each we can clearly see from the Zika Virus debate, strength creates a tail of spending in future session of Congress we should be making dis- and before that Hurricane Sandy, supple- years. The DoD estimates that the troop levels crete decisions on how we annually invest our mental appropriations bills are not without con- funded in the bill will increase spending by discretionary dollars. Setting inflexible spend- troversy. $30 billion over five years. That is $30 billion ing targets for 10 years is nonsensical. I be- Additionally, in making the $15.7 billion in that is not budgeted for, but $30 billion that lieve we need to invest more in our roads, cuts to the OCO budget request, the Com- our Committee will be expected to pay for. ports, drinking water infrastructure, univer- mittee had to make some assumptions on the In closing, I have taken some time describ- sities, and our defense. We need to generate pace of combat operations between now and ing my concerns with the circumstances that more resources, and the need to have a ful- May 2017. While Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN impact less than three percent of the total bill. some discussion of our entitlement programs. exercised care and caution, there is not much But the manufactured uncertainty introduced My assumption is that there are very few peo- wiggle room in the interim. If the OCO spend by these circumstances diminishes the likeli- ple in Congress who believe that the federal rate were to increase for any reason, Con- hood that this Committee and the Congress government is currently making enough of a gress and a new Administration would have to will complete its work. It is a mark of the talent long-term investment in our nation and its in- act quickly to pass a supplemental early in of Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN and our staff, terests. 2017. If that supplemental were not timely, the their commitment to our troops and our na- And it was as an Appropriator, that I voted Department would likely be forced to repro- tion’s defense, and their seriousness of pur- for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), gram or transfer base dollars to OCO, which pose, that they have done so much good to which mitigated the BCA caps on base discre- shortchanges other priorities, negates the ameliorate the problems caused by this ap- tionary funding and capped OCO spending for committee’s funding levels, and still requires a proach. I look forward to working with Chair- Fiscal Years (FY) 2016 and 2017. I obviously supplemental to backfill both base and OCO man FRELINGHUYSEN and the members of the would have rather seen the complete repeal of while not violating the BCA caps. Will said House to advance the process and complete the BCA, but nonetheless, I supported the supplemental be funded by offsets from re- the task before us. BBA, because it provided some clarity to the sources within the other 11 Appropriations I look forward to the debate on amend- Appropriations process for the balance of the bills? ments. 114th Congress. As such, we were able to Adding to the uncertainty, the House Major- wrap up the FY 2016 process and, with a ity is going it alone with this strategy. To date, I reserve the balance of my time. number for FY 2017, I was guardedly opti- it has been rejected by the Administration, the Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- mistic that the House would have predictability Senate Appropriations Committee, and the full man, I yield as much time as he may this year. Senate. While those three are not infallible, I consume to the gentleman from Ken- The Defense Appropriations Subcommittee fear that if the House Majority insists upon tucky (Mr. ROGERS), the full com- was far along in its FY 2017 process, when heading down this path, we are looking at an mittee chairman. the OCO to Base strategy—conceived to pla- impossible conference process. Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Chair- cate some on other Committees—was settled Putting concerns over uncertainty aside, I man, I thank the chairman for yielding upon as the strategy for the House Majority. further believe the OCO to Base strategy abdi- time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN7.021 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3799 I rise in support of this fine bill. This for the future, and respecting the tax- threatening future steps needed to reverse bill provides critical funding to uphold payer by making commonsense budg- over $100 billion of future sequestration cuts our defense posture, maintain our mili- eting decisions. to DOD. By gambling with warfighting tary readiness, and protect our Nation I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ funds, the bill risks the safety of our men and women fighting to keep America safe, from those who would seek to do us on this bill to continue to protect our undercuts stable planning and efficient use harm. The world, of course, is changing Nation from threats to our freedom, of taxpayer dollars, dispirits troops and their rapidly. We are reminded regularly democracy, and way of life. families, baffles our allies, and emboldens that we are still a Nation at war, and Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I our enemies. new threats arise daily. It is clear that yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman In addition, H.R. 5293 would impose other a strong national defense is of the from New York (Mrs. LOWEY), the unneeded costs, constraining DOD’s ability highest priority. ranking member of the Appropriations to balance military capability, capacity, and In total, as has been said, the bill Committee. readiness. The Administration’s defense Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Chairman, with strategy depends on investing every dollar contains $575.8 billion in base and Over- where it will have the greatest effect. The seas Contingency Operations funding only the fourth appropriations bill of Administration’s FY 2017 proposals would ac- for critical national security needs, the year on the floor, we should not be complish this by continuing and expanding and the health and well-being of our patting ourselves on the back. critical reforms that divest unneeded force troops. Today’s bill blows up last year’s structure, balance growth in military com- The use of OCO funds in this bill is in budget agreement through a gimmick pensation, modernize military health care, line with the National Defense Author- that needlessly creates a funding cliff and reduce wasteful overhead. The bill fails ization Act that the House passed on a next spring. It forces the new Presi- to adopt many of these reforms, including dent, as one of her or his first actions through measures prohibiting the use of bipartisan basis last month. This fund- funds to propose or plan for a new Base Re- ing will provide the resources that our in office, to request emergency supple- alignment and Closure (BRAC) round. The military needs to be successful in the mental funding. bill also continues unwarranted restrictions fight right now, and that will improve The difference here is about more regarding detainees at Guantanamo Bay that our readiness for the future. than bookkeeping. Sending our mili- threaten to interfere with the Executive This includes over $209 billion for op- tary men and women into some of the Branch’s ability to determine the appro- erations and maintenance, the pro- most dangerous places on Earth—Af- priate disposition of detainees and its flexi- grams that help prepare our troops, ghanistan, Iraq, and Syria—without bility to determine when and where to pros- like flight time and battle training, as ensuring mission support, including to ecute Guantanamo detainees based on the combat ISIL, or their salaries for a full facts and circumstances of each case and our well as base operations. The bill also national security interests. includes $120.8 billion for equipment year, is the height of irresponsibility. In October 2015, the President worked with and upgrades, providing the weapons Here are some of the things that Sec- congressional leaders from both parties to and platforms needed to fight and win retary Carter has said about the Re- secure the BBA, which partially reversed in the field. publican OCO budget gimmick: deeply harmful sequestration cuts slated for FY And to improve this equipment, de- troubling, flawed, gambling with 2017. By providing fully-paid-for equal dollar velop and test new technologies, and warfighting money, creating a hollow increases for defense and non-defense spend- meet future security threats, the bill force structure, working against our ef- ing, the BBA allows for investments in FY forts to restore readiness, a road to no- 2017 that create jobs, support middle-class contains $70.8 billion for research and families, contribute to long-term growth, development. This will help keep our where, a high probability of leading to and safeguard national security. The Admin- Nation on the cutting edge, ensuring more gridlock, undercuts stable plan- istration looks forward to working with the that we will remain the most superior ning and efficient use of taxpayer dol- Congress to enact appropriations that are military power in the entire world. lars, dispirits troops and their families, consistent with that agreement, and fully This legislation prioritizes a robust, baffles friends, and emboldens foes. support economic growth, opportunity, and healthy, and well-cared-for force. In Additionally, President Obama issued our national security priorities. However, total, $132.6 billion is provided to sup- a veto threat due to this harmful gim- the bill is inconsistent with the BBA, and port over 1.3 million Active Duty mick. the Administration strongly objects to the inclusion of problematic ideological provi- troops and over 826,000 Guard and Re- Mr. Chairman, I include in the sions that are beyond the scope of funding serve troops. This wholly rejects the RECORD the President’s Statement of legislation. If the President were presented administration’s proposed troop reduc- Administration Policy on H.R. 5293. with H.R. 5293, the President’s senior advisors tions by providing an additional $3 bil- STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY would recommend that he veto the bill. lion to maintain our troop strength H.R. 5293—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE The Administration would like to take this and fully funds the authorized 2.1 per- APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017—REP. ROGERS, R–KY opportunity to share additional views re- garding the Committee’s version of the bill. cent pay raise for our soldiers. The Administration strongly opposes It is also critically important that House passage of H.R. 5293, making appro- Department of Defense (DOD) we adequately fund the quality-of-life priations for the Department of Defense for Reduction and Misuse of OCO Funds. The programs for our troops and military the fiscal year (FY) ending September 30, Administration strongly objects to the Com- families need and deserve. The bill con- 2017, and for other purposes. mittee’s proposal to substitute $16 billion of While the Administration appreciates the DOD’s OCO request in the FY 2017 Budget tains $34 billion for defense headline Committee’s support for certain investments with $16 billion of unsustainable base budget programs—targeting increases to can- in our national defense, H.R. 5293 fails to programs that do not reflect the Depart- cer research, facility upgrades, trau- provide our troops with the resources needed ment’s highest joint priorities. This ap- matic brain injury, psychological to keep our Nation safe. At a time when ISIL proach creates a hollow force structure and health research, and sexual assault pre- continues to threaten the homeland and our risks the loss of funding for critical overseas vention. allies, the bill does not fully fund wartime contingency operations. This gimmick is in- I want to thank Chairman FRELING- operations such as INHERENT RESOLVE. consistent with the BBA, which provided Instead the bill would redirect $16 billion of equal increases for defense and non-defense HUYSEN for his care and consideration Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) spending as well as the certainty needed to in drafting this big bill. He, as well as funds toward base budget programs that the prosecute the counter-ISIL campaign, pro- the members of his subcommittee, Department of Defense (DOD) did not re- tect readiness recovery, modernize the force have put the security of the Nation and quest, shortchanging funding for ongoing for future conflicts, and keep faith with the welfare of our warfighters above all wartime operations midway through the servicemembers and their families. Short- else. I also want to thank the sub- year. Not only is this approach dangerous changing wartime operations by $16 billion committee staff for their expert work but it is also wasteful. The bill would buy ex- would deplete essential funding for ongoing and dedication on this bill. cess force structure without the money to operations by the middle of the year, intro- Mr. Chairman, this bill fulfills the sustain it, effectively creating a hollow force ducing a dangerous level of uncertainty for Congress’ most important responsi- structure that would undermine DOD’s ef- our men and women in uniform carrying out forts to restore readiness. Furthermore, the missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and bility—providing for the common de- bill’s funding approach attempts to unravel elsewhere. Our troops need and deserve guar- fense. And it does so responsibly—fund- the dollar-for-dollar balance of defense and anteed, predictable support as they execute ing those military needs that must be non-defense funding increases provided by their missions year round, particularly in addressed now, planning and preparing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), light of the dangers they face in executing

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Furthermore, sec- clusion of a general provision requested in ministration strongly objects to sections tion 8124 would require an additional $3.2 bil- the FY 2017 Budget that would allow for $86.7 8097, 8098, 8099, and 8130 of the bill, which lion across the Future Years Defense Pro- million of the amounts appropriated for the would restrict the Executive Branch’s ability gram (FYDP) to fund manpower, mainte- Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide to manage the detainee population at the nance, modernization, and operations when account to be available for the Secretary of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility. compared to the FY 2017 Budget request. Defense to make grants, conclude coopera- Section 8098 would prohibit the use of funds Restoration of Tenth Navy Carrier Air Wing. tive agreements, and supplement other Fed- for the construction, acquisition, or modi- The Administration strongly objects to res- eral funds. This critical provision addresses fication of any facility to house Guantanamo toration of the Carrier Air Wing in Title IX the need to provide assistance for civilian detainees in the United States. Sections 8097 of the bill. The tenth Carrier Air Wing is no water and wastewater improvements to sup- and 8099 would continue prohibitions and re- longer needed, and results in ineffective use port the military build-up on Guam, as well strictions relating to transfers of detainees of the aircraft and pilot inventory in the as critical existing and enduring military in- abroad. In addition, section 8130 would re- Navy. The plan proposed in the FY 2017 stallations and missions on Guam. A key as- strict the Department’s ability to transfer Budget request optimizes Carrier Air Wing pect of the Asia-Pacific rebalance is to cre- U.S. Naval Station functions in support of force structure to meet the Global Force ate a more operationally resilient Marine national security. The President has repeat- Management Allocation Plan demand in a Corps presence in the Pacific and invest in edly objected to the inclusion of these and sustainable way. As an additional benefit, Guam as a joint strategic hub. This funding similar provisions in prior legislation and the plan also generates $926 million in FYDP supports the ability and flexibility of the has called upon the Congress to lift the re- savings. Furthermore, if forced to retain the President to execute our foreign and defense strictions. Operating the detention facility tenth Carrier Air Wing, the bill’s current policies in coordination with our ally, Japan. at Guantanamo weakens our national secu- military personnel funding levels are insuffi- In addition, it calls into question among re- rity by draining resources, damaging our re- cient. The Navy would require an additional gional states our commitment to implement lationships with key allies and partners, and $48 million in FY 2017 for military personnel the realignment plan and our ability to exe- emboldening violent extremists. These provi- above the levels already in the bill, as well cute our defense strategy. sions are unwarranted and threaten to inter- as an end strength increase of 1,167 above the Prohibition of Funds to Enforce Section 526 of fere with the Executive Branch’s ability to Navy end strength in the bill. the Energy Independence and Security Act of determine the appropriate disposition of de- Restoration of Third Littoral Combat Ship. 2007. The Administration strongly objects to tainees and its flexibility to determine when The Administration strongly objects to the section 8132 of the bill, which would prohibit Committee’s proposal to increase the pur- and where to prosecute Guantanamo detain- DOD from using FY 2017 funds to enforce sec- chase of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) in FY ees based on the facts and circumstances of tion 526 of the Energy Independence and Se- 2017 from two to three. The FY 2017 Budget each case and our national security inter- curity Act of 2007. Section 526 provides an request reduced from 52 to 40 the total num- ests. Sections 8097 and 8099 would, moreover, environmentally sound framework for the ber of LCS and Frigates (FF) the Navy would violate constitutional separation-of-powers development of future alternative fuels. purchase over the life of the program. A Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. The Ad- principles in certain circumstances. combined program of 40 LCS and FF would Military End Strength. The Administration ministration objects to the reductions to allow DOD to invest in advanced capabilities strongly objects to the unnecessary funding both the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle across the fleet and would provide sufficient for end strength levels above the FY 2017 and the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle capacity to meet the Department’s Infrastructure requested in the FY 2017 Budget request. The bill would force the De- warfighting needs and to exceed recent pres- partment to take additional risk in the Budget. The Evolved Expendable Launch Ve- ence levels with a more modern and capable hicle reduction would eliminate three launch training and readiness of the current force, ship than legacy mine sweepers, frigates, and as well as investment in and procurement of service procurements, instead of the two pro- coastal patrol craft they would replace. By curements the Committee intended. Further, future capabilities. Adding unnecessary end funding two LCS in FY 2017, the Budget re- strength in the manner proposed in the bill the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle In- quest ensures that both shipyards are on frastructure reduction exceeds the amount would increase military personnel and oper- equal footing and have robust production ation and maintenance support costs by ap- ascribed to these two procurements, and leading up to the competition to select the would cause the Government to default on proximately $30 billion (FY 2017 through FY shipyard that would continue the program. 2021). This would also invite a significant, the current contract and the block buy, un- This competitive environment ensures the necessarily introducing costs and schedule unacceptable risk of creating a future hollow best price for the taxpayer on the remaining risk for national security space payloads. force, in which force structure exists, but the ships, while also achieving savings by down- Missile Defense Programs. The Administra- resources to make it ready do not follow. selecting to one shipyard. The bill prevents tion objects to the reduction of $324 million The Administration urges support of the De- the use of resources for higher priorities to from the FY 2017 Budget request for U.S. bal- partment’s plan, which reflects sound strat- improve DOD’s warfighting capability, such listic missile defense programs, including $49 egy and responsible choices among capacity, as undersea, other surface, and aviation in- million to homeland defense programs, $91 capabilities, and current and future readi- vestments. million to U.S. regional missile defense pro- ness. Prohibition on Proposing Planning or Con- grams, $44 million to missile defense testing Military Compensation Reform. The Adminis- ducting an Additional Base Realignment and efforts, and $140 million to missile defense tration is disappointed that the Committee Closure (BRAG) Round. The Administration advanced technology programs. These pro- has rejected the pay raise proposal and most strongly objects to section 8121 of the bill grams are required to improve the reliability of the health care reform proposals included and the proposed $3.5 million reduction to of missile defense system and ensure the in the FY 2017 Budget request. The FY 2017 funds that would support a 2019 BRAC round. United States stays ahead of the future bal- Budget request includes a set of common- By forcing the Department to spread its re- listic missile threat. Furthermore, the Ad- sense reforms that would allow the Depart- sources more thinly, excess infrastructure is ministration opposes the addition of $455 ment to achieve a proper balance between one of the principal drains on the Depart- million above the FY 2017 Budget request for DOD’s obligation to provide competitive pay ment’s readiness, which the Committee rec- Israeli missile defense procurement and co- and benefits to servicemembers and its re- ognizes as a major concern. In addition to operative development programs. sponsibility to provide troops the finest addressing every previous congressional ob- Coalition Support Fund (CSF). The Adminis- training and equipment possible. The Admin- jection to BRAC authorization, the Depart- tration objects to section 9020 of the bill, istration strongly encourages the Congress ment recently conducted a DOD-wide para- which would rescind funds available for CSF to support these reforms, which would save metric capacity analysis, which dem- by $300 million. Reducing CSF would limit $500 million in FY 2017 and $11 billion onstrates that the Department has 22 per- DOD’s ability to reimburse key allies in the through FY 2021. cent excess capacity. In addition, the Admin- fight against ISIL and other extremist Availability of Funds for Retirement or Inac- istration’s BRAC legislative proposal in- groups in the region. The rescission is espe- tivation of Ticonderoga-Class Cruisers or Dock cludes several changes that respond to con- cially harmful because it would reduce funds Landing Ships. The Administration strongly gressional concerns regarding cost. Specifi- available for programs that are already un- objects to section 8124 of the bill, which cally, the revised BRAC legislation requires derway and would limit DOD’s flexibility to would prohibit the Navy from executing its the Secretary to certify that BRAC would continue to program these funds for critical phased modernization approach for main- have the primary objective of eliminating needs. The Administration urges the Con- taining an effective cruiser and dock landing excess capacity and reducing costs, empha- gress to retain the authority to make cer- ship force structure while balancing scarce sizes recommendations that yield net sav- tain funds available to support stability ac- operating and maintenance funding. It also ings within five years (subject to military tivities in the Federally Administered Tribal would significantly reduce planned savings value), and limits recommendations that Areas as provided in section 1212(f) of the FY and accelerate the retirement of all Ticon- take longer than 20 years to pay back. The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. deroga-Class cruisers. The Navy’s current re- Administration strongly urges the Congress Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund (CTPF). quirement for active large surface combat- to provide BRAC authorization as requested The Administration objects to the reduction ants includes 11 Air Defense Commander so that DOD can make better use of scarce of $250 million from the FY 2017 Budget re- ships, one assigned to each of the active car- resources to maintain readiness. quest for CTPF because it would restrict the

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During very dangerous times, from continuing important security assist- laser and demonstration of its technology we must ensure that the United States ance programs begun in FY 2016. The Admin- maturation. The HEL technology is a means remains not only the greatest country istration strongly encourages the Congress of countering low-cost unmanned aerial ve- in the world, but also the strongest. to provide the $1 billion originally requested hicles and small surface vessels. Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN takes the to continue support for CTPF activities in Limitation on Intelligence Community General constitutional responsibility of pro- Transfer Authority (GTA). The Administra- FY 2017 and restore the rescinded FY 2016 viding for the common defense very se- funding. tion objects to section 8096 of the bill, which Elimination of Joint Urgent Operational reduces the Intelligence Community’s (IC’s) riously, and he deserves all of our Needs Fund (JUONF) Funding. The Adminis- FY 2016 enacted GTA cap from $1.5 billion to thanks for drafting such a significant tration objects to the elimination of the $99 $1.0 billion for FY 2017. This proposed cap and meaningful bill. million JUONF base funding requested in the would place severe limits on the IC’s flexi- This is not an easy bill to draft. With FY 2017 Budget. This funding is vital to the bility to manage resources and could com- increased threats and reduced budgets, Department’s ability to quickly respond to promise the ability to meet critical intel- ligence priorities at a time of shifting and the Department of Defense is being urgent operational needs. Eliminating this forced to make decisions it should funding may increase life-threatening risks dynamic worldwide threats, especially in ur- to servicemembers and contribute to critical gent circumstances. This flexibility is espe- never have to make. It is making deci- mission failures. cially important given the broad applica- sions to align with the budget crisis in- Rapid Prototyping, Experimentation and bility of the GTA constraints to the appro- stead of making decisions to protect Demonstration. The Administration objects to priation accounts that fund IC. the homeland and defeat our enemies. the reduction of $42 million from the FY 2017 Availability of Funds for Improvement of IC The military readiness accounts are an Budget request for the Navy’s research and Financial Management. The Administration objects to section 8066 of the bill, which example of the shocking consequence development funding to support the Rapid of this budget environment. Already Prototyping, Experimentation and Dem- places limits on the ability of IC to review onstration (RPED) initiative. RPED is an es- and take action on financial management stretched thin by more than a decade sential element in the Navy’s strategy to improvement measures. The Office of the Di- of war, Marine aviation squadrons ac- employ successful innovation technologies rector of National Intelligence and DOD are tually have to salvage aircraft parts to help pace the dynamic threat of our ad- engaged in a comprehensive review of finan- from museums in order to keep planes versaries, more quickly address urgent capa- cial management practices that may result in recommendations for changes to financial flying. This is unconscionable. Our na- bility needs, accelerate our speed of innova- management or appropriations structures. tional security needs more. Our troops tion, and rapidly develop and deliver ad- deserve better. vanced warfighting capability to naval Constitutional Concerns The bill Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN forces. This reduction would render the ini- Several other provisions in the bill raise tiative ineffective in promoting rapid acqui- constitutional concerns. For instance, sec- drafted takes a responsible approach in sition, hindering the Navy’s ability to deter- tions 8055, 8071, 8121, and provisions under addressing these and other pressing mine the technical feasibility and oper- the headings ‘‘Operations and Maintenance— issues. Rather than just throwing ational utility of advanced technologies be- Defense-wide’’ and ‘‘Joint Improvised Threat money at these crises, he exercises the fore committing billions of dollars toward Defeat Fund’’ may interfere with the Presi- subcommittee’s oversight responsibil- dent’s authority as Commander in Chief development. development. This reduction ities by reducing funding for programs hinders the Department-wide goal of employ- The Administration looks forward to work- ing with the Congress as the FY 2017 appro- with unjustified cost increases or sub- ing new techniques to make the acquisition priations process moves forward. par performance. This allows the chair- process more agile and efficient. Innovation and Access to Non-Traditional Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Chairman, using man to redirect those critical dollars Suppliers. The Administration objects to the OCO for base funds detracts from the in order to increase the number of reduction of $30 million for programs that true purpose of OCO, which is to fund troops, to increase funding for train- seek to broaden DOD’s access to innovative wartime efforts. This prevents our ing, and to address many of the service companies and technologies. Specifically, Armed Forces from using these funds chiefs’ priorities. the Administration is concerned about the to counter ISIL and other threats. The U.S. and our allies continue to elimination of the investment funding asso- A great deal of good elsewhere in the face threats from countries such as ciated with the Defense Innovation Unit Ex- bill is overshadowed by this failure. I Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea. perimental (DIUx), as well as the reduction in funding for In-Q-Tel’s efforts to explore thank the chairman for his work to in- Radical Islamist terrorists, such as innovative technologies that enable the effi- crease cybersecurity operations by ISIS, continue to threaten everything cient incorporation into weapons systems nearly $1 billion; invest in the intel- we stand for. As the chair of State, and operations capabilities. These invest- ligence, surveillance, and reconnais- Foreign Operations, and Related Pro- ments would enable the development of lead- sance resources combat commanders grams, and as vice chair of Defense Ap- ing-edge, primarily asymmetric capabilities clamor for; provide strong, bipartisan propriations, I am very proud of what and help spur development of new ways of support for our allies in the Middle this bill does to ensure resources are warfighting to counter advanced adversaries. East; and finance important health ini- available to counter all of these Reduction of Funds for Countering Weapons tiatives that help warfighters and their of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Situational threats. Awareness System. The Administration ob- families. The passage of this bill ensures the jects to the reduction of $27 million from the b 1700 United States will lead in this very FY 2017 Budget request for the development dangerous world. I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote. All of that could have been done of a CWMD situational awareness informa- Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chair, I yield 3 while providing certainty for troops in tion system, known as ‘‘Constellation.’’ The minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. I Department is developing and fielding this (Ms. KAPTUR), a member of the Defense urge my colleagues to oppose this bill. system in response to requirements articu- Subcommittee. lated by all Combatant Commands and vali- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, dated by the Joint Requirements Oversight how much time remains on both sides? Ms. KAPTUR. I thank Ranking Mem- Council. This capability is critical to antici- The CHAIR. The gentleman from ber VISCLOSKY for the time. Mr. Chair, I, regretfully, rise in oppo- pating WMD threats from both nation-state New Jersey has 171⁄2 minutes remain- and non-state actors and sharing informa- ing. The gentleman from Indiana has 18 sition to this defense bill—a bill I cer- tion between DOD and its U.S. interagency minutes remaining. tainly would prefer to support. Surely, and international partners. Funds were ap- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, I this decision is difficult because of the propriated in FY 2014–2016 specifically to de- yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman deep respect I hold for the chairman, velop and field the Constellation system, Congressman FRELINGHUYSEN of New which would be deployed in July 2016 as an from Texas (Ms. GRANGER), the vice Jersey, and for Ranking Member VIS- initial prototype. A reduction of $27 million chair of the Defense Appropriations would effectively terminate this initiative Subcommittee. CLOSKY of Indiana; but like this year’s and prevent DOD from developing a high pri- Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I rise in National Defense Authorization Act, ority capability needed to counter WMD strong support of the FY17 Defense Ap- this bill recklessly endangers our serv- threats. propriations bill. icemembers by severely restricting the

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I thank the secretaries have requested one thing tion on the FY17 hours. chairman for agreeing to work with me from Congress—stability and predict- Mr. Chair, from the years 2011–2014, on this critically important issue as ability in the budget so they can prop- the United States cut its budget for de- well as for his and the ranking mem- erly train and equip their troops for fense by 19 percent while Russia and ber’s leadership on this legislation. war. ‘‘Do your job,’’ they say, ‘‘so we China increased theirs by 31 and 30 per- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, I can do ours.’’ This bill does not fulfill cent. Given world events and the Direc- yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from our responsibilities as a Congress nor tor of National Intelligence’s assess- Georgia (Mr. GRAVES), a vital member does it uphold our end of the bargain ment that he could not recall a more of our Defense Appropriations Sub- with our servicemembers and their diverse array of challenges and crises, committee. families. it is clear that the Obama administra- Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, Instead, this bill replaces predict- tion has failed to adequately address we are considering this critical legisla- ability with political posturing, and it our national security needs. tion in the wake of the horrific ter- replaces stability with budget short- This bill before us recognizes the rorist attack in Orlando, Florida, dur- sightedness. It places our national de- military’s shortfalls in modernization ing which 49 innocent Americans were fense in a position of uncertainty after and force readiness. It makes targeted killed and 53 were wounded by a ter- April 30 of 2017, and it proclaims nei- investments to ensure that the mili- rorist who pledged loyalty to the Is- ther strength nor vision. Thus, it tary has the tools, training, and man- lamic State. Make no mistake—we are shortchanges our troops who need it power that is necessary to maintain a Nation at war with militant Islamic most—those engaged in the battlefield. peace and, if necessary, to defeat any terrorism, and that is why this legisla- This bill creates a funding cliff that potential enemy. tion is so important. It provides our sends a message of hesitation to both I thank Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN brave men and women in uniform with our allies and our enemies during a and his staff for their hard work, and I the resources they need to defeat the time when steadfast resolve is vital to urge the adoption of this year’s De- enemy. our success. fense Appropriations bill. For example, this bill includes my Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chair, I yield Throughout my career, I have always provision to speed the replacement of a such time as he may consume to the supported our troops and our national critical radar system and aircraft gentleman from Washington (Mr. defense. Whether honoring veterans known as the JSTARS. The technology HECK) for the purpose of colloquy. which is stationed at Robins Air Force with the World War II Memorial or Mr. HECK of Washington. I thank the Base in Georgia significantly enhances pushing for energy independence to in- ranking member for yielding. crease security at home and abroad, Mr. Chair, I do, indeed, rise to engage the ability of our warplanes and other our commitment to protect and defend the chairman of the Defense Sub- military assets to target enemy com- the American people has always been committee in a colloquy. batants while helping, at the same my top priority as a Member of Con- Mr. Chair, I express my profound time, to protect our soldiers on the gress. However, I can’t support a bill gratitude to the committee for the in- ground by detecting threats and allow- that causes a soldier who is deployed in clusion of report language on the bill, ing for better coordinated and more ef- Afghanistan or in any theater to won- an inclusion which notes the contribu- fective support. This bill also prevents der whether or not he or she is going to tions made to our Nation’s defense the retirement of the A–10 Warthog air- be paid on May 1 of 2017. I urge my col- against digital threats by National craft, which is the most potent close leagues to vote against this flawed and Guard Cyber Protection Teams. The re- air support platform in our arsenal and incomplete bill. port language also expressed support is a key tool in fighting the Islamic Finally, in closing, let me extend for partnerships with Federal agencies, State. special regards to my brother, Steve, universities, and the private sector to Now, with more than 100,000 soldiers, who is as courageous a fighter as I have achieve more effective training for sailors, marines, and airmen in Geor- ever known. missions like protecting the industrial gia—the fourth largest military popu- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, I control systems of critical infrastruc- lation in the Nation—I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from ture. support our men and women in uniform Texas (Mr. CARTER). Mr. Chair, the report language refers by supporting this legislation. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair, al- specifically to Army National Guard I thank Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN for most a year ago today, I stood on this Cyber Protection Teams, but as the his great work on this bill. floor to state my disgust at this admin- chairman is likely aware, the Air Na- Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 istration’s plans to slash the Army by tional Guard is also leading efforts in minutes to the gentleman from New 40,000 troops and make a large, non- this area. For example, the 194th Wing York (Mr. NADLER). proportional cut to Fort Hood, in my of the Air National Guard, which is Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chair, I have long district, which is known as the Great based in the 10th Congressional Dis- supported the Iron Dome weapons sys- Place and as the home of the heavy trict of Washington State, at Camp tem to defend Israel from short-range armor of the United States Army. Murray, has several Cyber Protection missile attacks. I voted to authorize These cuts would have a disastrous Teams with demonstrated expertise in the United States to assist Israel in effect on our national security and industrial control system assessment, procuring the weapons. I voted for mas- would lead to putting our Army, in the cybersecurity remediation, and cyber sive increases in funding for the Iron words of Chief of Staff General Mark mission planning. Dome during the summer of 2014 when Milley, at high risk. This is unaccept- I ask the chairman whether the lan- Israel was under a daily barrage of mis- able. As Members of Congress, it is our guage in the report that expresses sup- siles, and I spoke out repeatedly on the sworn, constitutional duty to raise and port for collaborative training efforts House floor in favor of fully funding support Armies. This is why I am proud for Army National Guard Cyber Pro- the Iron Dome. I have been lucky to support the FY 2017 Defense Appro- tection Teams would also apply to the enough to have visited Israel many priations bill, which pays for an in- Air National Guard. times. Four years ago, I visited an Iron crease of 45,000 active, guard, and re- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, Dome battery in Israel. A single Iron serve soldiers, including their training the committee recognizes the impor- Dome launcher can protect a medium- and equipping for war. tant role of the Reserve, including the sized city. I am pleased that this bill I thank the committee for its contin- Army National Guard, as well as the includes $62 million for the program. ued support for Operation Phalanx, Air National Guard, as a flexible and I have offered an amendment to pro- which is a proven program that is ready force that contributes to our vide an increase in funding of $10 mil- aimed at protecting our southern bor- cyber preparedness. lion, which would be sufficient for the

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Since Israel selves at risk of sending our men and serve the balance of my time. withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005, women in uniform into conflict with- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- terrorists have fired more than 11,000 out the training, equipment, or support man, I yield myself such time as I may rockets into Israel. Over 5 million that they need. Our brave solders, sail- consume. Israelis currently live under the threat ors, airmen, and marines deserve bet- I would like to join with Ranking of rocket attacks, and more than a half ter. And this Defense bill does better Member VISCLOSKY in taking a moment a million Israelis have less than 60 sec- by helping our military return to full to thank the hardworking and effective onds to find shelter after a rocket is spectrum readiness in order to properly staff of the Appropriations Sub- launched from Gaza into Israel. meet the challenges our Nation is fac- committee on Defense. These are truly Therefore, I offer this amendment in ing on all fronts and across the globe. professional men and women who work defense of the civilian population of I urge my colleagues on both sides of on behalf of our national security and Israel. I am pleased to hear that the the aisle to do what is right by Amer- do remarkable things for our military amendment will be accepted. I thank ica by doing what is right for the men that serve around the world and look the chairman and the ranking member. and women who sacrifice so much to after the needs of our intelligence com- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, I ensure the freedoms that we enjoy munity throughout the country and yield 1 minute to the gentleman from today. throughout the world. California (Mr. CALVERT). Vote ‘‘yes’’ on the bill. Vote ‘‘yes’’ Led by our clerk, Rob Blair, and our Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, today, the for a strong American military. Vote minority staff member, Becky Army celebrates its 241st birthday and ‘‘yes’’ to send a message to all our en- Leggieri, the House owes both of these a long, proud history of defending our emies that the American military is as individuals a deep debt of gratitude for great Nation. The Army and all of our strong as ever and that the United their hard work. military branches make up the finest States remains steadfast and capable of Along with Mr. VISCLOSKY, I also fighting force in the world because of defending herself and her allies against want to recognize, the work of others our extraordinary men and women who those who wish to do us harm. on the staff: Walter Hearne; Brooke serve in them and because they have I thank Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN Boyer; B.G. Wright; Adrienne Ramsay; the tools that are necessary to carry and Ranking Member VISCLOSKY for Megan Milam; Allison Deters; Collin out their missions. their tireless work on behalf of our Lee; Cornell Teague; Matt Bower; the Congress and on behalf of the American indispensable Sherry Young, who has b 1715 public. been upstairs and downstairs at var- Just days ago, we saw a tragic and Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I re- ious points doing some incredible work horrific reminder in Orlando that we serve the balance of my time. on behalf of the committee; and Chris are a Nation very much at war with Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- Bigelow. radical Islamic extremists. While there man, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- I recognize my own staff: Nancy Fox, may be differing opinions on what tleman from Alabama (Mr. ADERHOLT), Steve Wilson, and Katie Hazlett. And I steps our country can and should do to a key member of the Appropriations know that we give a shout-out to Joe stop attacks on our homeland, there Subcommittee on Defense. DeVooght, who is dedicated to the should be no daylight between all Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, whole process and works very closely Members of this body in our commit- since I first was elected to Congress, with the ranking member. ment to ensuring our soldiers have the one of the things that I talked most di- I reserve the balance of my time. resources necessary to win this war. rectly about was the fact that if there Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chair, I appre- I want to thank my friend and chair- is one thing that is so important in the ciate the chairman’s remarks and man of the Appropriations Sub- Federal Government to do, it is the would also recognize Lucas Wood, who committee on Defense, RODNEY duty to provide for national security. is on our staff as a fellow from the De- FRELINGHUYSEN, and all of my Appro- The legislation that we have before us partment of Defense this year. Also, priations Committee colleagues for now may be the most important docu- the chairman and I express our grati- putting together a good bill that de- ment that we will take up this entire tude to the associate members of our serves all our support. year. subcommittee for each of the members I urge all my colleagues to vote for My colleague on the Republican side, of the subcommittee. this bill and continue to support our Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, and my colleague I do join with the chairman. I appre- men and women in uniform as they de- on the Democratic side, Mr. VISCLOSKY, ciate him enumerating the names of all fend our great Nation. both take their job very seriously. As of the staff. Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I re- they work on this bill, they work with I would suggest, given the difficult serve the balance of my time. great dedication and care, and it is a circumstances I alluded to in my open- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- privilege to work with both of them, ing remarks, Mr. Chairman, they legis- man, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- along with the committee staff, as they lated this year with elegance, under tleman from Arkansas (Mr. WOMACK), a work forward to move this bill. very difficult circumstances and the great member of the Appropriations Our men and women in uniform carry country owes them a debt of gratitude. Subcommittee on Defense. out a broad spectrum of missions. I appreciate the chairman recognizing Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Chairman, I rise Some missions are directly combat re- them. in support of the fiscal year 2017 De- lated. Some are related to rescue. And I yield back the balance of my time. fense Appropriations bill. some are humanitarian missions. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- In a world that is more dangerous Health research to help our soldiers man, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- and more complex than ever before, it also benefits civilians of all ages and tleman from Florida (Mr. DIAZ- is critically important that we ensure all backgrounds. This bill specifies BALART), a key member of the Appro- our military remains the best trained, both the base funding and also overseas priations Subcommittee on Defense. the best equipped, and the best sup- contingency operations funding in a Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I ported on the planet. This bill takes way that meets the needs to carry out rise in strong support of the FY17 De- the next step toward fulfilling these all of those missions. fense Appropriations bill. I would start, necessary goals. So I would encourage my colleagues, by the way, by thanking and com- After years of budget cuts and se- as we vote on this bill and as we move mending the chairman of the sub- questration, we are at a point now forward on this, to vote ‘‘yes’’ on it. We committee, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, not where we can no longer ask our mili- owe it to our men and women in uni- only for putting together a great bill

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Mr. Chair, H.R. 5293 is key to FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE last number of years. funding our country’s national security pro- UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 114– So I want to thank the chairman for grams and provides for the essential needs of 142) putting together a bill which will in- our military. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- crease readiness, increase the number Just as our military service members an- fore the House the following message of the Armed Forces of the United swer the call to defend the United States, so from the President of the United States. too should Americans always prioritize the States; which was read and, together I will close with this: All of those funding they need to be successful in what- with the accompanying papers, referred things are hugely important, and it is ever mission they are tasked with. I am proud to the Committee on Foreign Affairs about time that we address them in an to support this bill and the important funding it and ordered to be printed: aggressive way like this bill does. provides for our Nation’s military, security, and To the Congress of the United States: To the chairman of the Sub- our courageous men and women in uniform. I am pleased to transmit to the Con- committee on Defense, Mr. FRELING- gress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and This bill makes difficult budgetary choices HUYSEN, we all owe a great bit of grati- 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, but includes funding for safety, security, and tude for the way that he is treating and as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the continues to treat the men and women the ongoing success of our service members ‘‘Act’’), the text of a proposed Agree- in uniform, the men and women of the and their families. Our armed forces will stay ment for Cooperation Between the Gov- Armed Forces. This bill is a reflection prepared, safe and trained to fight. ernment of the United States of Amer- of his passion for them. The legislation addresses not only current ica and the Government of the King- Again, this is a great bill. We can all threats but instability in the Middle East, Rus- dom of Norway Concerning Peaceful be very proud of what this bill does. It sian aggression in the Ukraine and Baltic, and Uses of Nuclear Energy (the ‘‘Agree- is about time, and I thank the chair- changing relationships in the Pacific. ment’’). I am also pleased to transmit man for his leadership. my written approval, authorization, Specifically, the bill provides $517.1 billion, I would ask for your favorable con- and determination concerning the an increase of $3 billion above last year’s sideration of this bill. Agreement, and an unclassified Nu- level, and $58.6 billion in Overseas Contin- The CHAIR. It is the Chair’s under- clear Proliferation Assessment State- standing that the gentleman from Indi- gency Operations (OCO Global War on Ter- ment (NPAS) concerning the proposed ana has yielded back the balance of his rorism (GWOT) funding—the level allowed Agreement. (In accordance with sec- time. under current law. tion 123 of the Act, as amended by Title Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- $219 billion is included for operations and XII of the Foreign Affairs Reform and man, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- maintenance, which provides for readiness Restructuring Act of 1998 (Public Law tleman from Florida (Mr. ROONEY), a programs that prepare our troops for combat 105–277), a classified annex to the member of the authorizing committee, and peacetime missions. NPAS, prepared by the Secretary of the Armed Services Committee. We State, in consultation with the Direc- An effective military, one that is well thank him for joining us this evening. tor of National Intelligence, summa- equipped and well trained, is indispensable to Mr. ROONEY of Florida. Mr. Chair- rizing relevant classified information, the common defense of our country and is in man, I rise in strong support of this will be submitted to the Congress sepa- 2017 Defense Appropriations bill, which the best interest of all Americans. rately.) The joint memorandum sub- is another example of the Appropria- I thank the Chairman for his outstanding mitted to me by the Secretaries of tions Committee’s hard work to pro- leadership, appreciate the Ranking member’s State and Energy and a letter from the vide the funding needed to keep our common commitment to work in a bipartisan Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory country safe and to take care of our manner and fund our military and intelligence Commission stating the views of the soldiers and their families. community as they remain engaged in re- Commission are also enclosed. An ad- As a veteran, as my wife is a veteran, sponding to instability abroad. dendum to the NPAS containing a and as somebody who has a lot of comprehensive analysis of Norway’s ex- I has perhaps never been more urgent to in- friends who are still wearing the uni- port control system with respect to nu- vest in the future of our military and renew our form and serving, we need to take care clear-related matters, including inter- of our soldiers, our troops, our sailors, ability to project power. actions with other countries of pro- our airmen, and marines. And this bill The funding levels in this bill will ensure our liferation concern and the actual or makes sure that we do just that. It military remains the most capable, prepared, suspected nuclear, dual-use, or missile- gives them the equipment that they and exceptional armed force anywhere in the related transfers to such countries, need to complete their mission while world. pursuant to section 102A(w) of the Na- also providing them the peace of mind tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. that their families will have the sup- The CHAIR. All time for general de- bate has expired. 3024(w)), is being submitted separately port that they need; that when they by the Director of National Intel- are also veterans, they will be taken Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, I ligence. care of. move that the Committee do now rise. The proposed Agreement has been ne- As the Islamic State continues to The motion was agreed to. gotiated in accordance with the Act grow, the constant threat of global ter- and other applicable law. In my judg- rorism, the nuclear-ambitious Iran, the Accordingly, the Committee rose; ment, it meets all applicable statutory dangers our Nation faces continues to and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. requirements and will advance the non- grow, and we must stand ready to de- MOOLENAAR) having assumed the chair, proliferation and other foreign policy feat them. Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Chair of the interests of the United States. This bill meets our defense needs for Committee of the Whole House on the The proposed Agreement contains all the next year. We do need a long-term state of the Union, reported that that the provisions required by section 123 plan to ensure that the men and Committee, having had under consider- a. of the Act, and provides a com- women in our Armed Forces have the ation the bill (H.R. 5293) making appro- prehensive framework for peaceful nu- capability to protect our Nation in this priations for the Department of De- clear cooperation with Norway based increasingly dangerous world, and this fense for the fiscal year ending Sep- on a mutual commitment to nuclear bill goes very far and is the first step in tember 30, 2017, and for other purposes, nonproliferation. It would permit the doing that. had come to no resolution thereon. transfer of unclassified information,

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Mr. Speaker, I rise gram if Norway’s plans change in the mote, and will not constitute an unrea- today to recognize more than 1,800 future. Norway does have an active nu- sonable risk to, the common defense youth from 47 States across America clear research program and the focus of and security. Accordingly, I have ap- visiting our Nation’s Capital this week cooperation under the proposed Agree- proved the proposed Agreement and au- as part of the National Rural Electric ment, as under the previous agreement, thorized its execution and urge that Cooperative Youth Tour. This trip is a is expected to be in the area of nuclear the Congress give it favorable consider- tradition that has continued for over 50 research. The proposed Agreement ation. years. would not permit transfers of Re- This transmission shall constitute a Mr. Speaker, the goal of the tour is stricted Data, sensitive nuclear tech- submittal for purposes of both sections to bring together students from all nology, sensitive nuclear facilities or 123 b. and 123 d. of the Act. My Admin- walks of life to attend meetings with major critical components of such fa- istration is prepared to begin imme- their Senators and Representatives to cilities. diately consultations with the Senate ask us questions and witness the legis- The proposed Agreement would pro- Foreign Relations Committee and the lative process firsthand. I just came vide advance, long-term (pro- House Foreign Affairs Committee as from a meeting with those from Indi- grammatic) consent to Norway for the provided in section 123 b. Upon comple- ana, and they had excellent questions retransfer for storage or reprocessing tion of the 30 days of continuous ses- of me, and we had a great discussion. of irradiated nuclear material (spent sion review provided for in section 123 These students are all sponsored by a fuel) subject to the Agreement to b., the 60 days of continuous session re- local electric cooperative in which the France, the United Kingdom, or other view provided for in section 123 d. shall student is a member or an associate countries or destinations as may be commence. member. This year, 34 of Indiana’s 38 agreed upon in writing. The United BARACK OBAMA. electric cooperatives have sponsored a States has given similar advance con- THE WHITE HOUSE, June 14, 2016. total of 82 students for the trip. I am sent to various other partners, includ- proud that many of them reside in my f ing to Norway under the previous U.S.- district. Norway Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation b 1730 I want to thank America’s electric Agreement that was in force from 1984 cooperatives, and specifically those to 2014. The proposed Agreement would GOVERNMENT OVERREACH ON from Indiana, for working with the Na- give the United States the option to re- SMALL BUSINESSES tional Rural Electric Cooperative Asso- voke the advance consent if it con- ciation to support and sponsor this op- siders that it cannot be continued (Mr. CRAMER asked and was given portunity for the next generation of without a significant increase of the permission to address the House for 1 young leaders. risk of proliferation or without jeop- minute and to revise and extend his re- f ardizing national security. marks.) The proposed Agreement will have a Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, in the EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL term of 30 years from the date of its last few months more than 175 Mem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under entry into force, unless terminated by bers of Congress from both parties and the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- either party on 1 year’s advance writ- both Chambers have expressed con- uary 6, 2015, the gentleman from Texas ten notice. In the event of termination cerns about the FCC’s proposed set-top (Mr. AL GREEN) is recognized for 60 or expiration of the proposed Agree- box rules. Even the Small Business Ad- minutes as the designee of the minor- ment, key nonproliferation conditions ministration has weighed in with con- ity leader. and controls will continue in effect as cerns about how these rules could bur- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- long as any material, equipment, or den small operators. er, I would like to thank the leadership component subject to the proposed Last month, the gentleman from Or- on both sides of the aisle for extending Agreement remains in the territory of egon (Mr. SCHRADER) and I authored a the time tonight. I am very grateful to the party concerned or under its juris- bipartisan letter signed by 59 of our the staffs who have helped us with the diction or control anywhere, or until colleagues that says, in part: ‘‘the pro- preparation for this evening’s activi- such time as the parties agree that posal threatens the economic welfare ties. such items are no longer usable for any of small pay-TV companies providing Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be here nuclear activity relevant from the both vital communications services to this evening for many reasons. One of point of view of safeguards. rural areas and competitive alter- the reasons has to do with today being Norway is a non-nuclear-weapon natives to consumers in urban mar- a very special day. Today is Flag Day. State party to the Treaty on the Non- kets.’’ Flag Day is a day for us to honor the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Mr. Speaker, if continued innovation flag of the United States of America, (NPT). Norway has concluded a safe- in the video industry is the goal, then which is one of the reasons I am wear- guards agreement and additional pro- this proposed rule is the wrong direc- ing my flag tie. I want people to know tocol with the International Atomic tion. In fact, it is estimated that this that I am proud to be an American, and Energy Agency. Norway is a party to rule could cost up to a million dollars I am proud to honor the flag and to sa- the Convention on the Physical Protec- or more per system. Now, a million dol- lute the flag. Flag Day is a date that tion of Nuclear Material, which estab- lars may not be a lot to a big company, we honor the flag for its adoption back lishes international standards of phys- but to most of the companies in rural on June 14, 1777. ical protection for the use, storage, and North Dakota, it could be the dif- I say the Pledge of Allegiance to the transport of nuclear material. It is also ference between staying in business or flag, and I say it proudly. I say it a member of the Nuclear Suppliers going out of business. proudly because it means something to Group, whose non-legally binding I also have strong concerns that the me—each word means something to guidelines set forth standards for the proposed rules are outside the Commis- me—to pledge allegiance to the flag of responsible export of nuclear commod- sion’s legal authority. Instead of get- the United States of America, and to ities for peaceful use. A more detailed ting into another lengthy legal battle the Republic for which it stands, one discussion of Norway’s domestic civil with Congress, I urge Chairman Wheel- nation under God, indivisible, with lib- nuclear activities and its nuclear non- er and the FCC to drop these proposed erty and justice for all. proliferation policies and practices is rules because of the harm it could in- ‘‘With liberty and justice for all’’ are provided in the NPAS and the NPAS flict on small rural operators. words of great importance tonight, and

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I went to elementary jected to a background check, and he him: We want you to understand, Dr. school and high school in Florida. was; except that our law has created a King, we believe that your cause is Florida means something to me, but loophole that says, though there is a 3- right, but your timing is wrong. the people there are most important, day waiting period that the back- In responding to them, Dr. King said: because the people of Florida are peo- ground check should take place, if at Time is neutral. Time is never right; ple of goodwill, people who mean well, the expiration of the 3 days the back- time is never wrong. Time is always people who enjoy themselves. Florida ground check is not completed, then what we make it. is a vacation spot, if you will. Because you can purchase the weapon. Dr. King continued that thought by so many people come there to vacation, Well, 3 days after he started the pur- saying he was coming to the conclusion it is expected that they would have the chase, the background check was not that the people of ill will in our society opportunity to enjoy themselves, to go completed. Why? Somebody keyed in make a much better use of time than out and be a part of the nightlife. We or gave the wrong information. the people of good will. He closed that have Disney World in Florida, many at- Let’s just think about this for a mo- particular thought by saying that we tractions to attract people from around ment. A person knowing what the law are going to be made to repent not just the country to Florida. is could very well give erroneous infor- for the vitriolic words and deeds of bad Unfortunately, some things have mation knowing that it might take people, but for the appalling silence of happened there recently that are going more than the 3 days for anybody to good people. to cause us to pause for a moment as find the error. They found the error, We are suffering today because some we, tonight, will celebrate, to a certain but 3 days had expired. I have no idea real good people in this House are re- extent, commemorate, LGBT Pride whether or not this young man did this maining silent when events cry out for Month. LGBT Pride Month, celebrate or whether or not the seller entered the our attention. We should not be ignor- and commemorate this month. But we wrong information. ing these issues that lead to incidents will also memorialize some of the There are two cities that border one like the one that occurred at Emanuel things that have happened in terms of river with a short bridge between the AME Church. We should not be silent lives that have been lost. two: West Columbia and Columbia. after things like Sandy Hook. And we I am proud tonight to note that there This gun was purchased in West Colum- should not be silent today, after experi- will be a Member joining me who has bia, but, as I understand it, the seller encing what we have earlier this week had some circumstances occur in his keyed in Columbia, and so the error in Orlando, Florida. State that he will call to our attention was not found until too late. I think that the more we look into that will have to be memorialized, and I have proposed legislation here to this, we see that this is not about ISIS persons will have to be remembered for close what has become known as the or any foreign terrorists. All of that, it the services that they have given, but Charleston loophole by saying the pur- seems to me, from what I have read, is also because they lost their lives. chase cannot be completed until the to camouflage something else. And I am proud to ask my colleague to background check is completed. If it that is, in my opinion, this was, in fact, come over now, the Honorable JIM CLY- takes 3 days, fine. If it takes 1 day, a hate crime. It certainly shows from BURN, and ask him to give his com- that is fine. But it may take 4 or 5 days the evidence that this young man who ments. He is a leader in this Congress. or may even be 10 days if the wrong in- perpetrated this act hated a lot of the He is a person who stands for justice formation is keyed in. people he was around, and maybe even for all, as is indicated in the flag, ‘‘lib- So I don’t understand why this com- himself. erty and justice for all.’’ He stands for monsense piece of legislation cannot be So I believe that the time has come this. brought to this floor so we can vote to for us to break our silence in this After the incident that took place in close that loophole or attempt to close House. The LGBT community cries out Mr. CLYBURN’s State, I remember a the loophole. I think it is time for us to for our involvement. This incident lady who lost her child indicating at go on record. highlights what we ought to be doing the probable cause hearing, ‘‘I forgive Now, Mr. Speaker, I grew up in South to show our respect for that commu- you. I forgive you,’’ speaking to the Carolina. I was a part of the movement nity as well as our respect for the rule person who had committed this deed. that started back in the late 1950s and of law. ‘‘I forgive you.’’ She lost her child, but early 1960s that a lot of people have Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. CLY- she forgave. But I believe that people called the student movement. I was a BURN, before you step away, with ref- who forgive still have an expectation part, along with JOHN LEWIS, a Member erence to the letter from the Bir- that things will be done. Mr. CLYBURN, of this body, of the first and second or- mingham jail, which I agree with you, I am proud to say, is one who has legis- ganizing meetings of what became is one of the greatest literary works lation that can be of benefit to all. Not known as the Student Nonviolent Co- that I have had an opportunity to read, to some, but to all. ordinating Committee. it becomes especially important when I am proud to yield the floor now to I still remember my first meeting you understand how Dr. King actually our leader, the Honorable JIM CLYBURN. with Martin Luther King, Jr., October produced it. He did not have a library. Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I thank 1960, the same weekend that I met He did not have persons to assist him. Mr. GREEN for yielding to me. JOHN LEWIS for the first time. I spent It is my understanding that he was Mr. Speaker, on Friday, June 17, we that evening that I met Dr. King, I was able to slip notes out to people who will commemorate the first anniver- with him until around 4, 4:30 the next would come and visit him, and they sary of what I like to refer to as the morning. I started reading and study- compiled these notes into the letter. Charleston 12. Nine people lost their ing everything I possibly could about I want to mention this. Those clergy lives that night at the Emanuel AME Dr. King. I believe, of all of his speech- people that you talk about, in that let- Church, but three people survived: two es, of all of his writings, the one thing ter that they wrote, if you read it first, by playing dead and a third because the that stands out to me more than any you will see a line of logic that many murderer went over to her and said: I other is his letter from the Bir- people abide with, that many people of am going to spare you so you can carry mingham City Jail. that time and this time would find the message. very reasonable. It is after you get into This young man who perpetrated this b 1745 Dr. King’s message where he dissects act did so after doing some significant It is an iconic document; a timely each and every point that they make research. We know that he went on the document, in my opinion. Dr. King one by one by one that you realize that Internet, and he found the historic wrote his letter from that jail in re- there is something not only special

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Those warnings that The evidence has shown us—you and Those are commonsense policies that he gave us and the lessons, he takes us I, Mr. CLYBURN—that there are times ought to be put into law. And for us to back into Biblical Scriptures about when you can have too many people to lay prone at the altar of the NRA and those who, at that time in the biblical get a job done. You don’t have to have not allow just simple, good faith bills days, were considered outside edu- everybody to have the genesis of a to come to this floor, I don’t quite un- cators. No one is an outside educator if movement. You don’t have to have derstand that. I don’t think that the you come for righteous reasons. every person in Congress to sign onto American people will continue to be So I am mentioning this to you be- something to have that become the kind to us if we do not step up and do cause I have a great appreciation for genesis of the movement. what is necessary to protect them. that letter as well, and I am pleased If you get enough people to sign on, Those 49 people who lost their lives that you brought it up. what you have can be heard in this in that nightclub in Orlando are de- As you know, tonight our theme is: Congress. And that is called a dis- serving of a Congress that will protect You are not alone. I greatly appreciate charge petition. There are some pieces them. Also, those nine lives at the what you have said about the LGBTQ of legislation right now that are pend- Emanuel AME Church. If we had community, because we want them to ing with discharge possibilities. stepped up and not put that loophole in know they are not alone. We are allies, What we have to do is take a few peo- this law, they would have been pro- we are friends. We are people on whom ple, just as Gideon did; make enough tected. I am convinced from all that I they depend. And we do so because of a noise, as he did; have a righteous have seen that those people would still debt we owe, to a certain extent. We cause, as he did; have a means of weed- be alive today if that loophole were not didn’t get here by ourselves. Someone ing out some of the people who may in the law. suffered and sacrificed so that we could not be ready for the work that has to b 1800 have this opportunity to stand in the be done, and then work with those who Congress of the United States of Amer- are ready to work. Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- ica, and indeed to breathe the breath of I believe that we can do great things er, the bill that you speak of, Mr. CLY- freedom we have because of others. And in this Congress, understanding that BURN, H.R. 4063, that is Mr. CICILLINE’s they are not alone. I appreciate what we don’t have to have everyone on bill, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act; you have said about the LGBTQ com- board to have the genesis of a great and that merely says, if you have been munity. If you have additional com- movement. convicted of vandalizing a place of wor- mentary, I would welcome it. Mr. CLYBURN. I agree. Of course, ship or assaulting someone based on Mr. CLYBURN. I appreciate that. I having served as the majority whip in their race, their religion, their gender, do have something I would like to say this body, all it takes is 218. I do be- their sexual orientation, their gender on that. Dr. King was sitting in jail in lieve that there are 218 good people in identity or disability, then you ought Birmingham, Alabama, because he this body who will vote for these—espe- not be able to buy a weapon. found some injustices there. In fact, in cially these three pieces of legislation Who believes that persons who have the letter, he said—in responding to dealing with what I call commonsense, been convicted of these offenses ought those ministers—that a threat to jus- good gun policy. to be able to buy weapons? If you be- tice anywhere is a threat to justice ev- The fact of the matter is that all of lieve that they should, then I am going erywhere. And I think that Dr. King, if us believe in the Constitution of these to respect your opinion, but we ought he were here today, would be speaking United States. It is the glue that holds to be able to debate those opinions on out about the threat to justice that the us together as a country, as a people. the floor of the United States Congress. LGBTQ community is now experi- The fact of the matter is the Constitu- We don’t have to win the vote. The encing. I do want the people of that tion—our right to the Constitution—is people of this country expect us to at community to know that they are not not unbridled. least do that, however. They expect us alone. I do believe that we should all I am often amused to hear people to vote. And what Mr. CLYBURN is say- respect human beings. talk about our First Amendment rights ing, and what many others have been If I may? I thought as you were to free speech and to peaceably assem- saying, the clarion call, the hue and speaking, Dr. King, in his letter, talked ble. Those of us back in the sixties cry, is let’s have a vote and let’s have about those who carried the gospel and lived and died advocating the First a debate. Let the debate precede the how they were vilified. I thought Amendment, but the fact of the matter vote. Let us make some comments about, I believe it is the 11th chapter in is our rights under the First Amend- about these bills, and let’s let the the Book of Second Corinthians, Paul, ment are not unbridled. The Supreme American people have an opportunity in his writings, talked about all that Court has spoken to that with the fa- to judge why each of us holds a posi- he had endured—the beatings, the mous phrase: your First Amendment tion with reference to this kind of leg- jailings that he had endured—trying to rights will not give you the right to islation. That is not asking too much. spread the gospel. yell ‘‘fire’’ in a crowded theater. I respect my friends who have opin- I thought about those badges of That means that the First Amend- ions different from mine. I don’t, in honor—the jailings that Dr. King, JOHN ment is not unbridled. any way, badger people who have opin- LEWIS, and many others endured. I had Why is it, then, that we can’t look at ions that are different from my opin- a few sentences myself, but I thought the fact that the Second Amendment ions. But I do respect people even more about that, and these are, in fact, rights that we have to bear arms, we when they are willing to stand in the badges of honor. are not taking that right away when well of the Congress of the United So I want the people of the LGBT we say the background check should be States of America and state their posi- community to know that they are not completed? tion and allow others to state theirs. alone in their trials and tribulations, Maybe we will turn up that you are And then, afterwards, have that vote, and that at some point in, hopefully, mentally incompetent to have a weap- and let’s let the American people know the not too distant future, the good on. Maybe we will find that you at one where the Congress stands, based upon people in this body will rise up and time, if not another, are on this no-fly empirical evidence and based upon ar- break their silence. list. guments that have been presented, so Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. I will add to One piece of legislation we have here that people can get a greater under- what you have just said, Mr. CLYBURN. deals with it. No fly, no buy. Anyone standing and get greater clarity. When you are not alone and you have on the no-fly list, to me, ought not be Another of the bills is the one that some people to show up, it means able to get a firearm. If you are sus- you have, Mr. CLYBURN, H.R. 3051, the

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Let me just I am proud to announce that 2012 was your difference, and let the American name a few of them as we move along. the first year that all 50 States had at people know how we stand, where we First, I would like to mention the least one LGBTQ elected official. stand, and then have a vote. That will passage of the Matthew Shepard and I remember many years ago, as an make a difference for everybody in this James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Preven- African American, how proud I was country because people will know that tion Act, a significant piece of legisla- when I could read annually that we had the Congress of the United States is tion, a great success for America. How- persons who were getting elected functional. There are many who believe ever, the beneficiaries are persons who across the country to various positions that we are not functioning right now. are discriminated against, who are who were of African ancestry. I was so The final of the three that the gen- harmed because of who they are. proud that they were getting elected tleman mentioned is H.R. 1076. This is People do that in this country. We because I knew that we were making denying firearms and explosives to dan- have people who will hurt you and take progress; I knew that there was a cer- gerous terrorists. Now, this is a bill your life, as has been evidenced re- tain amount of acceptance taking that is being sponsored by the Honor- cently, because of who you are. place. able PETER KING. He is a Republican. This Congress took action and passed This is what is happening with the So the point to be made is that we this law to say that, if you do this, LGBTQ community by having elected have bipartisan legislation that can’t whatever the punishment was, we will officials in all 50 States who can say ‘‘I get to the floor for a debate and then a enhance it. We will make this punish- am proud to be who I am,’’ who can be vote. That is what we believe ought to ment greater because you ought not authentic. This is what America is all about, happen. There ought to be a debate and target people because of who they are. liberty and justice for all, pledge of al- a vote on these pieces of legislation Someone would say, well, why would legiance to the flag, Flag Day. That is that deal with what we believe to be we want to enhance the punishment for what this is all about: this country legislation that can save some lives. It this reason? honoring who you are, letting you suc- won’t save all lives, no legislation will, Here is the response. Here is the re- ceed on your merits and fail on your but it can save some lives. tort. Because we do it if you are a per- demerits, not based upon who you are. son in a blue uniform. You hurt a peace Well, someone would say that is not Unfortunately, I will tell you this, officer in the State of Texas, because enough. One life is enough, to be quite there are still some places in this coun- honest with you. One life is enough. he or she is a peace officer, your pun- try where members of the LGBTQ com- And to lose any life because we haven’t ishment is going to be enhanced. munity are discriminated against open- There is nothing wrong with that. I acted is to lose too many. ly and notoriously. Twenty-eight At the end of the day, after having celebrate that. That is why I celebrate States still allow someone to be fired lost 49 lives in Orlando, do we want it the passage of this piece of legislation, for being gay—for that alone. Show up said that after all was said and done, the Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd and tell, show up and don’t pretend, more was said than done? Or nothing Hate Crime Prevention Act. This is an show up with a friend, and you could be was done and all was said? Is that what accomplishment that the LGBTQ com- fired in 28 States in this country. we want our legacy to be, that we did munity as well as other communities I think that, among all of the legisla- not act on pending legislation that and all should celebrate. tion that we talk about, this is some- could have made a difference for the Of course, there is Don’t Ask, Don’t thing that the Congress ought to ad- people of the Nation? Tell. Can you imagine, as a hetero- dress. No one should be fired because of Surely, asking for a vote, asking for sexual person, having to hide who you who you are, because of what God has debate, asking for an opportunity to be are every day of your life, having to be made you. You ought not be fired for heard is not asking too much. incognito in a sense, under an assumed that. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman identity, cannot be authentic, cannot In 30 States, you can be fired for from South Carolina (Mr. CLYBURN) if be yourself? Can you imagine what being a transgender person. In 28 he has further commentary. that would be like? States, you don’t have protections for Mr. CLYBURN. Well, I think the gen- That’s what Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell sexuality under housing discrimination tleman has summarized this ade- was all about, asking people to hide laws, meaning, if someone believes or quately and, I think, appropriately. your identity. Don’t tell anybody who concludes or has evidence that you are Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- you are. And if you don’t tell anybody a part of the LGBTQ community, then er, I am so honored tonight to mention who you are, we will let you die for the you can be discriminated against in again that this is a resolution that we country. We will let you go into harm’s housing. have on the floor, H. Res. 772. This is way and die as long as you won’t tell Is that the way a great country that the LGBTQ Pride Month legislation, people who you are. I love, that has the notion of liberty and I am honored that it is on this day, And I thank President Obama. When and justice for all in the pledge of alle- which is Flag Day, because the flag we eliminated Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, giance behaves? Do we allow this to speaks to liberty and justice for all— we liberated a lot of people. One in par- continue? not liberty and justice for some, not ticular that I am sure felt liberation America stands for justice, stands for liberty and justice for some of a cer- was the Honorable Eric Fanning, be- liberty, and it stands for it for all. It is tain hue, not liberty and justice for cause he now is the first openly gay time for us to extend all of the liberty some of a certain religion, but, rather, Secretary of the Army. and justice that I and others might liberty and justice for all, regardless of Can you imagine how many persons have to the members of the LGBTQ your race, your creed, your color, your with talents that could have benefited community. sexuality, liberty and justice for all, our country were overlooked as a re- I am an ally of this community, and regardless of your religious affili- sult of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? because I am an ally, I am proud that ation—liberty and justice for all. Some people refused to participate in the Supreme Court decided that mar- I assure you that the American peo- that kind of system. So I am proud riage between same-sex couples should ple expect no less than what we pledge that this country has stepped away take place. allegiance to, the flag of the United from this, because every person ought The Constitution of the United States of America. So I am honored to- to be allowed to be himself or herself. States of America was not written for night that we have this resolution. Every person was created by the heterosexuals only. The 14th Amend- This resolution is one that speaks to same Creator. We know the Creator by ment applies to people, not to sexu- the accomplishments and the successes many names, but by any name, the ality. The 14th Amendment and the

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This is what allies of the bate them. ever was necessary to force them to go LGBTQ community will call to the at- Of course, the one that many people back to their starting point and not to tention of persons on occasions such as will remember is the Brady Handgun proceed with the march. this. Violence Prevention Act of 1994. This Many of the people there with Con- I am also proud to tell you that we was passed following the shooting of gressman JOHN LEWIS, who said he who are allies of the LGBTQ commu- President Ronald Reagan. thought he was going to die, were not nity are of the opinion that we can By the way, I am pleased that we African Americans. There were people make some of these changes. We know passed all of these things. I believe of all hues at the Edmund Pettus that we can make these changes be- that we did the right thing. Someone Bridge there to see that justice was cause we have done so before. We have might argue that we could have passed done. I owe a debt to the people who passed legislation after horrific events this without the shooting of President were willing to cross the Edmund in this country. Because we have done Reagan. Thank God the person who at- Pettus Bridge on that fateful day. it before, we can do it again; because tempted to assassinate him was not I come to the floor tonight because I we did it with the Civil Rights Act of successful. I am so grateful that he was understand that I owe this debt. I be- 1968. It took us 7 days in the Congress able to live and serve out his Presi- lieve that we owe a debt to those who of the United States of America to pass dency. But that shooting, that act have made it possible for us to be here, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 after the alone, allowed this Congress to act. It regardless of our hue. And believe me, assassination of Dr. King. is a known fact that you cannot have regardless as to who you are, you owe We had 49 people assassinated in Or- an act of Congress if you don’t have a a debt too. It may be to Patrick Henry: lando, Florida. Something can be done. Congress willing to act. I am grateful ‘‘Give me liberty or give me death.’’ It People, some would say: Well, what that the Congress was willing to act can be to any number of the Founding can be done? That is what we can de- after the shooting of a President of the Fathers. But you owe a debt to people bate on the floor of the Congress. Let’s United States. who made it possible for us to be here debate it. Rather than conclude that So, because we have done it before, I in the Congress of the United States of whatever is said is wrong and you don’t am convinced that we can do it again, America and to have the liberties and deserve a hearing because what you and I am convinced that we should do freedoms that we have in this country. have said is wrong, let’s debate it. it again. I believe that this is a seminal We ought to repay the debt so that we We have bills to come before this moment in time. We have these sem- can pass on to others what has been Congress that we vote up and down on inal moments in time—seminal mo- passed on to us: a greater sense of free- a daily basis. We vote them up or we ments, moments that impact all time. dom and a greater sense of belonging in vote them down. Why not have regular Rosa Parks, when she took that seat, the greatest country in the world. order apply to hate crime legislation? ignited a spark that started a human I am honored to tell you tonight that Why not have regular order apply to rights-civil rights movement. That was this resolution will not pass. I am hon- gun safety legislation? Not gun con- a seminal moment in time. But there ored to tell you this, that it will not trol—I don’t buy into that termi- were also people who helped her at that pass this Congress. But I must be quite nology—gun safety. candid and tell you that we rarely pass time, which is one of the reasons why But if you think otherwise, then any resolutions in Congress now. So I we come to the floor tonight, because come to the floor, stand in the well, want to be fair to my friends who are we are allies of the LGBTQ commu- and state your position so that all can in leadership to let them know that I nity. hear. The African American community at respect the fact that any resolution, b 1815 that time had allies. We had people not just this one, would probably get the same results. who were willing to stand up for us and The Gun Control Act of 1968 passed But I do believe this: I am honored to stand up with us. When Rosa Parks after the assassinations of President tell you that it will pass some Con- Kennedy, Dr. King, and Robert Ken- went to jail, there were people who gress. I hope I am here to see it pass. I nedy. That legislation, I am sure, could came to post her bond. The people who hope I am here to cast my vote that have passed at other times, but it bailed Rosa Parks out of jail: Mr. will have it pass the Congress, that will didn’t. It was after a horrific act, or Nixon was African American, but Mr. give it a chance to be heard, and that horrific acts, that it passed. and Mrs. Durr were not. Mr. and Mrs. will let people debate the issues of our I think that these lives were impor- Durr were people of goodwill who un- time as they relate to this resolution. tant. But the lives of the 49 people who derstood that an injustice was taking I hope I am here. died at Orlando are just as important place. In fact, Mr. Clifford Durr was a But whether I am here or not, I be- as these lives that I call to your atten- lawyer, and his wife was a noted person lieve that, at some point, we will look tion. Every life is precious. We should in the community. The people who back through the vista of time, and we not allow ourselves to wait until it posted the bail to get Rosa Parks out will reflect upon this time. We will ask happens to be somebody that we per- of jail were not all of African ancestry. ourselves: Who was there? Who was ceive as being somebody. We ought not So we all have a debt that we owe. I there to stand up for people other than have to wait until someone who hap- am grateful to Rosa Parks. I wouldn’t themselves? I want the record to re- pens to hold public trust is harmed be- be here but for the efforts of the Rosa flect that there were a good many peo- fore we decide we are going to do some- Parks of the world. So I have to repay ple of goodwill who said to the LGBTQ thing. that debt, and tonight I stand here to community: You are not alone. You are Every person who is in this country give an additional down payment on not alone. We are with you. We will is under the protection of the Constitu- the debt that I owe that allowed me to stand with you, and we will fight injus- tion of the United States of America. be a part of the Congress of the United tice with you. We can debate our issues, but we ought States of America. In the end, as Dr. King put it, to at least bring them to the floor and There was the crossing of the Ed- ‘‘though the arc of the moral universe let’s have a vote on them. I will accept, mund Pettus Bridge on what was may be long’’—the arc of the moral by the way, the vote. I always do. But known as Bloody Sunday. Many people universe may be long—‘‘it bends to- I don’t accept the notion that you can lost blood at the Edmund Pettus ward justice.’’ We will bend the arc of never have a vote on something be- Bridge. If you haven’t been to the Ed- the moral universe toward justice. cause someone else happens to think mund Pettus Bridge, I would invite you There will be justice for the LGBTQ that it is not worthy of voting on. to go. Every person ought to see the community. I think all opinions have some value, Edmund Pettus Bridge, because if you Mr. Speaker, in addition to the com- and I think whether bills are presented can see the Edmund Pettus Bridge, you ments that I have given tonight, I have

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.078 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3810 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2016 a statement that I will be submitting Throughout this Congress, as the munities’ critical infrastructure needs for the RECORD, a statement that chairman of the House Agriculture such as access to clean water, efficient speaks to the tragic circumstances Committee’s Subcommittee on Com- energy, sufficient healthcare facilities, that occurred in Orlando, Florida. I modity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, and modern telecommunication serv- will be submitting this for the RECORD I have worked with Farm Credit exten- ices. Access to these essential services because I want the RECORD to show sively. These interactions have re- is critical to a thriving rural America. that I, along with many of my friends, affirmed what I already knew: the The future of our rural communities took a stand. Farm Credit system is made up of dedi- and the agricultural industry depends By the way, many of my friends who cated Americans who understand the on a modern infrastructure, which re- are taking a stand are Republicans. needs and champion the values of rural quires access to affordable and reliable Many of my friends who are taking a America. financing. stand are conservatives, and many of I am honored to represent Georgia’s Additionally, I want to thank my my friends who are taking a stand are Eighth Congressional District, most of colleagues who are here today to offer persons of goodwill who happen to be which is farmland. A good portion of a few words and to celebrate Farm Muslims. my constituents are farmers them- Credit’s centennial. Rural communities By the way, the Muslim community selves or have family and friends who in Georgia’s Eighth Congressional Dis- in Houston, Texas, took a stand at the farm. Georgia’s Eighth District is trict as well as the districts across this iftar that I attended. The Honorable M. home to roughly 15 percent of Farm country are stronger when their infra- J. Khan, former city council member, Credit borrowers in the State of Geor- structure needs are efficiently and ef- was loud and clear. He explained that gia. I myself come from an agricultural fectively met, and Farm Credit is pro- the Muslim community respects the background, as both sets of my grand- viding the capital with which this can be achieved. LGBTQ community, supports that parents were farmers. I want to say a special thank-you to community, and wants to fight for the Farm Credit has met the credit needs my cohost for tonight’s Special Order, community to have justice. of many of my constituents and main- the ranking member of the Commodity Also, I would add that Saeed Sheikh tains an active presence in south and Muhammad was there. He too made Exchange, Energy, and Credit Sub- middle Georgia, where we are leaders committee, my friend from Georgia similar commentary. So there are per- in Georgia’s agricultural production. sons across the spectrum who are sup- (Mr. DAVID SCOTT). For a century, Farm Credit has been With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the porting the LGBTQ community. I re- providing our farmers, ranchers, and spect all of these persons, and I appre- gentleman from Georgia (Mr. DAVID rural communities with the capital SCOTT). ciate them for what they are doing. I they need to build and grow success- want my statement to reflect that fully. b 1830 there are those of us who came to- The centennial anniversary coincides Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. gether and said to the LGBTQ commu- with a time when our agricultural in- Speaker, I thank Mr. SCOTT, whom I af- nity: You are not alone. dustry is facing significant economic fectionately refer to as my cousin from Mr. Speaker, you have been more challenges. In the past few years, our Georgia, and my good, dear friend in than generous. I greatly appreciate it. farmers and rural communities have addition to that. I want to thank my colleague who ap- been faced with lower commodity This is a remarkable 100-year observ- peared. I want to thank the many col- prices, increased input costs, and un- ance of a truly remarkable organiza- leagues who could not appear because stable and inconsistent international tion that provided a great need at a of circumstances associated with an great time. Imagine where we were 100 event that is taking place tonight. But markets, all of which are placing strains on our food producers and those years ago. In 1916, the world teetering I know that their hearts are here, and on World War I, boll weevil, a lot of I know that they will do what they can who provide essential services to our agricultural industry. This not only af- things happening. Just a matter of, at an appropriate time to make sure perhaps, 50 years, the South recovering that the LGBTQ community under- fects the producers and manufacturers, but it also has a tremendous effect on from the Civil War. Great devastation. stands and knows that the community Enter into this picture of great need the communities in which they live is not alone. comes Farm Credit. When we celebrate and work. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance this 100-year anniversary, we have to A strong agricultural economy is es- of my time. celebrate it right. We have to let peo- sential to the health and vitality of the ple know the importance, and why this f communities I represent in 24 counties organization came into existence. And CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL across south and middle Georgia. Dur- ANNIVERSARY OF FARM CREDIT I say, Mr. Speaker, that particularly in ing times like this, farmers in rural the South, we might not have really The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. communities depend on Farm Credit, made it as quickly in terms of our re- KNIGHT). Under the Speaker’s an- whose mission is focused on helping covery as we did if it were not for Farm nounced policy of January 6, 2015, the rural communities and agriculture Credit. On this 100th anniversary, we gentleman from Georgia (Mr. AUSTIN grow and thrive. have so much to celebrate, so many SCOTT) is recognized for 60 minutes as For example, in my home State of fine people. Those who started it are the designee of the majority leader. Georgia, young, beginning, and small gone, but they built it on a solid foun- GENERAL LEAVE farmers make up 72 percent of AgFirst dation that had lasted. Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Farm Credit’s customers. While these Agriculture is the single most impor- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that customers represent the future of the tant industry in the world. It is the all Members may have 5 legislative agricultural industry, they have en- food we eat, it is the water we drink, it days in which to revise and extend tered into the industry at a difficult is the clothes we wear, and it is the fi- their remarks and include extraneous economic time. nancial system that we have created. materials on the subject of this Special Our Nation’s farmers, young and old, The very commitment that Chairman Order. embody the American ideals of hard AUSTIN SCOTT and I share was birthed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there work and dedication, and their com- out of that—the Commodities Ex- objection to the request of the gen- mitment to providing the food and change. The South didn’t have every- tleman from Georgia? fiber for a growing nation and needy thing it needed, but it had the land and There was no objection. world remain steadfast. Alongside it had the crops. It had commodities. Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. them, Farm Credit’s commitment to Farm Credit provided the liquidity Speaker, I rise today to recognize our agricultural future remains just as that our farmers needed. So there is so Farm Credit’s 100th anniversary of sup- important as it was 100 years ago. much to cherish in this time that we porting our rural communities and pro- Farm Credit is a critical provider of are celebrating. viding reliable credit to those in the credit, not only to producers but also There is something else, too, Mr. agricultural industry throughout our to the communities they live in. They Speaker, as we look at this. As Chair- country. are dedicated to supporting rural com- man SCOTT said, 72 percent of their

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SCOTT and Mr. DAVID SCOTT, they are only a farming issue, it is a national With a century of experience and a supporting the next generation of issue, that the average age of a farmer focus on the future, I want to say to farmers by annually providing billions today is 60 years of age. Farm Credit: God bless Farm Credit. of dollars of loans to young and begin- What other industry has that? What God bless those 100 years. We look for- ning farmers, again, the future of this other sector has that? ward to many hundred more years. And country—just like me once upon a That is why we have to move aggres- God bless the United States of Amer- time—through organizations like 4–H sively. That is why I appreciate Farm ica. and the Future Farmers of America. Credit so much—because they jumped Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. It helps communities moving forward out front. Seventy-two percent of their Speaker, again, I want to thank my by financing vital infrastructure to lending capacity goes to getting young, colleague, Mr. SCOTT, for being here. It bring clean water, reliable energy, and beginning farmers in. has been a wonderful partnership to high-speed Internet to places that nor- The other thing is they are work with him on our subcommittee. mally would not have this available. partnering with our committee and Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman I am proud to cosponsor House Reso- going a step further. There is so much from Louisiana (Mr. ABRAHAM). lution 591 that commends the coopera- we can do. But, Mr. Speaker, it was the Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I first tive owners and employees of Farm land grant colleges in the South that want to thank our chairman, Mr. AUS- Credit System for their 100 years of was the pivot. The 1860s and the 1890s is TIN SCOTT, and ranking member, Mr. service to our rural communities. what pulled this country and pulled the DAVID SCOTT, for their leadership in I thank Chairman MIKE CONAWAY, South together. Every 5 years, we put a bringing this vital topic to the floor. Ranking Member COLLIN PETERSON, farm bill together. In that farm bill, we Farm Credit System is not only part Representative AUSTIN SCOTT, and Rep- allocate badly needed dollars to these of our economic security of this great resentative DAVID SCOTT for intro- 1890 land grant institutions as well as Nation, but I would argue it is also ducing this resolution. to the 1860s. part of our national security with what Congratulations to the Farm Service I mention that because we have to they provide. We are here just to com- Agency on its 100 years of service. May get young, beginning farmers—African mend the cooperative owners, the em- it continue to help farmers and rural Americans, White, all of America’s ployees of the Farm Credit System, as America for another 100 years. people. So what we are doing is to open they celebrate this 100th anniversary. Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. up a new spending category in the farm The Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman bill for these 1890s that we will be able was passed by Congress and President from Florida (Ms. GRAHAM). to give loan forgiveness and scholar- Wilson in 1916. It was a permanent Ms. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I thank ships to young people who will go into means to support the well-being and Congressman SCOTT for arranging this farming. That is how we solve this prosperity of the Nation’s rural com- Special Order tonight. problem. And Farm Credit has to tem- munities and agricultural producers of Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate plate. They are there with that other all types and sizes, a mission it has Farm Credit on their 100th anniver- arm. been accomplishing every day for a sary. That is a significant anniversary. Mr. Speaker, it costs $8,000 just for century. Earlier this year, when I visited all 14 one acre of land. You can hardly get a It plays a vital role, as you have counties in Florida’s Second Congres- tractor for less than $50,000. It is need- heard my colleague say, in the success sional District on the first-ever North ed—when these young people graduate of United States agriculture and our Florida Farm Tour, I saw just how im- and they have that loan forgiveness rural communities. It has provided portant Farm Credit System is to each there, they have that debt in school— more than $237 billion in loans to more and every one of our rural commu- in order for them to go and become than 500,000 customers. I am one of nities. farmers. They have to pay $8,000 to those customers, Mr. Speaker. In fact, In the Second Congressional District start with just an acre, and $50,000. But I am still paying on one of their loans. alone, Farm Credit of Northwest Flor- if we would be able to help them and The Farm Credit System helped me ida serves 439 borrower-customers, pro- say: We will help your loan forgiveness. get started in farming back when I was viding more than $120 million in loans. I mention that because the people at 25 years old. It helped me buy the land That has helped small businesses like Farm Credit said: Let me reach out a I needed. I still farm that land today. Southern Craft Creamery, where I per- hand. Let me help Fort Valley State in It has helped my family buy land that formed a workday in a hair net making Georgia to partner with the University it has needed to farm. north Florida ice cream. It was very of Georgia. Let me help Florida A&M We are just a small part of a commu- good. I recommend it to everyone. Re- University Land Grant to work with nity of 1,349 borrower-customers from member Southern Craft Creamery. the University of Florida, a land grant. the Fifth District of Louisiana. We cus- These small businesses and small Let me help Alabama A&M University tomers account for $354 million in cred- farms aren’t just growing food; they and Tuskegee Institute work with the it and investments in rural Louisiana. are growing our economy and creating University of Alabama. In my State, Farm Credit serves jobs. Mr. Speaker, Farm Credit is That is how we solve this problem. more than 3,600 Louisianans, with a working to make sure the next genera- That is why it is important for us to total loan volume of $645 million. tion of Americans are interested in understand the foundation. Farm Cred- What I and other farmers like about farming and growing food for our grow- it was developed out of a crisis need, Farm Credit System is that they just ing country. and here they are moving to help with seem to get it. In an age where we are I am proud to have worked with them another crisis need to get more young losing this person-to-person contact on workshops for new and veteran people involved in farming. and we are losing the sincerity, I farmers like Bob Jackson, who Farm I say a national crisis because, Mr. think, sometimes of the people we Credit has helped start a honey and bee Speaker, if we allow this to continue come in contact with, Farm Credit business. without addressing this highly esca- System remains homegrown people Mr. Speaker, again, I congratulate lating age of our farmers, we will be in who give out hometown loans. Farm Credit on their 100th anniver- serious trouble. For if we do not con- We know these people. We go to sary, and I look forward to continue tinue to be the leading agriculture pro- church with them. We eat supper with working with them to support Florida ducer in the world and have to depend them in the South. They are the DNA farmers.

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Farm Credit has While insurance, certainly, comes no- gentleman from Georgia. helped Michigan farmers put healthy, where close to making up for these Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the delicious food on the tables of millions losses or even breaking even, it helps Farm Credit System for supporting ag- of people. In my district specifically, it farmers survive another year—to get riculture and the rural communities in has contributed to a districtwide out- by—so they can continue growing the my home State of North Carolina for put of $1.7 billion in products sold food, hopefully, in that good following the past 100 years. across the country and around the year as they faithfully go out to their Established in 1916, Farm Credit pro- world. These profits come back to our fields, to their orchards, to their vine- vides farm families across America rural communities and help to keep yards to produce what Americans want with consistent and reliable credit to them strong. and need. This helps keep our commu- help finance our Nation’s food produc- Mr. Speaker, Farm Credit has made nities and local economies strong. tion needs. Without Farm Credit Serv- America a more prosperous Nation, and I am proud to stand with my col- ices of America, our farmers would not I hope it will enjoy another 100 years of leagues and join in recognizing the have the resources they need to grow continued success. critical role the Farm Credit System their crops and their livestock—put- Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. I has played for over 100 years and to ting food on the tables of every Amer- thank Mr. MOOLENAAR. support our farmers and ranchers ican family. Let me underscore that— Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman throughout rural communities across putting food on the tables of every from California (Mr. LAMALFA). the country. Let’s do everything we American family. Farm Credit organi- Mr. LAMALFA. I thank the gen- can to hold onto this vital piece of zations provide more than a third of tleman from Georgia (Mr. AUSTIN rural America, and let’s keep food on the credit that is needed by United SCOTT) for holding this Special Order the tables for all Americans and for States agriculture, accounting for hour tonight so we may have the op- those around the world who depend on more than $217 billion in loans, leases, portunity to recognize our friends at it as well. and related services. the Farm Credit System. I am glad to Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. I In my home district, our local farm join my colleagues in doing so as the thank Mr. LAMALFA. lender is Cape Fear Farm Credit, which Farm Credit System has been a great Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman operates in a 12-county territory and service to agriculture and rural com- from Texas (Mr. CONAWAY), the chair- issues loans to more than 2,500 farmers munities for these 100 years. man of the House Agriculture Com- and rural North Carolinians. I applaud Originally enacted by Congress and mittee. them for supporting farm families in signed into law by President Wilson 100 Mr. CONAWAY. I thank my fellow my district with real estate and farm years ago, the Farm Credit System has colleague on the Agriculture Com- improvement loans, equipment loans, played a very valuable and vital role in mittee for hosting tonight’s Special operating loans, country home loans, sustaining agriculture in our Nation. Order hour and for yielding. life insurance plans, and appraisal serv- While many things have changed in the Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend the ices. Cape Fear Farm Credit also helps last 100 years, one thing has not: the Farm Credit System for 100 years of young, beginning, small, and minority need to feed and clothe our Nation. The service to rural America and the agri- farmers become successful by offering Farm Credit System exists to help culture industry. courses that provide not only them but farmers and ranchers meet this chal- The importance of the Farm Credit their families with a unique set of tools lenge while it also adapts to meet the System is largely unknown to those to increase the quality and sizes of ever-changing agricultural needs. who are outside of agriculture, often their operations. For example, right now, the median leaving it prone to political attacks. Without a doubt, Cape Fear Farm age for farmers, as was mentioned by However, its importance to those it Credit is an incredibly valuable re- Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, is around serves has never been greater as declin- source for our farm families and our 60 years old, with farmers who are 75 ing commodity prices have led to a rural communities in North Carolina’s years old and up outnumbering those sharp downturn in the farm economy. Seventh Congressional District. Our who are in their twenties and thirties. Thankfully, the Farm Credit System friends at Farm Credit should be proud We have to do more to give those and its members have been there to of their great work. They have success- young people hope and the opportunity help lessen that burden. fully delivered on their mission for the to be viable and have stability in the To understand the Farm Credit Sys- past 100 years, and I know they will occupations they would choose. tem, it is important to look back at its continue to have great success. They With the population expected to in- roots. In the early 1900s, credit was are great and fine people who under- crease by over 2 billion by 2050 and as largely unavailable or unaffordable in stand the unique needs of agriculture prices for farmland and equipment sig- many parts of rural America, and lend- production, our farm families, and our nificantly increase, the concerns of ers avoided agriculture loans due to rural communities. I am proud to stand having enough farmers to feed the their associated risks. In 1908, Presi- with them. world are very real. Farm Credit initia- dent Theodore Roosevelt appointed a Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. I tives have helped younger farmers not commission to explore the problem thank Mr. ROUZER. only access the financial tools that are and, ultimately, found a need to de- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman necessary to get started, but also the velop more cooperatives and a coopera- from Michigan (Mr. MOOLENAAR). education and advice they need to grow tive credit system for farmers. From Mr. MOOLENAAR. I thank the gen- their business for years to come. that idea, Congress passed the Federal tleman. More generally, Farm Credit is vital Farm Loan Act of 1916, which eventu- Mr. Speaker, I thank the two gentle- to managing the everyday risks and ally resulted in the establishment of men from Georgia for hosting this hour the uncontrollable variables farmers the Farm Credit System, a system cre- to celebrate 100 years of Farm Credit face, such as the weather, natural dis- ated to provide a permanent, reliable and the important role it has played in asters, or market distortions. Just this source of credit to American agri- our country. spring, in my part of California, high culture. For the past 100 years, Farm Credit winds and heavy rains—even hail—have The Farm Credit System’s mission has made vital contributions to the helped to shrink California’s prune has evolved over time. For example, in success of Michigan’s Fourth Congres- crop to half or less of its normal size, 1980, Congress empowered the Farm sional District in our agricultural com- with some growers losing their entire Credit System to provide valuable cap- munity, which includes over 10,000 crops for the year and with some not ital for infrastructure that is necessary farms and 15,000 farm operators. Farm being able to even recover their costs for communities to thrive.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.083 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3813 Since its inception, the Farm Credit Michigan’s Second Congressional District is farm forbearers faced a credit crunch that System has never wavered in its mis- among the most agriculturally diverse in the threatened the viability of the industry. As a sion of providing lines of credit to rural nation. West Michigan farmers grow countless result, farmers, creditors, rural stakeholders communities in good times and in bad. specialty crops such as asparagus, apples, and policymakers worked together to create During the late 1980s, our farmers and cherries, blueberries, carrots, and onions. the Farm Credit System (FCS). This system ranchers faced particularly difficult They also lead the state in livestock, poultry, has been improved upon throughout the years times. Fortunately, the agriculture in- eggs, nursery, greenhouse, and floriculture as events require and has provided more than dustry and the Farm Credit System production. For the last one-hundred years, $210,000,000,000 in loans to more than were able to weather the storm to- the Farm Credit System has been there to 500,000 customers. gether, and they emerged even more provide agriculture producers with reliable, Today, the availability of farm credit is as prepared for the years to come. Today, consistent credit and sound financial advice. vital an issue for rural America as ever. With- I believe that the Farm Credit System In Michigan, GreenStone Farm Credit Serv- out credit, a beginning farmer or rancher will is fundamentally safe and sound and in ices has provided the support needed to keep find it nearly impossible to purchase land, a position to endure the challenges agriculture running. Whether it is helping equipment and inputs to start a farming oper- that it will inevitably face. young, beginning, and small farmers get their ation, and a long-time farmer will find it equally To acknowledge and celebrate a cen- start or transitioning family farms to the next difficult to continue and pass on their legacy to tury of dedicated service to rural generation, GreenStone has been committed the next generation. America, I was proud to sponsor H. to supporting rural communities. To be clear, the importance of the FCS is Res. 591, which commemorates Farm GreenStone’s mission is to provide reliable not limited to the private land between the Credit’s 100th anniversary. Providing credit and financial services for rural commu- fence posts. Instead, the entirety of the rural more than $237 billion in loans to more nities and agriculture. It is a mission they have economy benefits from services provided by than 500,000 customers, the Farm Cred- fulfilled for the last century, and this centennial the FCS whether those services include fund- it System has worked tirelessly in all milestone is an important achievement. As ing for housing, markets, or infrastructural up- 50 States to ensure a vibrant rural many producers face uncertain economic grades. economy, and I am proud to congratu- times, it is imperative that they have a partner Finally, the success of the FCS is equal to late it on its 100 years of good work and who understands their business and the chal- the system we have in place today. the sum of its parts. The system works be- lenges they face. GreenStone has dem- cause it is composed of individuals who care Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. I onstrated their commitment to farmers. thank Mr. CONAWAY. about what they do, who believe 100 percent I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring in the mission of their enterprise to bring re- Mr. Speaker, again, I thank all of my GreenStone and the entire Farm Credit Sys- colleagues for taking the time to come sults and prosperity to a rural community tem for their efforts to ensure a prosperous, down here and recognize all of the where, without them, there might be none. productive agricultural sector for our nation. These individuals are neighbors, friends and great things that Farm Credit has done Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in the past 100 years. I thank all of the family members who take the time to get to recognize the centennial of the Farm Credit know their customers so that they can best people who have been a part of the System and its unwavering dedication to our Farm Credit System over the past 100 serve the needs of the community. nation’s agricultural sector. As an almond years. I thank the men and women who On this 100th anniversary, I am both proud farmer, House Ag Committee member and are out there, working every day on to celebrate the successes of FCS and sup- Representative of California’s abundant Cen- the farm, to make sure that Americans portive of its future role in the fabric of our tral Valley, I understand that our nation’s farm- have the food and fiber that they need. rural economy. ers and ranchers are continuously faced with May God continue to bless them. Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance unique credit and finance needs. Since its inception 100 years ago, the Farm congratulate the cooperative owners and the of my time. Credit System has worked to serve our na- employees of the Farm Credit System for 100 Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, one hundred years of service in meeting the financial needs years ago, Congress recognized the need for tion’s farmers and rural communities. Roughly $240 billion in loans have been made to of our nation’s agricultural producers. a permanent means to support our nation’s The Farm Credit System was established by rural communities and agricultural producers 500,000 borrowers nationwide. These funds have built viable farming operations, improved Congress through the Federal Farm Loan Act and established the Farm Credit System. of 1916 and signed into law on July 17, 1916 Cooperatively owned and operated, the expanded existing ones, improved trade op- portunities, and enhanced vital infrastructure by President Woodrow Wilson. This year Farm Credit System was designed to be re- marks the centennial anniversary of the found- sponsive to the needs of its borrowers while needs. Farm Credit was integral in helping the ag sector to navigate the Great Depression, ing of the cooperatively owned and operated being able to adapt to changes in rural com- Farm Credit System. munities and agriculture. World War II, the Farm Crisis of the 1980s, Congress designed the Farm Credit System Today, credit in rural America remains an and the Great Recession. as a permanent means to support the well- important issue. The Farm Credit System What may be more important than Farm being and prosperity of our Nation’s agricul- maintains a vital presence in all 50 states as Credit’s impact on a national scale is its pres- tural sector. Today, the Farm Credit System well as Puerto Rico. In my home state of Min- ence at the local level. Our local branch and plays a vital role in the success of United nesota, Farm Credit serves more than 24,000 representatives work hard to establish relation- States agriculture and the economic vibrancy borrower-customers by making available $6.9 ships and craft finance options that work for of communities throughout all 50 States and billion in loans. their clients, whether they are small farmers Credit is one of the most important tools new to the business or the next generation of Puerto Rico. The Farm Credit System pro- available for farmers and ranchers. It is a vital an established family operation. Over the vides more than $237 billion in loans to more piece of the farm safety net during times of years, this institution has also committed hun- than 500,000 customers. low commodity prices and an important re- dreds of thousands of dollars to support our The Farm Credit System has served my source to the next generation of farmers and district’s student ag programs, scholarships, home district, Ohio’s 11th Congressional Dis- ranchers looking to get started. and community events. trict particularly well. In 2012, three Farm Farm credit also supports rural economic I’m proud to cosponsor H. Res. 591, an Credit System organizations; AgriBank, development, helping to fund important infra- overwhelmingly bipartisan commendation of CoBank and Farm Credit Services Mid-Amer- structure improvements, provide reliable en- the Farm Credit System and the service its co- ica joined to provide $135,000 in financial sup- ergy to rural communities, and connect rural operatives provide. California’s Central Valley port for Cleveland’s Gardening for Greenbacks Americans through modern telecommuni- is the most productive ag region in the world, program. cations. and I remain committed to ensuring our farm- The Gardening for Greenbacks program The impact of the Farm Credit System is felt ers and their communities have access to the provides grants to local entrepreneurs for the across the country, and I congratulate them on financial support that the Farm Credit System development of for-profit urban food gardens. this milestone. and others provide. This program encourages economic develop- Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, the availability of ment, improves access to fresh, healthy and rise today to recognize the Farm Credit Sys- credit is of paramount importance to the suc- affordable food, and has helped to establish tem’s one-hundred years of serving rural com- cess of farm country, and we learned this les- the City of Cleveland as a model for local food munities in Michigan and across the country. son the hard way. Over a century ago, our system development.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.084 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3814 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2016 I am proud to honor the Farm Credit System b 2114 5671. A letter from the Director, Regula- tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, on its centennial. Happy 100th Anniversary to AFTER RECESS the Farm Credit System. Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, this July marks The recess having expired, the House was called to order by the Speaker pro Advisory Committee; Transmissible the 100-year anniversary of the Farm Credit Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Com- System, and I rise today to commend the co- tempore (Mr. WOODALL) at 9 o’clock mittee; Termination [Docket No.: FDA-2016- operative owners and employees for their con- and 14 minutes p.m. N-0001] received June 10, 2016, pursuant to 5 tinuing service and support in meeting the fi- f U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- nancial needs of rural communities and agri- REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- cultural producers in the 28th District of Texas ergy and Commerce. VIDING FOR FURTHER CONSID- 5672. A letter from the Director, Regu- and across the country. ERATION OF H.R. 5293, DEPART- latory Management Division, Environmental I was pleased to cosponsor House Resolu- MENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIA- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- tion 591, introduced by House Agriculture TIONS ACT, 2017 cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Committee Chairman MIKE CONAWAY and of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vir- Ranking Member COLLIN PETERSON as well as Mr. BYRNE, from the Committee on ginia Infrastructure Requirements for the the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Rules, submitted a privileged report 2012 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambi- Subcommittee for Commodity Exchanges, En- (Rept. No. 114–623) on the resolution (H. ent Air Quality Standards [EPA-R03-OAR- 2015-0838; FRL-9947-76-Region 3] received ergy & Credit, Chairman AUSTIN SCOTT and Res. 783) providing for further consider- ation of the bill (H.R. 5293) making ap- June 10, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Ranking Member DAVID SCOTT, and join my 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 colleagues in celebrating the Farm Credit Sys- propriations for the Department of De- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and tem for its 100 years of service. fense for the fiscal year ending Sep- Commerce. Congress established the Farm Credit Sys- tember 30, 2017, and for other purposes, 5673. A letter from the Director, Regu- tem through the Federal Farm Loan Act of which was referred to the House Cal- latory Management Division, Environmental endar and ordered to be printed. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 1916, which was signed into law on July 17, cy’s direct final rule — Approval of Cali- 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. The f fornia Air Plan Revisions, Eastern Kern Air Farm Credit System is comprised of independ- ADJOURNMENT Pollution Control District and Yolo-Solano ently owned cooperatives that are controlled Air Quality Management District [EPA-R09- by their borrowers. Each cooperative is there- Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I move OAR-2016-0124; FRL-9946-38-Region 9] re- fore responsive to its borrowers’ individual that the House do now adjourn. ceived June 10, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. credit requirements and can continually adapt The motion was agreed to; accord- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 to the changing needs of our rural commu- ingly (at 9 o’clock and 15 minutes Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and p.m.), under its previous order, the Commerce. nities and agricultural producers. 5674. A letter from the Director, Regu- Today, the Farm Credit System plays a vital House adjourned until tomorrow, latory Management Division, Environmental role in the success of our country’s agricultural Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 10 a.m. for Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- sector, and the vibrancy of rural communities morning-hour debate. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; UT; Re- throughout the country. The Farm Credit Sys- f vised format for Material Incorporated by tem provides more than $237 billion in loans Reference [EPA-R08-OAR-2014-0309; FRL- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 9945-65-Region 8] received June 10, 2016, pur- to more than 500,000 customers nationwide. ETC. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- In the state of Texas specifically, Farm Credit 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee has issued over 47,000 loans, providing $9.5 Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive on Energy and Commerce. billion in credit to farmers and other agricul- communications were taken from the 5675. A letter from the Director, Regu- tural borrowers. 1,443 of those loans were Speaker’s table and referred as follows: latory Management Division, Environmental made to people in the 28th District of Texas, 5667. A letter from the General Counsel, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- totaling over $593 million in loans. In 2013, National Credit Union Administration, cy’s final rule — Finding of Failure to Sub- mit a State Implementation Plan; New Jer- Farm Credit returned nearly $258 million to its transmitting the Administration’s Major final rule — Member Business Loans; Com- sey; Interstate Transport Requirements for borrowers in the state of Texas alone. mercial Lending (RIN: 3133-AE37) received 2008 8-hour National Ambient Air Quality Farm Credit actively supports the next gen- June 8, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Standards for Ozone [EPA-R02-2016-0316; eration of agricultural producers by providing Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to FRL-9947-77-Region 2] received June 10, 2016, billions of dollars of funding to emerging farm- the Committee on Financial Services. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law ers and producers, and providing financial 5668. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- support for organizations like 4–11 and Future Division of Trading and Markets, Securities mittee on Energy and Commerce. and Exchange Commission, transmitting the 5676. A letter from the Director, Regu- Farmers of America. Additionally, Farm Credit latory Management Division, Environmental finances reliable energy sources for farms and Commission’s final rule — Trade Acknowl- edgment and Verification of Security-Based Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- cy’s final rule — Indiana; Ohio; Disapproval rural towns, clean water systems, and modern Swap Transactions [Release No.: 34-78011; of Interstate Transport Requirements for the telecommunications systems that connect rural File No.: S7-03-11] (RIN: 3235-AK91) received 2008 Ozone NAAQS [EPA R05-OAR-2011-0969; America with the rest of the world. By financ- June 10, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. FRL-9947-71-Region 5] received June 10, 2016, ing these vital infrastructure projects, Farm 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Credit supports the agricultural and rural com- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Services. munities in my congressional district and mittee on Energy and Commerce. across the country. 5669. A letter from the Deputy General 5677. A letter from the Director, Regu- Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize the Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corpora- latory Management Division, Environmental tion, transmitting the Corporation’s final Farm Credit System on the occasion of its Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- rule — Benefits Payable in Terminated Sin- cy’s final rule — Chlorantraniliprole; Pes- centennial and extend my appreciation to the gle-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions cooperative owners and employees for their ticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0235; for Paying Benefits received June 10, 2016, FRL-9946-75] received June 10, 2016, pursuant commitment to providing innovative financial pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, services to the people of the 28th District of 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Texas and to the nation as a whole. mittee on Education and the Workforce. Energy and Commerce. 5670. A letter from the Assistant General 5678. A letter from the Director, Regu- f Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- latory Management Division, Environmental ergy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- and Renewable Energy, Department of En- cy’s final rule — Clofentezine; Pesticide Tol- RECESS ergy, transmitting the Department’s final erances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0749; FRL-9942-23] The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- rule — Energy Conservation Program: Test received June 10, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Procedures for Central Air Conditioners and 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Heat Pumps [Docket No.: EERE-2009-BT-TP- declares the House in recess subject to Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and 0004] (RIN: 1904-AB94) received June 8, 2016, Commerce. the call of the Chair. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 5679. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Accordingly (at 6 o’clock and 54 min- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- for Export Administration, Bureau of Indus- utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. mittee on Energy and Commerce. try and Security, Department of Commerce,

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House fairs, and for other purposes; to the Com- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Resolution 783. Resolution providing for fur- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. on Foreign Affairs. ther consideration of the bill (H.R. 5293) By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois 5680. A letter from the Deputy Archivist of making appropriations for the Department (for himself and Mr. RANGEL): the United States, National Archives and of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep- H.R. 5473. A bill to amend part B of title IV Records Administration, transmitting the tember 30, 2017, and for other purposes (Rept. of the Social Security Act to create a grant Administration’s direct final rule — Privacy 114–623). Referred to the House Calendar. program to promote Federal, State, and Act of 1974; exemptions [FDMS No.: NARA- f local coordination to address substance use 16-0005; NARA-2016-021] (RIN: 3095-AB91) re- needs of families in the child welfare system, ceived June 10, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS in order to improve child well-being and per- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Under clause 2 of rule XII, public manency; to the Committee on Ways and Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight bills and resolutions of the following Means. and Government Reform. By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for him- 5681. A letter from the Director, Office of titles were introduced and severally re- ferred, as follows: self, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social ELLISON, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. SCHA- Security Administration, transmitting the By Mr. NEUGEBAUER: KOWSKY): Administration’s interim final rule — Bipar- H.R. 5465. A bill to repeal section 1075 of H.R. 5474. A bill to suspend United States tisan Budget Act of 2015, section 701: Federal the Consumer Financial Protection Act of security assistance with Honduras until such Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Im- 2010 relating to rules for payment card trans- time as human rights violations by Hon- provements Act of 2015 [Docket No.: SSA- actions, and for other purposes; to the Com- duran security forces cease and their per- 2016-0009] (RIN: 0960-AH99) received June 10, mittee on Financial Services. petrators are brought to justice; to the Com- 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public By Mr. KNIGHT (for himself and Mr. mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the HONDA): the Committee on Financial Services, for a H.R. 5466. A bill to secure the United Committee on the Judiciary. period to be subsequently determined by the States technological edge in commercial and 5682. A letter from the Paralegal, Federal Speaker, in each case for consideration of military aviation; to the Committee on Transit Administration, Department of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Science, Space, and Technology, and in addi- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- tion of the committee concerned. tion to the Committee on Armed Services, ment’s final rule — Categorical Exclusions By Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, [Docket No.: FHWA-2016-0008] (RIN: 2125- for a period to be subsequently determined Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New AF69; 2132-AB29) received June 9, 2016, pursu- by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Mexico, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- California, Ms. LEE, Ms. JUDY CHU of 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee risdiction of the committee concerned. California, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. on Transportation and Infrastructure. By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD): 5683. A letter from the Deputy General BECERRA, Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali- H.R. 5475. A bill to improve the health of Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, fornia, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. JUDY CHU minority individuals, and for other purposes; Small Business Administration, transmit- of California, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, ting the Administration’s final rule — Small fornia, and Mr. SHERMAN): and in addition to the Committees on Ways Business Government Contracting and Na- H.R. 5467. A bill to adjust the boundary of and Means, Agriculture, Education and the tional Defense Authorization Act of 2013 the Santa Monica Mountains National Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Vet- Amendments (RIN: 3245-AG58) received June Recreation Area to include the Rim of the erans’ Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural 8, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Pub- Valley Corridor, and for other purposes; to Resources, for a period to be subsequently lic Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the the Committee on Natural Resources. determined by the Speaker, in each case for Committee on Small Business. By Mr. BISHOP of Utah: 5684. A letter from the Chief, Publications H.R. 5468. A bill to direct the Secretary of consideration of such provisions as fall with- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue the Interior to allow for prepayment of re- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only payment obligations under Repayment Con- cerned. rule — Applying for certification as a cer- tracts between the United States and the By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for tified professional employer organization Weber Basin Water Conservancy District; to himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. (Rev. Proc. 2016-33) received June 8, 2016, pur- the Committee on Natural Resources. PASCRELL, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. WALZ, suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- By Mr. PEARCE (for himself and Ms. Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee MOORE): ESTY, Mr. HIMES, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. on Ways and Means. H.R. 5469. A bill to require the Secretary of CAPUANO, and Mr. MEEKS): 5685. A letter from the Chief, Publications the Treasury to direct the United States Ex- H.R. 5476. A bill to amend title 4, United and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue ecutive Director at the International Mone- States Code, to provide for the flying of the Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only tary Fund to support the capacity of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of rule — Update for Weighted Average Interest International Monetary Fund to prevent a first responder in the line of duty; to the Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [No- money laundering and financing of ter- Committee on the Judiciary. tice 2016-33] received June 8, 2016, pursuant rorism; to the Committee on Financial Serv- By Mr. LEWIS: to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, ices. H.R. 5477. A bill to eliminate the require- Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on By Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself and ment that, to be eligible for foster care Ways and Means. Ms. BROWN of Florida): maintenance payments, a child would have 5686. A letter from the Director, Office of H.R. 5470. A bill to amend chapter 44 of been eligible for aid under the former pro- Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social title 18, United States Code, to require a gram of Aid to Families with Dependent Security Administration, transmitting the criminal background check to be conducted Children at the time of removal from the Administration’s final rules — Revised Med- before a federally licensed firearms importer, home; to the Committee on Ways and Means. ical Criteria for Evaluating Respiratory Sys- manufacturer, or dealer may transfer a large By Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- tem Disorders [Docket No.: SSA-2006-0149] capacity ammunition feeding device to a ico (for himself and Ms. MICHELLE (RIN: 0960-AF58) received June 10, 2016, pur- non-licensee, and to prohibit a semiauto- LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico): suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- matic assault weapon or large capacity am- H.R. 5478. A bill to improve the implemen- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee munition feeding device from being so trans- tation of the settlement agreement reached on Ways and Means. ferred until the Attorney General has between the Pueblo de Cochiti of New Mex- f verified that the prospective transferee has ico and the Corps of Engineers, and for other truthfully answered questions about whether purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON the prospective transferee has been con- sources, and in addition to the Committee on PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS tacted recently by Federal law enforcement Transportation and Infrastructure, for a pe- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of authorities; to the Committee on the Judici- riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of committees were delivered to the Clerk ary. By Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- for printing and reference to the proper LOUDERMILK, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, and tion of the committee concerned. calendar, as follows: Mr. KATKO): By Ms. MCCOLLUM: Mr. GOODLATTE: Committee on the Judi- H.R. 5471. A bill to combat terrorist re- H.R. 5479. A bill to provide for programs ciary. H.R. 4768. A bill to amend title 5, cruitment in the United States, and for under the Department of Health and Human

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A bill to amend the Internal Rev- the following statements are submitted By Ms. KELLY of Illinois: enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for early regarding the specific powers granted H.R. 5475. payment of principal on certain home mort- to Congress in the Constitution to Congress has the power to enact this legis- gages and to reduce the amount which may enact the accompanying bill or joint lation pursuant to the following: This bill seeks to improve the health out- be treated as acquisition indebtedness for resolution. purposes of determining the home mortgage comes in, acess to healht care to, and ac- interest deduction; to the Committee on By Mr. NEUGEBAUER: countability of health care providers for, un- Ways and Means. H.R. 5465. derserved and minority communites. The By Mr. SALMON (for himself and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- power of Congress to enact such a measure lation pursuant to the following: GROTHMAN): rests in the General Welfare and Necessary U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, H.R. 5481. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- and Proper clauses of Article I, as promoting Clause 3: ‘‘To regulate Commerce with for- cation Act of 1965 to authorize institutions health equity and accountability in minority eign Nations, among the several States, and of higher education to provide additional communities promotes the well-being of with the Indian Tribes.’’ loan counseling, and for other purposes; to minoirty Americans. U.S. Cont., art. I, Sec. By Mr. KNIGHT: the Committee on Education and the Work- 8, cl. 1 (‘‘The Congress shall have Power To H.R. 5466. force. lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. TURNER (for himself and Mr. Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the lation pursuant to the following: common Defence and general Welfare of the RYAN of Ohio): Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 5482. A bill to amend title XIX of the United States[.]’’); U.S. Cost., art. I, Sec. 8, By Mr. SCHIFF: cl. 18 (‘‘The Congress shall have the Power Social Security Act to provide States with H.R. 5467. . . . To make all Laws which shall be nec- the option of providing medical assistance at Congress has the power to enact this legis- essary and proper for carrying into Execu- a residential pediatric recovery center to in- lation pursuant to the following: fants under 1 year of age with neonatal ab- Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation tion the foregoing Powers[.]’’). stinence syndrome and their families; to the Act is constitutionally authorized under and By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut: H.R. 5476. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. STIVERS: and Proper Clause. Additionally, the Pre- lation pursuant to the following: H. Res. 781. A resolution electing a Member amble to the Constitution provides support to certain standing committees of the House H.R.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the authority to enact legislation to pro- By Mr. LEWIS: of Representatives; considered and agreed to. mote the General Welfare. considered and agreed to. H.R. 5477. By Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. STEFANIK (for herself and Mr. H.R. 5468. lation pursuant to the following: BISHOP of Georgia): Congress has the power to enact this legis- This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H. Res. 782. A resolution encouraging the lation pursuant to the following: granted to Congress under Article I of the people of the United States to honor the Article 1, Section 8 United States Constitution and its subse- service of military retirees who continue to By Mr. PEARCE: quent amendments, and further clarified and serve the United States long after such retir- H.R. 5469. interpreted by the Supreme Court of the ees have completed military service; to the Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States. Committee on Oversight and Government lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- Reform. Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 ico: ´ No Money shall be drawn from the Treas- By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of Cali- H.R. 5478. fornia (for herself and Mr. MCKIN- ury, but in Consequence of Appropriations Congress has the power to enact this legis- LEY): made by Law; and a regular Statement and lation pursuant to the following: H. Res. 784. A resolution expressing support Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 for the designation of Journeymen Linemen all public Money shall be published from Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 Recognition Day; to the Committee on En- time to time. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 ergy and Commerce. By Ms. JACKSON LEE: By Ms. MCCOLLUM: H.R. 5470. H.R. 5479. f Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power MEMORIALS Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution granted to Congress under Article I, Section By Mr. RYAN of Ohio: Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of the United States H.R. 5480. were presented and referred as follows: Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MCCAUL: 259. The SPEAKER presented a memorial lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5471. To make all Laws which shall be necessary of the General Assembly of the State of Colo- Congress has the power to enact this legis- and proper for carrying into Execution the rado, relative to Senate Joint Memorial 16- lation pursuant to the following: foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- 004, urging Congress to reauthorize the fed- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 ‘‘To make all ed by this Constitution in the Government of eral ‘‘Older Americans Act of 1965’’ and en- laws which shall be necessary and proper for the United States, or in any Department or sure that the reauthorization of the OAA carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Officer thereof. treats all older adults fairly by eliminating ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- By Mr. SALMON: the ‘‘hold harmless’’ provision; to the Com- stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 5481. mittee on Education and the Workforce. States, or an Department or Officer thereof.’’ Congress has the power to enact this legis- 260. Also, a memorial of the General As- By Mr. COFFMAN: lation pursuant to the following: sembly of the State of Colorado, relative to H.R. 5472. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: Senate Joint Resolution 16-022, concerning Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress shall have power . . . To the designation of March 21, 2016 as ‘‘Colo- lation pursuant to the following: make all laws which shall be necessary and rado Aerospace Day’’ and to urge and request Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution of proper for carrying into execution the fore- the government of the United States of the United States going powers, and all other powers vested by America to take action to preserve and en- By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois: this Constitution in the government of the hance United States leadership in space, spur H.R. 5473. United States, or in any department or offi- innovation, and ensure our continued na- Congress has the power to enact this legis- cer thereof. tional and economic security; to the Com- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. TURNER: mittee on Science, Space, and Technology. Article I of the Constitution and its subse- H.R. 5482. 261. Also, a memorial of the General As- quent amendments and further clarified and Congress has the power to enact this legis- sembly of the State of Colorado, relative to interpreted by the Supreme Court of the lation pursuant to the following: Senate Resolution 16-002, to encourage the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United United States Congress to restore the pre- By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia: States Constitution, to ‘‘. . . provide for the sumption of service connection for Agent Or- H.R. 5474. common Defence and general Welfare of the ange exposure to United States veterans who Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States. . . .’’ served on the waters off the coast of the Re- lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Com- public of Vietnam; to the Committee on Vet- Article I, section 8, clause 3: Congress shall merce Clause) of the United States Constitu- erans’ Affairs. have the power to regulate commerce with tion, to ‘‘To regulate Commerce with foreign

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Nations, and among the several States, and H.R. 2903: Mr. NUNES, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. H.R. 5119: Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, with the Indian Tribes.’’ COSTA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mr. Mr. BRAT, and Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United WALZ. H.R. 5143: Mr. FINCHER, Mr. LAHOOD, and States Constitution, ‘‘To make all Laws H.R. 2942: Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. MULVANEY. which shall be necessary and proper for car- H.R. 2962: Mr. NOLAN. H.R. 5166: Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, H.R. 2980: Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LIPINSKI, and CRENSHAW, Mr. BOST, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- Ms. BROWNLEY of California. BRIDENSTINE, and Ms. SPEIER. tion in the Government of the United States, H.R. 2992: Ms. MCSALLY. H.R. 5210: Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CRAWFORD, or in any Department or Officer thereof.’’ H.R. 3012: Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. SIMPSON, and Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 3051: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. f H.R. 5224: Mr. CHAFFETZ. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. H.R. 5254: Mr. DESAULNIER and Ms. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS CROWLEY, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE FRANKEL of Florida. of Pennsylvania, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 5259: Mr. OLSON and Mr. PEARCE. California, and Mr. FARR. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 3094: Mr. HARDY. H.R. 5275: Mr. COLLINS of New York and Mr. tions, as follows: H.R. 3099: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MCKINLEY, and HUDSON. H.R. 12: Ms. ESHOO and Mr. ISRAEL. Ms. SLAUGHTER. H.R. 5292: Mr. MESSER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. H.R. 539: Mrs. BUSTOS. H.R. 3198: Mr. ASHFORD. MOULTON, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. H.R. 563: Mr. SMITH of Washington. H.R. 3299: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. ROUZER, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. H.R. 605: Mr. HUDSON. H.R. 3514: Ms. SPEIER. NORCROSS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LIPINSKI, H.R. 711: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H.R. 3535: Mr. HANNA. Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. HARDY. H.R. 932: Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- H.R. 3590: Mr. BOUSTANY. H.R. 5313: Ms. LOFGREN. fornia. H.R. 3666: Ms. ESHOO. H.R. 5320: Mr. POSEY. H.R. 997: Mr. SCALISE. H.R. 3684: Mr. KEATING. H.R. 5324: Mr. SCHWEIKERT. H.R. 1062: Mr. SCHWEIKERT and Mr. H.R. 3706: Mr. BILIRAKIS and Mr. H.R. 5333: Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. LAM- STUTZMAN. GUTIE´ RREZ. BORN, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. ROSKAM, and Ms. H.R. 1076: Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. H.R. 3765: Mr. ISSA, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of MCSALLY. SMITH of Washington, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. California, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. FITZPATRICK, H.R. 5373: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KILMER, and Mr. AL GREEN of and Ms. GRANGER. GARAMENDI, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- Texas. H.R. 3870: Miss RICE of New York. sylvania, and Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- H.R. 1284: Mr. LARSEN of Washington and H.R. 3920: Mr. PITTENGER. fornia. Mr. MEEKS. H.R. 4094: Mr. SCHWEIKERT. H.R. 5386: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. RAVES UCAS H.R. 1319: Mr. G of Louisiana. H.R. 4247: Mr. L . H.R. 5396: Mr. BERA and Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 1362: Mr. RENACCI and Mr. COLLINS of H.R. 4266: Mr. AGUILAR. H.R. 5404: Mr. LOBIONDO. New York. H.R. 4275: Mr. NEAL. H.R. 5406: Mr. COLE. H.R. 1391: Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, H.R. 4352: Mr. FOSTER. H.R. 5457: Mr. KLINE, Ms. JENKINS of Kan- Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. ADAMS, and Mr. H.R. 4368: Mr. COLLINS of New York. sas, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. ZELDIN. BUTTERFIELD. H.R. 4381: Mr. WALZ. H.R. 1421: Mr. NADLER. H.R. 4435: Mr. AGUILAR and Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 5458: Mr. ROSKAM and Mr. BLU- H.R. 1427: Mr. MOULTON and Ms. SEWELL of H.R. 4481: Mr. DONOVAN. MENAUER. Alabama. H.R. 4514: Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. NORCROSS, H.R. 5462: Ms. MOORE and Mr. BEN RAY ´ H.R. 1439: Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- and Mr. CRENSHAW. LUJAN of New Mexico. fornia and Mr. FATTAH. H.R. 4538: Mrs. WAGNER. H.J. Res. 47: Mr. NORCROSS. H.R. 1453: Mr. STEWART. H.R. 4592: Mr. ROKITA and Mr. HULTGREN. H.J. Res. 85: Mr. GRIFFITH. H.R. 1490: Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 4603: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. H. Con. Res. 19: Ms. DELBENE. H.R. 1548: Mr. MOULTON. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. BEYER, Ms. WIL- H. Con. Res. 40: Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. H.R. 1717: Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. COLE, Mr. SON of Florida, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. DENHAM, and Mr. DONOVAN. CUELLAR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. CARTER of Texas, POCAN, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. H. Con. Res. 136: Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. H. Res. 54: Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. PRICE of THOMPSON of California, Ms. CLARKE of New H. Res. 94: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. North Carolina, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, York, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. ESTY, Mr. SHERMAN, H. Res. 169: Mr. SABLAN. Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LARSON of Ms. LEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. BARTON. H. Res. 590: Mr. CALVERT. H.R. 1859: Mr. BUCSHON. Connecticut, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. AGUILAR, H. Res. 591: Mr. REED. H.R. 1935: Mr. BRAT. and Miss RICE of New York. H. Res. 729: Mr. GIBSON, Mr. YODER, Mr. H.R. 1969: Mr. ASHFORD. H.R. 4625: Mr. POLIQUIN. ROTHFUS, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of H.R. 2096: Mr. HINOJOSA. H.R. 4626: Mr. PERRY, Mr. KIND, Mr. Georgia, Mr. GOWDY, Ms. ESTY, Mr. WIL- H.R. 2102: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of POLIQUIN, Mr. KLINE, Mr. BARR, Ms. LOF- LIAMS, Mr. VELA, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mrs. New Mexico. GREN, Ms. FUDGE, and Mr. WHITFIELD. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. PALAZZO, Mrs. COMSTOCK, H.R. 2151: Mr. GUTHRIE. H.R. 4662: Ms. MATSUI and Ms. CASTOR of Ms. DELBENE, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New H.R. 2174: Mr. SMITH of Washington. Florida. Mexico, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. H.R. 2229: Mr. HINOJOSA. H.R. 4681: Ms. KUSTER. VALADAO, Mr. HARRIS, and Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 2315: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. H.R. 4695: Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. ESTY, and H. Res. 750: Mr. NEWHOUSE and Ms. HINOJOSA, and Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Mr. GARAMENDI. ELA´ ZQUEZ H.R. 2350: Mr. PASCRELL. H.R. 4708: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania and V . H.R. 2368: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. MOOLENAAR. H. Res. 753: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BLU- H.R. 2411: Mr. CONNOLLY. H.R. 4715: Mr. KIND. MENAUER, Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. H.R. 2446: Mr. COLLINS of New York. H.R. 4756: Ms. PINGREE. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. H.R. 2646: Mr. VALADAO, Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 4764: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. YARMUTH, Miss RICE of New California, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, and Mr. H.R. 4766: Mr. POSEY. York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. GRAYSON. H.R. 4773: Mr. PITTENGER and Mr. BARTON. BUTTERFIELD, and Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 2663: Ms. STEFANIK. H.R. 4813: Mr. BOUSTANY and Mr. MOULTON. H. Res. 759: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. H.R. 2698: Mr. COLLINS of New York and Mr. H.R. 4893: Mr. HINOJOSA. H. Res. 769: Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. ESHOO, and HULTGREN. H.R. 4938: Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 2713: Ms. DUCKWORTH. KING of New York, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, H.R. 2726: Ms. DELBENE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. and Mr. HILL. f MCGOVERN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. H.R. 4955: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of SPEIER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. New York and Mr. PETERS. RUSH, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. H.R. 5016: Mr. OLSON. PETITIONS, ETC. VARGAS, Mr. BERA, Mr. NOLAN, Mrs. DAVIS of H.R. 5021: Mr. GUTHRIE. Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions California, Mr. COOPER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. H.R. 5025: Mr. KEATING, Ms. CLARK of Mas- and papers were laid on the clerk’s GARAMENDI, and Mr. SERRANO. sachusetts, and Mr. KENNEDY. H.R. 2732: Mr. DELANEY. H.R. 5029: Mr. ASHFORD. desk and referred as follows: H.R. 2739: Mr. LONG and Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 5044: Mr. CARNEY, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 69. The SPEAKER presented a petition of H.R. 2802: Mr. GRIFFITH. PETERSON, Mr. COOPER, Mr. KIND, Ms. Mr. Gregory D. Watson, a citizen of Austin, H.R. 2817: Mr. SCHIFF. GABBARD, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. BECERRA, and TX, relative to urging congress to enact leg- H.R. 2844: Mr. CONYERS. Mr. COSTA. islation that would establish uniform nation- H.R. 2849: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. AGUILAR, and H.R. 5061: Mr. TURNER. wide infrastructure and procedures for the Mr. LIPINSKI. H.R. 5067: Mr. CUMMINGS. holding of a Convention to propose an

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Vol. 162 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 No. 94 Senate The Senate met at 10:02 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, ministration and the next one, regard- called to order by the Honorable JONI PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, less of party, to deal with threats like ERNST, a Senator from the State of Washington, DC, June 14, 2016. ISIL, and we can do so by passing the Iowa. To the Senate: National Defense Authorization Act be- Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby fore us. It will provide our men and f appoint the Honorable JONI ERNST, a Senator women in uniform with more of the from the State of Iowa, to perform the duties tools they need to take on these PRAYER of the Chair. threats. It will strengthen our military The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- ORRIN G. HATCH, posture. In short, it will enhance our fered the following prayer: President pro tempore. ability to take on the challenges cur- Let us pray. Mrs. ERNST thereupon assumed the rently facing us and better prepare us O God of mountains, stars, and Chair as Acting President pro tempore. for those we will face in the future, all boundless spaces, to You we lift our f while supporting our soldiers with bet- hearts with gratitude for Your mercy ter benefits, improved health care, and RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY and grace. You are the source of our the pay raises they have earned. LEADER hope and strength, for we receive guid- I thank the Senators from both sides ance from Your faithfulness. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- who worked diligently to move this bill Protect our Senators with shields of pore. The majority leader is recog- forward. My gratitude extends most honor and integrity as they put their nized. deeply to the chairman of the Armed hope in You. May they patiently wait f Services Committee. Senator MCCAIN for the unfolding of Your loving provi- has been unwavering in his support for MASS SHOOTING IN ORLANDO, NA- dence, remembering that our times are our men and women in uniform. He TIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- in Your hands. Lord, give them the also understands man’s capacity for in- TION AND COMMERCE-JUSTICE- wisdom to bless every good deed by humanity to man better than most of SCIENCE APPROPRIATIONS whomsoever it may be done, rising us, and that is why he is so dedicated BILLS above strife and division to a unity to taking on these threats. He knows that heals. May they seek You with Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, that passage of this bill will present a such intensity that they will experi- the terrorist attack in Orlando con- serious and necessary step toward a ence the joy of Your continuous pres- tinues to horrify our country. The FBI safer country that we all want because, ence. and our intelligence community will look, we are a nation at war. We are a We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen. determine whether that terrorist was nation under attack. We need to con- in direct contact with ISIL or inspired tinue taking action to protect our f by ISIL. Either way, this much we country. know already: ISIL is a disgusting This bill will send a strong signal to PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE group who crucifies children, enslaves the men and women in uniform, it will The Presiding Officer led the Pledge women, and throws gay men to their send a strong signal to our allies, and of Allegiance, as follows: deaths from rooftops. They are deter- it will send a strong signal to our ad- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the mined to continue exporting their sig- versaries. We need to pass it, and we United States of America, and to the Repub- nature brand of inhumanity to our need to pass it today. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, country. We will have other opportunities this indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The principal way we can prevent week to keep our country safe and to ISIL-inspired or directed attacks is to take on terrorism. We need to defeat, f defeat ISIL. The President has led a not contain, ISIL, and we need the campaign intended to contain ISIL tools necessary to take down terrorists APPOINTMENT OF ACTING which has been insufficient to prevent inspired by its brutal ideology. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE the attacks in Paris or Brussels or in- The appropriations bill we are about The PRESIDING OFFICER. The spired attacks, such as in San to consider offers important opportuni- clerk will please read a communication Bernardino. ties to continue this debate. We need to to the Senate from the President pro We need to do what we can to fight be able to better address the threat of tempore (Mr. HATCH). back now to prevent more heartbreak lone wolf terrorists. We need to be able The senior assistant legislative clerk like we saw this weekend. That means, to connect the dots of terrorist com- read the following letter: for instance, better preparing this ad- munications in order to disrupt their

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Trump then suggested that our Contrast Donald Trump’s actions FBI—to fight terrorism and funding de- President and one of Secretary Clin- with the response from our Nation’s signed to help defend against cyber se- ton’s aides may be in league with Is- Muslim communities. Muslim leaders curity threats. lamic terrorists. Let me repeat that. all over America were some of the first Chairman SHELBY and Ranking Mem- Donald Trump suggested that Presi- to condemn this attack and rally in ber MIKULSKI worked diligently to ad- dent Obama and one of Secretary Clin- support of the LGBT community, and vance this bill out of committee and ton’s aides may be in league with Is- the Muslim community has taken part bring it to the floor. Members should lamic terrorists. Is that outrageous? Of in the blood drive to help victims of work with these bill managers if they course it is. the attack, as they always step for- have ideas they think will make the It is outrageous for Donald Trump to ward. bill stronger. I mentioned some of suggest that the President of the But while Americans within the Mus- them already. United States, our Commander in lim and LGBT communities are trying We have made important progress on Chief, would support terrorists and the to unite Americans in the aftermath of appropriations bills so far this year. We murder of innocent Americans, but Sunday’s shooting, Donald Trump is can continue that progress this week yesterday, 1 day after the mass shoot- doing just the opposite. He is doing and take further steps to keep our ing—it is the worst in modern Amer- what he is so good at doing—dividing. country safe from terrorism. ican history—Trump, the standard Then, in the wake of this awful mas- f bearer for the Republican Party, went sacre, Trump tried to cast himself as a even further. Trump delivered one of friend of the LGBT community. How RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY the most un-American speeches ever LEADER about that? But it didn’t take minutes from a major party nominee—ever. for a spokesman from the Human The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Trump was hateful and vicious. He was Rights Campaign, the Nation’s largest pore. The Democratic leader is recog- Donald Trump. He was everything that gay rights group, to state that Trump nized. Republicans knew him to be when they is ‘‘no friend’’ of the community. What made him the party’s nominee. Donald f does this say about the Republican Trump used his remarks to foment ha- Party, that they are endorsing this vile MASS SHOOTING IN ORLANDO AND tred against millions of innocent man? It doesn’t say much. What does it DONALD TRUMP’S RHETORIC Americans based solely on what? Their say about Republican Senators who are Mr. REID. Madam President, religion. He denigrated Muslim Ameri- backing Trump for President? Not throughout history, in times of crisis cans—all 8 million of them. The Repub- much. What does it say about the Sen- and tragedy, the American people look lican nominee suggested that all Mus- to leaders for one thing: leadership. lim Americans were complicit in the ate Republican leadership, about the Americans don’t want to hear excuses. Orlando shooting, saying that they, Senate Republican leader, who is sup- We don’t want to hear self-congratula- Muslim Americans, ‘‘know what’s porting Trump? Not much. Every time tions, nor do we want to hear going on.’’ Trump also renewed his call the senior Senator from Kentucky reaf- scapegoating. It is a very simple con- for a ban on all Muslims coming into firms his commitment to support cept: We want our leaders to lead. the United States. The Trump speech Trump he is validating Trump’s behav- In the aftermath of Sunday’s shoot- was, as one news outlet called it, ‘‘a ior. He is giving credence to Donald ing at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, dangerous mix of ignorance and arro- Trump’s rabid anti-everything speech— FL, a place of celebration for the LGBT gance.’’ his un-American stance against Mus- community, Donald Trump proved that If you are the parent of a Muslim lims, women, Latinos, Blacks, people he is as terrible a leader as he is a busi- American, how do you explain his with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, nessman. Trump proved he is not the speech to your child? If you are not a and others. person to lead our Nation through dif- Muslim parent, how do you explain If the Senators I have mentioned ac- ficult times or, in fact, anytime. Trump’s speech to your child? You cept this kind of rhetoric as part of our Trump failed the most important of can’t. How do you look your son or political dialogue, they are all guilty tests for a Presidential candidate: how daughter in the eye and explain that a of normalizing hatred. Senate Repub- to respond in a crisis. When our citi- man running for President is telling licans are doing just that. When the zens are under attack, how do you re- your classmates to be suspicious of you leader of a major party is promoting spond? Donald Trump failed that test. and to doubt your loyalty based purely unhinged conspiracy theories and call- Trump proved he is not the person to on your religion? You can’t explain it. ing for hatred against his fellow Ameri- lead our Nation through a crisis. He is I can’t explain it. It is not possible to cans based solely on their religion, we not Commander in Chief material—un- explain because this level of hate is not are in dangerous and uncharted waters. derlined and underscored. comprehensible. It is incomprehensible We must make clear that Donald It doesn’t matter what the problem that any Presidential nominee would Trump does not speak for us. I am try- has been, Trump has failed. Trump foster and promote systemic bigotry, ing to do that. We must stand arm in isn’t the person we want to have his as Trump often does. It is reprehensible arm with our Muslim allies around the finger on the nuclear button because he and un-American for the nominee of world who have been victims of ter- is clearly incapable of that responsi- any major party or any party to de- rorism, who say to the radicals: not in bility. That is not just me saying it; clare millions of Americans guilty my name, not in my name. Remember, even the junior Senator from Florida until proven innocent purely by virtue Muslims around the world are helping has questioned whether Trump can be of their religion. us defeat the terrorists. Who has suf- trusted with such an enormous obliga- These are frightening times, and I fered so much because of this crazy tion. But the fact that Donald Trump understand that, and Trump’s fear and brand of hatred? Who has suffered more can’t be trusted with the nuclear codes paranoia are making us feel less safe. than anyone else? Muslims. We don’t hasn’t stopped Senator RUBIO or many Trump is fanning the flames of vio- know how many are dead in Iraq fol- other Republicans from endorsing lence and menace. There have already lowing the invasion—half a million? Trump for the highest office in the been reports of threats and obscenities We know there are at least 300,000 in land. There is absolutely no question— being yelled at Muslims in Florida, Syria—Muslims. We must stand arm in none—that Donald Trump is not capa- Chicago, Seattle, and all across the arm with our Muslim allies in the ble enough or experienced enough to country. Mosques all around the coun- world who are victims of this ter- have this high-level responsibility. We try have been threatened. Donald rorism. expect more from a Commander in Trump’s rhetoric has been encouraging Any Republican who cherishes the Chief. this scary behavior. American values of religious freedom

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He is unfit QUIREMENTS.—Sections 1036 and 1037 shall for him and for the Senator from Ala- to be our President and unfit to stand have no force or effect, and the amendments bama to be reasonable in finding an ac- for the values on which this great proposed to be made by section 1037 shall not commodation about this so that this country was founded. be made. country would have assured access to As for the Republican leader in the (b) IN GENERAL.—Any competition for a space. Certainly, the Senator from Illi- contract for the provision of launch services nois, as the ranking member of that Senate, Senator MCCONNELL should be for the evolved expendable launch vehicle the first to condemn Trump’s hateful program shall be open for award to all cer- Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, rhetoric and reject his Presidential tified providers of evolved expendable launch likewise, has also been in the mix. I am candidacy. Let’s hope the senior Sen- vehicle-class systems. very grateful that this issue is behind ator from Kentucky can bring himself (c) AWARD OF CONTRACTS.—In awarding a us and we can move on. to do just that and do it soon. contract under subsection (b), the Secretary I might note that there is one tech- Madam President, what is the busi- of Defense— nical change we will have to make in (1) subject to paragraph (2) and subsection the conference committee. It is tech- ness of the day? (d), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, may, during the period beginning on nical in nature, but it is necessary to f the date of the enactment of this Act and get the language right. ending on December 31, 2022, award the con- I thank the chairman of our com- mittee. NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- tract to a provider of launch services that in- tends to use any certified launch vehicle in Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 its inventory without regard to the country for a question? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- of origin of the rocket engine that will be Mr. NELSON. The Senator from Ari- pore. Under the previous order, the used on that launch vehicle; and zona has the floor. Senate will resume consideration of S. (2) may only award contracts utilizing an Mr. DURBIN. If I could ask for the 2943, which the clerk will report. engine designed or manufactured in the Rus- floor for 2 minutes, I thank the Sen- sian Federation for phase 1(a) and phase 2 The senior assistant legislative clerk evolved expendable launch vehicle procure- ator from Florida for his leadership on read as follows: ments. this issue. It has been a contentious, A bill (S. 2943) to authorize appropriations (d) LIMITATION.—The total number of rock- hotly debated, and in some ways divi- for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of et engines designed or manufactured in the sive issue between appropriations and the Department of Defense, for military con- Russian Federation and used on launch vehi- authorization committees in the Sen- struction, and for defense activities of the cles for the evolved expendable launch vehi- ate. When Senator NELSON told me he Department of Energy, to prescribe military cle program shall not exceed 18. was willing to step up and try to be personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I that bridge over troubled waters, I wel- for other purposes. want to thank the leaders of our comed his entry into that conversa- Pending: Armed Services Committee for work- tion. McCain amendment No. 4607, to amend the ing out what had been a difficult situa- I thank him, Senator GARDNER, Sen- provision on share-in-savings contracts. tion going forward with regard to as- ator BENNET, Senator COCHRAN, Sen- Reed (for Reid) amendment No. 4603 (to sured access to space over a 6-year pe- ator SHELBY, Senator MCCAIN, and all amendment No. 4607), to change the enact- riod starting in fiscal year 2017 and who have engaged in this. We have ment date. going through fiscal year 2022. We have come to the right place, where we are The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- been able to work this out, and that is going to be promoting competition, pore. Under the previous order, the the subject of the amendment I have which is good for taxpayers, and we are time until 11 a.m. will be equally di- just called up. also going to do it in a way that pro- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- vided between the two managers or tects our national security interests. pore. The Senator from Arizona. their designees. I thank the Senator from Florida for Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, does The Senator from Rhode Island. that complete the work on the amend- his leadership on this issue. Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, the AMENDMENT NO. 4603 WITHDRAWN ment? Mr. REED. Madam President, I with- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- vote is scheduled for 11 o’clock this draw amendment No. 4603. pore. The amendment is the pending morning, and we will be voting on the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- business. Defense authorization bill. Unfortu- pore. The amendment is withdrawn. Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I nately, we have a situation on the ob- The Senator from Florida. just want to say to the Senator from jections of a Senator or Senators that their amendment is not allowed be- AMENDMENT NO. 4670 TO AMENDMENT NO. 4607 Florida that I thank him for his inter- mediary work and his effort to reach cause of the objections of another Sen- Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I ator. In other words, we now have a sit- call up amendment No. 4670. this compromise. He brings unique cre- dentials to this issue, given his experi- uation where there are Senators in the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Senate for whom it is either their way pore. The clerk will report. ence up in space. Although some have argued that he has never returned, I or the highway, and if they are not The senior assistant legislative clerk having an amendment that is agreed read as follows: don’t agree with that assessment. But seriously, I thank the Senator from to, then they will object to other Sen- The Senator from Florida [Mr. NELSON] Florida for his intermediary work, ators’ amendments no matter whether proposes an amendment numbered 4670 to those amendments have any validity or amendment No. 4607. without whom this compromise would not have been achieved. any support. Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I I know the Senator from Florida There are a number of them, but ask unanimous consent that the read- shares my commitment to freeing this there is one that particularly bothers ing of the amendment be dispensed Nation from dependency on the use of me, which will probably cost the lives with. Russian rocket engines which then pro- of some brave men—mostly men but The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- vide an economic boost—in some cases maybe some women—who assisted us pore. Without objection, it is so or- billions of dollars—to Vladimir Putin as interpreters in Afghanistan. They dered. and his cronies. So I just want to make are on the list. The Senator from The amendment is as follows: a special note of appreciation to the South Carolina pointed out the night (Purpose: To improve the amendment) Senator from Florida. letters that go to the interpreters that On page 1, between lines 3 and 4, insert the Mr. NELSON. If the Senator will they are going to be killed—they and following: yield, I just wish to thank him for his their families—for cooperating with

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But really, by not allowing this in this Chamber because we will not Islamic groups, if you threaten your amendment—where the vote would bend to their will in terms of religion. coworkers, telling them that your fam- probably be 99 to 1 because we reached Please make no mistake about it, most ily is a member of Al Qaeda, if you are an agreement with the chairman of the people in the faith are not buying what associated with a known terrorist and Judiciary Committee and also with these nut jobs are selling. you attend a mosque that is trying to Senator SESSIONS—we are unable. We I have been to Iraq and Afghanistan radicalize people, the FBI should never are unable to provide for the ability of 37 times, and I can tell you thousands close the file until they are sure you these interpreters to come to the have died fighting radical Islam in are not a threat, in terms of attacking United States because of an unrelated Iraq, in Syria, and in Afghanistan be- our homeland. That is the difference amendment. cause they don’t want to live under the between fighting a war and fighting a I say to my colleagues, that is not thumb of religious Nazis. So the thou- crime. I am trying to prevent the next the way the Senate should operate. sands who have helped us as inter- attack, not respond to it. Each amendment should be judged on preters and who have gone outside the This is not a gun control issue, folks. its own merits or demerits and debated wire with us to make us a more effec- If gun control could protect the coun- and voted on. So this practice—and we tive fighting force, they have literally try from attacks by radical Islamists, are about to see it on a managers’ risked their lives and their families’ there would be no Paris. The French package now from the other side be- lives, and if we don’t give them an out, have the strongest gun laws on the cause their amendment is being ob- an exit, they are going to get killed, planet and over 100 French citizens jected to—is that we don’t move for- and it is going to be hard to have any- died at the hands of Islamists using ward with legislation that literally is body help us in the future. weapons: bombs, planes, guns. It is not going to cause the loss of innocent peo- I have told Senator LEE, whom I have the instrumentality, it is the attitude. ple’s lives, whose only crime is that a strong disagreement with about his So this is not a gun control problem. they cooperated and assisted the approach to the war—basically saying We are at war and we are treating it United States of America and our mili- an American citizen has to be treated like a crime. tary in carrying out their duties in Af- as a common criminal, not an enemy On the Republican side, this is not ghanistan. That to me—that to me—is combatant, for collaborating with the about banning all Muslims. This man a shameful chapter. It is a shameful enemy—we have our differences, but I was an American citizen born in comment on the United States of have removed my objection to his Queens. This idea of shutting America America and honoring our commit- amendment with the understanding off to everybody in the Muslim faith ments to the brave people who helped that I get a vote on my amendment— makes it harder to win the war, not us and literally saved American lives. the Heitkamp amendment—about the easier. We need partners in the faith to I ask my colleague from South Caro- Ex-Im Bank, where thousands of jobs destroy radical Islam. It is through lina, who actually has dealt with these are being lost. I want to put on the that partnership that we will make people on many, many occasions, what record that I am ready to let Senator America safe. So when people call for his view is on this particular issue. REED move forward if we can get a vote gun control, you don’t understand what Mr. GRAHAM. I thank the Senator on Ex-Im Bank, where thousands of is going on here. This is not a gun con- from Arizona. jobs are at stake. trol issue. If it were, there would be no I want to put this issue and what we But we are not voting on any of this. attacks in Europe. This is a radical Is- are trying to do in the context of what The managers’ package is not being lamic effort—sometimes individually, has happened in the last couple of days voted on. So this is a low point right sometimes collectively—to break our and what I think is going to happen in now. There is very serious business will, destroy our way of life, and we are the future. that is being conducted in the Senate not dealing with it sufficiently. We No. 1, there is strong bipartisan sup- that can’t move forward because indi- should have an approach to this prob- port to increase the number of visas viduals have decided: If I can’t have ev- lem as though we are at war. We should available to Afghans who have actively erything I want, nobody is going to get follow people who are sympathetic to helped us in the war against the anything. the enemy, monitor their behavior to Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The bottom line is, the managers’ prevent what happened in Florida, The reason this is so important is that package should move forward. There gather intelligence. We should never it is impossible for America to defend are a lot of good things in that pack- close a file against a suspected sym- herself without partners. age. There is a sense-of-the-Senate res- pathizer to ISIL because we can’t prove To those who suggest you can win olution in that package, coauthored by a crime. We should keep the file open the war against radical Islam without Senator JACK REED and me, urging as long as they are a threat. partners, you have no idea what you President Obama to keep the 9,800 I appreciate all Senator MCCAIN has are talking about. To those who sug- American troops in Afghanistan until done to strengthen the military. To gest we can’t let people come to our conditions warrant their withdrawal; those who voted against increasing country after they risk their lives pro- that if he decides to keep the force in military spending by $18 billion at a tecting our soldiers and civilians in Af- place, we support him; if we go to 5,500, time that the military is being gutted, ghanistan and who are protecting us, Afghanistan is going to fall apart. That you made a huge mistake. If you want then you don’t understand the war at is a really big statement in a bipar- to deal with radical Islam, destroy it all. This is radical Islam against the tisan fashion. over there before it continues to come world, not just the Islamic faith. The As to what happened in Orlando and here, and to do that we need a stronger world should be at war with radical why it is so important, I have been try- military. Our Navy and Army are going Islam. ing to fight a war, not a crime. For to be the size of 1940 and 1950, respec- As to what happened in Florida, years now, I have been suggesting that tively. We are cutting the Marine there is no doubt in my mind that the difference between a war and a Corps. We are cutting our ability to de- these young people were killed by a crime is important. The FBI closed the fend ourselves, and this $18 billion radical Islamic sympathizer because file on this man because they didn’t amendment would restore money to they were gay. In a radical Islam have enough evidence to charge him help the military more effectively deal world, gay people are sentenced to with a crime. My goal is to prevent ter- with radical Islam over there so we death just simply for being gay. They rorist attacks, not respond to them. don’t have to fight it here. are thrown off the roofs of homes by Here is the world I would like to con- To those who look at this as a gun ISIL inside of Syria and Iraq. So don’t struct; that if by your actions—not by control issue, you are missing the

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To never going to give them what they local educational agencies with little those who think we should declare war want, which is the ability to be your- or no Federal or State involvement.’’ on the Islamic faith itself, you have no self, the ability to worship God the way According to the Government Ac- idea how dangerous that model is. To you choose, if at all, the ability to be countability Office, 46 States already those who want to close a file because different, the ability to speak your require background checks of some we can’t prove a crime when we know mind and to elect your leaders. That is kind for all public school employees, the person we are looking at has weird, what they want. We can’t afford to give and 42 States have established profes- strange beliefs and is actually acting it to them, and we don’t have the right sional standards or codes of conduct for on these beliefs, then you are making a attitude or the policies to end a war. It school personnel. Section 578 of the huge mistake. will end one day. People are not buying NDAA would create confusion for all Until America gets our attitude ad- what radical Islam is selling within the those States and localities, as they are justed, until we change our policies, faith. But the longer it goes on, the forced to navigate two sets of poten- until we restore our ability to defend more endangered we are, and our poli- tially conflicting background checks ourselves, this is going to continue. cies are not working. I am trying my policies. The President continues to best to change them in a responsible Mr. KAINE. Madam President, today marginalize this, downplaying the way, consistent with our Constitution, I wish to speak about the fiscal year threats. This was directed. I don’t have consistent with our values. 2017 National Defense Authorization any idea that al-Baghdadi called this I find myself on the floor of the Sen- Act, NDAA. I want to thank Senator guy up and said: Go to a night club and ate 48 hours after the largest attack MCCAIN and Senator REED for all their shoot on this day, but I know al- since 9/11 unable to move forward on work on this Defense bill. This year’s Baghdadi has called on everybody sym- things that matter. floor process has been challenging to pathetic to his cause to attack during Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, say the least, but with their leadership the holy month of Ramadan; attack in section 578 of this year’s National De- and that of their staff directors, Chris place, don’t come to Syria. So that is a fense Authorization Act, NDAA, is an Brose and Liz King, I am confident we direction. inappropriate place from which to im- can find a meaningful path forward. It was clear to me, this man had been pose mandates on nearly 20,000 public I supported this bill out of committee interviewed on three separate occa- elementary and secondary schools in in hopes of having a vigorous debate on sions by the FBI, that he was express- 1,225 public school districts across the some of the proposals I had expressed ing sympathy and allegiance to radical country. concern over regarding Defense reform. Islam, and that he was associated with Legislative language is included in It was my belief that the public release a man who went from Florida to Syria, the NDAA this year that dictates dis- of this bill would invite greater scru- back to Florida, back to Syria, who be- ruptive policies on public schools that tiny by officials in the Department of came a suicide bomber for al-Nusra. would create a complicated and con- Defense to inform floor debate. In an- There is no way in hell this file should fusing system where one school system ticipation of their concern, I again sub- have ever been closed because of polit- follows established background checks mitted an amendment that I had of- ical correctness. It should have stayed under State or local law, while a neigh- fered in committee to initiate a com- open until we were sure he was not a boring county must now comply with a mission on Defense reform to assist threat to us. The goal is to prevent new unfunded Federal mandate. This Congress in considering future legisla- these things, not react to them. language should not be included in the tion. I have been surprised at the ab- I want to tell you right now that the final version of this bill. sence of comments about many of the things we are not talking about in this The U.S. Senate takes seriously the reform proposals. This has contributed bill and we can’t vote on in this bill are goal of ensuring the safety of the more to a sense that the concepts were wel- making us less safe. Not allowing these than 50 million children in our 100,000 come and being embraced by the De- Afghan interpreters—who have risked public schools, including federally con- partment. It wasn’t until the adminis- their lives to protect us by helping us nected children. These issues have been tration’s response was released, in the over there—to come to America in and should be discussed, debated, and midst of the bill being on the Senate larger numbers is going to make it legislated within the appropriate com- floor, that concern was finally noted. harder to have partners. By insisting mittees of jurisdiction. Measures re- Despite my belief that some of our that these budget cuts stay in place lated to education are within the juris- proposals lack sufficient analysis and and not increasing military spending diction of the Senate Health, Edu- have gone too far, I do share the chair- at a time of desperate need is a huge cation, Labor and Pensions Committee man’s concern over whether the De- mistake. To my friends on the left and under Rule XXV of the Standing Rules partment has the ability to adapt and the Libertarians who want to turn the of the Senate, as well as within the ju- remain successful in today’s security war into crime, it is the biggest mis- risdiction of the House Committee on environment. I am also concerned that take of all. Education and the Workforce under the Department may in fact be mired So this is very sad that the U.S. Sen- Rule X of the Rules of the House of in duplicative process and complicated ate seems to not be able to adjust to Representatives for the 114th Congress. organizational designs. Many of the the reality that exists and that we all So while it may be appropriate for witnesses in front of the Armed Serv- have our petty grievances and we can’t the Armed Services Committee to dic- ices Committee testified to these facts, move forward as one to strengthen the tate background check policies for the but several went on to recommend cau- military, to give our intelligence com- 172 schools operated by the Department tion. munity the tools they need to protect of Defense, it is not appropriate to use On November 10, 2015 in front of a us, and to have a game plan to win a the authorization bill for the Depart- hearing by this committee, Jim Thom- war we can’t afford to lose. In my opin- ment of Defense to impose mandates on as from the Center for Strategic and ion, we are not having votes that are nearly 20,000 public elementary and Budgetary Analysis said, ‘‘all of these very important, for no good reason, secondary schools in 1,225 public school ideas would require detailed analysis to and this will come back to haunt us. districts across the country. fully understand their strengths and Last week—and I will end with this— These 20,000 public schools, out of avoid outcomes that might inadvert- Senator MCCAIN and I were talking 100,000 total, are being singled out be- ently leave us worse off.’’ At that same about the threats we face. I have been cause they receive ‘‘Impact Aid’’ funds hearing, we heard from James Locher, trying the best I can to articulate the from the Federal Government under a former staff member of the Senate difference between fighting a crime and title VII of the Elementary and Sec- Armed Services Committee during the fighting a war. I know what the enemy ondary Education Act, ESEA, of 1965. Goldwater-Nichols reform, who stated

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Hiring and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the origins of the behaviors that cur- retaining top-talent means just that. pore. Is there objection? rently limit Pentagon effectiveness What impact will the reorganization Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, with would be a mistake.’’ Additional com- of the Department and significant the greatest reluctance, I object on be- ments by witnesses like the Honorable changes in personnel policies have on half of one Member on this side. I ob- David Walker, ‘‘there needs to be a fun- our operations in the midst of a two- ject. damental review and reassessment of front cold war and expanding conflict The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the current organizational structure in the Middle East? Do we challenge pore. Objection is heard. Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, and personnel practices,’’ or former the advice our Chairman of the Joint Under Secretary of Defense Michele could I also say, as I object—reserving Chiefs is providing? How do we get ‘‘top the right to object—the Gillibrand Flournoy, ‘‘it is imperative that we talent’’ if each spring we reorganize amendment, I do not support, but the think through the second and third and cut our Department of Defense Gillibrand amendment deserves debate order effects of any changes proposed. workforce? How will a reduction in and a vote in this body. It is a serious . . . great care should be taken to hear general and flag officers impact cur- issue of the utmost seriousness in the the full range of views and consider the rent and future senior officers? What military. The Chair certainly under- unintended consequences,’’ should have are the secondary effects to changes in stands that. It has to do with sexual as- provided the necessary direction and combatant command responsibilities? saults in the military, and it deserves caution to this committee to pursue a How will our allies and adversaries in- the attention of the entire U.S. Sen- deliberative, well-researched, and open terpret the reduction or disappearance ate—debate and vote. Unfortunately, approach. of general officers in overseas billets? I there is objection. Many of the reform provisions were submit that most of my colleagues do The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- drafted by the committee’s very skilled not know the answers to these ques- pore. The Senator from New York. professional staff. While I have the full tions, but I would encourage them to Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam Presi- confidence that they crafted proposals consider them prior to taking similar dent, I rise to speak about the amend- to address various challenges in the drastic action in the future. ment. Department, it is ultimately the re- I share the chairman’s desire to im- Under our current military justice sponsibility of the members to fully prove the organization and capability system, when a servicemember is ac- understand them. Despite the numer- of the Department of Defense. I know cused of sexual assault, the decision to ous hearings and countless witnesses, he has reached a comfort level with the prosecute isn’t actually made by a the only theme that emerged was that reform proposals contained within, trained prosecutor or a lawyer of any reform was needed interspersed with a that in time I may better understand kind. In fact, it is made by a colonel or few conceptual suggestions. To date, no their impacts. However, I am mindful a brigadier general or another high- study has proposed the legislation con- of the cautions relayed by many of our ranking military officer. tained within this bill. No officials of- witnesses. We should take our inde- Our commanders are the best in the fered their views for consideration pendent oversight responsibility very world when it comes to tactics and until the bill was on the Senate floor. seriously. I remain committed to work- strategy, but most of them have little In the absence of a debate on the ing with my colleagues in a bipartisan to no experience in legal or criminal merits of an independent study, inves- fashion and seek a more measured and matters. And why should they have tigative work, or official Department informed approach to any legislation that experience? Our commanders are not prosecutors. They are not lawyers. views, I suspect many of my colleagues that has the potential to negatively They are warfighters, and their job is do not have confidence that the pro- impact the very Department we seek to to keep our country safe, not make posals address the Department’s chal- improve. It is in this spirit that I of- legal judgments about whether to pros- lenges. Should we require the chairman fered my amendment on establishing a ecute a rape. of the Joint Chiefs to consult with and commission to study Defense reform. seek the advice of others? Should the The current military justice system The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- has failed our sexual assault survivors headquarters be reduced in addition to pore. The Senator from Arizona. previous reductions? Is an additional 15 for too long. Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, if we This amendment very simply takes percent of staff adequate in a time of can get consent, and individual Sen- the decision about whether to pros- war or crisis? Will the new Under Sec- ators will relinquish their objections, ecute these crimes and gives it to retary for Research and Engineering the Senate is ready to vote on the Sha- trained, experienced, independent mili- make the Department’s acquisition heen amendment on special immigrant tary prosecutors. process run more efficiently? Last year visas for Afghan interpreters, which We have all the evidence we need we removed a pay increase for general will save lives, the Moran amendment that this problem has not gotten better officers; this year, we reduced their on Guantanamo, the Gillibrand amend- in the last year. We have more data. number by 25 percent. The combination ment on the Uniform Code of Military We have looked at more case files. We of these two provisions makes me won- Justice, the Murray amendment on have heard from more survivors. It is der whether we are doing all we can to cryopreservation of eggs and sperm, clear little has changed, despite the cultivate the next Eisenhower, Halsey, the Corker amendment to authorize Department’s persistent claims that Abrams, or Dunford. the activities of the State Department. things are getting better, that they are We made significant reforms in pre- We are ready to debate and vote on all making progress. vious years empowering acquisition of those. When the Department of Defense es- professionals to have flexibility and So I hope that if there is objection, timates that there are 20,000 service- offer service chiefs greater ownership the Senators involved will relinquish members who are sexually assaulted in of their acquisition programs. We have their objections so we can move for- a year, that is not progress. When 8 out also charged the Department with nec- ward with those amendments and have of every 10 military sexual assault sur- essary authorities to ‘‘hire top talent’’ final passage. vivors don’t report the crime, that is in an attempt to drive innovation. I yield the floor. not progress. When 62 percent of sur- Many of us in the Senate have de- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- vivors are being retaliated against, manded a more comprehensive mili- pore. The Senator from New York. that is not progress. When more than tary strategy in countering the myriad Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam Presi- half of those retaliation cases—58 per- of threats around the globe. In addi- dent, I ask unanimous consent that it cent of them—are perpetrated by some- tion, this bill encourages numerous be in order to offer amendment No. one in the chain of command, that is

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I am hopeful we can have a blatantly misled the Senate in order to Madam President, I want to turn to vote on this, and I encourage my col- skew our debate, that is perhaps the ul- the bill we are considering today, the leagues to support it and step away timate sign that there has been no National Defense Authorization Act, from what would be a truly shameful progress. which has been described as one that mistake. Our military justice system is bro- will modernize the military health sys- Madam President, I ask unanimous ken. It is failing our members. And no tem and give the men and women of consent that it be in order to offer matter how many marginal reforms we our military better quality care, better amendment No. 4490, relating to fer- make, as long as commanders with no access, and a better experience. It has tility treatments, and that the Senate legal experience are continuing to been described as upholding commit- vote in relation to the amendment, make important legal decisions on ments to our servicemembers. I wish I with no second-degree amendments in whether to prosecute violent sex could stand here and say that I agree order prior to the vote. crimes, we are not going to solve the with that 100 percent, but there is a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- problem. Once and for all, let’s take glaring problem in this bill. It is a pore. Is there objection? the decision to prosecute these crimes problem that really cuts against the Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, with and give it to trained, independent idea that our country should be there reluctance—and I apologize to the Sen- military prosecutors. Let’s give our for the men and women of our military, ator from Washington. This is another military servicemembers a justice sys- who risk so much on our behalf, no amendment that deserves debate and a tem that is worthy of their service. matter what. vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Go to page 1,455 of this massive bill. Another amendment that has not pore. The Senator from Arizona. Buried in a funding chart, there is one been brought up that deserves debate Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, we line that would zero out a new program and a vote is the issue of women being have cleared the following amendments intended to help men and women in our registered for Selective Service. I want to go by voice vote on this side. I un- military who suffer catastrophic inju- to make it very clear that I have want- derstand there are objections on the ries while fighting on our behalf. I ed and this body wanted a vote on other side to this list. I want the don’t know how this line got in there. whether women should be registered record to reflect what is on the table I don’t know who thought it was a good for Selective Service, and it was not al- from this side. I dislike getting into idea. I don’t know why, but I do know lowed—not by this individual but only this back-and-forth because it really what this is: It is absolutely wrong, one. serves no purpose, but I ask unanimous and we ought to fix it. That is why I I ask unanimous consent that the consent that the managers’ package as have come to the Senate floor repeat- Senator from Indiana be recognized, in portrayed here be printed in the edly over the past week to urge my col- addition to my time, for 3 minutes—— RECORD. leagues to correct this shameful The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- change, and with the clock running pore. Is there objection to the pending pore. Is there objection to the printing? down on this bill, now is the time to request? There being no objection, the list was act. Mr. MCCAIN. And that the 3 minutes ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as Let me give this some context. Six be taken out of Senator REED’s time, follows: months ago the Pentagon announced a to the Senator from Indiana. 4604, Shaheen; 4141, Corker; 4070, Moran; pilot program to offer our servicemem- Mrs. MURRAY. Is there objection to 4444, Murray; 4090, Burr; 4123, Blumenthal, as bers who are getting ready to deploy an my request? modified; 4362, Brown; 4142, Nelson; 4216, opportunity at cryopreservation; in The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Booker; 4392, Cantwell; 4421, Warner; 4461, other words, freezing their eggs or pore. Is there objection to the pending Manchin; 4426, Boxer; 4596, Wyden; 4297, Don- sperm. It gave deploying servicemem- request? nelly; 4321, Schatz; 4416, Kaine; 4389, Udall; bers not just the ability to have repro- Mr. MCCAIN. I object. 4431, Schumer; 4527, Casey; 4210, Tester; 4591, ductive options in the event they are The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Reed; 4678, Reid; 4675, Bennet; 4564, Carper; pore. Objection is heard. 4232, Heller; 4376, McCain; 4094, Inhofe; 4195, grievously injured but some deserved Rubio; 4243, Portman. peace of mind. It meant they don’t Is there objection to the request from 4263, Gardner; 4316, Rounds; 4449, Barrasso; have to worry about choosing between the Senator from Arizona? 4136, Hoeven; 4265, Cochran; 4478, Hoeven; defending their country or a chance at Without objection, it is so ordered. 4096, McCain; 4418, Perdue; 4424, Moran; 4500, having a family someday. This new AMENDMENT NO. 4670, AS MODIFIED Johnson; 4399, Daines; 4622, Flake; 4400, program was met with widespread Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I ask McCain; 4377, Hatch; 4155, Boozman; 4242, praise and relief. It reflected a basic unanimous consent to modify the Nel- Peters; 4348, Baldwin; 4372, Nelson; 4427, level of respect for servicemembers son amendment No. 4670 with the Boxer; 4428, Boxer; 4443, Murray; 4453, Hein- rich; 4471, Peters; 4528, McCaskill; 4577, who are willing to risk suffering cata- changes at the desk. Schatz. strophic injuries on our behalf. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- 4583, Warner; 4584, Tester; 4589, Heinrich; I was hoping this new program was a pore. Is there objection? 4602, Udall; 4630, Brown; 4631, Peters; 4635, step we could build on, a move in the Without objection, it is so ordered. Brown; 4642, Booker; 4073, Paul; 4128, McCain; right direction, an important part of The amendment is modified. 4214, Kirk; 4419, Wicker; 4465, Johnson; 4552, our larger work to help our warriors The amendment, as modified, is as Perdue; 4555, Lankford; 4587, Collins; 4601, who have sustained grievous injuries follows: Rubio; 4617, Portman; 4619, Inhofe; 4620, achieve their dream of starting a fam- On page 1, between lines 3 and 4, insert the Ernst; 4638, Kirk; 4666, Murkowski. ily. That is why I was so disturbed following: The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- when I learned this bill would move us SEC. 829B. COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT AND pore. The Senator from Washington. in the other way. PHASE OUT OF ROCKET ENGINES MASS SHOOTING IN ORLANDO FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN Despite what some of my colleagues THE EVOLVED EXPENDABLE Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I have been saying, my amendment very LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM FOR want to start by offering my condo- deliberately states that it will not di- SPACE LAUNCH OF NATIONAL SECU- lences to the families and loved ones of vert money from any other important RITY SATELLITES. the victims of Sunday’s heinous attack health programs. (a) INEFFECTIVENESS OF SUPERSEDED RE- in the city of Orlando and to everyone I am here again today to ask unani- QUIREMENTS.—Sections 1036 and 1037 shall have no force or effect, and the amendments who was affected by this terrible trag- mous consent to have a vote on my proposed to be made by section 1037 shall not edy and act of terror. amendment that would restore this be made. While our hearts are with the fami- pilot program. It is hard to imagine (b) IN GENERAL.—Any competition for a lies and the communities right now, in any of my colleagues standing up to contract for the provision of launch services

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What I am attempting to do and may, during the period beginning on the date The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- what we have talked about so many of the enactment of this Act and ending on pore. The Senator from Arizona. times here on the floor and in the hall- December 31, 2022, award the contract to a Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I ask ways of Congress is that Kansans gen- provider of launch services that intends to unanimous consent to use 1 minute of erally are opposed to the closing of use any certified launch vehicle in its inven- tory without regard to the country of origin debate time from the Democratic side. Guantanamo Bay as a detention facil- of the rocket engine that will be used on The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ity and particularly opposed to bring- that launch vehicle; and pore. Is there objection? ing these detainees to the United (2) may award contracts utilizing an en- Without objection, it is so ordered. States and especially opposed to bring- gine designed or manufactured in the Rus- Mr. MCCAIN. I would like to say that ing the detainees to Fort Leavenworth, sian Federation for only phase 1(a) and phase my friend from Indiana, who has been a KS. Unfortunately, this bill includes an 2 evolved expendable launch vehicle procure- Member of this body for many years amendment offered in committee that ments. and has served in a variety of functions allows for the design and planning and (3) LIMITATION.—The total number of rock- for this Nation, is exactly right. We are et engines designed or manufactured in the construction of a facility, and my Russian Federation and used on launch vehi- now in a situation where, because amendment is the simple removal of cles for the evolved expendable launch vehi- someone doesn’t get a vote on their those provisions from this legislation. cle program shall not exceed 18. amendment, everybody else’s amend- It is clear to me that throughout the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ment is not agreed to. That is not the entire time of the administration of pore. The Senator from Indiana. way the Senate was intended to func- this President, this administration has Mr. COATS. Madam President, I will tion. That is not the way the Senate been unable to provide any cohesive, try to be very brief. I know time is con- should function. comprehensive, legally justifiable clo- stricted. We just heard of two amendments sure and relocation plan. Yet this plan When I first came to the Senate, we that I strongly object to—both of authorizes the planning and design. had Members on both sides who had them—but I want debate and votes on So I rise to once again express my principled positions on any number of them. Unfortunately, we now have a dissatisfaction and anger with the Sen- issues, but we rarely, if ever, because of situation, frankly, on both sides where ate for its inability to do its job. our principled stand, denied the oppor- unless people get their amendment, no- Whether or not my amendment would tunity for debate and vote. The Senate body gets their amendment. prevail at the moment is not the issue; is here for the purpose of debating and We are now, among other things, put- it is whether or not there can even be voting. Sometimes we win, and some- ting the lives of the interpreters who a vote on what I consider to be a very times we lose. The consequences are re- have served this Nation and saved important issue to Kansas and to the corded, and the bill goes forward—as American lives in danger by refusing to country. this one would—to be combined with take up the Shaheen amendment, I appreciate the efforts by the chair- the House, to go to conference, and fi- which allows some of these people to man of the committee, who has assured nally issue a resolution. come to the United States of America. me that he supports this amendment, We are not talking about just any When some of them start dying, my and through no fault of his own, we are piece of legislation here; we are talking friends—and they will, because they unable to take a vote to demonstrate about the national security and na- get the night letters that they are that support in the Senate. tional defense for our Nation. There going to be assassinated, they and Madam President, I yield the floor. are important issues that need to be their families—I hope they understand The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- debated and need to be voted on. Yet what is at stake here, and I certainly pore. The Senator from Arizona. we are denied that opportunity. Some- wouldn’t want that on my conscience. Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I say one on our side was denied that oppor- In addition to my friend LINDSEY to the Senator from Kansas, we had an tunity. The other side has every right GRAHAM’s comments about Paris—and agreement to have this taken by voice to say: Well, if you are going to play we will have plenty of time to talk vote, just as we had an agreement to that game, we are going to play that about it—my favorite quote of all that take up the Shaheen amendment as game. That is not how the Senate epitomizes the failure of this President well, with overwhelming support in the should operate. is from January 2014: ‘‘The analogy we Senate to save the lives of these inter- The Senator from New York and the use around here sometimes, and I think preters. Unfortunately, one or two in- Senator from Washington on the it is accurate, is if a JV team puts on dividual Senators blocked any progress Democratic side have principled Lakers uniforms, that doesn’t make on that. amendments. I don’t support the them Kobe Bryant.’’ My friends, that I want to assure the Senator from amendment from the Senator from statement will live in infamy. That Kansas that we will do what is nec- New York, but it ought to be debated will go down with ‘‘peace in our time.’’ essary to ensure that this amendment and it ought to be voted on and it ‘‘If a JV team puts on Lakers uniforms, is enacted into law. ought to be worked through. That is that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.’’ The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- why we are sent here. No wonder the ISIS is the same as a JV team putting pore. The Senator from Rhode Island. public across the Nation is so frus- on a Lakers uniform. There has been Mr. REED. Madam President, I ask trated with us—because we are in total nothing that I know of more revealing unanimous consent for 1 additional stalemate. of the attitude and policies of this ad- minute. Senator MCCAIN and Senator REED ministration, which is directly respon- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have made every possible effort to sible, in my view, for the ultimate con- objection, it is so ordered. move this process forward. Yet here we clusion of what happened in Orlando. Mr. REED. Madam President, I wish are. As we know, under the procedures, Madam President, I yield the floor. to underscore what the chairman has one person has the right to stop any- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- said. We worked very closely with Sen- thing from going forward if they use pore. The Senator from Kansas. ator MORAN, Senator SHAHEEN, and those procedures, and that has hap- Mr. MORAN. Madam President, I am many others, including Senator GILLI- pened. It is very unfortunate. once again on the Senate floor in a se- BRAND and Senator MURRAY, to come In comparison to my time here ear- ries of conversations we have had with up with a package. lier when we functioned as the U.S. my colleagues about the importance of As the chairman announced pre- Senate, we are in total dysfunction be- my amendment I would like pending to viously, if this package had moved, it

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Sullivan Hatch Moran The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Tester point out that, as happy as I am about Heinrich Murkowski the size of the vote, we left out some pore. Under the previous order, all Heitkamp Murphy Thune postcloture time on S. 2943 has expired. Heller Murray Tillis very important amendments. Particu- Toomey VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 4670, AS MODIFIED Hirono Nelson larly, we left out one that has to do Hoeven Perdue Udall with interpreters who are being slaugh- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Inhofe Peters Vitter pore. The question is on agreeing to Isakson Portman Warner tered as we speak because they are the amendment No. 4670, as modified, of- Johnson Reed Whitehouse No. 1 targets for the Taliban and for Kaine Roberts Wicker fered by the Senator from Florida, Mr. ISIS. King Rounds As I take pleasure in the size of the NELSON. Is there any further debate on the NAYS—13 vote, I would also urge my colleagues amendment? Crapo Markey Sasse that when we take up a bill of this sig- Cruz Merkley Warren The Senator from Rhode Island. nificance, not every Senator can have Gillibrand Paul Wyden his or her way. Not every Senator can Mr. REED. Madam President, I sug- Leahy Reid have their amendment, particularly gest the absence of a quorum. Lee Risch when it is not agreed to on the other The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- NOT VOTING—2 side. So I have to say, I blame a few pore. The clerk will call the roll. Boxer Sanders Senators who believe it is their way or The legislative clerk proceeded to The bill (S. 2943), as amended, was the highway. I hope that when we move call the roll. passed. forward with other legislation, we can Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask (The bill, as amended, will be printed have amendments, debate, and vote. unanimous consent that the order for in a future edition of the RECORD.) That is what the Senate is supposed to the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- be about. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ator from Missouri. Finally, I again thank Senator REED FLAKE). Is there objection? f and his staff for all of their cooperation Without objection, it is so ordered. and assistance. We intend to go to con- The question is on agreeing to the ORDER OF PROCEDURE ference and get a bill to the President’s Nelson amendment No. 4670, as modi- desk. fied. Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate I would point out to my colleagues The amendment (No. 4670), as modi- that this legislation is probably the fied, was agreed to. proceed to a period of morning busi- ness, with Senators permitted to speak biggest reform enacted by the Senate VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 4607, AS AMENDED for up to 10 minutes each until 12:30 Armed Services Committee and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The p.m. today; further, that at 12:30 p.m. Senate since Goldwater-Nichols some question is on agreeing to amendment the Senate stand in recess subject to 30 years ago. There are fundamental re- No. 4607, as amended, offered by the the call of the Chair; and that notwith- forms in the military and how they do Senator from Arizona, Mr. MCCAIN. standing rule XXII, the vote on the mo- business, and that is very badly needed. Is there any further debate? tion to invoke cloture on the motion to We had a hearing a couple of weeks The amendment (No. 4607), as amend- proceed to H.R. 2578 occur when the ago about an F–35. The first time the ed, was agreed to. Senate reconvenes from this recess. F–35 began production was 15 years The bill was ordered to be engrossed The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ago. I change one of these every 18 for a third reading and was read the objection? months. Our acquisition system is bro- third time. Without objection, it is so ordered. ken; it needs to be fixed. There are bil- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, for the lions and billions of dollars of cost having been read the third time, the information of Senators, the cloture overruns that we need to fix if we are question is, Shall it pass? vote on the motion to proceed to the going to have the confidence of the Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask for Commerce-Justice-Science appropria- American people in their tax dollars the yeas and nays. tions bill will occur immediately fol- being spent wisely. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a lowing the official photo at 2:15 p.m. Again, I thank my friend and col- sufficient second? today. league from Rhode Island. There appears to be a sufficient sec- I yield the floor. ond. f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The clerk will call the roll. MORNING BUSINESS ator from Rhode Island. Mr. REED. Mr. President, let me The legislative clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the commend and thank the chairman on the previous order, the Senate will be his leadership. He began this process Senator from California (Mrs. BOXER) in a period of morning business until and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. with great deliberation months ago by 12:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to bringing together experts on defense SANDERS) are necessarily absent. speak therein for up to 10 minutes The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there organization—experts on military and each. strategic policy. Through a series of any other Senators in the Chamber de- The Senator from Arizona. siring to vote? many hearings, we were able to craft The result was announced—yeas 85, f significant legislation reforming the nays 13, as follows: operations of the Department of De- NATIONAL DEFENSE fense. We will now go to conference and [Rollcall Vote No. 98 Leg.] AUTHORIZATION BILL begin to work to improve that legisla- YEAS—85 Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I want tion. I think improvements can be Alexander Brown Cochran to thank the 85 members who voted for made with respect to the changes in Ayotte Burr Collins Baldwin Cantwell Coons the bill, and I would like to criticize the context of Goldwater-Nichols reor- Barrasso Capito Corker the 13 who voted against it. ganization. But I think the chairman’s Bennet Cardin Cornyn I think this is a good bill. I want to leadership was absolutely essential and Blumenthal Carper Cotton thank Senator REED for his coopera- incredibly productive in this process. Blunt Casey Daines Booker Cassidy Donnelly tion and the effort that has been made We have had debate on a number of Boozman Coats Durbin in our committee on a bipartisan basis. issues on the floor. I think we are now

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When we don’t have the relief af- vote would have been in order. the Corps, that provide drinking water forded by last year’s temporary agree- These are three issues, but these for Metro Atlanta, and that provide ment, we will be dealing with numbers issues cannot undercut the incredible water downstream for the Chattahoo- that will not allow our military to per- reforms that the chairman inspired chee, Flint, Coosa, and Tallapoosa Riv- form their basic mission of protecting with the bill and the thoughtful debate ers. These river basins also provide the United States. Therefore, we have and ultimately the conclusion—strong water to South Georgia and parts of to start working on this issue of se- bipartisan support for this initiative. Alabama and Florida. questration. As I suggested, it applies I want to thank the staff because we Currently, litigation is pending in not only to the Department of Defense could not have done this without them. the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal but to other agencies of the Federal I want to particularly thank Chris DC district court, and the U.S. District Government. Brose and all of his colleagues on the Court for the Northern District of Through the very careful leadership Republican side. They did a remark- Georgia. Negotiations are also ongoing of the chairman, we were able to come able job. between the State governments on this up with a working and I think work- I want to individually thank my very topic, and I believe they are closer able compromise with respect to Rus- staff: Jody Bennett, Carolyn Chuhta, to a solution right now than we have sian engines without surrendering the Jon Clark, Jonathan Epstein, Jon ever been. basic principle that the chairman had Green, Creighton Greene, Ozge Guzelsu, Clearly, this is an issue that should enunciated that we should not be rely- Mike Kuiken, Gary Leeling, Kirk be left to the States to settle through ing on Russian engines to send our McConnell, Maggie McNamara, Mike negotiation and, if needed, litigation. technology into space. Noblet, John Quirk, Arun Seraphin, But now another attempt is being As the chairman also indicated, there and my staff director, Elizabeth King. made by some in the Senate to surrep- are several issues that we could not Let me thank the floor staff too. titiously influence the courts through reach consensus on and which deserve Without Gary and Laura and others on language included in the report that not only a vote but in many cases de- the floor, we would not have gotten to accompanies this CJS bill. We will vote on that bill sometime serve passage. a conclusion. this afternoon. I strongly oppose this Senator SHAHEEN has worked tire- With that Mr. President, I yield the bill. This is the business of the States lessly. I have never seen a colleague floor. and should not be resolved or influ- work so intensely, so thoughtfully, so The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- enced in this manner. Let me be clear. professionally, literally going from of- ator from Arizona. It is not this body’s place to try and tip fice to office asking for support for the Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I thank Afghan interpreters—individuals who the scales in any way on this matter. my friend from Rhode Island and look Furthermore, we have already had have already been targeted in many forward to the conference and, for the this fight. This same language was in- cases because of their help to the 54th straight year, completing a bill serted last year during debate over the United States. If we don’t have this where the Congress of the United omnibus spending bill. Then it was re- legislation passed, then not only will States sends to the President and the moved after further examination and we send a terrible message to these in- President signs into law the National explanation was given to leaders in dividuals who have served with us and Defense Authorization Act. both Chambers over its purpose. Let sacrificed along with us, but also to I don’t know of a greater responsi- me reiterate that. When the leaders of succeeding generations who will not bility that we have, and, despite our this body and the leader in the House come to our aid because they are afraid differences and issues, I think that was saw what was really happening in this of the consequences. So not only look- why the vote was as overwhelming as language, they both independently re- ing back at justice and equity for peo- it was today. Unfortunately, the two moved the language. It was removed ple who helped us but looking forward Senators from Idaho were uninformed then, and nothing has changed to merit to being able to operate in not just Af- on the importance of this issue. having this debate again in this Senate ghanistan but other areas of the world, Mr. President, I yield the floor. this year. I think it was necessary to not only Mr. REED. I suggest the absence of a Multiple lawsuits and negotiations bring up the Shaheen amendment but quorum. between the States are ongoing. There to pass it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The is nothing unusual about that. Any at- As the chairman pointed out, Sen- clerk will call the roll. tempt to create a role for Congress dur- ator GILLIBRAND has a very important The legislative clerk proceeded to ing the appropriations process on this amendment with respect to sexual as- call the roll. issue would set a dangerous precedent sault in the military. She has done re- Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask and should alarm every Senator who markable work with respect to the unanimous consent that the order for cares about the rights and integrity of Uniform Code of Military Justice. She the quorum call be rescinded. the States. Injecting Congress into this has worked very closely with many col- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without would give an unjust advantage to leagues. objection, it is so ordered. other States involved, stripping away I must also thank Senator CLAIRE f any incentive for them to negotiate in MCCASKILL for her extraordinary ef- COMMERCE-JUSTICE-SCIENCE good faith with our State of Georgia. forts. There are many provisions in Furthermore, this congressional in- APPROPRIATIONS BILL this bill that Senator GILLIBRAND has volvement would establish a dangerous included, but there is one very impor- Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I rise precedent for any State involved in tant to her about the role of the com- today to speak very briefly to high- water resource negotiations. The nego- mander. That issue deserves a debate. light my opposition to the cloture mo- tiations on water rights in the West Like the chairman, I do not agree with tion on the appropriations bill for the make these pale in comparison. That is the conclusion, but I certainly believe Department of Commerce, Department not a role our Founders intended for that she should have had a vote. of Justice, and the Science agencies Congress to play, and inserting the Senator MURRAY also came here with and to discuss an issue of critical im- Federal Government into another issue a very important amendment, portance to my home State of Georgia where it doesn’t belong would be em- cryopreservation for soldiers. As they and what I think is a direct abuse of blematic of why folks back home are so go overseas and they do want to have a what the Founders intended for Senate fed up with the dysfunction in Wash- family, there is the risk in battle debate. ington. which could prevent that, and this is a For over 20 years, Alabama, Florida, For these reasons and others, as I procedure which would allow them not Georgia, and the Army Corps of Engi- will discuss throughout this week as

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We saw f grieve those lives lost, but we need to that in an attempted terrorist attack also try and make a difference. It is in Garland, TX, last year, on the day of NATIONAL DEFENSE time to act. the ISIS-inspired attack just northeast AUTHORIZATION BILL The Orlando attack was not just a of Dallas. Before the two jihadists—un- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, the random act of violence. It was a cal- fortunately traveling from Phoenix— Senate is demonstrating its serious culated act of terror. By aiming his arrived in Garland, they exchanged commitment to supporting our mili- gun at innocent civilians, this jihadist more than 100 different messages with tary, and it is a good thing. In passing opened fire on our freedoms, our way of terrorists overseas. Unfortunately, the the Defense authorization bill, a bipar- life, and the bedrock principles that FBI still doesn’t have access to those tisan piece of legislation, we author- make us a diverse and vibrant democ- communications because they are ized funding for training and for the racy. We have to take these threats se- encrypted. That means law enforce- ever-evolving threats our troops are riously and do everything we can to ment could still be missing critical in- meeting around the world. It will also counter the ideology that provides a formation that could uncover future give our men and women in uniform threat to our security, both within and plots or identify more terrorists, both the most up-to-date equipment, includ- without our borders. abroad and here at home. ing newer and more capable aircraft We also need an honest conversation The Garland case is not unique. The and vehicles. about how to move forward on legisla- FBI is routinely hamstrung by out- Fortunately, the bill also authorized tion that might have the effect of pre- dated policies that make their job of venting attacks like this in the future. needed improvements at military fa- protecting the homeland more dif- Some of those conversations are al- cilities, such as construction projects ficult. We saw another example of that ready happening, and I hope we will in my State at Fort Hood, Joint Base in San Bernardino, CA. We have to ad- not stop until we make some progress. San Antonio, the Red River Army dress this major policy gap. I hope the One place we can start is with a meas- Depot, and Ellington Field, and pro- Senate has an opportunity to consider ure I introduced last year that would vided a much needed and well-deserved an amendment I filed to a bill that prevent known or suspected terrorists pay raise for our troops. I am glad we would update the Electronic Commu- from purchasing firearms in the first were able to get through this process, nications Privacy Act. It would help place. It would not just block someone FBI agents get access to critical infor- get this bill done, making sure our from buying a gun because of mere sus- mation faster to prevent terrorist at- military is ready to face any potential picion but would set up a process to ac- threat around the world. tually detain—if based on evidence tacks. The FBI Director has made it f they are deemed to be a threat to soci- clear that this is his top legislative pri- ority, and it is also supported by Presi- MASS SHOOTING IN ORLANDO ety—and prevent them from not only purchasing a firearm but put them be- dent Obama and his administration. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I know I believe it is our duty, now more hind bars where they can’t be a danger the country is in shock and still trying than ever, to do something about it to other people. If potential terrorists to evaluate the terrorist attack in Or- and make sure the FBI has critical are dangerous enough not to be allowed lando as we continue to learn from the counterterrorism tools to be able to to own a gun, then I think they are FBI’s investigation. The attack killed dangerous enough to be taken off the identify potential threats before they almost 50 people and of course left doz- streets. We shouldn’t forget that a per- commit horrific acts of violence like ens injured. son who feels compelled to commit a we saw in Orlando. It is clear the According to the latest reports, one terrorist act will not be stopped by just threats are on our doorsteps, and we of the victims was Frank Escalante being unable to legally purchase a fire- should be willing to give those on the from Weslaco, TX. My heart goes out arm. The 9/11 attackers used box cut- front lines of the counterterrorism to Frank, his family and friends, and ters and airplanes. The Boston Mara- fight faster access to critical informa- all those others who lost loved ones thon bombers used homemade explo- tion so they can identify terrorists and early Sunday morning and to those liv- sives, and the terrorists in Paris and thwart those attacks. I am not talking ing with the wounds they sustained in Brussels used illegal firearms and sui- about content of communications—at that terrible attack. With this act of cide vests. least initially. We know under the violence and hatred, Orlando sadly In the case of the Orlando attacker, Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Con- joins a growing list of American cities it does not appear he was on a watch stitution that law enforcement has to and cities around the world changed list at the time he purchased the weap- demonstrate probable cause to get ac- forever by radical Islamic extremism. ons he used to carry out this horrific cess to content of online communica- The jihadist, like those in San attack. In fact, the FBI had twice tion, but there is a whole host of infor- Bernardino before him, declared his al- cleared him of being an active terror mation that identifies email addresses, legiance to the Islamic State, and like threat. We need to be clear-eyed about Internet Protocol addresses, and the the two Boston Marathon bombers, he this if we are actually serious about like, that could help the FBI connect was previously investigated by the FBI stopping events like this in the future. the dots. If we are expecting the FBI to for connections to terrorists or known I believe we do need to go further and connect the dots in terrorist attacks terrorist groups that carried out at- do more to arm our law enforcement and prevent other tragedies such as tacks similar to the gruesome attacks officers with the tools they need in that in Orlando, then we ought to give in Paris last November. Like those ter- order to counter terrorists and defend them access to all the dots. rorists, the terrorist in Orlando tar- communities. FBI Director James I hope this week, as we debate what geted hundreds of unarmed civilians, Comey has outlined—with great clarity the appropriate response is to dealing and ISIS has used the Internet to urge and specificity—how great a threat we with these acts of mass terror, we look lone wolves to imitate these types of face from extremists within our bor- at the legislation I introduced last De- attacks. In other words, not only are ders, and he made the point that the cember that would notify the FBI in we concerned about people in the Mid- FBI has opened investigations in all of the event someone on a watch list at- dle East who have pledged allegiance their FBI field offices around the coun- tempts to purchase a firearm and then to ISIS coming to the United States, try; that is, investigations of people give the FBI a chance, if the evidence we are concerned about Americans who being radicalized in place and doing the warrants it, to detain that individual are traveling from the United States, terrible deed that the shooter in Or- and deny them access to the firearm. going there and training, and then lando did early Sunday morning. Moreover, I hope we will also provide

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I am still amazed when the Now is the time for coming together Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby President refers to ISIS as the JV to face this enemy that seeks to upend move to bring to a close debate on the mo- team. Yet ISIS seems to be the best our very way of life. This is not the tion to proceed to Calendar No. 120, H.R. game going for terrorists in the Middle time to downplay the evil that perpet- 2578, an act making appropriations for the East. Indeed, I recently traveled with uates this violence, and it is also not Departments of Commerce and Justice, members of the Homeland Security the time for show votes on things like Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal Committee in the House to Tunisia. gun control. year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. There have been as many as 100 This individual in Orlando, who mur- Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Mike Tunisians who have traveled to Libya dered 49 people and injured so many Crapo, Richard C. Shelby, Richard and trained with other foreign fighters more, had a firearms license since 2011. Burr, Daniel Coats, Ben Sasse, Roger F. and then hope to make the short jump He was a licensed security guard. He Wicker, Thom Tillis, Steve Daines, into Europe via Italy and then poten- was not on a watch list at the time he Chuck Grassley, Susan M. Collins, tially commit terrorist attacks there committed this horrific act. So passing Thad Cochran, James Lankford, Lamar or even travel to the United States. some legislation dealing with people on Alexander, John Hoeven, Roy Blunt. Many of those countries are visa waiv- watch lists, such as the Senator from The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- er countries—38 different countries are California offered last December, would imous consent, the mandatory quorum visa waiver countries. If you make it have done nothing to prevent this at- call has been waived. into Europe through a visa waiver tack. The question is, Is it the sense of the country, you can travel to the United We ought to be about finding a way Senate that debate on the motion to States without a visa. That is a poten- to come together on a bipartisan basis proceed to H.R. 2578, an act making ap- tial threat to the United States. to make sure this sort of travesty is propriations for the Departments of We need to deal with ISIS seriously, not repeated over and over and over Commerce and Justice, Science, and which means we need a strategy to again. The only way we are going to do Related Agencies for the fiscal year crush ISIS and prevent them from not it is to get serious about giving the ending September 30, 2016, and for only killing innocent civilians in the FBI the tools they need in order to other purposes, shall be brought to a Middle East, as we saw when some fight and crush ISIS and its dangerous close? 400,000 Syrians died in Syria—Syria ideology where it resides in the Middle The yeas and nays are mandatory started out as a civil war, but now it East. We ought to take that oppor- under the rule. appears to be attracting terrorists tunity this week. We need to focus on The clerk will call the roll. from all across the region. We need to the threat and how to better protect The senior assistant legislative clerk deal with the threat of ISIS as a seri- our country. called the roll. ous national security matter and not I look forward to working with my Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator just as a law enforcement exercise, colleagues in other ways, exploring is necessarily absent: the Senator from where we act after the fact to inves- other ideas they may have to prevent Oklahoma (Mr. LANKFORD). tigate it and then perhaps prosecute tragedies like Orlando, San Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the people and put them behind bars. There Bernardino, and Boston from hap- Senator from California (Mrs. BOXER) is nothing we can do to punish a poten- pening in the future. and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Mr. President, I yield the floor. tial terrorist for taking the lives of 49 SANDERS) are necessarily absent. I suggest the absence of a quorum. people in Orlando, especially when they The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. kill themselves in the attack. We The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. PORTMAN). Are there any other Sen- ought to be about preventing those at- ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? tacks and not just prosecuting the cul- The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 94, pable once the attack is over. nays 3, as follows: Earlier today we passed the national Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I ask defense authorization bill and gave our unanimous consent that the order for [Rollcall Vote No. 99 Leg.] military men and women in uniform the quorum call be rescinded. YEAS—94 the resources they need in order to The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Alexander Fischer Nelson combat this evil outside our borders, CRUZ). Without objection, it is so or- Ayotte Flake Paul dered. Baldwin Franken Peters but what we need most of all in this Barrasso Gardner Portman fight against radical Islamic ideology f Bennet Gillibrand Reed is leadership from the White House, a RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF Blumenthal Graham Reid Blunt Grassley strategy, which we are still waiting THE CHAIR Risch Booker Hatch Roberts for, and a commitment to root out and Boozman Heinrich Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I ask Rounds Brown Heitkamp destroy ISIS and its affiliates. unanimous consent that the Senate Rubio I get the sense that the President and Burr Hirono stand in recess under the previous Cantwell Hoeven Sasse his national security team feel like Capito Inhofe Schatz order. Schumer this is something they can contain, but The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Cardin Johnson this is not something they can contain. Carper Kaine Scott objection, it is so ordered. Casey King Sessions Maybe they can hope to contain the Under the previous order, the Senate Cassidy Kirk Shaheen people fighting in the Middle East, but stands in recess subject to the call of Coats Klobuchar Shelby of course we know what has happened the Chair. Cochran Leahy Stabenow there. Maybe they can hope to catch Collins Lee Sullivan Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:27 p.m., Coons Manchin Tester people traveling from the Middle East recessed subject to the call of the Chair Corker Markey Thune to the United States, but it is not 100 and reassembled at 2:40 p.m. when Cornyn McCain Tillis percent secure. We know for sure that called to order by the Presiding Officer Cotton McCaskill Toomey Crapo McConnell Udall the preeminent threat here in the (Mr. ALEXANDER). Cruz Menendez Vitter homeland is people being radicalized in Daines f Merkley Warner Donnelly Mikulski place through social media and obvi- Warren Durbin Moran ously being instructed to kill Ameri- CLOTURE MOTION Whitehouse Enzi Murkowski cans where they live. This group is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Ernst Murphy Wicker growing in strength across North Afri- to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Feinstein Murray Wyden

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We have failed to Not everyone is welcomed by their Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- answer their repeated calls to address family and their friends with accept- sen and sworn having voted in the af- gun violence in this country. We have ance and love. Even today, not every- firmative, the motion is agreed to. failed to take steps necessary to make one is able to walk down the street f our communities safer, and as a result holding the hand of their loved one COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, we are complicit in creating the cir- without fear. For those in search of AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- cumstances that give rise to these solidarity in their communities, and PRIATIONS ACT, 2016—MOTION TO events. We can’t pretend this part isn’t for those in search of safety, Pulse pro- PROCEED on us. vided refuge. Regrettably, even today, Our State of Minnesota has a proud that refuge is sorely needed. Despite The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tradition of responsible gun ownership. long overdue victories, leaders in the clerk will report the motion to pro- Generations of Minnesotans have LGBT movement have perceived an in- ceed. learned to hunt from their parents, crease in violence directed against The senior assistant legislative clerk grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends their community. LGBT Americans read as follows: and neighbors, but when I speak to continue to face threats, intimidation, Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 120, constituents on this issue, the message and violence—on the street, in the H.R. 2578, a bill making appropriations for is clear: Minnesotans want Congress to workplace, and at school. By and large, the Departments of Commerce and Justice, take commonsense steps to reduce gun they remain vulnerable to discrimina- Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other violence and ensure their family’s safe- tion. purposes. ty. There is a balance to be struck As Americans come together in the here, and I strongly believe that we are days and weeks ahead, as we seek com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- capable of striking that balance. fort and community at pride celebra- ator from Vermont. The Second Amendment doesn’t pro- tions and candlelight vigils, it is in- Mr. LEAHY. I suggest the absence of tect the rights of everyone to carry cumbent upon all of us, but most espe- a quorum. whatever weapon he likes in any place cially policymakers, to do everything The PRESIDING OFFICER. The he wishes for whatever purpose he in our power to change the culture of clerk will call the roll. wants. The Second Amendment does hate and to pursue a more equal union. The senior assistant legislative clerk not entitle criminals, potential terror- It is simply unacceptable that in 28 proceeded to call the roll. ists, or people with serious mental ill- States, including Florida, there are no Mr. FRANKEN. Madam President, I ness to carry guns. It does not entitle protections to prevent a survivor of the ask unanimous consent that the order Americans to own guns designed to Orlando attack from being fired just for the quorum call be rescinded. slaughter scores of people in seconds. because he is gay. In 28 States, includ- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. We can’t turn back time. We can’t ing Florida, there are no protections to AYOTTE). Without objection, it is so or- bring back the lives we have lost. But, prohibit a homeless shelter from turn- dered. for God’s sake, what is it going to ing away a survivor of the Orlando at- MASS SHOOTING IN ORLANDO take? How many tragedies like this tack because she is a lesbian. In 29 Mr. FRANKEN. Madam President, I does this Nation have to endure before States, including Florida, there are no rise to address the tragic events in Or- we find the moral conviction to do protections to prevent a business from lando, FL. In the early hours of Sun- something about gun violence? refusing service to a survivor of the Or- day, a gunman walked into Pulse, a It is important for us to acknowledge lando attack because she is popular, crowded LGBT nightclub, on not just how this atrocity was com- transgender. That isn’t right. This is Latin night and opened fire, taking the mitted but who the gunman targeted, not who we are as a country, and it lives of 49 people and wounding 53 more and where. In his remarks on Sunday, must change. in an act of terror that has been called President Obama rightly drew the Na- Congress must take up and pass the the worst mass shooting in American tion’s attention to the site of this most Student Non-Discrimination Act to history. It was also the deadliest at- recent tragedy—to Pulse, a gay night- protect our children—our children—in tack on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and club that Barbara Poma opened to our schools. And Congress must take transgender community that our Na- honor the memory of her brother John, up and pass the Equality Act to make tion has ever known. whom she lost to AIDS years earlier. clear that discrimination and hate State and Federal authorities are Barbara explained that her family was have no place in our workplaces and in continuing their investigation into the strict and had a strong sense of tradi- our homes. assailant and what his motives were tion. Being gay was frowned upon. I was around 10 years old at the that night. I believe 44 of the surnames Coming out could not have been easy height of the civil rights movement. of those who died were Latino. Accord- for John, but when he did, his family My family used to eat dinner watching ing to the FBI, the shooter had pre- welcomed him with acceptance and TV on plates on tray tables, and we viously been investigated for potential love. Pulse was named for John’s would watch the news. And I remember ties to terrorist organizations, and dur- heartbeat, and it was a place, accord- seeing footage of police in the South ing the attack, the shooter called au- ing to his sister, where he was ‘‘kept siccing dogs on Black civil rights dem- thorities and pledged his allegiance to alive in the eyes of his friends and his onstrators, going after them with ISIL. family.’’ firehoses and billy clubs. I never will We must do everything in our power In describing the shooting, President forget my dad pointing at our tele- to eradicate this evil, combat recruit- Obama explained that ‘‘the place where vision screen and saying to me and my ment and radicalization, and we must they were attacked is more than a brother, ‘‘No Jew can be for that.’’ No make sure our efforts and our rhetoric nightclub—it is a place of solidarity Jew can be for that. It was obvious to do not scapegoat an entire community and empowerment where people have him, as it should be to all of us, that based on the actions of a single sick in- come together to raise awareness, to when some members of our commu- dividual. speak their minds, and to advocate for nities face injustice, we all do. The investigation is ongoing, and their civil rights.’’ But it is also impor- In the face of that pervasive discrimi- many details are still emerging, but we tant to note that, like so many of the nation, that stain on our values and know this: The 49 men and women who bars and nightclubs serving the LGBT our history, our Nation recognized lost their lives on Sunday night were community, Pulse was a place where then, as it should recognize now, that

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And America has a proud history of Of course, we didn’t always agree, but we must dedicate ourselves to securing standing up for the dignity and free- we worked together in the Senate to real change. dom of the human person against ty- make progress for Ohio on everything I implore my colleagues: Let us make rants of all stripes. We stood against from judicial nominees to supporting our laws our sanctuaries. Let us honor the deadly ideologies of the 20th cen- our manufacturing industry to clean- the memory of those lost on Sunday tury, and we will stand against the ing up our great lake, Lake Erie. and the lives of those who survived by deadly ideologies of the 21st century. When I came to the Senate in 2007, recognizing our obligation to take ac- On Sunday morning we saw the dark- we assembled a commission of distin- tion. No Member of Congress can be for est side of humanity, but, as so often guished Ohio lawyers of both parties to this. happens, when we see the worst in find the candidates—again, of both par- Madam President, I suggest the ab- human beings, we also see the best— ties—to recommend as nominees for sence of a quorum. the DJ who helped a patron escape the Federal judiciary. I thank Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. The from the club; the man who stuffed his PORTMAN. Actually, this began with clerk will call the roll. bandana into a bullet hole on a strang- Senator DeWine and Senator Voino- The senior assistant legislative clerk er’s back to stop the bleeding; the man vich, and it has now continued from proceeded to call the roll. who pulled a wounded stranger to safe- their service with Senator PORTMAN Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask ty behind a car and then kept him con- and me doing the same thing. unanimous consent that the order for scious on the way to the hospital; the George had a lifelong love affair with the quorum call be rescinded. long lines of Orlando residents who what he called the ‘‘jewel of the Great The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without came forward to donate blood; and, of Lakes,’’ Lake Erie. His fight to clean objection, it is so ordered. course, the police officers who walked up and protect our lake began when he Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I rise into that club and who wake up every joined the Ohio Legislature almost ex- today to remember the victims of the day ready to lay down their lives for actly 50 years ago. At that time, people terrorist attack in Orlando, FL. Forty- the rest of us. Against that spirit, ter- wrote off Lake Erie as a polluted, nine people were killed and even more rorism will never prevail. dying lake. Over the past century, peo- were wounded when a self-proclaimed Our whole Nation grieves with the ple have had a habit of trying to write ISIS sympathizer attacked Pulse citizens of Orlando. May God bless and off Ohio. Like all of our State’s cham- pions, George wouldn’t accept that. nightclub in the early hours of Sunday comfort the families of all those who As my colleagues know, there is an morning. I can’t imagine the trauma died, and may He heal all those whose experienced by those who were present enormous painting on the stairway hearts are broken. outside the Senate Chamber depicting in the club or the suffering of the fami- I yield the floor. the American victory in the Battle of lies now mourning a beloved son or I suggest the absence of a quorum. Lake Erie. George fought what he re- daughter. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ferred to as the ‘‘second battle of Lake My thoughts and prayers are with clerk will call the roll. Erie,’’ pushing for the first Great the victims, with the families of the The senior assistant legislative clerk Lakes Water Quality Agreement, deceased, and with all those currently proceeded to call the roll. cochairing the Senate’s Great Lakes sitting at the hospital beds of the in- Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask Task Force, working with me to intro- jured. My thoughts and prayers are unanimous consent that the order for duce the Clean Water Affordability also with the people of Orlando, whose the quorum call be rescinded. Act, which I continued to work on sense of security has been shattered by The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without since his retirement in December of this deadly attack. objection, it is so ordered. 2010. Every deadly ideology of the last cen- Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask tury has been characterized by a funda- That tenacity paid off. Our lake has unanimous consent to speak as in made an incredible comeback. We still mental disregard for the sacredness of morning business. have work to do every summer. We human life. The form of radical Islam The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have to deal with the return of toxic espoused by ISIS and its adherents is objection, it is so ordered. algal blooms. Senator PORTMAN and I no different. Like every radical ide- f have worked on that issue in the west- ology before it, it regards individual ern basin of Lake Erie near Toledo. human beings as expendable commod- RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE V. VOINOVICH But because of the work and invest- ities in its pursuit of a Utopia. More ment by people such as George, he was than that, it sees certain individuals as Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I am able to catch yellow perch not far from not only expendable but dangerous, and joined by my colleague and friend, Sen- his own backyard in Collinwood, a sec- it seeks to exterminate them accord- ator ROB PORTMAN of Ohio—the other tion on the lake on the east side of ingly. The blood-soaked villages of Senator from Ohio—to discuss the Cleveland. ISIS-controlled Iraq and Syria bear passing of a dear friend of his and of It will be up to all of us who love terrible witness to the slaughter of mine. I will make a few short remarks. Lake Erie and understand how vital it Christians, Yazidis, moderate Muslims, I believe Senator PORTMAN, who will is to our State to continue that work and anyone else ISIS felt was standing be speaking at his memorial service for our Great Lake. in its way. later in the week in Cleveland will be George was the son of Serbian and As a nation, we have to stand against offering a resolution and some com- Slovenian immigrants, and he under- the threat of terrorism. We have to en- ments to the resolution. stood the importance of investing in sure that our military is equipped to This past weekend we were awakened our Nation and investing in public destroy terrorist organizations abroad on Sunday to learn that the State of works that create jobs and power our and that our law enforcement per- Ohio and the city of Cleveland had lost communities and our economy. In re- sonnel are equipped to confront ter- one of its champions, George Voino- tirement, George Voinovich continued rorist threats here at home. We need to vich. to push for ways to finance our Na- control our borders and modernize our As mayor of my beloved city—the tion’s infrastructure. Just this year he immigration system so that we know city I call home—Cleveland, as a two- reached out to his friend, Senator CAR- who is coming and who is going from term Governor of Ohio, and as my col- PER of Delaware, and to me about the our Nation. We need to invest in our league for my first 4 years in the Sen- need for dedicated public works fund- intelligence agencies and hold them ac- ate before Senator PORTMAN succeeded ing. countable as they work to keep our him, George dedicated his life to public He was willing to reach across the homeland safe. We have to support our service. aisle to work with us on projects such

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That from enjoying many of childhood’s calling’’ because this was a time of ur- faith sustained him through the worst joys, such as sports. He didn’t let it get gency in his hometown of Cleveland. It tragedy that any parent can imagine, him down. In fact, he brought all his was in trouble. That same year, Cleve- when his 9-year-old daughter Molly was energies into his studies—one reason land had become the first American killed during George Voinovich’s first he was such a good student, I think— city since the Great Depression to de- campaign for mayor of Cleveland. He and he got around Cleveland on his red fault on its debt, which, by some meas- said of that experience later: bike, which he called Bessie, which was ures, totaled more than $100 million. When one loses a child, things come into his pride. Later in life, by the way, I That was a lot of money back then. focus, what is important, what is unimpor- had the opportunity to be in parades People were worried. Some people were tant. You see more. You feel more. You expe- with George Voinovich. I would be leaving the city altogether. rience more. We all take so much for grant- marching along, and there he was on From his neighbors and from his con- ed. his bicycle. I don’t know if it was science, George Voinovich heard the I hope we will take George’s passing named Bessie, but I know Janet Voino- call to come back home. Shortly after as an opportunity to reflect on what we vich was at his side, riding that bicycle he won that Republican nomination for take for granted and what is important in parades, and then as Governor mayor, tragedy struck the Voinovich to us as a country. On behalf of every- Voinovich and then Senator Voinovich. family. George’s youngest daughter, one in this body, I send my deepest He loved those bicycles and was always Molly, was hit by a car. She was walk- condolences to Janet Voinovich, to riding with a smile on his face. ing home from school when she was 9 their children, and to everyone touched That difficult health care struggle he years old. It is a tragedy no parent by George’s life and, frankly, her life of had early in his life shaped his char- should ever have to endure, but George public service. acter and gave him a heart for all those and Janet endured it, and, turning to His legacy will live on through the who were suffering or who were just their faith, they persevered. They went lasting contributions he made to his different. As with so many of his deci- on to win that election. beloved Cleveland, to Ohio, and to our sions, he would go to the Lord for in- George says that through that trial, great country. spiration. He would start with a hum- his faith deepened even further and his I yield to my friend from Ohio. ble prayer, and he did this at compassion for others grew even The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Collinwood High School. He said he stronger. SHERROD BROWN just talked ator from Ohio. prayed for guidance, asking God what about the fact that he said that Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I he should do with his life. And he got ‘‘things come into focus when you lose thought those remarks beautifully de- an answer. He felt he had a calling, and a child.’’ I think that is what my col- scribed a great public servant, George that was to get involved in student league said, and that is how George Voinovich. I wish to add a little to it, government, and so he ran. He was felt. It deepened his faith and brought and then at the end of my remarks, I elected as class president as a senior. things into focus. am actually going to offer a resolution He went on to serve as student body He did win that mayoral election, for the entire Senate to vote on as a president at Ohio University, when he and he turned Cleveland into ‘‘The tribute to the life of George Voinovich. was in undergraduate school, and he Comeback City.’’ It is not an exaggera- We have put together a resolution was president of his class and president tion, I don’t think, to say that he per- which talks about a lot of his accom- of the Young Republicans club while in sonally saved the city from default in plishments. As my colleague has said law school at Ohio State University. So the sense that he had incredible en- very well, it gives us an inspiration for if people wonder how he got into poli- ergy, infectious optimism that it could the future. From his life, hopefully, we tics, it all started in high school and happen, sheer force of will, and a great can learn about how to better do our through college and law school. That work ethic, and he brought people to- jobs on the floor of the Senate. was the track he chose for himself. gether. He was an amazing public servant. As For over half a century, he served his Having talked to some of the city fa- some know, he was not just mayor of neighbors in so many different roles— thers at that time, some of whom are Cleveland during a critical time but local, State, and Federal. He was a still with us, it was George Voinovich’s also Governor of Ohio and, of course, a county commissioner in Cuyahoga bringing a team together that saved Senator here for two terms. I believe County. He was county auditor. He was the city of Cleveland. He lifted people’s he represented the very best of public mayor, as we have talked about. He hopes. service. By that I mean whether it was was a State representative. He was an A decade later it was the entire State his efforts to tackle the debt, to give assistant attorney general. He was of Ohio that needed to be turned children more choice and parents more Lieutenant Governor. He was Governor around. After winning reelection in choice in their schools, or to modernize for two terms, and he was a U.S. Sen- Cleveland as mayor with two landslide infrastructure, he never made it about ator for two terms. This is a guy who votes, he was elected Governor in an- him. It was always about others, and devoted his life to public service. other landslide. Ohio was facing a mas- specifically, it was about his constitu- In 1959, as a young man, he volun- sive debt, just like Cleveland had been, ents. teered for the mayoral campaign of and George came to the rescue again, He was a very proud grandson of im- Tom Ireland. We don’t remember much saying he would get the State govern- migrants, Serbian and Slovenian. He about Tom Ireland, because Tom Ire- ment ‘‘working harder and smarter, was also the son of a great neighbor- land lost. But in that election, George doing more with less.’’ Anybody who hood in Cleveland called Collinwood, Voinovich met a young woman—a knew George Voinovich knew that was where I was over the weekend visiting beautiful and intelligent fellow volun- his favorite motto—doing more with with Janet Voinovich. He was raised teer named Janet Allan. Janet and less; working harder and smarter; and with the values of that neighborhood— George were married for more than 50 with God, all things are possible. honesty, integrity, and hard work. He years. Having just been with her over He did do more with less. He cut said that his father used to tell him the weekend, I can tell you she is an taxes by $24 billion to get the economy that in America we have more of the extraordinary woman. Their relation- moving, but he also trimmed govern- world’s bounty than any other country ship—their partnership—is a real ment spending by $720 million in just 2 on Earth because of our freedom, be- model and example for all of us, and years. With his experience as mayor, he cause ‘‘we get more out of our people certainly it has been over the years for wasn’t afraid to delve into the details through the free enterprise system and Jane and for me. George used to say of the budget. He rolled up his sleeves, our education system.’’ He never forgot about Janet that she was ‘‘God’s great- and he got involved.

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After a land- In our conversations, by the way, for not telling anybody this yet, but I am slide reelection, he left the Buckeye all of his political successes and ac- planning to not run again for reelec- State with nearly $1 billion in a rainy- complishments and all we had to talk tion. day fund. about that had to do with policy or po- I had just helped him with an event By the way, when he was mayor, he litical issues, he mostly wanted to talk in Ohio, and I was strongly supporting served as president of the U.S. Con- about family. That was where he al- him for reelection. But he said he had ference of Mayors, and when he was ways started. That was where he was in had it; that it was time for him to go Governor he served as president of the his heart. He would say: ‘‘How is the back home. He encouraged me to run. National Governors Association—the family?’’ That is how he would start He endorsed me the day I got in. I don’t only person in America to have done the conversation. Janet was his believe I would be here but for the fact that. That is pretty amazing. He rose soulmate, his partner in everything, that he called me to Washington that to the top. and he loved those kids and grandkids day and encouraged me and told me He loved to fish. Wildlife fishing in so much. They were the anchor for ev- that knowing public service was in my Lake Erie was his favorite thing. He erything—family and faith. That is one heart too, that this was the time to got me started on that, which I do now reason he was so successful, in my step forward and to help our country. I every year. He loved his lake. If you go view. He had grit, he had that work owe him for so much but most impor- to his home and stay, as I did over the ethic, and he certainly had natural tal- tantly for his model and for the exam- weekend, you know it is a couple of ent, but he also had that foundation. ple that he set. houses from the lake. You can see how That moral foundation of his family He was certainly an independent proud he was of that lake by the way in and his faith gave him the confidence voice, including on this floor. Senators which he supported efforts to make it and the ability to do so many other on both sides of the aisle will tell you clean and make it safe. He was also a great things for so many other people. he was an attentive and thoughtful lis- strong supporter of our coal miners in When he announced his retirement, tener. He treated people with respect eastern Ohio. He became the first gov- he said: ‘‘I have a philosophy: It’s God, and dignity. I have talked to some of ernment executive in the world to rec- family, country, and community.’’ the staff here this week about George ognize the independence of his ances- Those are pretty good priorities. Voinovich—some who have been here a tral homeland of Slovenia, something George put himself last. It was never while and remember him—and all have that meant a lot to George. His last about him. It was about others. He was the same to say. They cherished his speech was on Friday night of last the public servant. He put the servant friendship. They felt like he cared week, and it was on the 25th anniver- part first. about them. He had good friends—Sen- sary of Slovenia’s independence day. He had the heart of a servant because ator SHAHEEN and Senator CARDIN on George was reelected as Governor in he was a humble man. As some know the other side of the aisle. He had good 1994 with 72 percent of the vote. At the back home, he was proud of the fact friends on this side of the aisle. He used time, it was the biggest landslide of that he drove a Taurus and shined his to refer to Danny Akaka as being ‘‘like any Governor in Ohio history. After he own shoes. He was a penny-pincher. He a brother to me.’’ Senator Akaka was a had reached his term limit as Gov- loved to buy his clothes on sale. He was Member from Hawaii on the other side ernor, he was elected by another large a good fiscal conservative. He and of the aisle. margin to this Chamber, the Senate. Janet lived in the same house they His selfless example of public service, He was reelected in 2004 with more bought in Cleveland in 1972. No matter his ability to enact change on a bipar- votes than any Senate candidate had where he was or what his title was, he tisan basis does provide a lesson for us ever received in the State of Ohio. was, in many respects, still that same right now, and really for all time. I In the Senate, he focused on expand- kid from Collinwood—George from think we can best honor him by car- ing NATO to include Slovenia. He au- Collinwood. rying on that tradition, by figuring out thored a Federal law that helps to He was a man of deep faith. He was a how to solve problems, and that in- monitor and fight anti-Semitism all devout Catholic, and as busy as he was, volves reaching across the aisle and around the world. He passed bipartisan he went to mass several times a week. getting things done. He was a man who legislation to help protect American He also took comfort in praying the believed we could make a difference intellectual property. But if you want Rosary. The legendary quarterback here in this place. to see his biggest impact, go to Ohio. Bernie Kosar tells the story that I see Majority Leader MCCONNELL has You will see it everywhere—whether it George Voinovich prayed the Rosary at now joined us on the floor, and he will is the Innerbelt Bridge, named after Municipal Stadium with Bernie’s mom tell you that George Voinovich always him; whether it is the Voinovich Bicen- during the Browns’ 1986 double-over- had the belief that things could be bet- tennial Park in Cleveland; whether it time comeback playoff victory over the ter. He was ultimately an optimist, and is the Voinovich School of Leadership New York Jets. Everybody gives Bernie his ability to figure out how to get to and Public Affairs at his beloved Ohio Kosar all the credit for that, but it a solution was something all of us can University in Athens, OH; whether it is really was George Voinovich and a learn from. In Ohio, he was a public the Voinovich Atrium at the Rock and Higher Power that intervened. servant without equal. Roll Hall of Fame, which, by the way, After retirement, he did not slow Tonight, I would like to offer a reso- some say would not be in Cleveland but down. As I said, just this past Friday lution honoring his memory. I urge all for George Voinovich’s leadership. I he was at Cleveland City Hall for the my colleagues to support it. just talked last week to the director of 25th anniversary of Slovenia’s inde- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who pendence. He was also at the Repub- sent that the Senate proceed to the happened to be here for a visit, and, co- lican headquarters in downtown Cleve- consideration of S. Res. 493, which was incidently, we talked about George land last Thursday to open what we submitted earlier today. Voinovich’s role in being sure that the call the ‘‘Voinovich Lobby’’ of that The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. financing was put together to have new headquarters. He was also plan- GARDNER). The clerk will report the that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame be in ning to serve as a delegate in next resolution by title. Cleveland, OH. month’s Republican National Conven- The legislative clerk read as follows: These are all testaments to the love tion. We were so looking forward to A resolution (S. Res. 493) relative to the and respect the people of Ohio had and paying tribute to him in many ways at death of George V. Voinovich, former United continue to have for him. Above all, that convention. We still will, but, oh, States Senator for the State of Ohio.

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I was against the decision by the unanimous consent that the resolution Our top national security leaders, in- majority leader to end debate on this be agreed to, the preamble be agreed cluding the Secretary of Defense, the bill after a period of consideration that to, and the motions to reconsider be Director of National Intelligence, and resulted in consideration of only a considered made and laid upon the the Secretary of the Air Force, have handful of the over 600 amendments table with no intervening action or de- warned that laws that halt access to filed. Now, I am disappointed by its bate. Russian engines will endanger our abil- passage in the Senate. A bill this big The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ity to launch important defense and in- deserves substantial, open, public de- objection, it is so ordered. telligence satellites. bate. The resolution (S. Res. 493) was To cut-off access to Russian engines With less than 2 weeks of debate on agreed to. would force the Defense Department to legislation that authorizes nearly $600 The preamble was agreed to. buy rockets that are not cost-competi- billion, I continue to believe that the (The resolution, with its preamble, is tive with SpaceX because SpaceX’s Senate was unable to properly consider printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- rockets cannot launch our largest sat- the bill. Not only was more time need- mitted Resolutions.’’) ellites. The cost to the American tax- ed to explore and debate this lengthy Mr. PORTMAN. I thank the Chair. payer would be more than $1.5 billion, bill, during the brief period of consider- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- and it would be a risk to our national ation it was given, many on both sides jority leader. security. of the aisle, myself included, deter- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, be- As vice chairman of the Defense Ap- mined that the Defense authorization fore the Senator from Ohio leaves the propriations Subcommittee, I believe contains an assortment of harmful lan- floor, I had an opportunity to listen to these costs and risks are too high. guage. Many of my colleagues agree with this his tribute to our former colleague, This is unfortunate, because the De- view. The chairman of the Armed Serv- Senator Voinovich, and he was indeed a fense authorization also contains pro- ices Committee, Senator MCCAIN, has a stunningly successful public servant. I visions that I support. It authorizes different view. He argued forcefully mean, just thinking about any Repub- spending to promote our national in- that we should pass strong laws re- lican getting elected mayor of Cleve- terests, provides vital resources to our stricting the use of these engines. We land, it is hard to imagine such a military personnel, and reaffirms our crossed swords many times on the floor thing, and then to be so extraor- commitment to partners abroad. It of the Senate on this issue. Even dinarily successful at every step in his also furthers our military readiness though we still do not see eye-to-eye career. through investment in next-generation on this issue, the product of this debate I was privileged to get to know him technology. It is this kind of reason- is better because of it. when he came to the Senate. My col- able content that should be the uni- The Nelson-Gardner amendment pro- league from Ohio knew him a lot versal rule for a defense authorization. vides the Department of Defense with longer than I did, but I wanted, on be- Regrettably, that is only a portion of sufficient time to develop and test a re- half of all of us who served with this bill. George, to thank the Senator for that placement for the Russian rocket en- This year’s Defense authorization extraordinary tribute to his out- gine. The amendment limits the use of will once again prevent the President standing life. Russian engines for competitive from closing the detention facility at f launches to a maximum of 18, allows for a responsible transition to an Guantanamo Bay. The bill would ex- MORNING BUSINESS American-made engine, and, consistent tend the unnecessary prohibition on Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I with existing law, does not impact the constructing facilities within the ask unanimous consent that the Sen- use of Russian engines purchased to United States to house Guantanamo ate be in a period of morning business, support the EELV block buy. detainees, continue the counter- with Senators permitted to speak These provisions increase the pres- productive ban on transferring detain- therein for up to 10 minutes each. sure on DOD and the United Launch ees to the United States for detention The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Alliance to keep its new rocket R&D and trial, and maintain the onerous objection, it is so ordered. program on-track and push them to use certification requirements to transfer detainees to foreign countries. Regret- f only those Russian engines that are needed to support our national secu- tably, the bill also adds several new re- NATIONAL DEFENSE rity. strictions, including a provision to bar AUTHORIZATION BILL This amendment protects the Amer- detainee transfers to any country sub- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, 2 and a ican taxpayer by avoiding billions in ject to a travel warning by the State half years ago, I chaired a hearing of additional spending on sole-source con- Department. This sweeping prohibition the Defense Appropriations Sub- tracts for more expensive rockets. It is unnecessary and would even include committee in which the chief execu- protects our national security by guar- some of America’s allies. While this tives of the two top rocket makers, the anteeing that there will not be a gap in year’s bill does contain some modest United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, our ability to launch satellites. And it improvements to current law, the De- testified on the need for competition in protects our national interests by in- fense authorization once again fails to launching government satellites. creasing the pressure to have an Amer- provide the Obama administration with Not long after that hearing, Russia ican-made replacement engine ready as the flexibility it needs to finally close began its aggression against Ukraine. soon as possible. the detention facility at Guantanamo. These two issues—the threat against I would like to thank the Senators With the costs of more than $4 million Ukraine and the launch of U.S. sat- who worked tirelessly to see that this per year per detainee to keep the de- ellites—intersected because one com- amendment was adopted with a strong tention facility at Guantanamo open, I pany is reliant on rocket engines made vote in the U.S. Senate: Senators NEL- agree with our retired military leaders in Russia. SON, GARDNER, BENNET, SHELBY, COCH- who tell us that it is in our national se- Defense appropriations bills since RAN, DONNELLY, SESSIONS, and INHOFE curity interest to close the detention then have included nearly half a billion deserve great credit for their efforts. facility. Doing so is the morally and dollars to build a new, American-made I am proud to have worked with them fiscally responsible thing to do, and I engine to end this reliance on Russian on this issue, and I am pleased that we strongly oppose the needless barriers engines as quickly as a replacement were able to find a responsible solution to closing Guantanamo contained in can be built and tested. that protects our national security and this bill. Defense authorization bills have the American taxpayer. Also unfortunately, the Freedom of taken a different approach, by putting Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today the Information Act, FOIA, our Nation’s strict limits on the number of Russian Senate approved a Defense authoriza- premier transparency law, is directly

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However, just as we are about to My concerns are not limited to Guan- fund has been routinely ignored, and it bring more sunshine into the halls of tanamo Bay and FOIA. The bill also in- continues be used as a free-for-all power on FOIA’s 50th anniversary, this cludes massive changes to our mili- spending pool. Borrowing to sustain Defense authorization bill threatens to tary’s procurement and management our national defense objectives only in- cast a long and dangerous shadow over systems, rolling back reforms that creases the already significant burden our efforts. have been in place since Goldwater- placed on the working families who are Without ever consulting the Senate Nichols and putting at risk Federal most impacted by this irresponsible Judiciary Committee, which has exclu- employees and businesses that sell to practice. We must put in place mecha- sive jurisdiction over FOIA, the Armed the Department. These specific sec- nisms to begin responsibly ridding our- Services Committee included provi- tions include the elimination of the of- selves of the growing debt, rather than sions in this bill that cut at the heart fice that coordinates major acquisi- continuing to employ irresponsible of FOIA. One particularly egregious tions, separating development of new practices that only take us farther provision would allow the Department technology and plans for its long-term away from anything resembling a solu- of Defense to withhold from the public sustainment. The changes have been tion. anything ‘‘related to’’ military ‘‘tac- promoted under the guise of saving The National Defense Authorization tics, techniques, or procedures.’’ The money and reducing bloated command Act provides the Senate with a yearly terms ‘‘tactic,’’ ‘‘technique,’’ and ‘‘pro- structures, when they in fact only con- opportunity to responsibly address our cedure’’ are either defined very broadly fuse an already complex process and security priorities and to take care of or not at all. The provision further will likely result in needless future our men and women in uniform, while states that this information can only waste. bolstering our overall military capa- be withheld if its disclosure would I also remain deeply concerned about bilities. However, this year’s bill pro- ‘‘risk impairment’’ to the Department the impact of the caps on general offi- poses too many damaging provisions of Defense’s ‘‘effective operation’’ by cers to the National Guard. While I was far beyond the scope of the Department ‘‘providing an advantage to an adver- grateful to see that adjutants general of Defense. Despite the agreeable con- sary or potential adversary.’’ But it is and assistant adjutants were exempted, tent found within the bill, the damage entirely unclear what if any limitation there are other joint general officers that will be caused by many of these this language would impose, given that within the Guard, and I am worried measures far outweighs the benefits of none of the operative terms—impair- hard caps on the number of general of- approving this authorization. For that ment, effective operation, advantage, ficers will mean that the best man or reason, I cannot give it my support. or adversary—are anywhere defined. woman for the job becomes less impor- f While the Department of Defense tant than whether the Army or the Air might call those ‘‘terms of art,’’ it is Force has space under its respective ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION law and not art that the Congress cap. I am likewise concerned that de- Mr. CORKER. Mr. President, section passes. coupling the statutory requirement 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act Given the breadth of this language, that the Vice Chief of the National requires that Congress receive prior no- this provision amounts to what could Guard Bureau be a lieutenant general— tification of certain proposed arms be a wholesale carveout for the Depart- a decoupling that did not occur for the sales as defined by that statute. Upon ment of Defense from our Nation’s vice of any other member of the Joint such notification, the Congress has 30 transparency and accountability re- Chiefs of Staff—will force the Army or calendar days during which the sale gime. If enacted, this bill would em- Air Force to give up a three-star posi- may be reviewed. The provision stipu- power the Pentagon to withhold a tion to someone who statutorily does lates that, in the Senate, the notifica- wealth of information from the Amer- not report to their service secretary. I tion of proposed sales shall be sent to ican public. For example, the Pentagon am also concerned that by removing the chairman of the Senate Foreign could withhold the legal justifications the statutory requirement that the Relations Committee. for drone strikes against U.S. citizens, commander or deputy commander of In keeping with the committee’s in- preventing the American people from U.S. Northern Command be a member tention to see that relevant informa- knowing the legal basis upon which of the National Guard, we run the risk tion is available to the full Senate, I their government can employ lethal of entering a major national disaster ask unanimous consent to have printed force against them. It could withhold without a leader of the principal Fed- in the RECORD the notifications which from disclosure documents memori- eral response force having any experi- have been received. If the cover letter alizing civilian killings by U.S. forces, ence with how the States deal with dis- references a classified annex, then such depriving the American people of asters individually and together. annex is available to all Senators in The bill includes a provision, section knowledge about the human cost of the office of the Foreign Relations 1204, which would prohibit joint or wars fought in their name. And if en- Committee, room SD–423. multilateral exercises and conferences acted, the Pentagon could withhold in- There being no objection, the mate- between the Department of Defense formation about sexual assaults in the rial was ordered to be printed in the and the Government of Cuba, even military, masking the true extent of RECORD, as follows: sexual violence against servicemem- though the Department and the Cubans DEFENSE SECURITY bers who risk their lives defending our have worked together on issues related COOPERATION AGENCY, country. to the security of Guantanamo for Arlington, VA. In short, this bill could effectively many years. Senator FLAKE and I, Hon. BOB CORKER, drape a shroud of secrecy over all five along with Senators CARDIN and DUR- Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, corners of the Pentagon. It would un- BIN, proposed some exceptions to this U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. ravel decades of work we have done to provision in order to permit the De- DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- make our government more trans- partment to continue to engage with porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of parent to the American people and the Cubans on Guantanamo and to co- the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, threaten the progress we have just operate on other security matters, in- we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. 16–25, concerning the Department of the Air made with the FOIA Improvement Act. cluding search and rescue and counter- Force’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Ac- This unprecedented disappearing act narcotics. Unfortunately, Senator ceptance to the Government of Iraq for de- from our Nation’s premier trans- CRUZ, the author of section 1204, was fense articles and services estimated to cost parency law should have never been unwilling to compromise, and we were $181 million. After this letter is delivered to

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All defense articles and services listed in tion and the growth of its unity—from our geographic expansion over time to TRANSMITTAL NO. 16–25 this transmittal have been authorized for re- lease and export to the Government of Iraq. the evolution of our population and the Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of definition of what it means to be an Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the f American. We must also commemorate Arms Export Control Act, as amended FLAG DAY the lives of those who have served our (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, 100 years Iraq. Nation and its people in pursuit of the (ii) Total Estimated Value: ago, President Woodrow Wilson issued values for which the flag—and we— Major Defense Equipment* $0 million. a proclamation which established June proudly stand. Other $181 million. 14 as Flag Day, the day during which Our banner waves in the name of the Total $181 million. we commemorate the 1777 adoption of freedom of every American, and we join (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- our great Nation’s flag. In 1949, an act together on this day in order to com- tities of Articles or Services under Consider- of Congress established National Flag memorate every contribution which ation for Purchase: Day. Today I wish to recognize and cel- has kept that freedom alive. Non-Major Defense Equipment (MDE): The ebrate Flag Day and remember all Iraqi Air Force requests a five-year f those who have fought in defense of our sustainment package for its AC–208 fleet ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS that includes: operational, intermediate, and flag and everything it symbolizes. depot-level maintenance; spare parts; compo- The Flag Act of 1777 established that nent repair; publication updates; mainte- the first flag of the United States TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT nance training; and logistics. Also included would have 13 red and white stripes, as GENERAL JAMES F. JACKSON in this sale are Contract Logistics Services well as 13 white stars in a blue field in (CLS), training services, and Contract Engi- order to recognize the Thirteen Origi- ∑ Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, today I neering Services. There is no MDE associ- nal Colonies. Since then, our flag has recognize Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson ated with this possible sale. The total overall upon his retirement from the U.S. Air estimated cost is $181 million. grown to include 50 stars which rep- (iv) Military Department: Air Force. resent all 50 States in our Union today. Force after 38 years of military service (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: IQ–D–QAH– The final star, representing the State to our great nation. General Jackson’s $20M–13 FEB 09, IQ–D–QAF–$5M–26 OCT 08. of Hawaii, was added in 1960. Since distinguished military career cul- (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Of- then, our flag has flown proudly minated as Chief of Air Force Reserve fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. throughout the United States and in and Commander, Air Force Reserve (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained embassies around the world, cele- Command. in the Defense Article or Defense Services brating our Nation’s history of freedom General Jackson is a 1978 graduate of Proposed to be Sold: None. the U.S. Air Force Academy. He com- (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: and liberty. The evolution of our flag is June 14, 2016. representative of our evolution as a na- pleted 14 years on Active Duty, includ- *As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms tion and how far we have come over the ing flying tours in Europe and the Pa- Export Control Act. past 239 years. cific before joining the Air Force Re- POLICY JUSTIFICATION In Maryland, Flag Day is also a day serve in 1992. General Jackson has held The Government of Iraq—AC–208 to remember the important contribu- numerous wing leadership and com- Sustainment, Logistics, and Spares Support tions made by our State to our Na- mand positions, as well as staff assign- The Government of Iraq has requested a tion’s development in the early days of ments at Eighth Air Force and Head- possible sale of a five-year sustainment the Union. quarters U.S. Strategic Command, package for its AC/RC–208 fleet that includes; In the midst of the War of 1812, Gen- Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Head- operational, intermediate, and depot-level eral Samuel Smith asked Baltimore quarters U.S. Pacific Command, and maintenance; spare parts; component repair; resident Mary Pickersgill to make a Headquarters U.S. Air Force. A career publication updates; maintenance training; flag ‘‘so large that the British will instructor pilot and evaluator, the gen- and logistics. Also included in this sale are have no difficulty seeing it from a dis- eral is a command pilot with more Contract Logistics Services (CLS), training than 3,600 hours in the F–4 Phantom II, services, and Contract Engineering Services. tance.’’ That flag, 30 feet tall and 42 There is no MDE associated with this pos- feet wide, was raised and flown over F–16 Fighting Falcon and KC–135R sible sale. The total overall estimated value Fort McHenry during the famous Bat- Stratotanker. is $181 million. tle of Baltimore in 1814. Mary In his role as Chief of Air Force Re- The purchase of this sustainment package Pickersgill’s flag also became the in- serve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, in will allow the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) to con- spiration for the poem written by Washington, DC, General Jackson tinue to operate its fleet of eight C–208 light Francis Scott Key, which would even- served as principal adviser on Reserve attack and Intelligence, Surveillance, and tually become our country’s national matters to the Secretary of the Air Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft beyond the Force and Chief of Staff of the Air June 2016 end of its existing CLS contract. anthem. Limited IqAF maintenance capability neces- That night, our flag stood as a sym- Force. As Commander of the Air Force sitates continued CLS. Ultimately, the goal bol of the strength of our union and the Reserve Command at Robins Air Force is for the IqAF to become self-sufficient in bravery and resilience of those willing Base, General Jackson was responsible the areas of aircraft maintenance and logis- to fight for it. Today it continues to for approximately 70,000 citizen airmen tics training. Iraq will have no difficulty ab- serve as a reminder of the courage and and all Air Force Reserve units world- sorbing this support. commitment of those willing to give wide, including 36 wings, 10 standalone The proposed sale will contribute to the all in defense of the freedoms granted groups, and a myriad of mission sup- foreign policy and national security goals of port units located at 54 joint and Ac- the United States by helping to improve a to every American. On this day, we re- critical capability of the Iraq Security member not only the history and tive component bases and nine Reserve Forces in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq growth of this Nation, but also the men bases and stations. and the Levant. and women who gave that ultimate As the Air Force Reserve’s chief ad- The proposed sale of this equipment and sacrifice in order to uphold the lib- vocate within the Pentagon and on support will not alter the basic military bal- erties for which our flag stands. Capitol Hill, General Jackson defended ance in the region. For over two centuries, our flag has an annual President’s budget request The principal contractors will be Orbital meant hope, freedom, and liberty to all amount for the Air Force Reserve of ATK in Falls Church, Virginia, and Flight those who enter this country, and it more than $5 billion, which enabled the Safety International in Flushing, New York. There are no known offset agreements pro- will continue to uphold this meaning component to remain ready to support posed in connection with this potential sale. for many years to come. Since 1777, the combatant commander taskings as an Implementation of this proposed sale will flag has been a reminder to every integral component of the Air Force not require the assignment of any additional American of the work and sacrifices team. General Jackson’s articulate

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Her accomplishments include modernization needs of the compo- as a civilian and within the Air Force doubling LELT’s conservation lands nent’s aging inventory of aircraft and Reserve Command as a Traditional Re- from 3,300 to 6,600 acres and securing equipment that yielded an additional servist and Air Reserve Technician. over $5.5 million in grants for high pri- $400 million in congressional support During this time, he developed and im- ority land acquisitions. She leaves for Air Force Reserve modernization plemented key policies and procedures LELT poised for continued success requirements via the National Guard for Reserve Officer Personnel Manage- working on behalf of Maine commu- and Reserve equipment account. This ment Act, Officer Development, Inno- nities. additional support ensured the mission vative Readiness Training Program, I would like to join LELT and the effectiveness and survivability of cit- and Centralized Training, thereby en- people of Maine in recognizing and izen airmen and preserved the Air hancing overall combat readiness for thanking Ms. Walia for her work and Force Reserve as an interoperable, the command. dedication to our great State. Her flexible, and combat-ready force. As a As Vice Commander of Air Force Re- groundbreaking work with LELT has result, Reservists were reliably called serve Recruiting, Colonel Kirby has de- helped to preserve Maine’s valuable upon during his tenure to conduct com- veloped and executed numerous initia- natural resources and contribute to bat and humanitarian operations tives resulting in the Air Force Re- Maine’s status as a leader in nature abroad, in addition to supporting our serve Command, AFRC, exceeding its conservation and environmental stew- homeland with unique capabilities annual recruiting goal for 8 consecu- ardship. The State of Maine owes Ms. such as aerial spray and hurricane tive years. As the second largest Air Walia immensely for all her hard work, Force Major Command, AFRC has been hunting. and I wish her all the best in her retire- manned at greater than 99 percent for During General Jackson’s tenure, Air ment.∑ Force Reservists have mobilized in sup- the past 8 consecutive years, reversing port of 54 named operations and exer- a decade-long trend of failing to meet f cises and have conducted total force, congressionally mandated end-strength levels. He is directly responsible for ac- 2016 MILITARY ACADEMY joint, and coalition operations at more APPOINTEES FROM UTAH than 100 locations worldwide. General cessing more than 58,000 airmen help- ∑ Jackson’s visionary leadership and ing to transform the Air Force Reserve Mr. LEE. Mr. President, one of the ceaseless efforts have established the recruiters into the most productive great privileges of representing my fel- Air Force Reserve as a combat-ready within the Department of Defense. low Utahns in the U.S. Senate is the Paul could not have been such a tre- force and an essential provider of oper- annual opportunity to meet the excep- mendous leader without the love and ational capability, strategic depth, and tional young men and women from the unfailing support of his lovely wife of surge capacity. Ultimately, General great State of Utah who have answered 39 years, Wanda, and their three chil- Jackson successfully postured Amer- the call of service by applying to the dren, Jeremy, Rebekah, and Chris- ica’s citizen airmen to stand as a hedge U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Mili- topher. tary Academy, the U.S. Naval Acad- against risk, while remaining fully I join my colleagues in expressing ready to support ongoing operations emy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine our sincere appreciation to Col. Paul Academy. and to respond to emerging threats W. Kirby for his outstanding service to with agility and innovation. Under title 10 of the U.S. Code, each both the U.S. Air Force and our great year Members of Congress are author- Congratulations to General Jackson Nation. We wish him the best as he on the notable conclusion of an out- ized to nominate a number of young transitions into retirement. Colonel men and women from their district or standing military career. On behalf of Kirby is a true professional and a cred- the people of the great State of Georgia State to attend the country’s service it to himself and the U.S. Air Force Re- academies. It is my distinct honor to and a grateful Nation, I offer my sin- serve.∑ cere thanks to General Jackson and his nominate 14 exemplary Utahns this f wife, Barbara. I wish them both the year. very best as they embark on this new TRIBUTE TO CARRIE WALIA But receiving a congressional nomi- chapter.∑ ∑ Mr. KING. Mr. President, today I nation does not guarantee acceptance. To be admitted, each applicant must f wish to recognize the outstanding de- votion of Carrie Walia, who has worked meet on his or her own merits the TRIBUTE TO COLONEL PAUL W. to preserve Maine’s rich outdoor herit- academies’ rigorous standards. ‘‘PK’’ KIRBY age throughout her career. Carrie is Well, I have studied the applications ∑ Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, on the stepping down from her position as ex- of these 14 men and women, and I can occasion of his retirement from the ecutive director of Loon Echo Land say, without hesitation or exaggera- U.S. Air Force, I recognize Col. Paul W. Trust, and we recognize her service and tion, that you would be hard pressed to ‘‘PK’’ Kirby for his more than 41 years thank her for her contribution to the find a more accomplished, talented, pa- of dedicated service to our country. In great State of Maine. triotic group of American citizens any- his most recent assignment, he serves In her role as executive director of where. And so I was not surprised to as the Vice Commander, Air Force Re- Loon Echo Land Trust, LELT, Ms. learn that all 14 applicants have been serve Command Recruiting Service and Walia has invested deeply in the envi- accepted and will soon be joining the Deputy Director of Recruiting, Air ronmental sustainability of Maine’s ranks of our Nation’s military acad- Force Reserve Command, Robins Air communities, specifically the Sebago emies in the summer of 2016. Force Base, GA. In this role, he exer- Lakes region. That region has long Each of these 14 students is of sound cises command and oversight of over been a renowned outdoor recreation mind and body. This will serve them 450 military and civilian personnel area, attracting outdoor enthusiasts of well in Colorado Springs, West Point, worldwide at over 45 main operating lo- all kinds. From boating to ice fishing, Annapolis, and Kings Point. But to suc- cations and serves as the principle ad- locals and visitors alike enjoy the nat- ceed, they will need more than this. viser to the both the commander of re- ural beauty and tremendous resources The journey on which these young cruiting and AFRC commander on all it has to offer. Under Ms. Walia’s lead- men and women will soon embark re- matters relating to recruiting. ership, LELT has been successful in quires more than mental and physical Colonel Kirby enlisted in the Air preserving the region’s beauty and en- aptitude. It demands strong moral Force in May 1973 and served 13 years suring its sustainability for years to character—leadership, courage, hon- prior to receiving his commission come. esty, prudence, and self-discipline—and

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A own unique way, the standards of ex- uating from the Medicine, Science, and member of the National Honor Society, cellence on which America’s service Health Professions Academy, and she Mitchell was involved with the Mathe- academies are built. was a member of Health Occupations matics, Engineering, Science Achieve- Joseph Stryker Cooke will be attend- Students of America. Michelle served ment organization and served as a ing the U.S. Naval Academy. Joseph others in her role as a group leader in group leader for the Technology Stu- attended Highland High School and her vacation bible study and as a tutor dent Association, where he excelled in graduated from Quince Orchard High in the Davis School District. She spent engineering contests at the State level. School in Maryland, where he was cap- several years with her family on the He also worked diligently to obtain his tain of the tennis team, earning a bid Yongsan Garrison Army Base in South pilot’s license. to the State tournament, and a mem- Korea. David Sperry White will be attending ber of the National Honor Society. In Angela Ayame Marsh will be attend- the U.S. Military Academy at West addition to serving as a leader in his ing the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. A graduate of Uintah High church’s youth organization and as a Point after graduating from the Amer- School, where he served as student tutor at a local elementary school, Jo- ican School in Japan, where she served body president, David also was vice seph worked as a volunteer and pros- as the student body vice president. She president of the National Honor Soci- thetics intern at the Walter Reed Na- was a member of the varsity debate ety and captain of the basketball and tional Military Medical Center. team and was president of the Shine On cross-country teams. He earned his Zachary Kirk Daines will be attend- Cancer Victims Support Group. A Eagle Scout award and received a ing the U.S. Military Academy at West member of the National Honor Society, scholarship from the Freedoms Foun- Point. He graduated from Syracuse Angela cofounded and served as presi- High School and has been attending dation at Valley Forge. David was hon- dent of the Premedical Society and was the Marion Military Institute to pre- ored to attend Boys State and sit on the grand prizewinner in the poetry pare for West Point. Zach is a standout the Vernal Youth City Council, where slam competition. She participates in athlete, in football and track and field, he served as president of the Vernal CrossFit competitions and runs with as well as an Eagle Scout, a leader in Youth in Action and organized the col- the cross-country team. his church’s youth organization, sec- lection and distribution of 500 blankets Izaac Adam Polukoff will be attend- for the Women’s Shelter and Turning retary of his senior class, and a mem- ing the Merchant Marine Academy. He ber of both the Future Business Lead- Point Shelter. graduated from Park City High School ers of America and Health Occupations Autumn Eliza-Anne Wolfgramm, a and sharpened his academic and mili- Students of America. West High School graduate, accepted Wyatt Ethan Espell, a North Summit tary skills at the Milton Academy. He an appointment to the Air Force Acad- High School graduate, accepted his ap- was an Academic All-Star for the Utah emy. She served as the student body pointment to the U.S. Military Acad- High School Hockey League and was secretary and captain of the swim emy at West Point. He served as a captain of his Ultimate Frisbee team. team. She was a mentor for the Fresh- mayor at Boys State, president of the He found many ways to serve others by man Mentoring Society and volun- Future Business Leaders of America, organizing the Park City Memorial 5K, teered with the Panther Pals, a service and vice president of Health Occupa- volunteering with the Kimball Arts organization working with children tions Students of America, and he is a Center and with Boston Area Youth At with disabilities. She was also a leader member of the National Honor Society. Risk, and participating in the Environ- in her church’s youth program and a Wyatt played on the football team, mental Club. Izaac is a member of the member of Health Occupations Stu- wrestled, and ran track and cross coun- National Honor Society. dents of America. Autumn is fulfilling try, and he volunteered at the Park Xavier Ray Price will be attending her grandparents’ dream when they City Medical Center. Wyatt spent his the Air Force Academy. He is a grad- emigrated from the Kingdom of Tonga summers working with Glaser Land uate of Judge Memorial Catholic High to seek out better educational opportu- and Livestock. School where he was captain of both nities for their children. Ian Alexander Hardy will be attend- the track and field and the football Tyler James Wright will be attending ing the U.S. Naval Academy after serv- teams. Xavier’s outstanding play on the Air Force Academy. A graduate of ing for 2 years in Tokyo, Japan, on a the football field helped his team win Springville High School, Tyler was mission for the Church of Jesus Christ two State championships and earned president of the debate team and of Latter-Day Saints. He graduated him a spot on the First Team All-State Health Occupations Students of Amer- from the Northern Utah Academy for selected by the Salt Lake Tribune. An ica. He was an active member of the Math, Engineering, and Science where honor roll student, he also volunteered track and field team, Model United Na- he was captain of the CyberPatriot with the Carmelite Monastery of Salt tions, Boy Scouts, and the Springville team. While studying at Weber State Lake at their annual Carmelite Fair Youth City Council. An avid outdoors- University, Ian served as the Ozone Te- fundraiser and with the Lady of man and reader, Tyler volunteers with lemetry Specialist for the High Alti- Lourdes School. Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs and the tude Reconnaissance Balloon for Out- Jacob Abraham Rice, from Morgan Brookside Elementary reading pro- reach and Research team. Ian is an High School, will be attending the Air gram, as well as local art and air Eagle Scout, Boys State attendee, and Force Academy. An attendee of both shows. Tyler serves as a cadet in the played on the varsity rugby team. Boys State and Boys Nation, he also Civil Air Patrol. Stephen Hunter Lee, a graduate from served as president of the National It has been an honor and an inspira- the Intermountain Christian School, Honor Society, president of Empow- tion to meet and to nominate each of will be attending the U.S. Military ering Youth to Prevent Suicide, and these exemplary young men and Academy at West Point. An Eagle captain of the track and field team. women. Doing so has given me an Scout, with three Eagle Palms, he Jacob was cocaptain of his speech and unshakeable confidence in the future of served as president of his junior class, debate team, and in 2015, he was named this great Nation and the future of our editor of the yearbook, and captain of the Forensics School Sterling Scholar. Armed Services. the soccer team. Stephen is a member He used his music skills to play violin But to these 14 students and to all of the National Honor Society and a for patients at Primary Children’s Hos- their future classmates from around scholarship recipient from the Free- pital and the Pine View Transition the country, do not forget: this is but doms Foundation at Valley Forge. An Rehab Facility. Jacob serves as a board the beginning of your journey. avid rock climber, Stephen is active in member of the Young Democrats of You would not have arrived at this a local climbing club. Utah. point were it not for your hard work

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It is also interests of the United States. a member of the Nuclear Suppliers MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The proposed Agreement contains all Group, whose non-legally binding A message from the President of the the provisions required by section 123 guidelines set forth standards for the United States was communicated to a. of the Act, and provides a com- responsible export of nuclear commod- the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his sec- prehensive framework for peaceful nu- ities for peaceful use. A more detailed retaries. clear cooperation with Norway based discussion of Norway’s domestic civil on a mutual commitment to nuclear nuclear activities and its nuclear non- f nonproliferation. It would permit the proliferation policies and practices is PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE transfer of unclassified information, provided in the NPAS and the NPAS material, equipment (including reac- classified annex submitted to the Con- tors), and components for nuclear re- gress separately. PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR CO- search and nuclear power production. I have considered the views and rec- OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOV- Norway has no nuclear power program, ommendations of the interested depart- ERNMENT OF THE UNITED and no current plans for establishing ments and agencies in reviewing the STATES OF AMERICA AND THE one, but the proposed Agreement would proposed Agreement and have deter- GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM facilitate cooperation on such a pro- mined that its performance will pro- OF NORWAY CONCERNING gram if Norway’s plans change in the mote, and will not constitute an unrea- PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR future. Norway does have an active nu- sonable risk to, the common defense ENERGY—PM 51 clear research program and the focus of and security. Accordingly, I have ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- cooperation under the proposed Agree- proved the proposed Agreement and au- fore the Senate the following message ment, as under the previous agreement, thorized its execution and urge that from the President of the United is expected to be in the area of nuclear the Congress give it favorable consider- States, together with an accompanying research. The proposed Agreement ation. report; which was referred to the Com- would not permit transfers of Re- This transmission shall constitute a mittee on Foreign Relations: stricted Data, sensitive nuclear tech- submittal for purposes of both sections nology, sensitive nuclear facilities or 123 b. and 123 d. of the Act. My Admin- To The Congress of the United States: major critical components of such fa- istration is prepared to begin imme- I am pleased to transmit to the Con- cilities. diately consultations with the Senate gress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and The proposed Agreement would pro- Foreign Relations Committee and the 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, vide advance, long-term (pro- House Foreign Affairs Committee as as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the grammatic) consent to Norway for the provided in section 123 b. Upon comple- ‘‘Act’’), the text of a proposed Agree- retransfer for storage or reprocessing tion of the 30 days of continuous ses- ment for Cooperation Between the Gov- of irradiated nuclear material (spent sion review provided for in section 123 ernment of the United States of Amer- fuel) subject to the Agreement to b., the 60 days of continuous session re- ica and the Government of the King- France, the United Kingdom, or other view provided for in section 123 d. shall dom of Norway Concerning Peaceful countries or destinations as may be commence. Uses of Nuclear Energy (the ‘‘Agree- agreed upon in writing. The United BARACK OBAMA. ment’’). I am also pleased to transmit States has given similar advance con- THE WHITE HOUSE, June 14, 2016. my written approval, authorization, sent to various other partners, includ- f and determination concerning the ing to Norway under the previous U.S.- Agreement, and an unclassified Nu- Norway Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE clear Proliferation Assessment State- Agreement that was in force from 1984 ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED ment (NPAS) concerning the proposed to 2014. The proposed Agreement would At 10:05 a.m., a message from the Agreement. (In accordance with sec- give the United States the option to re- House of Representatives, delivered by tion 123 of the Act, as amended by Title voke the advance consent if it con- Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, XII of the Foreign Affairs Reform and siders that it cannot be continued announced that the Speaker has signed Restructuring Act of 1998 (Public Law without a significant increase of the the following enrolled bills: 105–277), a classified annex to the risk of proliferation or without jeop- H.R. 1762. An act to name the Department NPAS, prepared by the Secretary of ardizing national security. of Veterans Affairs community-based out- State, in consultation with the Direc- The proposed Agreement will have a patient clinic in The Dalles, Oregon, as the tor of National Intelligence, summa- term of 30 years from the date of its ‘‘Loren R. Kaufman VA Clinic’’. rizing relevant classified information, entry into force, unless terminated by H.R. 2212. An act to take certain Federal will be submitted to the Congress sepa- lands located in Lassen County, California, either party on 1 year’s advance writ- into trust for the benefit of the Susanville rately.) The joint memorandum sub- ten notice. In the event of termination Indian Rancheria, and for other purposes. mitted to me by the Secretaries of or expiration of the proposed Agree- H.R. 2576. An act to modernize the Toxic State and Energy and a letter from the ment, key nonproliferation conditions Substances Control Act, and for other pur- Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory and controls will continue in effect as poses. Commission stating the views of the long as any material, equipment, or The enrolled bills were subsequently Commission are also enclosed. An ad- component subject to the proposed signed by the President pro tempore dendum to the NPAS containing a Agreement remains in the territory of (Mr. HATCH). comprehensive analysis of Norway’s ex- the party concerned or under its juris- port control system with respect to nu- diction or control anywhere, or until At 11:30 a.m., a message from the clear-related matters, including inter- such time as the parties agree that House of Representatives, delivered by actions with other countries of pro- such items are no longer usable for any Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, liferation concern and the actual or nuclear activity relevant from the announced that the House has passed suspected nuclear, dual-use, or missile- point of view of safeguards. the following bill, without amendment: related transfers to such countries, Norway is a non-nuclear-weapon S. 337. An act to improve the Freedom of pursuant to section 102A(w) of the Na- State party to the Treaty on the Non- Information Act. tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons The message further announced that 3024(w)), is being submitted separately (NPT). Norway has concluded a safe- the House has passed the following by the Director of National Intel- guards agreement and additional pro- bills, in which it requests the concur- ligence. tocol with the International Atomic rence of the Senate:

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An act to combat trafficking in as well as important historic and cultural as- specific processes for wildlife management human organs, and for other purposes. pects of our local heritage, are being ignored, exemptions and direction for collaboration H.R. 4939. An act to increase engagement which adversely affects the lives and jobs of via existing state agreements and guidelines; with the governments of the Caribbean re- the people of the United States and dev- and gion, the Caribbean diaspora community in astates local and state economies; and Whereas, administratively recommended the United States, and the private sector and Whereas, on June 4, 2015, Representative wilderness areas circumvent the spirit of civil society in both the United States and Bruce Westerman introduced H.R. 2647, the NEPA and congressional intent and lack the Caribbean, and for other purposes. Resilient Federal Forests Act. The bill transparency; and H.R. 5312. An act to amend the High-Per- passed in the House on July 9, 2015 and was Whereas, with the implementation of fed- formance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize transmitted to the Senate, where it died in eral land management plans, recommended activities for support of networking and in- committee; and wilderness areas constitute a significant and formation technology research, and for other Whereas, the Resilient Federal Forests Act immediate change in management without a fully disclosed impact analysis required by purposes. expedites and improves forest management activities through a collaborative process, NEPA; and f Whereas, the federal land management resulting in the protection of water re- plans lack full NEPA disclosure of potential MEASURES REFERRED sources. impacts to this state and the public, assur- Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of The following bills were read the first ances protecting this state’s ability to the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- and the second times by unanimous proactively manage wildlife and fulfill its resentatives concurring, prays: public trust responsibility, including specific consent, and referred as indicated: 1. That the United States Congress enact management activities, and analyses of the H.R. 3636. An act to amend the Immigra- the Resilient Federal Forests Act. cumulative impacts of further loss of public tion and Nationality Act to allow labor orga- 2. That the Secretary of State of the State lands that provide for S.C.M. 1014 multiple- nizations and management organizations to of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial use and wildlife-related recreational and eco- receive the results of visa petitions about to the President of the United States Senate, nomic opportunities; and which such organizations have submitted ad- the Speaker of the United States House of Whereas, the areas being recommended as visory opinions; to the Committee on the Ju- Representatives and each Member of Con- wilderness were not included within the diciary. gress from the State of Arizona. original wilderness designations with pur- H.R. 3694. An act to combat trafficking in poseful intent by Congress; and human organs, and for other purposes; to the POM–175. A concurrent memorial adopted Whereas, the subsequent expansion of pre- Committee on Foreign Relations. by the Legislature of the State of Arizona viously designated wilderness is an over- H.R. 4939. An act to increase engagement urging the United States Congress to act to reach of the federal agencies and disingen- with the governments of the Caribbean re- prohibit Federal agencies from recom- uous to the public, subverting original col- gion, the Caribbean diaspora community in mending and identifying Arizona’s public laboration, coordination, negotiation and the United States, and the private sector and lands as wilderness areas without express agreements; and civil society in both the United States and congressional consent; to the Committee on Whereas, the federal agency planning docu- the Caribbean, and for other purposes; to the Energy and Natural Resources. ments suggest that no significant manage- Committee on Foreign Relations. SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1014 ment action or recommendation to Congress H.R. 5312. An act to amend the High-Per- will take place before further NEPA analyses Whereas, through federal land manage- formance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize are completed. Within the recently released ment planning and associated guidelines, activities for support of networking and in- Prescott and Apache-Sitgreaves National federal agencies are recommending and iden- formation technology research, and for other Forest recommended wildernesses, the tifying Arizona’s public lands as wilderness purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, United States Forest Service indicates that areas; and Science, and Transportation. these areas are simply preliminary adminis- Whereas, these administratively rec- trative recommendations and that further f ommended wilderness areas circumvent con- NEPA analyses are necessary. However, in PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS gressional intent and lack full and appro- transmittal letters, the United States Forest priate National Environmental Policy Act The following petitions and memo- Service states that ‘‘the Final Environ- (NEPA) analyses; and mental Impact Statement for the . . . For- rials were laid before the Senate and Whereas, the identification of these de est’s Revised Resource Management Plan were referred or ordered to lie on the facto wilderness areas has resulted in signifi- contains the NEPA analysis necessary to table as indicated: cant restrictions on public access and recre- support a legislative proposal.’’ This is an ation, paralyzing restrictions on the Arizona POM–174. A concurrent memorial adopted egregious lack of transparency. Game and Fish Department’s ability to man- by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of age wildlife and potentially catastrophic re- urging the United States Congress to enact the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- strictions on vegetation and habitat im- the resilient Federal Forests Act; to the resentatives concurring, prays: provement projects, including fire manage- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 1. That the Congress of the United States ment activities; and Forestry. act to prohibit federal agencies from recom- Whereas, the conservation of wildlife re- mending and identifying Arizona’s public SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1011 sources is the trust responsibility of the Ari- lands as wilderness areas without express Whereas, national forest lands are the larg- zona Game and Fish Commission, and this congressional consent. est single source of water in the United responsibility extends to all lands within Ar- 2. That the Secretary of State of the State States and, in some regions of the west, con- izona to ensure abundant wildlife resources of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial tribute nearly 50% of the overall water sup- for current and future generations; and to the President of the United States Senate, ply: and Whereas, the designation of Arizona’s pub- the Speaker of the United States House of Whereas, the unhealthy state of these for- lic lands as wilderness areas has resulted in Representatives and each Member of Con- ests has resulted in catastrophic wildfires the erosion of the Arizona Game and Fish gress from the State of Arizona. that are threatening the reliability, volume Department’s ability to comply with its fed- and quality of water for tens of millions of eral mandate to proactively recover threat- POM–176. A resolution adopted by the Sen- Americans; and ened and endangered species; and ate of the State of Iowa calling upon the Whereas, severe drought and record-break- Whereas, according to federal land man- United States Congress, the United States ing wildfire seasons have highlighted the agement agency guidelines, an administra- Environmental Protection Agency, the need for the implementation of a process tively recommended wilderness area must be President of the United States, and this that would require and provide for the managed to ‘‘protect and maintain the social country’s future President of the United United States Forest Service to accelerate and ecological characteristics that provide States and administration, to continue to restoration work in our national forests, the basis for wilderness recommendation’’ in support the renewable fuel standard in order which would protect critical headwaters and perpetuity or until Congress takes action to to encourage American energy production make forest lands more resilient against pro- formally designate the area as a wilderness and to strengthen rural communities; to the longed dry conditions, insect infestation and area; and Committee on Environment and Public fire; and Whereas, allowable activities within ad- Works. Whereas, failure to take quick action will ministratively recommended wilderness SENATE RESOLUTION 118 result in a continued increase in the fre- areas will be left to the discretion of federal Whereas, in accordance with the federal quency and intensity of destructive staff and deciding officers, resulting in even Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109–58,

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as amended by the federal Energy Independ- Whereas, the I–14 corridor provides a na- SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1008 ence and Security Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. tional strategic link to numerous major Whereas, on April 13, 2015, Representative 110–140, the United States has demonstrated military bases and major Gulf Coast and At- Bill Shuster introduced H.R. 1732, the Regu- its commitment to the long-term policy of lantic ports used for overseas deployments in latory Integrity Protection Act; and increasing the domestic production of clean six states from Texas to South Carolina; and Whereas, the Regulatory Integrity Protec- renewable fuels according to a renewable Whereas, the Fixing America’s Surface tion Act protects landowners from intrusive fuel standard, referred to as the ‘‘RFS’’; and Transportation (FAST) Act, signed by Presi- government regulation and ensures the pro- Whereas, the RFS is one of the single most dent Obama on December 14, 2015, officially tection of personal property; and successful energy policies in our nation’s his- assigned the Future I–14 designation to the Whereas, the Regulatory Integrity Protec- tory; and US 190 Central Texas Corridor; and tion Act came in response to efforts by the Whereas, the RFS is a federal policy that Whereas, congressional advocacy for the Obama Administration, the United States requires a minimum percentage of motor legislation spiked following the post-logis- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and fuel sold in our nation to contain renewable tics controversies; the act included the 14th the United States Army Corps of Engineers fuels; and Amendment Highway and the 3rd Infantry to implement the Clean Water Rule, which Whereas, under the RFS, renewable fuels Division Highway; the legislation did not vastly expands the federal government’s have access to a retail market in the face of provide funding for either highway; and a vertically integrated petroleum market; Whereas, the Federal Highway Administra- ability to regulate waterways; and and tion (FHWA) currently has no funding iden- Whereas, the final rule became effective on Whereas, the RFS represents a congres- tified beyond the Phase II studies to support August 28, 2015; and sional promise to American biofuels pro- long-range planning, environmental review Whereas, the final rule is far too broad, al- ducers, farmers, communities, and investors or construction which must be initiated at lowing the federal government to regulate that the blend levels of the RFS will increase the state or regional level with any further everything from puddles of rainwater to ag- each year; and direction from the Congress; and ricultural irrigation systems; and Whereas, this congressional policy sup- Whereas, the 14th Amendment Highway Whereas, the final rule allows waters that porting the RFS will continue to build the and the Gulf-Coast Strategic Highway con- have traditionally been off limits to federal long-term capacity of the renewable fuels in- cepts continued through active studies to regulation to be subject to the rulemaking dustry and will encourage the development the present as local and state interest began process of the EPA and the Clean Water Act; of new types of clean fuels; and to surface and support in the Congress, and Whereas, the RFS helps support over 73,000 FHWA and, most importantly, in the associ- Whereas, the customs, cultures and eco- jobs in agriculture, biofuels production, and ated state highway departments, all the key nomic well-being of our local communities, associated businesses in Iowa; and ingredients necessary to successfully justify as well as important historic and cultural as- Whereas, the renewable fuels industry in funding any proposed federal-aid highway pects of our local heritage, are being ignored, Iowa helps pay $5 billion in wages annually project; and which adversely affects the lives and jobs of to this state’s employment force; and Whereas, the FHWA issued its report on the people of the United States and dev- Whereas, renewable fuels create additional the 14th Amendment Highway to the Con- astates local and state economies; and markets for Iowa farmers with more than 47 gress in 2011 and made recommendation for Whereas, the State of Arizona is one of 27 percent of Iowa’s corn supply supporting eth- further environmental and feasibility sub- states that have brought legal challenges anol production: Now, therefore, be it studies; however, little action to fund these against the Clean Water Rule and success- Resolved by the Senate, That the Iowa Sen- studies advanced in Congress after 2011; and fully obtained a nationwide stay barring the ate calls upon the Congress of the United Whereas, the Texas Department of Trans- rule’s enforcement; and States, the United States Environmental portation (TxDOT) also conducted the US Whereas, if passed by Congress, the Regu- Protection Agency, the President of the 190/IH–10 Feasibility Study in 2011, which latory Integrity Protection Act would re- United States, and this country’s future concluded that it was justified to upgrade US quire the EPA and the United States Army President of the United States and adminis- 190 to a divided four-lane arterial highway Corps of Engineers to develop a new rule tration, to continue to support the RFS in based on current traffic projections to 2040, that takes into consideration all public com- order to encourage American energy produc- but that upgrading US 190 to a full freeway ments received on the matter as well as tion and to strengthen rural communities; through Texas was only justified if the 14th input received from state and local govern- and be it further Amendment Highway is actually constructed ments. Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be from Louisiana to Georgia; and Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of sent to the President of the United States, Whereas, the Louisiana Department of the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- the Administrator of the United States Envi- Transportation and Development (DOTD) resentatives concurring, prays: ronmental Protection Agency, the President has not endorsed designation of ‘‘Future I– 1. That the Congress of the United States and Secretary of the United States Senate, 14’’ in Louisiana as proponents of the Gulf- enact the Regulatory Integrity Protection the Speaker and Clerk of the United States Coast Strategic Highway presented the LA 8/ Act. House of Representatives, and to the mem- LA 28 corridor as a conventional four lane 2. That the Secretary of State of the State bers of Iowa’s congressional delegation. highway; and DOTD is pursuing its develop- of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial ment of the LA 8/LA 28 corridor, having com- to the President of the United States Senate, POM–177. A concurrent resolution adopted pleted LA 28 between Alexandria and Fort the Speaker of the United States House of by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana Polk, and having included the relocation of Representatives and each Member of Con- memorializing the United States Congress to LA 28 south of Alexandria in Priority A of gress from the State of Arizona. designate the Louisiana Highway 8/Louisiana the Statewide Transportation Plan and the Highway 28 corridor in Louisiana as Future section from Archie to Vidalia in Priority B POM–179. A concurrent memorial adopted Interstate 14; to the Committee on Environ- of the Statewide Transportation Plan; and by the Legislature of the State of Arizona ment and Public Works. Whereas, the Legislature of the State of urging the United States Environmental SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 90 Louisiana recognizes that the designation of Protection Agency to reinstate the previous Whereas, Interstate 14 (I–14), also known as the LA 8/LA 28 corridor in Louisiana as Fu- ozone concentration standard of 75 parts per the ‘‘14th Amendment Highway’’, the Gulf- ture I–14 is vital as a national strategic link billion; to the Committee on Environment Coast Strategic Highway, and the Central to numerous major military bases and major and Public Works. Texas Corridor is a proposed interstate high- Gulf Coast and Atlantic ports used for over- SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1007 way from Texas to Georgia; the original con- seas deployments in six states from Texas to ceptual western terminus of the highway was South Carolina: Now, therefore, be it Whereas, on October 1, 2015, the United from Natchez, Mississippi, and later from I– Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana States Environmental Protection Agency 49 near Alexandria, Louisiana, extending memorializes the Congress of the United (EPA) reduced the national ambient air qual- east through the states of Louisiana, Mis- States to designate the Louisiana Highway 8/ ity standards for ground-level ozone from 75 sissippi, and Alabama, ending at Augusta, Louisiana Highway 28 corridor in Louisiana parts per billion (ppb) to 70 ppb: and Georgia or North Augusta, South Carolina; as Future Interstate 14; and be it further Whereas, the State of Arizona will have and Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution great difficulty in implementing this new Whereas, advocates of the Gulf-Coast Stra- shall be transmitted to the secretary of the ozone concentration standard due to factors tegic Highway proposed extending I–14 to the United States Senate and the clerk of the that are outside of this state’s control, in- I–10 near Fort Stockton and the junction of United States House of Representatives and cluding its proximity to California, extreme US 277 and I–10 near Sonora, Texas; and to each member of the Louisiana delegation heat and intense summer sunshine; and Whereas, the proposal for the 14th Amend- to the United States Congress. Whereas, before the implementation of the ment Highway has its origins in the Safe, new ozone concentration standard, the EPA Accountable, Flexible Transportation Equity POM–178. A concurrent memorial adopted reported that 358 counties in the nation Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU); and by the Legislature of the State of Arizona would violate a standard of 70 ppb based on Whereas, the study and planning of I–14 has urging the United States Congress to enact monitoring data from 2011 through 2013; and continued because of support and interest the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act; to Whereas, nonattainment area designations from both the Congress and the associated the Committee on Environment and Public will limit economic and job growth by re- state highway departments; and, Works. stricting new and expanded industrial and

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That the United States Environmental resentatives concurring, prays: support for a proposed regulation, rule or Protection Agency reinstate the previous 1. That the United States Congress oppose policy; and ozone concentration standard of 75 ppb. the implementation of rules for existing Whereas, the people of Arizona fully sup- 2. That the Secretary of State of the State electric utility generating units that exceed port the Stopping EPA Overreach Act. of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial the EPA’s legal authority under Section Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of to the Administrator of the United States 111(d) of the CAA and interfere with the pre- the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- Environmental Protection Agency, the rogative of’Arizona to regulate electricity resentatives concurring, prays: President of the United States, the President and ensure an affordable and reliable supply 1. That the United States Congress enact of the United States Senate, the Speaker of of electricity for its citizens. the Stopping EPA Overreach Act. the United States House of Representatives 2. That the United States Congress oppose 2. That the Secretary of State of the State and each Member of Congress from the State the implementation of rules for existing of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial of Arizona. electric utility generating units that do not to the President of the United States, the recognize the primary role of states in estab- Speaker of the United States House of Rep- POM–180. A concurrent memorial adopted lishing and implementing plans to achieve resentatives, the President of the United by the Legislature of the State of Arizona emissions reductions for existing units under States Senate and each Member of Congress urging the United States Congress to oppose Section 111(d) of the CAA. from the State of Arizona. the implementation of certain rules for ex- 3. That the United States Congress exer- isting electric utility generating units; to cise oversight over the EPA to ensure that POM–182. A concurrent memorial adopted the Committee on Environment and Public the primary role of states in establishing and by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Works. implementing plans to achieve emissions re- urging the President of the United States, SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1016 ductions from existing electric utility gener- United States Congress, and the United ating units under Section 111(d) of the CAA States Secretary of State to secure the safe Whereas, the Clean Air Act (CAA) is a fed- is respected. release of Robert Levinson from Iran; to the eral law designed to protect air quality na- 4. That the Governor and the Attorney Committee on Foreign Relations. tionwide; and General of the State of Arizona take appro- Whereas, jurisdiction to implement the HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2010 priate actions to uphold this state’s respon- CAA lies primarily with the states; and Whereas, it is a time-honored tradition sibilities with respect to the CAA and defend Whereas, in 1970, Congress enacted the that the United States of America strives to this state against overreaching regulations. CAA, mandating comprehensive state and- 5. That the Secretary of State of the State ensure that all United States citizens held federal regulations for both stationary and of Arizona transmit a copy of this Memorial captive overseas are returned safely to their nonstationary sources of pollution; and to the President of the United States, the families and loved ones; and Whereas, while Americans support efforts Whereas, Robert Levinson honorably President of the United States Senate, the to improve air quality, such efforts should be served the United States as a law enforce- Speaker of the United States House of Rep- carefully balanced to ensure that the cost of ment officer in both the United States Drug resentatives, each Member of Congress from new regulations on the economy do not ex- Enforcement Agency and the Federal Bureau the State of Arizona, the Administrator of ceed potential benefits; and of Investigation; and the United States Environmental Protection Whereas, on October 23, 2015, the United Whereas, Robert Levinson was taken cap- Agency, the Governor of the State of Arizona States Environmental Protection Agency tive on the Kish Island in Iran on March 9, and the Attorney General of the State of Ar- (EPA) published final rules in the Federal 2007; and izona. Register regulating greenhouse gas emis- Whereas, several Americans who have been sions from existing electric utility gener- held captive in Iran were recently released, POM–181. A concurrent memorial adopted ating units, also known as the Clean Power but Robert Levinson was not among them; by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Plan; and and urging the United States Congress to enact Whereas, the EPA has issued a proposed Whereas, it is a duty and obligation of the the Stopping EPA Overreach Act; to the federal plan that will be imposed on existing United States to Robert Levinson and his Committee on Environment and Public electric utility generating units in the State family to ascertain his whereabouts and se- Works. of Arizona if the State of Arizona does not cure his safe release. adopt its own plan implementing the Clean SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1015 Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Power Plan regulating greenhouse gas emis- Whereas, the Stopping EPA Overreach Act Representatives of the State of Arizona, the sions; and seeks to prevent the United States Environ- Senate concurring, prays: Whereas, the EPA’s Clean Power Plan ex- mental Protection Agency (EPA) from ex- 1. That the President of the United States ceeds the agency’s legal authority to require ceeding its statutory authority in ways that the United States Congress, the United

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Whereas, the initial symptom of ALS is lic of Iran should immediately . . . cooperate Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of usually weakness of the skeletal muscles, es- with the United States Government to locate the State of Arizona, prays: pecially those of the extremities; and and return Robert Levinson; and 1. That each Member of Congress from the Whereas, as ALS progresses, the patient (2) [T]he United States Government should State of Arizona cosponsor legislation simi- typically experiences difficulty in swal- undertake every effort using every diplo- lar to House Concurrent Resolution 75, sup- lowing, talking, and breathing; and matic tool at its disposal to secure [his] im- port other congressional efforts to aid vic- Whereas, ALS eventually causes muscles tims of the persecution of Christians and mediate release. to atrophy and the patient becomes a func- other religious minorities in the Middle East 2. That the Secretary of State of the State tional quadriplegic; and and encourage the United States government of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial Whereas, ALS does not affect the mental to take greater concrete action to end the to the President of the United States, the capacity of the patient, such that the pa- genocide. Secretary of State of the United States, the tient remains alert and aware of sur- 2. That the Secretary of State of the State roundings and aware of the loss of motor Speaker of the United States House of Rep- of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial functions and the inevitable outcome of con- resentatives, the President of the United to the President of the United States, the States Senate and each Member of Congress tinued deterioration and death; and Speaker of the United States House of Rep- Whereas, on average, patients diagnosed from the State of Arizona. resentatives, the Majority Leader of the with ALS survive only two to five years from United States Senate and each Member of the time of diagnosis; and POM–183. A memorial adopted by the Sen- Congress from the State of Arizona. ate of the State of Arizona urging that each Whereas, despite the catastrophic con- member of Congress from the State of Ari- POM–184. A concurrent memorial adopted sequences of a diagnosis of ALS, the disease zona cosponsor legislation similar to House by the Legislature of the State of Arizona currently has no known cause, means of pro- Concurrent Resolution 75, support other con- urging that the United States Congress con- tection, or cure; and gressional efforts to aid victims of the perse- tinue to take action to prevent the United Whereas, research indicates that military cution of Christians and other religious mi- States from entering into the United Nations veterans are at a sixty percent greater risk norities in the Middle East and encourage Arms Trade Treaty or other similar treaties of developing ALS than those who have not the United States government to take great- that would interfere with the Second Amend- served in the military; and Whereas, the United States Department of er concrete action to end the genocide; to ment rights of United States citizens; to the Veterans Affairs has promulgated regula- the Committee on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign Relations. tions to establish a presumption of service SENATE MEMORIAL 1001 SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1013 connection for ALS thereby presuming that Whereas, Christians, Yazidis and other re- Whereas, United Nations (UN) Security the development of ALS was incurred or ag- ligious minorities in the Middle East are Council Resolution 2117, which was adopted gravated by a veteran’s service in the mili- being subjected to systematic and violent on September 26, 2013, ‘‘[c]alls for Member tary; and persecution at the hands of the Islamic State States to support weapons collection, disar- Whereras, a national ALS registry, admin- of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other terrorist mament, demobilization and reintegration of istered by the Centers for Disease Control groups; and ex-combatants, as well as physical security and Prevention, is currently identifying Whereas, these people are being murdered, and stockpile management programmes by cases of ALS in the United States and may kidnapped, sexually abused, tortured and United Nations peacekeeping operations become the largest ALS research project victimized in other ways that violate the where so mandated’’; and ever undertaken; and laws of their own nations, the international Whereas, the UN Arms Trade Treaty Whereas, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis community and the United Nations Conven- strives to place a global ban on the import Awareness Month increases the awareness of tion on the Prevention and Punishment of and export of small firearms, affecting all the circumstances of living with ALS and ac- the Crime of Genocide (Convention); and private gun owners in the United States, and knowledges the terrible impact this disease Whereas, the victims of this brutal perse- to implement an international gun registry has, not only on the patient receiving such a cution are being specifically targeted based on all private guns and ammunition; and diagnosis, but also on his family and commu- Whereas, Senator James Inhofe introduced on their religious or ethnic affiliation with nity; and an amendment to the budget in 2013 that the intent to facilitate the annihilation or Whereas, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis would prevent the United States from enter- forced migration of communities with long- Awareness Month also increases awareness ing into the United Nations Arms Trade of research being done to eradicate this dire standing ties to their region; and Treaty ‘‘[t]o uphold Second Amendment Whereas, the Convention defines ‘‘geno- disease: Now, therefore, be it rights and prevent the United States from Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana cide’’ as killing members of a national, eth- entering into the United Nations Arms Trade nic, racial or religious group, causing them does hereby recognize May 2016 as Treaty,’’ which passed on a 53–46 vote. ‘‘Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness serious bodily or mental harm, intentionally Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of Month’’; and be it further enforcing living conditions designed to cause the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana the partial or total physical destruction of resentatives concurring, prays: does hereby memorialize the Congress of the the group, preventing births within the 1. That the United States Congress con- group or transferring the children of the tinue to take action to prevent the United United States to enact legislation to provide group to another group with the intent to de- States from entering into the UN Arms additional funding for research for the treat- stroy the group in total or in part; and Trade Treaty or other similar treaties that ment and cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Scle- Whereas, the Convention holds that geno- would interfere with the Second Amendment rosis; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be cide is a crime that governments are obli- rights of United States citizens. gated to prevent and for which perpetrators 2. That the Secretary of State of the State transmitted to the secretary of the United are to be held responsible; and of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial States Senate, the clerk of the United States Whereas, the United States Commission on to the President of the United States, the House of Representatives, and to each mem- Religious Freedom, the Hudson Institute for Speaker of the United States House of Rep- ber of the Louisiana delegation to the United Religious Freedom, the International Asso- resentatives, the President of the United States Congress. ciation of Genocide Scholars, Pope Francis, States Senate and each Member of Congress Hillary Clinton and many other organiza- from the State of Arizona. POM–186. A concurrent memorial adopted tions and religious and political leaders have by the Legislature of the State of Arizona called on the United States to recognize the POM–185. A concurrent resolution adopted urging the United States Congress to protest persecution of Christians and other religious by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana the proposed closing of the Tucson Postal minorities in the Middle East as genocide; recognizing May 2016 as ‘‘Amyotrophic Lat- Processing and Distribution Center and take and eral Sclerosis Awareness Month’’ and memo- any action necessary to fully restore oper- Whereas, the United States Congress has rializing the United States Congress to enact ations of this vital postal facility; to the introduced House Concurrent Resolution 75, legislation to provide additional funding for Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- Senate Resolution 340 and at least five other research for the treatment and cure of ernmental Affairs. bills designed to recognize the genocide and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; to the Com- SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1009 facilitate expedited support and aid for mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Whereas, the Tucson Postal Processing and Christians and other religious minorities in Pensions. Distribution Center (Cherrybell) serves the the Middle East; and SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 119 entire southern portion of Arizona covering Whereas, the designation of the persecu- Whereas, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz and tion of Christians and other religious minori- or ALS, is more commonly known as Lou Cochise. Currently, Southern Arizona is fac- ties in the Middle East as genocide has real, Gehrig’s disease; and ing a potential economic downfall due to the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.020 S14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3859 initial decision made by the United States increase the number of United States Cus- later became Dine´ College, to provide access Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors to toms and Border Protection personnel at the to higher education to the Navajo people; close Cherrybell; and ports of entry in Arizona; to the Committee and Whereas, more than 1.8 million people and on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Whereas, Dine´ College’s flagship campus is 23,197 businesses use the Cherrybell postal fairs. located in Tsaile, Arizona, and there are services. According to USPS officials, over 3 SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1006 community campuses in Tuba City, Chinle million pieces of mail go through Cherrybell and Window Rock; and Whereas, the United States Customs and each day as it is the 15th largest facility Whereas, Dine´ College has dual credit Border Protection (CBP) is one of the world’s serving the 33rd largest population area in agreements with school districts and schools largest law enforcement organizations and is our nation. The processing and sorting oper- throughout Arizona, including Red Mesa charged with keeping terrorists and their ations at Cherrybell that are proposed to be Unified School District #27, Chinle Unified weapons out of the United States while fa- moved to Phoenix affect approximately 280 School District #24, Ganado Unified School cilitating lawful international travel and jobs in Southern Arizona; and District, St. Michaels High School, Window trade; and Whereas, Southern Arizona, which includes Rock Unified School District #8, Many Whereas, as the world’s first full-service both the Tohono O’odham nation and Pasqua Farms High School, Kayenta Unified School border entity, CBP takes a comprehensive Yaqui tribal lands, encompasses the Cali- District, Pin˜ on Unified School District #4, approach to border management and control, fornia and Arizona border at Yuma south to Greyhills Academy High School, Tuba City combining customs, immigration, border se- Nogales, across to Douglas and Bisbee in High School, Leupp Schools, Inc. and Phoe- curity and agricultural protection into one Cochise County and the military installa- nix Union High School District; and coordinated and supportive activity; and tions located at Fort Huachuca and Davis Whereas, this state provides support to Whereas, the need to increase the number ´ Monthan, depends on the Cherrybell Post of- Dine College through its Navajo Nation, of CBP personnel in the Tucson sector along Dine´ College-State of Arizona funding com- fice; and the border between the United States and Whereas, Southern Arizona is home to pact, the tribal college dual credit funding Mexico is critical to increasing border safety many military veterans who depend on the program and Proposition 301 monies; and and security as well as to ensuring economic Whereas, the United States Congress USPS both for timely delivery of medical stability in our border communities; and passed the Navajo Community College Act, prescriptions and for employment, as the Whereas, increasing the number of CBP the Navajo Community College Assistance USPS employs more veterans than any enti- personnel who work at the ports of entry in Act of 1978 and the Navajo Nation Higher ty other than the United States Department Arizona will enhance the economic stability Education Act of 2008, which collectively of Defense; and in our border communities and will increase provide for maintenance, operation and con- Whereas, in an extensive community sur- border security between the United States struction funding for Dine´ College; and vey conducted in 2015, 84% of individuals and and Mexico; and Whereas, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick 86% of businesses reported a noticeable delay Whereas, an integrated approach to secur- introduced the Dine´ College Act of 2015 ‘‘to in mail delivery due to the partial closure of ing the border and increasing economic sta- fulfill the United States Government’s trust Cherrybell; and bility along the border and in our border responsibility to serve the higher education Whereas, Tucson City Council Member communities is important to residents living needs of the Navajo people and to clarify, Richard Fimbres went on record opposing along the border and in our border commu- unify, and modernize prior Dine´ College leg- the closure of Cherrybell and requested that nities; and islation,’’ and Dine´ College has requested the Council work directly with Tucson’s con- Whereas, increasing the number of CBP that Senator Jeff Flake introduce a United gressional delegation and community mem- personnel at the ports of entry in Arizona States Senate companion bill; and bers to frame a campaign to protect the vital will allow increased commercial traffic and Whereas, this state stands in support of the jobs at Cherrybell; and will result in increased economic growth and passage of the Dine´ College Act of 2015. Whereas, Pima County Recorder F. Ann stability for Arizona; and Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of Rodriguez objects to the closure of Whereas, all of the benefits of increased the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- Cherrybell and firmly believes that, due to economic stability in Arizona can be realized resentatives concurring, prays: the higher number of voters each year on the if the workload capacity at each port of 1. That the Congress of the United States permanent early voting list, this change will entry is increased, which would result in less enact the Dine´ College Act of 2015. clearly impact the activities of the state and congestion and delay; and 2. That the Secretary of State of the State county elections officials in Arizona and will Whereas, increasing the number of CBP of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial cause a detrimental impact to voters. The personnel at the ports of entry in Arizona to the Governor of the State of Arizona, the information provided to the public by the should be part of the infrastructure improve- President of the United States Senate, the USPS is based entirely on economic consid- ments that are occurring at the ports of Speaker of the United States House of Rep- erations with no apparent regard for the im- entry; and resentatives and each Member of Congress pact of the change on the fundamental right Whereas, the establishment of a safe and from the State of Arizona. of all citizens to vote and, in particular, the secure border is a crucial component of na- POM–189. A concurrent memorial adopted significant additional detrimental impact to tional security. Native American voters in the region; and Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Whereas, the people of Arizona applaud the the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- urging the United States Congress to direct efforts of United States Representative Mar- resentatives concurring, prays: the appropriate federal agencies to secure tha McSally and the other members of the 1. That, in order to secure the border be- the borders of the United States; to the Com- Arizona Congressional Delegation, including tween the United States and Mexico, to en- mittee on the Judiciary. Representatives Trent Franks, Ann Kirk- hance the safety and security of people and SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1012 patrick, Matt Salmon, Paul Gosar, Ruben their property in the currently unsecure re- Whereas, the United States is in the midst Gallego, Kyrsten Sinema and Raul Grijalva, gions of the border and to increase economic of a border crisis; and who have asked for more detailed and com- growth and stability for the residents of Ari- Whereas, the sheriffs serving along the bor- plete information regarding the proposal zona, the United States Congress act to in- ders of the United States are in the epicenter Cherrybell closure; and crease the number of CBP personnel at the of this crisis; and Whereas, thousands of people have written ports of entry in Arizona. Whereas, the porous borders of the United letters and signed online petitions urging the 2. That the Secretary of State of the State States have resulted in the smuggling of con- USPS Board of Governors not to close of Arizona transmit a copy of this Memorial traband and illegal drugs, the exploitation of Cherrybell. to the President of the United States Senate, human beings and the infiltration of subver- Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of the Speaker of the United States House of sives bent on doing harm to this country; the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- Representatives and each Member of Con- and resentatives concurring, prays: gress from the State of Arizona. Whereas, federal law mandates border se- 1. That the Congress of the United States curity; and protest the proposed closing of the Tucson POM–188. A concurrent memorial adopted Whereas, the quality of life normally en- Postal Processing and Distribution Center by the Legislature of the State of Arizona joyed by the citizens of the United States is and take any action necessary to fully re- urging the United States Congress to enact being jeopardized by an unsecure border, store operations of this vital postal facility. the Dine´ College Act of 2015; to the Com- which enables transnational criminals and 2. That the Secretary of State of the State mittee on Indian Affairs. their accomplices to prey on the citizens of of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial the United States: and to the President of the United States Senate, SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1017 Whereas, border security must be a stand- the Speaker of the United States House of Whereas, this state and the Navajo Nation alone priority for the federal government; Representatives and each Member of Con- maintain a government-to-government rela- and gress from the State of Arizona. tionship, and the Navajo people residing in Whereas, violence against public officials, this state are citizens of both Arizona and law enforcement and rival drug and human POM–187. A concurrent memorial adopted the Navajo Nation; and trafficking groups in Mexico continues to es- by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Whereas, in 1968, the Navajo Nation estab- calate and cross international boundaries; urging the United States Congress to act to lished Navajo Community College, which and

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A bill to amend and enhance cer- with the apprehension, prosecution and in- ship eligibility to include all honorably dis- tain maritime programs of the Department carceration of this criminal element; and charged military veterans. of Transportation, and for other purposes. Whereas, elected sheriffs have a statutory 2. That the Secretary of State of the State f duty to protect and secure the freedoms and of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial liberties of United States citizens and must to the President of the United States, the INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND do so with or without the help of their fed- Speaker of the United States House of Rep- JOINT RESOLUTIONS eral law enforcement partners and policy- resentatives, the President of the United makers; and States Senate and each Member of Congress The following bills and joint resolu- Whereas, working with limited budgets and from the State of Arizona. tions were introduced, read the first staffing, sheriffs along the southwestern bor- and second times by unanimous con- der of the United States and sheriffs across POM–191. A concurrent memorial adopted sent, and referred as indicated: the nation struggle to find ways to enhance by the Legislature of the State of Arizona By Mr. COCHRAN: the quality of life and safety of those they urging the United States Congress to adopt S. 3054. A bill to require the Secretary of serve and to deter those who cross our bor- legislation similar to the Toxic Exposure Re- the Interior to conduct a special resource ders to promote their criminal activities; search Act of 2015; to the Committee on Vet- study of significant civil rights sites; to the and erans’ Affairs. Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Whereas, local governments are cognizant HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2006 sources. of the need to bring relief to United States To the Congress of the United States of By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. citizens who are impacted by the lack of bor- America: TESTER): der security; and S. 3055. A bill to amend title 38, United Whereas, without aggressive prosecution of Your memorialist respectfully represents: Whereas, thousands of veterans have been States Code, to provide a dental insurance all of those who breach the border and com- plan to veterans and survivors and depend- mit criminal acts, the border will continue exposed to Agent Orange and other chemical agents during the course of their service to ents of veterans; to the Committee on Vet- to serve as an open opportunity for the erans’ Affairs. criminal element to exploit by entering the the United States; and Whereas, today, many of the children and By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. United States to prey on this country and its GRASSLEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. citizens. grandchildren of veterans are suffering seri- ous health issues that are related to the vet- LEE): Wherefore, your memorialist, the Senate S. 3056. A bill to provide for certain causes of the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- erans’ exposure to chemical agents; and Whereas, the people of the United States of action relating to delays of generic drugs resentatives concurring, prays: and biosimilar biological products; to the 1. That the United States Congress direct owe it to their veterans to better understand the impacts of these exposures in order to Committee on the Judiciary. the appropriate federal agencies to do the By Mr. SCOTT: following: guarantee that the children and grand- children of veterans receive appropriate S. 3057. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- (a) Fully secure all of the borders of the enue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Secretary of United States. treatment; and Whereas, the full effects of exposure to the Treasury from requiring that the iden- (b) Fully reimburse sheriffs for the costs tity of contributors to 501(c) organizations associated with the housing of illegal aliens dangerous chemicals such as Agent Orange is still unknown, and a national research cen- be included in annual returns; to the Com- who are being charged with state crimes. mittee on Finance. (c) Return to the original guidelines as set ter is needed to further study the impact forth in Operation Streamline for the pros- these exposures have on veterans, their chil- f ecution of persons crossing the United States dren and their grandchildren; and Whereas, the Toxic Exposure Research Act SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND border illegally. SENATE RESOLUTIONS 2. That the Secretary of State of the State of 2015 is a critical step in protecting the vet- of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial erans of the United States. The following concurrent resolutions to the President of the United States, the Wherefore your memorialist, the House of and Senate resolutions were read, and Speaker of the United States House of Rep- Representatives of the State of Arizona, the referred (or acted upon), as indicated: resentatives, the President of the United Senate concurring, prays: By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. States Senate and each Member of Congress 1. That the United States Congress adopt BROWN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. REID, from the State of Arizona. legislation similar to H.R. 1769 and S. 901, the Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. AYOTTE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, POM–190. A concurrent memorial adopted that would establish in the United States Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Department of Veterans Affairs a national BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BOXER, urging the United States Congress to direct center for research on the diagnosis and Mr. BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAP- the American Legion to expand its member- treatment of health conditions of the de- ITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. ship eligibility to include all honorably dis- scendants of veterans exposed to toxic sub- CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. COATS, Mr. charged military veterans; to the Committee stances during service in the armed forces of COCHRAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, on the Judiciary. the United States that are related to that exposure. Mr. CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COT- HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2009 2. That the Secretary of State of the State TON, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. Whereas, according to the American Le- of Arizona transmit a copy of this Memorial DAINES, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DURBIN, gion, the organization was chartered and in- to the President of the United States Senate, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. ERNST, Mrs. FEIN- corporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic the Speaker of the United States House of STEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. veterans organization devoted to mutual Representatives and each Member of Con- FRANKEN, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. GILLI- helpfulness. As the nation’s largest wartime gress from the State of Arizona. BRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, veterans service organization, the American Mr. HATCH, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. Legion is committed to mentoring youth and POM–192. A petition from a citizen of the HEITKAMP, Mr. HELLER, Ms. HIRONO, sponsoring wholesome programs in our com- State of Texas relative to an amendment to Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAK- munities, advocating patriotism and honor, the United States Constitution; to the Com- SON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. promoting strong national security and pro- mittee on the Judiciary. KING, Mr. KIRK, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. viding support to fellow servicemembers and LANKFORD, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEE, Mr. f veterans; and MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MCCAIN, Whereas, the American Legion limits REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. membership eligibility to those who have MERKLEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. MORAN, served federal active duty in the United The following reports of committees Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. States Armed Forces during the World War I were submitted: MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. era, World War II era, Korean War era, Viet- By Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. nam War era, Lebanon/Grenada era, Panama Environment and Public Works, without RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. era or Persian Gulf War era and who have amendment: RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. been honorably discharged or are still serv- S. 1479. A bill to amend the Comprehensive SCHATZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. ing: and Environmental Response, Compensation, and SESSIONS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Whereas, all honorably discharged military Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions re- Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. veterans deserve the opportunity to partici- lating to grants, and for other purposes TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. pate in the American Legion. (Rept. No. 114–276). TOOMEY, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VITTER, Mr.

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A resolution designating Sep- (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor poses. tember 2016 as ‘‘National Child Awareness of S. 1975, a bill to establish the Sewall- S. 2595 Month’’ to promote awareness of charities Belmont House National Historic Site At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the benefiting children and youth-serving orga- nizations throughout the United States and as a unit of the National Park System, name of the Senator from New Mexico recognizing the efforts made by those char- and for other purposes. (Mr. UDALL) was added as a cosponsor ities and organizations on behalf of children S. 2216 of S. 2595, a bill to amend the Internal and youth as critical contributions to the fu- At the request of Mrs. MCCASKILL, Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently ture of the United States; considered and the name of the Senator from Virginia extend the railroad track maintenance agreed to. (Mr. KAINE) was added as a cosponsor of credit. f S. 2216, a bill to provide immunity from S. 2659 ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS suit for certain individuals who dis- At the request of Mr. BURR, the name close potential examples of financial of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. S. 683 exploitation of senior citizens, and for MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the other purposes. 2659, a bill to reaffirm that the Envi- name of the Senator from Minnesota S. 2219 ronmental Protection Agency cannot (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the regulate vehicles used solely for com- sor of S. 683, a bill to extend the prin- names of the Senator from Montana petition, and for other purposes. ciple of federalism to State drug pol- (Mr. TESTER) and the Senator from S. 2707 icy, provide access to medical mari- Kansas (Mr. MORAN) were added as co- At the request of Mr. SCOTT, the juana, and enable research into the me- sponsors of S. 2219, a bill to require the name of the Senator from North Da- dicinal properties of marijuana. Secretary of Commerce to conduct an kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- S. 1490 assessment and analysis of the outdoor sponsor of S. 2707, a bill to require the At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the recreation economy of the United Secretary of Labor to nullify the pro- name of the Senator from Missouri States, and for other purposes. posed rule regarding defining and de- (Mrs. MCCASKILL) was added as a co- S. 2259 limiting the exemptions for executive, sponsor of S. 1490, a bill to establish an At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the administrative, professional, outside advisory office within the Bureau of name of the Senator from Montana sales, and computer employees, to re- Consumer Protection of the Federal (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor quire the Secretary of Labor to con- Trade Commission to prevent fraud of S. 2259, a bill to amend title XVIII of duct a full and complete economic targeting seniors, and for other pur- the Social Security Act to improve the analysis with improved economic data poses. way beneficiaries are assigned under on small businesses, nonprofit employ- S. 1509 the Medicare shared savings program ers, Medicare or Medicaid dependent At the request of Mr. CARPER, the by also basing such assignment on pri- health care providers, and small gov- names of the Senator from North Caro- mary care services furnished by nurse ernmental jurisdictions, and all other lina (Mr. BURR) and the Senator from practitioners, physician assistants, and employers, and minimize the impact on New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) were clinical nurse specialists. such employers, before promulgating added as cosponsors of S. 1509, a bill to S. 2427 any substantially similar rule, and to amend title XVIII of the Social Secu- At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the provide a rule of construction regard- rity Act to provide for the coordination name of the Senator from Massachu- ing the salary threshold exemption of programs to prevent and treat obe- setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co- under the Fair Labor Standards Act of sity, and for other purposes. sponsor of S. 2427, a bill to prohibit dis- 1938, and for other purposes. S. 1555 crimination against individuals with S. 2759 At the request of Ms. HIRONO, the disabilities who need long-term serv- At the request of Mrs. ERNST, the name of the Senator from Mississippi ices and supports, and for other pur- names of the Senator from Massachu- (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor poses. setts (Mr. MARKEY) and the Senator of S. 1555, a bill to award a Congres- S. 2484 from West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO) were sional Gold Medal, collectively, to the At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the added as cosponsors of S. 2759, a bill to Filipino veterans of World War II, in names of the Senator from Missouri amend the Internal Revenue Code of recognition of the dedicated service of (Mr. BLUNT) and the Senator from Vir- 1986 to provide a nonrefundable credit the veterans during World War II. ginia (Mr. KAINE) were added as co- for working family caregivers. S. 1561 sponsors of S. 2484, a bill to amend ti- S. 2763 At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the tles XVIII and XI of the Social Secu- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the name of the Senator from Delaware rity Act to promote cost savings and name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor quality care under the Medicare pro- (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cospon- of S. 1561, a bill to clarify the defini- gram through the use of telehealth and sor of S. 2763, a bill to provide the vic- tion of nonadmitted insurer under the remote patient monitoring services, tims of Holocaust-era persecution and Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform and for other purposes. their heirs a fair opportunity to re- Act of 2010, and for other purposes. S. 2531 cover works of art confiscated or mis- S. 1609 At the request of Mr. KIRK, the name appropriated by the Nazis. At the request of Mr. KAINE, the of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. S. 2765 name of the Senator from New Hamp- CASEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- 2531, a bill to authorize State and local names of the Senator from Massachu- sponsor of S. 1609, a bill to provide sup- governments to divest from entities setts (Mr. MARKEY) and the Senator port for the development of middle that engage in commerce-related or in- from New York (Mr. SCHUMER) were school career exploration programs vestment-related boycott, divestment, added as cosponsors of S. 2765, a bill to linked to career and technical edu- or sanctions activities targeting Israel, provide for the overall health and well- cation programs of study. and for other purposes. being of young people, including the S. 1737 S. 2569 promotion of comprehensive sexual At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the At the request of Mr. PETERS, the health and healthy relationships, the name of the Senator from California name of the Senator from Minnesota reduction of unintended pregnancy and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.018 S14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S3862 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 14, 2016 sexually transmitted infections (STIs), in their remaining years, and urging generic drugs and biosimilar biological including HIV, and the prevention of the Federal Republic of Germany to re- products; to the Committee on the Ju- dating violence and sexual assault, and affirm its commitment to that goal diciary. for other purposes. through a financial commitment to Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, in recent S. 2800 comprehensively address the unique months, the high cost of pharma- At the request of Mr. COONS, the health and welfare needs of vulnerable ceutical products has been front and name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Holocaust victims, including home center in national news, sometimes ISAKSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. care and other medically prescribed with astonishing examples like the un- 2800, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- needs. conscionable price-hike by Turing enue Code of 1986 and the Higher Edu- S. RES. 349 Pharmaceuticals of their drug for pa- cation Act of 1965 to provide an exclu- At the request of Mr. ROBERTS, the tients with HIV from $13.50 to $750 per sion from income for student loan for- names of the Senator from Kentucky pill overnight. giveness for students who have died or (Mr. MCCONNELL) and the Senator from Pharmaceutical companies should be become disabled. Montana (Mr. DAINES) were added as compensated for their important work cosponsors of S. Res. 349, a resolution developing life-saving treatments, but S. 2856 congratulating the Farm Credit Sys- when companies engage in predatory At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the tem on the celebration of its 100th an- practices at the expense of consumers, name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. niversary. we must act. That is why today, I am CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. introducing the Creating and Restoring 2856, a bill to streamline certain feasi- S. RES. 482 Equal Access to Equivalent Samples, bility studies and avoid duplication of At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. CREATES, Act, bipartisan legislation effort. WYDEN) and the Senator from Mary- to end inappropriate delay tactics that S. 2904 land (Mr. CARDIN) were added as co- are used by some brand-name drug At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, sponsors of S. Res. 482, a resolution manufacturers to block competition the name of the Senator from Montana urging the European Union to des- from more affordable generic drugs. (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor ignate Hizballah in its entirety as a The first delay tactic addressed by of S. 2904, a bill to amend title II of the terrorist organization and to increase the CREATES Act involves the with- Social Security Act to eliminate the pressure on the organization and its holding of drug samples that generic five month waiting period for dis- members to the fullest extent possible. manufacturers need to gain regulatory ability insurance benefits under such At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the approval. Federal law requires generic title for individuals with amyotrophic name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. competitors to prove that their low- lateral sclerosis. CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. cost alternative is equally safe and ef- S. 2912 Res. 482, supra. fective as the brand-name drug with At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the S. RES. 483 which they wish to compete. Unfortu- name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. At the request of Mr. ALEXANDER, the nately, some brand-name companies SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of name of the Senator from California are preventing generic manufacturers S. 2912, a bill to authorize the use of (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- from obtaining the samples they need unapproved medical products by pa- sponsor of S. Res. 483, a resolution des- to make the necessary comparison. tients diagnosed with a terminal ill- ignating June 20, 2016, as ‘‘American This simple delay tactic uses regu- ness in accordance with State law, and Eagle Day’’ and celebrating the recov- latory safeguards as a weapon to block for other purposes. ery and restoration of the bald eagle, competition. The FDA has reported re- S. 2997 the national symbol of the United ceiving more than 100 inquiries from At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the States. generic product developers who were name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. AMENDMENT NO. 4629 unable to access samples of a brand- NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the name drug to compare their generic 2997, a bill to direct the Federal Com- name of the Senator from Louisiana product. munications Commission to commence (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor The second delay tactic addressed by proceedings related to the resiliency of of amendment No. 4629 intended to be the CREATES Act involves the devel- critical telecommunications networks proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to opment of shared safety protocols. For during times of emergency, and for authorize appropriations for fiscal year some high-risk drugs, federal law re- other purposes. 2017 for military activities of the De- quires a generic drug manufacturer to join the brand-name drug manufac- S. 3018 partment of Defense, for military con- struction, and for defense activities of turer in a single, shared safety protocol At the request of Mr. KING, the name the Department of Energy, to prescribe for distribution of the drug. Despite of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. MI- military personnel strengths for such this requirement, some brand-name KULSKI) was added as a cosponsor of S. companies are refusing to negotiate a 3018, a bill to provide for the establish- fiscal year, and for other purposes. shared safety protocol with potential ment of a pilot program to identify se- AMENDMENT NO. 4649 generic competitors, again under- curity vulnerabilities of certain enti- At the request of Mr. KIRK, the name mining those competitors’ ability to ties in the energy sector. of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. RISCH) was added as a cosponsor of amend- gain FDA approval for their generic S. 3053 ment No. 4649 intended to be proposed version of the drug. At the request of Mr. CASEY, the to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize These exclusionary practices thwart name of the Senator from Rhode Island appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for competition and deny consumers the (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a co- military activities of the Department benefit of lower drug prices. They also sponsor of S. 3053, a bill to prevent a of Defense, for military construction, undermine the careful balance created person who has been convicted of a and for defense activities of the De- in the Hatch-Waxman Act and the misdemeanor hate crime, or received partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- more recent Biologics Price Competi- an enhanced sentence for a mis- tary personnel strengths for such fiscal tion and Innovation Act, which are de- demeanor because of hate or bias in its year, and for other purposes. signed to reward and incentivize inno- commission, from obtaining a firearm. f vation while ensuring that consumers S. CON. RES. 36 ultimately benefit from the entry, At the request of Mr. NELSON, the STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED after an appropriate time, of generic or name of the Senator from New Jersey BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS biosimilar versions of a drug. Innova- (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. tive companies can and should gain the sor of S. Con. Res. 36, a concurrent res- GRASSLEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and benefit of their inventions. But when olution expressing support of the goal Mr. LEE): companies artificially extend the pe- of ensuring that all Holocaust victims S. 3056. A bill to provide for certain riod of those benefits by using dilatory live with dignity, comfort, and security causes of action relating to delays of tactics to delay generic entry, the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:02 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.032 S14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3863 thoughtful balance of the Hatch-Wax- COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORKER, Mr. for Senator Voinovich by the naming of nu- man Act and BPCIA are plainly under- CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. merous landmarks after him, including mined. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. Voinovich Centennial Park, the Voinovich Innerbelt Bridge, and The George V. Voino- I share the concerns of Vermonters DURBIN, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. ERNST, Mrs. vich School of Leadership and Public Affairs FEINSTEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. FLAKE, and Americans across the country that at Ohio University; many pharmaceutical products are Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. Whereas, in his two terms in the United simply too expensive for consumers. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASS- States Senate and in his other public service, Nearly 3⁄4 of the public view prescrip- LEY, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. George Voinovich reached across the aisle tion drug costs as unreasonable, and HEITKAMP, Mr. HELLER, Ms. HIRONO, and sought common ground to solve prob- one in four patients say they have not Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, lems: Now, therefore, be it filled a prescription because of cost. Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Mr. Resolved, That the Senate has heard with Parents should not be forced to choose KIRK, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, profound sorrow and deep regret the an- Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. nouncement of the death of George Voino- between putting food on the table and vich, former member of the United States MARKEY, Mr. MCCAIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, getting their children and themselves Senate. Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. MI- the medicine they need. When drug Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prices are artificially inflated, patients KULSKI, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, communicate these resolutions to the House suffer, illnesses become protracted, and Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NEL- of Representatives and transmit an enrolled families, government programs, and SON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. copy thereof to the family of the deceased. other payers in the healthcare system PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROB- Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns ultimately bear the cost. That is why ERTS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. today, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late George this legislation is supported by con- SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SESSIONS, V. Voinovich. sumer groups, physicians, insurance Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. STABE- companies, pharmacists and hospitals f NOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. who all see firsthand the impact of un- THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. SENATE RESOLUTION 494—DESIG- reasonably high costs of some prescrip- UDALL, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WARNER, Ms. NATING SEPTEMBER 2016 AS tion drugs. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, ‘‘NATIONAL CHILD AWARENESS Earlier this month, Vermont set an and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the fol- MONTH’’ TO PROMOTE AWARE- example for the Nation when it passed lowing resolution; which was consid- NESS OF CHARITIES BENEFITING into law drug transparency legislation ered and agreed to: CHILDREN AND YOUTH-SERVING that will require pharmaceutical com- S. RES. 493 ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT panies to justify large increases in Whereas George Voinovich was born in THE UNITED STATES AND REC- their drug prices. Here in Washington, Cleveland, Ohio, attended Ohio University OGNIZING THE EFFORTS MADE the Senate Aging Committee and other and Ohio State University College of Law; BY THOSE CHARITIES AND OR- Committees have been doing important Whereas George Voinovich began his ca- GANIZATIONS ON BEHALF OF work to analyze the root causes of high reer faithfully serving the State and the peo- CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS CRIT- drug pricing and find practical solu- ple of Ohio as an assistant attorney general ICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE tions. Solving this issue will require of Ohio in 1963; served as a member of the FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES nuanced, thoughtful work on all sides Ohio House of Representatives from 1967 to to ensure that consumers are protected 1971; served as Cuyahoga County auditor Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. from 1971 to 1976; served as a member of the LANKFORD) submitted the following and that pharmaceutical companies Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners that act in good faith can continue to resolution; which was considered and from 1977 to 1978; was elected lieutenant gov- agreed to: innovate for patients. ernor in 1978; and served as mayor of Cleve- With the CREATES Act, the bipar- land from 1979 to 1989; S. RES. 494 tisan leaders of the Senate Judiciary Whereas, George Voinovich was elected Whereas millions of children and youth in Committee and its Subcommittee on governor of Ohio in 1991 and was elected to a the United States represent the hopes and Antitrust, Competition Policy and second term by a landslide, securing 72% of future of the United States; the vote, the highest percentage of the vote Whereas numerous individuals, charities Consumer Rights are using our roles to ever won by gubernatorial candidate in Ohio benefiting children, and youth-serving orga- address anticompetitive behavior that history; nizations that work with children and youth blocks competition and delays the cre- Whereas, during his time as governor, he collaborate to provide invaluable services to ation of affordable generic drugs. I was known for his advocacy and practice of enrich and better the lives of children and thank Senators GRASSLEY, KLOBUCHAR fiscal responsibility, embodied in his call to youth throughout the United States; and LEE for joining me in this effort, ‘‘working harder and smarter, doing more Whereas raising awareness of, and increas- and for agreeing to hold a hearing on with less’’; ing support for, organizations that provide this bill as soon as next week. Whereas, under his tenure as Governor, access to health care, social services, edu- Ohio’s unemployment rate fell to a 25-year cation, the arts, sports, and other services Drug affordability is a bipartisan low and he restored the state’s budget to fi- will result in the development of character issue that impacts each and every one nancial health; and the future success of the children and of us. I hope other Senators will join us Whereas, in 1998, George Voinovich was youth of the United States; in supporting this bipartisan legisla- elected to the United States Senate and Whereas the month of September, as the tion. served until 2011, during which time he was school year begins, is a time— f Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics (1) when parents, families, teachers, school and a member of the Appropriations Com- administrators, and communities increase SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS mittee; focus on children and youth throughout the Whereas, in 2004, George Voinovich was re- United States; and elected to the United States Senate with (2) for the people of the United States to SENATE RESOLUTION 493—REL- more votes than any other Senate candidate highlight and be mindful of the needs of chil- ATIVE TO THE DEATH OF in Ohio history; dren and youth; GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, FORMER Whereas, for every public office he held, Whereas private corporations and busi- UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR George Voinovich improved government op- nesses have joined with hundreds of national THE STATE OF OHIO erations, accountability and financial man- and local charitable organizations through- agement; he worked to improve the environ- out the United States in support of a month- Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. ment, with particular attention to Lake long focus on children and youth; and BROWN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. REID, Mr. Erie, and making America more secure; Whereas designating September 2016 as ALEXANDER, Ms. AYOTTE, Ms. BALDWIN, Whereas, throughout his life, George ‘‘National Child Awareness Month’’ would Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. Voinovich was guided by his deep faith, per- recognize that a long-term commitment to sonal integrity, fiscal responsibility, respect children and youth is in the public interest BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOKER, and service to his fellow citizens, and above and will encourage widespread support for Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BURR, all, his abiding love of his family, state and charities and organizations that seek to pro- Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. nation; vide a better future for the children and CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. Whereas the people of Ohio have dem- youth of the United States: Now, therefore, CASSIDY, Mr. COATS, Mr. COCHRAN, Ms. onstrated their appreciation and affection be it

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VESTMENTS spectively,’’; (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘(or for f SEC. 6201. ALLOCATION INCREASES AND TRANS- PARENCY IN BASE CALCULATION. the Department of Defense, an amount of the AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND (a) SBIR.—Section 9(f) of the Small Busi- budget for basic research of the Department PROPOSED ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(f)) is amended— of Defense)’’ after ‘‘research’’; and (1) in paragraph (1)— (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘(or for SA 4680. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph the Department of Defense an amount of the Mr. VITTER) submitted an amendment in- (A), by striking ‘‘expend’’ and inserting ‘‘ob- budget for research, development, test, and tended to be proposed to amendment SA 4253 ligate for expenditure’’; evaluation of the Department of Defense)’’ submitted by Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘of the agency’’. Mr. VITTER) and intended to be proposed to at the end; (b) STTR.—Section 9(n)(1) of the Small the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations (C) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘in fis- Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)) is amend- for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of cal year 2017 and each fiscal year there- ed— the Department of Defense, for military con- after,’’ and inserting ‘‘in each of fiscal years (1) in subparagraph (A)— struction, and for defense activities of the 2017 through 2021’’; and (A) by striking ‘‘expend’’ and inserting Department of Energy, to prescribe military (D) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the ‘‘obligate for expenditure’’; and personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and following: (B) by striking ‘‘not less than the percent- for other purposes; which was ordered to lie ‘‘(J) for a Federal agency other than the age of that extramural budget specified in on the table. Department of Defense, the National Science subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘for a Fed- SA 4681. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Foundation, or the Department of Health eral agency other than the Department of LEAHY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. SCHUMER) and Human Services— Defense, the National Science Foundation, submitted an amendment intended to be pro- ‘‘(i) not less than 3.4 percent of the extra- or the Department of Health and Human posed by him to the bill H.R. 2578, making mural budget for research or research and Services, not less than the percentage of appropriations for the Departments of Com- development of the Federal agency in fiscal that extramural budget specified in subpara- merce and Justice, Science, and Related year 2022; graph (B), for the Department of Defense, Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- ‘‘(ii) not less than 3.6 percent of such extra- not less than the percentage of the budget tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which mural budget in fiscal year 2023; for research, development, test, and evalua- was ordered to lie on the table. ‘‘(iii) not less than 3.8 percent of such ex- tion of the Department of Defense specified SA 4682. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an tramural budget in fiscal year 2024; in subparagraph (B), and for the National amendment intended to be proposed by her ‘‘(iv) not less than 4 percent of such extra- Science Foundation and the Department of to the bill H.R. 2578, supra; which was or- mural budget in fiscal year 2025; Health and Human Services, not less than dered to lie on the table. ‘‘(v) not less than 4.2 percent of such extra- the percentage of that extramural budget SA 4683. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. mural budget in fiscal year 2026; specified in subparagraph (C)’’; PERDUE) submitted an amendment intended ‘‘(vi) not less than 4.4 percent of such ex- (2) in subparagraph (B)— to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2578, tramural budget in fiscal year 2027; and (A) in the subparagraph heading, by insert- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. ‘‘(vii) not less than 4.5 percent of such ex- ing ‘‘OTHER THAN FOR NSF AND HHS’’ after SA 4684. Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. tramural budget in fiscal year 2028 and each ‘‘AMOUNTS’’; ISAKSON) submitted an amendment intended fiscal year thereafter; (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2578, ‘‘(K) for the Department of Defense— striking ‘‘the extramural budget required to supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. ‘‘(i) not less than 2.6 percent of the budget be expended by an agency’’ and inserting for research, development, test, and evalua- ‘‘the extramural budget, for a Federal agen- f tion of the Department of Defense in fiscal cy other than the Department of Defense, TEXT OF AMENDMENTS year 2022; the National Science Foundation, or the De- ‘‘(ii) not less than 2.7 percent of such budg- partment of Health and Human Services, and SA 4680. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself et in fiscal year 2023; of the budget for research, development, and Mr. VITTER) submitted an amend- ‘‘(iii) not less than 2.8 percent of such test, and evaluation, for the Department of ment intended to be proposed to budget in fiscal year 2024; Defense, required to be obligated for expendi- amendment SA 4253 submitted by Mrs. ‘‘(iv) not less than 2.9 percent of such budg- ture with small business concerns’’; SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. VITTER) et in fiscal year 2025; (C) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the and intended to be proposed to the bill ‘‘(v) not less than 3 percent of such budget end; (D) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘fiscal year S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for in fiscal year 2026; ‘‘(vi) not less than 3.1 percent of such budg- 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’ and in- fiscal year 2017 for military activities et in fiscal year 2027; serting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2016 through of the Department of Defense, for mili- ‘‘(vii) not less than 3.2 percent of such 2021;’’; and tary construction, and for defense ac- budget in fiscal year 2028; (E) by adding at the end the following: tivities of the Department of Energy, ‘‘(viii) not less than 3.3 percent of such ‘‘(vi) 0.5 percent for fiscal year 2022; to prescribe military personnel budget in fiscal year 2029; ‘‘(vii) 0.55 percent for fiscal year 2023; strengths for such fiscal year, and for ‘‘(ix) not less than 3.4 percent of such budg- ‘‘(viii) 0.6 percent for fiscal year 2024; other purposes; which was ordered to et in fiscal year 2030; and ‘‘(ix) 0.65 percent for fiscal year 2025; ‘‘(x) not less than 3.5 percent of such budg- ‘‘(x) 0.7 percent for fiscal year 2026; lie on the table; as follows: et in fiscal year 2031 and each fiscal year ‘‘(xi) 0.75 percent for fiscal year 2027; In lieu of the matter proposed to be in- thereafter; and ‘‘(xii) 0.8 percent for fiscal year 2028; serted, insert the following: ‘‘(L) for the National Science Foundation ‘‘(xiii) 0.85 percent for fiscal year 2029; DIVISION F—SBIR AND STTR and the Department of Health and Human ‘‘(xiv) 0.9 percent for fiscal year 2030; and REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPROVEMENTS Services, for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal ‘‘(xv) 0.95 percent for fiscal year 2031 and year thereafter, the lesser of— each fiscal year thereafter.’’; and SEC. 6001. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(i) the percentage of the extramural budg- (3) by adding at the end the following: This division may be cited as the ‘‘SBIR et for research or research and development ‘‘(C) EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR NSF AND and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement of the National Science Foundation or the HHS.—The percentage of the extramural Act of 2016’’. Department of Health and Human Services, budget required to be expended by the Na- TITLE LXI—REAUTHORIZATION OF respectively, equal to the sum of— tional Science Foundation and the Depart- PROGRAMS ‘‘(I) the percentage in effect under this ment of Health and Human Services in ac- SEC. 6101. PERMANENCY OF SBIR PROGRAM AND paragraph for the National Science Founda- cordance with subparagraph (A) shall be— STTR PROGRAM. tion or the Department of Health and Human ‘‘(i) for each of fiscal years 2016 through (a) SBIR.—Section 9(m) of the Small Busi- Services, respectively, for the previous fiscal 2021, 0.45 percent; and ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended— year; and ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘(II)(aa) 0.07 percent; or year thereafter, the lesser of— ‘‘TERMINATION’’ and inserting ‘‘SBIR PRO- ‘‘(bb) if the extramural budget for research ‘‘(I) the percentage of the extramural budg- GRAM AUTHORIZATION’’; and or research and development of the National et for research or research and development

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of the National Science Foundation or the on that project from another Federal agen- ‘‘(B) CLARIFICATION OF PATENT COSTS.— Department of Health and Human Services, cy.’’. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A Federal agency shall respectively, equal to the sum of— TITLE LXIII—COMMERCIALIZATION not directly or indirectly inhibit, through ‘‘(aa) the percentage in effect under this IMPROVEMENTS the policies, directives, or practices of the paragraph for the National Science Founda- Federal agency, an otherwise eligible small SEC. 6301. PERMANENCY OF THE COMMER- business concern performing under an award tion or the Department of Health and Human CIALIZATION PILOT PROGRAM FOR Services, respectively, for the previous fiscal CIVILIAN AGENCIES. described in subparagraph (A) from recov- year; and Section 9(gg) of the Small Business Act (15 ering patent costs incurred as requirements ‘‘(bb)(AA) 0 percent; or U.S.C. 638(gg)) is amended— under that award, including— ‘‘(BB) if the extramural budget for re- (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘(I) the costs of preparing— ‘‘(aa) invention disclosures; search or research and development of the ‘‘PILOT PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMER- ‘‘(bb) reports; and National Science Foundation or the Depart- CIALIZATION DEVELOPMENT AWARDS’’; ment of Health and Human Services, respec- (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (7), and (8); ‘‘(cc) other documents; tively, for the fiscal year is not less than 103 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), ‘‘(II) the costs for searching the art to the extent necessary to make the invention dis- percent of such extramural budget for the and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), re- closures; previous fiscal year, 0.05 percent; or spectively; ‘‘(III) other costs in connection with the ‘‘(II) 0.95 percent of the extramural budget (4) by adding at the end the following: filing and prosecution of a United States pat- for research or research and development of ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— ent application where title or royalty-free li- the National Science Foundation or the De- ‘‘(A) the term ‘commercialization develop- cense is to be conveyed to the Federal Gov- partment of Health and Human Services, re- ment program’ means a program established ernment; and spectively.’’. by a covered Federal agency under paragraph ‘‘(IV) general counseling services relating (c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDING IN- (1); and to patent matters, including advice on pat- CREASE PILOT.—For each of fiscal years 2018, ‘‘(B) the term ‘covered Federal agency’— ent laws, regulations, clauses, and employee 2019, and 2020, the Secretary of Defense may ‘‘(i) means a Federal agency participating agreements. authorize any program of the Department of in the SBIR program or the STTR program; ‘‘(ii) RECOVERY LIMITATIONS.—The patent Defense to expend funds through the Small and costs described in clause (i) shall be allow- Business Innovation Research program or ‘‘(ii) does not include the Department of able for technology developed under a— the Small Business Technology Transfer pro- Defense.’’; and ‘‘(I) Phase I award, as indirect costs in an gram. Any additional funds expended under (5) by striking ‘‘pilot program’’ each place amount not greater than $5,000; the authority under this subsection shall not it appears and inserting ‘‘commercialization ‘‘(II) Phase II award, as indirect costs in an count towards meeting the required expendi- development program’’. ture requirements under subsection (f) or (n) amount not greater than $15,000; and SEC. 6302. ENFORCEMENT OF NATIONAL SMALL ‘‘(III) Phase III award in which the Federal of section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 BUSINESS GOAL FOR FEDERAL RE- U.S.C. 638), as amended by this section. SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Government has government purpose rights (as defined in section 227.7103-5 of title 48, SEC. 6202. REGULAR OVERSIGHT OF AWARD Section 9(h) of the Small Business Act (15 Code of Federal Regulations). AMOUNTS. U.S.C. 638(h)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(2) FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONTRACTS.—An oth- (a) ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC INFLATION ‘‘(h) NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS GOAL FOR erwise eligible small business concern per- ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 9(j) of the Small FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— forming under an STTR award that uses a Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(j)) is amended— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in (1) in paragraph (2)(D), by inserting consultation with Federal agencies, shall es- firm fixed-price contract or an SBIR award ‘‘through fiscal year 2016’’ after ‘‘every tablish a Governmentwide goal for each fis- that uses a firm fixed-price contract may re- year’’; and cal year, which shall be not less than 10 per- cover fair and reasonable costs arising from (2) by adding at the end the following: cent, for the percentage of the amounts seeking protection for intellectual property, including a trademark, copyright, or patent, ‘‘(4) 2016 MODIFICATIONS FOR DOLLAR VALUE made available for research or research and that was created through work performed OF AWARDS.—Not later than 120 days after development that shall be obligated for fund- the date of enactment of the SBIR and STTR ing agreements— under that award.’’. Reauthorization and Improvement Act of ‘‘(A) with small business concerns; or SEC. 6304. ANNUAL GAO AUDIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH COMMERCIALIZATION GOALS. 2016, the Administrator shall modify the pol- ‘‘(B) that will facilitate the development of Section 9(nn) of the Small Business Act (15 icy directives issued under this subsection to research and development small business U.S.C. 638(nn)) is amended to read as follows: clarify that Congress intends to review the concerns. ‘‘(nn) ANNUAL GAO REPORT ON GOVERN- dollar value of awards every 3 fiscal years.’’. ‘‘(2) AGENCY GOALS.— MENT COMPLIANCE WITH GOALS, INCENTIVES, (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REG- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Fed- AND PHASE III PREFERENCE.—Not later than 1 ULAR REVIEW OF THE AWARD SIZES.— eral agency which has a budget for research year after the date of enactment of the SBIR (1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress or research and development in excess of and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement that for fiscal year 2019, and every third fis- $20,000,000, in consultation with the Adminis- Act of 2016, and every year thereafter until cal year thereafter, Congress should evaluate trator, shall establish a goal for the Federal the date that is 5 years after the date of en- whether the maximum award sizes under the agency for each fiscal year that is appro- actment of the SBIR and STTR Reauthoriza- Small Business Innovation Research Pro- priate to the mission of the Federal agency tion and Improvement Act of 2016, the Comp- gram and the Small Business Technology for the percentage of such budget that shall troller General of the United States shall Transfer Program under section 9 of the be obligated for funding agreements— submit to the Committee on Small Business Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) should be ‘‘(i) with small business concerns; or and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the adjusted and, if so, take appropriate action ‘‘(ii) that will facilitate the development of Committee on Small Business of the House to direct that such adjustments be made research and development small business of Representatives a report that— under the policy directives issued under sub- concerns. ‘‘(1) discusses the status of the compliance section (j) of such section. ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The head of a Federal of Federal agencies with the requirements or (2) POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.—In reviewing agency may not establish a percentage goal authorities established under— adjustments to the maximum award sizes, under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year that ‘‘(A) subsection (h), relating to the estab- Congress should take into consideration the is less than the percentage goal that was es- lishment by certain Federal agencies of a balance of number of awards to size of tablished under subparagraph (A) for the goal for funding agreements for research and awards, the missions of Federal agencies, Federal agency for the previous fiscal year.’’. research and development with small busi- and the technology needed to support na- SEC. 6303. PROTECTING INNOVATIVE TECH- ness concerns; tional goals. NOLOGIES. ‘‘(B) subsection (y)(5)(A), relating to the (c) CLARIFICATION OF SEQUENTIAL PHASE II Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 requirement for the Department of Defense AWARDS.—Section 9(ff) of the Small Business U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding at the end to establish goals for the transition of Phase Act (15 U.S.C. 638(ff)) is amended by adding the following: III technologies in subcontracting plans; at the end the following: ‘‘(tt) PROTECTING INNOVATIVE TECH- ‘‘(C) subsection (y)(5)(B), relating to the re- ‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION OF SEQUENTIAL PHASE II NOLOGIES.— quirement for the Department of Defense to AWARDS.—The head of a Federal agency shall ‘‘(1) COST-REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS.— establish procedures for a prime contractor ensure that any sequential Phase II award is ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph to report the number and dollar amount of made in accordance with the limitations on (B)(ii), the cost of seeking protection for in- contracts with small business concerns for award sizes under subsection (aa). tellectual property, including a trademark, Phase III SBIR projects or STTR projects of ‘‘(4) CROSS-AGENCY SEQUENTIAL PHASE II copyright, or patent, that was created the prime contractor; and AWARDS.—A small business concern that re- through work performed under an STTR ‘‘(D) subsection (y)(6), relating to the re- ceives a sequential Phase II SBIR or Phase II award that uses a cost-reimbursement con- quirement for the Department of Defense to STTR award for a project from a Federal tract or an SBIR award that uses a cost-re- set a goal to increase the number of Phase II agency is eligible to receive an additional se- imbursement contract is allowable as an in- SBIR and STTR contracts that transition quential Phase II award that continues work direct cost under that award. into programs of record or fielded systems;

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‘‘(2) includes, for a Federal agency that is ‘‘(B) SELECTION BY SMALL BUSINESS CON- (iv) by adding at the end the following: in compliance with a requirement described CERN.—A small business concern may, by ‘‘(K) funding for improvements that in- under paragraph (1), a description of how the contract or otherwise, select 1 or more ven- crease commonality across data systems, re- Federal agency achieved compliance; and dors to assist the small business concern in duce redundancy, and improve data over- ‘‘(3) includes a list, organized by Federal meeting the goals listed in paragraph (1).’’; sight and accuracy.’’; and agency, of small business concerns that have and (B) by adding at the end the following: asserted to an appropriate Federal agency (4) in paragraph (3)— ‘‘(7) SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS; FAST PRO- that— (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘paragraph GRAM.— ‘‘(A) the Government or prime con- (2)’’ each place it appears; ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the tractor— (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$5,000 term ‘covered Federal agency’ means a Fed- ‘‘(i) did not protect the intellectual prop- per year’’ each place it appears and inserting eral agency that— erty of the small business concern in accord- ‘‘$6,500 per project’’; ‘‘(i) is required to conduct an SBIR pro- ance with data rights under the SBIR or (C) in subparagraph (B)— gram; and STTR award; or (i) by striking ‘‘$5,000 per year’’ each place ‘‘(ii) elects to use the funds allocated to ‘‘(ii) issued a Phase III SBIR or STTR it appears and inserting ‘‘$35,000 per the SBIR program of the Federal agency for award conditional on relinquishing data project’’; and the purposes described in paragraph (1). rights; (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘which shall ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Each covered Federal ‘‘(B) the Federal agency solicited bids for a be in addition to the amount of the recipi- agency shall transfer an amount equal to 15 contract, or provided funding to an entity ent’s award’’ and inserting ‘‘which may, as percent of the funds that are used for the other than the small business concern re- determined appropriate by the head of the purposes described in paragraph (1) to the ceiving the SBIR or STTR award, that was Federal agency, be included as part of the re- Administration— for work that derived from, extended, or cipient’s award or be in addition to the ‘‘(i) for the Regional SBIR State Collabo- completed efforts made under prior funding amount of the recipient’s award’’; rative Initiative Pilot Program established agreements under the SBIR program or (D) in subparagraph (C)— under subsection (uu); STTR program; (i) by inserting ‘‘or business’’ after ‘‘tech- ‘‘(ii) for the Federal and State Technology ‘‘(C) the Government or prime contractor nical’’; Partnership Program established under sec- did not comply with the SBIR and STTR pol- (ii) by striking ‘‘the vendor’’ and inserting tion 34; and icy directives and the small business concern ‘‘a vendor’’; and ‘‘(iii) to support the Office of the Adminis- filed a comment or complaint to the Office of (iii) by adding at the end the following: tration that administers the SBIR program the National Ombudsman or appealed to the ‘‘Business-related services aimed at improv- and the STTR program, subject to agree- Administrator for intervention; or ing the commercialization success of a small ment from other agencies about how the ‘‘(D) the Federal agency did not comply business concern may be obtained from an funds will be used, in carrying out those pro- with subsection (g)(12) or (o)(16) requiring entity, such as a public or private organiza- grams and the programs described in clauses timely notice to the Administrator of any tion or an agency of or other entity estab- (i) and (ii). case or controversy before any Federal judi- lished or funded by a State that facilitates ‘‘(8) PILOT PROGRAM.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of amounts provided to cial or administrative tribunal concerning or accelerates the commercialization of the Administration under paragraph (7), not the SBIR program or the STTR program of technologies or assists in the creation and less than $5,000,000 shall be used to provide the Federal agency.’’. growth of private enterprises that are com- awards under the Regional SBIR State Col- mercializing technology.’’; SEC. 6305. CLARIFYING THE PHASE III PREF- laborative Initiative Pilot Program estab- (E) in subparagraph (D)— ERENCE. lished under subsection (uu) for each fiscal (i) by inserting ‘‘or business’’ after ‘‘tech- Section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15 year in which the program is in effect. nical’’ each place it appears; and U.S.C. 638(r)) is amended— ‘‘(B) DISBURSEMENT FLEXIBILITY.—The Ad- (ii) in clause (i)— (1) by striking paragraph (4); ministration may use any unused funds (I) by striking ‘‘the vendor’’ and inserting (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para- made available under subparagraph (A) as of graph (4), and transferring such paragraph to ‘‘1 or more vendors’’; and April 1 of each fiscal year for awards to carry after paragraph (3); and (II) by striking ‘‘provides’’ and inserting out clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (7)(B) (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- ‘‘provide’’; and after providing written notice to— lowing: (F) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(i) the Committee on Small Business and ‘‘(2) PHASE III AWARD DIRECTION FOR AGEN- ‘‘(E) MULTIPLE AWARD RECIPIENTS.—The Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Ap- CIES AND PRIME CONTRACTORS.—To the great- Administrator shall establish a limit on the propriations of the Senate; and est extent practicable, Federal agencies and amount of technical and business assistance ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Small Business and Federal prime contractors shall issue Phase services that may be received or purchased the Committee on Appropriations of the III awards relating to technology, including under subparagraph (B) by small business House of Representatives.’’; and sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR concerns with respect to multiple Phase II (2) by adding after subsection (tt), as added award recipients that developed the tech- SBIR or STTR awards for a fiscal year.’’. by section 6303 of this Act, the following: nology.’’. SEC. 6307. EXTENSION OF PHASE 0 PROOF OF ‘‘(uu) REGIONAL SBIR STATE COLLABO- SEC. 6306. IMPROVEMENTS TO TECHNICAL AND CONCEPT PARTNERSHIP PILOT. RATIVE INITIATIVE PILOT PROGRAM.— BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. Section 9(jj) of the Small Business Act (15 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— Section 9(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(jj)) is amended— ‘‘(A) the term ‘eligible entity’ means— U.S.C. 638(q)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘The Direc- ‘‘(i) a research institution; and (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than February ‘‘(ii) a small business concern; ‘‘AND BUSINESS’’ after ‘‘TECHNICAL’’; 1, 2019, the Director’’; and ‘‘(B) the term ‘eligible State’ means— (2) in paragraph (1)— (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and ‘‘(i) a State that the Administrator deter- (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph inserting ‘‘2019’’. mines is in the bottom half of States, based (A)— SEC. 6308. SATISFACTION OF COMPETITION RE- on the average number of annual SBIR pro- (i) by striking ‘‘a vendor selected under QUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF gram awards made to companies in the State paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more ven- DEFENSE. for the preceding 3 years for which the Ad- dors selected under paragraph (2)(A)’’; All awards by the Department of Defense ministration has applicable data; and (ii) by inserting ‘‘and business’’ before ‘‘as- under the SBIR program or the STTR pro- ‘‘(ii) an EPSCoR State that— sistance services’’; and gram shall be considered to meet the com- ‘‘(I) is a State described in clause (i); or (iii) by inserting ‘‘assistance with product petition requirements under section 2304 of ‘‘(II) is— sales, intellectual property protections, mar- title 10, United States Code. ‘‘(aa) not a State described in clause (i); ket research, market validation, and devel- TITLE LXIV—PROGRAM DIVERSIFICATION and opment of regulatory plans and manufac- INITIATIVES ‘‘(bb) invited to participate in a regional turing plans,’’ after ‘‘technologies,’’; and SEC. 6401. REGIONAL SBIR STATE COLLABO- collaborative; (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, in- RATIVE INITIATIVE PILOT PRO- ‘‘(C) the term ‘EPSCoR State’ means a cluding intellectual property protections’’ GRAM. State that participates in the Experimental before the period at the end; Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (3) in paragraph (2)— U.S.C. 638) is amended— of the National Science Foundation, as es- (A) by striking ‘‘Each agency may select a (1) in subsection (mm)— tablished under section 113 of the National vendor to assist small business concerns to (A) in paragraph (1)— Science Foundation Authorization Act of meet’’ and inserting the following: (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1862g); ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each agency may select (A), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; ‘‘(D) the term ‘FAST program’ means the 1 or more vendors from which small business (ii) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ Federal and State Technology Partnership concerns may obtain assistance in meeting’’; at the end; Program established under section 34; and (iii) in subparagraph (J), by striking the ‘‘(E) the term ‘pilot program’ means the (B) by adding at the end the following: period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and Regional SBIR State Collaborative Initiative

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Pilot Program established under paragraph paragraph (A) shall be authorized to act as ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.— (2); the lead eligible entity by the Governor of ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible State may ‘‘(F) the term ‘regional collaborative’ the applicable eligible State. not receive an award under both the FAST means a collaborative consisting of eligible ‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each lead eligible program and the pilot program for the same entities that are located in not less than 3 el- entity designated under subparagraph (A) year. igible States; and shall be responsible for administering the ac- ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in ‘‘(G) the term ‘State’ means any State of tivities and program initiatives described in clause (i) shall be construed to prevent an el- the United States, the District of Columbia, paragraph (7) in the applicable eligible State. igible State from applying for an award the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any ‘‘(6) REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE COORDI- under the FAST program and the pilot pro- territory or possession of the United States. NATOR.—Each regional collaborative shall gram for the same year. ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator designate a coordinator from amongst the el- ‘‘(9) DURATION OF AWARD.—An award pro- shall establish a pilot program, to be known igible entities located in the eligible States vided under the pilot program shall be for a as the Regional SBIR State Collaborative in the regional collaborative, who shall serve period of not more than 1 year, and may be Initiative Pilot Program, under which the as the interface between the regional col- renewed by the Administrator for 1 addi- Administrator shall provide awards to re- laborative and the Administration with re- tional year. gional collaboratives to address the needs of spect to measuring cross-State collaboration ‘‘(10) TERMINATION.—The pilot program small business concerns in order to be more and program effectiveness and documenting shall terminate on September 30, 2021. competitive in the proposal and selection best practices. ‘‘(11) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, process for awards under the SBIR program ‘‘(7) USE OF FUNDS.—Each regional collabo- 2021, the Administrator shall submit to the and the STTR program and to increase tech- rative that is provided an award under the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre- nology transfer and commercialization. pilot program may, in each eligible State in neurship of the Senate and the Committee ‘‘(3) GOALS.—The goals of the pilot pro- which an eligible entity of the regional col- on Small Business of the House of Represent- gram are— laborative is located— atives a report on the pilot program, which ‘‘(A) to create regional collaboratives that ‘‘(A) establish an initiative under which shall include— allow eligible entities to work cooperatively first-time applicants for an award under the ‘‘(A) an assessment of the pilot program to leverage resources to address the needs of SBIR program or the STTR program are re- and the effectiveness of the pilot program in small business concerns; viewed by experienced, national experts in meeting the goals described in paragraph (3); ‘‘(B) to grow SBIR program and STTR pro- the United States, as determined by the lead ‘‘(B) an assessment of the best practices, gram cooperative research and development eligible entity designated under paragraph including an analysis of how the pilot pro- and commercialization through increased (5)(A); gram compares to the FAST program and a awards under those programs; ‘‘(B) engage national mentors on a fre- single-State approach; and ‘‘(C) to increase the participation of States quent basis to work directly with applicants ‘‘(C) recommendations as to whether any that have historically received a lower level for an award under the SBIR program or the aspect of the pilot program should be ex- of awards under the SBIR program and the STTR program, particularly during Phase II, tended or made permanent.’’. STTR program; to assist with the process of preparing and SEC. 6402. FEDERAL AND STATE TECHNOLOGY ‘‘(D) to utilize the strengths and advan- submitting a proposal; PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. tages of regional collaboratives to better le- ‘‘(C) create and make available an online Section 34 of the Small Business Act (15 verage resources, best practices, and econo- mechanism to serve as a resource for appli- U.S.C. 657d) is amended— mies of scale in a region for the purpose of cants for an award under the SBIR program (1) in subsection (h)— increasing awards and increasing the com- or the STTR program to identify and con- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2001 mercialization of the SBIR program and nect with Federal labs, prime government through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2017 through STTR projects; contractor companies, other industry part- 2021’’; and ‘‘(E) to increase the competitiveness of the ners, and regional industry cluster organiza- (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal SBIR program and the STTR program; tions; years 2001 through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘each ‘‘(F) to identify sources of outside funding ‘‘(D) conduct focused and concentrated of fiscal years 2017 through 2021’’; and for applicants for an award under the SBIR outreach efforts to increase participation in (2) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘Sep- program or the STTR program, including the SBIR program and the STTR program by tember 30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘September venture capitalists, angel investor groups, small business concerns owned and con- 30, 2021’’. private industry, crowd funding, and special trolled by women, small business concerns TITLE LXV—OVERSIGHT AND loan programs; and owned and controlled by veterans, small SIMPLIFICATION INITIATIVES ‘‘(G) to offer increased one-on-one engage- business concerns owned and controlled by SEC. 6501. DATA REALIGNMENT AND MODERNIZA- ments with companies and entrepreneurs for socially and economically disadvantaged in- TION. SBIR program and STTR program education, dividuals (as defined in section 8(d)(3)(C)), Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 assistance, and successful outcomes. and historically black colleges and univer- U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding after sub- ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— sities; section (uu), as added by section 6401 of this ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A regional collaborative ‘‘(E) administer a structured program of Act, the following: that desires to participate in the pilot pro- training and technical assistance— ‘‘(vv) SBIR AND STTR INTERAGENCY POLICY gram shall submit to the Administrator an ‘‘(i) to prepare applicants for an award COMMITTEE.— application at such time, in such manner, under the SBIR program or the STTR pro- ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— and containing such information as the Ad- gram— ‘‘(A) the term ‘Committee’ means the SBIR ministrator may require. ‘‘(I) to compete more effectively for Phase and STTR Interagency Policy Committee es- ‘‘(B) INCLUSION OF LEAD ELIGIBLE ENTITIES I and Phase II awards; and tablished under paragraph (2); AND COORDINATOR.—A regional collaborative ‘‘(II) to develop and implement a successful ‘‘(B) the term ‘participating Federal agen- shall include in an application submitted commercialization plan; cy’ means a Federal agency with an SBIR under subparagraph (A)— ‘‘(ii) to assist eligible States focusing on program or an STTR program; and ‘‘(i) the name of each lead eligible entity transition and commercialization to win ‘‘(C) the term ‘phase’ means Phase I, Phase from each eligible State in the regional col- Phase III awards from public and private II, and Phase III. laborative, as designated under paragraph partners; ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established (5)(A); and ‘‘(iii) to create more competitive proposals an interagency committee to be known as ‘‘(ii) the name of the coordinator for the to increase awards from all Federal sources, the ‘SBIR and STTR Interagency Policy regional collaborative, as designated under with a focus on awards under the SBIR pro- Committee’. paragraph (6). gram and the STTR program; and ‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall ‘‘(C) AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION.—A re- ‘‘(iv) to assist first-time applicants by pro- include— gional collaborative shall include in an ap- viding small grants for proof of concept re- ‘‘(A) 4 representatives from each partici- plication submitted under subparagraph (A) search; and pating Federal agency, of which— an explanation as to how the activities of ‘‘(F) assist applicants for an award under ‘‘(i) 1 shall have expertise with respect to the regional collaborative under the pilot the SBIR program or the STTR program to the SBIR program and STTR program of the program would differ from other State and identify sources of outside funding, including Federal agency; Federal outreach activities in each eligible venture capitalists, angel investor groups, ‘‘(ii) 1 shall have expertise with respect to State in the regional collaborative. private industry, crowd funding, and special the broader research and development mis- ‘‘(5) LEAD ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— loan programs. sions and programs of the Federal agency; ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible State in a ‘‘(8) AWARD AMOUNT.— ‘‘(iii) 1 shall have expertise with respect to regional collaborative shall designate 1 eligi- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall marketplace commercialization or to the ble entity located in the eligible State to provide an award to each eligible State in transition of technologies to support the serve as the lead eligible entity for the eligi- which an eligible entity of a regional col- missions of the Federal agency; and ble State. laborative is located in an amount that is ‘‘(iv) 1 shall have expertise with respect to ‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION BY GOVERNOR.—Each not more than $300,000 to carry out the ac- the information technology systems of the lead eligible entity designated under sub- tivities described in paragraph (7). Federal agency; and

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U.S.C. 638(f)(1))— tration. ‘‘(IV) Subsection (o)(4)(B), relating to ‘‘(i) improves transparency for determining ‘‘(4) WORKING GROUPS.— shortening the decision time for STTR whether the Department is complying with ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall es- awards. the allocation requirements; tablish working groups as necessary to en- ‘‘(V) Subsection (v), relating to reducing ‘‘(ii) reduces the burden of calculating the sure consistency and clarity between the paperwork and compliance burdens. allocations; and participating Federal agencies. ‘‘(B) FOR ADMINISTRATION.—For fiscal years ‘‘(iii) improves the compliance of the De- ‘‘(B) DATA REALIGNMENT AND MODERNIZA- 2018 and 2019, if the Administration is not in partment with the allocation requirements; TION WORKING GROUP.— compliance with subsection (b)(7), relating and’’; and ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall es- to annual reports to Congress, the Adminis- (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘under sub- tablish a data alignment and modernization tration may not use amounts received under paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub- working group, which shall review the rec- paragraph (7)(B) of this subsection for a pur- paragraphs (B) and (C)’’. ommendations made in the report to Con- pose described in clause (iii) of such para- SEC. 6505. COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES gress by the Office of Science and Tech- graph (7)(B).’’. ON COMMERCIALIZATION ASSIST- nology of the Administration entitled ‘SBIR/ (b) CLARIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE- ANCE. Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 STTR TechNet Public & Government Data- MENT.—Section 9(b)(7) of the Small Business U.S.C. 638) is amended— bases’, dated September 15, 2014, and the Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)(7)) is amended in the (1) in subsection (j), as amended by section practices of participating Federal agencies matter preceding subparagraph (A), by strik- 6202(a) of this Act, by adding at the end the to— ing ‘‘not less than annually’’ and inserting following: ‘‘(I) determine how to collect data on ‘‘not later than December 31 of each year’’. ‘‘(5) COORDINATION OF COMMERCIALIZATION achievements by small business concerns in SEC. 6503. STRENGTHENING OF THE REQUIRE- ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 120 days after each phase of the SBIR program and the MENT TO SHORTEN THE APPLICA- the date of enactment of this paragraph, the STTR program and ensure collection and dis- TION REVIEW AND DECISION TIME. Administrator shall modify the policy direc- semination of such data in a timely, effi- Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended— tive issued pursuant to this subsection to cient, and uniform manner; clarify that a small business concern receiv- ‘‘(II) establish a uniform baseline for (1) in subsection (g)(4), by striking sub- paragraph (B) and inserting the following: ing training through the Innovation Corps metrics that support improving the solicita- program with administrative funds made tion, contracting, funding, and execution of ‘‘(B) make a final decision on each pro- posal submitted under the SBIR program— available under subsection (mm) shall not program management in the SBIR program receive discretionary business assistance and the STTR program; ‘‘(i) for the Department of Health and Human Services, not later than 1 year after funds for the same or similar activities as al- ‘‘(III) normalize formatting and database lowed under subsection (q).’’; and usage across participating Federal agencies; the date on which the applicable solicitation closes, with a goal to reduce the review and (2) in subsection (p), by adding at the end and the following: ‘‘(IV) determine the feasibility of devel- decision time to less than 10 months by Sep- ‘‘(4) COORDINATION OF COMMERCIALIZATION oping a common system across all partici- tember 30, 2019; ‘‘(ii) for the Department of Agriculture and ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 120 days after pating Federal agencies and the paperwork the date of enactment of this paragraph, the requirements under such a common system. the National Science Foundation, not later than 6 months after the date on which the Administrator shall modify the policy direc- ‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—Each member of the tive issued pursuant to this subsection to Committee shall serve as a member of the applicable solicitation closes; or ‘‘(iii) for any other Federal agency— clarify that a small business concern receiv- data alignment and modernization working ing training through the Innovation Corps group. ‘‘(I) not later than 90 days after the date on which the applicable solicitation closes; or program with administrative funds made ‘‘(5) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than Sep- ‘‘(II) if the Administrator authorizes an ex- available under subsection (mm) shall not tember 31, 2018, the Committee shall brief receive discretionary business assistance the Committee on Small Business and Entre- tension with respect to a solicitation, not later than 90 days after the date that would funds for the same or similar activities as al- preneurship of the Senate and the Com- lowed under subsection (q).’’. mittee on Small Business of the House of otherwise be applicable to the Federal agen- Representatives on the solutions identified cy under subclause (I);’’; and TITLE LXVI—PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN by the working group under paragraph (4) (2) in subsection (o)(4), by striking sub- AND MINORITIES and resources needed to execute the solu- paragraph (B) and inserting the following: SEC. 6601. SBA COORDINATION ON INCREASING tions.’’. ‘‘(B) make a final decision on each pro- OUTREACH FOR WOMEN AND MI- posal submitted under the STTR program— NORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES. SEC. 6502. IMPLEMENTATION OF OUTSTANDING ‘‘(i) for the Department of Health and Section 9(b) of the Small Business Act (15 REAUTHORIZATION PROVISIONS. Human Services, not later than 1 year after U.S.C. 638(b)) is amended— (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(mm) of the the date on which the applicable solicitation (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(mm)), as closes, with a goal to reduce the review and the end; amended by section 6401(1) of this Act, is decision time to less than 10 months by Sep- (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period amended— tember 30, 2019; at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph ‘‘(ii) for the Department of Agriculture and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (9)’’; the National Science Foundation, not later ‘‘(10) to coordinate with participating and than 6 months after the date on which the agencies on efforts to increase outreach and (2) by adding at the end the following: applicable solicitation closes; or awards under each of the SBIR and STTR ‘‘(9) SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.— ‘‘(iii) for any other Federal agency— programs to small business concerns owned ‘‘(A) FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES.— ‘‘(I) not later than 90 days after the date on and controlled by women and socially and ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal years 2018 and which the applicable solicitation closes; or economically disadvantaged small business 2019, any Federal agency that has not imple- ‘‘(II) if the Administrator authorizes an ex- concerns, as defined in section 8(a)(4).’’. mented each provision of law described in tension with respect to a solicitation, not SEC. 6602. FEDERAL AGENCY OUTREACH RE- clause (ii)— later than 90 days after the date that would QUIREMENTS FOR WOMEN AND MI- ‘‘(I) shall continue to provide amounts to otherwise be applicable to the Federal agen- NORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES. the Administration in accordance with para- cy under subclause (I);’’. Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 graph (7)(B); and U.S.C. 638) is amended— SEC. 6504. CONTINUED GAO OVERSIGHT OF ALLO- ‘‘(II) may not use additional amounts as CATION COMPLIANCE AND ACCU- (1) in subsection (g)— described in paragraph (1) until 30 days after RACY IN FUNDING BASE CALCULA- (A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the date on which the Federal agency sub- TIONS. the end; mits to the Committee on Small Business Section 5136(a) of the National Defense Au- (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe- and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (15 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and Committee on Small Business of the House U.S.C. 638 note) is amended— (C) by adding at the end the following: of Representatives documentation dem- (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), ‘‘(13) implement an outreach program to onstrating that the Federal agency has im- by striking ‘‘until the date that is 5 years small business concerns for the purpose of plemented and is in compliance with each after the date of enactment of this Act’’ and enhancing its SBIR program, under which provision of law described in clause (ii). insert ‘‘until the date on which the Comp- the Federal agency shall— ‘‘(ii) PROVISIONS.—The provisions of law de- troller General of the United States submits ‘‘(A) provide outreach to small business scribed in this clause are the following: the report relating to fiscal year 2019’’; concerns owned and controlled by women

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.040 S14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3869 and socially and economically disadvantaged which the Federal agency awards a grant to TITLE LXVII—TECHNICAL CHANGES small business concerns, as defined in sec- the small business concern under subsection SEC. 6701. UNIFORM REFERENCE TO THE DE- tion 8(a)(4); and (b); and PARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN ‘‘(B) establish goals for outreach by the (B) provides internships for covered STEM SERVICES. Federal agency to the small business con- interns; Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 cerns described in subparagraph (A).’’; and (4) the terms ‘‘Federal agency’’, ‘‘SBIR’’, U.S.C. 638) is amended— (2) in subsection (o)(14), by striking ‘‘SBIR and ‘‘STTR’’ have the meanings given those (1) in subsection (cc), by striking ‘‘Na- program;’’ and inserting ‘‘SBIR program, terms under section 9(e) of the Small Busi- tional Institutes of Health’’ and inserting under which the Federal agency shall— ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)); ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv- ‘‘(A) provide outreach to small business (5) the term ‘‘institution of higher edu- ices’’; and concerns owned and controlled by women cation’’ has the meaning given the term (2) in subsection (dd)(1)(A), by striking and socially and economically disadvantaged under section 101(a) of the Higher Education ‘‘Director of the National Institutes of small business concerns, as defined in sec- Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); Health’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Health tion 8(a)(4); and (6) the term ‘‘person from an underrep- and Human Services’’. ‘‘(B) establish goals for outreach by the resented population in the STEM fields’’ SEC. 6702. FLEXIBILITY FOR PHASE II AWARD IN- Federal agency to the small business con- means a person from a group that is under- VITATIONS. cerns described in subparagraph (A).’’. represented in the population of STEM stu- Section 9(e)(4)(B) of the Small Business SEC. 6603. STTR POLICY DIRECTIVE MODIFICA- dents, as determined by the Administrator; Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)(4)(B)) is amended in the TION. (7) the term ‘‘pilot program’’ means the Di- matter preceding clause (i)— Section 9(p) of the Small Business Act (15 versity and STEM Workforce Development (1) by striking ‘‘, which shall not include U.S.C. 638(p)), as amended by section 6505 of Pilot Program established under subsection any invitation, pre-screening, or pre-selec- this Act, is amended by adding at the end (b); tion process for eligibility for Phase II,’’; and the following: (8) the term ‘‘recent graduate’’, relating to (2) by inserting ‘‘in which eligibility for an ‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS.—Not later a woman or a person from an underrep- award shall not be based only on an invita- than 120 days after the date of enactment of resented population in the STEM fields, tion, pre-screening, or pre-selection process this paragraph, the Administrator shall mod- means that the woman or person from an and’’ before ‘‘in which awards’’. ify the policy directive issued pursuant to underrepresented population in the STEM SEC. 6703. PILOT PROGRAM FOR STREAMLINED this subsection to provide for enhanced out- fields earned an associate degree, bacca- TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION FROM reach efforts to increase the participation of laureate degree, or postbaccalaureate from THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS OF small business concerns owned and con- an institution of higher education during the THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— trolled by women and socially and economi- 1-year period beginning on the date of the in- (1) the terms ‘‘commercialization’’, cally disadvantaged small business concerns, ternship; ‘‘SBIR’’, ‘‘STTR’’, ‘‘Phase I’’, ‘‘Phase II’’, as defined in section 8(a)(4), in technological (9) the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has and ‘‘Phase III’’ have the meanings given innovation and in STTR programs.’’. the meaning given the term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and those terms in section 9(e) of the Small Busi- SEC. 6604. INTERAGENCY SBIR/STTR POLICY ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)); COMMITTEE. (10) the term ‘‘STEM fields’’ means the (2) the term ‘‘covered small business con- Section 5124 of the SBIR/STTR Reauthor- fields of science, technology, engineering, cern’’ means— ization Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–81; 125 and math. (A) a small business concern that com- Stat. 1837) is amended— (b) PILOT PROGRAM FOR INTERNSHIPS FOR pleted a Phase II award under the SBIR or (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub- WOMEN AND PEOPLE FROM UNDERREP- STTR program of the Department of De- section (e); and RESENTED POPULATIONS.—The Administrator fense; or (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol- shall establish a Diversity and STEM Work- (B) a small business concern that— lowing: force Development Pilot Program to encour- (i) completed a Phase I award under the ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.— age the business community to provide SBIR or STTR program of the Department of ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency SBIR/ workforce development opportunities for Defense; and STTR Policy Committee shall meet not less covered STEM interns, under which a Fed- (ii) a contracting officer for the Depart- than twice per year to carry out the duties eral agency participating in the SBIR pro- ment of Defense recommends for inclusion in under subsection (c). gram or STTR program may make a grant to a multiple award contract described in sub- ‘‘(2) OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 1 or more eligible entities for the costs of in- section (b); ACTIVITIES.—If the Interagency SBIR/STTR ternships for covered STEM interns. (3) the term ‘‘multiple award contract’’ has Policy Committee meets to discuss outreach (c) AMOUNT AND USE OF GRANTS.— the meaning given the term in section 3302(a) and technical assistance activities to in- (1) AMOUNT.—A grant under subsection of title 41, United States Code; crease the participation of small business (b)— (4) the term ‘‘pilot program’’ means the concerns that are underrepresented in the (A) may not be in an amount of more than pilot program established under subsection SBIR and STTR programs, the Committee $15,000 per fiscal year; and (b); and shall invite to the meeting— (B) shall be in addition to the amount of (5) the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has ‘‘(A) a representative of the Minority Busi- the award to the recipient under the SBIR the meaning given the term in section 3 of ness Development Agency; and program or the STTR program. the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). ‘‘(B) relevant stakeholders that work to (2) USE.—Not less than 90 percent of the (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the advance the interests of— amount of a grant under subsection (b) shall Defense may establish a pilot program under ‘‘(i) small business concerns owned and be used by the eligible entity to provide sti- which the Department of Defense shall controlled by women, as defined in section 3 pends or other similar payments to interns. award multiple award contracts to covered of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and (d) EVALUATION.—Not later than January small business concerns for the purchase of ‘‘(ii) socially and economically disadvan- technologies, supplies, or services that the taged small business concerns, as defined in 31 of the first calendar year after the third fiscal year during which the Administrator covered small business concern has devel- section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 oped through the SBIR or STTR program. U.S.C. 637(a)(4)).’’. carries out the pilot program, the Adminis- trator shall submit to Congress— (c) WAIVER OF COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING SEC. 6605. DIVERSITY AND STEM WORKFORCE (1) data on the results of the pilot program, ACT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAM. such as the number and demographics of the Defense may establish procedures to waive (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— covered STEM interns participating in an in- provisions of section 2304 of title 10, United (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the ternship funded under the pilot program and States Code, for purposes of carrying out the Administrator of the Small Business Admin- the amount spent on such internships; and pilot program. istration; (2) an assessment of whether the pilot pro- (d) USE OF CONTRACT VEHICLE.—A multiple (2) the term ‘‘covered STEM intern’’ means gram helped the SBIR program and STTR award contract described in subsection (b) a student at, or recent graduate from, an in- program achieve the congressional objective may be used by any service or component of stitution of higher education serving as an of fostering and encouraging the participa- the Department of Defense. intern— tion of women and persons from underrep- (e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program es- (A) whose course of study studied is fo- resented populations in the STEM fields. tablished under this section shall terminate cused on the STEM fields; and on September 30, 2022. (B) who is a woman or a person from an (e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this underrepresented population in the STEM terminate after the end of the fourth fiscal section shall be construed to prevent the fields; year during which the Administrator carries commercialization of products and services (3) the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a out the pilot program. produced by a small business concern under small business concern that— (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— an SBIR or STTR program of a Federal agen- (A) is receiving amounts under an award There are authorized to be appropriated such cy through— under the SBIR program or the STTR pro- sums as may be necessary to carry out the (1) direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR gram of a Federal agency on the date on pilot program. or STTR program; or

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.040 S14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S3870 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 14, 2016 (2) any other contract vehicle. by her to the bill H.R. 2578, making ap- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO propriations for the Departments of MEET Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, SA 4681. Commerce and Justice, Science, and Mr. LEAHY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN Related Agencies for the fiscal year AFFAIRS SCHUMER) submitted an amendment in- ending September 30, 2016, and for tended to be proposed by him to the Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask other purposes; which was ordered to bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations unanimous consent that the Com- lie on the table; as follows: for the Departments of Commerce and mittee on Banking, Housing, and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies At the appropriate place, insert the fol- Urban Affairs be authorized to meet for the fiscal year ending September 30, lowing: during the session of the Senate on 2016, and for other purposes; which was SEC. ll. Of the amounts made available June 14, 2016, at 9 a.m., to conduct a ordered to lie on the table; as follows: by this Act to the National Marine Fisheries hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of the U.S. Service to provide observers, the National Securities and Exchange Commission.’’ At the appropriate place, insert the fol- Marine Fisheries Service shall pay for the lowing: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without placement of at sea monitors on vessels be- objection, it is so ordered. SEC. lll. JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES COM- fore paying for observer-related costs associ- MITTED BY CERTAIN UNITED ated with standardized bycatch reporting COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL STATES PERSONNEL STATIONED IN methodology requirements. RESOURCES CANADA. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Travel, Commerce, SA 4683. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself unanimous consent that the Com- and National Security Act of 2016’’. and Mr. PERDUE) submitted an amend- mittee on Energy and Natural Re- (b) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 212A of title 18, ment intended to be proposed by him sources be authorized to meet during United States Code, is amended— to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropria- the session of the Senate on June 14, (1) in the chapter heading, by striking 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SD–366 of the ‘‘TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS’’; and tions for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Dirksen Senate Office Building. (2) by adding after section 3272 the fol- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lowing: Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- objection, it is so ordered. ‘‘§ 3273. Offenses committed by certain United tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; COMMITTEE ON FINANCE States personnel stationed in Canada in which was ordered to lie on the table; furtherance of border security initiatives as follows: Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, while em- After section 217, insert the following: ployed by the Department of Homeland Se- mittee on Finance be authorized to SEC. 218. Notwithstanding any other provi- curity or the Department of Justice and sta- meet during the session of the Senate sion of law, the provision of Senate Report tioned or deployed in Canada pursuant to a 114–239 (April 21, 2016) relating to Federal on June 14, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room treaty, executive agreement, or bilateral water usage violations shall have no force or SD–215 of the Dirksen Senate Office memorandum in furtherance of a border se- effect of law. Building, to conduct a hearing entitled curity initiative, engages in conduct (or con- ‘‘Energy Tax Policy in 2016 and Be- spires or attempts to engage in conduct) in Canada that would constitute an offense for SA 4684. Mr. PERDUE (for himself yond.’’ which a person may be prosecuted in a court and Mr. ISAKSON) submitted an amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of the United States had the conduct been ment intended to be proposed by him objection, it is so ordered. engaged in within the United States or with- to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropria- SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE in the special maritime and territorial juris- tions for the Departments of Commerce Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask diction of the United States shall be fined or and Justice, Science, and Related unanimous consent that the Select imprisoned, or both, as provided for that of- Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Committee on Intelligence be author- fense. ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes; ized to meet during the session of the ‘employed by the Department of Homeland which was ordered to lie on the table; Senate on June 14, 2016, from 2:30 p.m., Security or the Department of Justice’ as follows: in room SH–219 of the Hart Senate Of- means— At the appropriate place, insert the fol- fice Building. ‘‘(1) being employed as a civilian employee, lowing: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without a contractor (including a subcontractor at SEC. ll. (a) Until the Secretary of the objection, it is so ordered. any tier), or an employee of a contractor (or Army takes the actions described in sub- SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPERFUND, WASTE a subcontractor at any tier) of the Depart- section (b), none of the funds made available MANAGEMENT, AND REGULATORY OVERSIGHT ment of Homeland Security or the Depart- in this Act may be used— Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask ment of Justice; (1) to conduct an audit of— ‘‘(2) being present or residing in Canada in unanimous consent that the Sub- (A) all Federal water contract violations in connection with such employment; and committee on Superfund, Waste Man- multi-State water basins since 2005; and ‘‘(3) not being a national of or ordinarily agement, and Regulatory Oversight of (B) any contract violation notification the resident in Canada.’’. the Committee on Environment and Department of Justice has received from the (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- Secretary of the Army regarding all multi- Public Works be authorized to meet MENTS.—Part II of title 18, United States State river basins since 2005; during the session of the Senate on Code, is amended— June 14, 2016, at 3 p.m., in room SD–406 (1) in the table of chapters, by striking the (2) to develop and submit a record of how item relating to chapter 212A and inserting the Department of Justice has handled the of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, the following: violations and notifications described in sub- to conduct a hearing entitled, ‘‘Over- paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1); sight of the Environmental Protection ‘‘212A. Extraterritorial jurisdiction (3) to develop and implement a comprehen- over certain offenses ...... 3271’’; Agency’s Progress in Implementing In- sive plan to enforce Federal law and respond spector General and Government Ac- and to the violations described in subparagraphs (2) in the table of sections for chapter 212A, (A) and (B) of paragraph (1); countability Office Recommenda- by inserting after the item relating to sec- (4) to issue or submit a report relating to tions.’’ tion 3272 the following: the violations described in subparagraphs (A) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘3273. Offenses committed by certain United and (B) of paragraph (1); or objection, it is so ordered. States personnel stationed in (5) to enter into an agreement with the f Canada in furtherance of border Secretary of the Army to receive notifica- security initiatives.’’. tions relating to the violations described in NATIONAL CHILD AWARENESS (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1). MONTH this section or the amendments made by this (b) The actions described in this subsection Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I section shall be construed to infringe upon are— ask unanimous consent that the Sen- or otherwise affect the exercise of prosecu- (1) promulgation of a rule regarding return ate proceed to the immediate consider- torial discretion by the Department of Jus- flow credits in reservoirs under the jurisdic- tice in implementing this section and the tion of the Corps of Engineers; and ation of S. Res. 494, submitted earlier amendments made by this section. (2) issuance of a final agency action on a today. updated water supply allocation for Lake The PRESIDING OFFICER. The SA 4682. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted Allatoona for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa clerk will report the resolution by an amendment intended to be proposed river basin. title.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.040 S14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3871 The legislative clerk read as follows: time when global warming concerns human-driven climate change has A resolution (S. Res. 494) designating Sep- came from both sides of the aisle. strengthened over 30 years, the GOP’s tember 2016 as ‘‘National Child Awareness Nearly 30 years ago this week, a Re- trust in science has eroded. They don’t Month’’ to promote awareness of charities publican chair of the Senate Environ- appear to even believe the science in benefiting children and youth-serving orga- ment and Public Works Subcommittee their home State universities. All you nizations throughout the United States and on Environmental Pollution, who also have to do is go look at your own home recognizing the efforts made by those char- served twice as Governor of my State State universities’ positions on climate ities and organizations on behalf of children and how they are presented. It is right and youth as critical contributions to the fu- and as Secretary of the Navy, convened ture of the United States. a 2-day, 5-panel hearing on ozone deple- there. tion, the greenhouse effect, and cli- But when one looks at how that There being no objection, the Senate mate change. It was June, 1986, and party is funded and how it has now be- proceeded to consider the resolution. Senator John Chafee, a Republican of come virtually the political wing of the Mr. MCCONNELL. I further ask Rhode Island, gave opening remarks fossil fuel industry, one can understand unanimous consent that the resolution warning of ‘‘the buildup of greenhouse this sad state of affairs. be agreed to, the preamble be agreed gases, which threaten to warm the Three decades ago, Republican Sen- to, and the motions to reconsider be Earth to unprecedented levels. Such a ator Chafee said: considered made and laid upon the warming could, within the next 50 to 75 Scientists have characterized our treat- table with no intervening action or de- ment of the greenhouse effect as a global ex- years, produce enormous changes in a bate. periment. It strikes me as a form of plan- climate that has remained fairly stable The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without etary Russian roulette. for thousands of years.’’ objection, it is so ordered. He went on to say: ‘‘[T]here is a very real possibility,’’ The resolution (S. Res. 494) was By not making policy choices today, by Senator Chafee went on to say, ‘‘that agreed to. sticking to a ‘‘wait and see’’ approach, . . . man—through ignorance or indiffer- The preamble was agreed to. [b]y allowing these gases to continue to ence, or both—is irreversibly altering build in the atmosphere, this generation may (The resolution, with its preamble, is the ability of our atmosphere to per- be committing all of us to severe economic printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- form basic life support functions for and environmental disruption without ever mitted Resolutions.’’) the planet.’’ having decided that the value of ‘‘business as f usual’’ is worth the risks. Last weekend, the Washington Post Those who believe that these are problems ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE wrote an article recalling this historic to be dealt with by future generations are 15, 2016 hearing, entitled ‘‘30 years ago sci- misleading themselves. Man’s activities to entists warned Congress on global date may have already committed us to Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I warming. What they said sounds eerily some level of temperature change. ask unanimous consent that when the familiar.’’ Even with 30 more years of solid Senate completes its business today, it Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- science buttressing it, many in the adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, sent to have printed in the RECORD present-day GOP deny that basic un- June 15; that following the prayer and that article at the conclusion of my re- derstanding and ignore even the home pledge, the morning hour be deemed marks. State mainstream climate science that expired, the Journal of proceedings be Imagine, by the way, a Republican- underpins it. A few—a very few—Re- approved to date, and the time for the controlled Senate that would even have publicans in Congress are now so bold two leaders be reserved for their use a Subcommittee on Environmental as to accept mainstream, established later in the day; that following leader Pollution. How things have changed. science as it is taught in their home remarks, the Senate be in a period of The present Republican Chairman of State universities, as is accepted by all morning business until 10:30 a.m., with the Environment and Public Works our national science agencies and lab- Senators permitted to speak therein Committee is the author of ‘‘The oratories, and as it is warned of by our for up to 10 minutes each; finally, that Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warm- military and intelligence services, following morning business, the Senate ing Conspiracy Threatens Your Fu- which is a nice step. But none will yet vote on the motion to proceed to H.R. ture.’’ The contrast is stark between act on that understanding. Even that 2578. what Senate Republicans and their tiny cohort behaves in the face of this The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there hearing witnesses were saying 30 years known risk—a risk the party recog- objection? ago and what the polluter-funded GOP nized 30 years ago—as if it is enough to Without objection, it is so ordered. is saying today. accept the science and do nothing. All f Thirty years ago, Senator Chafee de- 14 of the House Members who sponsored clared: the House Resolution on climate ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT change—all 14 of them—just voted with This is not a matter of Chicken Little tell- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, if ing us the sky is falling. The scientific evi- ExxonMobil and the Koch brothers there is no further business to come be- dence . . . is telling us we have a problem; a against a carbon fee. When the whip fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- serious problem. comes down. Thirty years ago, the Chafee hearing sent that it stand adjourned under the According to our current EPW Com- witnesses included the long-time direc- previous order under the provisions of mittee chairman, ‘‘Much of the debate tor of NASA’s Goddard Center, Dr. S. Res. 493 as a further mark of respect over global warming is predicated on to the late George V. Voinovich, James Hansen; Dr. Michael fear rather than science.’’ Oppenheimer of Princeton; Dr. Robert former Senator from the State of Ohio, The depth and sophistication of cli- Watson; and then-Senator Al Gore of following the remarks of Senator mate science has done nothing but in- Tennessee. WHITEHOUSE. crease since the Chafee hearings, and Dr. Hansen, now one of the leading The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the damage from climate change is not advocates for immediate and decisive objection, it is so ordered. just a projection; it has started to climate action within the science com- The Senator from Rhode Island. occur. Scientists are now able to con- munity, educated the subcommittee on f nect the dots. Australian researchers, the theory underpinning global climate for example, have determined that the CLIMATE CHANGE models. ocean warming that led to widespread Dr. Oppenheimer, a member of the Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, in and devastating coral bleaching, kill- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate a Chamber where the debate on climate ing off a significant chunk of the Great Change, talked about the need for im- change has become woefully one-sided Barrier Reef in March, was made 175 mediate—30 years ago—climate action. and in a Congress where House Repub- times more likely by human-caused Uncertainty, he told the Senators, was licans just voted unanimously to op- climate change. As one researcher put no excuse for inaction. pose the only climate solution Repub- it, ‘‘this is the smoking gun.’’ Dr. Watson, who would go on to chair licans have come to, I want to use my Sadly, as the scientific consensus the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- 140th climate speech to remind us of a about the causes and consequences of mate Change between 1997 and 2002

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Indeed, it will longer any significant difference of Well, interestingly, one of the sig- be a legacy to run from. The fossil fuel opinion within the scientific commu- natories of that advertisement was companies, their trade associations, nity about the fact that the greenhouse none other than Donald J. Trump, front groups, and many in the GOP effect is real and is already occurring.’’ Chairman and President of The Trump have spent the 30 years since the The current GOP chair of our EPW Organization. It is also signed by Eric Chafee hearings obstructing respon- Committee has mocked Dr. Hansen and F. Trump and Ivanka Trump. Even the sible climate action despite better sci- the IPCC and Vice President Gore, re- 2009 version of the man who is now the entific understanding and growing pub- serving a particular disdain for Vice Republican Party’s presumptive nomi- lic support for climate action. The fos- President Gore, who he says is ‘‘drown- nee understood and put his name to the sil fuel industry has particular blame. ing in a sea of his own global warming need to act on climate change. They have erected a multi-tentacled, illusions,’’ and ‘‘desperately trying to Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- climate-denial apparatus that has de- keep global warming alarmism alive sent that a copy of that advertisement liberately caused that obstruction, and today.’’ be printed in the RECORD at the end of there are plenty of scientists looking Thirty years ago, the tone of the my remarks. at that now. GOP was much different. Where Repub- Mr. President, what does this indi- Citizens United is what gave that in- licans today mock the prudential rule, vidual, now the Republican Party’s dustry the unprecedented political Senator Chafee actually advocated for presumptive nominee, want to do? He weaponry that it has used to accom- prudence in environmental policy. He is proposing to roll back President plish that end. The GOP-Citizens said this: Obama’s Clean Power Plan and cancel United-fossil fuel industry nexus will The path that society is following today is the landmark Paris climate agreement. earn history’s condemnation. Let’s just much like driving a car toward the edge of a The same guy who signed this adver- hope it is not too late. cliff. We have a choice. We can go ahead, tisement has since labeled decades of The Washington Post article asked take no action and drive off the edge—fig- research by thousands of honest and Dr. Oppenheimer to reflect on the in- uring that, since the car will not hit the bot- honorable climate scientists as a tom of the canyon until our generation is al- tervening 30 years. Dr. Oppenheimer ‘‘hoax,’’ a ‘‘con job,’’ and ‘‘BS,’’ to use said: This hearing helped bring the con- ready long gone, the problem of coping with a more polite form of his expression, what we have made inevitable, is for future cern together, and essentially painted generations to deal with. We can hope that all the while on his business side he a picture that things are kind of spin- they will learn how to adapt. On the other wants a seawall to protect his golf re- ning out of control, that science is try- hand, we can put the brakes on now, before sort from ‘‘global warming and its ef- ing to tell us something, that the world the car gets any closer to the edge of the fects.’’ seems to be changing even faster than cliff and before we reach a point where mo- What do actual climate scientists our scientific understanding of the mentum will take us over the edge, with or think of the energy policies of the Re- without application of the brakes. problem, and worst of all, our political publican nominee-to-be? Well, in ref- leaders are way behind the eight ball. Present-day Republicans just want to erence to canceling the Paris Agree- I knew Senator Chafee. He was a fam- turn up the radio to the tune of ‘‘Drill, ment and undoing the Clean Power ily friend. He may have been my fa- Baby, Drill’’ and jam the accelerator to Plan, Dr. PAUL Higgins, who is the di- ther’s best friend. He was an optimist the floor. Our current EPW chair has rector of the American Meteorological and a pragmatist. He used to say: even said: ‘‘CO2 does not cause cata- Society’s Policy Program remarked: Given half a chance, nature will re- strophic disasters—actually it would be Undoing these efforts would mean that fu- bound and overcome tremendous set- beneficial to our environment and our ture emissions of carbon dioxide would be backs, but we must—at the very least— larger and future atmospheric concentra- economy.’’ give it that half a chance. He also knew Thirty years ago, Senator Chafee tions would be higher. Higher CO2 concentra- nature’s tolerance is not unlimited. At knew there was much yet to learn tions would mean larger changes in climate those groundbreaking hearings, Sen- about climate change. Scientists will and faster rates of change. Larger and faster ator Chafee warned: agree on the margins that there still is changes in climate, in turn, pose greater risk to society. more to learn. But Senator Chafee said It seems that the problems man creates for Dr. Kevin Trenberth, a senior sci- our planet are never ending. But we have then that we have to face up to it any- found solutions for prior difficulties, and we way. I quote him again. entist at the National Center for At- mospheric Research, said: ‘‘[My] quick will for these as well. What is required is for We don’t have all the perfect scientific evi- reaction is that [his] comments show all of us to do a better job of anticipating dence. There may be gaps here and there. and responding to today’s new environ- . . . Nonetheless, I think we have got to face incredible ignorance with regard to the mental warnings before they become tomor- up to it. We can’t wait for every shred of evi- science and global affairs.’’ Incredible row’s environmental tragedies. dence to come in and be absolutely perfect; I ignorance, that is the party standard. With those words, I close and yield think we ought to start . . . to try and do Dr. Michael Mann, director of the the floor. something about [greenhouse gases], and cer- Earth System Science Center at Penn- There being no objection, the mate- tainly, to increase the public’s awareness of sylvania State University—a State rial was ordered to be printed in the the problem and the feeling, as you say, that that has a GOP Member in the Sen- RECORD, as follows: it is not hopeless. . . . We can do some- ate—put it bluntly when he said, ‘‘[I]t thing.’’ is not an overstatement to say that [From the Washington Post, June 11, 2016] Six and one-half years ago, the [these] climate change views’’—of this 30 YEARS AGO SCIENTISTS WARNED CONGRESS United States was preparing to join the man—‘‘and policy proposals constitute ON GLOBAL WARMING. WHAT THEY SAID SOUNDS EERILY FAMILIAR gathering of nations in Copenhagen for an existential threat to this planet.’’ the 2009 U.N. Climate Change Con- Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, director of the (By Chris Mooney) ference. When that happened, business Climate Science Center at Texas Tech It was such a different time—and yet, the leaders took out a full-page ad in the University—that famous liberal, left- message was so similar. New York Times calling for passage of Thirty years ago, on June 10 and 11 of 1986, wing university, Texas Tech Univer- the U.S. Senate Committee on the Environ- U.S. climate legislation, for invest- sity—has spoken of the potential eco- ment in the clean energy economy, and ment and Public Works commenced two days nomic cost of inaction. She said: of hearings, convened by Sen. John H. Chafee for leadership to inspire the rest of the As the impacts grow ever more evident, se- (R–R.I.), on the subject of ‘‘Ozone Depletion, world to join the fight against climate vere, and costly, what was obvious to the 195 the Greenhouse Effect, and Climate Change.’’ change. ‘‘[W]e must embrace the chal- nations who met in Paris will become obvi- ‘‘This is not a matter of Chicken Little lenge today to ensure that future gen- ous to every human on this planet: doing telling us the sky is falling,’’ Chafee said at

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And the disruptions of climate are even earlier, what happened was not policy ‘‘There is no longer any significant dif- fundamental in that they undermine all the action, but rather the beginnings of a long ference of opinion within the scientific com- life on the Earth.’’ political battle. munity about the fact that the greenhouse Much of the formal understanding had Even as the formation of the U.N. Inter- effect is real and already occurring,’’ said been affirmed by a 1979 report by the U.S. governmental Panel on Climate Change in newly elected Sen. Al Gore, who, as a con- National Academy of Sciences, led by the 1988, and the global adoption of the Frame- gressman, had already held several House celebrated atmospheric physicist Jule work Convention on Climate Change in 1992, hearings on the matter. Gore cited the Charney of the Massachusetts Institute of signaled steps toward action in the scientific Villach Conference, a scientific meeting held Technology. That group famously assessed and diplomatic communities, skeptical sci- in Austria the previous year (1985), which that if carbon dioxide levels in the atmos- entists emerged to challenges the views ex- concluded that ‘‘as a result of the increasing phere were to double, the ‘‘most probable pressed by Hansen and others, supported by greenhouse gases it is now believed that in global warming’’ would amount to 3 degrees conservative think tanks and sometimes the first half of the next century (21st cen- Celsius, with a range between 1.5 degrees and linked to fossil fuel interests. Meanwhile, tury) a rise of global mean temperature 4.5 degrees, a number quite similar to mod- U.S. politics shifted, as over the 1990s and es- could occur which is greater than in any ern estimates. pecially the 2000s the climate change issue man’s history.’’ ‘‘We have tried but have been unable to became polarized and it became rarer to see ‘‘They were the breakthrough hearings,’’ find any overlooked or underestimated phys- Republicans, such as Chafee, who were also remembers Rafe Pomerance, then a staffer ical effects that could reduce the currently strong environmentalists and advocates for with the World Resources Institute, who estimated global warmings due to a doubling climate action. helped suggest witnesses. ‘‘You never saw of atmospheric CO2 to negligible proportions ‘‘Thirty years ago we had a Republican front-page coverage of this stuff.’’ or reverse them altogether,’’ the scientists The scientists assembled included some of senator who was leading the charge on ad- behind the report wrote. the voices that would be unmistakable and dressing what he said then was a real and se- Indeed, the fundamental understanding of rious threat of climate change from the constant in coming decades. They included the greenhouse effect, and that carbon diox- NASA’s James Hansen, who would go on to emission of gases from fossil fuel burning,’’ ide is a greenhouse gas because of its par- become the most visible scientist in the says Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D–R.I.), re- ticular properties, dates back to the 19th world on the topic, and Robert Watson, who calling the 1986 hearings. ‘‘You can read century, when the Irish scientist John Tyn- would go on to chair the soon-to-be formed through all the things that Senator Chafee dall conducted experiments to determine the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on said back then, and it has all been proven radiative properties of gases. true. It’s very disappointing that thirty Climate Change. No wonder, then, that there was so much And what they said was clear: Human years later, there is no such voice anywhere that scientists could say about it in 1986. greenhouse gas emissions would cause a in the Republican Senate, and if you look for And indeed, if you look at global tempera- major warming trend, and sea level rise to a micron of daylight between what the fossil ture trends, it turns out they were speaking boot. fuel industry wants, and what the Repub- Here’s how the hearings were covered on at a time when the planet’s temperatures lican Party in the Senate does, you won’t the front page of The Post: were beginning a steady upswing, one that, find it.’’ The New York Times also covered the despite various yearly deviations, would con- It was only in late 2015, in Paris, that the hearings, writing that ‘‘The rise in carbon tinue inexorably to the present: United States helped to negotiate a global dioxide and other gases in the earth’s atmos- ‘‘This hearing helped bring the concern to- agreement to address climate change, one in phere will have an earlier and more pro- gether, and essentially painted a picture which each country sets its own pace on re- nounced impact on global temperature and that things are kind of spinning out of con- ducing emissions. But scientists widely agree climate than previously expected, according trol, that science is trying to tell us some- that this accord isn’t strong enough, on its to evidence presented to a Senate sub- thing, that the world seems to be changing own terms, to ensure that warming remains committee today.’’ even faster than our scientific understanding below a 2-degree Celsius danger zone. Two years later, still more famously, Han- of the problem, and worst of all, our political Thirty years after the 1986 hearings, mean- sen would testify in another series of hear- leaders are way behind the eight ball,’’ said while, presumptive Republican presidential ings that had an even greater public impact Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton climate nominee Donald Trump said that if elected, when it came to consciousness-raising—in scientist who testified that day, and argued he would attempt ‘‘renegotiating’’ that part because at that point, he said that the that action was warranted on climate change agreement. warming of the globe caused by humans was even though not everything was known ‘‘Those agreements are one-sided agree- already detectable. ‘‘It is time to stop waf- about its consequences. ments, and they are bad for the United ‘‘I have to say, reading my own testimony fling so much and say that the evidence is States,’’ Trump said. pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is . . . you know, I’d stick by everything in that today, even though it’s 30 years later,’’ here,’’ he said then. In 1986, by contrast, sci- [From New York Times advertisement, Dec. Oppenheimer said. entists were still mostly predicting the fu- 6, 2009] ture, rather than saying they had measured There was an additional context, though, and documented a clear warming trend—one that we’re now less conversant with: The DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE UNITED that could be clearly distinguished from nat- hearings were also about the issue of the de- STATES CONGRESS: Tomorrow leaders from ural climate variability—and that it was al- pletion of the Earth’s protective ozone layer 192 countries will gather at The UN Climate ready having demonstrable consequences. by chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. Scientists Change Conference in Copenhagen to deter- ‘‘The 1986 testimony is interesting because had recently discovered an ‘‘ozone hole’’ over mine the fate of our planet. it was so similar to my 1988 testimony,’’ Antarctica that frightened the public, and As business leaders we are optimistic that Hansen recalls. ‘‘I already had, and showed, seemed a definitive indicator of just how President Obama is attending Copenhagen some of the climate modeling results that much human activities could change the at- with emissions targets. Additionally, we formed the basis for my 1988 testimony.’’ mosphere. urge you, our government, to strengthen and Granted, in some cases the future tempera- Even today, some still confuse the issue of pass United States legislation, and lead the ture projections made in the 1986 hearings— climate change with that of the depletion of world by example. We support your effort to based on assumptions about the rate of in- the ozone layer. They are not the same, but ensure meaningful and effective measures to crease in greenhouse gas emissions and a they are closely related in that both showed control climate change, an immediate chal- high sensitivity of the climate to them—sug- how seemingly small actions by individual lenge facing the United States and the world gested temperatures might rise even more, humans, or by human industry, could add up today. Please don’t postpone the earth. If we or even faster, than scientists now believe to planetary consequences. fail to act now, it is scientifically irrefutable they will. By email, Hansen clarified that we However, the ozone problem would prove that there will be catastrophic and irrevers- now know the world is closer to one scenario far easier to fix. In 1987, just a year later, the ible consequences for humanity and our he presented in 1986—called Scenario B— nations of the world adopted the Montreal planet. than to Scenario A, which assumed a much Protocol, which is today regarded as a major We recognize the key role that American more rapid rate of greenhouse gas growth, success in environmental protection. Under innovation and leadership play in stimu- and accordingly, much faster warming. the treaty, a flexible and adaptable approach lating the worldwide economy. Investing in a Still, the theoretical understanding was in was taken to reductions—and regular sci- Clean Energy Economy will drive state-of- place for why temperatures would rise as entific assessments allowed for course adap- the-art technologies that will spur economic greenhouse gases filled the atmosphere—sim- tation based on the latest information about growth, create new energy jobs, and increase ply because scientists knew enough physics how well progress was proceeding. Thus, by our energy security all while reducing the to know that that’s what greenhouse gases 2007, the U.N. Environment Program could harmful emissions that are putting our plan- do. declare of the treaty that ‘‘to date, the re- et at risk. We have the ability and the know-

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RECOGNIZING GAGE MARINE AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE SPRING- production working for two different television THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIELD HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LA- stations and ultimately owning his own video THE U.S. MAILBOAT CROSSE production company, Frosty Entertainment. He also worked as the Chief Editor for Fox Sports HON. PAUL D. RYAN HON. PATRICK MEEHAN Net Rocky Mountain in Denver and worked OF WISCONSIN OF PENNSYLVANIA with celebrities and sports stars like Don Hen- ley, Jeff Gordon, Wayne Gretzky, Janine Tur- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ner, and Muhammad Ali. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 In 2009, Chris decided to change career Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to paths and became a teacher at TW Browne today to recognize Gage Marine and the 100th honor the Springfield High School Boys La- Middle School in South Dallas. After moving to anniversary of the U.S. Mailboat. crosse team, the 2016 Pennsylvania Inter- Denver in 2012, Chris started as a substitute Only a few places in the United States still scholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) cham- teacher in Adams County School District 50 deliver the mail by boat. Lake Geneva is one pions. and became a full time instructor at West- of those places. The Springfield Boys Lacrosse team won minster High School during the 2013–14 Mail delivery by boat was once a necessity; the state title after defeating La Salle 4–3 in school year. Since then, Chris has worked to now, it is keeping a proud tradition alive. And the championship game. They are the third enhance the Basic Computers course as well this isn’t your typical mail man, Mr. Speaker. straight team from Delaware County to win the as starting the Video Cinema Arts (VCA) pro- The mailboat can’t stop or slow down, or the PIAA Championship. gram. Both courses have grown and become mail route would take too long. Instead, it’s I want to congratulate the following students more successful under Chris’ leadership and delivered by mail jumpers; young men and on the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team: Zac continue to thrive as evidenced by the addition women who hop off the boat, run with the mail Methlie, Mike Gerzabek, Liam Difonso, Joe of an Advanced VCA course next year. In to the mailbox, and sprint back before the boat Debarnardi, Ray Jeffers, Andrew Pickett, 2016, Chris was also named Teacher of the passes by. David Hentnick, Ian Reger, Jack Spence, Zac Year. The boat really never stops; if mail runners Venit, Kyle Long, Mike Vent, Jamie Bove, Dan I extend my deepest appreciation to Chris aren’t fast enough, they’ll soon be taking a Gluck, Vince Puppio, Pat Smyth, Aiden Williams for his hard work and tireless effort swim in Lake Geneva. Travers, Geo Dotsikas, James Spence, An- on the 2015–2016 Veterans History Project And as of June 14th this year, the U.S. thony Delvecchio, Nick Cutuli, Nick Martin, documentary film and for his contribution to Mailboat will have been operating in Wiscon- Matt Blake, Matt Ries, Zack Broomall, Max the lives of so many students in our commu- sin’s First District for 100 years. I want to com- Difonso, Mike Ward, Nate Lohr, Nick Matty, nity. mend them for reaching this milestone. Our Alex Grafstrom, Anthony Divario, and Pat country is still quite young, and to see such f Clemens. Their hard work, discipline and history right in my own back yard is very spe- teamwork bring great pride to the 7th District. HONORING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY cial. I also want to congratulate Head Coach OF MRS. ALICE NICHOLSON So on behalf of the First District of Wis- MADURO consin, I want to say congratulations once Tom Lemieux and assistant coaches Jason again to the U.S. Mailboat’s 100th anniver- Orlando, Ryne Adolph, Austin Kaut, Mike sary. Gurenlian, and Jordan Demcher. HON. JERROLD NADLER Mr. Speaker, I once again congratulate OF NEW YORK f Coach Lemieux, the coaching staff, the team, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the entire Springfield community on this PAYING TRIBUTE TO PASTOR Tuesday, June 14, 2016 BILLY EDMONDSON outstanding accomplishment. f Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. BARRY LOUDERMILK honor a fiercely determined and independent CHRIS WILLIAMS woman, Mrs. Alice Nicholson Maduro, whose OF GEORGIA 100th birthday is July 8, 2016. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. ED PERLMUTTER Four years before women gained the right Tuesday, June 14, 2016 OF COLORADO to vote, and 100 years before a woman first Mr. LOUDERMILK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES earned the nomination to become the Presi- to pay tribute to a pillar of our community, dent of the United States, Mrs. Maduro was Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Pastor Billy Edmondson. born in New York City on July 8, 1916 to This year marks Pastor Edmondson’s twen- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Leone ‘‘Claudine’’ Gensollin of Menton, ty-fifth anniversary of service as Senior Pastor today to recognize and applaud Chris Williams France, and Walter Curtis Nicholson of New of Sutallee Baptist Church in White, Georgia. for his leadership, hard work and dedication York State. During his days studying at Reinhart Univer- on behalf of the 2015–2016 Veterans History Since the grade-schooler Alice Nicholson fa- sity and the Southeastern Baptist Theological Project documentary film produced by the stu- vored her French mother’s pronunciation of Seminary, he prepared himself to serve. And, dents and faculty of Westminster High School her first name, she began to spell it with a ‘‘y’’ through his honorable service in the United in Westminster, Colorado. instead of an ‘‘i’’ (Alyce, pronounced States Marine Corps, on the Boards of the The film, MEDIC!, highlights the stories of ‘‘Aleeece’’). The Nicholsons were a hard- Georgia Baptist Mission and the Academy at five brave veterans who served their country working family, raising their children in modest Double H Ranch, as well as his tenure at and their fellow veterans as combat medics. circumstances. When Alyce’s school-head- Sutallee Baptist, his dedication to service in As a result of the work of Chris and his stu- master father died an early death, he left the our community has been unwavering. Pastor dents, these veterans’ stories will forever be family with few means and thus Alyce with lit- Edmondson has made it his life’s work to preserved in the Library of Congress American tle opportunity for higher education. However, serve Christ and preach His word both inside Folklife Center. Chris was an integral part of this determined young woman was irrepress- and outside of the church. making the film and provided invaluable sup- ible and Alyce thrived as a reporter at the On behalf of the people of Georgia’s 11th port to the project and his students during the Summit New Jersey Herald, editorial assistant Congressional District and the United States interview, production and editing phases. at McGraw Hill publications, and executive House of Representatives, I would like to rec- Chris received his degree in Radio/Tele- within the Information & Media Division of the ognize and congratulate Pastor Edmondson vision/Film from the University of North Texas ‘‘Marshall Plan’’ in Paris after the Second on his many years of service. and began his career in television and video World War. From Paris, Alyce returned to the

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He proposed to her promptly and, in where she is a member of the Mother’s Board. and a lot of the time, they were single engine the face of her reticence, lovingly encouraged Mrs. Marshall moved to Canton, Mississippi as planes. That means for 20 to 30 hours of flight her to extend her trip indefinitely. The two a child and was educated in the Madison time, he would be alone with an extra gas married two and one-half months later, on Au- County School. tank in the seat beside him. He crossed the gust 1, 1953, and yielded three offspring, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Atlantic and Pacific oceans over 250 times in Denis Brandon Maduro, Jr., Timothy Nicholson in recognizing Mother Mattie Mae Amos-Mar- small planes, almost beating the standing Maduro, and Peter Nicholson Maduro. shall. record for this type of flight. As mother and wife, Mrs. Maduro devoted f Mr. Waldman is joining a rich history of herself to making a home for her family until aviation pilots in the Florida Aviation Hall of COLIN LEE her husband Denis Sr.’s untimely death in Fame and our community of Pinellas County 1967. Left alone to financially support her is proud to have him as a neighbor. Although three boys, she needed to return to work. HON. ED PERLMUTTER he semi-retired in 2008, he remains an active Constitutively industrious, Mrs. Maduro be- OF COLORADO pilot. I respect Mr. Waldman for the work he came a successful residential real estate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES put into aviation, and I ask this body join me broker in Manhattan and maintained an active Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in recognizing Phil Waldman for his accom- broker’s license through her 98th year. She Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise plishments. was also the head of the parents’ association today to recognize and applaud Colin Lee for f at Collegiate School of New York City (the old- his leadership, hard work and dedication on KIFFANY KIEWIET est still-operating educational institution in this behalf of the 2015–2016 Veterans History country) where her children were enrolled. In Project documentary film produced by the stu- that role, she was charged to welcome former dents and faculty of Westminster High School HON. ED PERLMUTTER OF COLORADO First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis into in Westminster, Colorado. the ranks of the parents’ activities since John The film, MEDIC!, highlights the stories of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES F. Kennedy, Jr. was then also enrolled there five brave veterans who served their country Tuesday, June 14, 2016 as a grade-schooler. In this connection, Mrs. and their fellow veterans as combat medics. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Madura’s eldest boy, Denis, was hired to be As a result of the work of Colin and his stu- today to recognize and applaud Kiffany ‘‘big brother’’ to John Jr. during the summer of dents, these veterans’ stories will forever be Kiewiet for her leadership and vision on behalf 1970 on the Onassis’ Greek island summer preserved in the Library of Congress American of the 2015–2016 Veterans History Project home of Scorpios. Folklife Center. Colin was an integral part of documentary film produced by the students By her two eldest sons, Mrs. Maduro is the making the film and provided invaluable sup- and faculty of Westminster High School in beloved grandmother of Gabriela Balaz port to the project and his students during the Westminster, Colorado. Maduro and Andrea Balaz Maduro, of Jack- research, interview and production phases. The film, MEDIC!, highlights the stories of sonville, Florida, as well as Leah Lee Maduro Colin has been a teacher for more than 20 five brave veterans who served their country and Kona Lee Maduro, of Pacific Palisades, years, including the past 15 years in Adams and their fellow veterans as combat medics. California. County School District 50. Throughout his ca- Kiffany’s willingness to take on the project and Still ‘‘sharp as a tack’’ and always elegantly reer as a teacher, he’s been heavily involved her ongoing support of the project helped pro- turned out, Mrs. Maduro lives completely inde- in student activities inside and outside the vide a very memorable and hands-on experi- pendently on Manhattan’s upper west side, classroom including a Student Council Spon- ence for the students. The Veterans History eagerly follows the New York Ballet & Phil- sor, Class Sponsor, track coach, International Project helps preserve the stories of our vet- harmonic, the Manhattan art scene, local and Baccalaureate Coordinator and Dean of Stu- erans for future generations and MEDIC! will national politics and international current dents. Currently, Colin serves as the sponsor forever be preserved in the Library of Con- events. Moreover, she elects to take taxi cabs of the National Honor Society. He earned his gress American Folklife Center. instead of the city bus or subway only when BS Education degree in History from Missouri Kiffany became the principal in 2015 after unduly constrained for time. Thrilled to witness State University. serving as the assistant principal and athletic an African American and now perhaps a I extend my deepest appreciation to Colin director for Westminster High School. Prior to woman lead our country as its chief executive, Lee for his hard work and dedication to the that Kiffany worked as a community liaison at she hopes to live to the day when people of 2015–2016 Veterans History Project documen- Manual High School in Denver. Kiffany’s ca- all genders, identities, ethnicities, origins and tary film and for his contribution to the lives of reer in education started in an at-risk high religions can achieve high-office without bar- so many students in our community. school program in Wisconsin before she rier or prejudice. f moved to Colorado about five-and-half years Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me PERSONAL EXPLANATION ago. A lifelong learner herself, Kiffany dem- today in paying tribute to an admirably ‘‘tough onstrates a willingness to take on new chal- cookie’’ and an outstanding citizen of this lenges and projects to help both teachers and great nation, Mrs. Alice Nicholson Maduro, in HON. ROBERT HURT students grow and learn. anticipation of her 100th birthday. OF VIRGINIA I extend my deepest appreciation to Kiffany f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Kiewiet for her leadership on the 2015–2016 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 HONORING MOTHER MATTIE MAE Veterans History Project documentary film and AMOS-MARSHALL Mr. HURT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I was for her ongoing contribution to the lives of so not present for Roll Call vote Number 297 on many students in our community. H.R. 4939. Had I been present, I would have f HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON voted ‘‘yes.’’ OF MISSISSIPPI PERSONAL EXPLANATION f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ´ Tuesday, June 14, 2016 TRIBUTE TO PHIL WALDMAN HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ OF ILLINOIS Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- HON. DAVID W. JOLLY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er, I rise today to honor Mrs. Mattie Mae OF FLORIDA Amos-Marshall, who was born in a small com- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity in Florence, Mississippi called Steen Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was un- Creek on October 15, 1915 to the late Mr. Ben Tuesday, June 14, 2016 avoidably absent in the House chamber for and Salle White-Amos. Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rec- votes on Monday, June 13, 2016. Had I been Mrs. Marshall married her childhood sweet- ognize Phil Waldman for his induction into the present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on roll call heart, the late Mr. Jessie Marshall, at the age Florida Aviation Hall of Fame of 2016. votes 297 and 298.

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Mr. Speak- June 7, and Wednesday, June 8, 2016, I was gree in photography and digital art and her K– er, I rise today to honor a remarkable public absent for roll call votes 269, 270, 271, 272, 12 Art Education Licensure from Metropolitan servant Dr. John Olurotimi Badero who was 273, 274, & 275. State College in Denver in 2008. Since then born the 7th of 8th children to Chief Eliab Had I been present for roll call vote 269, H. she has worked as the graphic design, inter- Olufemi and Mrs. Stella Taiwo Badero in Con. Res. 129—Expressing support for the active media and digital photography teacher Lagos, Nigeria. goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims live at Westminster High School where she has in- Dr. Badero attended St. Mary’s Private with dignity, comfort, and security in their re- creased enrollment in the program by 200 per- School in Lagos, Nigeria for his primary edu- maining years, and urging the Federal Repub- cent. cation where he skipped the 4th grade due to lic of Germany to reaffirm its commitment to his academic excellence, completing primary I extend my deepest appreciation to Laura education in five years instead of the regular this goal through a financial commitment to Seward for her hard work and dedication to comprehensively address the unique health six years. the 2015–2016 Veterans History Project docu- Dr. Badero received his secondary school and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust mentary film and for her ongoing contributions victims, including home care and other medi- education at Federal Government College to the lives of so many students in our com- Odogbolu in Ogun State, Nigeria where he cally prescribed needs, as amended, I would munity. have voted ‘‘yes’’. completed 6 years of secondary school edu- Had I been present for roll call vote 270, cation graduating with 9 distinctions in his sen- f H.R. 4906—To amend title 5, United States ior secondary school certificate education. Dr. Badero’s academic excellence dates Code, to clarify the eligibility of employees of TRIBUTE TO FLORIDA DREAM back to his secondary school days where he a land management agency in a time-limited CENTER appointment to compete for a permanent ap- won the best overall student in Nigeria in a pointment at any Federal agency, and for national science quiz competition. He subse- other purposes, I would have voted ‘‘yes’’. HON. DAVID W. JOLLY quently got admission into the medical school at Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife. Had I been present for roll call vote 271, OF FLORIDA H.R. 4904—MEGABYTE Act of 2016, I would Following Completion of his medical training have voted ‘‘yes’’. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES at Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, and in- Had I been present for roll call vote 272, Tuesday, June 14, 2016 ternship training, Dr. Badero moved to the H.R. 1815—Eastern Nevada Land Implemen- United States for further post-graduate med- tation Improvement Act, I would have voted Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rec- ical education. He completed 3 years of Resi- ‘‘yes’’. ognize the efforts of the Florida Dream Center, dency training in Internal Medicine at State Had I been present for roll call vote 273, an agency working to improve the lives of University of New York (SUNY) Downstate motion on Ordering the Previous Question on those living in our community. Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. the Rule providing for consideration of H.R. The Florida Dream Center was started in After completion of his residency training in 4775, H. Con. Res. 89 and H. Con. Res 112, 2012 with the goal of helping victims of home- internal medicine, Dr. Badero then completed I would have voted ‘‘no’’. lessness, human trafficking, and neglect. Led a 2-year Fellowship training in Nephrology & Had I been present for roll call vote 274, H. by Executive Director Geoffrey Rogers and Hypertension at Emory University School of Res. 767—Rule providing for consideration of President Bill Losasso, the Florida Dream Medicine in Atlanta Georgia. Upon Completion H.R. 4775—Ozone Standards Implementation Center is committed to their goal for Pinellas of his Nephrology Fellowship at Emory Univer- Act of 2016, H. Con. Res. 89—Expressing the County which entails restoring dreams, renew- sity, Dr. Badero returned to SUNY Downstate sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be ing hope, and rebuilding lives. Medical in Brooklyn, New York to complete yet detrimental to the United States economy, and Most recently, The Florida Dream Center another 3-year fellowship training in Cardio- H. Con. Res. 112—Expressing the sense of and the Pinellas County Human Services, vascular Medicine. After a distinguished Cardiology Fellowship, Congress opposing the President’s proposed partnered to make a dream become reality for he gained admission into the prestigious Yale $10 tax on every barrel of oil, I would have a family of four through the Adopt-A-Block ini- University School of Medicine, where Dr. voted ‘‘no’’. tiative. A single mom and her three boys, all Badero completed two Fellowship trainings in Had I been present for roll call vote 275, of whom are under the age of 15, did not have Invasive & Interventional Cardiology as well as HR. 3826—Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land a home to live in and were living in motels. Peripheral Vascular Angioplasty & Interven- Exchange Clarification Act, I would have voted Volunteers gave their time to remodel and re- tions. He completed his training at Yale Uni- ‘‘yes’’. store a foreclosed property that the family will versity with distinction and a certificate of f now be living in. achievement for exemplary performance. LAURA SEWARD Along with revitalizing our communities and Dr. Badero then returned to SUNY neighborhoods, the Florida Dream Center Downstate Medical Center for another year of HON. ED PERLMUTTER works hard to help combat hunger. At the be- Fellowship training in Interventional Nephrol- ginning of April, the organization and other OF COLORADO ogy/Endovascular medicine & Dialysis Access members of our community helped hand out IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES intervention. food to those in need and they also provided Dr. Badero in all completed an Tuesday, June 14, 2016 repairs and maintenance to the community unprecendented 10 years of continuous post Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise where they saw it was needed most. Addition- graduate medical training and he is currently today to recognize and applaud Laura Seward ally, the Florida Dream Center aids human board certified in: 1) Internal Medicine; 2) Ne- for her leadership, hard work and dedication trafficking victims and survivors to ensure they phrology & Hypertension; 3) Interventional Ne- on behalf of the 2015–2016 Veterans History feel safe in Pinellas County. phrology & Endovascular Access; 4) Cardio- Project documentary film produced by the stu- Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Florida vascular Medicine; 5) Nuclear Cardiology; and dents and faculty of Westminster High School Dream Center and Pinellas County Human 6) Invasive & Interventional Cardiology making in Westminster, Colorado. Services and Fair Housing Assistance Pro- him the only one in the state of Mississippi. The film, MEDIC!, highlights the stories of gram for continuing to aid and provide exem- Dr. Badero is currently the only fully trained five brave veterans who served their country plary help to those in need in our county. and board certified cardio-nephrologist (com- and their fellow veterans as combat medics. Their acts of kindness are an inspiration and bined kidney and heart specialist) in the world The Veterans History Project is a congression- I ask that this body join me in recognizing today and recently received a recognition ally chartered project that works to collect, them for the hard work they have done and award by financial development magazine in preserve and make accessible personal ac- continue to do for all of us in Pinellas County. Nigeria.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise the U.S.; ington Bach Cantata Project. Additionally, he today to recognize and applaud Patrick Lee The 2014 Mississippi Healthcare Heroes in has performed with Ensemble Lipzodes at the for his contribution to the 2015–2016 Veterans the state of Mississippi; XIV International Sacred Music Festival in History Project documentary film produced by He was also named one of Jackson, Mis- Quito, Ecuador and as a member of the Car- the students and faculty of Westminster High sissippi’s Best Surgeons; negie Hall Chamber Chorus with the Tallis School in Westminster, Colorado. Distinguished Physician Award as the First Scholars. The film, MEDIC!, highlights the stories of and Only combined heart and kidney specialist Michael received a Bachelor of Music in five brave veterans who served their country in the United States; Cello Performance degree summa cum laude and their fellow veterans as combat medics. Distinguished Physician, Marquis Who’s from The Hartt School, a Master of Science in The Veterans History Project is a congression- Who in America; Music Education degree from Indiana Univer- ally chartered project that works to collect, Patients Choice Recognition Award; and sity, and will soon receive a Vocal Perform- preserve and make accessible personal ac- Most Compassionate Doctor, New York. ance Diploma from Indiana University. counts of American war veterans. The stories Dr. Badero has authored many peer-re- I extend my deepest appreciation to Michael of these veterans will forever be preserved in viewed journals and he is currently on the edi- Linert for his important contribution to the the Library of Congress American Folklife torial board of the International Journal of Ne- 2015–2016 Veterans History Project documen- Center. Patrick contributed to the project with phrology & Renovascular Disease. tary film. a very moving original musical score—an in- He is a: 1) Fellow of the American College valuable addition to the project. of Physicians; 2) Fellow of the American Soci- f Patrick began playing piano in 1988 at the ety of Nephrology; 3) Fellow of the American PERSONAL EXPLANATION age of 7 and has played for the last 25 years, Society of Diagnostic & Interventional Nephrol- including professionally for the last 15 years. ogy; 4) Fellow of the American Society of Nu- He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz clear Cardiology; 5) Fellow of the American HON. ROBERT HURT Piano in 2006 from CU Boulder. Patrick has College of Cardiology; and 6) Fellow of the OF VIRGINIA played notable Colorado venues like Red Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interven- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rocks, the Fox & Boulder Theatres, and the tions. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Fillmore and has played with bands including Dr. Badero is currently the Executive Direc- Mr. HURT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I was De La Soul, Victor Wooten, Thundercat, and tor of Cardiac Renal & Vascular Asssociates. not present for Roll Call vote Number 298 on Soulive. Patrick has also worked as a pro- Dr. Badero is on the global advisory panel H.R. 5312. Had I been present, I would have ducer creating jingles for ESPN, Crocs, of therapeutics experts on thrombosis and voted ‘‘yes.’’ Showtime, and Details Magazine. Artherosclerosis, Merck Pharmaceuticals I extend my deepest appreciation to Patrick U.S.A. f Lee for his important contribution to the 2015– Outside of medicine, Dr. Badero is the as- RECOGNIZING THE 400TH ANNIVER- 2016 Veterans History Project documentary sistant pastor of Vine Chapel Church in Jack- SARY OF THE MAYFLOWER film. son, Mississippi. f Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Dr. Olurotimi J. Badero for his HON. BILL FOSTER TRIBUTE TO MAYOR MARIA LOWE dedication to serving others. OF ILLINOIS f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DAVID W. JOLLY OF FLORIDA MICHAEL LINERT Tuesday, June 14, 2016 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. ED PERLMUTTER recognize an important anniversary in our na- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 OF COLORADO tion’s history. In 2020, the United States will Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I want to recog- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival nize Mayor Maria Lowe, the mayor of St. Pete of Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Beach, who will be stepping down at the end Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Today, descendants of the Mayflower live in of this year. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise nearly every district in the country, which is Mayor Lowe was elected in 2014. Prior to today to recognize and applaud Michael Linert why I introduced the Mayflower Commemora- becoming mayor, she graduated from West for his contribution to the 2015–2016 Veterans tive Coin Act. This bill will recognize the last- Point, served in the Afghan War, and received History Project documentary film produced by ing significance of the Mayflower’s arrival for her MBA from George Washington University. the students and faculty of Westminster High our nation’s history and authorizes the U.S. She is also an active member of our commu- School in Westminster, Colorado. Treasury to mint coins in honor of the anniver- nity serving as a full-time community volun- The film, MEDIC!, highlights the stories of sary. teer, a systems engineer, a member of the five brave veterans who served their country Coin bills are revenue neutral and are not a Pass-a-Grille Women’s Club, and part of the and their fellow veterans as combat medics. burden to taxpayers. Proceeds from the sale Historic Preservation Board. The Veterans History Project is a congression- will go to the General Society of Mayflower She has decided that her time as Mayor has ally chartered project that works to collect, Descendants, the Wampanoag Nation, and come to an end, and will be relinquishing her preserve and make accessible personal ac- other non-profit organizations in Plymouth, post at the end of this year. She will be work- counts of American war veterans. The stories which will benefit education, scholarship, and ing with her husband at the American Battle of these veterans will forever be preserved in outreach programs to honor the history of the Monuments Commission, which tends graves the Library of Congress American Folklife Pilgrims. This includes a 50 year peace treaty of fallen soldiers worldwide. The headquarters Center. As the director of orchestras at West- with the Wampanoag Tribe and the creation of are in Paris, so she and the family will be minster High School, Michael contributed a the Mayflower Compact—one of our country’s moving there, primarily maintaining the U.S. very moving original musical score—an invalu- first examples of self-governance in the New cemetery for military personnel near Nor- able addition to the project. World. mandy, France. While she will miss St. Pete Michael enjoys a varied musical career as a Mr. Speaker, the arrival of the Pilgrims re- Beach, she is very proud to be doing her patri- cellist, countertenor, composer, and strings mains an important symbolic moment in our otic duty. teacher. As a cellist, he has performed with country’s history. I encourage all my col- Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mayor Maria the American Baroque Orchestra, Common- leagues to join me in recognizing this historic Lowe for her service to St. Pete Beach and wealth Opera, QV Ensemble, and the Summer occasion. Pinellas County. I also am proud that she will

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Silvia, Sergeant First Class, United States Army HON. DAVID W. JOLLY (ret.), for his service to our country. HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON OF FLORIDA Sergeant First Class Silvia served in the OF MISSISSIPPI United States Army and the Texas, Wyoming IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Colorado Army National Guard from Tuesday, June 14, 2016 March 1998 through June 2009. As an Army Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ac- Medical Specialist, Sergeant First Class Silvia knowledge Mr. John Elias for his service to had the opportunity to serve as a combat Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- Pinellas County as a town attorney for Belleair medic while on active duty in support of Oper- er, I rise today to honor a remarkable public Shores for 18 years. ation Iraqi Freedom with service in Iraq and servant, Gloria Coleman Dotson. Mr. Elias has worked for Belleair Shores Kuwait. since 1998. When he started, he was hired on Gloria Coleman Dotson grew up and lives in Sergeant First Class Silvia participated in a six-month trial period. Because of his exem- Claiborne County as the oldest of seven chil- the 2015–2016 Veterans History Project docu- plary work, his trial period was extended and dren of Curtis Coleman and Ethel Allen in the mentary film produced by the students and he worked for the town for 18 years. He has town Ulysses S. Grant said was ‘‘Too Beau- Westminster High School in conjunction with proudly served Belleair Shores and its resi- tiful to Burn.’’ She is a 1973 graduate of Port our office. The film is part of the Library of dents. Gibson High School. She received her Bach- Congress’ Veterans History Project (VHP), a Mr. Elias is retiring in July after his years of elor of Science Degree in Business Education congressionally chartered project that works to service. He is known for his dedication and from Jackson State University in 1977. collect, preserve and make accessible per- high morals and serves as a role-model for sonal accounts of American war veterans. As the town. I ask this body to join me thanking After graduation, Ms. Dotson was employed a result, my office had the honor and privilege by the Claiborne County Board of Supervisors John for his service to us, and wishing him the of getting to know Sergeant First Class Silvia best of luck in the future. in the Chancery Clerk’s Office. She worked and hearing about his experiences as a com- under the supervision of two Chancery Clerks: bat medic. Sergeant First Class Silvia’s stories f Mrs. Stella Jennings-Greenwood and Mr. will be submitted to the Library of Congress to LEON A. RODRIGUEZ, SERGEANT Frank Wilson. She worked in the Chancery forever be preserved in our nation’s history. Clerk’s Office for twenty-five years as Deputy FIRST CLASS, UNITED STATES Sergeant First Class Silvia’s courageous ARMY (RET.) Chancery Clerk prior to being elected Chan- service has charted the path for future genera- cery Clerk in 2000. She is currently serving tions of men and women to serve in the mili- her fourth term as Chancery Clerk. tary. I extend my deepest appreciation to Ser- HON. ED PERLMUTTER Ms. Dotson is a member of First Christian geant First Class Vance A. Silvia for his dedi- OF COLORADO Disciples of Christ Church, a choir member cation, integrity and outstanding service to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Sunday School Treasurer. She is involved United States of America. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 f in several civic organizations including: Port Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Gibson Main Street, MS Cultural Crossroad HONORING RANDY DAVIS today to recognize and honor Leon A. Rodri- Board of Directors, Mississippi Delta Strategic guez, Sergeant First Class, United States Compact, a member of NAACP and the Chan- HON. JASON SMITH Army (ret.), for his service to our country. cery Clerk’s Association. OF MISSOURI Sergeant First Class Rodriguez served in the United States Army from August 1955 Ms. Dotson has been married to Joe IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dotson, Jr. for twenty-two years. They are the through August 1975. As an Army Medical Tuesday, June 14, 2016 proud parents of three children: JaBari, Specialist, Sergeant First Class Rodriguez had JaNetra, and JoKevy. They have an eleven Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise the opportunity to serve as a combat medic year old granddaughter, KaMeryal and a one today to honor Mr. Randy Davis, who retires while on active duty in Vietnam. year old grandson, KaMari. June 30, 2016 after 33 years in education in Sergeant First Class Rodriguez participated Missouri. in the 2015–2016 Veterans History Project The title ‘‘Chancery Clerk’’ does not ade- Mr. Davis began his career in Licking where documentary film produced by the students quately describe the various duties and re- he taught Social Studies and coached boys’ and Westminster High School in conjunction sponsibilities that Ms. Dotson has attendant to basketball. He became principal of Salem with our office. The film is part of the Library in the office. The Chancery Clerk’s Office has High School and I am proud to say he was of Congress’ Veterans History Project (VHP), a multitude of duties and functions which are principal when I was a student there. He also a congressionally chartered project that works governed by an assortment of statutes and coached girls’ basketball. After that, he moved to collect, preserve and make accessible per- court rules, along with following guidelines es- on to Potosi—first as the assistant super- sonal accounts of American war veterans. As tablished either by the State Department of intendent for five years and then as super- a result, my office had the honor and privilege Audit or the Department of Finance and Ad- intendent for 13 years. of getting to know Sergeant First Class Rodri- ministration. The Chancery Clerk’s position is At Potosi, Assistant Superintendent Jamie guez and hearing about his experiences as a a four year elected term. Thompson said he took great pride in helping combat medic. Sergeant First Class Ms. Dotson often states, ‘‘I thank God for al- the school district become a vital part of the Rodriguez’s stories will be submitted to the Li- lowing me to serve as a Public Official. I love community. ‘‘He told us to ‘treat every child brary of Congress to forever be preserved in the way you would want your child treated,’ ’’ our nation’s history. my job. When I’m not serving my constituents, she said. ‘‘And, his big thing was to empha- Sergeant First Class Rodriguez’s coura- I spend time with my family and friends, work size our school colors and say, ‘Love Purple, geous service has charted the path for future in the yard and reading.’’ but Live Gold!’ ’’ generations of men and women to serve in the Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Shelly, his wife of 32 years said, ‘‘Randy military. I extend my deepest appreciation to in recognizing Gloria Coleman Dotson for her has loved making a difference in the lives of Sergeant First Class Leon A. Rodriguez for his dedication and support to the Claiborne Coun- kids and setting the bar higher for the students dedication, integrity and outstanding service to ty Community. and staff.’’ I would agree, he made positive the United States of America.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Jack Healy, President and CEO of onto the floor as a pair of young eyes looked today to recognize and honor Joshua D. Agee, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension on eagerly—carefully observing the technique Sergeant, United States Army (ret.), for his Partnership (MassMEP), as he retires from a of the hands behind the shears that snipped service to our country. long and successful career in manufacturing. away to create a new, edgy look. Mrs. Williams-Bradley of Cleveland watched Sergeant Agee served in the United States For over 50 years, Jack has worked in var- intently as her mother cut, washed and curled Army and the Colorado Army National Guard ious capacities within the manufacturing indus- mane after mane, building a strong clientele at from September 1999 to June 2009. During try. Jack began his career with Squibb-Beech- her Rosedale salon. his service, he served in support of Operation Nut Inc., and continued his work at Lego Sys- She remembers while sitting and observing Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, both in Kuwait tems, Presmet Corporation, Wellesley Con- her mother at her salon as a child, that she and Iraq. As an Army Medical Specialist, Ser- sulting Group, and MassMEP. desired to follow in her mother’s footsteps and geant Agee had the opportunity to serve as a Notably, Jack served as a Senior Vice become a hair stylist. combat medic while on active duty, including President of Lego Systems, where he co- But, what she didn’t know was that she his tour in Iraq. founded the U.S. division and was responsible would also become an agent, to help others Sergeant Agee participated in the 2015– for the establishment and operation of Lego’s do the same, as owner and CEO of Goshen 2016 Veterans History Project documentary U.S. based manufacturing operations. With the School of Cosmetology in Cleveland, Mis- film produced by the students and West- help of Jack, the Lego brand has become a sissippi. minster High School in conjunction with our of- household name in the United States. As a single parent Mrs. Williams-Bradley re- fice. The film is part of the Library of Con- As a founding Director of Operations for ceived her cosmetology education at gress’ Veterans History Project (VHP), a con- MassMEP, Jack has dedicated himself to Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, gressionally chartered project that works to helping small- and medium-sized manufactur- Mississippi, where she graduated in 2006. collect, preserve and make accessible per- ers in Massachusetts identify and implement After passing the state licensure to become sonal accounts of American war veterans. As growth opportunities through advanced manu- a licensed cosmetologist, Mrs. Williams-Brad- a result, my office had the honor and privilege facturing and management practices. He’s ley returned to Coahoma Community College of getting to know Sergeant Agee and hearing known as the ‘‘voice of manufacturing’’ in our to further her cosmetology career to become a about his experiences as a combat medic. Commonwealth, and is relied upon for his ex- cosmetology instructor and completed that Sergeant Agee’s stories will be submitted to pertise in manufacturing competitiveness and course of study in 2009. She was immediately the Library of Congress to forever be pre- workforce strategies. offered the opportunity to become a cosme- served in our nation’s history. During my time in Congress, I have had the tology instructor at Coahoma Community Col- Sergeant Agee’s courageous service has pleasure of working with Jack and his organi- lege. charted the path for future generations of men zation on efforts to revitalize our manufac- After working at Coahoma Community Col- and women to serve in the military. I extend turing base and create good paying jobs in lege she worked at Blue Cliff College in Gulf- my deepest appreciation to Sergeant Joshua Massachusetts. Under his leadership, port, Mississippi as a cosmetology instructor. D. Agee for his dedication, integrity and out- MassMEP has become a recognized leader in During her tenure as an instructor she de- standing service to the United States of Amer- manufacturing competitiveness, helping to cre- cided that it was time to pursue her dream of ica. ate thousands of jobs during its 17 year his- owning her salon and began researching en- f tory. MassMEP has also developed an award- trepreneurship practices and opportunities, eventually, deciding it was time to pursue her CONGRATULATING THE FAIRFIELD winning Mobile Outreach Skills Training MEDICAL CENTER (M.O.S.T) Program, which trains and recruits dream of one day opening her own salon. In future workers with little or no prior manufac- 2011 she opened Goshen Salon and Boutique turing experience for entry level production in Cleveland, Mississippi. She chose the bib- HON. STEVE STIVERS jobs. lical name Goshen because it is a land of OF OHIO plenty, comfort and growth in Egypt. On July Jack has also been instrumental in numer- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 29, 2013 she opened Goshen School of Cos- ous projects in my Congressional district and Tuesday, June 14, 2016 metology with a core curriculum and institution throughout Massachusetts. In particular, he designed to promote growth, increase and Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to has played a key role in the ‘‘Manufacturing comfort. congratulate the Fairfield Medical Center, lo- Our Future’’ effort in Massachusetts, which Now, what was once the dream of a little cated in Lancaster, Ohio, as it celebrates its has served as a catalyst for critical develop- girl has become a reality. Mrs. Williams-Brad- 100th Anniversary. ments like Worcester’s Gateway Park, and ley has enjoyed substantial success in the ex- The Fairfield Medical Center has followed its has led partnerships that bring together var- citing field of cosmetology. Where over the historic mission to provide the best care to all, ious stakeholders from industry, academia, last nine years she owned and managed two while serving as a foundation for year-round and government to advance manufacturing successful hair salons while teaching at two community efforts to encourage healthier life- competitiveness and create pipelines to ca- colleges, inspired numerous students to strive styles. The Fairfield Medical Center’s commit- reers in advanced manufacturing. for excellence and to achieve their maximum ment to promoting the well-being of all of I wish Jack all the best as he retires from potential. southeastern Ohio can be seen in the useful an incredible career, and know he will enjoy The motto she shares with others is ‘‘What- health information it provides to members of spending time with his wonderful wife, Hilda, ever is your passion and your heart’s desire— the community, its all-inclusive appeal, and its his children, and his grandchildren. Jack has pursue it and be the best at it and believe that strong advocacy for members of the commu- been an incredible partner in revitalizing the there is nothing too hard for God.’’ nity who have mental or physical disabilities. Massachusetts manufacturing base, and I’m Mrs. Williams-Bradley is married to Tony On October 10, 1916, The Lancaster Munic- proud to call him a friend. Bradley and has four children: Teara, ipal Hospital opened its doors for the first time I ask my colleagues to join me in recog- Tamaryea, Zira and Lauren. She is the daugh- on 10 acres just outside of the city’s limits. At nizing Jack Healy’s contributions to the Mas- ter of Freddie and Barbara Graham and has the time of the hospital’s opening, there were sachusetts economy and our country’s manu- two (2) siblings: Erica Jackson and Beauty 36 beds and 10 bassinets to serve the city of facturing sector. Braham. approximately 15,000 people. As the hospital

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Now with over Tuesday, June 14, 2016 honor to recognize him before the United 200 beds and multiple affiliate locations in Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise States House of Representatives. Fairfield County, the Fairfield Medical Center today to recognize and honor Angela M. Mil- f offers a variety of premier services to the peo- ler, Sergeant, United States Army, for her ple of southeastern Ohio, including oncology service to our country. PERSONAL EXPLANATION care, cardiovascular surgery, obstetrics, ortho- Sergeant Miller served in the United States pedics, therapy, and emergency services. Army and the Iowa and Colorado Army Na- HON. J. RANDY FORBES Throughout its history, the Fairfield Medical tional Guard from February 2003 through De- OF VIRGINIA Center has been unwavering in the promotion cember 2012. As an Army Medical Specialist, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sergeant Miller had the opportunity to serve of the health of the community. I would like to Tuesday, June 14, 2016 thank the Fairfield Medical Center for its dedi- as a combat medic while on active duty, sup- cation to serving the community for 100 years. porting Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq. Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to Sergeant Miller participated in the 2015– cast my vote yesterday for two pieces of legis- f 2016 Veterans History Project documentary lation. Had I been in the chamber I would film produced by the students and West- have voted YES on the United States-Carib- CONGRATULATING THE GREEK OR- bean Strategic Engagement Act, H.R. 4939 THODOX PARISH OF LOUDOUN minster High School in conjunction with our of- fice. The film is part of the Library of Con- and YES on the Networking and Information COUNTY ON THEIR 10TH ANNI- Technology Research and Development Mod- VERSARY gress’ Veterans History Project (VHP), a con- gressionally chartered project that works to ernization Act, H.R. 5312. collect, preserve and make accessible per- f HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK sonal accounts of American war veterans. As TRIBUTE TO ITWOMEN GROUP OF OF VIRGINIA a result, my office had the honor and privilege TAMPA AND GIRLS INC OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of getting to know Sergeant Miller and hearing PINELLAS AFTER SCHOOL EN- about her experiences as a combat medic. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 RICHMENT PROGRAM Sergeant Miller’s stories will be submitted to Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I am the Library of Congress to forever be pre- pleased to extend my congratulations and best served in our nation’s history. HON. DAVID W. JOLLY wishes to the members of the Greek Orthodox Sergeant Miller’s courageous service has OF FLORIDA Parish of Loudoun County as they celebrate charted the path for future generations of men IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their 10th anniversary this year. and women to serve in the military. I extend Tuesday, June 14, 2016 What an incredible journey of faith and dedi- my deepest appreciation to Sergeant Angela cation it has been for them. Ten years ago, a M. Miller for her dedication, integrity and out- Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rec- few courageous people started reaching out standing service to the United States of Amer- ognize a non-profit organization striving to Greek families in the phone book and before ica. make a difference in the technology and engi- long a dynamic new community had been es- neering fields for girls and women. The f tablished in Loudoun County. Today, this com- ITWomen Group of Tampa looks to provide all munity has a membership of more than 150 HONORING REVEREND THOMAS H. of the necessary support for females who families who are participating in 20 different PEOPLES, JR. want to pursue a career in technology. ministries. The national organization was started in Not only has the Greek Orthodox Parish of HON. ANDY BARR 2002 by senior level women from several Loudoun County been a source of spiritual OF KENTUCKY technology companies. Their goal was to pro- support and development for its own mem- vide professional development, support, edu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bers, it has also been a blessing to other resi- cation, and scholarships to girls and women dents of Loudoun County through its support Tuesday, June 14, 2016 looking to break into technology and engineer- of charitable projects such as the Good Shep- Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a ing fields. By working with non-profits, univer- herd Alliance, the Loudoun Abused Women’s very special man, Reverend Thomas H. Peo- sities, various sponsors and organizations, Shelter, the Loudoun County Youth Shelter ples, Jr. He serves as pastor of Historic Pleas- they are successfully closing the gender gap and the Twin Oaks Assisted Living Center, ant Green Missionary Baptist Church in Lex- in a field generally dominated by men. whose residents enjoy the special Christmas ington, Kentucky. The ITWomen of Tampa Bay is a new visits of parish members. Reverend Peoples has led this wonderful branch and is increasing their influence in Another important contribution of the parish congregation, which numbers over 1,300 Pinellas County and by partnering with Girls to the larger community is the ‘‘Taste of members, for the past thirty-seven years. His- Incorporated of Pinellas After School Enrich- Greece’’ festival. Our understanding of the toric Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist ment Program. The Girls Incorporated of contribution of Hellenic culture and heritage to Church was founded in 1790 and is the oldest Pinellas works to make sure our sisters, our national culture is enhanced through the African-American active congregation west of daughters, friends, family, and neighbors will wonderful food, music, and history that the the Allegheny Mountains. Rev. Peoples is the become the leaders of tomorrow by providing members of the parish share with others at eighteenth minster to serve the church. Under them with programs that promote female em- this annual festival. his leadership, the church has grown in mem- powerment. Their combined goal is to inspire I have learned from parish leaders that their bership and in its community outreach. Rev- girls in our community to confidently strive to- plans for the next ten years are just as ambi- erend Peoples is greatly loved and respected wards a career in technology. tious as the last decade, culminating in the by his congregation and by the Lexington Mackenzie Baird, a high school sophomore building of a permanent place of worship in community. from our community who is hoping to pursue Loudoun County. As their representative in Reverend Peoples is a native of Lexington. a career in technology, works with ITWomen Congress, I offer my prayers and personal He is a graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar of Tampa Bay and the Girls Incorporated of best wishes as they embark on this important High School and Simmons Bible College. Pinellas After School Enrichment Program. In journey. Reverend Peoples has been married for her free time, she helps mentor and educate Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join fifty-three years to Delma Bennett Peoples. younger elementary school girls about com- me in congratulating the members of the They are the proud parents of five children, in- puter programming as well as the role of Greek Orthodox Parish of Loudoun County as cluding three sons in the ministry. They also women in the technology sector. She is an ex- they continue to be a source of inspiration and have numerous grandchildren and a great- ceptional young woman and I wish her luck in support for our community. grandchild. her future endeavors.

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It has been my honor to know Their spirit and passion inspires our commu- Royer was born in 1938 in Canton, Ohio, him as Commander of Blue Grass Army Depot nity, and ask that this body join me in thanking where he attended Canton Lehman High in Richmond, Kentucky, where he has led in them for their efforts. School. He earned his degree from The Ohio an exemplary manner and his service is great- f State University College of Business in 1962, ly appreciated by the community. and soon after, joined the real estate company Colonel Hudson’s awards and decorations HONORING THE SERVICE OF Kohr and Kohr where he would spend his en- include: Bronze Star Medal; Defense Meri- FRANK HART, JR. tire business career. Over 50 years later, the torious Service Medal; Meritorious Service firm still operates today as Kohr, Royer, Grif- Medal; Joint Service Commendation Medal; HON. ANDY BARR fith Inc. (KRG). Royer’s service to the real es- Korea Defense Service Medal; Army Com- OF KENTUCKY tate industry in Columbus was fueled by his mendation Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES love for the city. Global War On Terror (GWOT) Service Medal; Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Outside of KRG, Royer held many offices and Master Parachutist, Ranger, Pathfinder, and board positions over the years. He served and Air Assault Badges. Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a as President of the local Appraisal Institute Colonel Hudson is to be commended for his great American, Frank Hart, Jr. Mr. Hart was Chapter and was an active member at the service, dedication, and loyalty to our nation born in 1926 in Sharpsburg, Kentucky. While King Avenue United Methodist Church in Co- through his years of leadership in the United a student at Sharpsburg High School in Janu- lumbus. Royer was a resident of the suburb States Army. I join with a grateful nation in ary of 1944, he enlisted as a reserve in the Upper Arlington, which he cherished as his thanking him and wishing him the best in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He graduated in May of home and held as high in his heart as he did years to come. It is my honor to recognize this 1944. the City of Columbus. great American before the United States Mr. Hart entered the U.S. Army Air Corps There is no doubt of the enormous legacy House of Representatives. for active duty on August 8, 1944. He was in Dick Royer has left behind on the real estate training as an aviation cadet, but was phys- industry and the greater Columbus community. f ically unable to serve. He then volunteered for I’m extremely grateful for his service to our gunnery school and was shipped to Florida for city and state. TRIBUTE TO OFFICER CATHI LONG training. As a new corporal, he was sent in f June of 1945 for training on a B–29 bomber HON. DAVID W. JOLLY crew as a ‘‘Right Scanner’’ on an Overseas PERSONAL EXPLANATION Training Unit. The training was to end on Au- OF FLORIDA gust 21 and all crews were set to be sent HON. JOHN A. YARMUTH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES overseas. August 14 was V–J Day and the OF KENTUCKY Tuesday, June 14, 2016 war with Japan ended. Mr. Hart was promoted IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rec- to sergeant and later earned another stripe as ognize a member of the Clearwater Police De- staff sergeant. Mr. Hart was discharged at Ft. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 partment who was named our 2016 School Leavenworth, Kansas on June 26, 1946. Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I unfortunately Following his time in the U.S. Army Air was unable to be present for several votes Resource Officer of the Year for Pinellas Corps, Mr. Hart enrolled in the University of taken on the House floor on June 10, 2016, County Schools. Officer Cathi Long was Kentucky along with many other veterans. The missing Roll Call Vote Number 289 through awarded this great honor on May 17, 2016 for legendary coach Paul ‘‘Bear’’ Bryant began his Number 296. Had I been present, I would her devotion to students living in our commu- first year at the University of Kentucky that have voted in the following manner: nity. same year. Roll Call Number 289: YEA, Roll Call Num- Officer Long has been a member of the Mr. Hart married Beulah Moore in 1947 and ber 290: NAY, Roll Call Number 291: YEA, Clearwater Police Department since 2004 and began his farming career. They have been Roll Call Number 292: NAY, Roll Call Number has served as a School Resource Officer for married more than sixty eight years and have 293: YEA, Roll Call Number 294: NAY, Roll Countryside High School since 2013. During two adult children, three grandchildren, and a Call Number 295: NAY, Roll Call Number 296: that time, she has been a part of multiple new great-grandchild. NAY. school initiatives including Teen Court and Students against Drunk Driving. She is a hero Mr. Hart, now retired, farmed and raised to- f bacco crops for fifty years. He also worked in to the families of our community. highway construction, ran a service station, HONORING COLONEL LEE HUDSON Officer Long has also used her own per- and worked at the Lexington Bluegrass Army sonal time to help mentor seniors who are Depot. HON. ANDY BARR struggling to graduate and is instrumental in As a part of the Greatest Generation, Mr. OF KENTUCKY the coordination of the Operation Graduate program that helped at-risk students plan for Hart is to be commended for his service to his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their future. Additionally, the Teen Court initia- country. Because of his willingness to sac- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 rifice, and the willingness of his fellow men tive that she is a part of helps students defer and women in uniform, our freedoms are se- Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a from the judicial system and potentially avoid cured. Mr. Hart truly is an outstanding Amer- very special individual, Colonel Lee Hudson. permanent marks on their records. ican and an inspiration to us all. I am proud He currently serves as commander of the Blue Officer Long is known to her students as a to recognize his service before the United Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky and ‘‘Second Mom’’. Recently she received a letter States House of Representatives. is retiring from military service following a long from a student thanking her for always being f and distinguished career. there for guidance and support. Additionally, a Colonel Hudson was commissioned as a hallway banner created by the students has RECOGNIZING RICHARD (DICK) L. Second Lieutenant of Infantry in 1990 fol- been hung up above lockers to honor Officer ROYER lowing completion of a BS degree from Au- Long for what she does. She is a role model burn University. He holds an MBA from Hawaii for her students and Pinellas County. HON. STEVE STIVERS Pacific University and a Master’s degree in Mr. Speaker, I want to thank and recognize OF OHIO National Security Strategy from the National Officer Long for being an inspiration to our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES War College. kids and for being a caring and supportive in- Colonel Hudson has served our nation in dividual in our community. I am proud to have Tuesday, June 14, 2016 many leadership positions over his career, in- her in our Clearwater Police Department. I ask Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cluding Commander of the 1st Special Forces that this body join me in recognizing the ef- recognize Richard (Dick) L. Royer, who Group (Airborne) Support Battalion from forts of Officer Long as she continues to help passed away on May 27, 2016 at the age of 2008–2010 and Commander of the Mission students within our community.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN8.021 E14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E911 FCC STB RULE IMPACTS ON They have done a wonderful job preserving HONORING FATHER JIM SICHKO SMALL PROVIDERS several historic buildings and keeping the his- tory of the community alive. HON. ANDY BARR HON. KURT SCHRADER I always enjoy visiting Carlisle and Nicholas OF KENTUCKY OF OREGON County, where the people are friendly, hard- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES working, faith-centered, and family-oriented. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 congratulate all the citizens of Carlisle on the two-hundredth anniversary of their town’s Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a Mr. SCHRADER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today founding and I wish them the best for the fu- very special individual, Father Jim Sichko. He to share my deep concern with the Federal ture. It is my honor to recognize the occasion has served as Pastor of St. Mark Roman Communications Commissions (FCC) pro- before the United States House of Represent- Catholic Parish in Richmond, Kentucky for the posed rules on set-top-boxes. On May 5th, I atives. past twelve years. He leaves Richmond soon along with Rep. CRAMER (R–ND) and 58 of to begin a one-year appointment from Pope our House colleagues sent a letter to Chair- f Francis as a Missionary of Mercy. man Wheeler at the FCC. That letter focused Father Sichko is the youngest of five chil- on the burdens these rules would impose on OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL dren. He received an undergraduate degree in small cable operators. DEBT vocal performance from the New England I’ve heard from several of my rural cable op- Conservatory of Music and performed as an erators, and they are worried the FCC is fail- opera singer before deciding to enter the ing to fully understand the impact these rules HON. MIKE COFFMAN priesthood. He studied theology at Sacred will have on small providers. Many of them will OF COLORADO Heart School of Theology and was ordained spend over a $1 million per system in order to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES into the Ministerial Priesthood of Jesus Christ comply with these rules, diverting resources on May 23rd, 1998. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 that would otherwise be spent investing in As pastor of St. Mark’s Parish, Father broadband. Furthermore, it is estimated these Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January Sichko is well known for his storytelling. He costs could cause as many as 200 cable oper- 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- travels throughout the United States and pre- ators nationwide to go out of business or sim- fice, the national debt was sents retreats, missions, and days of recollec- ply exit the video market place. $10,626,877,048,913.08. tion. He once disguised himself as a homeless We all support and want to encourage in- Today, it is $19,218,850,296,387.20. We’ve man as part of his ministry. He authored a creased innovation and competition. In fact, added $8,591,973,247,474.12 to our debt in 6 book entitled ‘‘Among Friends.’’ Father Sichko many small operators are heavily investing in years. This is over $7.5 trillion in debt our na- has invited many celebrities to his parish for upgrading their existing networks to provide tion, our economy, and our children could fundraising events over the years, including faster high-speed broadband. They also sup- have avoided with a balanced budget amend- Dolly Parton, First Lady Laura Bush, Donnie port innovative boxes from TiVo and apps that ment. Osmond, and, most recently, Jay Leno. work on Roku boxes. Father Sichko has made quite a difference The Small Business Administration Office of f in his parish and in the Richmond community. Advocacy agrees the proposal ‘‘will be dis- He will be greatly missed and I wish him well proportionately and significantly burdensome’’ TRIBUTE TO CHILDREN’S DREAM as he leaves to serve God in a different role. for small cable operators. The SBA went on to FUND I am proud to recognize and honor him before say the ‘‘FCC has not adequately attempted to the United States House of Representatives. quantify or describe the economic impact of its f proposed rules’’ nor did the FCC make ‘‘any HON. DAVID W. JOLLY attempt to explain what kinds of costs small OF FLORIDA PERSONAL EXPLANATION operators might incur in order to comply’’ with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the rule. Mr. Speaker, it is inconceivable to me HON. MAC THORNBERRY Tuesday, June 14, 2016 that the FCC would propose new rules and OF TEXAS seek to impose new regulations without fully Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES understanding the economic impacts of their congratulate the Children’s Dream Fund on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 actions—especially when it comes to the their 35th anniversary. Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Speaker, on Mon- many small rural providers in my district. The Children’s Dream Fund was established day, June 13, 2016, because of airline delays Recognizing the burdens these new rules in 1981 as the Suncoast Children’s Dream I missed roll call votes No. 297 ‘‘To increase would have on small providers, consumer Fund. Franise Geringer, a small South African engagement with the governments of the Car- groups like Public Knowledge and innovative boy with aging disease, had a dream to meet ibbean region, the Caribbean diaspora com- companies like TiVo support taking a different his hero, Pinocchio. The Sunshine City Jay- munity in the United States, and the private approach with small operators. I urge the FCC cees of St. Petersburg raised funds for the sector and civil society in both the United to reconsider imposing these rules on small family to visit Disneyworld and any excess States and the Caribbean, and for other pur- operators because of the tremendous burden funds raised would go to the family. However, poses’’ and No. 298 ‘‘To amend the High-Per- it would impose on them. If these new rules the family denied the extra funds and instead formance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize cause operators to go out of business or limit chose for the money to go to helping other activities for support of networking and infor- video services the Commission may end up children. hurting the very people they are seeking to mation technology research, and for other pur- help and that’s the consumer. After twenty years, the Suncoast Children’s poses.’’ Had I been present, I would have Dream Fund was renamed to the Children’s voted ‘‘yes’’ on both bills. f Dream Fund. It now serves children in West f HONORING THE CITY OF Coast Florida who are referred to by neigh- CARLISLE, KENTUCKY boring children’s hospitals. It helps children PERSONAL EXPLANATION between ages three and eighteen with life HON. ANDY BARR threatening diseases and has fulfilled over two HON. TULSI GABBARD thousand dreams. These dreams range from a OF KENTUCKY OF HAWAII celebrity meet, a trip, a gift, or most frequently, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a week at the Give Kids the World Village in Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Kissimmee. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize the Chil- Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, on June 9, City of Carlisle, Kentucky as it celebrates its dren’s Dream Fund for their excellent work 2016, I was unavoidably detained due to a bicentennial. The City of Carlisle was founded over the past 35 years. They have given hope traffic accident and was unable to record my in 1816 as the county seat of Nicholas Coun- to so many kids and their families in Pinellas vote for roll call No. 283. Had I been present, ty, Kentucky. Carlisle has rich history and its County and West Central Florida. I ask that I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on consideration of citizens are very proud to call Carlisle home. this body join me in recognizing their efforts. the resolution.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN8.025 E14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 14, 2016 RECOGNIZING MISSOURI TALK He began working under Myron Kinley, a channel catfish, crappie, and bluegill atop the RADIO HOST WARREN KRECH ON pioneer and innovator in oil-well firefighting. list, fishing is a great pastime for lake goers. HIS RETIREMENT Adair worked diligently to learn the many new Lake Wappapello State Park is located on the inventions and techniques Kinley had created, edge of the lake and is run by the Missouri HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER and by 1959 he was ready to strike out on his Department of Natural Resources. The 1,854- OF MISSOURI own. He founded the Red Adair Co., a private acre State Park offers fishing, swimming, pic- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES company solely devoted to fighting large scale nicking, and, lodging as well as trials for oil fires, and over the course of his career he horseback riding, all-terrain biking, and back- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 put out more than two thousand of these fires, packing. The park also offers camping with Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise both on land and on offshore platforms. both modern and traditional, rustic camp- today to honor a constituent of mine, Mr. War- In November of 1961, a particularly large grounds. ren Krech. ‘‘Mr. Jefferson City’’, has retired fire, nicknamed the ‘‘Devil’s Cigarette Lighter,’’ For the special place it holds in the hearts after 30 years in Jefferson City radio and over broke out in the middle of the Algerian Sa- and lives of many in the community, as well 40 years in the radio industry. Warren most hara. Mr. Speaker, the flame was over four as its place as a landmark in Wayne County, recently spent his time entertaining listeners hundred and fifty feet high. Despite best ef- it is my pleasure to recognize the 75th anni- as the morning news and talk host on KWOS forts, the fire burned continuously, with no end versary of Wappapello Lake and Dam. News Radio 950. in sight. That was, until Adair and his crew f A native of South Dakota and graduate from were called to the scene. the University of Minnesota, Mr. Krech found Driving a modified bulldozer right up to the PERSONAL EXPLANATION his love of radio while serving in the United well where the fire was burning, Adair was States Army—specifically with the American able to get a large nitroglycerin charge into the HON. PETER WELCH Forces Radio & TV in East Africa. Warren and well, allowing the explosion to displace OF VERMONT his family moved from Wisconsin to Jefferson enough oxygen that the monster of a fire was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES City, Missouri in 1984. When Mr. Krech moved finally extinguished. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 to Missouri, he worked for Frank Newell at His feats in the Sahara gained him and his KJMO. While some consider broadcasting to crew a reputation worldwide. They additionally Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be a nomadic business, Warren wanted to set- helped with a large gas leak off the coast of vote on Roll Call 283. I would like to indicate tle his then young family in the Jefferson City Australia, and contributed to capping the big- that I would have voted ‘‘Nay’’ on Roll Call community. gest oil well blowout to have ever been re- 283 had I been there. Throughout his radio years, Mr. Krech sat in corded in the North Sea. f the DJ chair, but found his niche when he was Even in 1991 at the age of seventy-five, MARITIME PIRACY AND PIRATES able to enter talk radio format. For 23 years, Adair took part in the extinguishing of count- Warren has worked with John Marsh at KJMO less oil well fires that were set by Iraqi troops and KWOS. During Operation Desert Storm, in Kuwait during the Gulf War. Soon after he HON. TED POE Mr. Krech and John Marsh, hosted a ‘‘Tape retired, he sold his world famous company. OF TEXAS from Home’’ at the local mall where people His top employees went on to form their own IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES could come record their comments for friends company, the International Well Control. His Tuesday, June 14, 2016 and family who were serving in the military. great courage and success in his field led to Mr. Krech is the current and three time win- a John Wayne movie called ‘‘Hellfighters’’ to Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, when the ner of the News Tribune’s ‘‘Readers’ Choice’’ be made, which was loosely based on his en- word pirate comes to mind, many envision award for favorite local radio personality. Addi- counters in the Sahara. In 2004, at the age of treasure seeking ruffians with eye patches. tionally, Warren is an active local emcee and eighty-nine, Paul Adair passed away, but both Unbeknownst to most of us, pirates still exist: speaker for charities including: Samaritan his men and many others will remember him lurking the coast of East Africa, specifically Center, Special Olympics, and Heart Associa- as a pioneer in firefighting who not only saved Somalia and Kenya, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf tion. Mr. Krech has been host of the Jerry many cities from millions of dollars in dam- of Guinea, The Malacca Strait, and the Indian Lewis MDA Telethon for 13 years on KOMU– ages from these large scale oil fires, but also subcontinent. Pirates today, however, can do TV. thousands of lives. more damage than forcing a poor fellow to With this retirement, Mr. Krech will now be And that’s just the way it is. walk the plank. Regions plagued by poverty and extreme terrorism have raised a whole able to spend more time with his wife, Marcia, f who is a retired Jefferson City teacher. He has new breed of manipulative, violent, maritime a daughter, Sarah, who lives in St. Louis and 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF hijackers who will stop at nothing to achieve a son, Ben, who lives in Washington, DC. WAPPAPELLO LAKE AND DAM their goals. Modern piracy is not simply a mat- Warren also enjoys the St. Louis Cardinals, ter of economic loss or threatened safety, but running, cycling, gardening, and his two cats. HON. JASON SMITH a risk to the entire globe due to the close-knit I ask you in joining me in recognizing Mr. OF MISSOURI ties pirates have with terrorists. Warren Krech on his retirement. His commit- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES All eyes of the international community were suddenly turned to the coast of Somalia when ment to the radio industry and his local com- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 munity makes this a commendable accom- pirates hijacked a Russian supertanker full of plishment. Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise oil and army tanks. What did the American government do? Nothing. Nothing that is, until f today to honor the 75th anniversary of Wappapello Lake and Dam in Wayne County, the unimaginable happened. A U.S. cargo ship TUESDAY’S IN TEXAS: RED ADAIR Missouri. Lake Wappapello hosts 2.5 million was openly attacked by pirates, and the cap- people annually and has made an incredible tain was held as ransom for several days. HON. TED POE impact on its surroundings. Since then, efforts have been taken to defend OF TEXAS Senator John Overton proposed the ships from maritime crime, such as legaliza- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wappapello Lake and Dam project in June of tion of weapons on board for commercial ship- 1936. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ping vessels. Is this passive defense enough? Tuesday, June 14, 2016 began the project in 1938 and completed When analyzing the cost of insurance, freight, Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, born the Wappapello Lake and Dam in 1941. It was rerouting, and ransoms, the price we pay to son of an Irish blacksmith in Houston, Paul constructed along the St. Francis River in watch these pirates roam the high seas Neal Adair, commonly known as ‘‘Red’’ started order to provide flood control and ranges to as high as $16 billion a year. Yet his long service as a fire fighter in World War hydroelectricity to southeastern Missouri. there are far greater non-monetary costs II with the 139th Bomb Disposal Squadron. Wappapello Lake is one of five man-made awaiting us in the future. If a ship is attacked While enlisted, he was sent across Japan to lakes in the St. Louis District and is one of the at just the right place, it could result in the clo- find undetonated bombs and safely disarm nation’s oldest Corps of Engineers projects. sure and seizure of invaluable international them. However, it wasn’t until after his service The project includes 44,000 acres of land and waterways. in the Army that he became renowned for his water, providing ample opportunity for water Though many pirates have different motives bravery and skill as a fire fighter. recreation. With largemouth bass, white bass, than terrorists, terrorist tactics are frequently

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It’s time the the years up to the passing of the historic leg- should agree on, however, is that maritime pi- United States takes some action and put islation that banned discrimination in voting racy is a devastating form of terrorism. these outlaws in the high seas out of business polls, and solidified voting equality. Back- The topic of most apprehension is the prov- and send them to Davy Jones’ locker. An esti- pedaling into times of racial disparity in the en fact that modern pirates fund terrorist mated $160 million was paid as ransoms to pi- voting process is a dangerous course of action groups. Whether taken by force or friendship rates in one year alone. Using a private navy that we should refrain from venturing into. We from the pirates, Al-Qaeda now possesses is almost as drastic of a cost. So, the question are currently defacing the legacy of those who around 15 cargo vessels. Confiscation of ves- is: what should we do? One of the most con- gave up their lives in order to secure equal sels hasn’t been the only recent breach in sidered solutions is that of modern representation in the voting booth. maritime security. Thanks to unobstructed privateering. Privateers as defined by inter- It is imperative that we rally together and leadership of Somali pirates, we’ve experi- national law are ‘‘vessels belonging to private Restore The Vote. We cannot allow this presi- enced an increase in maritime trafficking of owners, and sailing under commission of war dential election to greet us without being pro- narcotics, people and illicit goods, and arms empowering the person to whom it is granted tected against those who wish to slant the proliferation. The evidence shows that mari- to carry on all forms of hostility which are per- election through harsh voting laws. It is the time terrorism has recently gained the atten- missible at sea by the usages of war.’’ Pri- right of every eligible American to cast a ballot tion of most terrorist groups. Large and heavily vateers will be given the opportunity to disable in the favor of their interests without hurdles loaded commercial vessels, offshore gas rigs, dangerous non-state enemies, and in the being placed in their path. Through the pas- and maritime hub ports are easy shots for process, create revenue. This is not a hard sage of the Voting Rights Advancement Act of maritime terrorists, who seek mass destruction decision. It’s a win-win. 2015, we will be able to complete the order of human life, infrastructure, and nature. The U.S. military has used a form of handed down to us by the Supreme Court of Though piracy off the Somalia coast has re- privateering in the past certain types of air the United States. We will be able to recreate cently decreased, it has caught flame and combat and warfare. In fact, in the 1930’s, the the safe haven in voting, where everyone feels prospered in other regions of Africa, such as U.S. Navy bought blimps from—and hired—a entitled and able to exercise their democratic the waters of Guinea and Nigeria. Squashing private company, Goodyear Tire and Rubber right. I ask my colleagues to join me in sup- these pirates once and for all is easier said Company, to build a fleet of airships and port of the Voting Rights Advancement of than done. They do not proudly announce blimps. These blimps were previously used for 2015 so that we can make the democratic their presence on the sea, but rather use si- advertising, yet the Navy used these simple ci- process democratic again. lence and stealth to steal an average of vilian mechanisms to help defend the country. $5,000 to $15,000 per ship. Some of these In the past, the problem of piracy was large- f raids are exceedingly violent, while others are ly wiped out due to privateers. The privateers, TRIBUTE TO EMERGENCY bloodless. In both terrorism and maritime pi- though used as a sort of political pawn, were MEDICAL SERVICE WORKERS racy, there must be extensive planning, and extremely successful and motivated. In a sys- those involved must be willing to sacrifice their tem of capitalism, it’s important to consider all lives. parties, and the relationship in which each HON. DAVID W. JOLLY Our friends in England recently recognized benefits another. If privateering and letters of OF FLORIDA a dire loophole in worldwide attempts to com- marque were used by the United States gov- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bat terrorism. Since 2010, the international ernment today, the government would gain a Tuesday, June 14, 2016 community has poured billions into the hands significant amount of hegemony, credibility, of pirates as ransom for the release of vessels and sea power. The privateering ship owners Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rec- and crew. These pirates are not necessarily would receive rewards or payments in return ognize the emergency medical service (EMS) terrorists themselves, yet many have direct for the seized pirate ships, as well as a higher workers of Pinellas County for their hard work connections to major terror groups. We can be safety and low insurance prices. Maritime pi- and sacrifice. sure that piracy has summoned nearby ter- racy is indeed a threat that, if not soon From May 15th to May 21st we recognize rorist groups with the scent of money and the stopped, will lead to increased terrorism and the importance of our EMS workers who sac- bribe of civilian fear. Maritime piracy is now economic disaster. rifice every day to provide the emergency care used as the ever-prosperous bank for terror- In my Congressional office, we employ in- our community needs. ists. Great Britain understands this and is in terns to help with writing and tasks around the EMS workers put their lives on the line for the midst of editing a bill which prohibits all office. One of our interns, Rachel Jones, re- the people of Pinellas County. City Council forms of ransom payments to terrorists. searched this issue regarding piracy on the Member Jerry Beverland’s son was recently Somali pirates appear to give the ransoms open seas. Her help this summer was valu- saved by his local EMS team who were on the from their pirated material to al-Qaeda. There able and I thank her for all of her work and as- scene within four minutes of his call for help. is no doubt that piracy could not only fund, but sistance. I wish Rachel luck in her future en- It is only right that EMS workers get the rec- also be used as a form of terrorism or for po- deavors and with the rest of her time at my ognition they deserve for their dutiful efforts. litical purposes, especially because of the un- alma mater—Abilene Christian University. Several members of our local emergency usual amount of security breaches easily ac- And that’s just the way it is. response teams received awards for their ef- forts. Aaron Gonzalez, a Fire Rescue adminis- cessible on ports and at sea compared to f land. Take for example al-Qaeda’s attack on trator for Oldsmar, accepted the EMS Week United States. It only took two men in a tiny WHAT KIND OF HISTORY SHOULD Award, and Chris Collins, who has been a boat to kill seventeen U.S. citizens and injure WE MAKE? Sunstar paramedic for two years, was recog- 39 more, just by placing a shape charge nized as Paramedic of the Year. Nick against the hull of the USS Cole while it was HON. TERRI A. SEWELL Eberhardt won the Emergency Medical Tech- refueling at a Yemeni port. OF ALABAMA nician of the Year award, and Eric Fayad was We must ensure the future does not hold a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES named Emergency Medical Dispatcher of the pirate-terrorist group merger. This event would Year. He also works fulltime as a lieutenant spin to a halt all anti-terrorism efforts. Al Tuesday, June 14, 2016 for the Seminole Fire Department. Shabaab and al-Qaeda are difficult and resil- Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, I want to thank and acknowl- ient as it is, but imagine these groups with ac- today on this Restoration Tuesday, I rise to edge these award winning emergency re- cess to strategic waterways, billions of dollars, acknowledge the continued voter suppression sponse workers who sacrifice their time and high grade ships in their grasp, and American around the country during this election year lives for the residents of Pinellas County. Their captives at their disposal. Debate on the floor and the ongoing battle for protection of the work makes our community a better place, of the House has found, Piracy is ‘‘Booming constitutional right to vote. and I ask that this body join me in recognizing without any credible deterrence, without the This Restoration Tuesday is particularly spe- our EMS teams of Pinellas County for their ex- type of deterrence you saw at one point in cial, as it is the last primary vote. At the clos- ceptional work.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH AN- ber of the Dunedin Rotary Club for years. He congratulate Girl Scouts of the USA for 100 NIVERSARY OF THE GIRL was also a member of the Dunedin Fine Arts years of making meaningful and lasting SCOUTS GOLD AWARD Center. Due to his efforts, many local busi- change in their communities and around the nesses have a stronger relationship with their world through the Gold Award. HON. KYRSTEN SINEMA local government. Girl Scouts who pursue the Gold Award— OF ARIZONA Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the highest award in Girl Scouting—aspire to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Kremskes and Bellavances for their work transform ideas into action. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 and efforts for Pinellas County. They have made their city of Dunedin a better place, and Young women who earn their Gold Award Ms. SINEMA. Mr. Speaker, today we honor I ask that this body join me in recognizing and are true leaders, dedicated to civic engage- Girl Scouts of the USA and Girl Scouts-Ari- thanking them for their diligence and care for ment and community empowerment. zona Cactus-Pine Council, as they celebrate our community. Since 1916, approximately 1 million Girl the 100th anniversary of the Gold Award, Girl Scouts have earned this prestigious award or Scout’s highest honor. f its equivalent. Congratulations to the young women who PERSONAL EXPLANATION Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, con- earn the distinguished Gold Award and be- fidence, and character. come exemplary leaders in communities HON. BLAKE FARENTHOLD They build true leaders, in fields as diverse across our country. This accomplishment re- OF TEXAS as business, medicine, and politics. flects outstanding leadership and civic en- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl gagement. Today, women pilot rockets into Scouts said, ‘‘Scouting rises within you and in- space, lead international conglomerates, pio- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 spires you to put forth your best.’’ neer new innovations in medicine and tech- Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, on roll call I am pleased to join Girl Scouts as they cel- nology, and occupy positions of international Nos. 297 and 298, I missed votes because of ebrate 100 years of the Girl Scout Gold leadership in countries all over the world. a flight delay due to weather conditions. Had Award, and wish them continued success in Many of those female leaders are Girl Scout I been present, I would have voted Yes. inspiring girls to excel and make a difference alumnae. f in the world. As a Girl Scout, I learned how to be an ef- f fective leader and how to work as part of a CELEBRATING THE SERVICE OF RABBI DOUG KAHN IN MEMORY OF GORDIE HOWE team. I also learned the importance of being part of a community. The Girl Scouts enables young women to discover their passions. HON. NANCY PELOSI HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. Scouting empowers girls and young women, OF CALIFORNIA OF MICHIGAN and teaches the importance of working col- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES laboratively. The Gold Award inspires girls in Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Arizona to find greatness inside themselves Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in and to channel ideas and passions to benefit our communities. pride that I rise with Representatives JACKIE remembrance of Gordie Howe, who passed SPEIER, JARED HUFFMAN, MIKE THOMPSON, away on June 10, 2016, at the age of 88. Our Thank you to Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus- Pine Council and Girl Scout councils across BARBARA LEE, ANNA ESHOO and ERIC thoughts and prayers are with his family, SWALWELL to honor Rabbi Doug Kahn as he friends, and fans across the country. the nation for giving young women courage, confidence, and character. retires as Executive Director of the Jewish Born on March 31, 1928, he grew up in Community Relations Council (JCRC) of San f Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before coming to Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Ala- Detroit, where he made his National Hockey TRIBUTE TO DAVE AND LAYLE meda and Contra Costa Counties. League debut on October 16, 1946, scoring in KREMSKE AND DOTTIE AND BOB For 34 years, Rabbi Kahn has served with his first game at the age of 18. Gordie Howe, BELLAVANCE distinction and led with integrity. Rabbi Kahn’s or as he was known to a generation and be- analytical mind, diplomatic skills, endless en- yond, ‘‘Mr. Hockey’’, was the embodiment of HON. DAVID W. JOLLY ergy and compassion have earned him the ad- the National Hockey League, and an ambas- OF FLORIDA miration of people around the world. As a con- sador from Detroit to the rest of the country IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sensus builder and community leader, Rabbi and to the world. I speak here for Detroit, for Kahn has dedicated his life to answering the the Red Wings, and for the entire NHL, when Tuesday, June 14, 2016 sacred call, ‘‘tikkun olam,’’ to repair the world. I say that we will miss him dearly. Mr. JOLLY. Mr Speaker, I would like to rec- Since 1938, JCRC has been committed to Gordie Howe, a 23-time All-Star, was un- ognize Dave and Layle Kremske, and Dottie improving relations between the Jewish com- matched on the ice, and in his twenty-five sea- and Bob Bellavance, the new inductees of the munity and the community at-large. A strong sons with the Red Wings, he led the city of 2016 Senior Hall of Fame. advocate for the Bay Area Jewish community, Detroit to four Stanley Cups, winning numer- For decades, these two couples have made Rabbi Kahn has masterfully managed sen- ous distinctions along the way. He was also significant contributions to the city of Dunedin. sitive and challenging issues, built bridges with instrumental in the conception of what would They have donated their time and effort to Americans of many faiths, interests, and eth- become the National Hockey League Players’ Pinellas County by being active members of nic groups. Association. But Gordie Howe was so much many charitable organizations. Under his leadership, JCRC confronted anti- more than a man with a hockey stick; he was The Kremskes are members of the Friends Semitism, the oppression of Soviet Jews, and a force for good off the ice as well. Gordie, of the Library program, an organization that anti-Israel activities on college campuses. whose wife Colleen ‘‘Mrs. Hockey’’ Howe, suf- provides funding, enhancements, and support A fourth-generation San Franciscan, Doug fered from Pick’s Disease, was heavily in- to the staff and programs of the Dunedin Li- Kahn was born in 1951 to a family that dis- volved in the search for a cure to degenerative brary. Layle also served as PTA President and cussed current events around the dinner table. brain diseases, founding the Gordie and Col- President of the Dunedin Youth Guild, which The Civil Rights Movement and protests leen Howe Fund for Alzheimers, in partnership focuses on supporting youth-focused commu- against the Vietnam War sparked his passion with the University of Toronto Baycrest. nity projects in Dunedin. Dave has been an for social justice. Mr. Speaker, on June 10, we lost one of the active member of the Stadium Advisory and As a UC Berkeley student in 1971, he greats. For almost half of his adult life, Gordie Parks Recreation Advisory committees. joined the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jewry

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He then city’s Nature Park and Beach Access served as the executive director of George Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with im- walkovers. Mr. Hefty was also involved in Washington University Hillel. In 1981, Rabbi mense sorrow and great respect that I rise to Kahn returned to San Francisco and joined Keep Pinellas Beautiful, an organization remember United States Military Academy JCRC as assistant director. formed in 1996. He was an active member of (USMA) Cadet Mitchell Alexander Winey for During the Soviet Jewry exodus, Rabbi the board for ten years and served as a treas- his patriotism and dedication to serving his Kahn fought for the freedom of Soviet Jews. urer. country. His untimely death occurred on June Influenced by his two mentors, legends in our In 1998, Mr. Hefty became a consultant for 2, 2016, at Fort Hood, Texas, while partici- community, then-JCRC Director Earl Raab the Pinellas County School Board and Pinellas pating in Cadet Troop Leader Training. Cadet Winey was a member of the USMA Class of and Associate Director Rita Semel, Rabbi County Utilities. His first assignment was to 2018, B Company, First Regiment. Kahn helped mobilize the community. find out the energy usage for 140 different In 1987, Rabbi Kahn and a cheering crowd Mitchell Winey, born in Valparaiso, Indiana, school buildings in eleven different municipali- welcomed to San Francisco ‘‘refusenik’’ Natan graduated from Chesterton High School in ties. He also worked with the county’s water Sharansky, who had been freed from a Soviet 2014, where he served as class president for prison. management and created the energy team to four years. Mitchell excelled in his studies and Later that year, Rabbi Kahn was promoted manage the county’s water, recycling, and was an honor roll student who belonged to the to Associate Director of JCRC and in 1999, he trash programs. This project saved the city National Honor Society. In addition, he was became Executive Director following the retire- twelve million dollars. In 2004, he joined the nominated by his peers to participate in the ments of Raab and Semel. Rabbi Kahn has Energy Systems Group which proposed en- Natural Helpers Program during his high built strong interfaith and interethnic relation- ergy saving strategies across thirteen states. school tenure, which was a testament to his helpfulness and kind-hearted spirit when it ships with African American, Asian American, Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize Wayne came to serving others in his community. An Latino and Muslim American communities Hefty for his hard work for Pinellas County. He championing civil rights, employment, housing, accomplished athlete, Mitchell was also the has shown exceptional dedication to the com- equality in education, immigration, nuclear captain of his high school soccer team and munity and it has been a pleasure having him nonproliferation, domestic violence prevention, enjoyed skiing and hiking. Later, at West marriage equality and the end of apartheid in as a neighbor. I ask that this body rise to rec- Point, Cadet Winey went on to become a South Africa. ognize Mr. Hefty for his years of service. founding member of the newly-formed free- In the face of crises and tragedy, Rabbi style ski team. Kahn built bridges. From standing on the pul- f On July 2, 2014, Mitchell reported to the pit at San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church in United States Military Academy at West Point. affirmation of a strong African American-Jew- ON THE TRAGIC ORLANDO PULSE He was a rising leader in his class and had an ish alliance after the Rodney King verdict to NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING exemplary academic record as an engineering performing outreach to the local Bosnian Mus- management major. Cadet Winey’s out- lim community after the brutal human rights standing academic performance earned him violations against Bosnians in the 1992–95 HON. AL GREEN recognition on the Dean’s List for four semes- civil war, and more recently, standing in soli- OF TEXAS ters, and he also earned the Army Physical darity with Muslim Americans threatened by Fitness Badge three times while participating IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Islamophobia, Rabbi Kahn and the JCRC on his company’s soccer and ultimate Frisbee have made our communities stronger. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 teams. Although Rabbi Kahn is leaving JCRC, he Lieutenant General Robert L. Caslen Jr., will continue to offer his wisdom and superb Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I Superintendent of the United States Military skills for JCRC’s values and priorities. would like to express my deepest sympathies Academy, depicted Winey as immensely My colleagues and I hope his departure to the victims, as well as their families and proud to be a cadet and one who exemplified from JCRC will allow Rabbi Kahn to spend friends, all of whom have been devastated by the ideals and values of West Point in all he more time with Ellen, his beloved wife, and the senseless carnage at the Orlando, Florida set out to do. For his service, Cadet Winey re- their two sons, Joey and Daniel. Pulse Nightclub, which took place on Sunday, ceived the National Defense Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. Mr. Speaker, we ask the House of Rep- June 12, 2016. resentatives to join us in celebrating the out- Friends and teachers describe Mitchell as a standing contributions our good friend Rabbi As of June 14, 2016, 49 innocent people gracious and enthusiastic young man who ex- Doug Kahn has made to the Bay Area and be- have lost their lives and many more were celled as a student leader. His friends will re- yond. His moral compass, eternal optimism, wounded in the brutal slaughter, as they member him as talented, intelligent, hard- unwavering dedication and perseverance have sought to enjoy their weekend. We must not working, and adventurous. Residents in the profoundly strengthened our communities. allow the hatred of LGBTQ Equality by a das- community are remembering Cadet Winey as f tard to define their lives. We must remember a dedicated American hero. and respect each of the victims for their indi- Mitchell leaves behind a beloved host of TRIBUTE TO WAYNE HEFTY viduality and the joy they brought to the lives family and friends. He is survived by his loving of others. mother, Margo, and proud father, Tim. Mitchell HON. DAVID W. JOLLY also leaves to cherish his memory his dear Mr. Speaker, especially since this month is OF FLORIDA sister, Paige. He will be greatly missed by his LGBTQ Pride Month, we should mourn their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grandparents, Shirley Winey and Ronald Groff, passing with deep sorrow and celebrate their and by many other friends and family mem- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 lives with an abundance of love. bers, as well as an appreciative, yet pro- Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I want to recog- Mr. Speaker, we must also do more than foundly saddened, community. nize Wayne Hefty for his service to Pinellas speak heartfelt words of love and condo- Mr. Speaker, at this time, I ask that you and County. lences. We must speak through legislation that my other distinguished colleagues join me in Mr. Hefty has worked in Pinellas for many honoring a fallen hero, USMA Cadet Mitchell may not save all lives but can save some years. In 1975, he worked in Gulfport as a Winey. Cadet Winey sacrificed his life during lives. park supervisor landscaping and designing training for service to his country, and his green spaces. In 1979, he opened up his own We cannot allow history to record that when death comes as a great tragedy to our nation. business where he designed and installed all was said and done, more was said than Cadet Mitchell Alexander Winey will forever parks and playgrounds all over the community. done. endure as a hero in the eyes of his family, his

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While SYSTEM FOR 100 YEARS OF Dr. Witt’s career may be coming to a close DR. ROBERT E. WITT, CHAN- SERVICE TO RURAL AMERICA over the next few months, the impact he has CELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AND THE AGRICULTURAL INDUS- left on students and faculty will echo for sev- ALABAMA SYSTEM TRY eral generations to come. I wish him and his HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT family all the best in the future. OF TEXAS OF ALABAMA f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMEMORATING THE 176TH ANNI- Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 VERSARY OF THE YELLOW Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I would like RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH IN to commend the Farm Credit System for 100 to recognize and honor Dr. Robert E. Witt for BAKER, FLORIDA years of service to rural America and the agri- his academic career and the impact he had on culture industry. higher education. As Dr. Witt closes another The importance of the Farm Credit System successful chapter of his life as the Chancellor HON. JEFF MILLER is largely unknown to those outside of agri- of the University of Alabama System, I believe OF FLORIDA culture, often leaving it prone to political at- it is important to recognize a few of his numer- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tacks. However, its importance to those it ous accomplishments and his service to the Tuesday, June 14, 2016 serves has never been greater, as declining nation and to the great State of Alabama. commodity prices have led to a sharp down- Dr. Robert Witt began his educational en- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise turn in the farm economy. Thankfully, the deavors at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, to commemorate the 176th anniversary of the Farm Credit System and its members have where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Eco- Yellow River Baptist Church in Baker, Florida. been there to help lessen the burden. nomics in 1962. In 1964, Witt received his For 176 years, the Yellow River Baptist To understand the Farm Credit System, it’s MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth Col- Church has served the citizens of the Gulf important to look back to its roots. In the early lege, and his Ph.D. in Business Administration Coast, and today it stands as a pillar of the 1900s, credit was largely unavailable or from Penn State in 1968. Over the next 35 Northwest Florida community as the first Bap- unaffordable in rural areas, and lenders avoid- years, he established a career of excellence in tist church in Walton and Escambia counties ed agricultural loans due to their associated higher education. Dr. Witt served in various and one of the oldest Baptist churches in the risks. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt positions at The University of Texas, including State of Florida. appointed a commission to explore the prob- serving as dean of the Business School at the The Yellow River Baptist Church was estab- lem and ultimately found a need to develop University of Texas at Austin and president of lished on Sunday, June 14, 1840 with the as- more cooperatives and a cooperative credit the University of Texas at Arlington. sistance of two representatives of the Beth- system for farmers. In March of 2003, Dr. Witt was appointed lehem Baptist Association of Alabama, nearly From that idea, Congress passed the Fed- President of The University of Alabama. Dur- five years before Florida entered its statehood. eral Farm Loan Act of 1916, eventually result- ing his nine-year tenure as President, Witt led What started with a small handful of ing in the establishment of the Farm Credit an ambitious plan for academic growth and congregants residing along the upper Yellow System—a system created to provide a per- achievement that has positioned UA as one of River just south of the Alabama line has manent, reliable source of credit to American America’s fastest growing public universities. grown over the years, and throughout the agriculture. In 2012, he was appointed by the University’s course of its history, the church family has The Farm Credit System’s mission has Board of Directors to serve as the Chancellor consisted of members including from the evolved over time. For example, in 1980, Con- of the University of Alabama System. The Uni- Baggett, Barrow, Blackman, Campbell, Carver, gress empowered the Farm Credit System to versity of Alabama System is comprised of the Clary, Cobb, Collingsworth, Cook, Danelly, provide valuable capital for infrastructure nec- universities in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Gartman, Gaskins, George, Hart, Helms, How- essary for communities to thrive. Huntsville as well as the University of Ala- ell, King, Madden, Milligan, Parker, Peaden, But since its inception, the Farm Credit Sys- bama at Birmingham Health System. Richbourg, Senterfitt, Stegall, Steele, Stewart tem has never wavered in its mission of pro- Dr. Witt has held several important roles and Wilkinson families. viding lines of credit to our rural communities aside from his leadership at the University of The success of the Yellow River Baptist in good times and in bad. During the late Alabama, including serving as the chairman of Church, without question, is a true testament 1980’s, our farmers and ranchers faced par- the Council of Presidents of Alabama’s public to the congregation’s strong faith in the Lord ticularly difficult times. Fortunately, the agri- colleges and universities. Dr. Witt has played and strength of its community, and it is my culture industry and the Farm Credit System a leadership role in various organizations dur- privilege to honor them on this important occa- were able to weather the storm together and ing his time in Alabama which include the sion. emerged even more prepared for the years to Governor’s College & Career Ready Task Mr. Speaker, my wife Vicki joins me in con- come. Today, I believe that the Farm Credit Force; the American Cast Iron Pipe Company gratulating this small but faithful congregation System is fundamentally safe and sound and Board of Directors; the Alexis deTocqueville for its 176 years of service and dedication to in a position to endure the challenges that it Executive Committee; the Advisory Board, God and to the Northwest Florida community. will inevitably face. Elizabeth Project Care Board. He is past May God grant the congregants of Yellow To acknowledge and celebrate a century of chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of River Baptist Church many more years to dedicated service to rural America, I was West Alabama, a past member of the Tusca- come and may His blessings continue to shine proud to sponsor House Resolution 591, com- loosa County IDA Board and the Black Warrior down on them.

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HIGHLIGHTS Senate passed S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act, as amended. Senate National Child Awareness Month: Senate agreed Chamber Action to S. Res. 494, designating September 2016 as ‘‘Na- Routine Proceedings, pages S3833–S3874 tional Child Awareness Month’’ to promote aware- Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolu- ness of charities benefiting children and youth-serv- tions were introduced, as follows: S. 3054–3057, and ing organizations throughout the United States and S. Res. 493–494. Pages S3860–61 recognizing the efforts made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as crit- Measures Reported: ical contributions to the future of the United States. S. 1479, to amend the Comprehensive Environ- Pages S3870–71 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating to grants. (S. Measures Considered: Rept. No. 114–276) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agen- S. 2829, to amend and enhance certain maritime cies Appropriations Act—Agreement: Senate re- programs of the Department of Transportation, with sumed consideration of the motion to proceed to an amendment in the nature of a substitute. consideration of H.R. 2578, making appropriations Page S3860 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Measures Passed: Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year end- ing September 30, 2016. Pages S3844–46 National Defense Authorization Act: By 85 yeas During consideration of this measure today, Senate to 13 nays (Vote No. 98), Senate passed S. 2943, to also took the following action: authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for mili- By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 99), three-fifths tary activities of the Department of Defense, for of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having military construction, and for defense activities of voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion the Department of Energy, to prescribe military per- to close further debate on the motion to proceed to sonnel strengths for such fiscal year, after taking ac- consideration of the bill. Pages S3844–45 tion on the following amendments proposed thereto: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- Pages S3835–41 viding that at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 15, Adopted: 2016, Senate vote on the motion to proceed to con- Nelson/Gardner Modified Amendment No. 4670 sideration of the bill. Page S3871 (to Amendment No. 4607), relating to the evolved expendable launch vehicle program for space launch Message from the President: Senate received the of national security satellites. Pages S3835–41 following message from the President of the United McCain Amendment No. 4607, to amend the States: provision on share-in-savings contracts. Page S3841 Transmitting, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act Withdrawn: of 1954, the proposed Agreement for Cooperation Reed (for Reid) Amendment No. 4603 (to Between the Government of the United States of Amendment No. 4607), to change the enactment America and the Government of the Kingdom of date. Page S3835 Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear En- ergy; which was referred to the Committee on For- Death of Former Senator George V. Voinovich: eign Relations. (PM–51) Page S3854 Senate agreed to S. Res. 493, relative to the death of George V. Voinovich, former United States Sen- Messages from the House: Pages S3854–55 ator for the State of Ohio. Pages S3846–49, S3871 Measures Referred: Page S3855 D652

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Petitions and Memorials: Pages S3855–60 OIL AND GAS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE Additional Cosponsors: Pages S3861–62 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: concluded a hearing to examine oil and gas pipeline Pages S3862–64 infrastructure and the economic, safety, environ- mental, permitting, construction, and maintenance Additional Statements: Pages S3851–54 considerations associated with that infrastructure, Amendments Submitted: Pages S3864–70 after receiving testimony from Paul W. Parfomak, Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S3870 Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Andrew J. Black, Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Ross Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. Eisenberg, National Association of Manufacturers, (Total—99) Pages S3841, S3844–45 and Sean McGarvey, North America’s Building Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:02 a.m. and Trades Unions, all of Washington, D.C.; and N. adjourned, as a further mark of respect to the mem- Jonathan Peress, Environmental Defense Fund, Bos- ory of the late Senator George Voinovich, in accord- ton, Massachusetts. ance with S. Res. 493, at 6:08 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. EPA OVERSIGHT on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (For Senate’s pro- gram, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in to- Committee on Environment and Public Works: Sub- day’s Record on page S3874.) committee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s Committee Meetings progress in implementing Inspector General and Government Accountability Office recommendations, (Committees not listed did not meet) after receiving testimony from Alfredo Gomez, Di- APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE rector, Natural Resources and Environment, Govern- INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED ment Accountability Office; and Alan S. Larsen, AGENCIES Counsel to the Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- ment of the Interior, Environment, and Related ENERGY TAX POLICY Agencies approved for full committee consideration Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing an original bill entitled, ‘‘Department of the Inte- to examine energy tax policy in 2016 and beyond, rior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria- after receiving testimony from Benjamin Zycher, tions Act, Fiscal Year 2017’’. American Enterprise Institute, and Karen Harbert, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Cen- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION tury Energy, both of Washington, D.C.; Steve Mil- OVERSIGHT ler, Bulk Handling Systems and Zero Waste Energy, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: LLC, Eugene, Oregon; and Susan Kennedy, Ad- Committee concluded an oversight hearing to exam- vanced Microgrid Solutions, San Francisco, Cali- ine the Securities and Exchange Commission, includ- fornia. ing S. 2867, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish an Office of the Advocate for INTELLIGENCE Small Business Capital Formation and a Small Busi- Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in ness Capital Formation Advisory Committee, after closed session to receive a briefing on certain intel- receiving testimony from Mary Jo White, Chair, Se- ligence matters from officials of the intelligence curities and Exchange Commission. community.

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H.R. 3650, the ‘‘State National Forest Management tion. The rule waives all points of order against the Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3734, the ‘‘Mining Schools En- amendments printed in the report or against amend- hancement Act’’; H.R. 3839, the ‘‘Black Hills Na- ments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolu- tional Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act’’; H.R. tion. The rule provides that it shall be in order at 3843, the ‘‘Locatable Minerals Claim Location and any time for the chair of the Committee on Appro- Maintenance Fees Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3844, the priations or his designee to offer amendments en ‘‘Energy and Minerals Reclamation Foundation Es- bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report tablishment Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3881, the ‘‘Cooper- not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be ative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2015’’; considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes H.R. 4202, the ‘‘Fort Ontario Study Act’’; H.R. equally divided and controlled by the chair and 4245, to exempt importation and exportation of sea ranking minority member of the Committee on Ap- urchins and sea cucumbers from licensing require- propriations or their designees, shall not be subject ments under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand H.R. 4510, the ‘‘Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act’’; H.R. 4582, the ‘‘Save Our Salmon Act’’; H.R. 4685, for division of the question. The rule provides that the ‘‘Tule River Indian Reservation Land Trust, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com- Health, and Economic Development Act’’; H.R. mittee on Appropriations or their respective des- 4789, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to es- ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments tablish a structure for visitor services on the Arling- each at any point for the purpose of debate. The rule ton Ridge tract, in the area of the U.S. Marine Corps provides one motion to recommit with or without War Memorial, and for other purposes; and H.R. instructions. Finally, in section 6, the rule provides 5244, the ‘‘Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Me- that it shall be in order at any time on the legisla- morial Act’’. tive day of June 16, 2016 for the Speaker to enter- tain motions that the House suspend the rules as OVERSIGHT OF THE NATIONAL PARK though under clause 1 of rule XV and that the SERVICE Speaker or his designee shall consult with the Mi- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full nority Leader or her designee on the designation of Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of the any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. National Park Service’’. Testimony was heard from Testimony was heard from Representatives Lee, Mary Kendall, Deputy Inspector General, Depart- McGovern, Gabbard, Gibson, Jackson Lee, Gosar, ment of the Interior; and Jonathan Jarvis, Director, Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Jones, McSally, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Pittenger, and Sanford. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 COAST GUARD MISSION NEEDS AND Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on RESOURCES ALLOCATION H.R. 5293, the ‘‘Department of Defense Appropria- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Sub- tions Act, 2017’’ [amendment consideration]. The committee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transpor- committee granted, by record vote of 9–3, a struc- tation held a hearing entitled ‘‘Coast Guard Mission tured rule for further consideration of H.R. 5293. Needs and Resources Allocation’’. Testimony was The rule provides that no further general debate heard from Admiral Charles Michel, Vice Com- shall be in order. The rule provides that the bill mandant, U.S. Coast Guard; and Jennifer Grover, shall be considered as read through page 170, line Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, 7. The rule waives all points of order against provi- Government Accountability Office. sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule makes in order only those EXPANDING U.S. AGRICULTURE TRADE amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the AND ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO U.S. rule, and pro forma amendments described in section EXPORTS 4 of the rule. Each amendment printed in the report Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on may be offered only in the order printed in the re- Trade held a hearing entitled ‘‘Expanding U.S. Agri- port, may be offered only by a Member designated culture Trade and Eliminating Barriers to U.S. Ex- in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be ports’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an op- ponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall Joint Meetings not be subject to a demand for division of the ques- No joint committee meetings were held.

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NEW PUBLIC LAWS Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. Signed on June (For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D618) 13, 2016. (Public Law 114–176) H.R. 136, to designate the facility of the United H.R. 4605, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the ‘‘Camp in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the ‘‘Sgt. 1st Class Terryl Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office’’. Signed on L. Pasker Post Office Building’’. Signed on June 13, June 13, 2016. (Public Law 114–166) 2016. (Public Law 114–177) H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the United f States Postal Service located at 523 East Railroad COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, Street in Knox, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Specialist Ross JUNE 15, 2016 A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office’’. Signed on June 13, 2016. (Public Law 114–167) (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) H.R. 1132, to designate the facility of the United Senate States Postal Service located at 1048 West Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Robinhood Drive in Stockton, California, as the ‘‘W. Services and General Government, business meeting to Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building’’. markup an original bill entitled, ‘‘Financial Services and Signed on June 13, 2016. (Public Law 114–168) General Government Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year H.R. 2458, to designate the facility of the United 2017’’, 10 a.m., SD–138. States Postal Service located at 5351 Lapalco Boule- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: busi- vard in Marrero, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Lionel R. Collins, ness meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 Sr. Post Office Building’’. Signed on June 13, 2016. a.m., SR–253. (Public Law 114–169) Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and H.R. 2928, to designate the facility of the United Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine assessing the States Postal Service located at 201 B Street in Per- Coast Guard’s increasing duties, focusing on drug and ryville, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Harold George Bennett migrant interdiction, 2 p.m., SR–253. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee Post Office’’. Signed on June 13, 2016. (Public Law on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 2839 114–170) and H.R. 3004, bills to amend the Gullah/Geechee Cul- H.R. 3082, to designate the facility of the United tural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the States Postal Service located at 5919 Chef Menteur Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Daryle H.R. 3036, to designate the National September 11 Me- Holloway Post Office Building’’. Signed on June 13, morial located at the World Trade Center site in New 2016. (Public Law 114–171) York City, New York, as a national memorial, H.R. H.R. 3274, to designate the facility of the United 3620, to amend the Delaware Water Gap National States Postal Service located at 4567 Rockbridge Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to Road in Pine Lake, Georgia, as the ‘‘Francis Manuel certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adja- Ortega Post Office’’. Signed on June 13, 2016. (Pub- cent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation lic Law 114–172) Area, H.R. 4119, to authorize the exchange of certain land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson H.R. 3601, to designate the facility of the United County, Mississippi, between the National Park Service States Postal Service located at 7715 Post Road, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, S. 211, to establish North Kingstown, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Melvoid J. the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in the Benson Post Office Building’’. Signed on June 13, State of Pennsylvania, S. 630, to establish the Sac- 2016. (Public Law 114–173) ramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area, S. H.R. 3735, to designate the facility of the United 1007, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preserva- States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane tion Act of 1992 to rename a site of the Dayton Aviation in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the ‘‘Maya Heritage National Historical Park, S. 1623, to establish Angelou Memorial Post Office’’. Signed on June 13, the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in the 2016. (Public Law 114–174) State of Washington, S. 1662, to include Livingston H.R. 3866, to designate the facility of the United County, the city of Jonesboro in Union County, and the States Postal Service located at 1265 Hurffville Road city of Freeport in Stephenson County, Illinois, to the in Deptford Township, New Jersey, as the ‘‘First Lincoln National Heritage Area, S. 1690, to establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II Post Office Build- the State of Washington, S. 1696 and H.R. 482, bills to ing’’. Signed on June 13, 2016. (Public Law redesignate the Ocmulgee National Monument in the 114–175) State of Georgia, to revise the boundary of that monu- H.R. 4046, to designate the facility of the United ment, S. 1824, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior States Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility Glenwood City, Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Second Lt. Ellen of designating certain land as the Finger Lakes National

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Heritage Area, S. 2087, to modify the boundary of the Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup Fort Scott National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, on H.R. 4538, the ‘‘Senior$afe Act of 2016’’; H.R. 4850, S. 2412, to establish the Tule Lake National Historic Site the ‘‘Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act’’; H.R. 4852, the in the State of California, S. 2548, to establish the 400 ‘‘Private Placement Improvement Act of 2016’’; H.R. Years of African-American History Commission, S. 2627, 4854, the ‘‘Supporting America’s Innovators Act of to adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve, 2016’’; H.R. 4855, the ‘‘Fix Crowdfunding Act’’; H.R. S. 2807, to amend title 54, United States Code, to re- 5143, the ‘‘Transparent Insurance Standards Act of quire State approval before the Secretary of the Interior 2016’’; H.R. 5311, the ‘‘Corporate Governance Reform restricts access to waters under the jurisdiction of the Na- and Transparency Act of 2016’’; H.R. 5322, the ‘‘U.S. tional Park Service for recreational or commercial fishing, Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016’’; H.R. 5421, S. 2805, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National the ‘‘National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act Park in the State of Minnesota, S. 2923, to redesignate of 2016’’; H.R. 5424, the ‘‘Investment Advisers Mod- the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the ‘‘Saint- ernization Act of 2016’’; H.R. 5429, the ‘‘SEC Regu- Gaudens National Park for the Arts’’, S. 2954, to estab- latory Accountability Act; and H.R. 5461, the ‘‘Iranian lish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in the State Leadership Transparency Act’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. of Missouri, S. 3020, to update the map of, and modify Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Mid- the acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil dle East and North Africa, hearing entitled ‘‘Egypt: Chal- Beds National Monument, S. 3027, to clarify the bound- lenges and Opportunities for U.S. Policy’’, 10 a.m., 2172 ary of Acadia National Park, and S. 3028, to redesignate Rayburn. the Olympic Wilderness as the Daniel J. Evans Wilder- Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cy- ness, 2:30 p.m., SD–366. bersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Tech- Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine chal- nologies, hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of the Cybersecurity lenges and opportunities for United States business in the Act of 2015’’, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. digital age, 2 p.m., SD–215. Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on West- on H. Res. 169, acknowledging and honoring brave ern Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, young men from Hawaii who enabled the United States Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues, to establish and maintain jurisdiction in remote equa- to hold hearings to examine barriers to education glob- torial islands as prolonged conflict in the Pacific lead to ally, focusing on getting girls in the classroom, 10 a.m., World War II; H.R. 2316, the ‘‘Self-Sufficient Commu- SD–419. nity Lands Act’’; H.R. 3062, the ‘‘Assuring Private Prop- Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United erty Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act’’; H.R. 3094, States policy in Libya, 2:15 p.m., SD–419. the ‘‘Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to Act’’; H.R. 3212, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation hold hearings to examine implementing the Child Care Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes; Development Block Grant Act of 2014, focusing on per- H.R. 3480, the ‘‘Fort Federica National Monument spectives of stakeholders, 10 a.m., SD–430. Boundary Expansion Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3650, the ‘‘State Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: National Forest Management Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3734, to hold hearings to examine America’s insatiable demand the ‘‘Mining Schools Enhancement Act’’; H.R. 3839, the for drugs, focusing on examining solutions, 10 a.m., ‘‘Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion SD–342. Act’’; H.R. 3843, the ‘‘Locatable Minerals Claim Location Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine and Maintenance Fees Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3844, the ‘‘En- innovations to promote Americans’ financial security, ergy and Minerals Reclamation Foundation Establishment 2:30 p.m., SD–562. Act of 2015’’; H.R. 3881, the ‘‘Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2015’’; H.R. 4202, the ‘‘Fort House Ontario Study Act’’; H.R. 4245, to exempt importation and exportation of sea urchins and sea cucumbers from li- Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on censing requirements under the Endangered Species Act Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria- of 1973; H.R. 4510, the ‘‘Bolts Ditch Access and Use tions Bill for FY 2017; and Report on the Revised In- Act’’; H.R. 4582, the ‘‘Save Our Salmon Act’’; H.R. terim Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2017, 4685, the ‘‘Tule River Indian Reservation Land Trust, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. Health, and Economic Development Act’’; H.R. 4789, to Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a struc- entitled ‘‘Department of Defense Update on the Financial ture for visitor services on the Arlington Ridge tract, in Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Plan’’, 10 the area of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, and for a.m., 2118 Rayburn. other purposes; and H.R. 5244, the ‘‘Saint Francis Dam Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing enti- Disaster National Memorial Act’’ (continued), 10 a.m., tled ‘‘Congressional Budgeting: The Need for Fiscal 1324 Longworth. Goals’’, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Com- Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, mittee, markup on H. Res. 737, condemning and cen- markup on H.R. 2646, the ‘‘Helping Families in Mental suring John A. Koskinen, the Commissioner of Internal Health Crisis Act’’ (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Revenue, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing enti- on Energy, hearing entitled ‘‘Innovation in Solar Fuels, tled ‘‘Examining 21st Century Programs and Strategies Electricity Storage, and Advanced Materials’’, 10 a.m., for Veteran Job Seekers’’, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon. 2318 Rayburn. Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ‘‘Human on H.R. 5456, the ‘‘Family First Prevention Services Act Spaceflight Ethics and Obligations: Options for Moni- of 2016’’; H.R. 5447, the ‘‘Small Business Health Care toring, Diagnosing, and Treating Former Astronauts’’, 2 Relief Act’’; H.R. 5458, the ‘‘Veterans TRICARE Choice p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Act’’; H.R. 5452, to amend the Internal Revenue Code Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- of 1986 to permit individuals eligible for Indian Health committee on Aviation, hearing entitled ‘‘A Review of Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts; the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Con- H.R. 5445, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 troller Hiring, Staffing and Training Plans’’, 10 a.m., to improve the rules with respect to health savings ac- 2167 Rayburn. counts; H.R. 3080, the ‘‘Tribal Employment and Jobs Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Dis- Protection Act’’; H.R. 210, the ‘‘Student Worker Exemp- ability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled tion Act of 2015’’; and H.R. 3590, the ‘‘Halt Tax In- ‘‘Investigating VA’s Management of Veterans’ Paper creases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act’’, 2 p.m., Records’’, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. 1100 Longworth.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 15 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 15

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any Program for Wednesday: Continue consideration of morning business (not to extend beyond 10:30 a.m.), Sen- H.R. 5293—Department of Defense Appropriations Act, ate will vote on the motion to proceed to consideration 2017 (Subject to a Rule). of H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Gutie´rrez, Luis V., Ill., E904 Perlmutter, Ed, Colo., E903, E904, E904, E905, E906, Huffman, Jared, Calif., E905 E906, E907, E907, E908, E909 Aderholt, Robert B., Ala., E916 Hurt, Robert, Va., E904, E906 Poe, Ted, Tex., E912, E912 Barr, Andy, Ky., E909, E910, E910, E911, E911 Jolly, David W., Fla., E904, E905, E906, E907, E909, Ryan, Paul D., Wisc., E903 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E911 E910, E911, E913, E914, E915 Sewell, Terri A., Ala., E913 Comstock, Barbara, Va., E909 Loudermilk, Barry, Ga., E903 Sinema, Kyrsten, Ariz., E914 Conaway, K. Michael, Tex., E916 Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E912 Smith, Jason, Mo., E907, E912 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E914 McGovern, James P., Mass., E908 Stivers, Steve, Ohio, E908, E910 Farenthold, Blake, Tex., E914 Meehan, Patrick, Pa., E903 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E904, E905, E907, E908 Forbes, J. Randy, Va., E909 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E916 Thornberry, Mac, Tex., E911 Foster, Bill, Ill., E906 Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E903 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E915 Gabbard, Tulsi, Hawaii, E911 Payne, Donald M., Jr., N.J., E914 Welch, Peter, Vt., E912 Green, Al, Tex., E915 Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E914 Yarmuth, John A., Ky., E910

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