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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 No. 105 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was ing apart and becoming chaotic. Ac- defeat them? This doesn’t make a called to order by the Speaker pro tem- cording to Panetta, the administration whole lot of sense. pore (Mr. HOLDING). was ‘‘so eager to rid itself of Iraq that The United States must answer this f it was willing to withdraw rather than question: Is ISIS a national security lock in arrangements that would pre- threat to us? If the answer is yes, then DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO serve American influence and our in- we must defeat them; and Congress TEMPORE terests.’’ needs to weigh in on this and make The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- So the President ignored the advice this decision. fore the House the following commu- of his own Secretary of Defense and top If we decide that ISIS is a national nication from the Speaker: commanders and pulled troops out of security threat, then, of course, we WASHINGTON, DC, Iraq in 2011. The timing, just before the need strategy, a complete strategy. July 8, 2015. 2012 Presidential election, to me, ap- The administration’s plan so far is to I hereby appoint the Honorable GEORGE peared to be based on the politics of po- train mercenaries to fight ISIS. How- HOLDING to act as Speaker pro tempore on litical convenience, not our own na- ever, just this week, Secretary of De- this day. tional interests. fense Carter admitted that the United JOHN A. BOEHNER, In any event, what is taking place States has trained, get this, 60 so- Speaker of the House of Representatives. today in 2015? Enter the Islamic State, called moderate Syrian rebels to fight f ISIS. ISIS took advantage of the power ISIS—just 60. MORNING-HOUR DEBATE vacuum left by America’s absence. So The $500 million program that was today ISIS is stronger than ever, supposed to fund 3,000 fighters before The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- spreading its reign of terror through- the end of 2015 has trained 60. So if I do ant to the order of the House of Janu- out the region. my math correctly, Mr. Speaker, we ary 6, 2015, the Chair will now recog- ISIS practices religious genocide are spending about $8 million per fight- nize Members from lists submitted by against people that don’t agree with it. er right now. That is abysmal. That is the majority and minority leaders for They have redefined the term ‘‘bar- no way to fight and win a war against morning-hour debate. barian’’ to an all new low. They rape, terror. The Chair will alternate recognition pillage, loot, behead, and burn those in Also, there are more Americans between the parties, with each party this ISIS war against the world’s peo- fighting with ISIS rebels than we have limited to 1 hour and each Member ple. trained fighters to fight against ISIS. other than the majority and minority ISIS not only controls a massive Meanwhile in Iraq, just 8,800 fighters leaders and the minority whip limited amount of territory in the Middle East, have been trained to fight ISIS com- to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- it also controls the minds of thousands pared to the goal of 24,000. bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. of foreign fighters, many from the This administration’s strategy to de- f United States. It is a sophisticated feat ISIS seems to be in chaos. Even criminal enterprise that uses any and the Kurds want to do their own fight- DOES THE U.S. HAVE A PLAN TO all ways to recruit, fundraise, and ing, and they have asked us for mili- DEFEAT ISIS? spread terror. It even uses American tary support. Our allies want to send The SPEAKER pro tempore. The social media companies to promote its direct aid to the Kurds, but the admin- Chair recognizes the gentleman from cause. Through American companies istration won’t let them do that. They Texas (Mr. POE) for 5 minutes. like Twitter, ISIS is instantly and free- have to send it through Baghdad for Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the ly spreading its cancer of Islamic ex- some reason. President ‘‘avoids the battle, com- tremism to teenagers, recruiting them It is time for the administration to plains, and misses opportunities.’’ to join the jihad and then launch at- stop being indecisively weak and do the Those were the words of Leon Panetta, tacks on the streets of America. obvious. It needs to lead in this war President Obama’s former Secretary of Since the President announced his against ISIS, and it needs to listen to Defense and CIA Director, in 2011. campaign against ISIS, we have seen the commanders. At the time, Panetta, along with embarrassing results. Even the Presi- The United States needs to act and military commanders and the Joint dent admitted that the United States have a plan to defeat this determined, Chiefs of Staff, recommended that the did not have a complete strategy. well-financed enemy. It is a terrorist United States leave 24,000 troops in The ISIS terror has been going on for enterprise that is at war with us. Iraq to prevent that country from fall- over a year and we don’t have a plan to And that is just the way it is.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.000 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4868 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP incentives for affordability and con- I would like to thank Doug, the busi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sumer protections and the trade pro- ness leaders in our community, and the Chair recognizes the gentleman from motion authority objective to ‘‘ensure volunteers who help make Backpack Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- that trade agreements foster innova- Buddies possible. utes. tion and promote access to medicines.’’ WAR ON COAL Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, We need some work here. Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. On a last month Congress dealt with a trade The May 10 agreement that was separate issue, Mr. Speaker, several package that centered on trade pro- struck in 2007, which I was pleased to weeks ago, President Obama sent two motion authority; and those actions, participate in, struck the right bal- of his top cronies in his war on coal, In- while important, were really just the ance, creating incentives for innova- terior Secretary Sally Jewell and Of- beginning of a very long process. tion in pharmaceutical research and fice of Surface Mining Director Joseph Many important provisions of the access to timely and affordable medi- Pizarchik, to my home State of West Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP, cine for developing countries. This was Virginia. are still unresolved. There is a meeting achieved in part by requiring changes The apparent purpose of their visit at the end of this month in Hawaii to provisions dealing with patent link- was to seek input for a new Obama reg- where the finance ministers of 12 coun- age where it looks like TPP is moving ulation that is estimated to kill 80,000 tries come together in an attempt to in the wrong direction. coal jobs, but their rule had already The TPP includes new provisions been submitted for final review. They resolve these final questions. As I pointed out in my last meeting which, while not addressed in the May are not interested in hearing from West with the President, while I think trade 10 agreement, are inconsistent with its Virginians about the impact of their policies. Instead, they are checking a promotion authority is important and spirit and its intent of ensuring timely access to affordable medicines in devel- box. worthy of support, that support does It is clear that nothing will stop this not imply support for the Trans-Pacific oping countries. For example, with bio- logic medicines, it appears the United President from trying to implement his Partnership. radical environmental agenda, and I Indeed, because of the protections we States is seeking both patent linkage and 12 years of data exclusivity for all will continue to do everything in my built into the trade promotion author- power to fight back on behalf of all ity, it sets an appropriately high stand- countries. The former would require a change in U.S. law, and the latter West Virginians. That is why, this ard for approval. Everybody in America year, I introduced H.R. 1644, the will have several months to examine would prevent America from changing our laws to lower the exclusivity pe- STREAM Act, which will stop the the proposal if an agreement is reached President’s antimining regulations. I to see if it measures up before the trea- riod, as has been proposed in the Presi- dent’s own budget proposal. The com- also included a provision in the House ty can even be voted on by Congress. budget resolution that calls for I am hopeful that we can use this bination of these two would have enor- mous cost implications both at home defunding that regulation, and I will time to clarify and refine areas, for ex- work with the appropriators to make ample, the investor state dispute proc- and abroad. These are examples where I am work- sure it is not funded. ess. While the United States’ investor ing to make sure the final agreement I hope my colleagues in this Chamber state protections for public health and measures up to the criteria we have es- will join me in this fight. consumers are stronger than for most tablished in the trade promotion au- f countries and are separate from the thority. CAMPAIGN FINANCE foreign investor state models that are I urge the administration and my being used by the United States Cham- colleagues to be clear about our intent The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ber of Commerce to promote the inter- and our expectations in order for any Chair recognizes the gentleman from ests of Big Tobacco to undercut efforts final agreement to be worthy of broad California (Mr. SCHIFF) for 5 minutes. Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, since the to discourage smoking, there is still support. room for us to improve and clarify the Supreme Court decision in Citizens f American model, and we should do so. United, we have seen a massive wave of Another important area deals with BACKPACK BUDDIES secret spending in our political system. trade enforcement. Agreements that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The There was over $100 million in dark, look good on paper, if they are not en- Chair recognizes the gentleman from unregulated, and anonymous money spent in the 2014 midterm election forceable or enforced, are essentially West Virginia (Mr. MOONEY) for 5 min- meaningless. It is extremely important utes. cycle; and with the Presidential race for the administration to demonstrate Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Mr. right around the corner, that number is its commitment to enforcement. Speaker, last week I had the pleasure expected to balloon to over $600 mil- We are trying to help with legislation of meeting with Doug Erwin. Doug is lion. that I have introduced in the House an extraordinary member of our West While the problem is easy to identify, that we have been able to get in part of Virginia community who started the the solution is far more difficult to achieve. Reluctantly, I have concluded the Senate package that would create a charitable organization called Back- that it is necessary to amend our Con- trade enforcement fund dedicated to pack Buddies. help make sure agreements are en- In the summer, Backpack Buddies stitution to address a long line of case forced. gives meal supplements to children in law that began before Citizens United and prevents the Congress from mean- Another step the administration elementary, middle, and high schools ingfully regulating campaign expendi- could take immediately is to deal with who received free or reduced lunches tures. The constitutional amendment disturbing actions in Peru that seem to during the school year. Oftentimes, the must not only overturn Citizens undercut commitments that were made meal that they receive at school is the United, but the Arizona Free Enter- in the existing Peru free trade agree- only food that they eat all day. prise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Ben- ment dealing with illegal logging. It Doug became concerned about what nett decision, which struck down an appears that Peru has backtracked on these children did for food during the Arizona law that allowed public financ- its commitments and that illegally summer. That is when Doug started ing of a candidate if their opponent ex- harvested timber is finding its way Backpack Buddies. ceeded certain spending limits. into international markets and, indeed, For the last 3 years, communities in The amendment is simple. It would into the United States. It would be a my district in the great State of West allow Congress to set reasonable limits simple act for the administration to Virginia have come together to raise on expenditures and allow States to set take that would demonstrate its com- money to provide food to these chil- up public financing for candidates if mitment to strong enforcement by dren so they can get the extra help they choose to do so. starting with Peru right now. they need during the summer. Back- Another area that I am working on pack Buddies is serving, now, over 1,600 b 1015 deals with access to medicines. It ap- children in Putnam, Boone, Cabell, and I first ran for Congress in 2000, in a pears that the TPP draft falls short on Kanawha Counties this summer. campaign that turned out to be the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.012 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4869 most expensive in U.S. history and IRAN It has been 13 years since the No helped propel new campaign finance re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Child Left Behind Act was passed, and form. It was this first-hand experience Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from many educators and probably all Mem- which convinced me that our elections North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min- bers have heard a lot of the clumsy and have increasingly come to be polluted utes. unworkable provisions that need a re- by ever-increasing amounts of unregu- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today write. More importantly, there are lated outside spending. to join my colleagues to express a deep other reasons why it is time for a new Millions of dollars in soft money, concern about the ongoing negotia- law for our K–12 system. spending that avoided limits because of tions with Iran over the country’s nu- Educating our children is a dynamic misguided legal distinctions between clear capabilities. process, and everything from tech- contributions to a candidate and inde- As many of my colleagues have noted nology in the classroom, as well as the pendent expenditures in support of a on the floor of this House, preventing workforce needs of our national econ- candidate, plagued that 2000 race and Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon omy, have drastically changed in the almost every major Federal race since. is critical to securing peace in the re- last 13 years. Clearly, as a nation, we need to use On my very first day in Congress, I gion and protecting U.S. interests, in- this rewrite of Federal education law cosponsored the McCain-Feingold Bi- cluding our close ally Israel. as an opportunity to equip our Nation, partisan Campaign Finance Reform It was good to hear Secretary Kerry’s and particularly our children and Act, which attempted to ban soft recent commitment not ‘‘to shave any- grandchildren, with the tools they need money expenditures and allowed for where at the margins in order to just public financing of campaigns. The bill to succeed. get an agreement’’ and to work for an One area which we all know needs up- passed, and for a brief window, the agreement that will pass scrutiny. campaign finance system became more dating and strengthening is the area of However, media reports from the nego- STEM education—science, technology, transparent and limited. That was, tiations in Vienna indicate that Iran sadly, short lived. engineering, and math. Employers all has tried to renegotiate the previously across the country are desperate to try With Citizens United, the Supreme released framework and continues to Court struck down decades of restric- and find incoming young people into demand further concessions from inter- our workforce who have these skills to tions on corporate campaign spending national negotiators. and freed corporations to spend unlim- succeed. Among the latest demands from The good news is, in the last 13 years, ited funds to run campaign advertise- Tehran is that all United Nations sanc- STEM occupations have grown three ments. tions against the country, including times faster than non-STEM occupa- The court has also allowed wealthy the ban on the import or export of con- tions. In addition, the average income individuals and groups to spend with ventional arms, be lifted as part of any is two times higher in terms of the impunity, with only a theoretical re- deal. wages of STEM-educated workers com- striction that they do not coordinate Well, I have a response to that de- pared to non-STEM. That is the good with campaigns, but the reality is that mand: unacceptable. Lifting the arms news. the FEC has dismissed 29 cases in embargo would serve only to further The bad news is that only 16 percent which super-PACs were suspected of il- destabilize the Middle East and accel- of graduating high school seniors are legally coordinating with candidates erate Iran’s arming of Shiite militias. interested in STEM. If you drill down without even investigating the claims. The Iranians have also sought to deeper, young girls and young minori- Frustrating as it is for a candidate to keep hidden Iran’s current and pre- ties are woefully underrepresented in contend with attacks by super-PACs or vious efforts to gain nuclear weapons the single digits. soft money, as I was, disclosure laws at capability. How can the international Clearly, we need to move stronger as least allow us to alert voters to the community know with certainty that a nation in the area of STEM. If you special interest which is behind those Iran is complying with an agreement look globally, China is producing 23 expenditures. Candidates being to reduce significantly its enrichment percent of the world’s STEM degree drowned out in attacks paid for by activities if the full extent of these ac- graduates—the U.S., only 10 percent. dark money, however, don’t have that tivities is kept secret? Mr. Speaker, if you go back 58 years luxury. It defies logic that such a request ago, our 34th President, Dwight Eisen- Groups who raise dark money do so should be made and makes far less hower, confronted a similar moment of by exploiting IRS regulations, desig- sense for such a request to be given any crisis in terms of our education sys- nating them ‘‘social welfare non- serious consideration. tem. profits,’’ which allow them to operate Likewise, demands to limit IAEA in- In October 1957, the Soviet Union tax exempt and raise unlimited money spectors to select sites, to install ab- launched the Sputnik satellite, which completely anonymously. surd bureaucratic processes to access shocked our Nation. We realized we Nothing about funneling millions in additional sites, and to prohibit alto- were falling behind and that we needed secret dollars to support campaigns gether inspections of so-called military to step up our game in terms of our could be construed to be in the interest sites should be fully rejected. educational and research system. This of social welfare—nothing. Social wel- Ultimately, it is critical that any Republican President led the charge to fare nonprofits are supposed to limit deal prevents Iran from gaining nu- pass the National Defense Education their political activity, but IRS audits, clear weapons capabilities and ensures Act in 1958, which boosted and set a na- even of groups that spend vast amounts that international inspectors can vali- tional goal, a national priority, for of their time and budget in support of date their adherence to an agreement’s science and research across our coun- candidates, are extremely rare. negotiated terms. If Iran cannot nego- try. Investigations into complaints of tiate in good faith, then perhaps it is At the time that he signed the bill in abuse can take years, at which point time to leave the negotiating table al- 1958, he said that, in both education an election will long be over, the dam- together. and research, we needed to redouble age done. f our exertions, which will be necessary The Supreme Court has overturned on the part of all Americans if we are decades of legal precedent, the regu- STRONG STEM EDUCATION POLICY to rise to the demands of our times. latory process is at a standstill, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The He also noted that this bill, the Na- still, we watch billions pour into cam- Chair recognizes the gentleman from tional Defense Education Act, back in paigns and in increasingly anonymous Connecticut (Mr. COURTNEY) for 5 min- 1958, would ‘‘do much to strengthen our fashion. utes. American system of education so it can Sadly, we are left with one option, a Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, in a meet the broad and increasing demands constitutional amendment that allows few short hours, we are going to be vot- imposed upon it by considerations of Congress to set reasonable limits on ing in this Chamber on a rewrite of the basic national security.’’ both donations and expenditures and Elementary and Secondary Education Fast forward 57 years, we now have a shines the light of day on both. Act, which is long overdue. national STEM education coalition

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.004 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4870 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 made up of employers like Microsoft, craft. I am proud that the 513th is Northern Edge in Alaska, and the National Association of Manufac- based at Tinker Air Force Base in my CHUMEX in Florida. turers, and the American Farm Bu- home State of Oklahoma, and it is Mr. Speaker, let me conclude by once reau, who have come together with a commanded by Colonel David W. Rob- again recognizing the citizen airmen of core set of principles on how we can ertson. the 513th Air Control Group from Tin- today, in 2015, boost teachers with I flew the Navy version of the ker Air Force Base. these hard science degrees in our ele- AWACS, the E–2 Hawkeye, both on Ac- f mentary and high schools, how we can tive Duty and as a reservist. The drill down and encourage, again, under- AWACS is the Air Force’s ‘‘quarter- b 1030 represented groups such as young girls back in the sky,’’ calling the plays and OPPOSE H.R. 5 and minorities to get involved and en- managing the fight from an airborne gaged in education. platform. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The We came forward on the Education I know firsthand that the AWACS is Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from and the Workforce Committee with an absolutely essential to projecting air Texas (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON) for amendment supported by the STEM co- power. Without it, our forces would be 5 minutes. alition, and it was rejected on a party- like an orchestra with no conductor. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of line vote by the Republican majority, Mr. Speaker, we just celebrated yet Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in op- who said that the national government another year of independence. We position to the current version of H.R. had no business being involved in local should remember that our war of inde- 5, the House Republican bill which and State education policy. That is to- pendence was fought almost exclu- seeks to reauthorize the Elementary tally unacceptable in terms of the sively by citizen warriors, ordinary and Secondary Education Act, and en- challenges that our Nation faces today. citizens who put their lives on hold and courage my colleagues to adopt the Unfortunately, the Rules Committee at risk, many of them giving the ulti- Democratic substitute offered by rejected our amendment from even mate sacrifice for our independence. Ranking Member BOBBY SCOTT. being voted on today as part of the up- The 513th continues our great citizen Let me start by reading you a quote date of the No Child Left Behind bill. warrior tradition. Among the citizen that truly strikes me as telling of Again, it is the ultimate measuring airmen deploying are Realtors, IT spe- where we have come from and where we stick of the failure of this bill to ad- cialists, and even a pastor. We should find ourselves today. On May 22, 1964, dress the needs our Nation faces in recognize that this is a voluntary as- at the University of Michigan, Presi- terms of K–12 education policy. We signment. These reservists have raised dent Lyndon Baines Johnson re- should follow the example of this gen- their hands and answered the call vol- marked: tleman. He understood that at times, untarily, when less than 1 percent of In many places, classrooms are over- we have to rise up as a full nation. our fellow citizens serve in the mili- crowded and curricula are outdated. Most of We can’t rely on one local wealthy tary. our qualified teachers are underpaid, and school district to invest in science and Mr. Speaker, the 513th demonstrates many of our paid teachers are underquali- the value of our military’s Reserve fied. So we must give every child a place to technology and engineering and math sit and a teacher to learn from. Poverty is and leave behind other populations in component and National Guardsmen. not a bar for learning, and learning must this country because, as a nation, we Looking across the 513th, you will find often escape from poverty. need to come together to address and skill standards, capabilities, and oper- President Johnson went on to say: succeed and face this challenge. It will ational readiness rates equal to or bet- ter than the Active component. But more classrooms and more teachers bring good things in terms of higher in- are just not enough. We must seek an edu- come and more growth for our country When I was in the Reserves flying the cational system which grows in excellence as if we embrace these types of policies. E–2 Hawkeye, I can tell you that the it grows in size. This means better training The good news is that the Republican amount of talent that we held in the for our teachers. It means preparing our chairman of the Senate Education Reserve component was amazing. It youth to enjoy their hours of leisure as well Committee did embrace the STEM edu- was very clear that these folks had the as their hours of labor. It means exploring cation coalition provisions, and they confidence, the capability, and the in- new techniques of teaching, to find new ways have put it in their bill. stitutional knowledge to carry on the to stimulate the love of learning and the ca- Today, unfortunately, we are going tradition of excellence that was in the pacity for creation. to go do this exercise, this theater of Navy when they moved to the Re- Let’s just take a moment to let that passing a bill which woefully fails the serves. sink in. test in terms of what our Nation faces The amount of talent and skills is Those were words read in 1964, during today, but hopefully, later in the proc- also true with the Air Force. We saw it President Johnson’s Great Society ess, a conference committee will come when you think about the fighter Speech. Almost every single point in together, and we will follow the exam- squadrons that fought in the opening President Johnson’s remarks has direct ple of Dwight Eisenhower and our bi- days of the war in Afghanistan. The import of the perils our education sys- partisan coalition of the 1950s to allow Reserve fighter squadron was the one tem faces today. this Nation to have the tools to suc- that had the highest percentage of Teachers are still underpaid, and in ceed. bombs on target. so many areas, underqualified. Class- We need to pass strong STEM edu- The Reserve and the Air National room sizes are increasing, and the qual- cation policy for our young children. Guard are critical to our Nation’s mili- ity of education is continuing to dete- f tary readiness. It is important to re- riorate. tain and even expand the reserve com- Hunger and poverty continue to af- 513TH AIR CONTROL GROUP ponent size, missions, and capabilities. flict our inner-city students in an DEPLOYMENT Finally, Mr. Speaker, while I rise to alarmingly disproportionate rate, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The give a special thanks to the 513th re- disparity of resources and access to a Chair recognizes the gentleman from servists deploying to Southwest Asia, quality education seems, at times, to Oklahoma (Mr. BRIDENSTINE) for 5 min- let me also mention this unit’s other continue expanding. The achievement utes. recent accomplishments. gap between our most impoverished Mr. BRIDENSTINE. Mr. Speaker, I To say that the 513th is in high de- students remains inextricably tied to rise to salute more than 40 citizen air- mand would be a huge understatement. the wealth gap, and the numbers are men of the 513th Air Control Group de- In the past 6 months, the 513th has con- discouraging. ploying to Southwest Asia this month trolled training missions for over 200 Instead of moving forward by improv- in support of Operation Inherent Re- fighters and bombers, supported crit- ing on and implementing lessons solve in Iraq and Syria and also con- ical flight tests, managed air operation learned from the failed policies of No tinuing operations in Afghanistan. center support in Germany, and con- Child Left Behind, H.R. 5 guts the core The 513th is the Nation’s only Re- trolled eight large-force exercises, in- intent of the original Elementary and serve unit flying the E–3 AWACS air- cluding Felix Virgo in Louisiana, Secondary Education Act of 1965.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.005 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4871 H.R. 5 is like a blast from the past is the fabric of rural America. The any programmatic support for literacy, and fails our students and their fami- Commonwealth’s history is rooted in for STEM, and for other subjects that lies in a myriad of ways. Among some agriculture, and the dairy industry provide a well-rounded curriculum. It of the most egregious provisions in this continues to be the largest sector of eliminates wraparound support serv- proposed iteration of ESEA, H.R. 5 in- this industry. ices, which are very important to cludes the concept of portability for Most, about 99 percent of our dairy needy students. It eliminates after- title I funds. farms in Pennsylvania, are family- school, family engagement, physical, Sold and messaged as a promotion of owned and operated, and our average dental, and mental health programs. choice, portability instead adversely herd size is about 72 head. This year, we commemorate the 50th affects students who are in schools and The Commonwealth’s robust dairy anniversary of the Elementary and districts with the highest concentra- industry produces 10 billion pounds of Secondary Education Act. The bill, es- tion of poverty and need. In short, milk annually, and that number con- sentially a civil rights law, reaffirmed portability is a ruse, one that takes re- tinues to surge. In fact, Pennsylvania that every child has the right to an sources from, rather than gives to our ranks fifth in the Nation when it comes equal opportunity for a quality edu- most underserved and needy children. to dairy production. cation. Additionally, as the ranking member Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support However, H.R. 5 undermines the law’s of the Science, Space, and Technology of National Dairy Month, in support of original intent, turning back the clock Committee, and a longtime advocate of our dairy farmers and farm families, on equity and accountability in Amer- STEM—science, technology, mathe- and to also say thank you to all of ican public education and ignores the matics, and engineering—education, I these folks for providing us with food needs of America’s most vulnerable was alarmed by the utter and complete and fiber. students. H.R. 5 is a step backward in exclusion of any reference to STEM f our country’s education system. This education within this base text. legislation fails our students and their CONGRESS MUST REAUTHORIZE We should be retooling our education families. THE ELEMENTARY AND SEC- system to fit the needs of our ever- America deserves better. ONDARY EDUCATION ACT evolving globalized economy, not run- f ning back to the factory-style edu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The REAUTHORIZE THE LAND AND cation that doesn’t provide our chil- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from WATER CONSERVATION FUND dren with the skills they need to com- Ohio (Ms. FUDGE) for 5 minutes. pete. Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, today we The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Education is the ladder to oppor- find ourselves on the House floor yet Chair recognizes the gentleman from tunity and central to keeping alive the again debating H.R. 5. After several Pennsylvania (Mr. COSTELLO) for 5 min- American Dream. We must fight to en- months of delay, the majority party utes. sure that every single child, regardless has yet to realize that this bill is not Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. Mr. of their background, is given the oppor- in the best interest of America’s chil- Speaker, this week the House will be tunity to reach their God-given poten- dren. considering the appropriations bill for tial. We all agree that Congress must re- the Department of the Interior for the No matter what race—Black, White, authorize a strong Elementary and upcoming fiscal year. Hispanic, Asian, or Native American— Secondary Education Act. H.R. 5 does I rise today to express my support for rich, poor, immigrant or not, we must not meet the test. a robust and continued funding for and remain steadfast in our dedication to Any reauthorization must ensure the permanent reauthorization of the equality and the equity of opportunity. that education is properly funded at Land and Water Conservation Fund. I strongly urge my colleagues to take the State and Federal level for all of Over this past Independence Day this bill back to the drawing board and America’s children; that all students weekend, I was particularly reminded make sure that education in America have access to a well-rounded edu- of how so many of us enjoy the natural is reflective of our principles as a na- cation, which includes subjects like wonders of our hometowns and commu- tion. I urge my colleagues to make physical education, music, and the nities, from picnics at playgrounds, sure that we protect the American arts; and that students are annually as- baseball games on municipal rec- Dream and keep America the land of sessed, which allows for parents and reational fields, honoring our heritage equal opportunity. teachers to measure students’ progress. and celebrating our independence with If you work hard and play by the H.R. 5 does none of these things. In- fireworks, music and parades at local rules, everyone deserves a fair shot and stead, it fails our students, our teach- historic sites and parks. a fair shake at a fulfilling life. The ZIP ers, and our families. The bill dras- That is part of why the Land and Code you grow up in should not deter- tically reduces education funding, Water Conservation Fund is so impor- mine the life you live. eliminates and weakens protections for tant. It helps our communities protect f disabled students, fails to provide a critical lands by providing State and well-rounded education for all stu- local governments with necessary fund- NATIONAL DAIRY MONTH dents, and generally makes it more dif- ing and flexibility to develop and im- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ficult to educate those for whom the prove lands for public access and rec- Chair recognizes the gentleman from act was designed to protect. reational enjoyment. It is part of high- Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 The bill turns title I funding into a lighting the heritage and character in minutes. block grant. The program would dis- my district in southeastern Pennsyl- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. proportionately harm disadvantaged vania. Mr. Speaker, although we have re- and low-income students. Schools My home State of Pennsylvania has cently entered into July, I rise today across the country, including some in received approximately $295 million in in recognition of National Dairy my own congressional district, rely on the past five decades from the Land Month, which has taken place every these funds to help ensure children are and Conservation Water Fund. It has June since 1937. given a fair chance to meet State aca- protected places with national signifi- As I travel across Pennsylvania and demic standards. cance, such as Gettysburg National throughout the Pennsylvania Fifth H.R. 5 also allows title I dollars to Military Park, Valley Forge National Congressional District, I am always in- become portable, which would divert Historical Park, and John Heinz Wild- spired by our farmers and our farm much-needed funds from the highest life Refuge. families. They work hard. They work 7 need poverty schools and districts. In addition, in my congressional dis- days a week. Their work is arduous, H.R. 5 removes requirements that trict, we can thank the Land and and the challenges of running a farm States ensure students graduate from Water Conservation Fund for helping are never ending. high school college and career ready. fund the building of the Birdsboro Mr. Speaker, farming isn’t just a The bill focuses primarily on math and Waters Forest Legacy project, pro- business to these hardworking folks; it reading assessments, without providing tecting critical woodlands at the East

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And what happened in that case ough Memorial Park with a new dog serve my constituents, only two of was this, Mr. Speaker, a real tragedy: park, pavilions, restrooms, ball fields, them have a poverty rate that is less She was told by her government that and walking trails. than 56 percent. they were going to take her home and Mr. Speaker, one thing that was ap- The Elementary and Secondary Edu- give it to another private owner for de- parent this past weekend was just how cation Act was first written in recogni- velopment. You heard me right, Mr. integral our public lands and outdoor tion of the impact that concentrated Speaker. She was told that her home recreation areas are to our heritage, poverty has on a school system’s abil- was going to be taken by our govern- civic identity, and local community. ity to adequately support the edu- ment because they were picking the I believe the Land and Water Con- cational programs needed to serve vul- winners and losers because they felt servation Fund is one of our most im- nerable communities. they knew best how to utilize her prop- portant conservation programs and an But H.R. 5 would strip the ESEA of erty and give it to another private excellent example of a bipartisan com- the protections for these students by owner to develop it the way that pri- mitment to safeguarding natural re- diverting title I funds. This approach is vate owner wanted to do. sources, promoting our cultural herit- backwards, and our children deserve Well, Mr. Speaker, Susette Kelo age, and expanding recreational oppor- better. If I were grading this bill, I stood up. She fought this fight. She tunities not just for a moment in time, would definitely give it an F. was told by her friends, she was told by but for future generations as well. As a proud product of Selma High her real estate agents, she was told by I also believe it is a program that al- School, this is deeply personal to me. her lawyers: Just roll over. The govern- lows our local communities to dream Today more than 90 percent of the ment always wins, and they are going big about how to best go about enhanc- Selma High School students in my dis- to win this battle. ing their communities for their resi- trict, from my old high school, receive But she fought it all the way to the dents. free and reduced lunch. Under H.R. 5, Supreme Court. And what happened, As an original cosponsor of H.R. 1814, this school would lose nearly 20 percent however, is that that advice from her which would permanently reauthorize of its Federal funding. friends and from her real estate agent the Land and Water Conservation The greatest opportunity that we can and her lawyers came true. The govern- Fund, I am looking forward to working give any child is a quality education. ment won. with my colleagues in an effort to help This is why I cannot support this bill, But that day we all lost, as American communities across this country cre- which diverts title I funds from 92 per- citizens. Because here is what hap- ate lasting legacies of public access to cent of the schools in my district. This pened after that case. She lost her the cultural and recreational opportu- would further tilt the playing field home. And this is a picture of her prop- nities identified by officials in their against poor kids. erty—well, no longer her property—but local communities as being worthy of These children belong to all of us. that property, as it exists today. They funding for future projects. Unfortunately, this bill is proof that demolished her home. They took her f somewhere along the line we have property. She lost her piece of the STUDENT SUCCESS ACT FAILS abandoned the most sacred American American Dream. And the result of it STUDENTS principle, that all children—I mean all is a vacant lot that sits in New London. children—are our children. Mr. Speaker, I highlight this case The SPEAKER pro tempore. The We cannot deny that a rising tide today because it reminds us of an issue Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from lifts all boats. The economic and social that we must fight for, and that is a Alabama (Ms. SEWELL) for 5 minutes. costs of refusing to accept these facts fundamental freedom that we all enjoy Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speak- are steep. as American citizens, to own and to use er, today I rise to express my strong When President Johnson signed the our property. opposition to H.R. 5, the so-called Stu- Elementary and Secondary Education It is something that is fundamental dent Success Act. I am deeply dis- Act in 1964, he stated, ‘‘As President of to our U.S. Constitution. It is some- appointed in the majority for bringing the United States, I believe deeply no thing fundamental to us as American such an economically careless and so- law I have signed or will ever sign citizens. And it is time for us to unite, cially egregious bill to the floor today. as Republicans and Democrats, and say If passed, H.R. 5 would take more means more to the future of America enough is enough. We must push back than $7 million from the highest need than this bill.’’ President Johnson was on Big Government. We must stand schools in my home State of Alabama. right then, and he is right now. with individuals. It is really an abomination that this To promote our educational progress, This land belongs to them, not our body would do this to our constituents we must replace No Child Left Behind government. And that is something and do this to our students. with a strong bipartisan bill, one that that I am afraid that started 10 years H.R. 5 abandons the Federal Govern- advances what works and improves ago and continues to this day with ac- ment’s historic role in elementary and upon what does not. Unfortunately, tions of Big Government day in and secondary education. Furthermore, this bill does neither. day out, where government regula- this bill neglects our sacred responsi- I urge this body to oppose this reck- tions, government overreach—local, bility to ensure that all children, irre- less bill, H.R. 5. Our children deserve Federal, State level—act in a way that spective of race, class, disability, or so- better. Our constituents deserve better. takes away these fundamental prop- cioeconomic class, are given the oppor- This Nation deserves better. erty rights that so many have fought tunity to attain a high quality edu- f for. cation. KELO V. NEW LONDON Each of us in this body has the oppor- So in Congress I have led the fight. I tunity to send our own children to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The formed the Private Property Rights finest K–12 institutions in this country, Chair recognizes the gentleman from Caucus, with Members from Maine to but our privilege isn’t universal, and New York (Mr. REED) for 5 minutes. Alabama to California. I have spon- we shouldn’t legislate as if it is. Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise this sored and authored the Defense of In the Seventh Congressional Dis- morning to highlight an issue that I Property Rights Act to say enough is trict of Alabama, that privilege, the believe we must pay closer attention to enough. We are going to stand with in- ability to send our children to the pri- in this Chamber and in this Congress. dividuals, and we are going to fight vate schools or public schools of You see, on June 23, Mr. Speaker, we this Big Government overreach. choice, is nearly nonexistent. marked the tenth anniversary of an Mr. Speaker, these hard-fought important Supreme Court case. That rights have come at the expense of so b 1045 case was Kelo v. New London. many, the blood of those who fought to More than 70 percent of the public Now, the title of the case really preserve our freedoms, the blood of our school students in my district receive means nothing. But I point to Susette Founding Fathers and the vision they

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America to stand with us, to stand equate preparation for high school It was on Christie Rampone’s left with me, to make sure we coordinate graduates, we must ensure that all stu- arm as her gold medal was placed our efforts to make sure that our fun- dents are college ready and are career around her neck. It was her second gold damental property rights are protected ready. H.R. 5 allows States to lower medal in a World Cup match. She is and individuals like Susette Kelo are standards that lead to students grad- closer to my age than all of her team- rewarded for her bravery in taking the uating unprepared. mates. Sunday was her last World Cup fight. So how can we expect our students to game. Though she may have lost that bat- compete in a global economy when She got that blue band from Abby tle, I stand with her to win this war to they aren’t prepared? We need to invest Wombach, the greatest woman soccer protect our fundamental property in the future of our children, support player in American history. That is her rights that so many have fought for our teachers and our principals, ensure picture beside me. Abby has scored 23 over the years. the success of our neediest students. goals in World Cup matches, but she f And that is why I am proud to sup- had only had a silver medal from World port the amendment of the gentleman Cup matches, never a gold. She knew STUDENT SUCCESS ACT FALLS from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT), and I thank that was changing when she jogged SHORT him for his leadership in challenging onto that field in the 79th minute of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The H.R. 5. play. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from This amendment reaffirms the Fed- b 1100 North Carolina (Ms. ADAMS) for 5 min- eral Government’s proper role in edu- utes. cation, addressing many of the prob- She also knew that, like Christie, Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, today I lems that surround No Child Left Be- this was her last World Cup match. A rise in opposition to H.R. 5. hind. teammate stopped Abby before she en- Education is a civil right. And when Students in low-income families al- tered the game. Team Captain Carli the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ready have obvious disadvantages. This Lloyd stopped her idol, Abby, to make cation Act was passed in 1965, its pur- amendment prioritizes early education sure Abby’s uniform was complete. pose was to ensure access to a quality to help our students start out strong. There was a problem that Carli had to education for our neediest students It puts protections in place against fix up, so she helped Abby by putting that are often low income and minor- bullying, and it supports the physical, that blue armband on her left sleeve as ity. mental, and emotional stability of stu- our team captain. We can all agree that ESEA reau- dents. It gets rid of AYP and also Carli plays pro soccer in my home- thorization is long overdue. However, makes important investments in STEM town of Houston, Texas, and we Texans the proposal put forth by Republicans education. believe bigger is always better. While falls short and makes a bad situation Education should be an issue that Carli has been a Texan for a few worse. unites us, not divides us. The Scott months, she knows how to go big, real Each day that No Child Left Behind amendment is exactly what our schools big. She scored a hat trick—three is law is one more day that we are, in and our students and our teachers goals—in the first 16 minutes. fact, leaving children behind. need. Mr. Speaker, the 2015 women’s World H.R. 5 is not the answer. Voting for I urge my colleagues to vote for the Cup gold medalists gave us a priceless this bill means voting against our stu- Scott amendment and not for H.R. 5 gift: the joy of being alive, feeling dents, our teachers, and our schools. A because H.R. 5 fails on all accounts. It American pride surge through your vote for H.R. 5 is a vote to take money fails our neediest students. It fails to veins, having that breath—that short from our poorest and most at-risk stu- invest in our teachers and principals. breath of excitement—or having that dents. It is a vote to erase the edu- And it fails to prepare students for col- extra heartbeat, knowing that you are cational gains we have made over the lege and careers and to address the alive. past 50 years. It is a vote to deny many core principles of Federal education America thanks our gold medal win- of our students a chance at real suc- policies. ners, our America’s World Cup cham- cess. H.R. 5 deserves an F. I urge my col- pions of 2015. It is time to wake up. It is time to leagues to join me in opposing it. f vote ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 5. f Congress passed ESEA 50 years ago PUERTO RICO’S POLITICAL STA- with the intent of protecting our stu- CONGRATULATING THE U.S. WOM- TUS AND ITS ECONOMIC CRISIS dents by providing quality and equal EN’S WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM The SPEAKER pro tempore. The education. Today, instead of putting The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from forth a bipartisan bill that moves us Chair recognizes the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. PIERLUISI) for 5 min- closer to equal and quality education Texas (Mr. OLSON) for 5 minutes. utes. for every child, Republicans have intro- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, this past Mr. PIERLUISI. Mr. Speaker, the duced a bill to roll back the hands of Sunday, the day after our Independ- U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, home to time and undo our progress. ence Day, the U.S. women’s World Cup 3.5 million American citizens, stands at H.R. 5 turns its back on some of our team gave us the best fireworks show a crossroads. The Governor recently most vulnerable student populations. ever. They lit up the team that beat announced that Puerto Rico cannot It lacks the accountability measures to them 4 years ago in the World Cup, pay all of its debts. The Governor’s ensure student success. Japan. comments were not constructive be- A report from the Southern Edu- We scored in the third minute, the cause they lacked precision. cation Foundation found that more fifth minute, the 14th minute, and the Puerto Rico’s total debt is about $72 than 50 percent of our public school 16th minute. 4–0 in 16 minutes. We had billion, and the structure of this debt is students live in poverty. Title I has al- gone over 51⁄2 hours without giving up a complex. About 17 entities in Puerto ways been the main source of Federal goal. Japan was done. Rico have bonds outstanding, from the funding for our country’s poorest stu- Our women won every game because central government to public corpora- dents. they left their egos in the locker room. tions. The terms, source of repayment, H.R. 5 would reverse this long- When they jogged onto that field, they and the level of legal protection for standing practice and, instead, remove were a team full of love, love of soccer, each bond varies.

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Accordingly, when statehood in a local referendum in 2012, Speaker, I object to the vote on the the Governor asserted that Puerto Rico and they will vote for statehood again ground that a quorum is not present cannot pay its debts, the sweeping na- in even greater numbers in a Federal and make the point of order that a ture of his comments raised many referendum in 2017. quorum is not present. practical and legal questions and gen- My message to my colleagues is sim- The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8, erated considerable anxiety. ple. If you give us the same rights and rule XX, further proceedings on this Mr. Speaker, the crisis in Puerto responsibilities as our fellow American question will be postponed. Rico is real, and it must be confronted citizens and let us rise or fall on our The point of no quorum is considered with composure, competence, and can- merits, we will rise; but, if you con- withdrawn. dor. To this end, I want to articulate a tinue to treat us like second-class citi- f simple truth, but one that is often zens, don’t profess to be surprised when PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE overlooked: namely, the challenges we we fall. face are structural in nature and, The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman f therefore, require structural solutions, from Minnesota (Mr. EMMER) come for- at both the Puerto Rico and the Fed- RECESS ward and lead the House in the Pledge eral level. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- of Allegiance. Within Puerto Rico, more discipline ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Mr. EMMER of Minnesota led the by the territory government is impera- declares the House in recess until noon Pledge of Allegiance as follows: tive. We must learn to live within our today. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the means. Puerto Rico’s political leaders Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 6 min- United States of America, and to the Repub- have shown the capacity to develop lic for which it stands, one nation under God, utes a.m.), the House stood in recess. sound strategies, but have not always indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. demonstrated the same ability to effec- f f tively execute those strategies. Per- b 1200 WELCOMING REVEREND SHANE formance, not planning, is the problem. HALL We can do better, and for the sake of AFTER RECESS our constituents, we must do better. The recess having expired, the House The SPEAKER. Without objection, Mr. Speaker, honest self-appraisal was called to order by the Speaker at the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. and self-criticism are essential, but noon. RUSSELL) is recognized for 1 minute. There was no objection. cannot be limited to Puerto Rico. If f the American public is under the im- Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Speaker, it is my pression that Puerto Rico is solely to PRAYER honor and privilege today to have with blame for this crisis, it is profoundly Reverend Shane Hall, First Southern us to provide the opening prayer my mistaken. Baptist Church, Del City, Oklahoma, pastor and good friend, Shane Hall, The source of the problem in Puerto offered the following prayer: from Del City, Oklahoma. Although Shane was born in Brook, Rico is not its people, who are talented Holy and awesome God, Indiana, he actually grew up in Burns and hard-working, nor is it our polit- We give You thanks today for every Flat, Oklahoma. He is a graduate of ical leaders, who are no better or worse good gift, for we know that every good Oklahoma Baptist University, with a than their counterparts in other U.S. gift comes from You. secondary in education. He also got a jurisdictions who at times also over- We give You thanks today for the master’s of divinity with biblical lan- promise and underdeliver; instead, the United States of America and the free- guages from the New Orleans Baptist root cause of the problem is our polit- doms found within her borders. Theological Seminary. ical status, which has given rise to a We give You thanks today for the He has pastored a half-dozen church- system of severe and entrenched in- men and women of this Congress whom es in Oklahoma and Louisiana, and he equality that makes it exceptionally You have placed in positions of leader- is currently the pastor of my home difficult to succeed and exceptionally ship in our Nation church, First Southern Baptist Church easy to fail. May You give them wisdom, which The direct link between Puerto of Del City, Oklahoma. can only come from You, to legislate in Rico’s political status and its economic He also serves on the executive com- such a way that the laws of this Nation problems was explored at a recent con- mittee of the entire Southern Baptist might conform to Your will. gressional hearing. The hearing served Convention, and he is a member of the Impart within each of us a desire to to underscore that there are more Baptist General Convention of Okla- seek You in all things pertaining to life American citizens in Puerto Rico than homa board of directors. in 21 States, that they serve in the U.S. and eternal life. May we love You, our His wife, Misty, and his two daugh- military in large numbers, but that God, with all of our heart, soul, ters, Macy and Mallory, are wonderful they cannot vote for President or Sen- strength, and mind; and may we love people that, if you are ever in Okla- ators and have only one nonvoting Del- our neighbor as ourselves. homa, I encourage you to attend serv- egate in this House. For it is in the name of Jesus we ices and get to know them. The hearing highlighted that, as a pray. Thank you for allowing us to make territory, Puerto Rico can be and often Amen. his introduction this morning. is treated worse than the States under f f Federal laws, from Medicaid to the THE JOURNAL earned income tax credit to chapter 9 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER of the Bankruptcy Code. To com- The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- PRO TEMPORE. pensate for the deficiency in Federal ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. economic support, the Puerto Rico ceedings and announces to the House DUNCAN of Tennessee). The Chair will Government has borrowed heavily, his approval thereof. entertain up to 15 further requests for which explains the excessive debt. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- 1-minute speeches on each side of the In recent years, 250,000 island resi- nal stands approved. aisle. dents have moved to the States, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. f these numbers are only growing. Once Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule I, I in the States, they are entitled to full demand a vote on agreeing to the HONORING THE LIFE OF TINO voting rights and equal treatment Speaker’s approval of the Journal. TRUJILLO under the law, rights they were denied The SPEAKER. The question is on (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked in Puerto Rico. the Speaker’s approval of the Journal. and was given permission to address

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My wife, Shirley, and I had the Reform Act with my colleague, RON Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. privilege of calling him and his late KIND from Wisconsin, to modernize the Mr. Speaker, today, I introduced a bi- wife, Janie, friends. Tax Code and streamline regulations partisan resolution with my friend and Tino was a special person in our for these small businesses. colleague from Rhode Island, Mr. JIM hometown. He immigrated to Cali- These small breweries are a true ex- LANGEVIN, to recognize the Family, Ca- fornia in 1952 and became a proud ample of the American dream. Many reer and Community Leaders of Amer- American citizen, serving in the United start out as hobbyists in the basement ica on their 70th anniversary. States Army at Fort Hood. In 1975, he or in the garage, and they grow to be Family, Career and Community found his way to North Texas where he successful while, at the same time, cre- Leaders of America is a national career opened his first restaurant. ating jobs and creating a quality prod- and technical student organization He loved to serve people, not only uct. that promotes personal growth, leader- with good Mexican food, but giving Mr. Speaker, we need to make sure ship development, and career prepara- back to the community that he loved. we embrace the potential this industry tion opportunities for students in fam- In fact, he was a founding trustee of has, and that means modernizing our ily and consumer science education. Collin College, and he served for nearly tax rules and our Tax Code to ensure Since the program was launched 70 30 years. that these small employers continue to years ago to this day, more than 10 Tino was soft-spoken, kindhearted, grow. million students have participated and and he will be greatly missed in Plano f gained the knowledge, skills, and cre- and Texas. dentials needed to secure careers in America would be a better place with growing, high-demand fields. I was more folks like him. SYMBOLS OF HATE IN OUR NATION pleased to welcome FCCL students f from Forest County, Pennsylvania, (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was SONS OF ITALY today. given permission to address the House Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the bipar- (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given for 1 minute.) permission to address the House for 1 tisan Congressional Career and Tech- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, nical Education Caucus, I ask my minute.) many of us have not spoken on the Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise friends to get behind this bipartisan floor of the House on the horrific trag- resolution to support the goals and today to honor the members of Forum edy that occurred in Mother Emanuel Lodge 391 of the Order Sons of Italy, ideals of Family, Career and Commu- Baptist church, our respect for our col- nity Leaders of America. which later this month is celebrating league from South Carolina; our re- its centennial anniversary as a civic Now, more than ever, our young peo- spect for our assistant leader, JIM CLY- ple need assurances that the skills they organization in Newport, Rhode Island. BURN; and our respect for the families Originally known to members by the attain will lead to good-paying, family- that have buried their dead over the sustaining jobs, and career and tech- name La Loggia Progresso e Civilta, last week. Many of us joined the Presi- Forum Lodge 391 has worked to pro- nical education programming can dent in Charleston, South Carolina, for make those assurances. mote and celebrate Italian heritage the funeral of Reverend Dr. Pinckney. and culture on Aquidneck Island since Today, I rise to ask this body, re- f it was founded on July 4, 1915. Over the flecting on two amendments that were HIGHWAY TRUST FUND years, it has established itself as a offered last night regarding the Confed- Rhode Island institution by hosting nu- erate flag that were voted on by voice (Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- merous community and cultural events vote in the Interior bill, but I ask sylvania asked and was given permis- for all to enjoy. today the leadership to allow this sion to address the House for 1 minute Most notably, Lodge 391’s Anna M. House to look at three legislative ini- and to revise and extend his remarks.) Ripa Memorial Scholarship opens door- tiatives that have been offered by Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- ways to opportunity each year for Members based upon the Walker III v. vania. Mr. Speaker, for far too long, Italian American high school seniors in Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Republicans in Congress have kept our Rhode Island who demonstrate success Veterans case. Nation stuck in neutral, while our in the classroom and prepare a written I want my colleagues to know that highways, bridges, and transit systems essay on their cultural heritage. the Supreme Court, including Justice crumble around us. They keep riding I congratulate President Shirley Clarence Thomas, ruled that govern- the clutch with these short-term Ripa and the men and women of Forum ment speech did not warrant the utili- patches to keep the highway trust fund Lodge 391 of the Order Sons of Italy on zation of the rebel flag. solvent for another couple of months. this important milestone, and I extend Finally, let me read to you the words You could say that we are in a big my best wishes on their centennial about senator Pinckney. This is war- race and the road ahead is long. We celebration on July 23. ranted. The President said: can’t keep stopping for gas every 5 minutes, and we have got to stop f My liberty depends on you being free, too. History must be a manual for how to avoid scrounging under the seats and the CRAFT BREWERS ARE CREATING floormats for enough change to buy a AMERICAN JOBS repeating the mistakes of the past, how to break the cycle, a roadway toward a better gallon here and a gallon there. (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given world. He knew that the path of grace in- America’s been in the lead, but now, permission to address the House for 1 volves an open mind but, more importantly, we are just inching along. If we don’t minute and to revise and extend his re- an open heart. get back on track soon, we are going to marks.) We need to debate on the floor of the be left in the dust by our foreign com- Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, over the House the symbols of hate in this Na- petitors. In the next few months alone, past few years, we have seen small tion, and we need to do it now. I ask more than 600,000 American jobs are at brewers in Minnesota and around the my colleagues, Republicans and Demo- risk. country continue to meet the needs of crats, to join us in the legislative ini- Mr. Speaker, congressional Repub- a public that is growing in its apprecia- tiatives we have for this to be placed licans are in the driver’s seat, so they tion for craft beverages. on the floor of the House for all of us to need to start driving like pros. It is At the same time, these brewers are stand and debate what is positive about time for Congress to do their job and burdened by out-of-date regulations America. pass a long-term plan to pay for much-

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.014 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 needed investments in our roads, rails, exact—under the leadership of Presi- Mr. Speaker, don’t forget to tweet, and bridges. dent Lyndon Baines Johnson. tweet, tweet bring back our girls, I say: ‘‘Fill her up with hi-test.’’ H.R. 5 would provide inadequate #bringbackourgirls, #joinrepwilson, f funding and move backward on equity #bringbackourgirls. Tweet, tweet, and accountability, harming the edu- tweet. OUTRAGEOUS IRAN NUCLEAR cation of our Nation’s children. f DEAL I respectfully urge Members of Con- (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina gress on both sides of the aisle to vote LET’S FIX OUR PARKS, NOT ADD asked and was given permission to ad- ‘‘no’’ on final passage today. MORE dress the House for 1 minute and to re- f (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and vise and extend his remarks.) was given permission to address the Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. b 1215 House for 1 minute and to revise and Speaker, President Obama’s nuclear A NAVY MAN extend his remarks.) Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- negotiations with Iran pose significant (Mr. EMMER of Minnesota asked and er, I rise today to express concern threats to American families. Already, was given permission to address the about continued acquisition of private the President has conceded too much. House for 1 minute.) An agreement that does not clearly lands by the Federal Government. Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. The Federal Government currently prohibit the development of nuclear Speaker, I rise today to celebrate one weapons threatens American families owns about 30 percent of the land in of my own. As of today, my son, Joe, is our country but is unable to properly and our closest allies, such as Israel. officially a member of the United Now, as the negotiation deadline has maintain this land, as evidenced by the States Navy. Park Service’s staggering $11.5 billion been further extended, it is clear that My wife, Jacquie, and I are the proud President Obama is willing to grant backlog of maintenance projects, yet parents of seven children. Last month, the Federal Government continues to more concessions to this murderous re- Joe, our fifth child, graduated high gime whose program of developing spend limited taxpayer dollars and re- school and now is off to serve his coun- sources on more land. For example, intercontinental ballistic missiles puts try. America as a target. many of my constituents are facing a Today, as Joe leaves for basic, he push by the government to take over I am grateful that Congress passed knows that hard days lie ahead. He un- the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review historically private land. derstands that he will have to listen A June 30 New York Times article, Act, giving Congress a voice in the and learn and, when the time comes, entitled, ‘‘Let’s Fix Our Parks, Not final deal. I urge the President to lead. Add More,’’ further illustrates the change course with this oppressive re- Like millions of brave and selfless scope of this problem, criticizing the gime that promotes death to America, Americans before him, Joe has taken administration’s decision to add seven death to Israel. an oath to serve his Nation and to pro- new parks to the system. It is not too late to prevent a legacy tect the freedoms we hold dear. I urge my colleagues to oppose future of appeasement and avoid being re- My wife and I are so proud of Joe, land purchases and instead focus the membered as a new Neville Chamber- and we are humbled by his chosen path. Interior Department’s attention on lain, establishing nuclear weapons So to Joe and his fellow recruits, we properly maintaining existing Federal across the Middle East. honor and thank you for your service, lands to ensure access for generations In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we wish you fair winds and safe to come. and may the President by his actions seas. f never forget September the 11th in the Joe, we will pray for you, and we global war on terrorism. look forward to seeing your trans- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK f formation from citizen to sailor. We REAUTHORIZATION OPPOSING STUDENT SUCCESS ACT love you. (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given f permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. HINOJOSA asked and was given WEAR RED WEDNESDAYS minute.) permission to address the House for 1 Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise minute and to revise and extend his re- (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and today to highlight an issue that de- marks.) was given permission to address the serves our immediate attention: the Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise House for 1 minute.) Republican leadership’s failure to bring in strong opposition to H.R. 5, a mis- Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the reauthorization of the Export-Im- guided bill which denies America’s today we wear red to bring back our port Bank to the House floor for a vote. children access to high-quality edu- girls. The Ex-Im Bank plays a critical role cation. Boko Haram has heeded ISIS’ call for in our economy, opening international Today, greater numbers of economi- increased violence and a so-called markets to U.S. businesses by facili- cally disadvantaged children are enter- Month of Disaster in a rapid string of tating the sale of American goods and ing our public schools. For example, in egregious acts of violence. A brutal services overseas. The Bank evens the my State of Texas, of the 5 million stu- spate of bombings and shootings has playing field for American companies, dents enrolled in public schools in 2014 ripped through the country, killing at enabling them to compete based on the statewide, more than 3 million would least 300 people in the past week alone. quality of their products, not on the fi- be adversely impacted if we vote to Mr. Speaker, Boko Haram’s nancing term they can offer. pass H.R. 5. unyielding thirst for violence and un- Allowing the Bank’s authorization to This Republican bill abandons the flinching disregard for human life can- expire will have real-world con- Federal Government’s historic com- not go unchecked. sequences, Mr. Speaker. If we don’t act, mitment to educating disadvantaged Later this month, when Nigerian American businesses that employ tens populations. H.R. 5 block grants vital President Buhari visits the White of thousands of our workers will strug- Federal programs, such as title I of the House to discuss the fight against Boko gle to survive in this competitive glob- education code targeted for English Haram with President Barack Obama, al marketplace. language learners, migrant children, he must know that we here in Congress There is no question that there are neglected and delinquent youth, and are committed to giving the Govern- enough votes in both the House and the Native American education. ment of Nigeria the support it needs to Senate to pass the Ex-Im Bank reau- The bill allows States and districts defeat Boko Haram. thorization at this point on a bipar- to siphon away these Federal funds and Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to tisan basis. use them for other purposes because of join me in cosponsoring H. Res. 147, as Mr. Speaker, for the sake of Amer- the proposed changes in the intent of amended, to help the Nigerian Govern- ican businesses and workers, the Re- the many education programs passed ment bring back our girls and defeat publican leadership needs to stop play- many years ago—50 years ago to be Boko Haram for good. ing to their out-of-touch base and start

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.015 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4877 acting in the best interests of the We can’t let this happen. This Con- Today I sent a letter to Secretary American people by reauthorizing the gress needs to do its job. We need to Kerry asking about plans the State De- Ex-Im Bank immediately. come together in a bipartisan way—we partment is undertaking to combat f can do it—and pass an extension of the this problem. I hope my colleagues will highway trust fund that invests in join me in a bipartisan manner to sup- HIGHLIGHTING THE VITAL ROLE America and puts American workers port real concrete action that is needed OF FORT POLK, LOUISIANA back to work rebuilding this country. to help the Yemenis who are sick, des- (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was If we don’t do this, we cannot expect perate, and in critical need of assist- given permission to address the House our economy to grow. Congress has to ance and leadership. for 1 minute and to revise and extend act. f his remarks.) f Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, I rise HONORING GRANITE STATE to highlight the vital role Fort Polk, JOE’S BBQ IN FANNIN COUNTY, COMMUNITY LEADER DON MOORE Louisiana, plays in our Nation’s stra- GEORGIA (Mr. GUINTA asked and was given tegic defense and to urge the U.S. (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia asked and permission to address the House for 1 Army to spare it from any cuts. was given permission to address the minute and to revise and extend his re- Fort Polk houses the Army’s primary House for 1 minute and to revise and marks.) Joint Readiness Training Center, the extend his remarks.) Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise Nation’s premier combat training cen- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- today to honor a selfless Granite ter. er, in the Ninth District of Georgia, Stater who is paving the way for our Fort Polk is also home to the 3rd there is something we like, and that is mental health community and was re- Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, barbecue. Especially our office, our cently awarded the Portsmouth Rotary Fort Polk’s lone brigade combat team, staff, and our interns know this well, Club’s Humanitarian Award. a highly mobile, lethal, and flexible and especially my ag intern, Casey, In 2014, Don Moore founded Seacoast combat unit. This team was recognized from Georgia, because we now can as- Pathways in Portsmouth, New Hamp- as a superior brigade combat team, cribe to Trip Advisory’s latest pick of shire, with the goals of providing those awarding it the Meritorious Unit Cita- the Nation’s best barbecue. And I am with mental illness resources to find a tion for its efforts in Operation Iraqi proud to announce Joe’s BBQ was stable place to live, find a job, and op- Freedom. named number one barbecue in the portunities for members to develop tal- Any cuts to this award-winning unit country. ents and interests to stay engaged in would deal a devastating blow to the Joe’s is located 90 miles north of At- our community. post, its surrounding communities, and lanta in Blue Ridge and was founded For far too long, the topic of mental Louisiana as a whole. The local com- just 3 years ago by a former mortgage health has been regarded as taboo and munity and State have invested money salesman, Joe Ray. Mr. Ray moved to carries with it an undeserved stigma. and donated land, demonstrating their Blue Ridge, Georgia, 10 years ago to People like Don Moore are changing commitment to this imperative post. pursue his career in mortgage banking, this negative perception and bringing As the Army announces its troop re- but he ended up doing barbecue. He about positive change for our commu- alignment, Louisiana stands together calls it beginner’s luck, but I think it nities. to support the 3rd Battalion, 10th is turning into a legacy and a tradition In fact, the successes of the club- Mountain Division brigade combat in north Georgia. You see, customers house model used by Seacoast Path- team, the Fort Polk community, and travel from hundreds of miles to expe- ways are borrowed from another suc- the military excellence they represent. rience the secret recipe at Joe’s BBQ, cessful clubhouse in Manchester, New f and it has been named number one as Hampshire, called Granite Pathways. proof of the fruits of their labor. This spring, I had the privilege of vis- PASS HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION So now we have many coming to iting both, meeting with their staffs FUNDING northeast Georgia to experience what and clubhouse members. (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given we in the Ninth District always knew: Seacoast Pathways’ commitment to permission to address the House for 1 the best barbecue is in north Georgia, creating a community where members minute.) the greatest place in world. And I just can reach their goals of work, edu- Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, on July want to invite everybody to Joe’s BBQ cation, and stable housing are abso- 31, the highway and transit trust fund in Blue Ridge. lutely commendable, and it is because will expire. f of the selfless and dedicated folks like So what does the expiration of the HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN YEMEN Don that our State remains a shining trust fund mean to America, to Amer- example of best practices in this area. ican families? (Mrs. DINGELL asked and was given On behalf of the entire Granite State, It means the potential loss of over permission to address the House for 1 congratulations to Don on receiving a 600,000 jobs. It means the cancelation of minute and to revise and extend her re- well-deserved honor, and for working major infrastructure projects. In fact, I marks.) tirelessly on behalf of the mental heard this morning that five States Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to health community. bring to the attention of my colleagues have already canceled or delayed major f projects because of Congress’ lack of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen. My ability to do its work. district is home to many Yemenis who HONORING THE LIFE OF KEVIN My home State of Michigan, we know are deeply concerned, and many fami- JOSEPH SUTHERLAND more than anyplace that if we invest in lies have been in my office in total des- (Mr. HIMES asked and was given per- our roads and bridges and rails, we peration and tears. This week, 45 civil- mission to address the House for 1 grow our economy. ians were killed after an airstrike hit a minute and to revise and extend his re- Other nations, instead of planning marketplace north of Aden. marks.) months ahead, are planning years Of real concern is the current out- Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, 4 days ago, ahead and building infrastructure. break of dengue fever. The World on July 4, a young man was murdered China, for example, is spending 10 Health Organization estimates there just a mile from here in broad daylight times what we are as a percentage of are at least 3,000 cases of dengue fever on a crowded subway. That young man their GDP on infrastructure. in Yemen right now, and other groups was Kevin Joseph Sutherland, 24 years Meanwhile, back in May, instead of are estimating it is twice that. old. He was my campaign volunteer, thinking about the decades to come My constituents have family mem- my intern, and my friend. and hundreds of thousands of jobs, this bers who are suffering and have no ac- Maybe that is unremarkable. Vio- Congress passed a 2-month extension, a cess to medications, doctors, hospitals lence seems to be a part of who we are self-imposed, manmade crisis, gov- or, in many cases, even clean water. We and all too present with us. erning crisis to crisis on every big issue must show U.S. leadership to help con- But I want to tell this House that that we deal with. tain this outbreak. Kevin was in Washington because he

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Mr. Speaker, even world. 1960s as a member of President John- though many in Congress still refuse to I think there is a chance that 20 son’s Teacher Corps, designed to help admit that climate change is a very years from now Kevin might have educate low-income students in cities real problem, the administration has served in this Chamber. Now, that is all across this country. That is where been leading action on what has be- not going to happen. But Kevin’s spirit she met her husband Tom Rath, an- come one of the most important issues of openness, of optimism, of possi- other community leader who has made of our generation. bility, that spirit must live on in this many positive contributions to the This week the White House an- Chamber and in our hearts. Granite State over the years. nounced a new initiative to increase Thank you, Kevin. After they moved to New Hampshire, access to solar energy, especially in f she taught in Goffstown, worked in low- and moderate-income commu- Concord’s Second Start alternative nities. This is a critical step to reduc- HONORING PRIVATE WILLIAM education program, and eventually be- ing our carbon footprint and showing LONG AND PRIVATE QUINTON came the principal of Rundlett Middle the world that we are, indeed, ready to EZEAGWULA School in Concord. Chris has spent dec- lead by example when it comes to clean (Mr. HILL asked and was given per- ades working to provide excellent edu- energy innovation. mission to address the House for 1 cation and support to students of all The initiative expands training and minute and to revise and extend his re- ages across the Granite State. education for jobs in the solar industry marks.) Our young people are our Nation’s and is a partnership with the private Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today greatest resource, and it is absolutely sector to increase diversity in a new to pay tribute to two courageous young essential that they have the tools they ‘‘green collar’’ workforce. Access to men, Army Private William ‘‘Andy’’ need to follow their dreams and meet clean, reliable energy results in good- Long and Private Quinton ‘‘EZ’’ the challenges of the 21st century. paying jobs, cleaner air, and an oppor- Ezeagwula. Chris sets an extraordinary example tunity for our innovators and entre- On June 1, 2009, these soldiers were for young educators who hope to preneurs to grow our economy. the target of a terrorist attack at a change the lives of their students As a member of the Safe Climate Caucus and a co-chair of the Sustain- military recruiting station in my through commitment and creativity. I able Energy and Environment Coali- hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, applaud her impressive service to the tion, I applaud and support the admin- which, tragically, Andy Long did not students, the city of Concord, and to istration’s announcement this week survive. the Granite State. and will continue to press for broader Last Wednesday, in an emotional f climate action in this Congress. ceremony at the Arkansas State Cap- IMMIGRATION itol and after a wait of 6 years, these f two soldiers were finally awarded the (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given IN MEMORY OF RAPHAEL ‘‘RAFE’’ Purple Heart Medals they deserved. permission to address the House for 1 SAGARIN minute and to revise and extend his re- I was privileged to be present as EZ (Ms. MCSALLY asked and was given and the family of Andy Long received marks.) Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, just permission to address the House for 1 the recognition they deserve for their minute and to revise and extend her re- sacrifice to our Nation. last week an American woman was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant marks.) Andy’s father, Daris Long, put it best Ms. MCSALLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise while walking through a tourist-friend- at the ceremony when he stated that today to honor the life of Dr. Raphael ly area of San Francisco with her fa- this was never just about Purple ‘‘Rafe’’ Sagarin, a world-renowned sci- ther. Hearts. ‘‘It was about accurately iden- entist and University of Arizona pro- She was killed for no reason by an il- tifying what really happened in Little fessor who died tragically a few weeks legal immigrant convicted of seven Rock and at Fort Hood. These acts ago. were not simply a drive-by shooting or felonies who had been previously de- Rafe was passionate about the workplace violence. They were ter- ported five times and was released by world’s oceans and applying the lessons rorist attacks on our servicemembers the San Francisco Police Department of our natural world to solving modern in our own land.’’ again over the objections of Federal challenges. He earned widespread rec- I am truly appreciative of the work immigration authorities. ognition for theorizing that govern- of our entire congressional delegation, This is sadly not the first time this ments could learn national defense both past and present, whose tireless has happened. Several years ago a fa- techniques by studying how animals efforts over the past 6 years ensured ther and his two sons were killed by an adapt to threats they face in the wild. the sacrifice of these young men has illegal immigrant felon who, again, During his lifetime, Rafe authored been fully recognized and honored. San Francisco refused to detain for three books and nearly two dozen Federal immigration authorities. scholarly articles and book chapters. f The evidence is clear. Sanctuary city At the time of his death, he was lead- b 1230 laws make our cities less safe and en- ing a University of Arizona project danger Americans. Despite liberal called Biosphere 2 that involved cre- HONORING CHRISTINE RATH UPON claims to the contrary, this refusal to HER RETIREMENT ating a functional model of the Gulf of enforce immigration laws means that California in the Sonoran Desert. (Ms. KUSTER asked and was given dangerous criminals with no regard for I was fortunate enough to meet Rafe permission to address the House for 1 our laws are walking our streets. earlier this year and hear him describe minute and to revise and extend her re- In California alone, over 10,000 immi- with trademark enthusiasm his work marks.) gration detainer requests were de- studying adaptable security systems in Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, today I clined; 10,000 known criminals were re- southern Arizona. I am also currently rise to honor one of New Hampshire’s leased in violation of Federal law. reading his insightful book on the sub- best and brightest educators upon her Mr. Speaker, it is time for the House ject. retirement. to act to ensure that the Federal Gov- Rafe will be missed by so many Christine Rath has served as super- ernment does not aid cities who refuse around the world, but his contagious intendent of the Concord School Dis- to enforce our Nation’s laws. That spirit and groundbreaking contribu- trict for 15 years, helping to maintain would be comprehensive immigration tions over many years will have lasting the high standards of public education reform we can all understand. impacts.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.018 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4879 Rest in peace, Rafe. ment over the current law and I will be PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSID- f supporting it, I still have serious con- ERATION OF H.R. 5, STUDENT cerns about our Nation’s emphasis on SUCCESS ACT, AND PROVIDING CLEAN WATER AND SAFE DRINK- standardized testing. We cannot con- FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. ING WATER STATE REVOLVING tinue to use standardized test scores to 2647, RESILIENT FEDERAL FOR- FUNDS punish teachers and schools. ESTS ACT OF 2015 (Mr. MCNERNEY asked and was Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, by di- given permission to address the House f rection of the Committee on Rules, I for 1 minute.) call up House Resolution 347 and ask Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, during OPPOSING THE STUDENT SUCCESS for its immediate consideration. a severe drought crisis, such as the one ACT The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- now in California, we must focus on so- lows: lutions that create water and maintain (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given a clean water supply. That is why I am permission to address the House for 1 H. RES. 347 stressing how crucial the Clean Water minute and to revise and extend her re- Resolved, That during further consideration and Safe Drinking Water State Revolv- marks.) of the bill (H.R. 5) to support State and local accountability for public education, protect ing Funds are. Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise State and local authority, inform parents of Clean and safe water is essential for today as well in strong opposition to the performance of their children’s schools, our homes, farms, and businesses. H.R. 5, the so-called Student Success and for other purposes, pursuant to House These funds help finance projects that Act. Resolution 125, it shall be in order to con- treat domestic sewage, capture There should be no question that sider the further amendments printed in part stormwater run-off, and deliver drink- education in this country is a right, A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution as though they ing water to homes and businesses. not a privilege. Every student deserves SFR programs are the only low-cost were the last further amendments printed in the opportunity to succeed, and that part B of House Report 114-29. loans available for many small- and opportunity begins with equal access SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this medium-sized communities to finance to high-quality education. resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clean water infrastructure. But this bill severely undercuts our clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House Every dollar that we invest in water public schools. It slashes funding and resolved into the Committee of the Whole infrastructure comes back to our econ- takes away critical resources from stu- House on the state of the Union for consider- omy six times over. Cutting the SFR ation of the bill (H.R. 2647) to expedite under dents with the greatest needs. It elimi- the National Environmental Policy Act and programs will have a crippling effect nates key protections for students with on our communities’ abilities to meet improve forest management activities in disabilities. It guts support for vital units of the National Forest System derived water needs. afterschool programs. from the public domain, on public lands Republicans say they support And on the Central Coast of Cali- under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land drought relief. But, in reality, they fornia, where I am from, our high Management, and on tribal lands to return have cut desperately needed funds for resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested school graduation rates have continu- both these programs, a 23 percent cut lands, and for other purposes. The first read- ously improved over the past 5 years, in the House Interior, Environment, ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All exceeding statewide averages. and Related Agencies Appropriations points of order against consideration of the bill being debated today. We must build upon these successes, bill are waived. General debate shall be con- fined to the bill and amendments specified in Congress must provide necessary not turn the clock backwards by dis- mantling equity and accountability this section and shall not exceed one hour funding to maintain our Nation’s aging equally divided among and controlled by the water infrastructure. Our communities standards. We must instead continue to move forward, deliver the promise of a chair and ranking minority member of the depend upon it. Committee on Agriculture and the chair and great education and the opportunity f ranking minority member of the Committee for a bright future. Sadly, this bill only on Natural Resources. After general debate OPPOSING THE STUDENT SUCCESS takes away that promise. the bill shall be considered for amendment ACT I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given H.R. 5. amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committees on Agri- permission to address the House for 1 culture and Natural Resources now printed minute and to revise and extend his re- f in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as marks.) an original bill for the purpose of amend- Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise PASTOR BERNYCE CLAUSEL ment under the five-minute rule an amend- today to oppose H.R. 5, also known as ment in the nature of a substitute consisting the Student Success Act. The Federal (Ms. GRAHAM asked and was given of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-21 Government has played a key role in permission to address the House for 1 modified by the amendment printed in part funding our education for 40 years; 40 minute.) B of the report of the Committee on Rules Ms. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, today I accompanying this resolution. That amend- years, Mr. Speaker. ment in the nature of a substitute shall be We know how effective title I is when rise to honor the late Bernyce Clausel, who passed away at the age of 98 last considered as read. All points of order it is properly funded. We know low-in- against that amendment in the nature of a come children and English language week. She was a civil rights leader in substitute are waived. No amendment to learners are negatively impacted when Tallahassee who participated in the that amendment in the nature of a sub- education funding is block-granted or bus boycotts of 1956. She was a devout stitute shall be in order except those printed made portable. Christian who, with her husband, in part C of the report of the Committee on H.R. 5 does all these things: It locks founded Calvary Baptist Church in Rules. Each such amendment may be offered in cuts to title I funding, block-grants 1958. And later she became the church’s only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in many of the funding streams dedicated pastor, one of the first women to do so in Tallahassee. the report, shall be considered as read, shall to specific at-risk populations, and it be debatable for the time specified in the re- allows these funds to be diverted away She was a fixture at town hall meet- port equally divided and controlled by the from the districts and schools that ings and charity drives, and she was al- proponent and an opponent, shall not be sub- need them most. ways there to help those in need. We ject to amendment, and shall not be subject The Elementary and Secondary Edu- lost a true north Florida hero, but I am to a demand for division of the question in cation Act is meant to promote oppor- so thankful that we had her for so long. the House or in the Committee of the Whole. tunity, Mr. Speaker, not take it away. May God bless Pastor Bernyce All points of order against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider- I urge all my colleagues to oppose H.R. Clausel, and may He bless each of us ation of the bill for amendment the Com- 5. with the strength and dedication to mittee shall rise and report the bill to the And while Ranking Member SCOTT’s serve our communities as well as she House with such amendments as may have substitute amendment is an improve- did. been adopted. Any Member may demand a

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The previous question shall be consid- ered as ordered on the bill and amendments trict in central Washington endured maintain both high-performance expec- thereto to final passage without intervening the Carlton Complex fire, the largest tations and appropriate levels of fund- motion except one motion to recommit with wildfire in our State’s history, which ing. or without instructions. was responsible for the destruction of This legislation provides local gov- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- over 300 homes and businesses. This ernments with the flexibility necessary tleman from Washington is recognized devastating, catastrophic wildfire crip- to develop appropriate strategies with for 1 hour. pled many parts of my district, and which to serve their students, parents, Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, for many of my constituents are still try- and communities. the purpose of debate only, I yield the ing to recover; yet it seems, as soon as The Elementary and Secondary Edu- customary 30 minutes to my good we start to move past one major wild- cation Act, known as No Child Left Be- friend, the gentleman from Colorado fire, another is immediately on our hind, has been due for reauthorization (Mr. POLIS), pending which I yield my- doorstep, literally. since 2007. Because it has not been re- self such time as I may consume. Dur- Almost 10 days ago, new fires broke authorized, the administration has ing consideration of this resolution, all out in Washington State in cities like been free to circumvent Congress and time yielded is for the purpose of de- Wenatchee and Quincy and counties, impose its own vision of education re- bate only. including Benton, Chelan, Grant, form on the country, resulting in un- Adams and Douglas, immediately precedented intervention in local edu- b 1245 spreading and some requiring Wash- cation issues. GENERAL LEAVE ington State fire mobilization re- The Student Success Act addresses Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I ask sources to keep them from escalating. this overreach by streamlining and unanimous consent that all Members As the West continues to face severe eliminating more than 70 elementary have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- drought conditions, the threat of wild- and secondary education programs that tend their remarks. fire will only continue to worsen. have been deemed ineffective and in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there In order to begin to prevent and ad- stead promotes a more focused, effi- objection to the request of the gen- dress these fires, we need to reform the cient, and appropriate Federal law in tleman from Washington? way we prepare for, respond to, and the Nation’s education system. There was no objection. fund wildfire response and mitigation H.R. 5 will eliminate the current one- Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, on efforts. We cannot continue to limp size-fits-all Federal accountability re- Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and from one devastating fire season to the quirement and replace it with State- reported a House rule, House Resolu- next, leaving little to no time, and determined accountability systems de- tion 347, providing for consideration of even less funding, available for refor- signed to maintain high expectation two important pieces of legislation for estation, rehabilitation, and overall for our Nation’s schools. Additionally, which I am honored to be able to bring forest management. the bill supports and encourages paren- forward for consideration by this legis- This bill addresses those short- tal engagement in their children’s edu- lative body: H.R. 2647, the Resilient comings by providing new methods of cation by helping parents to enroll Federal Forests Act of 2015, and H.R. 5, funding, which will tackle the problem their children in charter schools and the Student Success Act. of fire borrowing. It also includes tools allowing title I funds to follow low-in- The rule provides for consideration of the Forest Service can implement im- come children to the school of their H.R. 2647 under a structured rule with mediately to treat thousands of acres parents’ choice. four amendments made in order, a ma- of forest land at a lower cost. Mr. Speaker, a well-educated work- jority of which were offered by our Earlier this year, the House Natural force is imperative to the health and Democratic colleague Members of the Resources Committee’s Subcommittee vitality of both our Nation’s children House. The rule also provides for fur- on Federal Lands, of which I am a and our economy. The Student Success ther consideration of H.R. 5 under a member, held a hearing on this bill. Act will benefit students, parents, structured rule with four additional One of the witnesses testifying was teachers, and school administrators by amendments that were made in order. U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. returning responsibility for student Mr. Speaker, this rule provides for In his opening comments, Chief Tid- achievement to the States and local consideration of H.R. 2647, the Resil- well remarked that ‘‘the Forest Service communities while maintaining high ient Federal Forests Act of 2015, a bill is encouraged by many of the goals standards and expectations for our Na- that is critically important to my dis- outlined within’’ the bill and ‘‘wel- tion’s students, teachers, and schools. trict in central Washington State comes legislation that incentivizes col- Mr. Speaker, this is a good, straight- which is, unfortunately, once again laboration and expands the toolset that forward rule, allowing for consider- facing another devastating wildfire we can use to complete critical work ation of two critical pieces of legisla- season. on our Nation’s forests without over- tion that will help protect our rural This bipartisan, comprehensive legis- riding environmental laws.’’ communities, provide much-needed re- lation is aimed at expediting and im- I believe these comments reflect the forms to our education system, and en- proving forest management activities bipartisan nature in which the legisla- sure that we are prepared to respond to in Federal forests. It builds upon many tion was drafted and highlights the ne- devastating and catastrophic wildfires legislative concepts introduced in this cessity of the reforms we are consid- that have plagued many areas of our and in previous Congresses to address ering here today. country. disastrous consequences of cata- Mr. Speaker, it should also be noted Mr. Speaker, I support the rule’s strophic wildfire, insect and disease in- that, because of the reforms and adoption; I urge my colleagues to sup- festations, and other threats to our Na- streamlined authorities in this bill, port both the rule and the underlying tion’s forests. there will be an increase in acres of bill, and I reserve the balance of my H.R. 2647 would return resilience to treated land, all at no additional costs time. the overgrown, fire-prone forests that to taxpayers. This legislation is essen- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- encompass a great deal of land in the tial and desperately needed to change self such time as I may consume, and I Western United States. It would dra- the current path of forest management thank the gentleman from Washington matically improve the health and resil- on public lands, which is outdated, for yielding me the customary 30 min- iency of our Federal forests and range- unsustainable, and dangerous. utes. lands by simplifying environmental This rule also provides for further Mr. Speaker, this morning, I got to process requirements, curtailing consideration of H.R. 5, the Student meet with one of the superintendents project planning times, and reducing Success Act, an education reform bill from my district, Bruce Messinger, su- the cost of implementing forest man- that reduces the Federal Government’s perintendent of the Boulder Valley

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We well because I served on our State Washington is trying to run local need a bill that cares about students Board of Education in Colorado from school districts. That has never been with special needs and gives them the 2000 to 2006, when we were originally the case, nor should it be the case. If support they need. We need a bill that implementing No Child Left Behind; that is the beginning of the essence of allows for innovation in our schools. and just as we are now frustrated, we our cooperation, I think we can work We need a bill that protects lesbian, were then frustrated with the lack of together on a bill that empowers teach- gay, bisexual, and transgender students flexibility, the fact that solutions were ers, empowers local school districts, from discrimination and bullying; and coming out of Washington rather than and empowers States with an account- yet both times that I offered an amend- honoring our local accountability sys- ability system that makes sense and ment to include the Student Non-Dis- tem in how we were able to make the resources they need to meet the crimination Act, it was not allowed in things work locally, and a formula, learning needs of all students. the Rules Committee. And we need a adequate yearly progress, that we Now, more than a decade has passed bill that ensures that every child in knew wouldn’t work. since Congress has authorized No Child America has access to a world-class We knew that we wouldn’t have 100 Left Behind. While again, there are education, regardless of their ZIP Code, percent proficiency in all subgroups some good intentions in this bill, and their race, their background, their so- within a decade. We knew we needed there is some good language—which is cioeconomic class, or their sexual ori- reasonable goals to look at student also reflected in our Democratic sub- entation. achievement growth rather than the 1- stitute—it is far outweighed by some of The Democratic substitute that Mr. year picture. Since that time, there the unintended consequences of the SCOTT has offered and will be debated has been additional discretion given harmful language which will hurt stu- and voted on is a strong step forward through a policy of waivers that have dents that is in this bill. and reflects many of these priorities. It been given in many States, including Now, Mr. Speaker, let me give a little would have been wise for Chairman my home State of Colorado, but I think refresher on how we got here. In early KLINE and the sponsors of the bill to we can all agree that it is past time to February, Chairman KLINE introduced take a closer look at Mr. SCOTT’s reauthorize and replace No Child Left this bill. The bill was introduced with- Democratic substitute and to have con- Behind with a Federal education policy out input or buy-in from Democrats, sidered many of those provisions in the that makes sense. and it was drafted with zero committee underlying bill. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, the bill hearings on ESEA. Now, I do want to point out a few of before us today is not that policy that The bill immediately went to mark- the good provisions in the bill, all of makes sense. One need go no further up and was passed along partisan lines. which are also reflected in the Demo- than the very beginning of the bill in The bill resembles a bill last session cratic substitute and are generally re- the sense of Congress section on page 7, that passed this Chamber with zero flected in some of the language being just to see some of the Tea Party para- Democratic votes. This bill is actually debated in the Senate as well. noia that underpins a lot of this bill. worse from my perspective and the per- As the founder of a public charter It starts out on page 7 as a finding of spective of Democrats, for a number of school network called the New America Congress saying that the Secretary of reasons that I will get into, than the School, I understand how the freedom Education, through three separate ini- bill that attracted zero Democratic to innovate and flexibility to pursue a tiatives, has created a system of waiv- support last session. unique mission can help public charter ers and grants that influence, This bill was brought before the schools achieve the highest levels of incentivize, and coerce State edu- House in February. It was then pulled. success. cational agencies into implementing Look, everybody can agree that this is The New America School has cam- common national curriculum programs a bad bill. Teachers say it is a bad bill; puses in two States—Colorado and New of instruction and assessments for ele- principals say it is a bad bill; parents Mexico—serving over 2,000 students mentary and secondary education, say it is a bad bill; the civil rights com- from 40 countries. Just a few years ago, which is just patently false. munity says it is a bad bill; disabilities I was honored to speak at its Colorado First of all, I believe this is a ref- advocates say it is a bad bill, and the graduation, and it was moving to hear erence—incorrect of course—to the business community and the chamber the tales of some of the immigrant stu- Common Core standards. Now, first of do not support this bill. dents who were served by this school. all, standards are different from cur- I think—and I am sure they will men- There is excellent language around riculum. Standards are certainly dif- tion it—the only group that we can the charter school title V programs in ferent from programs of instruction even find that supports this bill are su- both the Democratic substitute and which stem from curriculum, and perintendents. I am sure they will find nearly identical language in the under- standards are different from assess- a few more. We will have an enormous lying bill that ups the bar on charter ments. record of disability groups, civil rights schools and makes sure that the dis- Common Core was an effort of the groups, teachers groups, and many oth- tricts and States have best policies sur- States to create college- and career- ers that oppose this bill for a number rounding accountability for charter ready standards. What the Federal of reasons, and those reasons are cor- schools and makes sure that successful Government and Secretary Duncan rect. charter school models can replicate have attempted to do is say States If it looks bad, if it looks like a duck, and expand to serve more students. need to have college- and career-ready it walks like a duck, and it quacks like I am also pleased that two of my standards. a duck, it really is a duck. It is hard to amendments to H.R. 5 were made in We can’t define success downwards bring together the business commu- order and have already passed the and say that kids are passing the test nity, the civil rights community, and House in the previous debate in Feb- because it is a low test, it is an insuffi- teachers unions around anything; and ruary. One of my amendments encour- cient test. Whether States want to do to bring them around saying that this aged collaboration among charter it through Common Core or other bill will result in less educational op- schools and traditional public schools, mechanisms and other types of stand- portunities for American kids really is and another amendment allowed funds ards, they are welcome to do it. a crowning achievement. to be used for open educational re- Now, none of that—and the most fac- We need a bill that prepares the next sources to help save districts and stu- tually erroneous part—none of that has generation of our workforce with the dents money on textbooks and other to do with curriculum or program of skills they need to succeed. programs. These resources that are

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Latinos, immigrant communities, students of poverty would follow the Now, there is not a lot more to say those students with disabilities and en- student. with regard to the positive provisions sure that any deficiency in the quality Now, that sounds good, again, just as of this bill, but I want to talk about of instruction for disadvantaged com- that finding that somehow the Federal one of its biggest shortcomings and, munities is not swept under the rug as Government should never do these pro- namely, getting accountability right. the Salmon amendment would do. grams of destruction in national cur- We can all agree that No Child Left I strongly encourage my colleagues riculum sounds good. But again, it is Behind did not get accountability on both sides of the aisle to reject the devoid of facts. right, but the answer is to move for- Salmon amendment. Let me tell you what the effect of ward and improve upon and make ac- While No Child Left Behind certainly this provision would do. What this pro- countability work, not to take a step had its flaws, it did move us forward in vision would do is it would shift mil- backward, which is what this bill does, continuing to serve low-income and lions of dollars from schools that serve by having a misguided set of principles minority students, English language our most at-risk kids to schools that defining performance targets and ac- learners and students with disabilities. serve wealthier children. countability. H.R. 5 is a step backwards. Even The Center for American Progress re- In fact, if this bill were to become without the Salmon amendment, it ex- cently released a report that broke law, States would not be required to cludes students with disabilities from down exactly what the language would set performance targets based on stu- school accountability systems. The bill mean for high-need schools in each dent growth, proficiency, or graduation eliminates the 1 percent cap on alter- State. In Colorado alone, schools that rates. The bill doesn’t define low-per- nate assessments based on alternative serve students of poverty would lose forming schools, nor does it establish achievement standards. over $8 million of funding. any parameters for intervention when Now, again, there is a real-world So again, let’s talk about how this we know a school isn’t working. problem to be solved. There are some works. There is a threshold in each school One of the most compelling things kids with learning disabilities so se- district for schools that receive title I that we can do here in Washington is vere that they can’t be given a test for free and reduced lunch services. They equip local superintendents with the accountability purposes. And that 1 are focused on the schools that serve toolbox they need to help turn around percent number is an arbitrary num- the largest pockets of poverty. persistently failing schools, and this ber. You can argue it should be half a In a school district like Boulder Val- 1 bill fails to do that. percent, you can argue it should be 1 ⁄2 ley School District whose super- Mr. Speaker, we should provide percent. That is a very legitimate dis- intendent was in to meet with me ear- schools with more flexibility to design cussion to have. And I would be fully lier today, they offer title I services in school improvement programs that No open, as many of my colleagues were, their schools that have about 40 per- Child Left Behind does, but we should to figuring out what that number is. cent or more free and reduced lunch not provide schools with the option to The answer is not to eliminate that kids. That allows them to focus on the do nothing and allow dropout factories number and effectively allow a State eight or nine schools that have the to continue to exist, elementary that might serve 12 percent of a popu- highest need in what is overall a fairly schools where we know that kids are lation with students with disabilities prosperous school district. falling further and further behind to say none of those students will be If this provision were passed, re- every year. tested; none of those students with in- sources would be diverted out of those No child should be trapped in a fail- dividual education plans, none of those schools that are in our neediest com- ing school with no recourse. We need to students who might be dyslexic will be munities to the schools that are in our fix accountability, not step away from looked at in terms of how they are wealthiest communities. it. This bill constitutes the Federal learning. As our ranking member has said and Government throwing up its arms and Do you know what? My father was probably will say again, what problem letting States define success downward dyslexic, and it took him until fifth is it you are trying to solve by shifting to make themselves look good while grade to learn to read. But under provi- resources from poor schools to wealthy leaving more students behind. sions of this bill, he might never have schools? While, again, it is a noble con- This problem is compounded by an- learned to read because he and millions cept, and if there were a way to hold other amendment that was not even of other Americans with disabilities harmless or provide additional support previously discussed that has now been would be completely swept under the for schools that serve at-risk kids, allowed under this rule, namely, the rug with the elimination of the cap. there might be some basis of discussion Salmon amendment, 129, which is uni- This bill also fails to invest in our with myself and Members on my side of versally opposed by civil rights groups Nation’s teachers. In February, I intro- the aisle; but to simply say that we are from the NAACP to La Raza to the duced the Great Teaching and Leading going to shift tens or hundreds of mil- Urban League to LULAC to the Edu- for Great Schools Act, which would ad- lions of dollars from schools that serve cation Trust. vance a new definition of professional kids in communities of poverty to The Salmon amendment assumes development based on research and wealthier schools, under any possible that disadvantaged students aren’t ca- best practices. accountability metric, I guarantee you, pable of high achievement, perpet- Professional development doesn’t will only increase the already per- uating low expectations that are pro- have to simply be hiring someone to sistent learning gap that exists be- jected on students of color, poor stu- lecture teachers for a few hours while tween communities of poverty and dents, immigrant students, students they are all bored. In fact, there is bet- prosperous communities, and is exactly with disabilities, and others. ter proven, data-proven ways that can the wrong way to go with regard to This amendment effectively gives in help advance teaching and learning in how we target our Federal resources to to those political pressures which we schools, including collaborative peer make the biggest difference in the lives all feel that work against disadvan- networks, feedback from teachers and of Americans who deserve access to taged students, that work against principals, tying data in to ensure that quality public education. them at the district level because often our professional development opportu- I reserve the balance of my time. their parents are not enfranchised nities work. Unfortunately, H.R. 5 Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield members of the community or voting eliminates any requirement that en- myself such time as I may consume. in school board races or serving on the sures quality professional development I appreciate my colleague on the board that work against them at the for teachers. other side of the aisle’s enthusiasm on State level because they are up against Now, let me talk about one of the this issue. This is an important topic, the special interests and, yes, work most concerning provisions in this bill something that we have been dis- against them here even in Washington. to Democrats, including myself, and it cussing and debating for many, many

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Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 many of which are duplicative or inef- yield 2 minutes to the good gentleman minutes to the gentlewoman from fective. from Louisiana (Mr. SCALISE), our ma- Florida (Ms. WILSON), the ranking As a school board member in North jority whip. member of the Education and the Carolina, I saw how the vast reporting Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce requirements for these Federal pro- the gentleman for yielding. Protections. grams tie the hands of State and local I rise in support not only of the rule, Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, school education leaders. but of the underlying legislation with as a former teacher, elementary school My colleagues on the House Edu- reforms that are included not only in principal, and school board member, I cation and the Workforce Committee the bill, but in the amendments that know firsthand that No Child Left Be- and I have been working on the Stu- are coming forward in this rule. hind is in need of serious improvement. dent Success Act to make common- I first want to commend Chairman Improvements must take substantial sense changes to update Federal law, KLINE and his staff for working over steps towards fulfilling the promises addressing the concerns raised fol- made by ESEA, those simple, yet pow- the last few months with many mem- lowing No Child Left Behind. bers of our Conference that had some erful, promises that are at the heart of Our legislation is centered on four this civil rights law, promises made to real issues they wanted to see ad- principles: reducing the Federal foot- dressed in the bill. I want to talk about all American children. H.R. 5 ignores these promises and en- print in education, empowering par- a few of those, specifically, the Salmon dangers the educational gains made in ents, supporting effective teachers, and amendment that this rule makes in the 50 years since ESEA was passed. restoring local control. order that brings forward the ability H.R. 5 threatens to thrust us back to a H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, will for parents to opt out of testing in a time when the right to quality edu- also streamline the Department of way that doesn’t impact the local cation was merely an intangible prom- Education’s bureaucracy by elimi- school system. ise for disadvantaged children. It ig- nating more than 65 duplicative and in- This comes down to a question of nores the promises at the heart of this effective Federal education programs, whether or not you trust parents to civil rights law. cutting through the bureaucratic red make the right decisions for their chil- We must take substantial steps to- tape that is stifling innovation in the dren in making real reforms that give wards fulfilling the promises made by classroom, granting States and school parents more control, getting Wash- ESEA. H.R. 5 ignores the promise to districts the authority to use Federal ington out of those decisions and al- value every child by allowing States education funds as they believe will lowing local innovation to move for- and school districts to redirect funds best meet the unique needs of their ward, and allowing parents to make away from the schools and the children students. those decisions about what is best for most in need. They call it portability. Additionally, this legislation will their children. So the Salmon amend- H.R. 5 ignores the promise that every take definitive steps to limit the Sec- ment does that. I strongly support it, child counts by using vague and unde- retary’s authority by prohibiting him and I know Chairman KLINE supports it fined accountability measures and fail- or her from coercing States into adopt- as well. ing to provide Federal guardrails for ing academic standards like the Com- I want to also point out the Rokita- student achievement. mon Core. Grothman amendment. This is an If we would like to reduce the Fed- b 1315 amendment, again, that Chairman eral Government’s role in education, KLINE worked very closely with a num- H.R. 5 ignores the promise that every we must act. In the absence of congres- ber of our members on to bring forward child deserves a quality education, and sional action, President Obama and his to reduce the timeframe of the author- it does so by failing to address our ex- Education Department have taken un- ization. Instead of a 6-year authoriza- cessive dependence on deeply problem- precedented steps to regulate edu- tion, it would be a 4-year authorization atic standardized tests. We need to cation. to give an opportunity to let the next move toward more balanced forms of Beginning in 2011, the Obama admin- administration put their own prints on assessment that effectively measure di- istration began offering States tem- what they want to see in terms of edu- verse kinds of success in teaching and porary waivers from No Child Left learning. cation reform while allowing these Behind’s onerous burden in exchange Mr. Speaker, I have spent decades other reforms to move forward. That is working to understand how children for granting the Secretary of Edu- an amendment that Chairman KLINE learn, and I can tell you this—that this cation complete discretion to coerce supports, as I do, and, hopefully, gets bill fails to meet the very promises States into enacting the President’s added to the bill. that are essential for educating our preferred education reforms. The third amendment I want to talk children and that are at the heart of The Student Success Act provides an about is the Zeldin amendment. This is the ESEA. I strongly urge all of my important opportunity to stop Presi- an amendment that gets the Federal colleagues to vote against this bill of dent Obama’s overreach into State and Government out of Common Core, not unfulfilled promises. local education debates through his only financially, but also taking the Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield waiver scheme. ability away from the Secretary of the 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Mr. Speaker, our children deserve Department to use things like Common North Carolina (Ms. FOXX), someone better. It is time to acknowledge more Core as a bludgeon when they are de- who really embodies something that I Federal intrusion cannot address the termining whether or not to approve have seen in this Congress on both challenges facing schools. That is the waivers. So I think it is very important sides of the aisle since my becoming a promise of the Student Success Act: a to get the Federal Government out of Member, people who dedicate their reduced Federal role, focused on restor- those decisions of Common Core, and lives to different fields. Congress- ing authority and control to parents, that is what the Zeldin amendment woman FOXX is a colleague and a mem- teachers, States, and communities on does. ber of the Rules Committee who has how our children are educated. And then, finally, the Walker amend- dedicated her life to education. I urge my colleagues to support the ment, allowing a vote on A-PLUS, is Ms. FOXX. I thank my colleague rule and the underlying bill. something that I support, and I am from Washington for yielding and for Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 glad that that is in the rule as well. his kind comments. minute to the gentleman from Wis- So many good reforms, not only with Mr. Speaker, today’s debate on edu- consin (Mr. POCAN), a member of the the amendments, but with the under- cation and the Student Success Act is Committee on Education and the lying bill, to give parents more control a crucial one for our future. Workforce.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.026 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4884 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, on the 50th from local innovation in schools. We In the last reauthorization, better anniversary of the Elementary and have one such example in my district known as No Child Left Behind, in ad- Secondary Education Act, now more that does not get $1 of Federal funding, dition to money, Congress required than ever we must ensure that every and it takes children who are discarded States to identify and address achieve- kid has access to a great school. It by the public school system and makes ment gaps. shouldn’t matter who your parents are, successful students from this group. I Because of that work, the education what ZIP code you live in, or how am very proud of what this school has of our children has been much im- many zeros are at the end of your bank accomplished. proved, as high school dropout rates account. H.R. 5 empowers parents, just like at are at historic lows, as the long-term H.R. 5 breaks the promise made 50 this school, with more information to scores on the national tests have gone years ago to help all kids get a good hold schools accountable for effective up, and as the achievement gaps for ra- public education and to recognize the teaching, and it expands opportunities cial and ethnic minorities have actu- challenges faced by kids living in pov- to send their children to a school that ally been closing, but the gap between erty. best meets their needs. It also gets rid rich and poor has actually been going Republicans will have the oppor- of almost 70 unnecessary Federal pro- up. tunity to make their bad bill even grams and, instead, creates a block Mr. Speaker, with that background, worse by allowing an amendment to grant that provides money to the the House has put forth its vision of come to the floor today which essen- States. the reauthorization of the ESEA, the tially turns all of ESEA into a block The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Student Success Act. It violates the grant, allowing States to use Federal time of the gentleman has expired. original purpose of ESEA, first, by re- resources for any educational purpose, Mr. NEWHOUSE. I yield the gen- ducing the funding, but also by chang- meaning States can redirect Federal tleman an additional 30 seconds. ing the funding formula to take money funds towards taxpayer-funded vouch- Mr. ALLEN. Under H.R. 5, States are from low-income areas and to give it to ers for private and religious schools. protected from being coerced into wealthy areas. That has been a failed experiment in adopting Common Core by the Depart- For example, Los Angeles, with 70 Wisconsin, and that strips money away ment of Education, and they have the percent poverty, would lose about a from public schools and hurts kids ev- right to opt out of any program under quarter of its funding while Beverly the law. erywhere. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on H.R. 5, Hills, with virtually no poverty, would Mr. Speaker, all of these are signifi- a bad bill that could likely get even pick up about 30 percent in additional worse today. cant and needed steps to put the re- funding under that new formula. Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield sponsibility of education back where it This rule enables amendments that, 2 minutes to the gentleman from Geor- belongs, and that is with the States, if adopted in the bill, will significantly gia (Mr. ALLEN), a fellow freshman. local school districts, parents, and the Mr. ALLEN. I thank the gentleman educators, as they know what is best. I reduce the ability of States to deter- for yielding. urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5. mine academic achievement gaps. Mr. Speaker, the debate before this Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 Now, I recognize that everybody is floor today is who knows best how to minutes to the gentleman from Vir- mad at having to take tests, and we ad- educate our children. ginia (Mr. SCOTT), the distinguished dress that in the bill by auditing the I rise today to speak about H.R. 5, ranking member of the Committee on number of tests, making sure that the Student Success Act. This is legis- Education and the Workforce. there are as few as possible and that lation that I believe goes a long way in Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I thank the they are used for purposes which are getting the Federal Government out of gentleman for yielding. validated. the way of our schools and teachers Mr. Speaker, more than 60 years ago, The bill significantly scales back the and putting education back in the in Brown vs. Board of Education, the ability of States to identify achieve- right hands by restoring local control. Supreme Court talked about the value ment gaps and then scales back their As a member of the Education and of education when it said that, these requirement to do anything about it. the Workforce Committee, I have spent days, it is doubtful that any child may These are the major flaws in H.R. 5: several hours debating and marking up reasonably be expected to succeed in less funding, less ability to determine this legislation. I have also visited sev- life if denied the opportunity of an edu- the achievement gaps, and then no re- eral schools in my district and have cation. Such an opportunity where the quirement to do anything about it. spoken with parents, teachers, and ad- State has undertaken to provide it is a There are other problems with the ministrators about the challenges they right which must be made available to bill, for example, block granting pro- are facing. all on equal terms. grams that will end up underfunding What I heard across the board was The fact is that equal educational op- bilingual education, afterschool pro- that top-down regulations from Wash- portunities were not and still are not grams, STEM, arts education, and oth- ington are burdening our teachers with always available in low-income areas, ers. These vital programs will certainly seemingly endless compliance require- basically, for two reasons. First, we do worse. ments. fund education through the real estate Mr. Speaker, for these reasons, we Our educators should have the ability tax, virtually guaranteeing that should both defeat the rule. And if the to focus on the individual needs of wealthy areas will have more re- rule passes, we should defeat the bill. their students and their classes. In- sources; and just with the give and Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I am stead, our current system is forcing take in politics, you know that low-in- very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the them to spend time filling out paper- come areas will generally get the short gentlewoman from New York (Ms. work and meeting this one-size-fits-all end of the stick. STEFANIK), another freshman col- requirement. In 1965, we enacted the Elementary league. That is exactly why H.R. 5 is impor- and Secondary Education Act to recog- Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I rise tant legislation that I urge my col- nize the disparities in funding. It ad- in strong support of the rule and of the leagues to support today. This bill re- dresses ‘‘the special educational needs underlying bill. places the current accountability sys- of children of low-income families and We have a chance today to help put tem that says Washington knows what the impact that concentrations of low- our K–12 education system back on is best for our students, and it replaces income families have on the ability of track, helping students all across this it with a system that gives States and local educational agencies to support country. school districts the responsibility for adequate educational programs.’’ Over the past 6 months, I have trav- measuring the success of their schools. While public education would remain eled in my district to listen to the con- Through bottom-up reforms, it restores fundamentally a local issue through cerns of teachers, administrators, par- local control and gives our educators ESEA, the government recognized ents, and students. more freedom to innovate. that, without Federal oversight and One of the most common themes I I have personally seen in my district support, districts would not address hear is that there is too much confu- how students and communities benefit these inequities. sion coming from Washington and that

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It is about leadership. unique needs of their students far bet- Mr. Speaker, what we need is a Fed- The best way to empower leaders is ter than any bureaucrat in Washington eral law that gives guidance to local to give them the tools that they need ever will. school board members that must deal so that they can help our children grow From No Child Left Behind, Race to with thousands of competing interests and compete in the 21st century world the Top, and waivers, the Department every single day and which enables and win. That is exactly what the Stu- of Education has sent so many mixed local leaders ultimately to make the dent Success Act does. It trusts teach- signals that it is impossible for teach- right decision. ers and parents over Washington bu- ers and administrators to focus on Mr. Speaker, today represents a reaucrats. what is needed most, flexibility to help missed opportunity. We need a 21st Mr. Speaker, I ask for full support students learn and succeed. This is why century education system that makes from this House for the rule and for the I am a strong supporter of H.R. 5. investment in all our Nation’s chil- underlying legislation. I commend Chairman JOHN KLINE and dren. That and only that will help our Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 Subcommittee Chairman TODD ROKITA Nation compete in the global economy. minutes to the gentleman from Ari- for putting forward legislation that en- Today’s reauthorization of ESEA not zona (Mr. GALLEGO). sures that students and schools are put only misses the mark, but actually Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise first. Accountability will now be placed moves us in the wrong direction. today in opposition to the rule which where it should have been all along, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the rule, a ‘‘no’’ would allow for consideration of H.R. 5, with States and local school districts. vote on final passage and also on the a harmful bill that abandons our com- Labeling half of all schools in the Salmon amendment. mitment to ensuring all children in my United States as failing has caused the Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield home State of Arizona and across the Department of Education to become far 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indi- country are afforded quality education too overreaching in defining account- ana (Mr. ROKITA), the chairman of the that prepares them for success. ability as they continue to shift the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, El- We can all agree that every child de- metrics on what is considered satisfac- ementary, and Secondary Education. serves a fair shot by giving them and tory. Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I thank their teachers the tools they need; but Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5 empowers par- the leadership, the gentleman from the reality is millions of kids face addi- ents and students by giving them ac- Washington, and the members of the tional barriers that require targeted cess to information about local schools Committee on Rules for bringing this resources. Unfortunately, this bill in order to hold them accountable. rule to the floor. I think it is a good turns its back on these kids by block In addition, this bill eliminates 65 du- rule. I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on it and the granting all funding for English lan- plicative and underperforming pro- underlying bill, which I am hopeful and guage learners, migrant students, and grams and consolidates the money into pleased we are going to get to today. at-risk students and lets the funding be a new grant program for local school In response to some of the last speak- spent elsewhere. districts. This money can be spent by ers, first of all, let me associate myself What is more, it eliminates require- districts to meet their unique needs. with the remarks of Ms. STEFANIK from ments that schools improve the edu- Funding for title I remains robust in New York. She is right on. This is ex- cation of English language learners the bill, and students and parents re- actly the kind of policy and law that each year. By removing accountability tain the ability to make the best edu- we need in this country at this par- for the achievement and learning gains cational decisions for them by pro- ticular time because it puts the trust of Latinos and English language learn- viding access to charter schools and and the personal responsibility back in ers, this bill ignores the real needs of magnet schools. the hands of the people where it be- kids and families across our commu- longs; and that is our parents, our nities. 1330 b teachers, our school principals, and su- Mr. Speaker, a Latino child in Phoe- Particularly important for my con- perintendents. nix deserves every resource he or she stituents in New York is language in How arrogant for anyone to think needs to succeed. That is why I strong- H.R. 5 that prevents the Secretary of that we here in Washington know bet- ly support the Democratic substitute Education from forcing States to im- ter how to raise our children than amendment to H.R. 5 offered by my plement Common Core. those children’s parents, working hand colleague Congressman SCOTT. This al- I urge all Members to vote ‘‘aye’’ on in hand, side by side, with that child’s ternative recognizes the needs of the rule and to support the underlying teacher and school leaders. Latino students and ensures proper bill. This bill is needed. It is right on oversight that we know is necessary. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 point. It is needed for the 21st century, I urge all my colleagues to oppose minutes to the gentlewoman from Cali- and I want to address some of the mis- H.R. 5 and its dangerous provisions for fornia (Mrs. DAVIS), a member of the information that might be out there. Latino students. Committee on Education and the First of all, I want to be very clear, Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I re- Workforce. Mr. Speaker, that the civil rights pro- serve the balance of my time. Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speak- tections, which I agree with my friend, Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 er, here we go again, back to the same the ranking member of the Committee minutes to the gentleman from Texas bill we debated earlier this year that on Education and the Workforce, are (Mr. DOGGETT). continues to embrace the idea that less very, very important—critical. That is Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, when he Federal oversight over Federal dollars all kept here. That language remains first signed into law the Elementary is what we need to transform K–12 edu- because it is essential. and Secondary Education Act, Presi- cation. Secondly, we mandate disaggregated dent Lyndon B. Johnson greatly ad- The opposition seems to believe that data so that we can see from a holistic, vanced both education and civil rights. removing Federal standards would help collective standpoint how our children Now, here, 50 years later, the need for local leaders make tough decisions. of whatever ethnic background are Federal support for our schools re- That is absolutely wrong. It actually doing. That is very important. That is mains very real, but Republicans cele- makes it harder. kept. Title I is there. There is some brate the anniversary by effectively re- For 9 years, I served on a school more portability, but we think that is pealing the civil rights portion, Title I, board in a large urban school district, a good thing because choice in this sub- of this act. and I remember agonizing over the de- ject is a good thing. In February, Republicans began con- cision to move money from one high- Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would say sideration of this bill and then sus- needs school to another. In the end, it that this isn’t about money. Federal pended it because so many of their was the law and safeguards around spending in education has gone up 300 Members did not think it was extreme

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I would like to inquire which was thoughtfully put together to public education. how much time remains on both sides. ensure that America’s next generation Just as it did previously on immigra- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. is prepared to carry on our legacy of tion reform, the House has rejected ALLEN). The gentleman from Colorado global leadership and to put food on that bipartisan approach and has has 21⁄2 minutes remaining. The gen- their tables as aspiring members of our jumped off the right end with a more tleman from Washington has 8 minutes great country. extreme antieducation attitude. remaining. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance In a few weeks, bright-faced young Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- of my time. schoolchildren will put on their self the balance of my time to close. Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield backpacks and head off to school. As Instead of engaging in partisan fights myself such time as I may consume. their number increases, this bill actu- on so important an issue that, in es- As you can tell, due to the number of ally cuts the purchasing power avail- sence, is about our future as a Nation colleagues from both sides of the aisle able to our schools to meet those grow- and future generations, we should find speaking today, these are critically im- ing needs. common ground. Education is a civil portant issues we are considering, im- Most importantly, Republicans would right. All students deserve the oppor- portant to the economic well-being of encourage the States to divert aid from tunity of a world class, high-quality our country, as well as to the health of the schools with the greatest need and education. our forest lands and the safety of rural to actually use Federal dollars to re- This very week, the Senate is dis- communities. place what the States are already cussing their own version of ESEA re- Reforming our education system and spending on education. authorization. Now, while nothing is the way we combat wildfires and man- Not only does the bill shortchange perfect, their bill reflects the bipar- age our forests is of the highest pri- our schools and our students, it also tisan spirit that would improve this ority, and I urge my colleagues to sup- eliminates dedicated funding for im- bill if it was allowed in this body. port this rule, as well as both of the portant programs like STEM—science, Members of the Tri-Caucus and lead- underlying bills. technology, engineering, and math edu- ers of the New Democrat Coalition This rule provides for consideration cation. These STEM skills are driving have sent letters to the chairman and of H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal For- innovation. ranking member of the Subcommittee ests Act of 2015, a bipartisan, com- It is silent on support for our young- on Health, Employment, Labor, and prehensive bill aimed at expediting and est Americans, as schools across the Pensions with a number of suggestions improving forest management activi- country recognize that brain research for their bill, but at least there is a bi- ties in Federal forests. supports having pre-K through 12 edu- partisan attempt to help prepare our This critical piece of legislation cation. We need not only account- Nation’s kids for our future. would address the disastrous con- ability but funding. This bill should be ESEA is one of the most significant sequences of catastrophic wildfire and rejected. We cannot shut the door on pieces of legislation this body will con- would return resilience to our over- these students. sider. It is a bill about our future. grown, fire-prone forests by dramati- Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield Members of this body are eager to im- cally improving the health of our Fed- 2 minutes to the good gentleman from prove this bill and pass a reauthorized eral forests and rangelands. California (Mr. LAMALFA). version to finally replace No Child Left My district, as well as many other Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, passage Behind. areas around the country, continue to of this measure will restore responsible No child should have to attend a fail- face the threat of catastrophic wildfire, management to our forests after dec- ing school, and ZIP Code and race which is made worse by the continuing ades of Federal neglect. My district in- should never determine the quality of drought conditions and the poor man- cludes seven national forests which an education that a child receives. I agement and maintenance of forests on have suffered from increasingly dev- think that is something, hopefully, we our Federal lands. We must begin to take steps to pre- astating forest fires caused by over- can agree on as a core principle. grown, mismanaged forests and has Unfortunately, the bill before us re- vent and address these fires, which this been economically hobbled by restric- treats from our promise to our Na- bill does by reforming the way we pre- tions on forest management. tion’s students. H.R. 5 would bring us pare, respond to, and fund wildfire re- Last year, in just one of my counties, back to a time with no accountability sponse and mitigation efforts. Mr. Speaker, we cannot continue on just three forest fires burned 200,000 standards, where students with disabil- this current path, where we limp from acres. Our rural communities, public ities are swept under the rug. lands, and environment are being de- It would divert money from the one devastating fire to the next, unable stroyed by this neglect. schools and kids that need it the most; to break the cycle of destructive fire This measure will return active man- and with the Salmon amendment, it seasons due to ineffective funding agement to our forests by increasing would sweep minority students, stu- mechanisms, insufficient forest main- flexibility; cutting red tape; and, most dents with disabilities, new immigrant tenance, and a burdensome Federal importantly, acting to manage forests students, and low-income students permitting and review process. This bill addresses these short- before fires occur, not afterwards. under the rug, as they were in the past. comings by tackling the problem of Streamlining the review process means Now that they have emerged, we must fire borrowing, simplifying environ- that forest management can occur ensure that they meet all the learning mental process requirements, reducing when it is actually needed to address needs for all students. dangerous conditions, not after years Mr. Speaker, we are shortchanging project planning times, and lowering of legal roadblocks. our Nation’s kids by not being thought- the cost of implementing forest man- Allowing categorical exclusions for ful and deliberate with this issue. It is agement projects, all while ensuring postfire salvage and rehabilitation has- rare that a bill would unite the busi- robust environmental protections. Mr. Speaker, because of the reforms tens forest recovery and prevents fuel ness community, teachers, school and streamlined authorities in this buildup that can contribute to the next boards, and many others in opposition, bill, there will be an increase in acres future fire. Expanding local involve- but H.R. 5 does this. ment in forest management will im- The bill’s sponsors had 133 days to of treated land, which will come at no prove the data available for planning give students and our country a bill additional cost to our taxpayers. This and respect local priorities. that they deserve. legislation is essential and desperately In light of Forest Service surveys needed to change the outdated, finding that over 12 million Sierra Ne- b 1345 unsustainable, and ultimately dan- vada trees have died in the last year, It is a shame that they didn’t take gerous system of forest management we cannot afford to wait another year. better advantage of that opportunity. on Federal lands.

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Titus education system which reduces the Hardy McKinley Salmon Pascrell Sanchez, Loretta Tonko Federal Government’s footprint in Harper McMorris Sanford Payne Sarbanes Torres Harris Rodgers Scalise Pelosi Schakowsky Tsongas State and local issues and restores con- Hartzler McSally Schweikert Perlmutter Schiff Van Hollen trol over education back to those on Heck (NV) Meadows Scott, Austin Peters Schrader Vargas the ground who are best qualified to Hensarling Meehan Sensenbrenner Peterson Scott (VA) Veasey make the decisions affecting their stu- Herrera Beutler Messer Sessions Pingree Scott, David Vela Hice, Jody B. Mica Shimkus Pocan Serrano Vela´ zquez dents, parents, teachers, and commu- Hill Miller (MI) Shuster Polis Sewell (AL) Visclosky nities. Holding Moolenaar Simpson Price (NC) Sherman Walz Mr. Speaker, a well-educated work- Hudson Mooney (WV) Smith (MO) Quigley Sinema Wasserman Huelskamp Mullin Smith (NE) Rangel Sires Schultz force is imperative to the health and Huizenga (MI) Mulvaney Smith (NJ) Rice (NY) Slaughter Waters, Maxine vitality of both our Nation’s children Hultgren Murphy (PA) Smith (TX) Richmond Smith (WA) Watson Coleman and our economy. The Student Success Hunter Neugebauer Stefanik Roybal-Allard Speier Welch Act empowers parents, local commu- Hurd (TX) Newhouse Stewart Ruiz Swalwell (CA) Wilson (FL) Hurt (VA) Noem Stivers Ruppersberger Takai Yarmuth nities, and State governments to lead Issa Nugent Stutzman the way in fixing America’s broken Jenkins (KS) Nunes Thompson (PA) NOT VOTING—6 educational system. Jenkins (WV) Olson Thornberry Aguilar Culberson Lofgren Johnson (OH) Palazzo Tiberi Black Deutch Miller (FL) H.R. 5 will benefit students, parents, Johnson, Sam Palmer Tipton teachers, and school administrators by Jolly Paulsen Trott b 1418 Jones Pearce Turner returning responsibility for student Messrs. DOYLE, SIRES, and HIMES achievement to the States and local Jordan Perry Upton Joyce Pittenger Valadao changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to communities, while maintaining high Katko Pitts Wagner ‘‘nay.’’ standards and expectations for our Na- Kelly (MS) Poe (TX) Walberg Messrs. FITZPATRICK, FRELING- tion’s students, teachers, and schools. Kelly (PA) Poliquin Walden King (IA) Pompeo Walker HUYSEN, DUFFY, STEFANIK, This is a good, straightforward rule, King (NY) Posey Walorski MULLIN, YOHO, BRIDENSTINE, Mr. Speaker, allowing for consider- Kinzinger (IL) Price, Tom Walters, Mimi TIBERI, YOUNG of Alaska, ROGERS of Kline Ratcliffe Weber (TX) ation of two critical pieces of legisla- Alabama, and TIPTON changed their tion that will help protect our rural Knight Reed Webster (FL) Labrador Reichert Wenstrup vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ communities, provide much-needed re- LaMalfa Renacci Westerman So the resolution was agreed to. forms to our education system, and en- Lamborn Ribble Westmoreland The result of the vote was announced sure that we are prepared to respond to Lance Rice (SC) Whitfield Latta Rigell Williams as above recorded. the devastating and catastrophic LoBiondo Roby Wilson (SC) A motion to reconsider was laid on wildfires that have plagued many areas Long Roe (TN) Wittman the table. of our country. I support the rule’s Loudermilk Rogers (AL) Womack adoption, and I urge my colleagues also Love Rogers (KY) Woodall f Lucas Rohrabacher Yoder to support both the rule and the under- Luetkemeyer Rokita Yoho SEVENTH ANNUAL CONGRES- lying bills. Lummis Rooney (FL) Young (AK) SIONAL WOMEN’S SOFTBALL Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance MacArthur Ros-Lehtinen Young (IA) GAME of my time, and I move the previous Marchant Roskam Young (IN) Marino Ross Zeldin (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked question on the resolution. Massie Rothfus Zinke and was given permission to address The previous question was ordered. the House for 1 minute.) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NAYS—185 Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. question is on the resolution. Adams DeFazio Johnson, E. B. Speaker, today I rise to celebrate the The question was taken; and the Ashford DeGette Kaptur Bass Delaney Keating congressional version of the Women’s Speaker pro tempore announced that Beatty DeLauro Kelly (IL) World Cup Soccer team, the softball the ayes appeared to have it. Becerra DelBene Kennedy version. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I Bera DeSaulnier Kildee Beyer Dingell Kilmer I am here with my colleagues on both demand the yeas and nays. Bishop (GA) Doggett Kind sides of the aisle, my teammates, my The yeas and nays were ordered. Blumenauer Doyle, Michael Kirkpatrick sisters who played valiantly in the 7th The vote was taken by electronic de- Bonamici F. Kuster Annual Congressional Women’s Soft- vice, and there were—yeas 242, nays Boyle, Brendan Duckworth Langevin F. Edwards Larsen (WA) ball Game. 185, not voting 6, as follows: Brady (PA) Ellison Larson (CT) Congratulations to the women Mem- [Roll No. 392] Brown (FL) Engel Lawrence Brownley (CA) Eshoo Lee bers of Congress who beat the press in YEAS—242 Bustos Esty Levin a shutout game, defending our title in Abraham Calvert Duncan (SC) Butterfield Farr Lewis back-to-back victories as Congres- Aderholt Carter (GA) Duncan (TN) Capps Fattah Lieu, Ted Allen Carter (TX) Ellmers (NC) Capuano Foster Lipinski sional Women’s Softball Game Cham- Amash Chabot Emmer (MN) Ca´ rdenas Frankel (FL) Loebsack pions. Amodei Chaffetz Farenthold Carney Fudge Lowenthal I want to thank my teammates on Babin Clawson (FL) Fincher Carson (IN) Gabbard Lowey both sides of the aisle. They have be- Barletta Coffman Fitzpatrick Cartwright Gallego Lujan Grisham Barr Cole Fleischmann Castor (FL) Garamendi (NM) come my sisters and my friends Barton Collins (GA) Fleming Castro (TX) Graham Luja´ n, Ben Ray throughout the whole season. Benishek Collins (NY) Flores Chu, Judy Grayson (NM) It is always so amazing to think Bilirakis Comstock Forbes Cicilline Green, Al Lynch Bishop (MI) Conaway Fortenberry Clark (MA) Green, Gene Maloney, about what we do over 3 months with Bishop (UT) Cook Foxx Clarke (NY) Grijalva Carolyn the incredibly busy schedules that so Blackburn Costello (PA) Franks (AZ) Clay Gutie´rrez Maloney, Sean many of us have, coming out to prac- Blum Cramer Frelinghuysen Cleaver Hahn Matsui tice at 7:00 in the morning, two or Bost Crawford Garrett Clyburn Hastings McCollum Boustany Crenshaw Gibbs Cohen Heck (WA) McDermott three times a week. We did not have a Brady (TX) Curbelo (FL) Gibson Connolly Higgins McGovern smaller turnout for practice than 10 Brat Davis, Rodney Gohmert Conyers Himes McNerney Members at each practice at 7:00 in the Bridenstine Denham Goodlatte Cooper Hinojosa Meeks Brooks (AL) Dent Gosar Costa Honda Meng morning. And our hard work paid off. Brooks (IN) DeSantis Gowdy Courtney Hoyer Moore This is a game that, I know, many of Buchanan DesJarlais Granger Crowley Huffman Moulton you know is near and dear to my heart. Buck Diaz-Balart Graves (GA) Cuellar Israel Murphy (FL) I know that many of you know this. Bucshon Dold Graves (LA) Cummings Jackson Lee Nadler Burgess Donovan Graves (MO) Davis (CA) Jeffries Napolitano It bears repeating just because of the Byrne Duffy Griffith Davis, Danny Johnson (GA) Neal reason that we play this game. I was

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diagnosed with breast cancer 71⁄2 years XVIII, the Chair declares the House in RECORDED VOTE ago, and today I am cancer free at 41 the Committee of the Whole House on The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote years old. the state of the Union for the further has been demanded. It is really timely for us to be able to consideration of the bill, H.R. 2822. A recorded vote was ordered. focus some attention on breast cancer Will the gentleman from Georgia The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- in young women, given the USPSTF (Mr. COLLINS) kindly take the chair. minute vote. recommendations and the discussions b 1426 The vote was taken by electronic de- that we are having around making sure vice, and there were—ayes 181, noes 244, that we pay attention and help young IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE not voting 8, as follows: women focus on their breast health. Accordingly, the House resolved That is what this game is all about. itself into the Committee of the Whole [Roll No. 393] We are so proud to tell you that since House on the state of the Union for the AYES—181 we started this game 7 years ago, we further consideration of the bill (H.R. Adams Gabbard Moulton have raised about $700,000 for the 2822) making appropriations for the De- Aguilar Gallego Murphy (FL) Young Survival Coalition. $200,000 of partment of the Interior, environment, Ashford Garamendi Nadler Bass Grayson Napolitano that was this game. and related agencies for the fiscal year Beatty Griffith Neal Without the leadership and dedica- ending September 30, 2016, and for Becerra Grijalva Nolan tion of our board of directors and our other purposes, with Mr. COLLINS of Benishek Gutie´rrez Norcross organizing committee, this game and Georgia (Acting Chair) in the chair. Bera Hahn Pallone Beyer Hastings Pascrell the money we raise would not have The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- Bishop (GA) Heck (WA) Payne been possible. mittee of the whole rose earlier today, Blumenauer Herrera Beutler Pelosi I want to specifically thank our an amendment offered by the gen- Bonamici Higgins Peters Boyle, Brendan Himes Pingree board president, Kate Yglesias Hough- tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. PERRY) F. Hinojosa Pocan ton, and all the members of board: had been disposed of, and the bill had Brady (PA) Honda Poliquin Atalie Ebersole, Natalie Buchanan, been read through page 132, line 24. Brown (FL) Hoyer Polis Brownley (CA) Huffman Price (NC) Tori Barnes, and Kristen Buckler. Also, ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR a huge thank you to the members of Bustos Israel Quigley The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Butterfield Jackson Lee Rice (NY) the organizing committee: Jill clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will Capps Jeffries Roybal-Allard Agostino, Sean Bartlett, Gary Caruso, now resume on those amendments on Capuano Johnson (GA) Ruiz Kayla Dunlap, Katharine Emerson, Ben Ca´ rdenas Johnson, E. B. Ruppersberger which further proceedings were post- Carney Jolly Rush Gerdes, Jenna Glazer, Kathryn Hamm, poned, in the following order: Carson (IN) Jones Ryan (OH) Erika Kelly, Jim Kiley, and Dana Amendment by Mr. GARAMENDI of Cartwright Kaptur Sa´ nchez, Linda Paikowsky. A special shout-out to California. Castor (FL) Katko T. EDDIE PERLMUTTER, who was one of our Castro (TX) Keating Sanchez, Loretta Amendment by Mrs. CAPPS of Cali- Chu, Judy Kelly (IL) Sanford assistant coaches, and to our cheer- fornia. Cicilline Kelly (PA) Sarbanes leaders. Amendment by Mr. SABLAN of the Clark (MA) Kennedy Schakowsky With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the Northern Mariana Islands. Clarke (NY) Kildee Schiff gentlewoman from Alabama (Mrs. Clay Kilmer Scott (VA) Amendment by Ms. CASTOR of Flor- Clyburn Kind Scott, David ROBY), who for the second time this ida. Cohen Kirkpatrick Serrano month and for the second time in the Amendment by Mr. GRIJALVA of Ari- Connolly Kuster Sewell (AL) last couple of weeks is actually stand- zona. Conyers Langevin Sherman Costa Larson (CT) Sinema SONGAS ing next to me. Amendment by Ms. T of Mas- Courtney Lawrence Sires Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Speaker, I would sachusetts. Crowley Lee Slaughter like to associate myself with the gen- Amendment by Mr. GRIJALVA of Ari- Cummings Levin Smith (WA) tlewoman from Florida’s remarks. zona. Davis (CA) Lewis Swalwell (CA) Davis, Danny Lieu, Ted Takai Amendment by Mr. POLIS of Colo- I also would like to thank all of our DeFazio Lipinski Takano colleagues here in this Chamber today rado. Delaney LoBiondo Thompson (CA) that have not only come out and sup- Amendment by Ms. EDWARDS of DeLauro Loebsack Thompson (MS) ported us, but also supported the Maryland. DelBene Lowenthal Titus Denham Lowey Tonko Amendment No. 13 by Mrs. LAWRENCE Young Survivors Coalition as well. DeSaulnier Lynch Torres Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank of Michigan. Dingell Maloney, Tsongas the survivors. Each member of this Amendment by Mr. POLIS of Colo- Doggett Carolyn Van Hollen team played either in memory of or on rado. Doyle, Michael Maloney, Sean Vargas F. Massie Veasey Amendment by Ms. TSONGAS of Mas- behalf of someone who is currently Duckworth Matsui Vela struggling with the fight with cancer. sachusetts. Edwards McDermott Vela´ zquez So I would just say to mine, Rhonda Amendment by Mr. GRIJALVA of Ari- Ellison McGovern Walz McCall Walker, Mr. Speaker, who came zona. Eshoo McKinley Wasserman Esty McNerney Schultz Amendment by Mr. BEYER of Vir- from Alabama and attended the game, Farr Meeks Waters, Maxine along with so many others, that we ginia. Fattah Meng Watson Coleman support these individuals. This is a Amendment No. 6 by Mrs. BLACKBURN Foster Miller (MI) Welch of Tennessee. Frankel (FL) Mooney (WV) Wilson (FL) really incredible thing that the Mem- Fudge Moore Zeldin bers of Congress do. Amendment by Mr. PEARCE of New Mr. Speaker, to the Bad News Babes, Mexico. NOES—244 I would just say we are on it for next Amendment by Mr. HARDY of Nevada. Abraham Brooks (AL) Cooper year, too. So keep your guard up. The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes Aderholt Brooks (IN) Costello (PA) the time for any electronic vote in this Allen Buchanan Cramer I would like to also recognize the Amash Buck Crawford gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. CAS- series. Amodei Bucshon Crenshaw TOR), who is the MVP. She played an AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GARAMENDI Babin Burgess Cuellar incredible game. And ‘‘most improved’’ The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Barletta Byrne Curbelo (FL) Barr Calvert Davis, Rodney is the gentlewoman from Arizona, business is the demand for a recorded Barton Carter (GA) DeGette KYRSTEN SINEMA. vote on the amendment offered by the Bilirakis Carter (TX) Dent f gentleman from California (Mr. Bishop (MI) Chabot DeSantis GARAMENDI) on which further pro- Bishop (UT) Chaffetz DesJarlais Black Clawson (FL) Diaz-Balart DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ceedings were postponed and on which ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED Blackburn Coffman Dold the noes prevailed by voice vote. Blum Cole Donovan AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS The Clerk will redesignate the Bost Collins (GA) Duffy ACT, 2016 amendment. Boustany Collins (NY) Duncan (SC) Brady (TX) Comstock Duncan (TN) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brat Conaway Ellmers (NC) ant to House Resolution 333 and rule ment. Bridenstine Cook Emmer (MN)

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Garrett Lummis Ross Fitzpatrick Loudermilk Rooney (FL) Gibbs MacArthur Rothfus Fleischmann Love Ros-Lehtinen The vote was taken by electronic de- Gibson Marchant Rouzer Fleming Lucas Roskam vice, and there were—ayes 184, noes 243, Gohmert Marino Royce Flores Luetkemeyer Ross not voting 6, as follows: Goodlatte Massie Russell Forbes Lujan Grisham Rothfus Gosar McCarthy Ryan (WI) Fortenberry (NM) Rouzer [Roll No. 394] Gowdy McCaul Salmon ´ Foxx Lujan, Ben Ray Royce Granger McClintock Scalise AYES—184 Franks (AZ) (NM) Russell Graves (GA) McHenry Schrader Frelinghuysen Lummis Graves (LA) McKinley Ryan (WI) Adams Gabbard Nadler Schweikert Garrett MacArthur Graves (MO) McMorris Salmon Aguilar Gallego Napolitano Scott, Austin Gibbs Marchant Griffith Rodgers Scalise Ashford Garamendi Neal Sensenbrenner Gibson Marino Grothman McSally Schrader Bass Graham Nolan Sessions Gohmert McCarthy Guinta Meadows Beatty Grayson Norcross Goodlatte McCaul Schweikert Guthrie Meehan Shimkus Becerra Green, Al O’Rourke Gosar McClintock Scott, Austin Hanna Messer Shuster Benishek Green, Gene Pallone Gowdy McCollum Sensenbrenner Hardy Mica Simpson Sessions Bera Grijalva Pascrell Smith (MO) Graham McHenry ´ Harper Miller (MI) Shimkus Beyer Gutierrez Payne Smith (NE) Granger McMorris Bishop (GA) Hahn Harris Moolenaar Shuster Pelosi Smith (NJ) Graves (GA) Rodgers Blumenauer Hastings Hartzler Mooney (WV) Simpson Perlmutter Smith (TX) Graves (LA) McSally Bonamici Heck (WA) Heck (NV) Mullin Smith (MO) Peters Stefanik Graves (MO) Meadows Boyle, Brendan Herrera Beutler Hensarling Mulvaney Smith (NE) Peterson Green, Al Meehan F. Higgins Hice, Jody B. Murphy (PA) Stewart Green, Gene Messer Smith (NJ) Pingree Hill Neugebauer Stivers Brady (PA) Himes Pocan Grothman Mica Smith (TX) Brown (FL) Hinojosa Holding Newhouse Stutzman Guinta Moolenaar Stefanik Polis Hudson Noem Thompson (PA) Brownley (CA) Honda Price (NC) Guthrie Mullin Stewart Bustos Hoyer Huelskamp Nugent Thornberry Hanna Mulvaney Stivers Quigley Huizenga (MI) Nunes Tiberi Butterfield Huffman Rice (NY) Hardy Murphy (PA) Stutzman Hultgren Olson Tipton Capps Israel Roybal-Allard Harper Neugebauer Thompson (PA) Capuano Jackson Lee Hunter Palazzo Trott Ruiz Harris Newhouse Thornberry Ca´ rdenas Jeffries Hurd (TX) Palmer Turner Ruppersberger Hartzler Noem Tiberi Carney Johnson (GA) Hurt (VA) Paulsen Upton Rush Heck (NV) Nugent Tipton Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Issa Pearce Valadao Ryan (OH) Hensarling Nunes Trott Cartwright Jones Jenkins (KS) Perry Wagner Sa´ nchez, Linda Hice, Jody B. O’Rourke Turner Castor (FL) Kaptur Jenkins (WV) Pittenger Walberg T. Hill Olson Upton Castro (TX) Keating Johnson (OH) Pitts Walden Holding Palazzo Sanchez, Loretta Johnson, Sam Poe (TX) Valadao Chu, Judy Kelly (IL) Walker Hudson Palmer Sanford Jolly Poliquin Visclosky Cicilline Kennedy Walorski Huelskamp Paulsen Sarbanes Jordan Pompeo Wagner Clark (MA) Kildee Walters, Mimi Huizenga (MI) Pearce Schakowsky Joyce Posey Walberg Clarke (NY) Kilmer Weber (TX) Hultgren Perlmutter Schiff Katko Price, Tom Walden Clay Kind Webster (FL) Hunter Perry Scott (VA) Kelly (MS) Rangel Walker Cleaver Kirkpatrick Hurd (TX) Peterson Scott, David Kelly (PA) Ratcliffe Wenstrup Walorski Clyburn Kuster Hurt (VA) Pittenger Serrano King (IA) Reed Westerman Walters, Mimi Cohen Langevin Issa Pitts Sewell (AL) King (NY) Reichert Westmoreland Weber (TX) Connolly Larson (CT) Jenkins (KS) Poe (TX) Sherman Kinzinger (IL) Renacci Whitfield Webster (FL) Conyers Lawrence Jenkins (WV) Pompeo Sinema Kline Ribble Williams Wenstrup Courtney Lee Wilson (SC) Johnson (OH) Posey Crowley Levin Sires Knight Rice (SC) Johnson, Sam Price, Tom Westerman Slaughter Labrador Richmond Wittman Westmoreland Cummings Lewis Womack Jordan Rangel Davis (CA) Lieu, Ted Smith (WA) LaMalfa Rigell Whitfield Woodall Joyce Ratcliffe Davis, Danny Lipinski Speier Lamborn Roby Williams Yoder Kelly (MS) Reed DeFazio LoBiondo Swalwell (CA) Lance Roe (TN) Wilson (SC) Yoho King (IA) Reichert DeGette Loebsack Takai Larsen (WA) Rogers (AL) Wittman Young (AK) King (NY) Renacci Delaney Lowenthal Takano Latta Rogers (KY) Womack Young (IA) Kinzinger (IL) Ribble DeLauro Lowey Thompson (CA) Long Rohrabacher Woodall Kline Rice (SC) DelBene Lujan Grisham Thompson (MS) Loudermilk Rokita Young (IN) Yoder Knight Richmond DeSaulnier (NM) Titus Love Rooney (FL) Zeldin Yoho Labrador Rigell Dingell Luja´ n, Ben Ray Tonko Lucas Ros-Lehtinen Zinke LaMalfa Roby Young (AK) Doggett (NM) Torres NOT VOTING—6 Lamborn Roe (TN) Young (IA) Dold Lynch Tsongas Lance Rogers (AL) Young (IN) Doyle, Michael Maloney, Van Hollen Blackburn Deutch Miller (FL) Larsen (WA) Rogers (KY) Zinke F. Carolyn Vargas Culberson Lofgren Yarmuth Veasey NOT VOTING—8 Duckworth Maloney, Sean ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Edwards Matsui Vela Cleaver Engel Speier Ellison McCollum Vela´ zquez The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Culberson Lofgren Yarmuth Engel McDermott Visclosky There is 1 minute remaining. Deutch Miller (FL) Eshoo McGovern Walz Esty McNerney Wasserman b 1433 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Farr Meeks Schultz So the amendment was rejected. The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Fattah Meng Waters, Maxine The result of the vote was announced There is 1 minute remaining. Foster Moore Watson Coleman Frankel (FL) Moulton Welch as above recorded. b 1429 Fudge Murphy (FL) Wilson (FL) AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. SABLAN The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished So the amendment was rejected. NOES—243 business is the demand for a recorded The result of the vote was announced Abraham Bucshon Curbelo (FL) as above recorded. Aderholt Burgess Davis, Rodney vote on the amendment offered by the AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MRS. CAPPS Allen Byrne Denham gentleman from the Northern Mariana Amash Calvert Dent Islands (Mr. SABLAN) on which further The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Amodei Carter (GA) DeSantis proceedings were postponed and on business is the demand for a recorded Babin Carter (TX) DesJarlais which the noes prevailed by voice vote. vote on the amendment offered by the Barletta Chabot Diaz-Balart The Clerk will redesignate the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Barr Chaffetz Donovan Barton Clawson (FL) Duffy amendment. CAPPS) on which further proceedings Bilirakis Coffman Duncan (SC) The Clerk redesignated the amend- were postponed and on which the noes Bishop (MI) Cole Duncan (TN) ment. prevailed by voice vote. Bishop (UT) Collins (GA) Ellmers (NC) Black Collins (NY) Emmer (MN) RECORDED VOTE The Clerk will redesignate the Blum Comstock Farenthold The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote amendment. Bost Conaway Fincher has been demanded. The Clerk redesignated the amend- Boustany Cook Fitzpatrick Brady (TX) Cooper Fleischmann A recorded vote was ordered. ment. Brat Costa Fleming The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- RECORDED VOTE Bridenstine Costello (PA) Flores minute vote. The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brooks (AL) Cramer Forbes The vote was taken by electronic de- Brooks (IN) Crawford Fortenberry has been demanded. Buchanan Crenshaw Foxx vice, and there were—ayes 183, noes 245, A recorded vote was ordered. Buck Cuellar Franks (AZ) not voting 5, as follows:

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Gutierrez Pingree Issa Becerra Gallego Pelosi Moolenaar Sensenbrenner Brady (PA) Hahn Pocan Jenkins (KS) Mooney (WV) Bera Garamendi Perlmutter Sessions Brown (FL) Hastings Price (NC) Jenkins (WV) Mullin Brownley (CA) Heck (WA) Bishop (GA) Gibson Peterson Shimkus Quigley Johnson (OH) Mulvaney Bustos Higgins Bishop (UT) Grayson Pingree Shuster Rangel Johnson, Sam Murphy (PA) Butterfield Himes Blumenauer Green, Al Pocan Simpson Reichert Jolly Neugebauer Capps Hinojosa Bonamici Green, Gene Price (NC) Smith (MO) Rice (NY) Boyle, Brendan Grijalva Jordan Newhouse Smith (NE) Capuano Honda Richmond Quigley Joyce Noem ´ F. Gutie´rrez Smith (NJ) Cardenas Hoyer Roybal-Allard Rangel Katko Nugent Brady (PA) Hahn Smith (TX) Carney Huffman Ruiz Rice (NY) Keating Nunes Carson (IN) Israel Brown (FL) Hastings Stefanik Ruppersberger Richmond Kelly (MS) Olson Cartwright Jackson Lee Brownley (CA) Heck (WA) Stewart Rush Ros-Lehtinen Kelly (PA) Palazzo Castor (FL) Jeffries Bustos Higgins Stivers Ryan (OH) Roybal-Allard King (IA) Palmer Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Butterfield Himes Stutzman Sa´ nchez, Linda Ruiz King (NY) Paulsen Chu, Judy Jones Capps Hinojosa Ruppersberger Thompson (PA) T. Capuano Honda Kinzinger (IL) Pearce Cicilline Kaptur Ryan (OH) Thornberry Sanchez, Loretta Ca´ rdenas Hoyer Kirkpatrick Perry Clark (MA) Keating Sa´ nchez, Linda Tiberi Sarbanes Carney Huffman Kline Peters Clarke (NY) Kelly (IL) T. Tipton Schakowsky Carson (IN) Israel Knight Pittenger Cleaver Kennedy Sanchez, Loretta Trott Schiff Cartwright Jackson Lee Labrador Pitts Clyburn Kildee Sarbanes Turner Schrader Castor (FL) Jeffries LaMalfa Poe (TX) Cohen Kilmer Schakowsky Upton Scott (VA) Castro (TX) Johnson (GA) Lamborn Poliquin Connolly Kind Schiff Valadao Scott, David Chu, Judy Johnson, E. B. Lance Polis Conyers Kirkpatrick Schrader Wagner Serrano Cicilline Jones Larsen (WA) Pompeo Cooper Kuster Scott (VA) Walberg Sewell (AL) Clark (MA) Kelly (IL) Latta Posey Costa Langevin Scott, David Walden Sherman Clarke (NY) Kennedy LoBiondo Price, Tom Courtney Larsen (WA) Serrano Walker Sinema Clay Kildee Long Ratcliffe Crowley Larson (CT) Walorski Sires Cleaver Kilmer Sewell (AL) Loudermilk Reed Cuellar Lawrence Walters, Mimi Slaughter Clyburn Kind Sherman Love Reichert Cummings Lee Weber (TX) Smith (NJ) Cohen Kuster Sinema Lucas Renacci Curbelo (FL) Levin Webster (FL) Smith (WA) Connolly Langevin Sires Luetkemeyer Ribble Davis (CA) Lewis Wenstrup Speier Conyers Larson (CT) Slaughter Lujan Grisham Rice (SC) Davis, Danny Lieu, Ted Westerman Swalwell (CA) Cooper Lawrence Smith (WA) (NM) Rigell DeFazio Lipinski Westmoreland Takai Costa Lee Speier Luja´ n, Ben Ray Roby DeGette Loebsack Takano Courtney Levin Swalwell (CA) (NM) Roe (TN) Whitfield Delaney Lowenthal Thompson (CA) Crowley Lewis Takai Lummis Rogers (AL) Williams DeLauro Lowey Thompson (MS) Cuellar Lieu, Ted Takano MacArthur Rogers (KY) Wilson (SC) DelBene Lynch Titus Cummings Lipinski Thompson (CA) Marchant Rohrabacher Wittman DeSaulnier Maloney, Tonko Curbelo (FL) Loebsack Thompson (MS) Marino Rokita Womack Dingell Carolyn Torres Davis (CA) Lowenthal Titus Massie Rooney (FL) Woodall Doggett Maloney, Sean Tsongas Davis, Danny Lowey Tonko McCarthy Roskam Yoder Dold Matsui DeFazio Lynch Torres McCaul Ross Yoho Doyle, Michael McCollum Van Hollen DeGette Maloney, Tsongas McClintock Rothfus Young (IA) F. McDermott Vargas Delaney Carolyn Van Hollen McHenry Rouzer Young (IN) Duckworth McGovern Veasey DeLauro Maloney, Sean Vargas McKinley Royce Zeldin Edwards McMorris Vela Veasey Ellison Rodgers Vela´ zquez DelBene Matsui NOT VOTING—5 Denham McCollum Vela Engel McNerney Visclosky DeSaulnier McDermott Vela´ zquez Culberson Kaptur Miller (FL) Eshoo Meeks Walz Dingell McGovern Visclosky Deutch Lofgren Farr Meng Wasserman Doggett McNerney Walz Fattah Moore Schultz Doyle, Michael Meeks Wasserman ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Fleming Moulton Waters, Maxine F. Meng Schultz The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Foster Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman Duckworth Moore Waters, Maxine There is 1 minute remaining. Frankel (FL) Nadler Welch Edwards Moulton Watson Coleman Fudge Napolitano Wilson (FL) Ellison Murphy (FL) Welch b 1436 Gabbard Neal Yarmuth Engel Nadler Wilson (FL) Gallego Nolan Zeldin Eshoo Napolitano Yarmuth So the amendment was rejected. Esty Neal Young (AK) The result of the vote was announced NOES—239 Farr Nolan Zinke as above recorded. Abraham Cole Gibbs Aderholt Collins (GA) Gohmert NOES—245 AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MS. CASTOR Allen Collins (NY) Goodlatte Abraham Chabot Flores The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Amash Comstock Gosar Aderholt Chaffetz Forbes business is the demand for a recorded Amodei Conaway Gowdy Allen Clawson (FL) Fortenberry Babin Cook Granger Amash Coffman Foxx vote on the amendment offered by the Barr Costello (PA) Graves (GA) Amodei Cole Franks (AZ) gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. CAS- Barton Cramer Graves (LA) Babin Collins (GA) Frelinghuysen TOR) on which further proceedings were Benishek Crawford Graves (MO) Barletta Collins (NY) Garrett postponed and on which the noes pre- Bilirakis Crenshaw Griffith Barr Comstock Gibbs Bishop (MI) Davis, Rodney Grothman Barton Conaway Gohmert vailed by voice vote. Bishop (UT) Denham Guinta Benishek Cook Goodlatte The Clerk will redesignate the Black Dent Guthrie Beyer Costello (PA) Gosar amendment. Blackburn DeSantis Hanna Bilirakis Cramer Gowdy Blum DesJarlais Hardy Bishop (MI) Crawford Graham The Clerk redesignated the amend- Bost Diaz-Balart Harper Black Crenshaw Granger ment. Boustany Donovan Harris Blackburn Davis, Rodney Graves (GA) RECORDED VOTE Brady (TX) Duffy Hartzler Blum Dent Graves (LA) Brat Duncan (SC) Heck (NV) Bost DeSantis Graves (MO) The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Bridenstine Duncan (TN) Hensarling Boustany DesJarlais Griffith has been demanded. Brooks (AL) Ellmers (NC) Herrera Beutler Brady (TX) Diaz-Balart Grothman A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (IN) Emmer (MN) Hice, Jody B. Brat Dold Guinta Buchanan Esty Hill Bridenstine Donovan Guthrie The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Buck Farenthold Holding Brooks (AL) Duffy Hanna minute vote. Bucshon Fincher Hudson Brooks (IN) Duncan (SC) Hardy The vote was taken by electronic de- Burgess Fitzpatrick Huelskamp Buchanan Duncan (TN) Harper vice, and there were—ayes 188, noes 239, Byrne Fleischmann Huizenga (MI) Buck Ellmers (NC) Harris Calvert Flores Hultgren Bucshon Emmer (MN) Hartzler not voting 6, as follows: Carter (GA) Forbes Hunter Burgess Farenthold Heck (NV) [Roll No. 396] Carter (TX) Fortenberry Hurd (TX) Byrne Fincher Hensarling Chabot Foxx Hurt (VA) Calvert Fitzpatrick Herrera Beutler AYES—188 Chaffetz Franks (AZ) Issa Carter (GA) Fleischmann Hice, Jody B. Adams Ashford Bass Clawson (FL) Frelinghuysen Jenkins (KS) Carter (TX) Fleming Hill Aguilar Barletta Beatty Coffman Garrett Jenkins (WV)

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Loudermilk Poliquin Stutzman Smith (TX) Reichert Kinzinger (IL) Paulsen Cleaver Kaptur Love Pompeo Thompson (PA) Stefanik Rice (NY) Kline Pearce Clyburn Keating Lucas Posey Thornberry Stewart Richmond Knight Perry Cohen Kelly (IL) Luetkemeyer Price, Tom Tiberi Roybal-Allard Labrador Peters Stivers Connolly Kennedy Lummis Ratcliffe Tipton Ruiz LaMalfa Peterson Stutzman Conyers Kildee MacArthur Reed Trott Ruppersberger Lamborn Pittenger Thompson (PA) Cooper Kilmer Marchant Renacci Turner Lance Pitts Thornberry Courtney Kind Rush Marino Ribble Upton Latta Poe (TX) Tiberi Crowley Kirkpatrick Ryan (OH) Massie Rice (SC) Valadao ´ LoBiondo Poliquin Tipton Cummings Kuster Sanchez, Linda McCarthy Rigell Wagner Long Polis Trott Curbelo (FL) Langevin T. McCaul Roby Walberg Loudermilk Pompeo Turner Davis (CA) Larsen (WA) Sanchez, Loretta McClintock Roe (TN) Walden Love Posey Upton Davis, Danny Larson (CT) Sarbanes McHenry Rogers (AL) Walker Lucas Price, Tom Valadao DeFazio Lawrence Schakowsky McKinley Rogers (KY) Walorski Luetkemeyer Ratcliffe Wagner DeGette Lee Schiff McMorris Rohrabacher Walters, Mimi Lujan Grisham Reed Walberg Delaney Levin Schrader Rodgers Rokita Weber (TX) (NM) Renacci Walden DeLauro Lewis Scott (VA) McSally Rooney (FL) Webster (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Ribble Walker DelBene Lieu, Ted Scott, David Meadows Ros-Lehtinen Wenstrup (NM) Rice (SC) Walorski DeSaulnier Lipinski Serrano Meehan Roskam Westerman Lummis Rigell Walters, Mimi Dingell LoBiondo Sewell (AL) Messer Ross Westmoreland MacArthur Roby Weber (TX) Doggett Loebsack Sherman Mica Rothfus Whitfield Marchant Roe (TN) Webster (FL) Dold Lowenthal Sires Miller (MI) Rouzer Williams Marino Rogers (AL) Wenstrup Doyle, Michael Lowey Slaughter Moolenaar Royce Wilson (SC) Massie Rogers (KY) Mooney (WV) Russell Wittman Westerman F. Lujan Grisham Smith (NJ) McCarthy Rohrabacher Duckworth (NM) Mullin Ryan (WI) Womack Westmoreland Smith (WA) McCaul Rokita Edwards Luja´ n, Ben Ray Mulvaney Salmon Woodall Whitfield Speier McClintock Rooney (FL) Ellison (NM) Murphy (PA) Sanford Yoder Williams Swalwell (CA) McHenry Ros-Lehtinen Engel Lynch Neugebauer Scalise Yoho Wilson (SC) Takai McKinley Roskam Eshoo Maloney, Newhouse Schweikert Young (AK) Takano McSally Ross Wittman Esty Carolyn Noem Scott, Austin Young (IA) Thompson (CA) Meadows Rothfus Womack Farr Maloney, Sean Nugent Sensenbrenner Young (IN) Thompson (MS) Meehan Rouzer Woodall Fattah Matsui Nunes Sessions Zeldin Titus Messer Royce Yoder Foster McCollum Olson Shimkus Zinke Mica Russell Yoho Frankel (FL) McDermott Tonko Miller (MI) Ryan (WI) Young (AK) Fudge McGovern Torres NOT VOTING—5 Tsongas Moolenaar Salmon Young (IA) Gabbard McNerney Culberson Duffy Miller (FL) Mooney (WV) Sanford Young (IN) Gallego Meeks Van Hollen Deutch Lofgren Mullin Scalise Zinke Garamendi Meng Vargas Gibson Moore Veasey ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR NOT VOTING—6 Graham Moulton Vela The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Vela´ zquez Clay Deutch Lofgren Grayson Murphy (FL) There is 1 minute remaining. Culberson Johnson (GA) Miller (FL) Green, Al Nadler Visclosky Walz Green, Gene Napolitano 1442 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Grijalva Neal Wasserman b The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Gutie´rrez Nolan Schultz So the amendment was rejected. There is 1 minute remaining. Hahn Norcross Waters, Maxine The result of the vote was announced Hastings O’Rourke Watson Coleman as above recorded. b 1439 Heck (WA) Pallone Welch Herrera Beutler Pascrell Wilson (FL) AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MS. TSONGAS So the amendment was rejected. Higgins Payne Yarmuth The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished The result of the vote was announced NOES—239 business is the demand for a recorded as above recorded. Abraham Comstock Graves (GA) vote on the amendment offered by the AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GRIJALVA Aderholt Conaway Graves (LA) gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Allen Cook Graves (MO) TSONGAS) on which further proceedings business is the demand for a recorded Amash Costa Griffith were postponed and on which the noes Amodei Costello (PA) Grothman vote on the amendment offered by the Babin Cramer Guinta prevailed by voice vote. gentleman from Arizona (Mr. GRI- Barletta Crawford Guthrie The Clerk will redesignate the JALVA) on which further proceedings Barr Crenshaw Hanna amendment. were postponed and on which the noes Barton Cuellar Hardy Benishek Davis, Rodney Harper The Clerk redesignated the amend- prevailed by voice vote. Bilirakis Denham Harris ment. The Clerk will redesignate the Bishop (MI) Dent Hartzler RECORDED VOTE amendment. Bishop (UT) DeSantis Heck (NV) Black DesJarlais Hensarling The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blackburn Diaz-Balart Hice, Jody B. has been demanded. ment. Blum Donovan Hill A recorded vote was ordered. RECORDED VOTE Bost Duncan (SC) Holding Boustany Duncan (TN) Hudson The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brady (TX) Ellmers (NC) Huelskamp minute vote. has been demanded. Brat Emmer (MN) Huizenga (MI) The vote was taken by electronic de- A recorded vote was ordered. Bridenstine Farenthold Hultgren vice, and there were—ayes 191, noes 238, Brooks (AL) Fincher Hunter The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Brooks (IN) Fitzpatrick Hurd (TX) not voting 4, as follows: minute vote. Buchanan Fleischmann Hurt (VA) [Roll No. 398] Buck Fleming Issa The vote was taken by electronic de- AYES—191 vice, and there were—ayes 189, noes 239, Bucshon Flores Jenkins (KS) Burgess Forbes Jenkins (WV) Adams Boyle, Brendan Cartwright not voting 5, as follows: Byrne Fortenberry Johnson (OH) Aguilar F. Castor (FL) [Roll No. 397] Calvert Foxx Johnson, Sam Ashford Brady (PA) Castro (TX) Carter (GA) Franks (AZ) Jolly Brown (FL) Chu, Judy AYES—189 Bass Carter (TX) Frelinghuysen Jones Beatty Brownley (CA) Cicilline Adams Beyer Brown (FL) Chabot Garrett Jordan Becerra Bustos Clark (MA) Aguilar Bishop (GA) Brownley (CA) Chaffetz Gibbs Joyce Bera Butterfield Clarke (NY) Ashford Blumenauer Bustos Clawson (FL) Gohmert Katko Beyer Capps Clay Bass Bonamici Butterfield Coffman Goodlatte Kelly (MS) Capuano Cleaver Bishop (GA) Beatty Boyle, Brendan Capps Cole Gosar Kelly (PA) Ca´ rdenas Clyburn Blumenauer Becerra F. Capuano Collins (GA) Gowdy King (IA) Carney Cohen Bonamici Bera Brady (PA) Ca´ rdenas Collins (NY) Granger King (NY) Carson (IN) Connolly

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.008 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4892 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 Conyers Johnson, E. B. Polis Lucas Poe (TX) Smith (NE) Doggett Kuster Richmond Cooper Kaptur Price (NC) Luetkemeyer Poliquin Smith (NJ) Doyle, Michael Langevin Roybal-Allard Costa Keating Quigley Lummis Pompeo Smith (TX) F. Larsen (WA) Ruiz Courtney Kelly (IL) Rangel MacArthur Posey Stewart Duckworth Larson (CT) Ruppersberger Crowley Kennedy Rice (NY) Marchant Price, Tom Stivers Edwards Lawrence Rush Cuellar Kildee Richmond Marino Ratcliffe Stutzman Ellison Lee Ryan (OH) Cummings Kilmer Roybal-Allard Massie Reed Thompson (PA) Engel Levin Sa´ nchez, Linda Davis (CA) Kind Ruiz McCarthy Reichert Thornberry Eshoo Lewis T. Davis, Danny Kirkpatrick Ruppersberger McCaul Renacci Tiberi Esty Lieu, Ted Sanchez, Loretta DeFazio Kuster Rush McClintock Ribble Tipton Farr Lipinski Sarbanes DeGette Langevin Ryan (OH) McHenry Rice (SC) Trott Fattah Loebsack Schakowsky McKinley Rigell Delaney Larsen (WA) Sa´ nchez, Linda Turner Foster Lowenthal Schiff McMorris Roby DeLauro Larson (CT) T. Upton Frankel (FL) Lowey Schrader DelBene Lawrence Rodgers Roe (TN) Fudge Lynch Scott (VA) Sanchez, Loretta Valadao DeSaulnier Lee McSally Rogers (AL) Gabbard Maloney, Scott, David Sarbanes Wagner Meadows Rogers (KY) Dingell Levin Walberg Gallego Carolyn Serrano Schakowsky Meehan Rohrabacher Doggett Lewis Walden Garamendi Maloney, Sean Sewell (AL) Dold Lieu, Ted Schiff Messer Rokita Graham Matsui Sherman Walker Doyle, Michael Lipinski Schrader Mica Rooney (FL) Grayson McCollum Sires Walorski F. Loebsack Scott (VA) Miller (MI) Ros-Lehtinen Green, Al McDermott Slaughter Walters, Mimi Duckworth Lowenthal Scott, David Moolenaar Roskam Green, Gene McGovern Smith (WA) Weber (TX) Edwards Lowey Serrano Mooney (WV) Ross Grijalva McNerney Speier Webster (FL) Ellison Lujan Grisham Sewell (AL) Mullin Rothfus Gutie´rrez Meeks Swalwell (CA) Engel (NM) Sherman Mulvaney Rouzer Wenstrup Hahn Meng Takai Eshoo Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sinema Murphy (PA) Royce Westerman Hastings Moore Takano Esty (NM) Sires Neugebauer Russell Westmoreland Heck (WA) Moulton Thompson (CA) Farr Lynch Slaughter Newhouse Ryan (WI) Whitfield Higgins Murphy (FL) Thompson (MS) Fattah Maloney, Smith (WA) Noem Salmon Williams Himes Nadler Titus Foster Carolyn Speier Nugent Sanford Wilson (SC) Hinojosa Napolitano Tonko Frankel (FL) Maloney, Sean Stefanik Nunes Scalise Wittman Honda Neal Torres Fudge Matsui Swalwell (CA) Olson Schweikert Womack Hoyer Nolan Tsongas Gabbard McCollum Takai Palazzo Scott, Austin Woodall Huffman Norcross Van Hollen Gallego McDermott Takano Palmer Sensenbrenner Yoder Israel O’Rourke Vargas Garamendi McGovern Thompson (CA) Paulsen Sessions Yoho Jackson Lee Pallone Veasey Graham McNerney Thompson (MS) Pearce Shimkus Young (AK) Jeffries Pascrell Vela Young (IA) ´ Grayson Meeks Titus Perry Shuster Johnson (GA) Payne Velazquez Pittenger Simpson Young (IN) Green, Al Meng Tonko Johnson, E. B. Pelosi Visclosky Green, Gene Moore Pitts Smith (MO) Zinke Kaptur Peters Walz Torres Grijalva Moulton Keating Pingree Wasserman Tsongas Guinta Murphy (FL) NOT VOTING—4 Kelly (IL) Pocan Schultz Van Hollen Gutie´rrez Nadler Culberson Lofgren Kennedy Polis Waters, Maxine Vargas Hahn Napolitano Deutch Miller (FL) Kildee Price (NC) Watson Coleman Hanna Neal Veasey Kilmer Quigley Welch Hastings Nolan Vela ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Kind Rangel Wilson (FL) Heck (WA) Norcross Vela´ zquez The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Kirkpatrick Rice (NY) Yarmuth Visclosky Higgins O’Rourke There is 1 minute remaining. Himes Pallone Walz NOES—251 Wasserman Hinojosa Pascrell 1446 Honda Payne Schultz b Abraham DeSantis Hurd (TX) Hoyer Pelosi Waters, Maxine Aderholt DesJarlais Hurt (VA) So the amendment was rejected. Allen Diaz-Balart Issa Huffman Perlmutter Watson Coleman The result of the vote was announced Israel Peters Welch Amash Dold Jenkins (KS) Jackson Lee Peterson Wilson (FL) as above recorded. Amodei Donovan Jenkins (WV) Ashford Duffy Johnson (OH) Jeffries Pingree Yarmuth AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GRIJALVA Johnson (GA) Pocan Zeldin Babin Duncan (SC) Johnson, Sam The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Barletta Duncan (TN) Jolly NOES—238 business is the demand for a recorded Barr Ellmers (NC) Jones Barton Emmer (MN) Jordan Abraham Cramer Harper vote on the amendment offered by the Benishek Farenthold Joyce Aderholt Crawford Harris gentleman from Arizona (Mr. GRI- Bilirakis Fincher Katko Allen Crenshaw Hartzler JALVA) on which further proceedings Bishop (MI) Fitzpatrick Kelly (MS) Amash Curbelo (FL) Heck (NV) were postponed and on which the noes Bishop (UT) Fleischmann Kelly (PA) Amodei Davis, Rodney Hensarling Black Fleming King (IA) Babin Denham Herrera Beutler prevailed by voice vote. Blackburn Flores King (NY) Barletta Dent Hice, Jody B. The Clerk will redesignate the Blum Forbes Kinzinger (IL) Barr DeSantis Hill amendment. Bost Fortenberry Kline Barton DesJarlais Holding Boustany Foxx Knight Benishek Diaz-Balart Hudson The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brady (TX) Franks (AZ) Labrador Bilirakis Donovan Huelskamp ment. Brat Frelinghuysen LaMalfa Bishop (MI) Duffy Huizenga (MI) RECORDED VOTE Bridenstine Garrett Lamborn Bishop (UT) Duncan (SC) Hultgren Brooks (AL) Gibbs Lance Black Duncan (TN) Hunter The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brooks (IN) Gibson Latta Blackburn Ellmers (NC) Hurd (TX) has been demanded. Buchanan Gohmert LoBiondo Blum Emmer (MN) Hurt (VA) A recorded vote was ordered. Buck Goodlatte Long Bost Farenthold Issa Bucshon Gosar Loudermilk Boustany Fincher Jenkins (KS) The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Burgess Gowdy Love Brady (TX) Fitzpatrick Jenkins (WV) minute vote. Byrne Granger Lucas Brat Fleischmann Johnson (OH) The vote was taken by electronic de- Calvert Graves (GA) Luetkemeyer Bridenstine Fleming Johnson, Sam vice, and there were—ayes 178, noes 251, Carter (GA) Graves (LA) Lujan Grisham Brooks (AL) Flores Jolly Carter (TX) Graves (MO) (NM) Brooks (IN) Forbes Jones not voting 4, as follows: Chabot Griffith Luja´ n, Ben Ray Buchanan Fortenberry Jordan [Roll No. 399] Chaffetz Grothman (NM) Buck Foxx Joyce Clawson (FL) Guinta Lummis Bucshon Franks (AZ) Katko AYES—178 Coffman Guthrie MacArthur Burgess Frelinghuysen Kelly (MS) Adams Butterfield Cohen Cole Hanna Marchant Byrne Garrett Kelly (PA) Aguilar Capps Connolly Collins (GA) Hardy Marino Calvert Gibbs King (IA) Bass Capuano Conyers Collins (NY) Harper Massie Carter (GA) Gibson King (NY) Beatty Ca´ rdenas Cooper Comstock Harris McCarthy Carter (TX) Gohmert Kinzinger (IL) Becerra Carney Courtney Conaway Hartzler McCaul Chabot Goodlatte Kline Bera Carson (IN) Crowley Cook Heck (NV) McClintock Chaffetz Gosar Knight Beyer Cartwright Cummings Costa Hensarling McHenry Clawson (FL) Gowdy Labrador Bishop (GA) Castor (FL) Davis (CA) Costello (PA) Herrera Beutler McKinley Coffman Granger LaMalfa Blumenauer Castro (TX) Davis, Danny Cramer Hice, Jody B. McMorris Cole Graves (GA) Lamborn Bonamici Chu, Judy DeFazio Crawford Hill Rodgers Collins (GA) Graves (LA) Lance Boyle, Brendan Cicilline DeGette Crenshaw Holding McSally Collins (NY) Graves (MO) Latta F. Clark (MA) Delaney Cuellar Hudson Meadows Comstock Griffith LoBiondo Brady (PA) Clarke (NY) DeLauro Curbelo (FL) Huelskamp Meehan Conaway Grothman Long Brown (FL) Clay DelBene Davis, Rodney Huizenga (MI) Messer Cook Guthrie Loudermilk Brownley (CA) Cleaver DeSaulnier Denham Hultgren Mica Costello (PA) Hardy Love Bustos Clyburn Dingell Dent Hunter Miller (MI)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.009 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4893 Moolenaar Roe (TN) Thompson (PA) Foster Lowenthal Rush Olson Ross Turner Mooney (WV) Rogers (AL) Thornberry Frankel (FL) Lowey Ryan (OH) Palazzo Rothfus Upton Mullin Rogers (KY) Tiberi Fudge Lujan Grisham Sa´ nchez, Linda Palmer Rouzer Valadao Mulvaney Rohrabacher Tipton Gabbard (NM) T. Paulsen Royce Wagner Murphy (PA) Rokita Trott Gallego Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sanchez, Loretta Pearce Russell Walberg Neugebauer Rooney (FL) Turner Garamendi (NM) Sarbanes Perry Ryan (WI) Walden Newhouse Ros-Lehtinen Upton Gibson Lynch Schakowsky Peterson Salmon Walker Noem Roskam Valadao Graham Maloney, Schiff Pittenger Sanford Walorski Nugent Ross Pitts Scalise Wagner Grayson Carolyn Schrader Walters, Mimi Nunes Rothfus Green, Al Maloney, Sean Poe (TX) Schweikert Walberg Scott (VA) Weber (TX) Olson Rouzer Grijalva Matsui Poliquin Scott, Austin Walden Scott, David Webster (FL) Palazzo Royce Gutie´rrez McCollum Pompeo Sensenbrenner Walker Serrano Palmer Russell Posey Sessions Wenstrup Walorski Hahn McDermott Paulsen Ryan (WI) Hanna Sewell (AL) Price, Tom Shimkus Westerman Walters, Mimi McGovern Pearce Salmon Hastings McNerney Sherman Ratcliffe Shuster Westmoreland Weber (TX) Perlmutter Sanford Heck (WA) Meeks Sinema Reed Simpson Whitfield Webster (FL) Perry Scalise Higgins Meng Sires Reichert Smith (MO) Williams Wenstrup Peterson Schweikert Himes Moore Slaughter Renacci Smith (NE) Wilson (SC) Westerman Pittenger Scott, Austin Honda Moulton Smith (WA) Ribble Smith (NJ) Wittman Westmoreland Pitts Sensenbrenner Hoyer Murphy (FL) Speier Rice (SC) Smith (TX) Womack Whitfield Poe (TX) Sessions Huffman Nadler Swalwell (CA) Rigell Stefanik Woodall Williams Poliquin Shimkus Israel Napolitano Takai Roby Stewart Yoder Wilson (SC) Pompeo Shuster Jackson Lee Neal Takano Roe (TN) Stivers Yoho Wittman Posey Simpson Jeffries Nolan Thompson (CA) Rogers (AL) Stutzman Young (AK) Womack Price, Tom Sinema Johnson (GA) Norcross Thompson (MS) Rogers (KY) Thompson (PA) Young (IA) Woodall Ratcliffe Smith (MO) Johnson, E. B. O’Rourke Titus Rohrabacher Thornberry Young (IN) Reed Smith (NE) Yoder Rokita Kaptur Pallone Tonko Tiberi Zeldin Reichert Smith (NJ) Yoho Keating Pascrell Rooney (FL) Tipton Torres Zinke Renacci Smith (TX) Young (AK) Kelly (IL) Roskam Trott Payne Tsongas Ribble Stefanik Young (IA) Kennedy Pelosi Van Hollen Rice (SC) Stewart Young (IN) Kildee Perlmutter NOT VOTING—4 Vargas Rigell Stivers Zeldin Kilmer Peters Culberson Lofgren Veasey Roby Stutzman Zinke Kind Pingree Deutch Miller (FL) Kuster Pocan Vela ´ NOT VOTING—4 Langevin Polis Velazquez ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Culberson Lofgren Larsen (WA) Price (NC) Visclosky The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Walz Deutch Miller (FL) Larson (CT) Quigley There is 1 minute remaining. Lawrence Rangel Wasserman ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Schultz Lee Rice (NY) b 1453 The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Levin Richmond Waters, Maxine There is 1 minute remaining. Lewis Ros-Lehtinen Watson Coleman So the amendment was rejected. Lieu, Ted Roybal-Allard Welch The result of the vote was announced 1449 Lipinski Ruiz Wilson (FL) b Loebsack Ruppersberger Yarmuth as above recorded. So the amendment was rejected. AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MS. EDWARDS The result of the vote was announced NOES—243 The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished as above recorded. Abraham Duffy Johnson, Sam business is the demand for a recorded Aderholt Duncan (SC) Jolly AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. POLIS Allen Duncan (TN) Jones vote on the amendment offered by the The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Amash Ellmers (NC) Jordan gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. business is the demand for a recorded Amodei Emmer (MN) Joyce EDWARDS) on which further proceedings Babin Farenthold Katko were postponed and on which the noes vote on the amendment offered by the Barletta Fincher Kelly (MS) gentleman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS) Barr Fitzpatrick Kelly (PA) prevailed by voice vote. on which further proceedings were Barton Fleischmann King (IA) The Clerk will redesignate the postponed and on which the noes pre- Benishek Fleming King (NY) amendment. Bilirakis Flores Kinzinger (IL) vailed by voice vote. Bishop (MI) Forbes Kirkpatrick The Clerk redesignated the amend- The Clerk will redesignate the Bishop (UT) Fortenberry Kline ment. amendment. Black Foxx Knight RECORDED VOTE Blackburn Franks (AZ) Labrador The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blum Frelinghuysen LaMalfa The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote ment. Bost Garrett Lamborn has been demanded. RECORDED VOTE Boustany Gibbs Lance A recorded vote was ordered. Brady (TX) Gohmert Latta The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brat Goodlatte LoBiondo The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- has been demanded. Bridenstine Gosar Long minute vote. A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (AL) Gowdy Loudermilk The vote was taken by electronic de- Brooks (IN) Granger Love vice, and there were—ayes 180, noes 249, The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Buchanan Graves (GA) Lucas minute vote. Buck Graves (LA) Luetkemeyer not voting 4, as follows: The vote was taken by electronic de- Bucshon Graves (MO) Lummis [Roll No. 401] vice, and there were—ayes 186, noes 243, Burgess Green, Gene MacArthur Byrne Griffith Marchant AYES—180 not voting 4, as follows: Calvert Grothman Marino Adams Chu, Judy Doyle, Michael [Roll No. 400] Carter (GA) Guinta Massie Aguilar Cicilline F. Carter (TX) Guthrie McCarthy Bass Clark (MA) Duckworth AYES—186 Chabot Hardy McCaul Beatty Clarke (NY) Edwards Adams Carney Davis (CA) Chaffetz Harper McClintock Becerra Clay Ellison Aguilar Carson (IN) Davis, Danny Clawson (FL) Harris McHenry Bera Cleaver Engel Ashford Cartwright DeFazio Coffman Hartzler McKinley Beyer Clyburn Eshoo Bass Castor (FL) DeGette Cole Heck (NV) McMorris Bishop (GA) Cohen Esty Beatty Castro (TX) Delaney Collins (GA) Hensarling Rodgers Blumenauer Connolly Farr Becerra Chu, Judy DeLauro Collins (NY) Herrera Beutler McSally Bonamici Conyers Fattah Bera Cicilline DelBene Comstock Hice, Jody B. Meadows Boyle, Brendan Cooper Foster Beyer Clark (MA) DeSaulnier Conaway Hill Meehan F. Costa Frankel (FL) Bishop (GA) Clarke (NY) Dingell Cook Hinojosa Messer Brady (PA) Courtney Fudge Blumenauer Clay Doggett Costello (PA) Holding Mica Brown (FL) Crowley Gabbard Bonamici Cleaver Dold Cramer Hudson Miller (MI) Brownley (CA) Cummings Gallego Boyle, Brendan Clyburn Doyle, Michael Crawford Huelskamp Moolenaar Bustos Davis (CA) Garamendi F. Cohen F. Crenshaw Huizenga (MI) Mooney (WV) Butterfield Davis, Danny Graham Brady (PA) Connolly Duckworth Cuellar Hultgren Mullin Capps DeFazio Grayson Brown (FL) Conyers Edwards Davis, Rodney Hunter Mulvaney Capuano DeGette Green, Al Brownley (CA) Cooper Ellison Denham Hurd (TX) Murphy (PA) Ca´ rdenas Delaney Green, Gene Bustos Costa Engel Dent Hurt (VA) Neugebauer Carney DeLauro Grijalva Butterfield Courtney Eshoo DeSantis Issa Newhouse Carson (IN) DelBene Gutie´rrez Capps Crowley Esty DesJarlais Jenkins (KS) Noem Cartwright DeSaulnier Hahn Capuano Cummings Farr Diaz-Balart Jenkins (WV) Nugent Castor (FL) Dingell Hastings Ca´ rdenas Curbelo (FL) Fattah Donovan Johnson (OH) Nunes Castro (TX) Doggett Heck (WA)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.010 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4894 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 Higgins Maloney, Sean Sanchez, Loretta Reed Scott, Austin Walberg Kelly (IL) Moore Schiff Himes Matsui Sarbanes Reichert Sensenbrenner Walden Kennedy Moulton Schrader Hinojosa McCollum Schakowsky Renacci Sessions Walker Kildee Murphy (FL) Scott (VA) Honda McDermott Schiff Ribble Sewell (AL) Walorski Kilmer Nadler Scott, David Hoyer McGovern Schrader Rice (SC) Shimkus Walters, Mimi Kind Napolitano Serrano Huffman McNerney Scott (VA) Rigell Shuster Weber (TX) Kuster Neal Sewell (AL) Israel Meeks Scott, David Roby Simpson Webster (FL) Langevin Nolan Sherman Jackson Lee Meng Serrano Roe (TN) Sinema Wenstrup Larsen (WA) Norcross Sires Rogers (AL) Smith (MO) Jeffries Moore Sherman Westerman Larson (CT) O’Rourke Slaughter Johnson (GA) Moulton Rogers (KY) Smith (NE) Lawrence Pallone Smith (WA) Sires Westmoreland Johnson, E. B. Murphy (FL) Rohrabacher Smith (NJ) Lee Pascrell Speier Slaughter Whitfield Kaptur Nadler Rokita Smith (TX) Levin Payne Swalwell (CA) Smith (WA) Keating Napolitano Rooney (FL) Stefanik Williams Lewis Pelosi Takai Kelly (IL) Neal Speier Ros-Lehtinen Stewart Wilson (SC) Lieu, Ted Perlmutter Takano Kennedy Nolan Swalwell (CA) Roskam Stivers Wittman Lipinski Peters Thompson (CA) Kildee Norcross Takai Ross Stutzman Womack Loebsack Pingree Thompson (MS) Kilmer O’Rourke Takano Rothfus Thompson (PA) Woodall Lowenthal Pocan Titus Kind Pallone Thompson (CA) Rouzer Thornberry Yoder Lowey Polis Tonko Kuster Pascrell Thompson (MS) Royce Tiberi Yoho Lujan Grisham Price (NC) Torres Langevin Payne Titus Russell Tipton Young (AK) (NM) Quigley Tsongas Larsen (WA) Pelosi Tonko Ryan (WI) Trott Young (IA) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Rangel Van Hollen Larson (CT) Perlmutter Torres Salmon Turner Young (IN) (NM) Rice (NY) Vargas Lawrence Peters Tsongas Sanford Upton Zeldin Lynch Richmond Veasey Lee Pingree Van Hollen Scalise Valadao Zinke Maloney, Roybal-Allard Vela´ zquez Levin Pocan Vargas Schweikert Wagner Carolyn Ruiz Visclosky Lewis Polis Maloney, Sean Ruppersberger Walz Veasey NOT VOTING—4 Lieu, Ted Price (NC) Vela Matsui Rush Wasserman Lipinski Quigley Vela´ zquez Culberson Lofgren McCollum Ryan (OH) Schultz Loebsack Rangel McDermott Sa´ nchez, Linda Waters, Maxine Visclosky Deutch Miller (FL) Lowenthal Rice (NY) McGovern T. Watson Coleman Walz Lowey Richmond ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR McNerney Sanchez, Loretta Welch Lujan Grisham Roybal-Allard Wasserman Meeks Sarbanes Wilson (FL) Schultz The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). (NM) Ruiz There is 1 minute remaining. Meng Schakowsky Yarmuth Luja´ n, Ben Ray Ruppersberger Waters, Maxine Watson Coleman (NM) Rush 1456 NOES—250 Lynch Ryan (OH) Welch b Maloney, Sa´ nchez, Linda Wilson (FL) So the amendment was rejected. Abraham Fitzpatrick Latta Carolyn T. Yarmuth Aderholt Fleischmann LoBiondo The result of the vote was announced Allen Fleming Long NOES—249 as above recorded. Amash Flores Loudermilk Amodei Forbes Love Abraham Ellmers (NC) King (NY) AMENDMENT NO. 13 OFFERED BY MRS. LAWRENCE Ashford Fortenberry Lucas Aderholt Emmer (MN) Kinzinger (IL) The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Babin Foxx Luetkemeyer Allen Farenthold Kirkpatrick business is the demand for a recorded Barletta Franks (AZ) Lummis Amash Fincher Kline Barr Frelinghuysen MacArthur Amodei Fitzpatrick Knight vote on the amendment offered by the Barton Garrett Marchant Ashford Fleischmann Labrador gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Benishek Gibbs Marino Babin Fleming LaMalfa LAWRENCE) on which further pro- Bilirakis Gohmert Massie Barletta Flores Lamborn ceedings were postponed and on which Bishop (GA) Goodlatte McCarthy Barr Forbes Lance Bishop (MI) Gosar McCaul Barton Fortenberry Latta the noes prevailed by voice vote. Bishop (UT) Gowdy McClintock Benishek Foxx LoBiondo The Clerk will redesignate the Black Granger McHenry Bilirakis Franks (AZ) Long amendment. Blackburn Graves (GA) McKinley Bishop (MI) Frelinghuysen Loudermilk Blum Graves (LA) McMorris Bishop (UT) Garrett Love The Clerk redesignated the amend- Bost Graves (MO) Rodgers Black Gibbs Lucas ment. Boustany Green, Gene McSally Blackburn Gibson Luetkemeyer RECORDED VOTE Brady (TX) Griffith Meadows Blum Gohmert Lummis Brat Grothman Meehan Bost Goodlatte MacArthur The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Bridenstine Guinta Messer Boustany Gosar Marchant has been demanded. Brooks (AL) Guthrie Mica Brady (TX) Gowdy Marino A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (IN) Hanna Miller (MI) Brat Granger Massie Buchanan Hardy Moolenaar Bridenstine Graves (GA) McCarthy The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Buck Harper Mooney (WV) Brooks (AL) Graves (LA) McCaul minute vote. Bucshon Harris Mullin Brooks (IN) Graves (MO) McClintock The vote was taken by electronic de- Burgess Hartzler Mulvaney Buchanan Griffith McHenry vice, and there were—ayes 179, noes 250, Byrne Heck (NV) Murphy (PA) Buck Grothman McKinley Calvert Hensarling Neugebauer Bucshon Guinta McMorris not voting 4, as follows: Carter (GA) Herrera Beutler Newhouse Burgess Guthrie Rodgers [Roll No. 402] Carter (TX) Hice, Jody B. Noem Byrne Hanna McSally Chabot Hill Nugent Calvert Hardy Meadows AYES—179 Chaffetz Holding Nunes Carter (GA) Harper Meehan Adams Cleaver Fattah Clawson (FL) Hudson Olson Carter (TX) Harris Messer Aguilar Clyburn Foster Coffman Huelskamp Palazzo Chabot Hartzler Mica Bass Cohen Frankel (FL) Cole Huizenga (MI) Palmer Chaffetz Heck (NV) Miller (MI) Beatty Connolly Fudge Collins (GA) Hultgren Paulsen Clawson (FL) Hensarling Moolenaar Becerra Conyers Gabbard Collins (NY) Hunter Pearce Coffman Herrera Beutler Mooney (WV) Bera Cooper Gallego Comstock Hurd (TX) Perry Cole Hice, Jody B. Mullin Beyer Costa Garamendi Conaway Hurt (VA) Peterson Collins (GA) Hill Mulvaney Blumenauer Courtney Gibson Cook Issa Pittenger Collins (NY) Holding Murphy (PA) Bonamici Crowley Graham Costello (PA) Jenkins (KS) Pitts Comstock Hudson Neugebauer Boyle, Brendan Cummings Grayson Cramer Jenkins (WV) Poe (TX) Conaway Huelskamp Newhouse F. Davis (CA) Green, Al Crawford Johnson (OH) Poliquin Cook Huizenga (MI) Noem Brady (PA) Davis, Danny Grijalva Crenshaw Johnson, Sam Pompeo Costello (PA) Hultgren Nugent Brown (FL) DeFazio Gutie´rrez Cuellar Jolly Posey Cramer Hunter Nunes Brownley (CA) DeGette Hahn Curbelo (FL) Jones Price, Tom Crawford Hurd (TX) Olson Bustos Delaney Hastings Davis, Rodney Jordan Ratcliffe Crenshaw Hurt (VA) Palazzo Butterfield DeLauro Heck (WA) Denham Joyce Reed Cuellar Issa Palmer Capps DelBene Higgins Dent Katko Reichert Curbelo (FL) Jenkins (KS) Paulsen Capuano DeSaulnier Himes DeSantis Kelly (MS) Renacci Davis, Rodney Jenkins (WV) Pearce Ca´ rdenas Dingell Hinojosa DesJarlais Kelly (PA) Ribble Denham Johnson (OH) Perry Carney Doggett Honda Diaz-Balart King (IA) Rice (SC) Dent Johnson, Sam Peterson Carson (IN) Doyle, Michael Hoyer Dold King (NY) Rigell DeSantis Jolly Pittenger Cartwright F. Huffman Donovan Kinzinger (IL) Roby DesJarlais Jones Pitts Castor (FL) Duckworth Israel Duffy Kirkpatrick Roe (TN) Diaz-Balart Jordan Poe (TX) Castro (TX) Edwards Jackson Lee Duncan (SC) Kline Rogers (AL) Dold Joyce Poliquin Chu, Judy Ellison Jeffries Duncan (TN) Knight Rogers (KY) Donovan Katko Pompeo Cicilline Engel Johnson (GA) Ellmers (NC) Labrador Rohrabacher Duffy Kelly (MS) Posey Clark (MA) Eshoo Johnson, E. B. Emmer (MN) LaMalfa Rokita Duncan (SC) Kelly (PA) Price, Tom Clarke (NY) Esty Kaptur Farenthold Lamborn Rooney (FL) Duncan (TN) King (IA) Ratcliffe Clay Farr Keating Fincher Lance Ros-Lehtinen

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.012 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4895 Roskam Smith (NJ) Walters, Mimi Larsen (WA) Nolan Sherman Schrader Thompson (PA) Wenstrup Ross Smith (TX) Weber (TX) Larson (CT) Norcross Sinema Schweikert Thornberry Westerman Rothfus Stefanik Webster (FL) Lawrence O’Rourke Sires Scott, Austin Tiberi Westmoreland Rouzer Stewart Wenstrup Lee Pallone Slaughter Sensenbrenner Tipton Whitfield Royce Stivers Westerman Levin Pascrell Smith (WA) Sessions Trott Williams Russell Stutzman Westmoreland Lewis Payne Speier Shimkus Turner Wilson (SC) Ryan (WI) Thompson (PA) Whitfield Lieu, Ted Pelosi Swalwell (CA) Shuster Upton Wittman Salmon Thornberry Williams Lipinski Perlmutter Takai Simpson Valadao Womack Sanford Tiberi Smith (MO) Wagner Wilson (SC) Loebsack Peters Takano Woodall Scalise Tipton Lowenthal Pingree Smith (NE) Walberg Wittman Thompson (CA) Yoder Schweikert Trott Lowey Pocan Smith (NJ) Walden Womack Thompson (MS) Yoho Scott, Austin Turner Lujan Grisham Polis Smith (TX) Walker Woodall Sensenbrenner Upton (NM) Price (NC) Titus Stefanik Walorski Young (AK) Sessions Valadao Yoder Luja´ n, Ben Ray Quigley Tonko Stewart Walters, Mimi Young (IA) Shimkus Vela Yoho (NM) Rangel Torres Stivers Weber (TX) Young (IN) Shuster Wagner Young (AK) Lynch Ribble Tsongas Stutzman Webster (FL) Simpson Walberg Young (IA) Maloney, Rice (NY) Van Hollen Sinema Walden Young (IN) Carolyn Richmond Vargas NOT VOTING—4 Smith (MO) Walker Zeldin Maloney, Sean Roybal-Allard Veasey Culberson Lofgren Smith (NE) Walorski Zinke Matsui Ruiz Vela Deutch Miller (FL) McCollum Ruppersberger Vela´ zquez NOT VOTING—4 McDermott Rush Visclosky ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Culberson Lofgren McGovern Ryan (OH) Walz The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Deutch Miller (FL) McNerney Sa´ nchez, Linda Wasserman There is 1 minute remaining. Meehan T. Schultz ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Meeks Sanchez, Loretta Waters, Maxine b 1503 The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Meng Sarbanes Watson Coleman Moore There is 1 minute remaining. Schakowsky Welch So the amendment was rejected. Moulton Schiff Wilson (FL) The result of the vote was announced Murphy (FL) Scott (VA) 1459 Yarmuth b Nadler Scott, David as above recorded. Napolitano Serrano Zeldin So the amendment was rejected. Zinke AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MS. TSONGAS The result of the vote was announced Neal Sewell (AL) The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished as above recorded. NOES—237 business is the demand for a recorded AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. POLIS Abraham Foxx MacArthur vote on the amendment offered by the The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Aderholt Franks (AZ) Marchant gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. business is the demand for a recorded Allen Frelinghuysen Marino TSONGAS) on which further proceedings Amash Garrett Massie were postponed and on which the noes vote on the amendment offered by the Amodei Gibbs McCarthy gentleman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS) Babin Gohmert McCaul prevailed by voice vote. on which further proceedings were Barletta Goodlatte McClintock The Clerk will redesignate the postponed and on which the noes pre- Barr Gosar McHenry amendment. Barton Gowdy McKinley vailed by voice vote. Benishek Granger McMorris The Clerk redesignated the amend- The Clerk will redesignate the Bilirakis Graves (GA) Rodgers ment. amendment. Bishop (MI) Graves (LA) McSally RECORDED VOTE Bishop (UT) Graves (MO) Meadows The Clerk redesignated the amend- Black Griffith Messer The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote ment. Blackburn Grothman Mica has been demanded. RECORDED VOTE Blum Guinta Miller (MI) A recorded vote was ordered. Bost Guthrie Moolenaar The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Boustany Hanna Mooney (WV) The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- has been demanded. Brady (TX) Hardy Mullin minute vote. A recorded vote was ordered. Brat Harper Mulvaney The vote was taken by electronic de- Bridenstine Harris Murphy (PA) vice, and there were—ayes 186, noes 243, The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Brooks (AL) Hartzler Neugebauer minute vote. Brooks (IN) Heck (NV) Newhouse not voting 4, as follows: The vote was taken by electronic de- Buchanan Hensarling Noem [Roll No. 404] vice, and there were—ayes 192, noes 237, Buck Herrera Beutler Nugent Bucshon Hice, Jody B. Nunes AYES—186 not voting 4, as follows: Burgess Hill Olson Adams Costello (PA) Gutie´rrez [Roll No. 403] Byrne Holding Palazzo Aguilar Courtney Hahn Calvert Hudson Palmer Bass Crowley Hanna AYES—192 Carter (GA) Huelskamp Paulsen Beatty Cummings Hastings Adams Connolly Gabbard Carter (TX) Huizenga (MI) Pearce Becerra Curbelo (FL) Heck (WA) Aguilar Conyers Gallego Chabot Hultgren Perry Bera Davis (CA) Higgins Ashford Cooper Garamendi Chaffetz Hunter Peterson Beyer Davis, Danny Himes Bass Costa Gibson Clawson (FL) Hurd (TX) Pittenger Bishop (GA) DeFazio Hinojosa Beatty Costello (PA) Graham Coffman Hurt (VA) Pitts Blumenauer DeGette Honda Becerra Courtney Grayson Cole Issa Poe (TX) Bonamici Delaney Hoyer Bera Crowley Green, Al Collins (GA) Jenkins (KS) Poliquin Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Huffman Beyer Cuellar Green, Gene Collins (NY) Jenkins (WV) Pompeo F. DelBene Israel Bishop (GA) Cummings Grijalva Comstock Johnson (OH) Posey Brady (PA) DeSaulnier Jackson Lee Blumenauer Davis (CA) Gutie´rrez Conaway Johnson, Sam Price, Tom Brown (FL) Dingell Jeffries Bonamici Davis, Danny Hahn Cook Jolly Ratcliffe Brownley (CA) Doggett Johnson (GA) Boyle, Brendan DeFazio Hastings Cramer Jones Reed Buchanan Dold Johnson, E. B. F. DeGette Heck (WA) Crawford Jordan Reichert Bustos Doyle, Michael Kaptur Brady (PA) Delaney Higgins Crenshaw Joyce Renacci Butterfield F. Katko Brown (FL) DeLauro Himes Curbelo (FL) Katko Rice (SC) Capps Duckworth Keating Brownley (CA) DelBene Hinojosa Davis, Rodney Kelly (MS) Rigell Capuano Edwards Kelly (IL) Bustos DeSaulnier Honda Denham Kelly (PA) Roby Ca´ rdenas Ellison Kennedy Butterfield Dingell Hoyer Dent King (IA) Roe (TN) Carney Engel Kildee Capps Doggett Huffman DeSantis King (NY) Rogers (AL) Carson (IN) Eshoo Kilmer Capuano Doyle, Michael Israel DesJarlais Kinzinger (IL) Rogers (KY) Cartwright Esty Kuster Ca´ rdenas F. Jackson Lee Diaz-Balart Kline Rohrabacher Castor (FL) Farr Langevin Carney Duckworth Jeffries Dold Knight Rokita Castro (TX) Fattah Larsen (WA) Carson (IN) Edwards Johnson (GA) Donovan Labrador Rooney (FL) Chu, Judy Fitzpatrick Larson (CT) Cartwright Ellison Johnson, E. B. Duffy LaMalfa Ros-Lehtinen Cicilline Foster Lawrence Castor (FL) Engel Kaptur Duncan (SC) Lamborn Roskam Clark (MA) Frankel (FL) Lee Castro (TX) Eshoo Keating Duncan (TN) Lance Ross Clarke (NY) Fudge Levin Chu, Judy Esty Kelly (IL) Ellmers (NC) Latta Rothfus Clay Gabbard Lewis Cicilline Farr Kennedy Emmer (MN) LoBiondo Rouzer Cleaver Gallego Lieu, Ted Clark (MA) Fattah Kildee Farenthold Long Royce Clyburn Garamendi Lipinski Clarke (NY) Fitzpatrick Kilmer Fincher Loudermilk Russell Cohen Graham Loebsack Clay Fortenberry Kind Fleischmann Love Ryan (WI) Connolly Grayson Lowenthal Cleaver Foster Kirkpatrick Fleming Lucas Salmon Conyers Green, Al Lowey Clyburn Frankel (FL) Kuster Flores Luetkemeyer Sanford Cooper Green, Gene Lujan Grisham Cohen Fudge Langevin Forbes Lummis Scalise Costa Grijalva (NM)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:56 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.013 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 Luja´ n, Ben Ray Peters Sires Thompson (PA) Walorski Wittman Loebsack Payne Sinema (NM) Pingree Slaughter Thornberry Walters, Mimi Womack Lowenthal Pelosi Sires Lynch Pocan Smith (WA) Tiberi Walz Woodall Lowey Perlmutter Slaughter Maloney, Polis Speier Tipton Weber (TX) Yoder Lujan Grisham Peters Smith (WA) Carolyn Price (NC) Swalwell (CA) Trott Webster (FL) Yoho (NM) Pingree Speier Maloney, Sean Quigley Takai Turner Welch Young (AK) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Pocan Swalwell (CA) Matsui Rangel Takano Upton Wenstrup Young (IA) (NM) Polis Takai McCollum Rice (NY) Thompson (CA) Valadao Westerman Young (IN) Lynch Price (NC) Takano Wagner Westmoreland McDermott Richmond Thompson (MS) Zeldin Maloney, Quigley Thompson (MS) McGovern Ros-Lehtinen Walberg Whitfield Carolyn Rangel Titus Zinke Titus McNerney Roybal-Allard Walden Williams Maloney, Sean Rice (NY) Tonko Tonko Meehan Ruiz Walker Wilson (SC) Matsui Richmond Torres Meeks Ruppersberger McCollum Roskam Torres Meng Rush Tsongas NOT VOTING—4 McDermott Roybal-Allard Tsongas Moore Ryan (OH) Van Hollen Culberson Lofgren McGovern Ruiz Van Hollen Moulton Sa´ nchez, Linda Vargas Deutch Miller (FL) McNerney Ruppersberger Vargas Murphy (FL) T. Veasey Meeks Rush Veasey Nadler Sanchez, Loretta Vela ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Meng Ryan (OH) Vela Napolitano Sarbanes Vela´ zquez The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Moore Sa´ nchez, Linda Vela´ zquez Neal Schakowsky Visclosky There is 1 minute remaining. Moulton T. Visclosky Norcross Schiff Wasserman Murphy (FL) Sanchez, Loretta Wasserman O’Rourke Scott (VA) Schultz Nadler Sarbanes Schultz Pallone Scott, David Waters, Maxine b 1506 Napolitano Schakowsky Waters, Maxine Pascrell Serrano Watson Coleman Neal Schiff Watson Coleman Payne Sewell (AL) Wilson (FL) So the amendment was rejected. Nolan Scott (VA) Welch Pelosi Sherman Yarmuth The result of the vote was announced Norcross Scott, David Whitfield Perlmutter Sinema as above recorded. O’Rourke Serrano Wilson (FL) Pallone Sewell (AL) Yarmuth NOES—243 Stated for: Pascrell Sherman Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chair, I would like to in- Abraham Gohmert McSally NOES—244 Aderholt Goodlatte Meadows clude an extension of the record indicating Allen Gosar Messer that I inadvertently voted ‘‘no’’ on rollcall 404. Abraham Garrett McCaul Amash Gowdy Mica I intended to vote ‘‘aye.’’ Aderholt Gibbs McClintock Amodei Granger Miller (MI) Allen Gibson McHenry Ashford Graves (GA) Moolenaar AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GRIJALVA Amash Gohmert McKinley Babin Graves (LA) Mooney (WV) The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Amodei Goodlatte McMorris Barletta Graves (MO) Mullin business is the demand for a recorded Ashford Gosar Rodgers Barr Griffith Mulvaney Babin Gowdy McSally Barton Grothman Murphy (PA) vote on the amendment offered by the Barletta Graham Meadows Benishek Guinta Neugebauer gentleman from Arizona (Mr. GRI- Barr Granger Meehan Bilirakis Guthrie Newhouse JALVA) on which further proceedings Barton Graves (GA) Messer Bishop (MI) Hardy Noem were postponed and on which the noes Benishek Graves (LA) Mica Bishop (UT) Harper Nolan Bilirakis Graves (MO) Miller (MI) Black Harris Nugent prevailed by voice vote. Bishop (MI) Green, Gene Moolenaar Blackburn Hartzler Nunes The Clerk will redesignate the Bishop (UT) Griffith Mooney (WV) Blum Heck (NV) Olson amendment. Black Grothman Mullin Bost Hensarling Palazzo Blackburn Guinta Mulvaney Boustany Herrera Beutler Palmer The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blum Guthrie Murphy (PA) Brady (TX) Hice, Jody B. Paulsen ment. Bost Hanna Neugebauer Brat Hill Pearce RECORDED VOTE Boustany Hardy Newhouse Bridenstine Holding Perry Brady (TX) Harper Noem Brooks (AL) Hudson Peterson The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brat Harris Nugent Brooks (IN) Huelskamp Pittenger has been demanded. Bridenstine Hartzler Nunes Buck Huizenga (MI) Pitts A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (AL) Heck (NV) Olson Bucshon Hultgren Poe (TX) Brooks (IN) Hensarling Palazzo Burgess Hunter Poliquin The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Buck Herrera Beutler Palmer Byrne Hurd (TX) Pompeo minute vote. Bucshon Hice, Jody B. Paulsen Calvert Hurt (VA) Posey The vote was taken by electronic de- Burgess Hill Pearce Carter (GA) Issa Price, Tom vice, and there were—ayes 183, noes 244, Byrne Holding Perry Carter (TX) Jenkins (KS) Ratcliffe Calvert Hudson Peterson Chabot Jenkins (WV) Reed not voting 6, as follows: Carter (GA) Huelskamp Pittenger Chaffetz Johnson (OH) Reichert [Roll No. 405] Carter (TX) Huizenga (MI) Pitts Clawson (FL) Johnson, Sam Renacci Chabot Hultgren Poe (TX) Coffman Jolly Ribble AYES—183 Chaffetz Hunter Poliquin Cole Jones Rice (SC) Adams Conyers Grijalva Clawson (FL) Hurd (TX) Pompeo Collins (GA) Jordan Rigell Aguilar Courtney Gutie´rrez Coffman Hurt (VA) Posey Collins (NY) Joyce Roby Bass Crowley Hahn Cole Issa Price, Tom Comstock Kelly (MS) Roe (TN) Beatty Cuellar Hastings Collins (GA) Jenkins (KS) Ratcliffe Conaway Kelly (PA) Rogers (AL) Becerra Cummings Heck (WA) Collins (NY) Jenkins (WV) Reed Cook Kind Rogers (KY) Bera Davis (CA) Higgins Comstock Johnson (OH) Reichert Cramer King (IA) Rohrabacher Beyer Davis, Danny Himes Conaway Johnson, Sam Renacci Crawford King (NY) Rokita Bishop (GA) DeFazio Hinojosa Cook Jolly Ribble Crenshaw Kinzinger (IL) Rooney (FL) Blumenauer DeGette Honda Cooper Jones Rice (SC) Cuellar Kirkpatrick Roskam Bonamici Delaney Hoyer Costa Jordan Rigell Davis, Rodney Kline Ross Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Huffman Costello (PA) Joyce Roby Denham Knight Rothfus F. DelBene Israel Cramer Katko Roe (TN) Dent Labrador Rouzer Brady (PA) DeSaulnier Jackson Lee Crawford Kelly (MS) Rogers (AL) DeSantis LaMalfa Royce Brown (FL) Dingell Jeffries Crenshaw Kelly (PA) Rogers (KY) DesJarlais Lamborn Russell Brownley (CA) Doggett Johnson (GA) Curbelo (FL) King (IA) Rohrabacher Diaz-Balart Lance Ryan (WI) Buchanan Dold Johnson, E. B. Davis, Rodney Kinzinger (IL) Rokita Donovan Latta Salmon Bustos Donovan Kaptur Dent Kline Rooney (FL) Duffy LoBiondo Sanford Butterfield Doyle, Michael Keating DeSantis Knight Ros-Lehtinen Duncan (SC) Long Scalise Capps F. Kelly (IL) DesJarlais Labrador Ross Duncan (TN) Loudermilk Schrader Capuano Duckworth Kennedy Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Rothfus Ellmers (NC) Love Schweikert Ca´ rdenas Edwards Kildee Duffy Lamborn Rouzer Emmer (MN) Lucas Scott, Austin Carney Ellison Kilmer Duncan (TN) Lance Royce Farenthold Luetkemeyer Sensenbrenner Carson (IN) Engel Kind Ellmers (NC) Latta Russell Fincher Lummis Sessions Cartwright Eshoo King (NY) Emmer (MN) LoBiondo Ryan (WI) Fleischmann MacArthur Shimkus Castor (FL) Esty Kirkpatrick Farenthold Long Salmon Fleming Marchant Shuster Castro (TX) Farr Kuster Fincher Loudermilk Sanford Flores Marino Simpson Chu, Judy Fattah Langevin Fitzpatrick Love Scalise Forbes Massie Smith (MO) Cicilline Foster Larsen (WA) Fleischmann Lucas Schrader Fortenberry McCarthy Smith (NE) Clark (MA) Frankel (FL) Larson (CT) Fleming Luetkemeyer Schweikert Foxx McCaul Smith (NJ) Clarke (NY) Fudge Lawrence Flores Lummis Scott, Austin Franks (AZ) McClintock Smith (TX) Clay Gabbard Lee Forbes MacArthur Sensenbrenner Frelinghuysen McHenry Stefanik Cleaver Gallego Levin Fortenberry Marchant Sessions Garrett McKinley Stewart Clyburn Garamendi Lewis Foxx Marino Shimkus Gibbs McMorris Stivers Cohen Grayson Lieu, Ted Franks (AZ) Massie Shuster Gibson Rodgers Stutzman Connolly Green, Al Lipinski Frelinghuysen McCarthy Simpson

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Posey Schweikert Walden Smith (NJ) Valadao Wilson (SC) Gutie´rrez Carolyn Sanchez, Loretta Price, Tom Scott, Austin Walker Smith (TX) Wagner Wittman Hahn Maloney, Sean Sarbanes Ratcliffe Sensenbrenner Walorski Stefanik Walberg Womack Hastings Matsui Schakowsky Reed Sessions Walters, Mimi Stewart Walden Woodall Heck (WA) McCollum Schiff Renacci Shimkus Weber (TX) Stivers Walker Yoder Higgins McDermott Schrader Ribble Shuster Webster (FL) Stutzman Walorski Yoho Himes McGovern Scott (VA) Rice (SC) Simpson Wenstrup Thompson (CA) Walters, Mimi Rigell Sinema Young (AK) Hinojosa McNerney Scott, David Westerman Thompson (PA) Walz Honda Meehan Roby Smith (MO) Young (IA) Serrano Westmoreland Thornberry Weber (TX) Hoyer Meeks Roe (TN) Smith (NE) Young (IN) Sewell (AL) Whitfield Tiberi Webster (FL) Huffman Meng Rogers (AL) Smith (NJ) Zeldin Sherman Tipton Wenstrup Israel Moore Rogers (KY) Smith (TX) Williams Trott Westerman Zinke Jackson Lee Moulton Sires Rohrabacher Stewart Wilson (SC) Jeffries Murphy (FL) Slaughter Rokita Stivers Wittman NOT VOTING—6 Johnson (GA) Nadler Smith (WA) Rooney (FL) Stutzman Womack Culberson Deutch Lofgren Johnson, E. B. Napolitano Speier Roskam Thompson (PA) Woodall Denham Duncan (SC) Miller (FL) Kaptur Neal Stefanik Ross Thornberry Yoder Katko Nolan Swalwell (CA) Rothfus Tiberi Yoho ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Keating Norcross Takai Rouzer Tipton Young (AK) The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Kelly (IL) O’Rourke Takano Royce Trott Young (IA) There is 1 minute remaining. Kennedy Pallone Thompson (CA) Russell Turner Young (IN) Kildee Pascrell Thompson (MS) Ryan (WI) Upton Zeldin Kilmer Payne Titus Salmon Valadao Zinke b 1509 Kind Pelosi Tonko Sanford Wagner Kuster Perlmutter So the amendment was rejected. Torres NOT VOTING—7 Langevin Peters Tsongas The result of the vote was announced Larsen (WA) Pingree Van Hollen Carson (IN) Deutch Miller (FL) Larson (CT) as above recorded. Pocan Vargas Carter (GA) Harris Lawrence Polis Veasey Culberson Lofgren Stated against: Lee Price (NC) Vela Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, during Levin Quigley ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR ´ Lewis Rangel Velazquez rollcall vote No. 405, I mistakenly voted ‘‘yes’’ Visclosky The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Lieu, Ted Reichert There is 1 minute remaining. when I should have voted ‘‘no.’’ Lipinski Rice (NY) Walz Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, during rollcall vote Loebsack Richmond Wasserman No. 405 on H.R. 2822, I mistakenly recorded Lowenthal Ros-Lehtinen Schultz b 1512 my vote as ‘‘yea’’ when I should have voted Lowey Roybal-Allard Waters, Maxine Lujan Grisham Ruiz Watson Coleman So the amendment was rejected. ‘‘nay.’’ (NM) Ruppersberger Welch The result of the vote was announced Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, during Luja´ n, Ben Ray Rush Wilson (FL) as above recorded. rollcall vote No. 405 on H.R. 2822, I mistak- (NM) Ryan (OH) Yarmuth Stated for: enly recorded my vote as ‘‘yea’’ when I should NOES—237 Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Chair, on roll- have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Abraham Ellmers (NC) King (IA) call No. 406, had I been present, I would have AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. BEYER Aderholt Emmer (MN) King (NY) voted ‘‘yes.’’ The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Allen Farenthold Kinzinger (IL) Stated against: business is the demand for a recorded Amash Fincher Kirkpatrick Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, on roll- Amodei Fitzpatrick Kline vote on the amendment offered by the Babin Fleischmann Knight call No. 406 I was unavoidably detained. Had gentleman from Virginia (Mr. BEYER) Barletta Fleming Labrador I been present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ Barr Flores LaMalfa on which further proceedings were AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MRS. postponed and on which the noes pre- Barton Forbes Lamborn Benishek Fortenberry Lance BLACKBURN vailed by voice vote. Bilirakis Foxx Latta The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished The Clerk will redesignate the Bishop (MI) Franks (AZ) LoBiondo business is the demand for a recorded amendment. Bishop (UT) Frelinghuysen Long Black Garrett Loudermilk vote on the amendment offered by the The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blackburn Gibbs Love gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. ment. Blum Gohmert Lucas BLACKBURN) on which further pro- RECORDED VOTE Bost Goodlatte Luetkemeyer ceedings were postponed and on which Boustany Gosar Lummis The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brady (TX) Gowdy MacArthur the noes prevailed by voice vote. has been demanded. Brat Granger Marchant The Clerk will redesignate the A recorded vote was ordered. Bridenstine Graves (GA) Marino amendment. Brooks (AL) Graves (LA) Massie The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Brooks (IN) Graves (MO) McCarthy The Clerk redesignated the amend- minute vote. Buchanan Griffith McCaul ment. The vote was taken by electronic de- Buck Grothman McClintock RECORDED VOTE vice, and there were—ayes 189, noes 237, Bucshon Guinta McHenry Burgess Guthrie McKinley The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote not voting 7, as follows: Byrne Hanna McMorris has been demanded. [Roll No. 406] Calvert Hardy Rodgers A recorded vote was ordered. Carter (TX) Harper McSally AYES—189 Chabot Hartzler Meadows The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Adams Castro (TX) DeSaulnier Chaffetz Heck (NV) Messer minute vote. Aguilar Chu, Judy Dingell Clawson (FL) Hensarling Mica The vote was taken by electronic de- Ashford Cicilline Doggett Coffman Herrera Beutler Miller (MI) vice, and there were—ayes 168, noes 258, Bass Clark (MA) Dold Cole Hice, Jody B. Moolenaar Beatty Clarke (NY) Doyle, Michael Collins (GA) Hill Mooney (WV) not voting 7, as follows: Becerra Clay F. Collins (NY) Holding Mullin [Roll No. 407] Bera Cleaver Duckworth Comstock Hudson Mulvaney Beyer Clyburn Edwards Conaway Huelskamp Murphy (PA) AYES—168 Bishop (GA) Cohen Ellison Cook Huizenga (MI) Neugebauer Allen Buck DeSantis Blumenauer Connolly Engel Costello (PA) Hultgren Newhouse Amash Bucshon DesJarlais Bonamici Conyers Eshoo Cramer Hunter Noem Babin Burgess Duncan (SC) Boyle, Brendan Cooper Esty Crawford Hurd (TX) Nugent Barr Byrne Duncan (TN) F. Costa Farr Crenshaw Hurt (VA) Nunes Barton Carter (GA) Farenthold Brady (PA) Courtney Fattah Cuellar Issa Olson Bilirakis Carter (TX) Fincher Brown (FL) Crowley Foster Davis, Rodney Jenkins (KS) Palazzo Bishop (MI) Chabot Fleischmann Brownley (CA) Cummings Frankel (FL) Denham Jenkins (WV) Palmer Black Chaffetz Fleming Bustos Curbelo (FL) Fudge Dent Johnson (OH) Paulsen Blackburn Clawson (FL) Flores Butterfield Davis (CA) Gabbard DeSantis Johnson, Sam Pearce Blum Coffman Forbes Capps Davis, Danny Gallego DesJarlais Jolly Perry Brady (TX) Collins (GA) Foxx Capuano DeFazio Garamendi Diaz-Balart Jones Peterson Brat Collins (NY) Franks (AZ) Ca´ rdenas DeGette Gibson Donovan Jordan Pittenger Bridenstine Conaway Garrett Carney Delaney Graham Duffy Joyce Pitts Brooks (AL) Cook Gibbs Cartwright DeLauro Grayson Duncan (SC) Kelly (MS) Poe (TX) Brooks (IN) Cooper Gohmert Castor (FL) DelBene Green, Al Duncan (TN) Kelly (PA) Poliquin Buchanan Crawford Goodlatte

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.016 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4898 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 Gosar Loudermilk Rothfus Moulton Rooney (FL) Thompson (CA) Crawford King (NY) Rogers (KY) Gowdy Love Rouzer Murphy (FL) Ros-Lehtinen Thompson (MS) Crenshaw Kinzinger (IL) Rohrabacher Granger Lucas Royce Nadler Roskam Thompson (PA) Curbelo (FL) Kline Rokita Graves (GA) Luetkemeyer Russell Napolitano Ross Titus Davis, Rodney Knight Rooney (FL) Graves (LA) Lummis Ryan (WI) Neal Roybal-Allard Tonko Dent Labrador Ros-Lehtinen Graves (MO) Marchant Salmon Newhouse Ruiz Torres DeSantis LaMalfa Roskam Griffith Massie Sanford Noem Ruppersberger Trott DesJarlais Lamborn Ross Grothman McCarthy Scalise Nolan Rush Tsongas Diaz-Balart Lance Rothfus Norcross Ryan (OH) Guinta McCaul Schweikert Turner Dold Latta Rouzer Guthrie McClintock Nugent Sa´ nchez, Linda Donovan LoBiondo Scott, Austin Valadao Royce Hardy McHenry Nunes T. Duffy Long Sensenbrenner Van Hollen Russell Harper McMorris O’Rourke Sanchez, Loretta Duncan (SC) Loudermilk Sessions Ryan (WI) Harris Rodgers Pallone Sarbanes Vargas Duncan (TN) Love Salmon Hartzler Meadows Shuster Payne Schakowsky Veasey Emmer (MN) Lucas Scalise Hensarling Messer Smith (MO) Pearce Schiff Vela Farenthold Luetkemeyer Schweikert Hice, Jody B. Mica Smith (NE) Pelosi Schrader Vela´ zquez Fincher Lummis Hill Miller (MI) Smith (TX) Perlmutter Scott (VA) Visclosky Fleischmann MacArthur Scott, Austin Holding Moolenaar Stewart Peters Scott, David Walden Fleming Marchant Sensenbrenner Hudson Mullin Stutzman Peterson Serrano Walz Flores Marino Sessions Huelskamp Mulvaney Thornberry Pingree Sewell (AL) Wasserman Forbes Massie Shimkus Huizenga (MI) Murphy (PA) Tiberi Pocan Sherman Schultz Foxx McCarthy Shuster Hultgren Neugebauer Tipton Polis Shimkus Waters, Maxine Franks (AZ) McCaul Simpson Hunter Olson Upton Price (NC) Sinema Watson Coleman Frelinghuysen McClintock Sinema Hurd (TX) Palazzo Wagner Quigley Sires Webster (FL) Garrett McHenry Smith (MO) Hurt (VA) Palmer Walberg Rangel Slaughter Welch Gibbs McKinley Smith (NE) Issa Paulsen Walker Reed Smith (NJ) Westmoreland Gohmert McMorris Smith (NJ) Reichert Jenkins (KS) Perry Walorski Smith (WA) Whitfield Goodlatte Rodgers Smith (TX) Johnson (OH) Pittenger Renacci Speier Gosar McSally Stefanik Walters, Mimi Wilson (FL) Johnson, Sam Pitts Rice (NY) Stefanik Gowdy Meadows Stewart Weber (TX) Womack Jones Poe (TX) Richmond Stivers Granger Meehan Stivers Wenstrup Yarmuth Jordan Poliquin Rigell Swalwell (CA) Graves (GA) Messer Stutzman Westerman Young (AK) Kelly (MS) Pompeo Roby Takai Graves (LA) Mica Thompson (PA) Williams Zeldin King (IA) Posey Rogers (KY) Takano Graves (MO) Miller (MI) Thornberry Wilson (SC) Kline Price, Tom Grothman Moolenaar Tiberi Wittman NOT VOTING—7 Knight Ratcliffe Guinta Mooney (WV) Tipton Woodall Labrador Ribble Cramer Lofgren Simpson Guthrie Mullin Trott Yoder LaMalfa Rice (SC) Culberson Miller (FL) Hardy Mulvaney Turner Lamborn Roe (TN) Yoho Deutch Pascrell Harper Murphy (PA) Upton Lance Rogers (AL) Young (IA) Harris Neugebauer Valadao ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Latta Rohrabacher Young (IN) Hartzler Newhouse Wagner Long Rokita Zinke The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Heck (NV) Noem Walberg There is 1 minute remaining. Hensarling Nugent Walden Hice, Jody B. Nunes NOES—258 Walker Hill Olson Walorski Abraham Davis, Danny Israel Holding Palazzo b 1515 Walters, Mimi Adams Davis, Rodney Jackson Lee Hudson Paulsen Weber (TX) Aderholt DeFazio Jeffries So the amendment was rejected. Huelskamp Pearce Aguilar DeGette Jenkins (WV) Webster (FL) The result of the vote was announced Huizenga (MI) Perry Amodei Delaney Johnson (GA) Hultgren Pittenger Wenstrup Ashford DeLauro Johnson, E. B. as above recorded. Hunter Pitts Westerman Barletta DelBene Jolly Stated against: Hurd (TX) Poe (TX) Westmoreland Bass Denham Joyce Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. Hurt (VA) Poliquin Whitfield Beatty Dent Kaptur Issa Pompeo Williams Becerra DeSaulnier Katko 407, had I been present, I would have voted Jenkins (KS) Posey Wilson (SC) Benishek Diaz-Balart Keating ‘‘no.’’ Jenkins (WV) Price, Tom Wittman Bera Dingell Kelly (IL) Womack AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. PEARCE Johnson (OH) Ratcliffe Beyer Doggett Kelly (PA) Johnson, Sam Reichert Woodall Bishop (GA) Dold Kennedy The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Jolly Renacci Yoder Bishop (UT) Donovan Kildee business is the demand for a recorded Jordan Ribble Yoho Blumenauer Doyle, Michael Kilmer Joyce Rice (SC) Young (AK) Bonamici F. Kind vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Katko Rigell Young (IA) Bost Duckworth King (NY) Kelly (MS) Roby Young (IN) Boustany Duffy Kinzinger (IL) PEARCE) on which further proceedings Kelly (PA) Roe (TN) Zeldin Boyle, Brendan Edwards Kirkpatrick were postponed and on which the ayes King (IA) Rogers (AL) Zinke F. Ellison Kuster prevailed by voice vote. Brady (PA) Ellmers (NC) Langevin NOES—198 Brown (FL) Emmer (MN) Larsen (WA) The Clerk will redesignate the Brownley (CA) Engel Larson (CT) amendment. Adams Clyburn Fortenberry Bustos Eshoo Lawrence Aguilar Cohen Foster Butterfield Esty Lee The Clerk redesignated the amend- Ashford Connolly Frankel (FL) Calvert Farr Levin ment. Bass Conyers Fudge Capps Fattah Lewis RECORDED VOTE Beatty Cooper Gabbard Capuano Fitzpatrick Lieu, Ted Becerra Costa Gallego Ca´ rdenas Fortenberry Lipinski The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Bera Courtney Garamendi Carney Foster LoBiondo has been demanded. Beyer Crowley Gibson Carson (IN) Frankel (FL) Loebsack A recorded vote was ordered. Bishop (GA) Cuellar Graham Cartwright Frelinghuysen Lowenthal Blumenauer Cummings Grayson Castor (FL) Fudge Lowey The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Bonamici Davis (CA) Green, Al Castro (TX) Gabbard Lujan Grisham minute vote. Boyle, Brendan Davis, Danny Green, Gene Chu, Judy Gallego (NM) The vote was taken by electronic de- F. DeFazio Griffith Cicilline Garamendi Luja´ n, Ben Ray vice, and there were—ayes 231, noes 198, Brady (PA) DeGette Grijalva Clark (MA) Gibson (NM) Brown (FL) Delaney Gutie´rrez Clarke (NY) Graham Lynch not voting 4, as follows: Brownley (CA) DeLauro Hahn Clay Grayson MacArthur [Roll No. 408] Buchanan DelBene Hanna Cleaver Green, Al Maloney, Bustos Denham Hastings Clyburn Green, Gene Carolyn AYES—231 Butterfield DeSaulnier Heck (WA) Cohen Grijalva Maloney, Sean Abraham Blackburn Carter (GA) Capps Dingell Herrera Beutler Cole Gutie´rrez Marino Aderholt Blum Carter (TX) Capuano Doggett Higgins Comstock Hahn Matsui Allen Bost Chabot Ca´ rdenas Doyle, Michael Himes Connolly Hanna McCollum Amash Boustany Chaffetz Carney F. Hinojosa Conyers Hastings McDermott Amodei Brady (TX) Clawson (FL) Carson (IN) Duckworth Honda Costa Heck (NV) McGovern Babin Brat Coffman Cartwright Edwards Hoyer Costello (PA) Heck (WA) McKinley Barletta Bridenstine Cole Castor (FL) Ellison Huffman Courtney Herrera Beutler McNerney Barr Brooks (AL) Collins (GA) Castro (TX) Ellmers (NC) Israel Crenshaw Higgins McSally Barton Brooks (IN) Collins (NY) Chu, Judy Engel Jackson Lee Crowley Himes Meehan Benishek Buck Comstock Cicilline Eshoo Jeffries Cuellar Hinojosa Meeks Bilirakis Bucshon Conaway Clark (MA) Esty Johnson (GA) Cummings Honda Meng Bishop (MI) Burgess Cook Clarke (NY) Farr Johnson, E. B. Curbelo (FL) Hoyer Mooney (WV) Bishop (UT) Byrne Costello (PA) Clay Fattah Jones Davis (CA) Huffman Moore Black Calvert Cramer Cleaver Fitzpatrick Kaptur

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.021 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4899 Keating Moulton Schiff Fleischmann Loudermilk Ros-Lehtinen Lipinski Pascrell Sinema Kelly (IL) Murphy (FL) Schrader Fleming Love Roskam LoBiondo Paulsen Sires Kennedy Nadler Scott (VA) Flores Lucas Ross Loebsack Payne Slaughter Kildee Napolitano Scott, David Forbes Luetkemeyer Rothfus Lowenthal Pelosi Smith (NJ) Kilmer Neal Serrano Foxx Lummis Rouzer Lowey Perlmutter Smith (WA) Kind Nolan Sewell (AL) Franks (AZ) MacArthur Royce Lujan Grisham Peters Speier Kirkpatrick Norcross Sherman Frelinghuysen Marchant Russell (NM) Peterson Stefanik ´ Kuster O’Rourke Sires Garrett Marino Ryan (WI) Lujan, Ben Ray Pingree Swalwell (CA) Langevin Pallone (NM) Pocan Takai Slaughter Gibbs Massie Salmon Larsen (WA) Palmer Gohmert McCarthy Lynch Polis Takano Smith (WA) Sanford Larson (CT) Pascrell Goodlatte McCaul Maloney, Price (NC) Thompson (CA) Speier Scalise Lawrence Payne Gosar McClintock Carolyn Quigley Thompson (MS) Swalwell (CA) Schrader Lee Pelosi Gowdy McHenry Maloney, Sean Rangel Titus Schweikert Levin Perlmutter Takai Granger McKinley Matsui Rice (NY) Tonko Scott, Austin Lewis Peters Takano Graves (GA) McMorris McCollum Richmond Torres Sensenbrenner Lieu, Ted Peterson Thompson (CA) Graves (LA) Rodgers McDermott Roybal-Allard Tsongas Lipinski Pingree Thompson (MS) Graves (MO) McSally Sessions McGovern Ruiz Van Hollen Loebsack Pocan Titus Griffith Meadows Shimkus McNerney Ruppersberger Vargas Lowenthal Polis Tonko Grothman Messer Shuster Meehan Rush Veasey Lowey Price (NC) Torres Guinta Mica Simpson Meeks Ryan (OH) Vela Lujan Grisham Quigley Tsongas Guthrie Miller (MI) Smith (MO) Meng Sa´ nchez, Linda Vela´ zquez (NM) Rangel Van Hollen Hanna Moolenaar Smith (NE) Moore T. Visclosky Luja´ n, Ben Ray Reed Vargas Hardy Mooney (WV) Smith (TX) Moulton Sanchez, Loretta Walz (NM) Rice (NY) Veasey Harper Mullin Stewart Murphy (FL) Sarbanes Wasserman Lynch Richmond Vela Harris Mulvaney Stivers Nadler Schakowsky Schultz Maloney, Roybal-Allard Vela´ zquez Hartzler Murphy (PA) Thompson (PA) Napolitano Schiff Waters, Maxine Carolyn Ruiz Visclosky Heck (NV) Neugebauer Thornberry Neal Scott (VA) Watson Coleman Maloney, Sean Ruppersberger Nolan Scott, David Welch Walz Hensarling Newhouse Tiberi Matsui Rush Herrera Beutler Noem Norcross Serrano Wilson (FL) Wasserman Tipton McCollum Ryan (OH) Hice, Jody B. Nugent O’Rourke Sewell (AL) Yarmuth Schultz Trott McDermott Sa´ nchez, Linda Hill Nunes Turner Pallone Sherman Zeldin McGovern T. Waters, Maxine Holding Olson Watson Coleman Upton NOT VOTING—5 McNerney Sanchez, Loretta Hudson Palazzo Valadao Welch Meeks Sanford Huelskamp Palmer Wagner Culberson Lofgren Stutzman Wilson (FL) Meng Sarbanes Huizenga (MI) Pearce Walberg Deutch Miller (FL) Moore Schakowsky Yarmuth Hultgren Perry Walden Hunter Pittenger ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Walker NOT VOTING—4 Hurd (TX) Pitts Walorski The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Culberson Lofgren Hurt (VA) Poe (TX) Walters, Mimi There is 1 minute remaining. Deutch Miller (FL) Issa Poliquin Weber (TX) Jenkins (KS) Pompeo b 1522 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Jenkins (WV) Posey Webster (FL) Johnson (OH) Price, Tom Wenstrup So the amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Westerman There is 1 minute remaining. Johnson, Sam Ratcliffe The result of the vote was announced Jolly Reed Westmoreland Whitfield as above recorded. 1518 Jones Reichert b Jordan Renacci Williams PERSONAL EXPLANATION So the amendment was agreed to. Joyce Ribble Wilson (SC) Wittman Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Chair, due to The result of the vote was announced Kelly (MS) Rice (SC) Kelly (PA) Rigell Womack being unavoidably detained, I missed the fol- as above recorded. King (IA) Roby Woodall lowing rollcall votes: No. 392–No. 409 on July AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. HARDY Kline Roe (TN) Yoder 8, 2015 (today). Knight Rogers (AL) Yoho If present, I would have voted: rollcall vote The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished LaMalfa Rogers (KY) Young (AK) business is the demand for a recorded Lamborn Rohrabacher Young (IA) No. 392—On Agreeing to the Resolution, Pro- vote on the amendment offered by the Latta Rokita Young (IN) viding for further consideration of H.R. 5, the Long Rooney (FL) Zinke gentleman from Nevada (Mr. HARDY) Student Success Act and H.R. 2647, the Re- silient Federal Forests Act of 2015, ‘‘aye;’’ roll- on which further proceedings were NOES—206 postponed and on which the ayes pre- call vote No. 393—On Agreeing to the Amend- Adams Courtney Green, Al ment, First Garamendi of California Amend- vailed by voice vote. Aguilar Crowley Green, Gene The Clerk will redesignate the Amash Cuellar Grijalva ment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote No. amendment. Ashford Cummings Gutie´rrez 394—On Agreeing to the Amendment, Capps Bass Curbelo (FL) Hahn of California Amendment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ The Clerk redesignated the amend- Beatty Davis (CA) Hastings ment. Becerra Davis, Danny Heck (WA) rollcall vote No. 395—On Agreeing to the RECORDED VOTE Bera Davis, Rodney Higgins Amendment, Sablan of Northern Mariana Is- Beyer DeFazio Himes The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote lands Amendment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall Bishop (GA) DeGette Hinojosa vote No. 396—On Agreeing to the Amend- has been demanded. Blumenauer Delaney Honda A recorded vote was ordered. Bonamici DeLauro Hoyer ment, Castor of Florida Amendment to H.R. The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Boyle, Brendan DelBene Huffman 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote No. 397—On Agree- F. Dent Israel ing to the Amendment, First Grijalva of Ari- minute vote. Brady (PA) DeSaulnier Jackson Lee The vote was taken by electronic de- Brown (FL) Dingell Jeffries zona Amendment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vice, and there were—ayes 222, noes 206, Brownley (CA) Doggett Johnson (GA) vote No. 398—On agreeing to the Amend- Bustos Dold Johnson, E. B. not voting 5, as follows: ment, First Tsongas of Massachusetts Amend- Butterfield Donovan Kaptur ment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote No. [Roll No. 409] Capps Doyle, Michael Katko Capuano F. Keating 399—On Agreeing to the Amendment, Second AYES—222 Ca´ rdenas Duckworth Kelly (IL) Grijalva of Arizona Amendment to H.R. 2822, Abraham Brat Collins (NY) Carney Edwards Kennedy ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote No. 400—On Agreeing to Aderholt Bridenstine Comstock Carson (IN) Ellison Kildee Allen Brooks (AL) Conaway Cartwright Engel Kilmer the Amendment, First Polis of Colorado Amodei Brooks (IN) Cook Castor (FL) Eshoo Kind Amendment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote Babin Buchanan Cramer Castro (TX) Esty King (NY) No. 401—On Agreeing to the Amendment, Barletta Buck Crawford Chu, Judy Farr Kinzinger (IL) Edwards of Maryland Amendment to H.R. Barr Bucshon Crenshaw Cicilline Fattah Kirkpatrick Barton Burgess Denham Clark (MA) Fitzpatrick Kuster 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall No. 402—On agreeing to Benishek Byrne DeSantis Clarke (NY) Fortenberry Labrador the Amendment, Lawrence of Michigan Bilirakis Calvert DesJarlais Clay Foster Lance Amendment No. 13 to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ roll- Bishop (MI) Carter (GA) Diaz-Balart Cleaver Frankel (FL) Langevin Bishop (UT) Carter (TX) Duffy Clyburn Fudge Larsen (WA) call vote No. 403—On Agreeing to the Amend- Black Chabot Duncan (SC) Cohen Gabbard Larson (CT) ment, Second Polis of Colorado Amendment Blackburn Chaffetz Duncan (TN) Connolly Gallego Lawrence to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote No. 404—On Blum Clawson (FL) Ellmers (NC) Conyers Garamendi Lee Agreeing to the Amendment, Second Tsongas Bost Coffman Emmer (MN) Cooper Gibson Levin Boustany Cole Farenthold Costa Graham Lewis of Massachusetts Amendment to H.R. 2822, Brady (TX) Collins (GA) Fincher Costello (PA) Grayson Lieu, Ted ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote No. 405—On Agreeing to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:56 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.023 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4900 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 the Amendment, Third Grijalva of Arizona Whereas the Chinese response to the Ti- China, obscuring the full impact of the Chi- Amendment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote betan Uprising in 1959 led to the exile of nese Government’s policies, including the No. 406—On Agreeing to the Amendment, Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai disappearance of Tibetans who sought to Lama, Tibet’s spiritual and temporal leader; Beyer of Virginia Amendment to H.R. 2822, share information about human rights Whereas His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, abuses on the Tibetan Plateau; ‘‘nay;’’ rollcall vote No. 407—On Agreeing to who on July 6, 2015, celebrates his 80th birth- Whereas the Department of State’s 2014 the Amendment, Blackburn of Tennessee day, has for over 50 years in exile signifi- Report on Tibet Negotiations noted that Amendment No. 6 to H.R. 2822, ‘‘aye;’’ rollcall cantly advanced greater understanding, tol- ‘‘The Dalai Lama’s representatives and Chi- vote No. 408—On Agreeing to the Amend- erance, harmony and respect among the reli- nese officials have not met directly since the ment, Pearce of New Mexico Amendment No. gious faiths of the world; ninth round of dialogue in January 2010.’’; 13 to H.R. 2822, ‘‘aye;’’ rollcall vote No. 409— Whereas His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Whereas, on March 10, 2015, the elected Ti- has led the effort to preserve the rich cul- On Agreeing to the Amendment, Hardy of Ne- betan leader Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay tural, religious, historical and linguistic her- publicly stated ‘‘The Envoys of His Holiness vada Amendment to H.R. 2822, ‘‘aye.’’ itage of the Tibetan people while at the same Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I move the Dalai Lama are ready to engage in dia- time promoting the safeguarding of other en- logue with their Chinese counterpart any that the Committee do now rise. dangered cultures throughout the world; time and any place.’’; The motion was agreed to. Whereas His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Whereas it is the objective of the United Accordingly, the Committee rose; has personally promoted democratic self- States Government, consistent across ad- government for Tibetans in exile and in 2011 and the Speaker pro tempore (Mrs. ministrations of different political parties turned over political authority to the demo- BLACK) having assumed the chair, Mr. and as articulated in the Tibetan Policy Act cratically elected leadership of the Central of 2002 (subtitle B of title VI of Public Law COLLINS of Georgia, Acting Chair of the Tibetan Administration; 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) to promote dia- Committee of the Whole House on the Whereas His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama state of the Union, reported that that has been greatly concerned by the state of logue between the Government of the Peo- Committee, having had under consider- the Tibetan environment and the exploi- ple’s Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives to reach a negotiated ation the bill (H.R. 2822) making appro- tation of its natural resources, including fresh water—as rivers originating in the Ti- agreement on Tibet; priations for the Department of the In- Whereas China may be considering con- terior, environment, and related agen- betan plateau support one-third of the world’s population—and has promoted envi- vening a Sixth Tibet Work Forum to set pol- cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- ronmental awareness in the region; icy on Tibet for the next five years or so, tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes, Whereas His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with the last such work forum having been had come to no resolution thereon. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 in held in 2010; and Whereas the American people have a long- f recognition of his efforts to seek a peaceful resolution to the situation in Tibet, and to held concern for and interest in the plight of MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE promote non-violent methods for resolving the Tibetan people: Now, therefore, be it A message from the Senate by Ms. conflict; Resolved, That the House of Representa- Curtis, one of its clerks, announced Whereas His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama tives— was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal that the Senate has passed a bill of the (1) calls on the United States Government in 2007 in recognition of his promotion of de- to fully implement sections 613(a) and 621(c) following title in which the concur- mocracy, freedom, and peace for the Tibetan of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 by strongly rence of the House is requested: people; his efforts to preserve the cultural, encouraging representatives of the Govern- religious, and linguistic heritage of the Ti- S. 286. An act to amend the Indian Self-De- ment of the People’s Republic of China and betan people; his promotion of non-violence; termination and Education Assistance Act His Holiness the Dalai Lama to hold sub- and his contributions to global religious un- to provide further self-governance by Indian stantive dialogue, in keeping with the Ti- tribes, and for other purposes. derstanding, human rights, and ecology; Whereas His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, betan Policy Act of 2002 and without pre- f as the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, conditions, in order to address Tibetan griev- publicly presented in 2011 the religious proc- ances and secure a negotiated agreement for ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER the Tibetan people; PRO TEMPORE ess which Tibetan Buddhists should follow regarding his reincarnation; (2) calls on the United States Government The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Whereas the Chinese central government to fully implement section 618 of the Tibetan ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair has attempted to interfere with the reincar- Policy Act of 2002 in regard to the establish- will postpone further proceedings nation process and the practice of Tibetan ment of an office in Lhasa, Tibet, to monitor today on motions to suspend the rules Buddhist religious traditions; and Chinese political, economic and cultural develop- ments in Tibet, and to provide consular pro- on which a recorded vote or the yeas officials assert that the failure to secure Bei- jing’s approval on the Dalai Lama’s reincar- tection and citizen services; and nays are ordered, or on which the nation would make the process ‘‘illegal’’; (3) urges the United States Government— vote incurs objection under clause 6 of Whereas in the words of Party official Zhu (A) to consistently raise Tibetan human rule XX. Weiqun, ‘‘Decision-making power over the rights and political and religious freedom Record votes on postponed questions reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and over concerns at the United States-China Stra- will be taken later. the end or survival of his lineage, resides tegic and Economic Dialogue and other high- with the central government of China.’’; level bilateral meetings; f Whereas the Department of State’s Inter- (B) and the Special Coordinator for Ti- CALLING FOR SUBSTANTIVE DIA- national Religious Freedom Report for 2013 betan Issues to offer their assistance to LOGUE TO ADDRESS TIBETAN noted that in Tibetan areas of China China in its preparations for a potential fu- GRIEVANCES AND SECURE NEGO- ‘‘[r]epression was severe and increased ture Sixth Tibet Work Form; and TIATED AGREEMENT FOR TI- around politically sensitive events and reli- (C) to call for the immediate and uncondi- gious anniversaries,’’ and ‘‘[o]fficial inter- tional release of Tibetan political prisoners, BETAN PEOPLE ference in the practice of Tibetan Buddhist including Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam religious traditions continued to generate Panchen Lama, who was taken into custody Speaker, I move to suspend the rules profound grievances’’; by the Chinese authorities and has been and agree to the resolution (H. Res. Whereas the Department of State has des- missing since 1995, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 337) calling for substantive dialogue, ignated China as a ‘‘country of particular and Khenpo Kartse (Khenpo Karma concern’’ (CPC) for religious freedom since Tsewang); without preconditions, in order to ad- 1999, and in its 2013 human rights report de- (4) calls on the United States Government dress Tibetan grievances and secure a tails that ‘‘under the banner of maintaining to underscore that government interference negotiated agreement for the Tibetan social stability and combating separatism, in the Tibetan reincarnation process is a vio- people, as amended. the [Chinese] government has engaged in the lation of the internationally recognized right The Clerk read the title of the resolu- severe repression of Tibet’s unique religious, to religious freedom and to highlight the tion. cultural, and linguistic heritage by, among fact that other countries besides China have The text of the resolution is as fol- other means, strictly curtailing the civil long Tibetan Buddhist traditions, and that lows: rights of China’s ethnic Tibetan population, matters related to reincarnations in Tibetan including the freedoms of speech, religion, Buddhism are of keen interest to Tibetan H. RES. 337 association, assembly, and movement’’; Buddhist populations worldwide; Whereas Tibet is the center of Tibetan Whereas access to Tibetan areas of China (5) calls on the United States Government Buddhism, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama for United States officials, journalists, and to recognize and increase global public is the most revered figure in Tibetan Bud- other United States citizens, is restricted by awareness and monitoring of the upcoming dhism worldwide; the Government of the People’s Republic of electoral process through which the Tibetan

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.025 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4901 people in exile will choose the next demo- Unfortunately, the regime’s inter- ability to provide services to American cratically elected leader of the Central Ti- ference extends even to the most ele- citizens. betan Administration, the Sikyong; mental aspects of Tibetan Buddhist In October 2013, the Chinese Govern- (6) calls on the United States Government practice. This year marks the 20th an- ment delayed access for over 48 hours to fully implement section 616(b) of the Ti- betan Policy Act of 2002 by using its voice niversary of the disappearance of the during an emergency situation involv- and vote to encourage development organiza- Panchen Lama, who was detained by ing a bus accident that ultimately re- tions and agencies to design and implement Chinese Government officials back in sulted in the deaths of three U.S. citi- development projects that fully comply with 1995 when he was a young child. Zhu zens and injuries to others. the Tibet Project Principles; Weiqun, a top Communist official deal- As the Chinese Government pushes (7) calls on United States and international ing with ethnic and religious affairs, for new consulates and official facili- governments, organizations, and civil soci- has claimed, ‘‘decisionmaking power ties in the United States, our govern- ety to renew and reinforce initiatives to pro- over the reincarnation of the Dalai ment must insist on an official pres- mote the preservation of the distinct reli- ence in Lhasa, which is called for in gious, cultural, linguistic, and national iden- Lama and over the end or survival of tity of the Tibetan people; his lineage resides with the central section 618 of the Tibetan Policy Act, (8) calls on the Government of the People’s Government of China.’’ which became law in the year 2002. Republic of China to allow unrestricted ac- Sadly, we know that Tibetans have The Dalai Lama is recognized inter- cess to the Tibetan areas of China to United used self-immolations as a protest nationally for his commitment to States officials, journalists, and other against religious and political over- peaceful and nonviolent conflict reso- United States citizens; sight by the Chinese Government. lution. The recipient of the 1989 Nobel (9) affirms the Dalai Lama’s desire for a There have been 134 self-immolations Peace Prize and a Congressional Gold negotiated agreement for the Tibetan people, Medal winner in 2007, he has made clear and urges the Chinese government to enter since 2009. The numbers are decreasing into negotiations with the Dalai Lama and because of heavy security and punish- his willingness to engage in dialogue his representatives; and ments that target family members and with Chinese counterparts at any time, (10) reaffirms the unwavering friendship entire villages. It is difficult to fathom at any place, and without any pre- between the people of the United States and the despair and the desperation felt by conditions. the people of Tibet. Tibetans who take this last act of defi- Unfortunately, this commitment to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ance. The Chinese Government has peaceful dialogue is not reciprocal, and ant to the rule, the gentleman from blamed the Dalai Lama and ‘‘foreign Chinese officials have not met directly New Jersey (Mr. SMITH) and the gen- forces’’ for self-immolations instead of with his representatives in over 5 tleman from New York (Mr. ENGEL) looking at how their own despicable years. This is the longest break since each will control 20 minutes. policies created such deep grievances. the dialogue—or so-called dialogue— The Chair recognizes the gentleman Madam Speaker, the Tibetan people started in 2002. from New Jersey. want to be free to practice their unique Indeed, a Chinese Government white GENERAL LEAVE faith and to live by the dictates of paper on Tibet published this April Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam their faith. This freedom is denied to states that China will ‘‘only talk with Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that them. The Chinese Government ex- private representatives of the Dalai all Members may have 5 legislative panded its efforts last year to trans- Lama’’ to discuss ‘‘the future of the days to submit statements or extra- form Tibetan Buddhism into a state- Dalai Lama’’ and how he can ‘‘gain the neous materials for the RECORD on this managed institution. They sought to forgiveness of the central government measure. undermine the devotion of the Tibetan and the Chinese people.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there people to the Dalai Lama and control That is outrageous. Instead of asking objection to the request of the gen- the process of selecting Buddhist lead- for the Dalai Lama’s forgiveness for tleman from New Jersey? ers. The Chinese Government wants a the decades of brutal repression, the There was no objection. Tibetan Buddhism that is attractive to Chinese Government demands that he Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield tourists and which allows the Com- ask the government of China for for- myself such time as I may consume. munist Party to manage its affairs. giveness. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- This is unfortunate and highly coun- port of House Resolution 337, calling b 1530 terproductive. If China’s goal is to for substantive dialogue without pre- The U.N. Special Rapporteur on reli- build a ‘‘harmonious society’’ in Tibet, conditions to help secure a negotiated gion recently criticized China’s efforts which they love to tout, it cannot be agreement for the Tibetan people. I to control Tibetan Buddhism and the done without the Dalai Lama. He is the want to thank the gentleman from New process of selecting leaders. He said: spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. York (Mr. ENGEL), my friend and col- The Chinese Government is destroying the His views are widely shared throughout league, for his leadership in intro- autonomy of religious communities . . . cre- Tibetan society, and he can be a con- ducing this bipartisan resolution. ating schisms and pitting people against structive partner with China in ad- This week, Madam Speaker, when so each other in order to exercise control. dressing continuing tensions and deep- many voices around the world are This is exactly what the Chinese seated grievances. joined in wishing his holiness the Dalai Government has done to other reli- In light of this, the resolution before Lama a happy 80th birthday, it is a fit- gious groups, including Catholics, us calls for fuller implementation of ting time to recommit ourselves to Protestants, Muslims, and the Falun existing U.S. law in support of direct Congress’ longstanding support for the Gong. When the faithful don’t fall in dialogue between Chinese officials and fundamental rights of the people of line, they are jailed. the Dalai Lama; it calls for an official Tibet, because the situation in Tibet Madam Speaker, the Congressional- U.S. presence in Lhasa and urges our has never been more bleak. Those basic Executive Commission on China, of government to ensure that religious rights involve fundamental and which I serve as chairman, has a pris- rights and religious freedom issues are foundational rights of freedom of reli- oner database that contains records on consistently raised in the U.S.-China gion. 617 Tibetan political and religious pris- Strategic and Economic Dialogue and The recent State Department Human oners. Forty-four percent of those de- other high-level meetings. Rights Report offered a withering criti- tained are monks, nuns, and religious It has many, many other provisions cism of the Chinese Government’s over- teachers. Almost all were imprisoned which I know the prime sponsor will sight of Tibet and Tibetan areas in since 2008. elaborate. China. It said: Unfortunately, our ability to get ac- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- The government engaged in severe repres- curate information in real time about ance of my time. sion of Tibet’s religious, cultural, and reli- this situation in Tibet is complicated Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I yield gious heritage by, among other means, strictly curtailing the civil rights of China’s by restrictions on access to Tibetan myself such time as I may consume. Tibetan population, including the rights of areas by United States officials, jour- Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- the freedom of speech, religion, association, nalists, and other U.S. citizens. This port of H. Res. 337, and I yield 1 minute assembly, and movement. has frustrated U.S. consular officers’ to the gentlewoman from California

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I am pleased to associate myself with If it is a big country with whom we Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam the remarks of Chairman SMITH, and I have big commercial interests, like Speaker, I reserve the balance of my thank him for his courageous, long- China, it deters us from using our time. term dedication to human rights voices in support of human rights. How Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I yield throughout the world and the recogni- then can we turn to smaller, less eco- myself such time as I may consume. tion that what is happening in Tibet is nomically significant countries and I rise in strong support of H. Res. 337. a challenge to the conscience of our say, ‘‘But for you, the standard is dif- I am proud to have offered this resolu- country and to the world. ferent’’? tion that calls for the Chinese Govern- I thank him for enumerating some of The Congress must continue to stand ment to sit down with Tibet’s leaders the concerns that we have, and I know with the Tibetan people and stand with without preconditions, listen to their that our distinguished ranking member His Holiness the Dalai Lama to ensure grievances, and work toward an agree- will talk about some of what is con- that Tibetan children are free to learn ment that guarantees the rights and tained in the resolution. I thank them their language, practice their faith, security of the Tibetan people. both for their leadership. and honor their culture as they live in It also marks, as the Democratic Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- peace. leader pointed out, the 80th birthday of port of the resolution and in celebra- Perhaps one of the most remarkable the spiritual leader of the Tibetan peo- tion of the 80th birthday of His Holi- achievements of His Holiness is his pro- ple, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. ness the Dalai Lama, whose spiritual found and unbreakable connection with I have had the privilege to meet His wisdom and friendship have been in- the people of Tibet. He has won the Holiness, who is truly a remarkable spiring and uplifting to many Tibetans, Nobel Peace Prize, as was indicated; man, such a gentle spirit driven from Americans, and people throughout the and we honored him with a Congres- within by incredible strength and cour- world. sional Gold Medal in 2007. At that time, age, a person of such humor and kind- His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a it was an honor for all of us that Presi- ness whose life has been marked by transcendent presence on the inter- dent George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush at- struggle and setback. national stage. As a compassionate re- tended that gold medal ceremony. I first met him here in Washington ligious leader, astute diplomat, and an An 80th birthday is a significant many years ago. When you meet him, undaunted believer in the power of milestone in any culture, none more so no matter your faith or background, nonviolence, the Dalai Lama has than in Tibet. This is a moment to cel- you cannot help but feel the bond of earned the respect of people from many ebrate; yet on his birthday, July 6, Ti- common humanity and be drawn into nations, many backgrounds, and many betans were still not even allowed to his cause and the cause of the Tibetan faith traditions. utter the Dalai Lama’s name. people; indeed, many in Congress have American Presidents and the Amer- In the Dalai Lama’s homeland, more gotten behind this effort. ican people have been inspired by His than 140 Tibetans have self-immolated Let me, again, especially thank Holiness, who describes himself as a to protest oppression by the Chinese Leader PELOSI. There has been no simple monk, ‘‘no more, no less.’’ Government and the Chinese Com- greater champion in Congress for the Those American Presidents began with munist Party’s vitriolic campaign Tibetan struggle for freedom. For Franklin Roosevelt, who sent His Holi- against the exiled Tibetan religious; years, she has held a light to the chal- ness the Dalai Lama a watch with the yet the people of Tibet persevere. They lenges the Tibetan people face in pre- phases of the Moon on it for his birth- persevere in peace. The nonviolent na- serving their unique culture, language, day when he was a little boy. ture of the Tibetan struggle should and religion. I am honored that she is How prescient it was of President serve as an inspiration to a world riven cosponsoring this resolution. Roosevelt because His Holiness would by conflict and devastating acts of vio- Let me also thank Asia Sub- not only be a religious figure, but one lence. committee Chairman MATT SALMON, who related so positively to science During his long life, the Dalai Lama and co-chairmen of the Tom Lantos and its mysteries. has shown that harmony between peo- Human Rights Commission, Represent- To Tibetan Buddhists, His Holiness is ples is based on freedom of expression, ative JIM MCGOVERN and Representa- the earthly manifestation of the living the freedom and courage to speak the tive JOSEPH PITTS, for supporting this Buddha. To them and the international truth and treat others with mutual re- measure. I thank my friend Mr. SMITH community, he is the spiritual leader spect and dignity. of New Jersey as well. of the Tibetan people. To millions of I just recall one incident when I was Since 1951, the people of Tibet have believers and admirers, he is a source visiting His Holiness in India at lived under the shadow of the People’s of wisdom and compassion. To young Dharamsala. He had lamas come from Republic of China, without guarantees people, His Holiness is a positive exam- all over to visit with our bipartisan of even the most basic rights and with ple of how to make the world a better congressional delegation who were vis- no say in deciding Tibet’s future. The place. iting him there. Dalai Lama has described the cultural As our colleague mentioned, the Chi- After people got up and talked about genocide the Tibetan people have en- nese Government has refused to meet all the oppression and the campaign dured, forced assimilation and loss of with him. They are afraid to meet with against the Tibetans that was hap- language and cultural identity. him; they consider him a threat, and pening at that time, I got up to speak Today, as human rights conditions that is so unnecessary. They accuse following that, and I said that we, in for the Tibetan people deteriorate and him of being for independence when he Congress, must act; we must act in continue to deteriorate, as more mon- has said for decades now that he is for terms of legislation to support the peo- asteries come under government con- autonomy for Tibet. ple of Tibet. trol, as more people are arrested, the The Chinese Government has bru- I said so in a very forceful way be- desperation of the Tibetan people tally repressed Tibet’s unique reli- cause it was so sad to hear the stories grows. gious, cultural, and linguistic heritage. of what was happening in Tibet, and I Tragically, more than 140 Tibetans The Chinese Government’s oppression was so strong in my reaction to it. His have burned themselves alive in pro- of the Tibetan people and the Chinese Holiness followed me in the program, test of growing oppression; yet the Chi- Communist Party’s vitriolic campaign and he said: ‘‘I pray that we can rid nese authorities have not changed against the Dalai Lama continues, NANCY of her negative attitudes.’’ course. Despite talk of mutual respect which, again, challenges us all to speak Anyway, there is no better way to and social harmony, the reality in out. honor the Dalai Lama on his 80th Tibet tells a very, very different story.

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It is in that spirit that we call As we celebrate the 80th birthday of So I thank my colleagues for bring- on the Chinese Government to nego- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, ing this urgent matter to the attention tiate without preconditions. the Chinese Government has recently of Congress, and I urge all my col- His Holiness has shown that demo- asserted its right to approve his suc- leagues to support H. Res. 337. cratic institutions can thrive alongside cessor. The very continuation of the Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam spiritual leadership. It is in that spirit ancient line of Tibetan spiritual lead- Speaker, I yield such time as he may that we urge the Chinese Government ership and reincarnation is in question. consume to the distinguished gen- not to involve itself in the spiritual Next Tuesday, on July 14, the Tom tleman from California (Mr. ROHR- succession process for the next Dalai Lantos Human Rights Commission will ABACHER). Lama, should there be one. hold a hearing on the situation in Mr. ROHRABACHER. What happens The Dalai Lama has championed Tibet with the aim of identifying new, when the United States remains silent? freedom of expression and freedom of creative ideas to advance the basic What happens is repression and torture conscience to promote mutual under- human rights of Tibetans and to ensure and the expansion of dictatorship, and, standing and harmony. It is in this Tibetan autonomy. in the end, it makes the United States spirit that this resolution calls on I share the concerns of my colleagues vulnerable. China to allow unrestricted access to that the situation in Tibet is dire. We have sat back and permitted the officials, journalists, and other Amer- Since 2009, more than 130 Tibetans in- Chinese to take whatever course they ica citizens. side China have taken the unimagi- want to suppress the people of Tibet for Let’s not forget the United States nable step of setting themselves on over three decades now. And has it fire. At least 112 are believed to have has an obligation to hold up these free- made Tibet any better, the people any died. Some chose self-immolation to doms as well. That is why this measure freer that we haven’t put any demands protest Chinese Government policies, also calls on our own government to on the Communist Party in Beijing? others, to call for the return of the press the issues of human rights, polit- Has it made war less likely between Dalai Lama. In response, Chinese au- ical rights, and religious rights at the the United States? highest levels of the Chinese Govern- thorities have intensified official re- Has there been any more, because we prisals. ment and to call for the immediate re- have given them such elbow room, that Surely the people of Tibet must won- lease of Tibetan political prisoners. the Chinese dictators in Beijing have der whether anyone is hearing their Throughout his life, the Dalai Lama decided to move on and treat their peo- has worked for a peaceful path forward desperate cries. With this resolution, we are attempting to send a clear mes- ple a little bit better? for the Tibetan people. We are grateful No. What has happened is there has for his example and his wisdom. With sage back to Tibet that, yes, we hear you. You are not alone. been a growing repression and a grow- this resolution, we urge China’s leaders ing chance of an altercation, an inter- to do the right thing for Tibet. Regrettably, the human rights abuses in Tibet are neither new nor un- national altercation between China and I enthusiastically support this reso- its neighbors and, yes, the United lution; I urge my colleagues to do the known. On the contrary, Tibet is a very sensitive issue in U.S.-China relations. States. same, and I reserve the balance of my It is time we stand up for the people time. U.S. policy is supposed to be guided by the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, which of the world who are fighting, strug- b 1545 encourages dialogue between the Chi- gling for their freedom, knowing that Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam nese Government and representatives is what will make us secure, and no- Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- of the Dalai Lama, but Chinese intran- where is that more clear than in Tibet. ance of my time. sigence has closed down dialogue since The people of Tibet are not Chinese Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, it is 2010. people who are just reunited by the now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to China also severely restricts access Communist Chinese with the mother- the gentleman from Massachusetts to Tibet and Tibetan regions, espe- land in China. It has been a distinct (Mr. MCGOVERN), the co-chair of the cially for U.S. journalists, officials, culture for centuries. And it wasn’t Tom Lantos Human Rights Commis- and citizens, even though, I might add, until long after the Communist Chi- sion and a longtime supporter of the Chinese citizens and officials enjoy un- nese had taken over the rest of China Dalai Lama and of Tibet. restricted access here in the United that they invaded Tibet and subjugated Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I States. its people. want to thank the gentleman from New In April, the Chinese Government The Dalai Lama is the spiritual lead- York (Mr. ENGEL) for yielding me the issued a new white paper on Tibet, with er, but also a symbolic force for free- time and for his leadership on this its own unbelievable version of history dom of religion and humanitarianism issue and on so many other issues. and an unprecedented demand that the in this world. I also want to thank Chairman Dalai Lama publicly state that Tibet We, as Americans, need to make sure ROYCE; Subcommittee Chairman SALM- has been an integral part of China that we are on the side of the Dalai ON; my friend and fellow co-chair of the since antiquity as a precondition for Lama and the people of Tibet and in no Tom Lantos Human Rights Commis- improving relations with China. way could our actions be interpreted, sion, Congressman JOE PITTS; as well Madam Speaker, we need to be doing our silence be interpreted to be acqui- as my colleague from New Jersey, Con- something different. We need to have escence to the repression that the peo- gressman SMITH, for working in such a the guts to take some action. Everyone ple of Tibet have been experiencing bipartisan way to bring this resolution in the world says how much they ad- these last three and four decades. to the House floor during this week mire the Dalai Lama. Every head of I rise in support of H. Res. 337, and I when we are all celebrating the 80th state, every international organization thank my colleagues for the leadership birthday of His Holiness, the Dalai all declare how much they care about that they have provided on this issue. Lama. Tibet and worry about Tibetan human Let’s make sure America stands tall, I especially want to thank Demo- rights abuses, but things have only stands strong, and stands with the peo- cratic Leader PELOSI for her many gotten worse. We must all come to- ple of Tibet and other people seeking years of leadership and support of the gether now to change the status quo, to their freedom. Tibetan people. She is a true champion change the game the Chinese Govern- Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I yield in the struggle to protect their basic ment has been playing for so many dec- myself such time as I may consume to human rights and autonomy. ades. close. We are all here because we care about The situation is urgent. It can wait I urge my colleagues to support H. the fundamental human rights of Ti- no longer. And shame on all of us if we Res. 337. I think everyone who spoke

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They will not 819 on April 16, 1993, under the protection of to us and to people around the world. allow U.S. representatives and other the United Nations Protection Force We should support this resolution to bilateral or, I should say, multilateral (UNPROFOR); underscore our friendship and commit- organizations to come in and inves- Whereas the UNPROFOR presence in ment to the Tibetan people and to all tigate allegations of torture. Srebrenica consisted of a Dutch peace- people who are oppressed and deprived Back in the early 1990s, again, I held keeping battalion, with representatives of of their basic rights. this hearing, one of many. I have held the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of Let me say that again, and to all peo- 53 hearings on human rights abuses in the Red Cross, and the humanitarian medical ple who are oppressed and deprived of China over the years. But this one we aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doc- their basic rights. had six people, all of whom had been tors Without Borders) helping to provide hu- And we should support this resolu- tortured with impunity by the Chinese manitarian relief to the displaced population tion on behalf of the Chinese people Government. living in conditions of massive overcrowding, themselves, the growing number of Palden Gyatso, who is a Buddhist destitution, and disease; people inside China who understand monk, came to the Rayburn Building, Whereas early in 1995, an intensified block- China itself will be more prosperous ade of the enclave by Bosnian Serb forces de- tried to go through the security there prived the entire population of humanitarian and more successful when their govern- and was stopped. He was stopped be- aid and outside communication and contact, ment chooses to be genuinely open and cause he brought with him some of the and effectively reduced the ability of the respectful of all peoples and cultures. implements of torture that are used Dutch peacekeeping battalion to deter ag- I urge my colleagues to support H. routinely by the Chinese Government— gression or otherwise respond effectively to a Res. 337, and I yield back the balance of cattle prods and other hideous instru- deteriorating situation; my time. ments that are put under the arms and Whereas beginning on July 6, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces attacked UNPROFOR outposts, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam elsewhere to cause horrific damage and Speaker, I yield myself the balance of seized control of the isolated enclave, held pain to the victim—and he described in captured Dutch soldiers hostage and, after my time. I want to again thank my detail at the hearing what he person- skirmishes with local defenders, took con- good friend and colleague ELIOT ENGEL ally went through. trol of the town of Srebrenica on July 11, for his excellent resolution. It is a bi- Regrettably, that continues to this 1995; partisan resolution. day. The State Department’s report on Whereas an estimated one-third of the pop- I want to also thank Leader PELOSI human rights recently released re- ulation of Srebrenica at the time, including for her eloquence on the floor today minds us that electric shocks, exposure a relatively small number of soldiers, at- and for her love and respect that she tempted to pass through the lines of Bosnian to cold, and severe beatings, as well as Serb forces to the relative safety of Bosnian- has conveyed for decades to the Dalai extreme physical labor, are routinely government controlled territory, but many Lama and the people of Tibet. used against Tibetans and Tibetan were killed by patrols and ambushes; This is a bipartisan resolution. It Buddhists, in particular, just like they Whereas the remaining population sought shows, I think, that we are absolutely were against Palden Gyatso years ago. protection with the Dutch peacekeeping bat- united, and I think that is an impor- So it has not changed. It has actually talion at its headquarters in the village of tant message to send at this critical gotten worse. And again, this resolu- Potocari north of Srebrenica, but many of these individuals were with seeming random- juncture. tion brings the light and scrutiny that I also want to point out to my col- ness seized by Bosnian Serb forces to be is so necessary to these hideous prac- beaten, raped, or executed; leagues that China really is a place tices. Whereas Bosnian Serb forces deported where much is never as it seems to be. So again, I urge my colleagues to women, children, and the elderly in buses, People who take trips there, go on support it, and I yield back the balance but held over 8,000 primarily Bosniak men tours there, even Members of Congress of my time. and boys at collection points and sites in who travel there come away with a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina under their control, and then summarily executed Potemkin village viewpoint of what is question is on the motion offered by happening, especially when torture and these captives and buried them in mass the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. graves; other degrading acts and cruelty is SMITH) that the House suspend the Whereas Bosnian Serb forces, hoping to routinely visited upon and imposed rules and agree to the resolution, H. conceal evidence of the massacre at upon people that the Chinese Govern- Res. 337, as amended. Srebrenica, subsequently moved corpses ment deems to be of lesser value. The question was taken; and (two- from initial mass grave sites to many sec- We see it with the Falun Gong. We thirds being in the affirmative) the ondary sites scattered throughout parts of see it with underground Christians. We rules were suspended and the resolu- eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina under their control; see it with the Uighurs. And we see it tion, as amended, was agreed to. in Tibet, where there has been a sys- Whereas the International Commission for A motion to reconsider was laid on Missing Persons (ICMP) deserves recognition tematic effort to eradicate the culture the table. for its assistance to the relevant institutions of Tibet. It is genocide. They even used f in Bosnia and Herzegovina in accounting for forced abortion as a way of genocide to close to 90 percent of those individuals re- kill the children of Tibetan mothers. EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE ported missing from Srebrenica, despite ac- Years ago I held a hearing in the REGARDING SREBRENICA tive attempts to conceal evidence of the mid-1990s, and it was on torture in the Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam massacre, through the careful excavation of People’s Republic of China. And let us Speaker, I move to suspend the rules mass graves sites and subsequent DNA anal- not forget, Chinese law proscribes tor- ysis which confirmed the true extent of the and agree to the resolution (H. Res. massacre; ture. It prohibits torture. It is all a 310) expressing the sense of the House Whereas the massacre at Srebrenica was nice paper promise. It doesn’t mean of Representatives regarding among the worst of many atrocities to occur anything. Srebrenica. in the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina They have also signed the convention The Clerk read the title of the resolu- from April 1992 to November 1995, during against torture, the U.N. convention, tion. which the policies of aggression and ethnic and they love to ballyhoo that when The text of the resolution is as fol- cleansing pursued by Bosnian Serb forces they are at international fora and lows: with the direct support of the Serbian re- gime of Slobodan Milosevic and its followers when their people travel here to the H. RES. 310 United States. ultimately led to the displacement of more Whereas July 2015 will mark 20 years since than 2,000,000 people, more than 100,000 But let’s not forget, as well, that the genocide at Srebrenica in Bosnia and killed, tens of thousands raped or otherwise China took out a reservation to the Herzegovina; tortured and abused, including at concentra- U.N. Convention Against Torture, Arti- Whereas beginning in April 1992, aggression tion camps in the Prijedor area, with the in- cle 20, that exempts it from accepting and ethnic cleansing perpetrated by Bosnian nocent civilians of Sarajevo and other urban

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Is there and Herzegovina as a whole, especially of Genocide; objection to the request of the gen- among the civilian population; (2) condemns statements that deny or tleman from New Jersey? Whereas Article 2 of the Convention on the question that the massacre at Srebrenica There was no objection. Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of constituted a genocide; Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield Genocide defines genocide as ‘‘any of the fol- (3) urges the Atrocities Prevention Board, myself such time as I may consume. lowing acts committed with intent to de- a United States interagency committee es- Madam Speaker, this week, the world stroy, in whole or in part, a national, eth- tablished by the Administration in 2012, to pauses to remember and reflect on the nical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) study the lessons of Srebrenica and issue in- killing members of the group; (b) causing se- formed guidance on how to prevent similar Srebrenica genocide, horrific acts of rious bodily or mental harm to members of incidents from recurring in the future, pay- brutality, wanton cruelty, and mass the group; (c) deliberately inflicting on the ing particular regard to troubled countries murder committed in Srebrenica begin- group conditions of life calculated to bring including but not limited to Syria, the Cen- ning July 11, 20 years ago. about its physical destruction in whole or in tral African Republic and Burundi; This week, we pause to honor those part; (d) imposing measures intended to pre- (4) encourages the United States to main- brave Bosniaks who suffered and died, vent births within the group; and (e) forcibly tain and reaffirm its policy of supporting the victims of genocide. This week, the transferring children of the group to another independence and territorial integrity of people in the United States and men group’’; Bosnia and Herzegovina, peace and stability and women of goodwill throughout the Whereas, on May 25, 1993, the United Na- in southeastern Europe as a whole, and the tions Security Council adopted Resolution right of all people living in the region, re- world again extend our deepest condo- 827 establishing the International Criminal gardless of national, racial, ethnic or reli- lences and respect to the mothers and Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), gious background, to return to their homes surviving family members who have based in The Hague, the Netherlands, and and enjoy the benefits of democratic institu- endured unspeakable sorrow and loss charging the ICTY with responsibility for in- tions, the rule of law, and economic oppor- that time will never abate. And this vestigating and prosecuting individuals sus- tunity, as well as to know the fate of missing week, the international community pected of committing war crimes, genocide, relatives and friends; must recommit itself to justice, once crimes against humanity and grave breaches (5) recognizes the achievement of the and for all, for those who perpetrated of the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the terri- International Commission for Missing Per- tory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991; sons (ICMP) in accounting for those missing these heinous crimes. Whereas the ICTY, along with courts in in conflicts or natural disasters around the Today, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in Serbia, world and believes that the ICMP deserves Karadzic are incarcerated, awaiting have indicted and in most cases convicted justified recognition for its assistance to final disposition of their cases before approximately three dozen individuals at Bosnia and Herzegovina and its relevant in- the International Tribunal for the various levels of responsibility for grave stitutions in accounting for approximately former Yugoslavia for multiple counts breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, ninety percent of those reported missing of genocide, crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war, after the Srebrenica massacre and seventy and violations of laws and customs of crimes against humanity, genocide, and percent of those reported missing during the complicity in genocide associated with the whole of the conflict in Bosnia and war. massacre at Srebrenica, most notably Herzegovina; Twenty years ago, Madam Speaker, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic whose (6) welcomes the arrest and transfer to the an estimated 8,000 people were system- trials are ongoing; International Criminal Tribunal for the atically slaughtered by Bosnian Serb Whereas both the ICTY and the Inter- former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of all persons in- soldiers in the United Nations-des- national Court of Justice (ICJ) have ruled dicted for war crimes, crimes against human- ignated ‘‘safe haven’’ area of that the actions of Bosnian Serb forces in ity, genocide and grave breaches of the 1949 Srebrenica. They killed Muslim women Srebrenica in July 1995 constitute genocide; Geneva Conventions, particularly those of and children, but especially sought out Whereas House Resolution 199, passed on Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, which June 27, 2005, expressed the sense of the has helped strengthen peace and encouraged and murdered adult males in that area. House of Representatives that the aggression reconciliation between the countries of the b 1600 and ethnic cleansing committed by Serb region and their citizens; forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina meets the (7) asserts that it is in the national inter- These brutal killings were not com- terms defining genocide according to the 1949 est of the United States that those individ- mitted in battle. They were committed Genocide Convention; uals who are responsible for these crimes and against people who were unarmed and Whereas the United Nations has largely ac- breaches should continue to be held account- helpless and who had been repeatedly knowledged its failure to fulfill its responsi- able for their actions, and that the work of assured by Dutch peacekeepers that bility to take actions and make decisions the ICTY therefore warrants continued sup- they would not be harmed if they sur- that could have deterred the assault on port until all trials and appeals have been rendered. Srebrenica and prevented the subsequent completed; and The evidence is overwhelming that genocide from occurring; (8) honors the thousands of innocent people Whereas some prominent Serbian and Bos- killed or executed at Srebrenica in Bosnia the executions were committed with nian Serb officials, among others, have de- and Herzegovina in July 1995, along with all the specific intention of destroying the nied or at least refused to acknowledge that individuals who were victimized during the Bosnian Muslim population of that the massacre at Srebrenica constituted a conflict and genocide in Bosnia and area. This intention is the central ele- genocide, or have sought otherwise to Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, as well as for- ment in the crime of genocide. trivialize the extent and importance of the eign nationals, including United States citi- The U.N. peacekeeping forces in massacre; and zens, and those individuals in Serbia, Bosnia Srebrenica were charged with enforcing Whereas the international community, in- and Herzegovina, and other countries of the Security Council Resolution 836, which cluding the United States, has continued to region who risked and in some cases lost provide personnel and resources, including their lives during their brave defense of had pledged to defend the safe areas through direct military intervention, to pre- human rights and fundamental freedoms, with ‘‘all necessary means, including vent further aggression and ethnic cleansing, and advocacy of respect for ethnic identity the use of force.’’ to negotiate the General Framework Agree- without discrimination. But when the moment of truth came, ment for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- the U.N. forces offered only token re- (initialed in Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, ant to the rule, the gentleman from sistance to the Serb offensive. Their 1995, and signed in Paris on December 14, New Jersey (Mr. SMITH) and the gen- military and political commanders had 1995), and to help ensure its fullest imple- redefined their primary mission not as mentation, including cooperation with the tleman from New York (Mr. ENGEL) International Criminal Tribunal for the each will control 20 minutes. the protection of the people of former Yugoslavia as well as reconciliation The Chair recognizes the gentleman Srebrenica, but as the safety of the among all of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s citi- from New Jersey. U.N. forces themselves. zens: Now, therefore, be it GENERAL LEAVE When Bosnian Serb Commander Resolved, That the House of Representa- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Ratko Mladic threatened violence tives— Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that against the blue-helmeted soldiers,

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However, since its creation, the been sent to Srebrenica to defend the night the Dutch soldiers had a party board has been marked by inaction and enclave, but, rather, as some kind of inside the camp because they received a complete lack of transparency. spruced-up observers.’’ two or three trucks full of beer and This is unacceptable, especially as So that is what the peacekeepers be- cigarettes. They played music while I conflicts with disturbing parallels to came: observers to genocide. Soon they was sitting, not knowing what hap- Bosnia before the genocide continue to became something more than observ- pened to my family.’’ fester in Syria, the Central African Re- ers: enablers. As he went on to say later, they had public, Burma, and in Burundi. On July 13, the Dutch blue-helmet all been slaughtered. Africa, in particular, would stand to battalion handed Bosnian Muslims who In July of 2007, Madam Speaker, I benefit from a more active board. The had sought safety within the U.N. com- visited Srebrenica, where, together conflict in Burundi is currently at a pound over to the Serbs. They watched with my good friends President Haris tipping point, and it absolutely needs as the men were separated from the Silajdzic and the Grand Mufti of Bos- attention. women and children, a process which nia, Reis Ceric, I spoke at a solemn me- Madam Speaker, despite the need for was already well known in Bosnia—it morial service and witnessed the in- much greater atrocities prevention in was at the time—as a sign that the ternment of hundreds of wooden coffins U.S. policy, there have been many men were in imminent danger of being of newly discovered victims of the promising developments in the Balkan executed. These men were never heard genocide. region, and this needs to be under- It was a deeply moving experience to from again. scored. At one congressional hearing I see 12 years then after the genocide— In particular, I would note that Ser- now it is 20 years—families still griev- chaired in March of 1998—and I had six bia today is not the Serbia of the ing loved ones whose bodies were being of them—Hasan Nuhanovic, the indige- Slobodan Milosevic era. That era was identified, often miles from the killing nous translator working for the U.N. marked by nationalist aggression sites, as Serb forces, trying to hide the peacekeepers in Srebrenica, testified. against neighboring countries and peo- evidence of their crimes, moved the He was there in the room. Hasan lost ples, as well as considerable repression his family in the genocide. He was bodies of their victims. For the record, 10 years ago—in at home. there when Mladic and the com- 2005—the House of Representatives One of those who testified at one of manders of the Dutch peacekeepers overwhelmingly passed H. Res. 199, my hearings on Serbia, Curuvija, a talked about the terms. which I authored, which clearly and great young leader, was murdered on Here is what he told my panel, in unambiguously condemned the the second day after our bombing part: Srebrenica massacre for what it was: began by Serbian people. And the per- ‘‘On July 12, the day before the fall of genocide. sons who did that have now been held Srebrenica, the Bosnian Serb Army That resolution was a landmark in to account. So what has happened commander, General Ratko Mladic, re- the recognition of the Srebrenica mas- there—thankfully, there have now been quested a meeting with the Dutchbat sacre as a genocide. Two years later significant changes in Serbia. commander, Lieutenant Colonel the verdict of the International Court I want to thank my colleagues. I do Karemans, and local representatives of of Justice found the same, in con- hope we will have a strong show of sup- Srebrenica in the nearby town of firming the ruling of the International port for this resolution. Bratunac outside the enclave . . . Dur- Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugo- I reserve the balance of my time. ing the meeting, Mladic assured the slavia. Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I yield Dutch and local delegation that no Today the international community myself such time as I may consume. harm would come to the refugees in is nearly unanimous when it proclaims I rise in support of H. Res. 310. Potocari . . . that the Srebrenica massacre was a I am the lead sponsor of this resolu- ‘‘Upon returning to the camp, three genocide. The resolution today, of tion. And I remember 20 years ago local representatives are ordered by course, supports that as well. being in this Chamber when that mas- Dutchbat deputy commander, Major Astonishingly, Madam Speaker, sacre happened. It is hard to believe Franken, to prepare a list of all males, there are some genocide deniers. That that it has been 20 years since the all men and boys between the ages of 16 is why this resolution condemns state- Srebrenica genocide, and it certainly and 65 among the refugees inside and ments that deny that the massacre at was a genocide. outside the camp. The list of the males Srebrenica constituted genocide. Just During the Bosnian war, the United among the 6,000 inside the camp was last weekend Milorad Dodik, the presi- Nations declared the area around this completed the same day . . . dent of Republika Srpska, asserted small town a safe zone. On the eve of ‘‘On July 13, the Dutch ordered 6,000 that the Srebrenica genocide is a lie. the massacre, tens of thousands of dis- refugees out of the Potocari camp. The Madam Speaker, just as it is doing in placed Bosniak civilians had gathered Serbs were waiting at the gate, sepa- Ukraine, Russia is utilizing misin- under the protection of the U.N. in rating all males from the women and formation and historical revisionism in what they thought was a safe zone. children. Major Franken stated that all an attempt to destabilize Bosnia and They all rushed to that place, only to the males whose names were on the list the Balkan region. Today Russia ve- be slaughtered a little while later. But would be safe . . . I watched my par- toed a British U.N. Security Council the 400 U.N. peacekeepers could put up ents and my brother being handed over resolution that reaffirms that scarce resistance to the army of the to the Serbs at the gate. None of them Srebrenica was a genocide. Republika Srpska, whose leaders were have been seen since. Russia has encouraged Serbia itself bent on wiping out the Bosniak popu- ‘‘I want to explain here that the peo- to protest the resolution and lation. ple hoped that the Dutch were going to emboldened genocide denialism in the Over the next few days, men and boys protect them, the U.N. peacekeeping Republika Srpska, one of Bosnia’s two were lined up and mowed down by ma- troops and all other members of all constituent entities. chine guns. Children were murdered in other organization who were present in Madam Speaker, this resolution also front of their mothers. Women and Srebrenica who were inside the camp, encourages the administration to ful- girls were raped and beaten, as onlook- the people hoped that they would be fill other neglected responsibilities. In ers stood powerless to intervene. Bull- protected, but the Dutch soldiers and particular, it urges the Atrocities Pre- dozers piled bodies into mass graves. officer gave no other option to the ref- vention Board to study the lessons of I remember that happened in our life- ugees but to leave. So the refugees in- Srebrenica and issue informed guid- time. It is hard to believe. side were told to leave without any ance on how to prevent similar inci- When the killing had ended, more other choice. My family was told on dents from recurring in the future. than 8,000 Bosniaks—mostly men and

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It underscores ‘‘Today’s vote mattered,’’ Power licly acknowledge the genocide that solidarity with the victims and calls said. ‘‘It mattered hugely to the fami- occurred, which would constitute a for a reconciliation that will one day lies of the victims of the Srebrenica major step forward in restoring rela- see the lies, hatred, and violence of the genocide. Russia’s veto is heart- tions with its neighbor. past replaced by true friendship and breaking for those families, and it is a This resolution also reaffirms U.S. community. further stain on this Council’s record.’’ policy to oppose mass atrocities in the This resolution tells the truth about I read that into the RECORD because I strongest terms whenever and wher- what happened because telling the think it is important to notice the ac- ever they occur; but of course, the truth—however painful—is the starting tions of Russia. We see their actions in Srebrenica genocide, along with others point for healing to begin. Ukraine. We see their actions at the in Rwanda, Cambodia, and Darfur, are We remember the Srebrenica geno- U.N. And we see the actions of the stark reminders that simply saying cide to honor the victims and to re- U.N., itself. And it really is a shame. ‘‘never again’’ will never be enough. mind ourselves of the costs of indiffer- So, again, we remember this genocide Action is needed, and it is demanded ence, of what can happen when we say, to honor its victims. It is not some- as, around the world, violent conflicts well, that is somebody else’s problem. body else’s problem. It is all of our threaten to erupt once more into geno- As this region of Europe heals—I problems. cidal campaigns. have just come back from the Bal- I will name some right now. Ongoing kans—and charts a course toward a b 1615 abuses against the Rohingya Muslim brighter future, I hope the lessons of In order to prevent it from happening population in Burma have caused this tragedy will be a guide for the in the future, we have to accurately re- human rights advocates to sound the United States and for countries around call what happened in the past. alarm over a ‘‘grave risk of additional the world fighting against tyranny and I urge my colleagues to support this mass atrocities and even genocide.’’ oppression. resolution, and I reserve the balance of Unable to claim citizenship in Burma Today there was a disgrace that hap- my time. or elsewhere and under constant threat pened at the United Nations. Unfortu- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. of violence, many have called the nately, there are many disgraces that Speaker, I yield such time as he may Rohingya Muslims ‘‘the most per- happen at the United Nations. consume to the gentleman from Cali- secuted minority in the world,’’ leading Two international courts have called fornia (Mr. ROYCE), the distinguished thousands upon thousands to flee their the slaughter of Bosnian Serbs of some chairman of the full Foreign Affairs homes in overloaded boats. That is why 8,000 Muslim men and boys who had Committee and a great leader on I helped lead the effort last Congress to sought refuge in what was supposed to human rights. pass H. Res. 418, calling for an end to be a U.N.-protected site genocide. Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I appre- the persecution of the Rohingya peo- Now, what happened today at the ciate Mr. SMITH of New Jersey for ple. U.N.? Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution bringing this bill up and keeping this In Sri Lanka, anti-Muslim riots calling Srebrenica a genocide. It passed atrocity and the lessons that it means broke out last June killing four and in- the Security Council. Russia vetoed it. for us today in front of this body, and juring dozens more. Acting with impu- You would think that a veto would be nity under the Rajapaksa government, used for something of substance, not a as always, I appreciate Mr. ENGEL’s co- operation in seeing this resolution extremist forces destroyed mosques resolution. This resolution has sub- and Muslim businesses, displacing stance, but you would not think that move to the floor. I appreciate the powerful stories that thousands. Russia or any country would veto it. Under the Sirisena government, how- were shared by Mr. ENGEL and by Mr. Let me see what this defeated resolu- ever, we have an opportunity to press SMITH today in terms of what happened tion stated. It stated that acceptance for positive change and inclusivity in on that day 20 years ago this month as of ‘‘the tragic events at Srebrenica as the newly elected government there in Bosnian Serb forces transformed what genocide is a prerequisite for reconcili- Sri Lanka. ation’’ and ‘‘condemns denial of this was supposed to be a U.N. safe haven Extremist groups are similarly tar- genocide as hindering efforts towards for refugees into what became an exter- geting minority communities in Syria, reconciliation.’’ mination camp. the Central African Republic, and Bu- The vote was ten countries in favor; On that July day, 8,000 men and boys rundi. While we absolutely must re- Russia casting a veto; and four absten- were massacred. As they shared with member past atrocities, we are charged tions: China, Nigeria, Angola, and Ven- you, Serb forces compiled detailed lists with doing all we can to stop today’s ezuela. of those targeted for killing. They sep- violence. I don’t want future Con- The British Ambassador after the arated families, and they drove those gresses having to memorialize atroc- vote said that Britain was outraged by young Muslim men to various fields ities from our era now. Russia’s veto. And he said Russia’s ac- where they were summarily executed. Again, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gen- tions tarnish the memory of all those The International Criminal Tribunal tleman from New Jersey, Mr. CHRIS who died in the Srebrenica genocide. for the former Yugoslavia ruled that SMITH, for introducing this timely and Russia will have to justify its behavior this act was an act of genocide—and important resolution; and, again, I to the families of over 8,000 people mur- rightly so. We do not know the names thank Mr. ENGEL. dered in the worst atrocity in Europe of many of these victims, as these kill- I encourage my colleagues to join me since the second World War. ers took extensive measures to cover in supporting this. ‘‘This is a defeat of justice,’’ said their crimes. As a result, families have Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Camil Durakovic, the mayor of never found their missing relatives, self the balance of my time. Srebrenica. He added that the veto and experts continue to uncover and Mr. Speaker, I commend my friend means that the U.N. is not recognizing identify remains at the scenes of these from New Jersey (Mr. SMITH) for his a decision by its own judicial branch, mass killings. leadership on this important resolu- the International Court of Justice, Former United Nations Secretary- tion, and I am gratified that we held which has declared the tragedy a geno- General Kofi Annan has said that this this timely debate ahead of the solemn cide. ‘‘The world has lost. The world, tragedy will ‘‘haunt the United Nations commemorations that will take place and especially Serbia, will have to face forever.’’ Although it occurred 20 years in Srebrenica and around the world the truth sooner or later.’’ ago, this massacre continues to hinder this weekend. Our Ambassador Samantha Powell, progress towards peace in this troubled I thank our chairman for his leader- who was a 24-year-old journalist in region. For while Serbia’s President ship, Chairman ROYCE, as usual. It

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Bosnian Serb forces, also called the Army of ents of the performance of their chil- Now, Mr. Speaker, let’s think about Republika Srpska committed crimes of ethnic dren’s schools, and for other purposes, this. The chairman said something cleansing of the non-Serb population. Approxi- with Mr. YODER (Acting Chair) in the that really jostled my mind. I pointed mately 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were chair. out where a U.N. resolution was vetoed systematically executed in 1995. The Clerk read the title of the bill. today by Russia. These men who were The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- massacred in a genocide went to what during this time was a failure on behalf of the mittee of the Whole rose on Friday, they were told was a United Nations international community. In 1999, UN Sec- February 27, 2015, a request for a re- safe haven. retary-General Kofi Annan acknowledged that corded vote on amendment No. 44 For this to happen under the auspices the global community needed to accept re- printed in part B of House Report 114– of the United Nations and then for Rus- sponsibility for the ethnic cleansing campaign 29 offered by the gentleman from Vir- sia to veto a United Nations resolution in Bosnia and Herzegovina that killed thou- ginia (Mr. SCOTT) had been postponed. commemorating solemn, solemn 20 sands of unarmed civilians in a town des- Pursuant to House Resolution 347, it years, it is just an absolute disgrace ignated as a ‘‘safe area.’’ shall be in order to consider the further and irony; and it is one of the reasons For many years now, I have called on the amendments printed in part A of House that the United Nations has trouble be- United Nations to recognize Srebrenica as a Report 114–192 as if such amendments cause of the hypocrisy, once again, genocide. Yesterday, I learned that Russia had been printed in part B of House Re- that we see in that body. blocked the latest effort by the United King- port 114–29. Each such amendment may By passing this resolution, we put dom to recognize the Srebrenica massacres be offered only in the order printed in the House solidly on record honoring as a genocide, calling it ‘‘not constructive, the report, by a Member designated in the thousands of innocent people killed confrontational, and politically-motivated.’’ I am the report, shall be considered read, at Srebrenica and all those who suf- disappointed that the UN is unable to formally shall be debatable for the time speci- fered during the Bosnian war. We stand recognize Europe’s worst atrocity since World fied in the report, equally divided and alongside those who risked and contin- War II. controlled by the proponent and an op- ued to risk life and limb to defend the Although the global community cannot and ponent, shall not be subject to amend- human rights of all people. will not distinguish Srebrenica as genocide, I ment, and shall not be subject to a de- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to applaud my fellow Bosnia Caucus co-chair, mand for division of the question. support this resolution unanimously, Congressman CHRIS SMITH, for introducing AMENDMENT NO. 45 OFFERED BY MR. ROKITA and I yield back the balance of my this important resolution. While the UN’s The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order time. hands are tied, I am proud that the United Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. to consider amendment No. 45 printed States continues to be Bosnia and in part A of House Report 114–192. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I Herzegovina’s greatest friend and ally. I urge may consume. Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Chairman, I have my colleagues to support Bosnia and an amendment at the desk. Mr. Speaker, I just want to finally Herzegovina by voting in favor of this resolu- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will say a very special thanks to Majority tion. designate the amendment. Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY for arranging The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. The text of the amendment is as fol- for this bill to come to the floor and of WALKER). The question is on the mo- course to the Speaker, to ED ROYCE, tion offered by the gentleman from lows: our distinguished chairman, and the New Jersey (Mr. SMITH) that the House Page 5, lines 4, 7, 16, 20, and 24, strike ranking member for their strong sup- suspend the rules and agree to the reso- ‘‘2021’’ and insert ‘‘2019’’. port and cosponsorship of this resolu- lution, H. Res. 310. Page 6, lines 4, 10, 16, 21, and 25, strike ‘‘2021’’ and insert ‘‘2019’’. tion. It is bipartisan, and I think we The question was taken; and (two- are sending a clear and unambiguous Page 7, line 4, strike ‘‘2021’’ and insert thirds being in the affirmative) the ‘‘2019’’. message to the world, again, that rules were suspended and the resolu- Page 94, line 18, strike ‘‘2021’’ and insert Srebrenica was a genocide. tion was agreed to. ‘‘2019’’. We must hold those to account who A motion to reconsider was laid on Page 450, line 19 and 23, strike ‘‘2021’’ and committed these atrocities. At least the table. insert ‘‘2019’’. two of the major perpetrators, hope- f Page 461, line 17, strike ‘‘2021’’ and insert fully, will soon get justice, one at the ‘‘2019’’. end of this year and Mladic probably by STUDENT SUCCESS ACT Page 484, line 11, strike ‘‘2021’’ and insert 2017. The wheels of justice do turn GENERAL LEAVE ‘‘2019’’. slowly, but they are jailed right now. Page 619, line 7, strike ‘‘2021’’ and insert Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- ‘‘2019’’. Above all, I think we need to pray for imous consent that all Members may the victims. have 5 legislative days in which to re- The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Mr. Speaker, we need to pray for the vise and extend their remarks and in- House Resolution 347, the gentleman loved ones who continue to suffer un- clude extraneous material on H.R. 5. from Indiana (Mr. ROKITA) and a Mem- speakable agony. I do hope the Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ber opposed each will control 5 min- ican people and all of us in the House objection to the request of the gen- utes. and in this town will—especially as tleman from Minnesota? The Chair recognizes the gentleman this remembrance comes around begin- There was no objection. from Indiana. ning on July 11—keep these people who The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Chairman, my have suffered so much in our prayers. ant to House Resolution 125 and rule amendment is simple. It shortens au- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance XVIII, the Chair declares the House in thorization of the act from 6 years to 4 of my time. the Committee of the Whole House on years. I am very thankful for the lead- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. the state of the Union for the further ership of the gentleman from Wis- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 310, consideration of the bill, H.R. 5. consin (Mr. GROTHMAN) for his work in expressing the sense of the House of Rep- Will the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. leading this effort. resentatives regarding Srebrenica. As a co- YODER) kindly take the chair. Mr. Chairman, it is the role of Con- chair of the Congressional Caucus on Bosnia, gress to conduct oversight of Federal 1624 I believe it is crucial to distinguish the b programs and regularly revisit the re- Srebrenica massacres as genocide while hon- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE sults of taxpayer investments. We oring the thousands of innocent people who Accordingly, the House resolved began a process to replace No Child were killed in July twenty years ago. itself into the Committee of the Whole Left Behind 4 years ago, and our goal

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He has been a leader in the can take 15 or 20 years, if ever, to Now, the Student Success Act is a area of working on these issues for a admit they made a mistake. strong conservative proposal that re- lot more than 4 years. Now, when the original No Child Left flects our shared principles for reduc- Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I thank Behind bill passed, I used to meet with ing the Federal role, restoring local the gentleman for yielding. school superintendents a couple times control, and empowering individuals, Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to take a month. They knew within months not government bureaucrats. Reducing literally a few seconds to say I under- that that bill was horribly flawed. the authorization to 4 years will give stand the gentleman’s purpose here. I Chairman KLINE has worked very Congress and the next administration a think this improves the bill. hard on this bill. It is a very good bill, chance to ensure that these bold re- I support the amendment, and I urge but it is still a very big, complicated forms are actually working as in- my colleagues to vote for it. bill. And I am sure within months, tended. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield years, a couple of years, local super- Mr. Chairman, I encourage my col- such time as he may consume to the intendents will report changes they leagues to support this commonsense gentleman from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT), want to have made. amendment to the underlying bill, and the ranking member. I think this is a very good amend- I reserve the balance of my time. ment because, even though it doesn’t b 1630 Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I claim assure us that we are going to revisit the time in opposition. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- this in 4 years any more than the origi- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman man, I rise in support of the amend- nal No Child Left Behind we were sure from Colorado is recognized for 5 min- ment. we were going to revisit in 7 years, I utes. As the gentleman from Colorado has Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I had the think it reminds Congress that at least indicated, if you have a good bill, you in a 4-year period you ought to be look- opportunity to serve on our State should have as long an authorization as Board of Education in Colorado from ing at it, see what your local super- possible. It allows for better planning intendents think, see what your local 2001 to 2007, so this was during the im- and the other things he mentioned. plementation phase of No Child Left schoolteachers think, and see if it can But this is a bad bill. The funding be improved. And, of course, it is going Behind. formula takes from the poor and gives Now, we knew at the time many of to be able to be improved in 4 years. So to the rich. It eliminates the responsi- the flaws we are hoping to address that is the reason for the amendment. bility to actually do something about through ESEA reauthorization today, I mean, if you told anybody back the achievement gaps. I just believe but it took several years just to get up home we are passing a law and we don’t the quicker we can get back to it, the to the point where we had the tests, we anticipate even looking at it again for better. So if you want to shorten the had the standards, and we complied 4 years, I think they would think that authorization so that the pain inflicted with it. is highly unusual. That defines one of Education is a major public enter- on this bill is shorter, I am for it. the reasons why we shouldn’t get the prise. In fact, it is the largest public Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Chairman, I thank Federal Government involved in a wide enterprise at the State and local level. the gentleman for supporting the variety of things. One of the frustrations that I have amendment. The reasons he is sup- Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Chairman, I yield heard a lot of in the last few years— porting are completely wrong. We have back the balance of my time. and it has really amplified the frustra- increased Federal spending, as the gen- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, of course tion about testing—is the fact that the tleman knows, on education over 300 you can look at a bill during its period ball has been moving, the testing has percent since the Federal Government of initial authorization. There are rou- been changed. has been involved. And guess what, Mr. tinely cleanup bills that move through My State of Colorado, which is fairly Chairman, the results have been flat- this body. typical, moved from one test, the lined. And I wish—I wish—the No Child Left CSAP, to a temporary test, the TCAP, This bill does anything but take from Behind had a cleanup bill in 2002 or in and then finally a third test, all in a the poor and give to the rich. In fact, it 2003 or in 2004, all during its initial pe- period of 4 years. ensures that civil rights are protected riod of authorization, but President What we need to do—and this is and that children, whatever socio- Bush closed the doors on even the something that we will hear from edu- economic background, aren’t left be- changes that I think that we could cation stakeholders as varied as teach- hind, but they have the opportunity to have had broad consensus that we ers, school boards, and principals—is succeed in the 21st century and win. needed to pass. stop moving the ball. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I But of course whatever comes out of We know it is not going to be perfect. have remaining? this ESEA process, if we can agree on Let’s give it a little bit of time to The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman cleanup things and unintended con- work. Now, this bill is far from perfect, from Indiana has 31⁄4 minutes remain- sequences 2 years, 3 years out, let’s do which is why I oppose the underlying ing. them. bill; but whatever set of rules you set Mr. ROKITA. I yield such time as he Look, the answer is not to move the in place, I feel it is important to allow may consume to the gentleman from ball. It leads to the spinning of the the rulemaking, the State laws, to Wisconsin (Mr. GROTHMAN), who is new wheels for a period of years. And rather catch up, which takes a period of time, to this Congress but is already making than working on educating kids, people a period of years. this mark. He has coauthored this are working on complying with an I think the longer reauthorization, amendment with me. ever-changing matrix of Federal, through 2021, rather than reducing it to Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chairman, State, and local law. 4 years, is absolutely in the interests of well, one of the many reasons that this There is a lot that happens after we ensuring that whatever law we come up is a good bill is that it recognizes that pass a law in this body. It goes to Fed- with can be implemented more effec- the Federal Government is taking too eral rulemaking, input from various tively at the State and local level. much control over education in this constituencies, final rules. It goes to Not only is it frustrating for districts country. States who might change their poli- and teachers to chase a constantly One of the reasons the Federal Gov- cies, State Boards of Education, State moving ball, it detracts from their ernment should not get involved in commissioners. It goes down to dis- most important effort, which is to edu- many, many things is they are not very tricts, busy superintendents who are cate the next generation of Americans. nimble. When they make a mistake, worried about bus schedules, who are

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It might take ‘declaration of intent’ means a decision by a disadvantaged; 2 years, 3 years before it finally reaches State, as determined by State Authorizing ‘‘(7) a description of the plan for maintain- those policy implementation levels on Officials or by referendum, to assume full ing direct accountability to parents and the ground at a local level. And guess management responsibility for the expendi- other citizens of the State; and what, if this amendment becomes law ture of Federal funds for certain eligible pro- ‘‘(8) an assurance that in implementing the and the authorization period is only 4 grams for the purpose of advancing, on a declaration of intent, the State will seek to years, they might finally—finally— more comprehensive and effective basis, the use Federal funds to supplement, rather than start complying with this law only to educational policy of such State. supplant, State education funding. ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the ‘‘(d) DURATION.—The duration of the dec- find that there is a future Congress, a meaning given such term in section 1122(e). laration of intent shall not exceed 5 years. future President that moves the ball ‘‘(4) STATE AUTHORIZING OFFICIALS.—The ‘‘(e) REVIEW AND RECOGNITION BY THE SEC- once again and starts the whole cycle term ‘State Authorizing Officials’ means the RETARY.— of spinning wheels all over again. State officials who shall authorize the sub- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re- We need to make sure that whatever mission of a declaration of intent, and any view the declaration of intent received from we do in this body, that we give time amendments thereto, on behalf of the State. the State Designated Officer not more than for a thoughtful implementation of it Such officials shall include not less than 2 of 60 days after the date of receipt of such dec- laration, and shall recognize such declara- at the State and local level that the following: ‘‘(A) The governor of the State. tion of intent unless the declaration of in- doesn’t detract from the core mission ‘‘(B) The highest elected education official tent fails to meet the requirements under that the men and women who teach in of the State, if any. subsection (c). our classrooms, the men and women ‘‘(C) The legislature of the State. ‘‘(2) RECOGNITION BY OPERATION OF LAW.—If who volunteer on school boards, the ‘‘(5) STATE DESIGNATED OFFICER.—The term the Secretary fails to take action within the professionals who serve as superintend- ‘State Designated Officer’ means the person time specified in paragraph (1), the declara- ents commit their lives to in terms of designated by the State Authorizing Officials tion of intent, as submitted, shall be deemed educating kids. to submit to the Secretary, on behalf of the to be approved. State, a declaration of intent, and any ‘‘(f) AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF IN- So we need to move forward with a TENT.— longer reauthorization. If there are amendments thereto, and to function as the point-of-contact for the State for the Sec- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State Authorizing cleanup matters that we can agree on retary and others relating to any respon- Officials may direct the State Designated Of- during that authorization period, we sibilities arising under this part. ficer to submit amendments to a declaration of intent that is in effect. Such amendments should by no means preclude them ‘‘SEC. 6702. DECLARATION OF INTENT. shall be submitted to the Secretary and con- from the discussion until the end of ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State is authorized this authorization. That was one of the sidered by the Secretary in accordance with to submit to the Secretary a declaration of subsection (e). problems with No Child Left Behind, intent permitting the State to receive Fed- ‘‘(2) AMENDMENTS AUTHORIZED.—A declara- that this body never had a follow-up eral funds on a consolidated basis to manage tion of intent that is in effect may be amend- discussion. the expenditure of such funds to advance the ed to— I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no,’’ educational policy of the State. ‘‘(A) expand the scope of such declaration and I yield back the balance of my ‘‘(b) PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSOLIDA- of intent to encompass additional eligible TION AND PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS.— time. programs; ‘‘(1) SCOPE.—A State may choose to include ‘‘(B) reduce the scope of such declaration The Acting CHAIR. The question is within the scope of the State’s declaration of on the amendment offered by the gen- of intent by excluding coverage of a Federal intent any program for which Congress program included in the original declaration tleman from Indiana (Mr. ROKITA). makes funds available to the State if the of intent; The amendment was agreed to. program is for a purpose described in this ‘‘(C) modify the duration of such declara- AMENDMENT NO. 46 OFFERED BY MR. WALKER Act. A State may not include any program tion of intent; or The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order funded pursuant to the Individuals with Dis- ‘‘(D) achieve such other modifications as abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et to consider amendment No. 46 printed the State Authorizing Officials deem appro- seq.). priate. in part A of House Report 114–192. ‘‘(2) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, I offer ‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment to a State pursuant to a declaration of in- shall specify an effective date. Such effective an amendment. tent under this part shall be used for any date shall provide adequate time to assure The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will educational purpose permitted by State law full compliance with Federal program re- designate the amendment. of the State submitting a declaration of in- quirements relating to an eligible program The text of the amendment is as fol- tent. that has been removed from the coverage of lows: ‘‘(3) REMOVAL OF FISCAL AND ACCOUNTING the declaration of intent by the proposed BARRIERS.—Each State educational agency amendment. Page 580, line 24, strike the closing that operates under a declaration of intent ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF PROGRAM FUNDS WITH- quotation mark and second period. under this part shall modify or eliminate Page 580, after line 24, insert the following: DRAWN FROM DECLARATION OF INTENT.—Begin- State fiscal and accounting barriers that ning on the effective date of an amendment ‘‘PART G—A PLUS ACT prevent local educational agencies and executed under paragraph (2)(B), each pro- ‘‘SECTION 6701. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINI- schools from easily consolidating funds from gram requirement of each program removed TIONS. other Federal, State, and local sources in from the declaration of intent shall apply to ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This part may be cited order to improve educational opportunities the State’s use of funds made available under as the ‘‘Academic Partnerships Lead Us to and reduce unnecessary fiscal and account- the program. Success Act’’ or the ‘A PLUS Act’. ing requirements. ‘‘SEC. 6703. TRANSPARENCY FOR RESULTS OF ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this part ‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF DECLARATION.—Each dec- PUBLIC EDUCATION. are as follows: laration of intent shall contain— ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State operating ‘‘(1) To give States and local communities ‘‘(1) a list of eligible programs that are under a declaration of intent under this part added flexibility to determine how to im- subject to the declaration of intent; shall inform parents and the general public prove academic achievement and implement ‘‘(2) an assurance that the submission of regarding the student achievement assess- education reforms. the declaration of intent has been authorized ment system, demonstrating student ‘‘(2) To reduce the administrative costs and by the State Authorizing Officials, speci- progress relative to the State’s determina- compliance burden of Federal education pro- fying the identity of the State Designated tion of student proficiency, as described in grams in order to focus Federal resources on Officer; paragraph (2), for the purpose of public ac- improving academic achievement. ‘‘(3) the duration of the declaration of in- countability to parents and taxpayers. ‘‘(3) To ensure that States and commu- tent; ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.—The State nities are accountable to the public for ad- ‘‘(4) an assurance that the State will use shall determine and establish an account- vancing the academic achievement of all stu- fiscal control and fund accounting proce- ability system to ensure accountability dents, especially disadvantaged children. dures; under this part. ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: ‘‘(5) an assurance that the State will meet ‘‘(c) REPORT ON STUDENT PROGRESS.—Not ‘‘(1) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The term ‘account- the requirements of applicable Federal civil later than 1 year after the effective date of ability’ means that public schools are an- rights laws in carrying out the declaration of the declaration of intent, and annually

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A-PLUS Act does. ‘‘(1) student performance data disaggregated in the same manner as data But what did happen was the Federal One, it restores education decision- are disaggregated under section 1111(b)(3)(A); Government had a huge amount of making to State and local leaders who and money under President Obama’s race are better positioned to make informed ‘‘(2) a description of how the State has to the top, and they said: Hey, States— decisions about the needs of their local used Federal funds to improve academic and this is during the recession and school communities. It allows States achievement, reduce achievement disparities States needed the money—here is some to consolidate funding for any and all between various student groups, and improve money, but you have got to do what we programs that are authorized under the educational opportunities for the disadvan- want you to do. ESEA, and it also reduces bureaucracy taged. And so they conditioned that funding and increases transparency of student ‘‘SEC. 6704. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in and really coerced a lot of States into outcomes by redirecting accountability subsection (b), the amount that a State with adopting something like Common Core. to parents and taxpayers, not Wash- a declaration of intent may expend for ad- And so I think what the A-PLUS does ington. ministrative expenses shall be limited to 1 is it says: Okay. The Federal Govern- Fundamentally, I believe that gov- percent of the aggregate amount of Federal ment has gotten involved in K–12 edu- ernment is more accountable, almost funds made available to the State through cation. I don’t think it has been very always, the more local, and it becomes the eligible programs included within the successful from the very beginning, but more effective. scope of such declaration of intent. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- ‘‘(b) STATES NOT CONSOLIDATING FUNDS if you are going to be providing money, UNDER PARTAOFTITLE I.—If the declaration at least give the State the ability to ance of my time. of intent does not include within its scope take that money and use it as they see Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- part A of title I, the amount spent by the fit to try and innovate and to try to do man, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- State on administrative expenses shall be things that will improve the academic tleman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS). limited to 3 percent of the aggregate amount performance of their kids. But don’t Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, there is a of Federal funds made available to the State condition the funding on following spe- great potential for cooperation be- pursuant to such declaration of intent. cific formulas that Washington knows tween Democrats and Republicans, as ‘‘SEC. 6705. EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION OF PRI- VATE SCHOOLS. best. has historically been, with regard to ‘‘Each State consolidating and using funds I think this really empowers States. education; and that lies in, of course, pursuant to a declaration of intent under I think this is something that will em- enhancing flexibility in freeing teach- this part shall provide for the participation power local communities and, I think, ers and principals and districts from of private school children and teachers in the ultimately will be better off as a mat- some of the bureaucratic constraints activities assisted under the declaration of ter of K–12 education. So I thank my that they have that distract from their intent in the same manner as participation ability to maximize education. is provided to private school children and friend from North Carolina for offering teachers under section 9501.’’. it. But along with that increased flexi- bility needs to come accountability; The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- otherwise, we wind up with the worst House Resolution 347, the gentleman man, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. of both worlds. And just like No Child from North Carolina (Mr. WALKER) and Left Behind erred too far in the direc- a Member opposed each will control 5 The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is tion of not enough flexibility with too minutes. recognized for 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- much in the wrong kind of account- from North Carolina. man, I rise in opposition to the amend- ability, so, too, must we be careful not Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, I am ment. to err in the direction of too much introducing the Academic Partnerships The amendment would literally let flexibility without accountability. Lead Us to Success, or the A-PLUS, States just take the money and run It is important to make sure that as Act. with no assurance that the billions of we increase the ways and the manner When most of us come to Wash- Federal dollars actually benefit the that States and districts have to free ington, one of the promises or one of populations of students that ESEA was up local innovation at the classroom the things that we try and do best is to intended to serve: low-income, minor- level, at the school level, at the dis- return as much power or, should I say, ity students who do not speak English, trict level, we need to make sure and decisionmaking back to the States and students with disabilities. reiterate what our goals are here. back to the people. The original purpose of ESEA was to How do we make sure that all stu- I believe the A-PLUS Act does that. address the special educational needs dents are learning? How do we make It allows the States to opt out of as of children of low-income families and sure that schools are serving students many as 80 different Federal programs, the impact that concentrations of low- with disabilities under IDEA? How do returning that opportunity. Some may income families have on the ability of we make sure that districts and States say that No Child Left Behind, that it local educational agencies to support are committed to closing the achieve- allows the opt out, and it does; but adequate educational programs. ment gap between students of color and what it doesn’t do, it doesn’t allow the Subsequently, we added a require- White students, even in local jurisdic- States to opt out of the mandates and ment that you identify and address tions that might not have that polit- still keep their Federal funding. That achievement gaps. That is the purpose ical will intrinsically? That is the Fed- is why we believe this is a crucial of the law. If you just opt out and take eral promise. That is the promise and amendment. it as a block grant, you don’t have to the reason behind ESEA and our efforts I yield such time as he may consume address the problems that the money is to improve education across these to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. designed to cure. United States. DESANTIS), my distinguished friend. The underlying bill violates the To turn it over to the States effec- Mr. DESANTIS. Mr. Chairman, I original purpose of the original ESEA, tively makes the referee a player on thank my friend from North Carolina. and this amendment just makes it the field. We need to have an objective I am happy to cosponsor this amend- worse. look. The same people who are con- ment. I think of this amendment in I reserve the balance of my time. cerned with deciding exactly how mon- terms of Common Core because we Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, I re- eys are spent cannot objectively weigh have had a lot of controversy over quest how much time is remaining. whether it is working or whether it is Common Core. A lot of parents are The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman not. That is just human nature. upset about it, and they say: Look, this from North Carolina has 23⁄4 minutes We need to make sure that if States was the Federal Government getting remaining. have additional flexibility in grants— involved in education, and people sup- Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, who something I think that we can cer- port it. better to address these problems than tainly work together on—if they have

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If it does have been from the very beginning, and My amendment is very, very simple. work, we can increase our efforts to that is to the State level and to the It would allow any parent to opt his support them. local people, to the parents and the child out of high-stakes testing, and it So again, there is a general premise school boards. would protect schools from being pun- here that can be worked on, but the un- Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- ished by the Federal Department of derlying amendment would be ex- ance of my time. Education if parents opted to take tremely detrimental to public edu- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- their children out of these tests. cation. man, the ESEA passed in 1965 because Since the 2001 reauthorization of the Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- States and localities were not equi- Elementary and Secondary Education man, how much time do I have remain- tably funding the schools. The ESEA Act, called No Child Left Behind, the ing? required the money to be spent pri- Federal Government has placed in- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman marily in the areas with a concentra- creasing importance on academic as- has 2 minutes remaining. tion of low-income families. If this sessments in K–12 education. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- amendment passes, we can reasonably Assessments are important and even man, I reserve the balance of my time. assume that they will go back to the necessary to understand and measure a The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman way they were doing it. child’s academic progress. However, from North Carolina yielded back the This makes a bad bill even worse. So academic assessments have become an balance of his time. Did the gentleman I would hope that we would defeat the overutilized metric to evaluate every- intend to reserve? thing from the quality of a teacher to Mr. WALKER. Yes. amendment and keep the requirement that the States, in using the money, the strength of a particular program. The Acting CHAIR. Does the gen- Because of this frenzied obsession address the fiscal inequalities and tleman ask for unanimous consent to with high-stakes testing, more and achievement gaps. reclaim his 2 minutes of time? more time is being usurped from actual With this amendment, there are no Mr. WALKER. He yielded back 2 min- classroom learning. It was reported requirements that they do anything, utes to me. Is that correct? that the testing for a student in the and we can reasonably assume that The Acting CHAIR. Does the gen- 11th grade could take up to 27 days, a they would go back to doing the things tleman ask for unanimous consent? total of 15 percent of the entire school they were doing to begin with before Mr. WALKER. Yes. year, and a lot of the teachers com- The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- the ESEA passed. I would hope we plain about having to teach to the test. tion, the gentleman from North Caro- would defeat this amendment. In fact, I think that is why the NEA lina may reclaim his 2 minutes of time. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- has come out in support of this amend- There was no objection. ance of my time. ment. PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY The Acting CHAIR. The question is Parents are becoming increasingly Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, a point of on the amendment offered by the gen- fed up with such constant and onerous parliamentary inquiry. tleman from North Carolina (Mr. testing requirements, and so are the The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman WALKER). teachers. While some States currently will state his parliamentary inquiry. The question was taken; and the Act- allow parents to opt their students out Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, to be ing Chair announced that the ayes ap- clear, the gentleman was not yielded of assessments, there exists a simulta- peared to have it. neous obligation on schools of a 95 per- time from the gentleman from Vir- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- cent participation rate in school as- ginia. man, I demand a recorded vote. sessments. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to correct. If schools don’t meet these require- clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- ments, they risk enforcement measures Mr. POLIS. The gentleman was ceedings on the amendment offered by granted his own time, which erro- from the Department of Education, the gentleman from North Carolina which, at worst, could include losing neously he had yielded back to the will be postponed. Chair. access to Federal funding. These fac- AMENDMENT NO. 47 OFFERED BY MR. SALMON The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman tors create a strange environment of from Colorado is correct. The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order conflicting interests for students, par- The Chair recognizes the gentleman to consider amendment No. 47 printed ents, and schools. from North Carolina in part A of House Report 114–192. My amendment would ease a school’s Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, how Mr. SALMON. Mr. Chairman, I have fear of penalties by directing that much time do I have remaining? an amendment at the desk. opted-out students not be counted The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will among the 95 percent participation re- from North Carolina has 2 minutes re- designate the amendment. quirement while giving parents due maining. The gentleman from Virginia The text of the amendment is as fol- power over their children’s educations. has 2 minutes remaining. lows: I urge my colleagues to join me in Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, a lot of Page 31, line 3, strike ‘‘(3)(B)(ii)(II)’’ and supporting this important amendment, this is talk. And with due respect to insert ‘‘(3)(B)(ii)(II), except that States shall which returns the power back to where my friend from Colorado, I hear the allow the parent of a student to opt such stu- it should be, with the parents. point. But I would say a lot of that is dent out of the assessments required under I reserve the balance of my time. we are hearing ‘‘we, we this, we this, this paragraph for any reason and shall not Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- include such students in calculating the par- man, I claim the time in opposition. we the Federal, we this.’’ It really ticipation rate under this clause’’. should be ‘‘we the people at the State,’’ The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is ‘‘we the people at the local level.’’ The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to recognized for 5 minutes. It is important that we get some of House Resolution 347, the gentleman Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- the power that we like to monger up from Arizona (Mr. SALMON) and a Mem- man, it is one thing to keep a light on here among us in this House to return ber opposed each will control 5 min- problems like achievement gaps, as the it back to the States, to return it back utes. underlying bill does, but it kind of to the individual school boards. The Chair recognizes the gentleman sweeps everything under the rug. from Arizona. Before the participation threshold of b 1645 Mr. SALMON. Mr. Chairman, I first 95 percent, only one State actually as- Who best knows to make these deci- want to thank Chairman KLINE and sessed 95 percent of students with dis- sions other than these parents and Representative ROKITA of the House abilities, and it was not unusual for

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With This amendment, which would allow gap, you can’t deal with the achieve- this amendment, we eliminate the Na- students to opt out of tests and allow ment gap. tion’s responsibility to be accountable those students to be omitted from the We need to make sure that enough and to ensure that all children get an testing threshold, would make it easier students test, which is 95 percent, so education. to, once again, exclude historically that we can actually identify the I am astounded by the historical am- marginalized students from account- achievement gaps and do something nesia that goes on when we have these ability systems. about it. Parents do have the right to discussions. The ESEA was formed for There would be almost no way of opt out, but when the dust settles, at a purpose: to improve and to create eq- knowing which students truly opted least 95 percent will have had to have uity and opportunity for children who out, which were pushed out, and which taken the test. didn’t have it. students stayed at home at their We have situations now in which, if We have not reached a stage in this schools’ suggestion or traveled on an you eliminate that requirement, school country when we can say that States optional field trip. systems can encourage people not to can take care of this. We can go back In my home State of Colorado, a show up on testing day. They can have to those vestiges, as the ranking mem- similar provision was brought up in the field trips on testing day and can ma- ber said, in which there was no equal- State legislature, and over 400 business nipulate the data so that, if only half ity, there was no opportunity, and tell and community leaders strongly pub- of the students are taking the test and the States, ‘‘You can do what you want licly opposed the bill and succeeded in if you make sure that it is the good with this Federal money. And, by dis- defeating it. students who are taking the test, your cretion, if you don’t educate all of your In order to close achievement gaps, scores all of a sudden will go up. children, that is okay. And if, by dis- we need data on every student, regard- The requirement that 95 percent get cretion, we can’t hold anybody ac- less of race, background, or disability. tested means you have meaningful data countable for his lack of education, This kind of policy allows the very so that you can find out what the prob- that is okay.’’ data we need the most on the most lem is, and then you can deal with it. That is the message we are going needy kids to be swept under the rug. I reserve the balance of my time. back to, and I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. For that reason, I strongly urge a Mr. SALMON. Mr. Chairman, I yield Mr. SALMON. Mr. Chairman, I take ‘‘no’’ vote on this amendment. 1 minute to the gentleman from Min- serious umbrage with the arrogance Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- nesota (Mr. KLINE), the chairman of that purveys this city in that we are man, I yield myself the balance of my the full committee. the font of all knowledge. In fact, I lov- time. Mr. KLINE. I thank the gentleman ingly joke with my constituents when I If this amendment passes, school sys- for offering this amendment. tems will have an incentive to address Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is ex- go back and say, ‘‘I am from Wash- ington, D.C., and I am here to help achievement gaps not by the hard work pressing a concern here of parents, not that it takes to close the achievement of schoolteachers and principals who you.’’ It always draws a loud amount of laughter because everybody knows that gaps, but by just manipulating the want to put together field trips. There data. That is wrong, and this amend- is a great deal of anxiety on the part of that is not the way things really are. If we can’t trust our parents, who ment ought to be defeated. some parents, and this is giving them I yield back the balance of my time. have the biggest vested interest in some power. The Acting CHAIR. The question is whether or not their children succeed I support the gentleman’s amend- on the amendment offered by the gen- in education, if we can’t trust the ment, and I encourage my colleagues tleman from Arizona (Mr. SALMON). to support it. teachers, if we can’t trust the local The question was taken; and the Act- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- school boards, whose members also ing Chair announced that the ayes ap- man, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- have to run for election, then we might peared to have it. tleman from Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA). as well just fold up and go home. Mr. SALMON. Mr. Chairman, I de- Mr. GRIJALVA. I thank the ranking I have a lot more confidence in par- mand a recorded vote. member. ents, in teachers, in our local school The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to boards, than I do in some nameless, clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- the underlying legislation and to the faceless bureaucrat here in Wash- ceedings on the amendment offered by Salmon amendment. ington, D.C. I say we put the power the gentleman from Arizona will be Once again, we are considering legis- back where it should be: in the hands postponed. lation that does nothing to improve eq- of parents and teachers and local AMENDMENT NO. 48 OFFERED BY MR. POLIS uity in our public education system, school boards. The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order assuring and ensuring that resources I yield back the balance of my time. to consider amendment No. 48 printed are focused on student populations Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- in part A of House Report 114–192. that have been historically man, how much time do I have remain- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I have an marginalized, primarily children of ing? amendment at the desk. color, English language learners, chil- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will dren with disabilities, and poor kids. has 11⁄2 minutes remaining. designate the amendment. The lessons from No Child Left Behind Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- The text of the amendment is as fol- are plentiful, some good that need im- man, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman lows: provement and some that need to be from Colorado (Mr. POLIS). Strike section 112 and insert the following: Mr. POLIS. I thank the ranking eliminated from a reauthorization. SEC. 112. STATE PLANS. This amendment, along with the un- member. Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended to derlying legislation, continues to dis- Mr. Chairman, one parent recently read as follows: mantle and remove the ESEA’s signifi- wrote me that she prefers that students ‘‘SEC. 1111. STATE PLANS. cant mission, to deal with the issue of with special needs be required to take ‘‘(a) PLANS REQUIRED.— poverty in this country, marginalized tests. In her words, ‘‘The tests gave us ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For any State desiring communities, and kids who are not the data we needed to see where my to receive a grant under this part, the State achieving. son needed additional support.’’ educational agency shall submit to the Sec- Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to I rise in opposition to Mr. SALMON’s retary a plan, developed by the State edu- oppose H.R. 5 and this amendment. The amendment. cational agency, in consultation with rep- Before No Child Left Behind was resentatives of local educational agencies, current bill fails to provide all of our teachers, school leaders, specialized instruc- communities with equitable edu- passed, schools across the country tional support personnel, early childhood cations. would systemically excluded students education providers, parents, community or- Portability eliminates a mainte- from tests in an effort to inflate a ganizations, communities representing un- nance of effort, block grants don’t ad- school’s overall performance and sweep derserved populations, and Indian tribes,

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Perkins ‘‘(i) are aligned with the State’s academic digital assessment, such as computer-based Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, content standards; and online assessments; the Head Start Act, the Adult Education and ‘‘(ii) reflect the academic language that is ‘‘(viii) provide for accommodations, includ- Family Literacy Act, and the McKinney- required for success on the State educational ing for computer-based and online assess- Vento Homeless Assistance Act. agency’s academic content assessments; ments, for students with disabilities and ‘‘(2) CONSOLIDATED PLAN.—A State plan ‘‘(iii) predict success on the applicable English learners to provide a valid and reli- submitted under paragraph (1) may be sub- grade level English language arts content as- able measure of such students’ achievement; mitted as a part of a consolidated plan under sessment; ‘‘(ix) produce individual student interpre- section 9302. ‘‘(iv) ensure proficiency in each of the do- tive, descriptive, and diagnostic reports that ‘‘(b) COLLEGE AND CAREER READY CONTENT mains of speaking, listening, reading, and allow parents, teachers, and school leaders STANDARDS, ASSESSMENTS, AND ACHIEVEMENT writing in the appropriate amount of time; to understand and address the specific aca- STANDARDS.— and demic needs of students, and include infor- ‘‘(1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—Each State ‘‘(v) address the different proficiency levels mation regarding achievement on academic plan shall include evidence that the State’s of English learners. assessments, and that are provided to par- college and career ready content standards, ents, teachers, and school leaders, as soon as ‘‘(E) EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS.—The assessments, and achievement standards is practicable after the assessment is given, State educational agency shall, in collabora- under this subsection are— in an understandable and uniform format, tion with the State agencies responsible for ‘‘(A) vertically aligned from kindergarten and to the extent practicable, in a language overseeing early care and education pro- through grade 12; and that parents can understand; and grams and the State early care and edu- ‘‘(B) developed and implemented to ensure ‘‘(x) may be partially delivered in the form cation advisory council, develop and imple- that proficiency in the content standards of portfolios, projects, or extended perform- ment early learning standards across all will signify that a student is on-track to ance tasks as long as such assessments meet major domains of development for pre- graduate prepared for— the requirements of this subsection. schoolers that— ‘‘(i) according to written affirmation from ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Such assessments the State’s public institutions of higher edu- ‘‘(i) demonstrate alignment with the State shall— cation, placement in credit-bearing, non- academic content standards; ‘‘(i) be administered to all students, includ- remedial courses at the 2-and 4-year public ‘‘(ii) are implemented through dissemina- ing all subgroups described in subsection institutions of higher education in the State; tion, training, and other means to applicable (c)(3)(A), in the same grade level for each and early care and education programs; content area assessed, except as provided ‘‘(ii) success on relevant State career and ‘‘(iii) reflect research and evidence-based under subparagraph (E), through— technical education standards. developmental and learning expectations; ‘‘(I) a single summative assessment each ‘‘(2) COLLEGE AND CAREER READY CONTENT ‘‘(iv) inform teaching practices and profes- school year; or STANDARDS.— sional development and services; and ‘‘(II) multiple statewide assessments over ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State plan shall ‘‘(v) for preschool age children, appro- the course of the school year that result in a demonstrate that, not later than the 2015– priately assist in the transition to kinder- single summative score that provides valid, 2016 school year the State educational agen- garten. reliable, and transparent information on stu- cy will adopt and implement high-quality, ‘‘(F) ASSURANCE.—Each State plan shall in- dent achievement for each tested content college and career ready content standards clude an assurance that the State has imple- area in each grade level; that comply with this paragraph. mented the same content standards for all ‘‘(ii) for English language arts and math— ‘‘(B) SUBJECTS.—The State educational students in the same grade and does not have ‘‘(I) be administered annually, at a min- agency shall have such high-quality, aca- a policy of using different content standards imum, for students in grade 3 through grade demic content standards for students in kin- for any student subgroup. 8; and dergarten through grade 12 for, at a min- ‘‘(3) HIGH-QUALITY ASSESSMENTS.— ‘‘(II) be administered at least once, but not imum, English language arts, math, and ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State plan shall earlier than 11th grade for students in grades science. demonstrate that the State educational 9 through grade 12; and ‘‘(C) ELEMENTS.—College and career ready agency will adopt and implement high-qual- ‘‘(iii) for science, be administered at least content standards under this paragraph ity assessments in English language arts, once during grades 3 through 5, grades 6 shall— math, and science not later than the 2016– through 8, and grades 9 through 12. ‘‘(i) be developed through participation in 2017 school year that comply with this para- ‘‘(D) NATIVE LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS.— a State-led process that engages— graph. Each State educational agency with at least ‘‘(I) kindergarten through-grade-12 edu- ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Such assessments shall— 10,000 English learners, at least 25 percent of cation experts (including teachers and edu- ‘‘(i) be valid, reliable, appropriate, and of which speak the same language that is not cational leaders); and adequate technical quality for each purpose English, shall adopt and implement native ‘‘(II) representatives of institutions of required under this Act, and be consistent language assessments for that language con- higher education, the business community, with relevant, nationally recognized profes- sistent with State law. Such assessments and the early learning community; sional and technical standards; shall be for students— ‘‘(ii) be rigorous, internationally ‘‘(ii) measure the knowledge and skills nec- ‘‘(i) for whom the academic assessment in benchmarked, and evidence-based, requiring essary to demonstrate proficiency in the aca- the student’s native language would likely students to demonstrate the ability to think demic content standards under paragraph (2) yield more accurate and reliable information critically, solve problems, and communicate for the grade in which the student is en- about such student’s content knowledge; effectively; rolled; ‘‘(ii) who are literate in the native lan- ‘‘(iii) be either— ‘‘(iii) be developed as part of a system of guage and have received formal education in ‘‘(I) validated, including through written assessments providing data (including indi- such language; or affirmation from the State’s public institu- vidual student achievement data and indi- ‘‘(iii) who are enrolled in a bilingual or tions of higher education, to ensure that pro- vidual student growth data), that shall be dual language program and the native lan- ficiency in the content standards will signify used to improve teaching, learning, and pro- guage assessment is consistent with such that a student is on-track to graduate pre- gram outcomes; program’s language of instruction. pared for— ‘‘(iv) be used in determining the perform- ‘‘(E) ALTERNATE ASSESSMENTS FOR STU- ‘‘(aa) placement in credit-bearing, non- ance of each local educational agency and DENTS WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE remedial courses at the 2-and 4-year public school in the State in accordance with the DISABILITIES.—In the case of a State edu- institutions of higher education in the State; State’s accountability system under sub- cational agency that adopts alternate and section (c); achievement standards for students with the ‘‘(bb) success on relevant State career and ‘‘(v) provide an accurate measure of— most significant cognitive disabilities de- technical education standards; or ‘‘(I) student achievement at all levels of scribed in paragraph (4)(D), the State shall ‘‘(II) State-developed and voluntarily student performance; and adopt and implement high-quality statewide adopted by a significant number of States; ‘‘(II) student academic growth; alternate assessments aligned to such alter- ‘‘(iv) for standards from kindergarten ‘‘(vi) allow for complex demonstrations or nate achievement standards that meet the through grade 3, reflect progression in how applications of knowledge and skills includ- requirements of subparagraphs (B) and (C), children develop and learn the requisite ing the ability to think critically, solve so long as the State ensures that in the skills and content from earlier grades (in- problems, and communicate effectively; State the total number of students in each cluding preschool) to later grades; and ‘‘(vii) be accessible for all students, includ- grade level assessed in each subject does not ‘‘(v) apply to all schools and students in ing students with disabilities and English exceed the cap established under subsection the State. learners, by— (c)(3)(E)(iii)(II). ‘‘(D) ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ‘‘(I) incorporating principles of universal ‘‘(F) ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AS- STANDARDS.—Each State educational agency design as defined by section 3(a) of the As- SESSMENTS.—Each State educational agency

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shall adopt and implement statewide English math, and science by the 2015–2016 school ‘‘(ii) CATCH-UP LEVEL.—For a student who language proficiency assessments that— year that comply with this paragraph. is achieving at the catch-up level of achieve- ‘‘(i) are administered annually and aligned ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Such academic achieve- ment, the student growth standard is not with the State’s English language pro- ment standards shall establish at a min- less than the rate of academic growth nec- ficiency standards and academic content imum, 3 levels of student achievement that essary for the student to achieve an on-tar- standards; describe how well a student is demonstrating get level of achievement within 3 or 4 years, ‘‘(ii) are accessible, valid, and reliable; proficiency in the State’s academic content as determined by the State. ‘‘(iii) measure proficiency in reading, lis- standards that differentiate levels of per- ‘‘(F) PROHIBITION.—A State may not estab- tening, speaking, and writing in English formance to— lish alternate or modified achievement both individually and collectively; ‘‘(i) describe 2 levels of high achievement standards for any subgroup of students, ex- ‘‘(iv) assess progress and growth on lan- (on-target and advanced) that indicate, at a cept as provided under subparagraph (D). guage and content acquisition; and minimum, that a student is proficient in the ‘‘(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in ‘‘(v) allow for the local educational agency academic content standards under paragraph paragraph (3) shall be construed to prescribe to retest a student in the individual domain (2) as measured by the performance on as- the use of the academic assessments estab- areas that the student did not pass, unless sessments under paragraph (3); and lished pursuant to such paragraph for stu- the student is newly entering a school in the ‘‘(ii) describe a third level of achievement dent promotion or graduation purposes. State, or is in the third, fifth, or eighth (catch-up) that provides information about ‘‘(c) ACCOUNTABILITY AND SCHOOL IMPROVE- grades. the progress of a student toward becoming MENT SYSTEM.—The State plan shall dem- ‘‘(G) SPECIAL RULE WITH RESPECT TO BUREAU proficient in the academic content standards onstrate that not later than the 2016–2017 FUNDED SCHOOLS.—In determining the assess- under paragraph (2) as measured by the per- school year, the State educational agency, in ments to be used by each school operated or formance on assessments under paragraph consultation with representatives of local funded by the Department of the Interior’s (3). educational agencies, teachers, school lead- Bureau of Indian Education receiving funds ‘‘(C) VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.—Such achieve- ers, parents, community organizations, com- under this part, the following shall apply: ment standards are vertically aligned to en- munities representing underserved popu- ‘‘(i) Each such school that is accredited by sure a student who achieves at the on-target lations and Indian tribes, has developed a the State in which it is operating shall use or advanced levels under subparagraph (B)(i) single statewide accountability and school the assessments the State has developed and signifies that student is on-track to graduate improvement system (in this subsection implemented to meet the requirements of prepared for— known as the ‘accountability system’) that this section, or such other appropriate as- ‘‘(i) placement in credit-bearing, non- ensures all students have the knowledge and sessment as approved by the Secretary of the remedial courses at the 2- and 4-year public skills to successfully enter the workforce or Interior. institutions of higher education in the State; postsecondary education without the need ‘‘(ii) Each such school that is accredited by and for remediation by complying with this sub- a regional accrediting organization shall ‘‘(ii) success on relevant State career and section as follows: adopt an appropriate assessment, in con- technical education standards. ‘‘(1) ELEMENTS.—Each State accountability sultation with and with the approval of, the ‘‘(D) ALTERNATE ACHIEVEMENT STAND- system shall, at a minimum— Secretary of the Interior and consistent with ARDS.—If a State educational agency adopts ‘‘(A) annually measure academic achieve- assessments adopted by other schools in the alternate achievement standards for stu- ment for all students, including each sub- same State or region, that meets the re- dents with the most significant cognitive group described in paragraph (3)(A), in each quirements of this section. disabilities, such academic achievement public school, including each charter school, ‘‘(iii) Each such school that is accredited standards shall establish, at a minimum, 3 in the State, including— by a tribal accrediting agency or tribal divi- levels of student achievement that describe ‘‘(i) student academic achievement in ac- sion of education shall use an assessment de- how well a student is demonstrating pro- cordance with the academic achievement veloped by such agency or division, except ficiency in the State’s academic content standards described in subsection (b)(4); that the Secretary of the Interior shall en- standards that— ‘‘(ii) student growth in accordance with sure that such assessment meets the require- ‘‘(i) are aligned to the State’s college and the student growth standards described in ments of this section. career ready content standards under para- subsection (b)(4)(E); and ‘‘(H) ASSURANCE.—Each State plan shall in- graph (2); ‘‘(iii) graduation rates in diploma granting clude an assurance that the State edu- ‘‘(ii) are vertically aligned to ensure that a schools; cational agency will take steps to ensure student who achieves at the on-target or ad- ‘‘(B) set clear performance and growth tar- that the State assessment system, which in- vanced level under clause (v)(I) signifies that gets in accordance with paragraph (2) to im- cludes all statewide assessments and local the student is on-track to access a postsec- prove the academic achievement of all stu- assessments is coordinated and streamlined ondary education or competitive integrated dents as measured under subparagraph (A) of to eliminate duplication of assessment pur- employment; this paragraph and to close achievement poses, practices, and use. ‘‘(ii) reflect concepts and skills that stu- gaps so that all students graduate ready for ‘‘(I) ACCOMMODATIONS.—Each State plan dents should know and understand for each postsecondary education and the workforce; shall— grade; ‘‘(C) establish equity indicators to diag- ‘‘(i) describe the accommodations for ‘‘(iv) are supported by evidence-based nose school challenges and measure school English learners and students with disabil- learning progressions to age and grade-level progress within the improvement system de- ities on the assessments used by the State performance; and scribed in section 1116, including factors to which may include accommodations such as ‘‘(v) establish, at a minimum— measure, for all students and each subgroup text-to-speech technology or read aloud, ‘‘(I) 2 levels of high achievement (on-target described in paragraph (3)(A)— braille, large print, calculator, speech-to- and advanced) that indicate, at a minimum, ‘‘(i) academic learning, such as— text technology or scribe, extended time, and that a student with the most significant cog- ‘‘(I) percentage of students successfully frequent breaks; nitive disabilities is proficient in the aca- completing rigorous coursework that aligns ‘‘(ii) include evidence of the effectiveness demic content standards under paragraph (2) with college and career ready standards de- of such accommodations in maintaining as measured by the performance on assess- scribed under subsection (b)(2) such as dual valid results for the appropriate population; ments under paragraph (3)(E); and enrollment, Advanced Placement (AP) or and ‘‘(II) a third level of achievement (catch- International Baccalaureate (IB) courses; ‘‘(iii) include evidence that such accom- up) that provides information about the ‘‘(II) percentage of students enrolled in modations do not change the construct in- progress of a student with the most signifi- arts courses; tended to be measured by the assessment or cant cognitive disabilities toward becoming ‘‘(III) student success on State or local the meaning of the resulting scores. proficient in the academic content standards educational agency end-of course examina- ‘‘(J) ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENTS.—In the case under paragraph (2) as measured by the per- tions; and of a State educational agency that develops formance on assessments under paragraph ‘‘(IV) student success on performance- and administers computer adaptive assess- (3)(E). based assessments that are valid, reliable ments, such assessments shall meet the re- ‘‘(E) STUDENT GROWTH STANDARDS.—Each and comparable across a local educational quirements of this paragraph, and must State plan shall demonstrate that the State agency and meet the requirements of para- measure, at a minimum, each student’s aca- will adopt and implement student growth graph (3)(B); demic proficiency against the State’s con- standards for students in the assessed grades ‘‘(ii) student engagement, such as— tent standards as described in paragraph (2) that comply with this subparagraph, as fol- ‘‘(I) student attendance rates; for the grade in which the student is en- lows: ‘‘(II) student discipline data, including sus- rolled. ‘‘(i) ON-TARGET AND ADVANCED LEVELS.— pension and expulsion rates; ‘‘(4) COLLEGE AND CAREER READY ACHIEVE- For a student who is achieving at the on-tar- ‘‘(III) incidents of bullying and harass- MENT AND GROWTH STANDARDS.— get or advanced level of achievement, the ment; and ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State plan shall student growth standard is not less than the ‘‘(IV) surveys of student engagement and demonstrate that the State will adopt and rate of academic growth necessary for the satisfaction; implement college and career ready achieve- student to remain at that level of student ‘‘(iii) student advancement, such as— ment standards in English language arts, achievement for not less than 3 years. ‘‘(I) student on-time promotion rates;

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‘‘(II) on-time credit accumulation rates; ‘‘(B) ACHIEVEMENT GOALS.—Each State edu- ‘‘(i) is the same for all subgroups described ‘‘(III) course failure rates; and cational agency shall set multi-year goals in subparagraph (A); ‘‘(IV) post-secondary and workforce entry that are consistent with the academic and ‘‘(ii) does not exceed 15 students; rates; growth achievement standards under sub- ‘‘(iii) yields statistically reliable informa- ‘‘(iv) student health and wellness; section (b)(4) to ensure that all students tion; and ‘‘(v) student access to instructional qual- graduate prepared to enter the workforce or ‘‘(iv) does not reveal personally identifi- ity, such as— postsecondary education without the need able information about an individual stu- ‘‘(I) number of qualified teachers and para- for remediation. dent. professionals; ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE TARGETS.—Each State ‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION.—Each State edu- ‘‘(II) number of specialized instructional educational agency shall set ambitious, but cational agency shall ensure that— support personnel; achievable annual performance targets sepa- ‘‘(i) not less than 95 percent of the students ‘‘(III) instructional personnel attendance, rately for each subgroup of students de- in each subgroup described subparagraph (A) vacancies, and turnover; and scribed in paragraph (3)(A), for local edu- take the State’s assessments under sub- ‘‘(IV) rates of effective teachers and prin- cational agencies and schools, for each grade section (b)(2); and cipals, as determined by the State or local level and in English language arts and math ‘‘(ii) any school or local educational agen- educational agency; that reflect the progress required for all stu- cy that does not comply with the require- ‘‘(vi) school climate and conditions for stu- dents and each subgroup of students de- ment described in clause (i) of this subpara- dent success, such as— scribed in paragraph (3)(A) to meet the graph may not be considered to have met its ‘‘(I) the availability of up-to-date instruc- State-determined goals as required under goals or performance targets under para- tional materials, technology, and supplies; subparagraph (B), as approved by the Sec- graph (2). ‘‘(II) measures of school safety; and retary. ‘‘(D) AVERAGING.—Each State educational ‘‘(III) the condition of school facilities; in- ‘‘(D) GROWTH TARGETS.—Each State edu- agency may average achievement data with cluding accounting for well-equipped in- cational agency shall set ambitious but the year immediately preceding that school structional spaces; and achievable growth targets that— year for the purpose of determining whether ‘‘(vii) family and community engagement ‘‘(i) assist the State in achieving the aca- schools, local educational agencies, and the in education; demic achievement goals described in sub- ‘‘(D) annually differentiate performance paragraph (B); and State have met their performance targets and condition of schools based on— ‘‘(ii) include targets that ensure all stu- under paragraph (2). ‘‘(i) the achievement measured under sub- dents, including subgroups of students de- ‘‘(E) STUDENTS WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT paragraph (A); scribed in paragraph (3)(A), meet the growth COGNITIVE DISABILITIES.— ‘‘(ii) whether the school meets the per- standards described in subsection (b)(4)(E). ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In calculating the per- formance and growth targets set under para- ‘‘(E) GRADUATION RATE GOALS AND TAR- centage of students scoring at the on-target graph (2); and GETS.— levels of achievement and the graduation ‘‘(iii) to a lesser extent, data on the State- ‘‘(i) GRADUATION RATE GOALS.—Each State rate for the purpose of determining whether established equity indicators, as described in educational agency shall set a graduation schools, local educational agencies, and the subparagraph (C); and rate goal of not less than 90 percent. State have met their performance targets ‘‘(E) identify using the differentiation de- ‘‘(ii) GRADUATION RATE TARGETS.—Each under paragraph (2), a State shall include all scribed in subparagraph (D), for the purposes State educational agency shall establish students with disabilities, even those stu- under section 1116— graduation rate targets which shall not be dents with the most significant cognitive ‘‘(i) high priority schools that— less rigorous than the targets approved disabilities, and— ‘‘(I) according to the State-established pa- under section 200.19 of title 34, Code of Fed- ‘‘(I) may include the on-target and ad- rameters described in 1116(a)(2), have the eral Regulations (or a successor regulation). vanced scores of students with the most sig- lowest performance in the local educational ‘‘(iii) EXTENDED-YEAR GRADUATION RATE nificant cognitive disabilities taking alter- agency and the State using current and prior TARGETS.—In the case of a State that choos- nate assessments under subsection (b)(3)(E) year academic achievement, growth, and es to use an extended year graduation rate in provided that the number and percentage of graduation rate data as described in subpara- the accountability and school improvement such students who score at the on-target or graph (A) and data on the state-established system described under this subsection, the advanced level on such alternate assess- equity indicators described in subparagraph State shall set extended year graduation ments at the local educational agency and (C); or rate targets that are more rigorous than the the State levels, respectively, does not ex- ‘‘(II) as of the date of enactment of the targets set under clause (ii) and, if applica- ceed the cap established by the Secretary Student Success Act, have been identified ble, are not less rigorous than the targets ap- under clause (iii) in the grades assessed and under 1003(g); and proved under section 200.19 of title 34, Code subjects used under the accountability sys- ‘‘(ii) schools in need of support that have of Federal Regulations (or a successor regu- tem established under this subsection; and not met one or more of the performance tar- lation). ‘‘(II) may include students with the most gets set under paragraph (2) for any subgroup ‘‘(3) FAIR ACCOUNTABILITY.—Each State significant cognitive disabilities, who are as- described in paragraph (3)(A) in the same educational agency shall establish fair and sessed using alternate assessments described grade level and subject, for two consecutive appropriate policies and practices, as a com- in subsection (b)(3)(E) and who receive a years; and ponent of the accountability system estab- State-defined standards-based alternate di- ‘‘(iii) reward schools that have— lished under this subsection, to measure ploma aligned with alternate achievement ‘‘(I) the highest performance in the State school, local educational agency, and State standards described in subparagraph (4)(D) for all students and student subgroups de- performance under the accountability sys- and with completion of the student’s right to scribed in paragraph (3)(A); or tem that, at a minimum, comply with this a free and appropriate public education ‘‘(II) made the most progress over at least paragraph as follows: under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- the most recent 2-year period in the State in ‘‘(A) DISAGGREGATE.—Each State edu- cation Act, as graduating with a regular sec- increasing student academic achievement cational agency shall disaggregate student ondary school diploma, provided that the and graduation rates for all students and achievement data in a manner that complies number and percentage of those students student subgroups described in paragraph with the State’s group size requirements who receive a State-defined standards-based (3)(A); and under subparagraph (B) for the school’s, alternate diploma at the local educational ‘‘(III) made significant progress in over- local educational agency’s, and the State’s agency and the State levels, respectively, coming school challenges identified using performance on its goals and performance does not exceed the cap established by the the State-established equity indicators, as targets established under paragraph (2), by Secretary under clause (iii). described in subparagraph (C). each content area and each grade level for ‘‘(ii) STATE REQUIREMENTS.—If the number ‘‘(2) GOALS AND TARGETS.— which such goals and targets are established, and percentage of students taking alternate ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational and, if applicable, by improvement indica- assessments or receiving a State-defined agency shall establish goals and targets for tors described in paragraph (1)(D) for each of standards-based alternate diploma exceeds the State accountability and school im- the following groups: the cap under clause (iii) at the local edu- provement system that comply with this ‘‘(i) All public elementary and secondary cational agency or State level, the State paragraph. Such targets shall be established school students. educational agency, in determining whether separately for all elementary school and sec- ‘‘(ii) Economically disadvantaged students. the local educational agency or State, re- ondary school students, economically dis- ‘‘(iii) Students from major racial and eth- spectively, has met its performance targets advantaged students, students from major nic groups. under paragraph (2), shall— racial and ethnic groups, students with dis- ‘‘(iv) Students with disabilities. ‘‘(I) include all students with the most sig- abilities, and English learners and expect ac- ‘‘(v) English learners. nificant cognitive disabilities; celerated academic gains from subgroups ‘‘(B) SUBGROUP SIZE.—Each State edu- ‘‘(II) count at the catch-up level of who are the farthest away from college and cational agency shall establish group size re- achievement or as not graduating such stu- career-readiness as determined by annual quirements for performance measurement dents who exceed the cap; academic achievement measures described in and reporting under the accountability sys- ‘‘(III) include such students at the catch-up paragraph (1)(A). tem that— level of achievement or as not graduating in

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and ‘‘(ii) the entrance and exit requirements shall establish a cap for the purposes of this ‘‘(ii) a description of how the State will for students enrolled in limited English pro- subparagraph which— support local educational agencies to align ficient classes, which shall— ‘‘(I) shall be based on the most recently plans under subparagraph (A), efforts to im- ‘‘(I) be based on rigorous English language available data on— prove educator supports and working condi- standards; and ‘‘(aa) the incidence of students with the tions described in section 2112(b)(3), and ef- ‘‘(II) prepare such students to successfully most significant cognitive disabilities; forts to improve the equitable distribution of complete the State’s assessments; and ‘‘(bb) the participation rates, including by teachers and principals described in section ‘‘(iii) timelines and targets for moving stu- disability category, on alternate assessments 2112(b)(5), with efforts to improve the equi- dents from the lowest levels of English lan- using alternate achievement standards pur- guage proficiency to the State-defined suant to subsection (b)(3)(E); table allocation of resources as described in this subsection; English proficient level, including an assur- ‘‘(cc) the percentage of students, including ance that— by disability category, scoring at each ‘‘(C) how the State educational agency will ‘‘(I) such targets will be based on student’s achievement level on such alternate assess- ensure that the results of the State assess- initial language proficiency level when first ments; and ments described in subsection (b)(3) and the identified as limited English proficient and ‘‘(dd) other factors the Secretary deems school identifications described in sub- grade; and necessary; and section (c)(1), respectively, will be provided ‘‘(II) such timelines will ensure students ‘‘(II) may not exceed 1 percent of all stu- to local educational agencies, schools, teach- achieve English proficiency by 18 years of dents in the combined grades assessed. ers, and parents promptly, but not later than age, unless the State has obtained prior ap- ‘‘(4) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.— before the beginning of the school year fol- proval by the Secretary; ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall lowing the school year in which such assess- take such steps as necessary to provide for ments, other indicators, or evaluations are ‘‘(G) how the State educational agency will the orderly transition to the new account- taken or completed, and in a manner that is assist local educational agencies in improv- ability and school improvement systems re- clear and easy to understand; ing instruction in all core academic subjects; quired under this subsection from prior ac- ‘‘(D) how the State educational agency will ‘‘(H) how the State educational agency will countability and school improvement sys- meet the diverse learning needs of students develop and improve the capacity of local tems in existence on the day before the date by— educational agencies to use technology to of enactment of the Student Success Act. ‘‘(i) identifying and addressing State-level improve instruction; and ‘‘(B) TRANSITION.—To enable the successful barriers to implementation of universal de- ‘‘(I) how any State educational agency transition described in this paragraph, each sign for learning, as described in section with a charter school law will support high- State educational agency receiving funds 5429(b)(21), and multi-tier system of supports; quality public charter schools that receive under this part shall— and funds under this title by— ‘‘(i) administer assessments that were in ‘‘(ii) developing and making available to ‘‘(i) ensuring the quality of the authorized existence on the day before the date of en- local educational agencies technical assist- public chartering agencies in the State by actment of the Student Success Act and be- ance for implementing universal design for establishing— ‘‘(I) a system of periodic evaluation and ginning not later than the 2014–2015 school learning, as described in section 5429(b)(21), certification of public chartering agencies year, administer high-quality assessments and multi-tier system of supports; using nationally-recognized professional described in subsection (b)(3); ‘‘(E) for a State educational agency that standards; or ‘‘(ii) report student performance on the as- adopts alternate achievement standards for ‘‘(II) a statewide, independent chartering sessments described in subparagraph (I), con- students with the most significant cognitive agency that meets nationally-recognized sistent with the requirements under this disabilities under subsection (b)(4)(D)— professional standards; title; ‘‘(i) the clear and appropriate guidelines ‘‘(ii) including in the procedure established ‘‘(iii) set a new baseline for performance for individualized education program teams pursuant to clause (i) requirements for— targets, as described in paragraph (2)(C) and to apply in determining when a student’s sig- ‘‘(I) the annual filing and public reporting (2)(D), once new high-quality assessments de- nificant cognitive disability justifies alter- of independently audited financial state- scribed in subsection (b)(3) are implemented; nate assessment based on alternate achieve- ‘‘(iv) implement the accountability and ments including disclosure of amount and ment standards, which shall include guide- duration of any nonpublic financial and in- school improvement requirements of sec- lines to ensure— tions 1111 and 1116, except— kind contributions of support, by each public ‘‘(I) students with the most significant ‘‘(I) the State shall not be required to iden- chartering agency, for each school author- cognitive disabilities have access to the gen- tify new persistently low achieving schools ized by such agency, and by each local edu- eral education curriculum for the grade in or schools in need of improvement under sec- cational agency and the State; which the student is enrolled; tion 1116 for 1 year after high-quality assess- ‘‘(II) the adoption and enforcement of ‘‘(II) participation in an alternate assess- ments described in subsection (b)(3) have school employee compensation and conflict ment does not influence a student’s place- been implemented; and of interest guidelines for all schools author- ment in the least restrictive environment; ‘‘(II) shall continue to implement school ized, which shall include disclosure of execu- ‘‘(III) determinations are made separately improvement requirements of section 1116 in tive pay and affiliated parties with financial for each subject and are re-determined each persistently low achieving schools and interest in the management operations, or year during the annual individualized edu- schools in need of improvement that were contractual obligations of the school; identified as such in the year prior to imple- cation program team meeting; ‘‘(III) a legally binding charter or perform- mentation of new high-quality assessments; ‘‘(IV) the student’s mode of communica- ance contract between each charter school and tion has been identified and accommodated and the school’s authorized public chartering ‘‘(v) assist local educational agencies in to the extent possible; and agency that— providing training and professional develop- ‘‘(V) parents of such students give in- ‘‘(aa) describes the rights, duties, and rem- ment on the implementation of new college formed consent that— edies of the school and the public chartering and career ready standards and high-quality ‘‘(aa) their child’s achievement be based on agency; and assessments. alternate achievement standards; and ‘‘(bb) bases charter renewal and revocation ‘‘(C) END OF TRANSITION.—The transition ‘‘(bb) if applicable, that participation in decisions on an agreed-to school account- described in this paragraph shall be com- such assessments precludes the student from ability plan which includes financial and or- pleted by no later than 2 years from the date completing the requirements for a regular ganizational indicators, with significant of enactment of the Student Success Act. secondary school diploma; and weight given to the student achievement on ‘‘(d) OTHER PROVISIONS TO SUPPORT TEACH- ‘‘(ii) the procedures the State educational the achievement goals, performance targets, ING AND LEARNING.—Each State plan shall agency will use to ensure and monitor that and growth targets established pursuant to contain the following: individualized education program teams im- subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of subsection ‘‘(1) DESCRIPTIONS.—A description of— plement the requirements of clause (i); and (c)(2), respectively, for each student sub- ‘‘(A) how the State educational agency will ‘‘(iii) the plan to disseminate information group described in subsection (c)(3)(A), as carry out the responsibilities of the State on and promote use of appropriate accom- well as under section 1116; modations to increase the number of stu- ‘‘(iii) developing and implementing, in con- ‘‘(B) a plan to identify and reduce inequi- dents with the most significant cognitive sultation and coordination with local edu- ties in the allocation of State and local re- disabilities who are assessed using achieve- cational agencies, a system of intervention, sources, including personnel and nonper- ment standards described in subparagraphs revocation, or closure for charter schools sonnel resources, between schools that are (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(4); 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Each such ‘‘(D) amendments or changes to State scribed in clauses (i) and (ii), which, at a plan shall, at a minimum, include— plans; and minimum provides for— ‘‘(1) a description of the State’s criteria ‘‘(E) hearings. ‘‘(I) initial and regular review, no less than and schedule for review and approval of local ‘‘(g) DURATION OF THE PLAN.— once every 3 years, of each public chartering educational agency engagement policies and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State plan shall— agency; and practices pursuant to section 1112(e)(3); ‘‘(A) remain in effect for the duration of ‘‘(II) intervention, revocation, or closure of ‘‘(2) a description of the State’s system and the State’s participation under this part or 4 any charter school identified for school im- process for assessing local educational agen- years, whichever is shorter; and provement under section 1116. cy implementation of section 1118 respon- ‘‘(B) be periodically reviewed and revised ‘‘(2) ASSURANCES.—Assurances that— sibilities; as necessary by the State educational agen- ‘‘(A) the State educational agency will par- ‘‘(3) a description of the State’s criteria for cy to reflect changes in the State’s strate- ticipate in biennial State academic assess- identifying local educational agencies that gies and programs under this part, including ments of 4th, 8th, and 12th grade reading, would benefit from training and support re- information on the progress the State has mathematics, and science under the National lated to family engagement in education; made in fulfilling the requirements of this Assessment of Educational Progress carried ‘‘(4) a description of the State’s statewide section. out under section 303(b)(2) of the National system of capacity-building and technical ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—A State educational agen- Assessment of Educational Progress Author- assistance for local educational agencies and cy that desires to continue participation ization Act, if the Secretary pays the costs schools on effectively implementing family under this part shall submit a renewed plan of administering such assessments; engagement in education practices and poli- every 4 years, including information on ‘‘(B) the State educational agency will— cies to increase student achievement; progress the State has made in— ‘‘(i) notify local educational agencies and ‘‘(5) an assurance that the State will refer ‘‘(A) implementing college- and career- the public of the content and student aca- to Statewide Family Engagement Centers, as ready content and achievement standards demic achievement standards and academic described in section 5702, those local edu- and high-quality assessments described in assessments developed under this section, cational agencies that would benefit from paragraph (b); and of the authority to operate schoolwide training and support related to family en- ‘‘(B) meeting its goals and performance programs; and gagement in education; and targets described in subsection (c)(2); and ‘‘(ii) fulfill the State educational agency’s ‘‘(6) a description of the relationship be- ‘‘(C) improving the capacity and skills of responsibilities regarding local educational tween the State educational agency and teachers and principals as described in sec- agency and school improvement under sec- Statewide Family Engagement Centers, par- tion 2112. tion 1116; ent training and information centers, and ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—If signifi- ‘‘(C) the State educational agency will en- community parent resource centers in the cant changes are made to a State’s plan, courage local educational agencies to con- State established under sections 671 and 672 such as the adoption of new State academic solidate funds from other Federal, State, and of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- content standards and State student local sources for school improvement activi- cation Act. achievement standards, new academic as- ties under 1116 and for schoolwide programs sessments, or new performance goals or tar- under section 1114; ‘‘(f) PEER REVIEW AND SECRETARIAL AP- get, growth goals or targets, or graduation ‘‘(D) the State educational agency has PROVAL.— rate goals or targets, such information shall modified or eliminated State fiscal and ac- ‘‘(1) SECRETARIAL DUTIES.—The Secretary be submitted to the Secretary for approval. counting barriers so that schools can easily shall— ‘‘(h) FAILURE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.—If a consolidate funds from other Federal, State, ‘‘(A) establish a peer-review process to as- State fails to meet any of the requirements and local sources for schoolwide programs sist in the review of State plans; of this section, the Secretary may withhold under section 1114; ‘‘(B) appoint individuals to the peer-review funds for State administration under this ‘‘(E) that State educational agency will co- process who are representative of parents, part until the Secretary determines that the ordinate data collection efforts to fulfill the teachers, State educational agencies, local State has fulfilled those requirements. requirements of this Act and reduce the du- educational agencies, and experts and who ‘‘(i) REPORTS.— plication of data collection to the extent are familiar with educational standards, as- ‘‘(1) ANNUAL STATE REPORT CARD.— practicable; sessments, accountability, the needs of low- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives ‘‘(F) the State educational agency will pro- performing schools, and other educational assistance under this part shall prepare and vide the least restrictive and burdensome needs of students; disseminate an annual State report card. regulations for local educational agencies ‘‘(C) approve a State plan within 120 days Such dissemination shall include, at a min- and individual schools participating in a pro- of its submission unless the Secretary deter- imum, publicly posting the report card on gram assisted under this part; mines that the plan does not meet the re- the home page of the State educational agen- ‘‘(G) the State educational agency will in- quirements of this section; cy’s website. form local educational agencies in the State ‘‘(D) if the Secretary determines that the ‘‘(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—The State report of the local educational agency’s authority— State plan does not meet the requirements of card shall be— ‘‘(i) to transfer funds under title VI; this section immediately notify the State of ‘‘(i) concise; and ‘‘(ii) to obtain waivers under part D of title such determination and the reasons for such ‘‘(ii) presented in an understandable and IX; and determination; uniform format and, to the extent prac- ‘‘(iii) if the State is an Ed-Flex Partnership ‘‘(E) not decline to approve a State’s plan ticable, provided in a language that the par- State, to obtain waivers under the Education before— ents can understand. Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999; ‘‘(i) offering the State an opportunity to ‘‘(C) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The State ‘‘(H) the State educational agency will revise its plan; shall include in its annual State report work with other agencies, including edu- ‘‘(ii) providing technical assistance in card— cational service agencies or other local con- order to assist the State to meet the require- ‘‘(i) information, in the aggregate, and sortia and comprehensive centers established ments of this section; and disaggregated and cross-tabulated by the under the Educational Technical Assistance ‘‘(iii) providing a hearing; and same major groups as the decennial census of Act of 2002, and institutions to provide pro- ‘‘(F) have the authority to disapprove a the population, ethnicity, gender, disability fessional development and technical assist- State plan for not meeting the requirements status, migrant status, English proficiency, ance to local educational agencies and of this part, but shall not have the authority and status as economically disadvantaged, schools; to require a State, as a condition of approval except that such disaggregation and cross- ‘‘(I) the State educational agency will en- of the State plan, to include in, or delete tabulation shall not be required in a case in sure that local educational agencies in the from, such plan one or more specific ele- which the number of students in a category State comply with the requirements of sub- ments of the State’s academic content stand- is insufficient to yield statistically reliable title B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento ards or to use specific academic assessment information or the results would reveal per- Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. lll17); and instruments or items. sonally identifiable information about an in- ‘‘(J) the State educational agency has en- ‘‘(2) STATE REVISIONS.—A State plan shall dividual student on— gaged in timely and meaningful consultation be revised by the State educational agency if ‘‘(I) student achievement at each achieve- with representatives of Indian tribes located the revision is necessary to satisfy the re- ment level on the State academic assess- in the State in the development of the State quirements of this section. ments described in subsection (b)(3), includ- plan to serve local educational agencies ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW.—Notifications under ing the most recent 2-year trend; under its jurisdiction in order to— this subsection shall be made available to ‘‘(II) student growth on the State academic ‘‘(i) improve the coordination of activities the public through the website of the Depart- assessments described in subsection (b)(3), under this Act; ment, including— including the most-recent 2-year trend; ‘‘(ii) meet the purpose of this title; and ‘‘(A) State plans submitted or resubmitted ‘‘(III) the four-year adjusted cohort rate, ‘‘(iii) meet the unique cultural, language, by a State; the extended-year graduation rate (where ap- and educational needs of Indian students. ‘‘(B) peer review comments; plicable), and the graduation rate by type of ‘‘(e) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.—Each State ‘‘(C) State plan determinations by the Sec- diploma, including the most recent 2-year plan shall include a plan for strengthening retary, including approvals or disapprovals; trend;

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for which assessments under this section are ment compared to students in the State as a ‘‘(ii) the academic assessments described in required; whole; subsection (b)(3); and ‘‘(ii) information that provides a compari- ‘‘(III) per-pupil expenditures from Federal, ‘‘(iii) the accountability and school im- son between the actual achievement levels State, and local sources, including personnel provement system described in subsection and growth of each group of students de- and nonpersonnel resources, for each school (c); and scribed in subsection (c)(3)(A) and the per- in the local educational agency, consistent ‘‘(B) the annual State report card under formance targets and growth targets in sub- with the requirements under section 1120A; paragraph (1). section (c)(2) for each such group of students ‘‘(IV) the number and percentage of sec- ‘‘(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary on each of the academic assessments and for ondary school students who have been re- shall transmit annually to the Committee on graduation rates required under this part; moved from the 4-year adjusted cohort by Education and the Workforce of the House of ‘‘(iii) if a State adopts alternate achieve- leaver code, and the number and percentage Representatives and the Committee on ment standards for students with the most of students from each adjusted cohort that Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of significant cognitive disabilities, the number have been enrolled in high school for more the Senate a report that provides national and percentage of students taking the alter- than 4 years but have not graduated with a and State-level data on the information col- nate assessments and information on student regular diploma; and lected under paragraph (5). achievement at each achievement level and ‘‘(V) information on the number of mili- ‘‘(7) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW.— student growth, by grade and subject; tary-connected students (students who are a ‘‘(A) ACHIEVEMENT INFORMATION.—At the ‘‘(iv) the number of students who are dependent of a member of the Armed Forces, beginning of each school year, a school that English learners, and the performance of including reserve components thereof) served receives funds under this subpart shall pro- such students, on the State’s English lan- by the local educational agency and how vide to each individual parent— guage proficiency assessments, including the such military-dependent students achieved ‘‘(i) information on the level of achieve- students’ attainment of, and progress to- on the statewide academic assessment com- ment and growth of the parent’s child on ward, higher levels of English language pro- pared to all students served by the local edu- each of the State academic assessments and, ficiency; cational agency; and as appropriate, other improvement indica- ‘‘(v) information on the performance of ‘‘(ii) in the case of a school— tors adopted in accordance with this subpart; local educational agencies in the State re- ‘‘(I) whether the school has been identified and garding school improvement, including the for school improvement; and ‘‘(ii) timely notice that the parent’s child number and names of each school identified ‘‘(II) information that shows how the has been assigned, or has been taught for for school improvement under section 1116 school’s students achievement on the state- four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher and information on the outcomes of the eq- wide academic assessments and other im- who is not qualified or has been found to be uity indicators outlined in section provement indicators compared to students ineffective, as determined by the State or 1111(c)(1)(C); in the local educational agency and the local educational agency. ‘‘(vi) the professional qualifications of State as a whole. ‘‘(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—At the beginning of teachers in the State, the percentage of such ‘‘(C) OTHER INFORMATION.—A local edu- each school year, a local educational agency teachers teaching with emergency or provi- cational agency may include in its annual that receives funds under this part shall no- sional credentials, and the percentage of local educational agency report card any tify the parents of each student attending classes in the State not taught by qualified other appropriate information, whether or any school receiving funds under this part, teachers, in the aggregate and disaggregated not such information is included in the an- information regarding the professional quali- by high-poverty compared to low-poverty nual State report card. fications of the student’s classroom teachers, schools which, for the purpose of this clause, ‘‘(D) DATA.—A local educational agency or means schools in the top quartile of poverty school shall only include in its annual local including, at a minimum, the following: and the bottom quartile of poverty in the educational agency report card data that are ‘‘(i) Whether the teacher has met State State; sufficient to yield statistically reliable infor- qualification and licensing criteria for the ‘‘(vii) information on teacher effectiveness, mation, as determined by the State, and that grade levels and subject areas in which the as determined by the State, in the aggregate do not reveal personally identifiable infor- teacher provides instruction. and disaggregated by high-poverty compared mation about an individual student. ‘‘(ii) Whether the teacher is teaching under to low-poverty schools which, for the pur- ‘‘(E) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.—The local edu- emergency or other provisional status pose of this clause, means schools in the top cational agency shall publicly disseminate through which State qualification or licens- quartile of poverty and the bottom quartile the report cards described in this paragraph ing criteria have been waived. of poverty in the State; to all schools in the school district served by ‘‘(iii) Whether the teacher is currently en- ‘‘(viii) a clear and concise description of the local educational agency and to all par- rolled in an alternative certification pro- the State’s accountability system, including ents of students attending those schools in gram. a description of the criteria by which the an accessible, understandable, and uniform ‘‘(iv) Whether the child is provided services State educational agency evaluates school format and, to the extent practicable, pro- by paraprofessionals or specialized instruc- performance, and the criteria that the State vided in a language that the parents can un- tional support personnel and, if so, their educational agency has established, con- derstand, and make the information widely qualifications. sistent with subsection (c), to determine the available through public means, such as ‘‘(C) FORMAT.—The notice and information status of schools with respect to school im- posting on the Internet, distribution to the provided to parents under this paragraph provement; and media, and distribution through public agen- shall be in an understandable and uniform ‘‘(ix) outcomes related to quality charter cies. format and, to the extent practicable, pro- authorizing standards as described in sub- ‘‘(3) PREEXISTING REPORT CARDS.—A State vided in a language that the parents can un- section (d)(1)(I), including, at a minimum, educational agency or local educational derstand. annual filing as described in subsection agency that was providing public report ‘‘(j) PRIVACY.—Information collected under (d)(1)(I)(ii)(I). cards on the performance of students, this section shall be collected and dissemi- nated in a manner that protects the privacy ‘‘(2) ANNUAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY schools, local educational agencies, or the of individuals. REPORT CARDS.— State prior to the date of enactment of the ‘‘(k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec- ‘‘(A) REPORT CARDS.—A local educational Student Success Act may use those report retary shall provide a State educational agency that receives assistance under this cards for the purpose of this subsection, so agency, at the State educational agency’s re- part shall prepare and disseminate an annual long as any such report card is modified, as quest, technical assistance in meeting the local educational agency report card. may be needed, to contain the information requirements of this section, including the ‘‘(B) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The State required by this subsection. provision of advice by experts in the develop- educational agency shall ensure that each ‘‘(4) COST REDUCTION.—Each State edu- ment of college and career ready standards, local educational agency collects appro- cational agency and local educational agen- high-quality academic assessments, and priate data and includes in the local edu- cy receiving assistance under this part shall, goals and targets that are valid and reliable, cational agency’s annual report the informa- wherever possible, take steps to reduce data and other relevant areas. tion described in paragraph (1)(C) as applied collection costs and duplication of effort by ‘‘(l) VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIPS.—A State to the local educational agency and each obtaining the information required under may enter into a voluntary partnership with school served by the local educational agen- this subsection through existing data collec- another State to develop and implement the cy, and— tion efforts. academic assessments and standards re- ‘‘(i) in the case of a local educational agen- ‘‘(5) ANNUAL STATE REPORT TO THE SEC- quired under this section. cy— RETARY.—Each State educational agency re- ‘‘(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

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‘‘(1) ADJUSTED COHORT; EXTENDED-YEAR; EN- ‘‘(i) the number of students who— SEC. 117. ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT AND LOCAL TERING COHORT; TRANSFERRED INTO; TRANS- ‘‘(I) formed the adjusted cohort 4 years ear- EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AND FERRED OUT.— lier; and SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT; SCHOOL SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION. ‘‘(A) ADJUSTED COHORT.—Subject to sub- ‘‘(II) graduate in 4 years or less with a reg- Section 1116 (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended to paragraph (D)(ii) through (G), the term ‘ad- ular secondary school diploma; divided by read as follows: justed cohort’ means the difference of— ‘‘(ii) the number of students who formed ‘‘(i) the sum of— the adjusted cohort for that year’s grad- ‘‘SEC. 1116. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. ‘‘(I) the entering cohort; plus uating class 4 years earlier; multiplied by ‘‘(a) LOCAL REVIEW.— ‘‘(II) any students that transferred into the ‘‘(B) 100. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency receiving funds under this part cohort in any of grades 9 through 12; minus ‘‘(3) EXTENDED-YEAR GRADUATION RATE.— ‘‘(ii) any students that are removed from The term ‘extended-year graduation rate’ for shall— the cohort as described in subparagraph (E). a school year is defined as the percent ob- ‘‘(A) use the State academic assessments, including measures of student growth and ‘‘(B) EXTENDED YEAR.—The term ‘extended tained by calculating the product of the re- year’ when used with respect to a graduation sult of— graduation rates, and data on the state-es- rate, means the fifth or sixth year after the ‘‘(A) the sum of— tablished equity indicators described in sec- school year in which the entering cohort, as ‘‘(i) the number of students who— tion 1111(c)(1)(C) to review, annually, the described in subparagraph (C), is established ‘‘(I) form the adjusted cohort for that progress of each school served under this for the purpose of calculating the adjusted year’s graduating class; and part, and consistent with the parameters de- cohort. ‘‘(II) graduate in an extended year with a scribed in paragraph (2), to determine wheth- er the school is— ‘‘(C) ENTERING COHORT.—The term ‘enter- regular secondary school diploma; or ing cohort’ means the number of first-time ‘‘(III) graduate before exceeding the age for ‘‘(i) meeting performance targets, growth 9th graders enrolled in a secondary school 1 eligibility for a free appropriate public edu- targets, and graduation rate targets estab- month after the start of the secondary cation (as defined in section 602 of the Indi- lished under section 1111(c)(2); and school’s academic year. viduals with Disabilities Education Act) ‘‘(ii) making progress to address school ‘‘(D) TRANSFERRED INTO.—The term ‘trans- under State law; divided by challenges identified using the state- estab- ferred into’ when used with respect to a sec- ‘‘(ii) the result of— lished equity indicators described in section ondary school student, means a student ‘‘(I) the number of students who form the 1111(c)(1)(C); who— adjusted cohort for that year’s graduating ‘‘(B) based on the review conducted under ‘‘(i) was a first-time 9th grader during the class; plus subparagraph (A), determine whether a same school year as the entering cohort; and ‘‘(II) the number of students who trans- school served under this part is— ‘‘(ii) enrolls after the entering cohort is ferred in during the extended year defined in ‘‘(i) in need of support as described under calculated as described in subparagraph (B). paragraph (1)(B), minus section 1111(c)(1)(E)(ii); or ‘‘(E) TRANSFERRED OUT.— ‘‘(III) students who transferred out, emi- ‘‘(ii) a high priority school that meets the ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘transferred grated, or died during the extended year de- State-established paraments under para- out’ when used with respect to a secondary fined in paragraph (1)(B); multiplied by graph (2); school student, means a student who the sec- ‘‘(B) 100. ‘‘(C) publicize and disseminate the results ondary school or local educational agency ‘‘(4) LEAVER CODE.—The term ‘leaver code’ of the local annual review described in sub- has confirmed has transferred to another— means a number or series of numbers and paragraph (A) to parents, teachers, prin- ‘‘(I) school from which the student is ex- letters assigned to a categorical reason for cipals, schools, and the community so that pected to receive a regular secondary school why a student left the high school from the teachers, principals, other staff, and diploma; or which she or he is enrolled without having schools can continually refine, in an ‘‘(II) educational program from which the earned a regular high school diploma, except instructionally useful manner, the program student is expected to receive a regular sec- that— of instruction to help all children served ondary school diploma. ‘‘(A) an individual student with either a under this part meet the college and career ‘‘(ii) CONFIRMATION REQUIREMENTS.— duplicative code or whom has not been as- ready achievement standards established ‘‘(I) DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.—The con- signed a leaver code shall not be removed under section 1111(b); and firmation of a student’s transfer to another from the cohort assigned for the purpose of ‘‘(D) use the equity indicators established school or educational program described in calculating the adjusted cohort graduation under section 1111(c)(1)(C) to diagnose school clause (i) requires documentation from the rate; and challenges and measure school progress in receiving school or program that the student ‘‘(B) the number of students with either a carrying out the school improvement activi- enrolled in the receiving school or program. duplicative leaver code or who have not been ties under this section. ‘‘(II) LACK OF CONFIRMATION.—A student assigned a leaver code shall be included in ‘‘(2) HIGH PRIORITY SCHOOLS.—The State who was enrolled, but for whom there is no reporting requirements for the leaver code. educational agency shall establish param- confirmation of the student having trans- ‘‘(5) MULTI-TIER SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS.—The eters, consistent with section 1111(c)(1)(E)(i), ferred out, shall remain in the cohort as a term ‘multi-tier system of supports’ means a to assist local educational agencies in identi- non-graduate for reporting and account- comprehensive system of differentiated sup- fying high priority schools within the local ability purposes under this section. ports that includes evidence-based instruc- educational agency that— ‘‘(iii) PROGRAMS NOT PROVIDING CREDIT.—A tion, universal screening, progress moni- ‘‘(A) for elementary schools— student enrolled in a GED or other alter- toring, formative assessment, and research- ‘‘(i) shall use student achievement on the native educational program that does not based interventions matched to student assessments required under section 1111(b)(3), issue or provide credit toward the issuance of needs, and educational decision-making including prior year data; a regular secondary school diploma shall not using student outcome data. ‘‘(ii) shall use student growth data on the be considered transferred out. ‘‘(6) GRADUATION RATE.—The term ‘gradua- assessments under section 1111(b)(3), includ- ‘‘(F) COHORT REMOVAL.—To remove a stu- tion rate’ means a 4-year adjusted cohort ing prior year data; and dent from a cohort, a school or local edu- graduation rate and the extended-year grad- ‘‘(iii) shall use, to a lesser extent than each cational agency shall require documentation uation rate. of the parameters established in clauses (i) to confirm that the student has transferred ‘‘(7) REGULAR SECONDARY SCHOOL DI- and (ii), data on the equity indicators estab- out, emigrated to another country, or is de- PLOMA.— lished under section 1111(c)(1)(C); and ceased. ‘‘(A) The term ‘regular secondary school ‘‘(B) for secondary schools— ‘‘(G) TREATMENT OF OTHER LEAVERS AND diploma’ means standard secondary school ‘‘(i) shall use student achievement on the WITHDRAWALS.—A student who was retained diploma awarded to the preponderance of assessments required under section 1111(b)(3), in a grade, enrolled in a GED program, aged- students in the State that is fully aligned including prior year data; out of a secondary school or secondary with the State’s college and career ready ‘‘(ii) shall use student growth data on the school program, or left secondary school for achievement standards as described under assessments under section 1111(b)(3), includ- any other reason, including expulsion, shall subsection (b)(4), or a higher diploma. Such ing prior year data; not be considered transferred out, and shall term shall not include GED’s, certificates of ‘‘(iii) shall use graduation rate data, in- remain in the adjusted cohort. attendance, or any lesser diploma awards. cluding prior year data; and ‘‘(H) SPECIAL RULE.—For those secondary ‘‘(B) If a State adopts different paths to ‘‘(iv) shall use, to a lesser extent than each schools that start after grade 9, the entering the regular secondary school diploma, such of the parameters established in clauses (i) cohort shall be calculated 1 month after the different paths shall— through clause (iii), data on the equity indi- start of the secondary school’s academic ‘‘(i) be available to all students in the cators established under section 1111(c)(1)(C); year in the earliest secondary school grade State; or at the secondary school. ‘‘(ii) be equally rigorous in their require- ‘‘(v) shall include schools with 4-year ad- ‘‘(2) 4-YEAR ADJUSTED COHORT GRADUATION ments; and justed cohort graduation rates below 67 per- RATE.—The term ‘4-year adjusted cohort ‘‘(iii) signify that a student is prepared for cent as high priority schools. graduation rate’ means the percent obtained college or a career without the need for re- ‘‘(b) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.— by calculating the product of— mediation.’’. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each school served under ‘‘(A) the result of— Strike section 117 and insert the following: this part determined to be a school in need of

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address existing resource inequities. agency, responsibilities, and stability of ex- ‘‘(II) screening all existing staff at the ‘‘(2) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM.— isting administrative, instructional, and school, with the leadership team, through a ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each school described in non-instructional staff; process that ensures a rigorous and fair re- paragraph (1) shall form a school improve- ‘‘(II) budget resources, including how Fed- view of their applications; ment team, which shall include school lead- eral, State, and local funds are being spent ‘‘(III) improving the recruitment and re- ers, teachers, parents, community members, for instruction and operations to determine tention of qualified and effective teachers and specialized instructional support per- how existing resources can be aligned and and principals, as determined by the State or sonnel. used to support improvement; local educational agency, to work in the ‘‘(B) SCHOOLS IN NEED OF SUPPORT.—Each ‘‘(III) the school curriculum; school improvement team for a school in ‘‘(IV) the use of time, such as the school’s school; need of support may include an external schedule and use of additional learning time; ‘‘(IV) professional development activities partner and representatives of the local edu- and that respond to student and school-wide cational agency and the State educational ‘‘(V) any additional resources and staff needs aligned with the school improvement agency. necessary to effectively implement the plan, such as— ‘‘(C) HIGH-PRIORITY SCHOOLS.—Each school school improvement activities identified in ‘‘(aa) training teachers, leaders, and ad- improvement team for a high-priority school the school improvement plan. ministrators together with staff from shall include an external partner and rep- ‘‘(v) IDENTIFYING ROLES.—The roles and re- schools making achievement goals and per- resentatives of the local educational agency sponsibilities of the State educational agen- formance targets under the accountability and the State educational agency. cy, the local educational agency, the school system under section 1111(c) that serve simi- ‘‘(3) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— and, if applicable, the external partner in the lar populations and in such schools; ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A school improvement school improvement activities, including ‘‘(bb) establishing peer learning and coach- team shall develop, implement, and make providing interventions, support, and re- ing among teachers; or publicly available a school improvement sources necessary to implement improve- ‘‘(cc) facilitating collaboration, including plan that uses information available under ments. through professional communities across the accountability and school improvement ‘‘(vi) PLAN FOR EVALUATION.—The plan for subject area and interdisciplinary groups and system established under section 1111(c), continuous evaluation of the evidence-based, similar schools; data available under the early warning indi- school improvement strategies, including ‘‘(V) appropriately identifying teachers for cator system established under subsection implementation of and fidelity to the school each grade and course; and (c)(5), data on the improvement indicators improvement plan, that includes at least ‘‘(VI) the development of effective leader- established under section 1111(c)(1)(D), and quarterly reviews of the effectiveness of such ship structures, supports, and clear decision other relevant data to identify— activities. making processes, such as through devel- ‘‘(i) each area in which the school needs ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH- oping distributive leadership and leadership support for improvement; PRIORITY SCHOOLS.—For a persistently-low teams; ‘‘(ii) the type of support required; achieving school, the school improvement ‘‘(iv) improve curriculum and instruction, ‘‘(iii) how the school plans to use com- plan shall, in addition to the requirements including through— prehensive, evidence-based strategies to ad- described in subparagraph (B), describe how ‘‘(I) demonstrating the relevance of the dress such needs; the school will— curriculum and learning for all students, in- ‘‘(iv) how the school will measure progress ‘‘(i) address school-wide factors to improve cluding instruction in all core academic sub- in addressing such needs using the goals and student achievement, including— jects, and may include the use of online targets and improvement indicators estab- ‘‘(I) establishing high expectations for all course-work as long as such course-work lished under paragraphs (2) and (1)(D) of sec- students, which at a minimum, align with meets standards of quality and best practices tion 1111(c), respectively, and identify which the achievement standards and growth for online education; of the goals and targets are not currently standards under section 1111(b)(4); ‘‘(II) increasing access to rigorous and ad- being met by the school; and ‘‘(II) improving school climate, including vanced course-work, including adoption and ‘‘(v) how the school will review its progress student attendance and school discipline, implementation of a college- and career- and make adjustments and corrections to en- through the use of school-wide positive be- ready curriculum, and evidence-based, en- sure continuous improvement. havioral supports and interventions and gaging instructional materials aligned with ‘‘(B) PLANNING PERIOD.—The school im- other evidence based approaches to improv- such a curriculum, for all students; provement team may use a planning period, ing school climate; ‘‘(III) increasing access to contextualized which shall not be longer than one school ‘‘(III) ensuring that the staff charged with year to develop and prepare to implement implementing the school improvement plan learning opportunities aligned with readi- the school improvement plan. are engaged in the plan and the school turn- ness for postsecondary education and the ‘‘(C) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Each school im- around effort; workforce, such as providing— provement plan shall describe the following: ‘‘(IV) establishing clear— ‘‘(aa) work-based, project-based, and serv- ‘‘(i) PLANNING AND PREPARATION.—The ac- ‘‘(aa) benchmarks for implementation of ice-learning opportunities; or tivities during the planning period, includ- the plan; and ‘‘(bb) a high-quality, college preparatory ing— ‘‘(bb) targets for improvement on the eq- curriculum in the context of a rigorous ca- ‘‘(I) the preparation activities conducted to uity indicators under section 1111(c)(1)(C); reer and technical education core; effectively implement the budgeting, staff- ‘‘(ii) organize the school to improve teach- ‘‘(IV) regularly collecting and using data ing, curriculum, and instruction changes de- ing and learning, including through— to inform instruction, such as— scribed in the plan; and ‘‘(I) strategic use of time, such as— ‘‘(aa) through use of formative assess- ‘‘(II) how the school improvement team en- ‘‘(aa) establishing common planning time ments; gaged parents and community organizations. for teachers and interdisciplinary teams who ‘‘(bb) creating and using common grading ‘‘(ii) TARGETS.—The performance, growth, share common groups of students; rubrics; or and graduation rate targets that contributed ‘‘(bb) redesigning the school calendar year ‘‘(cc) identifying effective instructional ap- to the school’s status as a school in need of or day, such as through block scheduling, proaches to meet student needs; and support or high-priority school, and the summer learning programs, or increasing the ‘‘(V) emphasizing core skills instruction, school challenges identified by the school number of hours or days, in order to create such as literacy, across content areas; improvement indicators under section additional learning time; or ‘‘(v) provide students with academic and 1111(c)(1)(D). ‘‘(cc) creating a flexible school period to social support to address individual student ‘‘(iii) EVIDENCE-BASED, SCHOOL IMPROVE- address specific student academic needs and learning needs, including through— MENT STRATEGIES.—Evidence-based, school interests such as credit recovery, electives, ‘‘(I) ensuring access to services and exper- improvement strategies to address the fac- enrichment activities, or service learning; tise of specialized instructional support per- tors and challenges described in clause (ii), and sonnel; to improve instruction, including in all core ‘‘(II) alignment of resources to improve- ‘‘(II) supporting students at the catch-up academic subjects, to improve the achieve- ment goals, such as through ensuring that level of achievement who need intensive ment of all students and address the needs of students in transition grades are taught by intervention; students identified at the catch-up level of teachers prepared to meet their specific ‘‘(III) increasing personalization of the achievement. learning needs; school experience through learning struc- ‘‘(iv) NEEDS AND CAPACITY ANALYSIS.—A de- ‘‘(iii) increase teacher and school leader ef- tures that facilitate the development of stu- scription and analysis of the school’s ability fectiveness, as determined by the State or dent and staff relationships;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.034 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 ‘‘(IV) offering extended-learning, credit re- tors established under section 1111(c)(1)(D), ‘‘(B) ensuring the local educational agency covery, mentoring, or tutoring options of then— budget calendar is aligned with school staff sufficient scale to meet student needs; ‘‘(i) the local educational agency shall and budgeting needs; ‘‘(V) providing evidence-based, accelerated evaluate school performance and other data, ‘‘(2) address local educational agency-wide learning for students with academic skill and provide intensive assistance to that factors to improve student achievement by— levels below grade level; school in order to improve the effectiveness ‘‘(A) supporting the use of data to improve ‘‘(VI) coordinating and increasing access to of the interventions; and teaching and learning through— integrated services, such as providing spe- ‘‘(ii) the State educational agency or the ‘‘(i) improving longitudinal data systems; cialized instructional support personnel; local educational agency, as determined by ‘‘(ii) regularly analyzing and disseminating ‘‘(VII) providing transitional support be- the State, shall determine whether the usable data to educators, parents, and stu- tween grade-spans, including postsecondary school shall partner with an external part- dents; planning. ner— ‘‘(iii) building the data and assessment lit- ‘‘(VIII) meeting the diverse learning needs ‘‘(I) to revise the school improvement plan; eracy of teachers and principals; and of all students through strategies such as a and ‘‘(iv) evaluating at kindergarten entry the multi-tier system of supports and universal ‘‘(II) to improve, and as appropriate, re- kindergarten readiness of children and ad- design for learning, as described in section vise, school improvement strategies that dressing the educational and development 5429(b)(21); and meet the requirements of paragraph needs determined by such evaluation; ‘‘(IX) engaging families and community (3)(B)(iii). ‘‘(B) addressing school transition needs of partners, including community-based organi- ‘‘(C) HIGH-PRIORITY SCHOOLS.—If, after 3 the local educational agency by— zations, organizations representing under- years of implementing its school improve- ‘‘(i) using kindergarten readiness data to served populations, Indian tribes (as appro- ment plan, a high-priority school does not consider improving access to high-quality priate), organizations assisting parent in- demonstrate progress on the goals and tar- early education opportunities; and volvement, institutions of higher education, gets under section 1111(c)(2) that were identi- ‘‘(ii) providing targeted research-based and businesses, in school improvement ac- fied under the school improvement plan as interventions to middle schools that feed tivities through evidence-based strategies. not being met by the school or the equity in- into high schools identified for school im- ‘‘(E) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL.—The dicators established under section provement under this section; school improvement team shall submit the 1111(c)(1)(C), then— ‘‘(C) supporting human capital systems school improvement plan to the local edu- ‘‘(i) the local educational agency, in col- that ensure there is a sufficient pool of cational agency or the State educational laboration with the State educational agen- qualified and effective teachers and school agency, as determined by the State edu- cy, shall determine actionable next steps leaders, as determined by the State or local cational agency based on the local edu- which may include school closure, replace- educational agency, to work in schools cational agency’s ability to effectively mon- ment, or State take-over of such school, served by the local educational agency; itor and support the school improvement ac- shall provide all students enrolled with new ‘‘(D) developing support for school im- tivities. Upon receiving the plan, the local high-quality educational options; provement plans among key stakeholders educational agency or the State educational ‘‘(ii) the local educational agency, and as such as parents and families, community agency, as appropriate, shall— appropriate the State educational agency, groups representing underserved popu- ‘‘(i) establish a peer review process to as- shall develop and implement a plan to assist lations, Indian tribes (as appropriate), edu- sist with review of the school improvement with any resulting transition of the school cators, and teachers; plan; and under clause (i) that— ‘‘(E) carrying out administrative duties ‘‘(ii) promptly review the plan, work with ‘‘(I) is developed in consultation with par- under this section, including evaluation for the school improvement team as necessary, ents and the community; school improvement and technical assistance and approve the plan if the plan meets the ‘‘(II) addresses the needs of the students at for schools; and requirements of this paragraph. the school by considering strategies such ‘‘(F) coordinating activities under this sec- ‘‘(F) REVISION OF PLAN.—A school improve- as— tion with other relevant State and local ment team may revise the school improve- ‘‘(aa) opening a new school; agencies, as appropriate; ment plan as additional information and ‘‘(bb) graduating out current students and ‘‘(3) supporting professional development data is available. closing the school in stages; and activities for teachers, school leaders, and ‘‘(G) IMPLEMENTATION.—A school with the ‘‘(cc) enrolling the students who attended specialized instructional support personnel support and assistance of the local edu- the school in other schools in the local edu- aligned to school improvement activities; cational agency shall implement the school cational agency that are higher achieving, ‘‘(4) address curriculum and instruction improvement plan expeditiously, but not provided the other schools are within reason- factors to improve student achievement by— later than the beginning of the next full able proximity to the closed school and en- ‘‘(A) ensuring curriculum alignment with school year after identification for improve- sures receiving schools have the capacity to the State’s early learning standards and ment. enroll incoming students; and postsecondary education programs; ‘‘(4) EVALUATION OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.— ‘‘(III) provides information about high- ‘‘(B) providing academically rigorous edu- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— quality educational options and transition cation options such as— ‘‘(i) REVIEW.—The State educational agen- and support services to students who at- ‘‘(i) effective dropout prevention, credit cy or local educational agency, as deter- tended that school and their parents. and dropout recovery and recuperative edu- mined by the State in accordance with para- ‘‘(D) PERSISTENTLY LOW ACHIEVING cation programs for disconnected youth and graph (3)(D) shall, annually, review data SCHOOL.—If, after 5 years of implementing its students who are not making sufficient with respect to each school in need of sup- school improvement plan, a persistently low progress to graduate high school in the port and each high-priority school to set achieving school does not demonstrate standard number of years or who have clear benchmarks for progress, to guide ad- progress on the goals and targets under sec- dropped out of high school; justments and corrections, to evaluate tion 1111(c)(2) that were identified under the ‘‘(ii) providing students with postsec- whether the supports and interventions iden- school improvement plan, then the local edu- ondary learning opportunities, such as tified within the school improvement plan cational agency, in collaboration with the through access to a relevant curriculum or are effective and the school is meeting the State educational agency, shall determine course of study that enables a student to targets for improvement established under actionable next steps, which may include earn a secondary school diploma and— its such plan, and to specify what actions school closure, replacement, or State take- ‘‘(I) an associate’s degree; or ensue for schools not making progress. over of such school, and shall provide all stu- ‘‘(II) not more than 2 years of transferable ‘‘(ii) DATA.—In carrying out the annual re- dents with enrolled new high-quality edu- credit toward a postsecondary degree or cre- view under clause (i), the school, the local cational options, as described in subpara- dential; educational agency, or State educational graph (C). ‘‘(iii) integrating rigorous academic edu- agency shall measure progress on— ‘‘(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPON- cation with career training, including train- ‘‘(I) student achievement, student growth, SIBILITIES.—A local educational agency ing that leads to postsecondary credentials and graduation rates against the goals and served by this part, in supporting the schools for students; targets established under section 1111(c)(2); identified as a school in need of support or a ‘‘(iv) increasing access to Advanced Place- and high-priority school served by the agency, ment or International Baccalaureate courses ‘‘(II) improvement indicators as estab- shall— and examinations; or lished under section 1111(c)(1)(D). ‘‘(1) address resource inequities to improve ‘‘(v) developing and utilizing innovative, ‘‘(B) SCHOOLS IN NEED OF SUPPORT.—If, after student achievement by— high quality distance learning strategies to 3 years of implementing its school improve- ‘‘(A) targeting resources and support to improve student academic achievement; and ment plan, a school in need of support does those schools identified as high priority or as ‘‘(C) considering how technology can be not meet the goals and targets under section in need of support, including additional re- used to support school improvement activi- 1111(c)(2) that were identified under the sources and staff necessary to implement the ties; school improvement plan as not being met school improvement plan, as described in ‘‘(5) address student support factors to im- by the school and the improvement indica- subsection (b)(3)(C)(iv)(V), and prove student achievement by—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.034 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4923 ‘‘(A) establishing an early warning indi- on a demonstrated record of effectiveness in One of the major deficiencies in H.R. cator system to identify students who are at school improvement; 5 and one of the reasons that all of the risk of dropping out of high school and to ‘‘(B) maintain an updated list of approved advocacy groups for students with guide preventive and recuperative school im- external partners across the State; learning disabilities oppose the bill is provement strategies, including— ‘‘(C) develop, implement, and publicly re- ‘‘(i) identifying and analyzing the aca- port on standards and techniques for moni- it effectively removes the account- demic risk factors that most reliably predict toring the quality and effectiveness of the ability we have for students with dis- dropouts by using longitudinal data of past services offered by approved external part- abilities to ensure that they continue cohorts of students; ners, and for withdrawing approval from ex- to learn. ‘‘(ii) identifying specific indicators of stu- ternal partners that fail to improve high-pri- There is currently a 1 percent cap on dent progress and performance, such as at- ority schools; and the students with the most severe dis- tendance, academic performance in core ‘‘(D) may identify external partners as ap- abilities who are not tested. H.R. 5 courses, and credit accumulation, to guide proved, consistent with the requirements would eliminate the 1 percent cap on decision making; under paragraph (7), who agree to provide alternative assessments based on alter- ‘‘(iii) identifying or developing a mecha- services on the basis of receiving payments nism for regularly collecting and analyzing only when student achievement has in- native achievement standards and data about the impact of interventions on creased at an appropriate level as deter- would remove it altogether, allowing, the indicators of student progress and per- mined by the State educational agency and ultimately, schools and States to de- formance; and school improvement team under subsection cide not to have any accountability for ‘‘(iv) analyzing academic indicators to de- (b)(2); and those students who need programs that termine whether students are on track to ‘‘(9) carry out administrative duties under meet their learning needs the most. graduate secondary school in the standard this section, including providing monitoring numbers of years; and and technical assistance to local educational b 1700 ‘‘(B) identifying and implementing strate- agencies and schools. The Democratic substitute amend- gies for pairing academic support with inte- ‘‘(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in grated student services and case-managed ment upholds our Nation’s civil rights this section shall be construed— and equity responsibilities to ensure interventions for students requiring inten- ‘‘(1) to alter or otherwise affect the rights, sive supports which may include partner- remedies, and procedures afforded school or that all students receive a high-quality ships with other external partners; local educational agency employees under education. ‘‘(6) promote family outreach and engage- Federal, State, or local laws (including ap- It reinstates the 1 percent cap on al- ment in school improvement activities, in- plicable regulations or court orders) or under ternative assessments for students cluding those required by section 1118, to im- the terms of collective bargaining agree- with disabilities. It makes sure that prove student achievement; ments, memoranda of understanding, or accountability is a meaningful word ‘‘(7) for each school identified for school other agreements between such employees and takes meaningful steps toward get- improvement, ensure the provision of tech- and their employers; nical assistance as the school develops and ting accountability right, rather than ‘‘(2) to require a child to participate in an allowing discrimination and bad implements the school improvement plan early learning program; or throughout the plan’s duration; and ‘‘(3) to deny entry to kindergarten for any choices to continue to result in an in- ‘‘(8) identify school improvement strate- individual if the individual is legally eligi- creasing achievement gap across our gies that are consistently improving student ble, as defined by State or local law. country. outcomes and disseminate those strategies ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term This amendment is also reflected in so that all schools can implement them. ‘external partner’ means an entity— the Democratic substitute and would ‘‘(d) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPON- ‘‘(1) that is an organization such as a non- SIBILITIES.—A State educational agency make sure that we have an account- profit organization, community-based orga- served by this part, in supporting schools ability system that prepares our stu- nization, local education fund, service orga- identified as a school in need of support or a dents for the jobs and the workforce of high-priority school and the local edu- nization, educational service agency, or in- stitution of higher education; and the 21st century and to move on to cational agencies serving such schools, higher education. shall— ‘‘(2) that has demonstrated expertise, effec- tiveness, and a record of success in providing Absent including this language or the ‘‘(1) assess and address local capacity con- Democratic substitute in the final pas- straints to ensure that its local educational evidence-based strategies and targeted sup- agencies can meet the requirements of this port such as data analysis, professional de- sage of the bill, the bill in its current section; velopment, or provision of nonacademic sup- form would be a step backward, a step ‘‘(2) target resources and support to those port and integrated student services to local to lower standards, a step to reduce ac- schools in the State that are identified as a educational agencies, schools, or students countability, and a step to allow defi- school in need of support or a high-priority that leads to improved teaching, learning, ciencies to be swept under the rug, as and outcomes for students.’’. school and to local educational agencies they once were. serving such schools, including additional re- The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to I reserve the balance of my time. sources necessary to implement the school House Resolution 347, the gentleman Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I claim improvement plan as described in subsection from Colorado (Mr. POLIS) and a Mem- time in opposition to the gentleman’s (b)(3)(C)(iv)(V); ber opposed each will control 5 min- amendment. ‘‘(3) provide support and technical assist- utes. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman ance, including assistance to school leaders, The Chair recognizes the gentleman teachers, and other staff, to assist local edu- from Minnesota is recognized for 5 min- cational agencies and schools in using data from Colorado. utes. to support school equity and in addressing Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, No Child Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 the equity indicators described in section Left Behind’s metrics are outdated and minutes to the gentleman from New 1111(c)(1)(C); rigid. On that we agree. But H.R. 5 in York (Mr. ZELDIN). ‘‘(4) identify school improvement strate- its current form abandons provisions Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in gies that are consistently improving student that are crucial to ensuring equal edu- opposition to this amendment. outcomes and disseminate those strategies cational opportunities for all of our My daughters just completed third so that all schools can implement them; Nation’s students. grade, and I strongly support higher ‘‘(5) leverage resources from other funding My amendment advances a more standards for them and their genera- sources, such as school improvement funds, technology funds, and professional develop- comprehensive and effective vision of tion, but we need to set up our children ment funds to support school improvement accountability at the school district to succeed, not fail. We need to stop activities; and State levels. federally mandated overtesting in our ‘‘(6) provide a statewide system of support, This new language expects States to schools. including regional support services, to im- set college- and career-ready standards This amendment would be a giant prove teaching, learning, and student out- rather than to allow them to dumb leap backwards for education reform. comes; down their standards in order to inflate Rather than reforming the failed poli- ‘‘(7) assist local educational agencies in de- their results. cies of No Child Left Behind, this veloping early warning indicator systems; It also requires States to set per- amendment embraces the most prob- ‘‘(8) with respect to schools that will work with external partners to improve student formance growth and graduation rate lematic portions, continuing to obsess achievement— targets that ensure that schools im- over federally mandated performance ‘‘(A) develop and apply objective criteria prove every year for all subgroups, in- standards and using that to measure to potential external partners that are based cluding for students with disabilities. teacher performance.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.034 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 What is most insulting is that this better decisions, we can do that at a vote on the amendment offered by the proposal is so flawed that the sponsor local level and not at a Federal level. I gentleman from New York (Mr. ZELDIN) needs to leverage Federal money to ask that we vote against this amend- on which further proceedings were lure cash-strapped States to buy in be- ment. I stand in opposition of this postponed and on which the ayes pre- cause the proposal doesn’t stand on its amendment. vailed by voice vote. own merits. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chair, I would like to The Clerk will redesignate the Our schools need greater flexibility inquire as to how much time remains. amendment. and local control. This amendment The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman The Clerk redesignated the amend- 3 would do the exact opposite, which is from Colorado has 1 ⁄4 minutes remain- ment. ing. The gentleman from Minnesota why I strongly oppose its passage and RECORDED VOTE encourage all my colleagues to do the has 23⁄4 minutes remaining. The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote same. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, the gen- has been demanded. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 tlewoman from Utah talked about deci- minute to the gentleman from Virginia sions and implementation at the local A recorded vote was ordered. (Mr. SCOTT), the ranking member on level. On that, we agree. What this The vote was taken by electronic de- the committee. amendment is about is accountability vice, and there were—ayes 373, noes 57, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- metrics under whether we look at not voting 3, as follows: man, the present law only requires those decisions that are made locally [Roll No. 410] that States identify achievement gaps and driven locally and by the State AYES—373 and prescribes exactly what has to be work or don’t work. We want to allow the flexibility to Abraham Curbelo (FL) Hill done to address the achievement gaps. Adams Davis (CA) Holding Unfortunately, the one-size-fits-all get things right and close the achieve- Aderholt Davis, Danny Hoyer prescription has often failed to effec- ment gap but not the flexibility to con- Aguilar Davis, Rodney Hudson tinue to ignore persistent gaps in our Allen DeFazio Huelskamp tively address the achievement gaps. Amash DeGette Huffman The underlying bill goes overboard by education system that continue to Amodei Delaney Huizenga (MI) eliminating any requirement that poorly serve too many low-income stu- Ashford DeLauro Hultgren Babin DelBene Hunter something gets done. The gentleman’s dents and minority students. Given that my amendment is in- Barletta Denham Hurd (TX) amendment reinstates the requirement Barr Dent Hurt (VA) cluded in its entirety in the Demo- that something be done, but directs the Barton DeSantis Israel cratic substitute upon which we will be Bass DesJarlais Issa States to develop their own locally tai- voting, I ask unanimous consent to Beatty Diaz-Balart Jackson Lee lored response to achievement gaps. Becerra Doggett Jeffries withdraw my amendment. Benishek Dold Jenkins (KS) This approach is much more likely to The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection be effective and will be part of the Bera Donovan Jenkins (WV) to the request of the gentleman from Bilirakis Doyle, Michael Johnson (OH) Democratic substitute that will be Colorado? Bishop (GA) F. Johnson, E. B. voted on shortly. There was no objection. Bishop (MI) Duckworth Johnson, Sam Mr. Chairman, before we leave the Bishop (UT) Duffy Jolly ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR bill, I would like to thank many mem- Black Duncan (SC) Jones The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Blackburn Duncan (TN) Jordan bers of our staff that have worked on clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will Blum Ellmers (NC) Joyce this bill since January. They have now resume on those amendments Bonamici Emmer (MN) Kaptur spent days and nights and weekends Bost Engel Katko printed in part B of House Report 114– Boustany Eshoo Keating working on the bill, and I would like to 29 and part A of House Report 114–192 Boyle, Brendan Esty Kelly (IL) acknowledge them and their work on which further proceedings were F. Farenthold Kelly (MS) Brady (TX) Fincher Kelly (PA) today. postponed, in the following order: Denise Forte, Jacque Chevalier, Brat Fitzpatrick Kennedy Bridenstine Fleischmann Kilmer Christian Haines, Ashlyn Holeyfield, Amendments printed in part B of House Report 114–29: Brooks (AL) Fleming Kind Arika Trim, Tina Hone, Tylease Alli, Brooks (IN) Flores King (IA) Amendment No. 30 by Mr. ZELDIN of Kiara Pesante, and Brian Kennedy all Brown (FL) Forbes King (NY) New York. Brownley (CA) Fortenberry Kinzinger (IL) worked very hard on this bill and de- Amendment No. 31 by Mr. HURD of Buchanan Foxx Kirkpatrick serve significant recognition. Texas. Buck Frankel (FL) Kline Bucshon Franks (AZ) Knight Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 Amendment No. 32 by Mr. GRAYSON minute to the gentlewoman from Utah Burgess Frelinghuysen Labrador of Florida. Bustos Fudge LaMalfa (Mrs. LOVE). Amendment No. 33 by Ms. WILSON of Butterfield Gabbard Lamborn Mrs. LOVE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in Florida. Byrne Garamendi Lance Calvert Garrett Langevin opposition to this amendment. As a ARSON Amendment No. 35 by Mr. C of Capuano Gibbs Larsen (WA) mayor and mainly as a mother—I have Indiana. Ca´ rdenas Gibson Larson (CT) three children in public schools—I have Amendment No. 39 by Ms. BROWNLEY Carney Gohmert Latta found that the best solutions are found of California. Carter (GA) Goodlatte Lawrence at the most local level. Amendment No. 40 by Mr. LOEBSACK Carter (TX) Gosar Lee Cartwright Gowdy Levin This amendment puts a larger foot- of Iowa. Castor (FL) Graham Lewis print in the hands of the Federal Gov- Amendment No. 41 by Mr. POLIS of Castro (TX) Granger Lieu, Ted ernment and gives more power to the Colorado. Chabot Graves (GA) Lipinski Federal Government, instead of our Amendment No. 43 by Mr. THOMPSON Chaffetz Graves (LA) LoBiondo Cicilline Graves (MO) Loebsack local agencies. I believe that the best of Mississippi. Clarke (NY) Grayson Long people to teach our students are the Amendments printed in part A of Clawson (FL) Green, Al Loudermilk people at the local level. I trust teach- House Report 114–192: Clyburn Green, Gene Love Coffman Griffith Lowey ers and parents to make decisions for Amendment No. 46 by Mr. WALKER of Cole Grothman Lucas students. North Carolina. Collins (GA) Guinta Luetkemeyer I made a promise that I was going to Amendment No. 47 by Mr. SALMON of Collins (NY) Guthrie Luja´ n, Ben Ray do everything I can to put the decision- Arizona. Comstock Hahn (NM) Conaway Hanna Lummis making back into the hands of people, And amendment No. 44 printed in part Connolly Hardy Lynch not into the hands of the Federal Gov- B of House Report 114–29 by Mr. SCOTT Cook Harper MacArthur ernment. I believe that this amend- of Virginia. Cooper Harris Maloney, The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes Costa Hartzler Carolyn ment actually puts it into the hands of Costello (PA) Hastings Maloney, Sean the Federal Government and gives us a the minimum time for any electronic Courtney Heck (NV) Marchant big step backwards. vote after the first vote in this series. Cramer Heck (WA) Marino Crawford I believe that we, as people, when we AMENDMENT NO. 30 OFFERED BY MR. ZELDIN Hensarling Massie Crenshaw Herrera Beutler Matsui are given more options, we can make The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Crowley Hice, Jody B. McCarthy better decisions; and when we make business is the demand for a recorded Cuellar Higgins McCaul

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The unfinished Jones Murphy (FL) Sensenbrenner Meehan Roe (TN) Tipton Jordan Murphy (PA) Serrano Meeks Rogers (AL) business is the demand for a recorded Titus Joyce Nadler Sessions Meng Rogers (KY) Kaptur Napolitano Sewell (AL) Tonko vote on the amendment offered by the Messer Rohrabacher Katko Neal Sherman Trott gentleman from Texas (Mr. HURD) on Mica Rokita Keating Neugebauer Shimkus Tsongas Miller (FL) Rooney (FL) which further proceedings were post- Kelly (IL) Newhouse Shuster Miller (MI) Ros-Lehtinen Turner poned and on which the ayes prevailed Kelly (MS) Noem Simpson Moolenaar Roskam Upton by voice vote. Kelly (PA) Nolan Sinema Valadao Mooney (WV) Ross The Clerk will redesignate the Kennedy Norcross Sires Moore Rothfus Vargas Kildee Nugent Slaughter Moulton Rouzer Veasey amendment. Kilmer Nunes Smith (MO) Mullin Roybal-Allard Vela The Clerk redesignated the amend- Kind O’Rourke Smith (NE) Mulvaney Royce Vela´ zquez ment. King (IA) Olson Smith (NJ) Murphy (FL) Ruppersberger Visclosky King (NY) Palazzo Smith (TX) Murphy (PA) Russell Wagner RECORDED VOTE Kinzinger (IL) Pallone Smith (WA) Nadler Ryan (WI) Walberg The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Kirkpatrick Palmer Speier Neugebauer Salmon Walden has been demanded. Kline Pascrell Stefanik Newhouse Sa´ nchez, Linda Walker Knight Paulsen Stewart Noem T. Walorski A recorded vote was ordered. Kuster Payne Stivers Norcross Sanchez, Loretta Walters, Mimi The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Labrador Pearce Swalwell (CA) Nugent Sanford Waters, Maxine minute vote. LaMalfa Pelosi Takai Nunes Scalise Lamborn Perlmutter Takano Watson Coleman The vote was taken by electronic de- Olson Schakowsky Weber (TX) Lance Perry Thompson (CA) Palazzo Schiff Webster (FL) vice, and there were—ayes 424, noes 2, Langevin Peters Thompson (MS) Pallone Schweikert Welch not voting 7, as follows: Larsen (WA) Peterson Thompson (PA) Palmer Scott (VA) Wenstrup Larson (CT) Pingree Thornberry Paulsen Scott, Austin [Roll No. 411] Latta Pittenger Tiberi Westerman Pearce Scott, David Lawrence Pitts Tipton Westmoreland AYES—424 Pelosi Sensenbrenner Lee Pocan Titus Whitfield Perlmutter Serrano Abraham Clawson (FL) Forbes Levin Poe (TX) Tonko Perry Sessions Williams Adams Clay Fortenberry Lewis Poliquin Torres Peters Sewell (AL) Wilson (FL) Aderholt Cleaver Foster Lipinski Polis Trott Peterson Shimkus Wilson (SC) Aguilar Clyburn Foxx LoBiondo Pompeo Tsongas Pittenger Shuster Wittman Allen Coffman Frankel (FL) Loebsack Posey Turner Pitts Simpson Womack Amash Cohen Franks (AZ) Long Price (NC) Upton Poe (TX) Slaughter Woodall Amodei Cole Frelinghuysen Loudermilk Price, Tom Valadao Poliquin Smith (MO) Yoder Ashford Collins (GA) Fudge Love Quigley Van Hollen Polis Smith (NE) Yoho Babin Collins (NY) Gabbard Lowenthal Rangel Vargas Pompeo Smith (NJ) Young (AK) Barletta Comstock Gallego Lowey Ratcliffe Veasey Posey Smith (TX) Young (IA) Barr Conaway Garamendi Lucas Reed Vela Price, Tom Smith (WA) Young (IN) Barton Connolly Garrett Luetkemeyer Reichert Vela´ zquez Quigley Speier Zeldin Bass Cook Gibbs Lujan Grisham Renacci Visclosky Ratcliffe Stefanik Zinke Beatty Cooper Gibson (NM) Ribble Wagner Becerra Costa Gohmert Luja´ n, Ben Ray Rice (NY) Walberg NOES—57 Benishek Costello (PA) Goodlatte (NM) Rice (SC) Walden Beyer Grijalva Pocan Bera Courtney Gosar Lummis Richmond Walker Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Price (NC) Beyer Cramer Gowdy Lynch Rigell Walorski Bilirakis Crawford Graham Brady (PA) Himes Rangel MacArthur Roby Walters, Mimi Bishop (GA) Crenshaw Granger Capps Hinojosa Ruiz Maloney, Roe (TN) Walz Bishop (MI) Crowley Graves (GA) Carson (IN) Honda Rush Carolyn Rogers (AL) Wasserman Chu, Judy Johnson (GA) Bishop (UT) Cuellar Graves (LA) Maloney, Sean Rogers (KY) Schultz Ryan (OH) Black Cummings Graves (MO) Clark (MA) Kildee Sarbanes Marchant Rohrabacher Waters, Maxine Blackburn Curbelo (FL) Grayson Marino Rokita Watson Coleman Clay Kuster Schrader Cleaver Lowenthal Blum Davis (CA) Green, Al Massie Rooney (FL) Weber (TX) Sherman Cohen Lujan Grisham Blumenauer Davis, Danny Green, Gene Matsui Ros-Lehtinen Webster (FL) Sinema Conyers (NM) Bonamici DeFazio Griffith McCarthy Roskam Welch Sires Cummings McCollum Bost DeGette Grijalva McCaul Ross Wenstrup DeSaulnier McDermott Takai Boustany Delaney Grothman McClintock Rothfus Westerman Dingell Napolitano Takano Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Guinta McCollum Rouzer Westmoreland Edwards Neal Torres F. DelBene Guthrie McDermott Roybal-Allard Whitfield ´ Ellison Nolan Van Hollen Brady (PA) Denham Gutierrez McGovern Royce Williams Farr O’Rourke Walz Brady (TX) Dent Hahn McHenry Ruiz Wilson (SC) Fattah Pascrell Wasserman Brat DeSantis Hanna McKinley Ruppersberger Wittman Foster Payne Schultz Bridenstine DeSaulnier Hardy McMorris Rush Womack Gallego Pingree Yarmuth Brooks (AL) DesJarlais Harper Rodgers Russell Woodall Brooks (IN) Diaz-Balart Harris McNerney Ryan (OH) Yarmuth NOT VOTING—3 Brown (FL) Dingell Hartzler McSally Ryan (WI) Yoder Culberson Deutch Lofgren Brownley (CA) Doggett Hastings Meadows Salmon Yoho Buchanan Dold Heck (NV) Meehan Sa´ nchez, Linda Young (AK) b 1743 Bucshon Donovan Heck (WA) Meeks T. Young (IA) Burgess Doyle, Michael Hensarling Meng Sanchez, Loretta Young (IN) Messrs. GRIJALVA, MCDERMOTT, Bustos F. Herrera Beutler Messer Sanford Zeldin CUMMINGS, NEAL, TAKAI, and Butterfield Duckworth Hice, Jody B. Mica Sarbanes Zinke COHEN changed their vote from ‘‘aye’’ Byrne Duffy Higgins Calvert Duncan (SC) Hill NOES—2 to ‘‘no.’’ Capps Duncan (TN) Himes Conyers Wilson (FL) Ms. FUDGE, Messrs. GOHMERT, Capuano Edwards Hinojosa KEATING, HIGGINS, LABRADOR, Ca´ rdenas Ellison Holding NOT VOTING—7 AGUILAR, SWALWELL of California, Carney Ellmers (NC) Honda Carson (IN) Emmer (MN) Hoyer Buck Deutch Stutzman Mlles. ESHOO, BASS, Messrs. Carter (GA) Engel Hudson Culberson Lieu, Ted CICILLINE, LANGEVIN, LEVIN, Carter (TX) Eshoo Huelskamp Davis, Rodney Lofgren Cartwright Esty Huffman LEWIS, BERA, Mlles. MAXINE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR ´ Castor (FL) Farenthold Huizenga (MI) WATERS of California, VELAZQUEZ, Castro (TX) Farr Hultgren The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. BEATTY, Messrs. Chabot Fattah Hunter There is 1 minute remaining. CROWLEY, NORCROSS, VARGAS, Chaffetz Fincher Hurd (TX) SCHAKOWSKY, CUELLAR, Chu, Judy Fitzpatrick Hurt (VA) Cicilline Fleischmann Israel b 1743 MCGOVERN, BECERRA, TONKO, Clark (MA) Fleming Issa Mlles. SLAUGHTER, DUCKWORTH, Clarke (NY) Flores Jackson Lee So the amendment was agreed to.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:56 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.035 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 The result of the vote was announced Roybal-Allard Sherman Vargas ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR as above recorded. Ruiz Sinema Veasey The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Ruppersberger Sires Vela Stated for: Rush Slaughter Vela´ zquez There is 1 minute remaining. Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chair, Ryan (OH) Speier Visclosky on rollcall No. 411, I was unavoidably de- Sa´ nchez, Linda Swalwell (CA) Walz b 1746 T. Takai tained. Had I been present, I would have Wasserman Sanchez, Loretta Takano Schultz So the amendment was rejected. voted ‘‘yes.’’ Sarbanes Thompson (CA) Waters, Maxine The result of the vote was announced Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Chair, during Schakowsky Thompson (MS) Watson Coleman as above recorded. rollcall vote No. 411 on H.R. 5, I mistakenly Schiff Titus Welch Scott (VA) Tonko AMENDMENT NO. 33 OFFERED BY MS. WILSON OF recorded my vote as ‘‘no’’ when I should have Wilson (FL) Scott, David Torres Yarmuth FLORIDA voted ‘‘yes.’’ Serrano Tsongas Young (AK) The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished AMENDMENT NO. 32 OFFERED BY MR. GRAYSON Sewell (AL) Van Hollen business is the demand for a recorded The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished NOES—228 vote on the amendment offered by the business is the demand for a recorded gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. WIL- Abraham Harper Pittenger vote on the amendment offered by the Aderholt Harris Pitts SON) on which further proceedings were gentleman from Florida (Mr. GRAYSON) Allen Hartzler Poe (TX) postponed and on which the noes pre- on which further proceedings were Amash Heck (NV) Poliquin vailed by voice vote. postponed and on which the noes pre- Amodei Hensarling Pompeo The Clerk will redesignate the Babin Herrera Beutler Posey vailed by voice vote. Barletta Hice, Jody B. Price, Tom amendment. The Clerk will redesignate the Barr Hill Ratcliffe The Clerk redesignated the amend- amendment. Barton Holding Reed ment. Benishek Hudson Reichert The Clerk redesignated the amend- Bilirakis Huelskamp Renacci RECORDED VOTE ment. Bishop (MI) Huizenga (MI) Ribble The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Black Hultgren RECORDED VOTE Rice (SC) has been demanded. Blackburn Hunter Rigell The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Blum Hurd (TX) Roby A recorded vote was ordered. Bost Hurt (VA) has been demanded. Roe (TN) The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Boustany Issa Rohrabacher minute vote. A recorded vote was ordered. Brady (TX) Jenkins (KS) Rokita Brat Jenkins (WV) The vote was taken by electronic de- The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Rooney (FL) Bridenstine Johnson (OH) minute vote. Roskam vice, and there were—ayes 192, noes 237, Brooks (AL) Johnson, Sam not voting 4, as follows: The vote was taken by electronic de- Brooks (IN) Jolly Rothfus vice, and there were—ayes 199, noes 228, Buchanan Jordan Rouzer [Roll No. 413] Royce not voting 6, as follows: Buck Joyce AYES—192 Bucshon Katko Russell ´ [Roll No. 412] Burgess Kelly (MS) Ryan (WI) Adams Edwards Lujan, Ben Ray Aguilar Ellison (NM) AYES—199 Byrne Kelly (PA) Salmon Calvert King (IA) Sanford Ashford Engel Lynch Adams Dent Langevin Carter (GA) King (NY) Scalise Bass Eshoo Maloney, Aguilar DeSaulnier Larsen (WA) Carter (TX) Kinzinger (IL) Schrader Beatty Esty Carolyn Ashford Dingell Larson (CT) Chabot Kline Schweikert Becerra Farr Maloney, Sean Bass Doggett Lawrence Chaffetz Knight Scott, Austin Bera Fattah Matsui Beatty Doyle, Michael Lee Clawson (FL) Labrador Sensenbrenner Beyer Foster McCollum Becerra F. Levin Coffman LaMalfa Sessions Bishop (GA) Frankel (FL) McDermott Bera Duckworth Lewis Cole Lamborn Shimkus Blumenauer Fudge McGovern Beyer Edwards Lieu, Ted Collins (GA) Latta Shuster Bonamici Gabbard McNerney Bishop (GA) Ellison Lipinski Collins (NY) Long Simpson Boyle, Brendan Gallego McSally Bishop (UT) Ellmers (NC) LoBiondo Comstock Loudermilk Smith (MO) F. Garamendi Meeks Blumenauer Engel Loebsack Conaway Love Smith (NE) Brady (PA) Graham Meng Bonamici Eshoo Lowenthal Brown (FL) Grayson Moore Cook Lucas Smith (NJ) Boyle, Brendan Esty Lowey Brownley (CA) Green, Al Moulton Cramer Luetkemeyer Smith (TX) F. Farr Lujan Grisham Bustos Green, Gene Murphy (FL) Crawford Lummis Smith (WA) Brady (PA) Fattah (NM) Butterfield Grijalva Nadler Crenshaw Lynch Stefanik Brown (FL) Fitzpatrick Luja´ n, Ben Ray Capps Gutie´rrez Napolitano DeSantis Marchant Stewart Brownley (CA) Foster (NM) DesJarlais Marino Capuano Hahn Neal Bustos Frankel (FL) MacArthur Stutzman Ca´ rdenas Hastings Nolan Diaz-Balart Massie Thompson (PA) Butterfield Fudge Maloney, Dold McCarthy Carney Heck (WA) Norcross Capps Gabbard Carolyn Thornberry Carson (IN) Higgins O’Rourke Donovan McCaul Tiberi Capuano Gallego Maloney, Sean Duffy McClintock Cartwright Himes Pallone ´ Tipton Cardenas Garamendi Matsui Duncan (SC) McHenry Castor (FL) Hinojosa Pascrell Carney Garrett McCollum Trott Castro (TX) Honda Payne Duncan (TN) McKinley Turner Carson (IN) Graham McDermott Emmer (MN) McMorris Chu, Judy Hoyer Pelosi Upton Cartwright Grayson McGovern Farenthold Rodgers Cicilline Huffman Perlmutter Valadao Castor (FL) Green, Al McNerney Fincher McSally Clark (MA) Israel Peters Wagner Castro (TX) Green, Gene Meeks Fleischmann Meadows Clarke (NY) Jackson Lee Peterson Walberg Chu, Judy Grijalva Meng Fleming Meehan Clay Jeffries Pingree ´ Walden Cicilline Gutierrez Miller (MI) Flores Messer Cleaver Johnson (GA) Pocan Clark (MA) Hahn Moore Forbes Mica Walker Clyburn Johnson, E. B. Polis Clarke (NY) Hastings Moulton Fortenberry Miller (FL) Walorski Cohen Kaptur Price (NC) Clay Heck (WA) Murphy (FL) Foxx Moolenaar Walters, Mimi Connolly Keating Quigley Cleaver Higgins Nadler Franks (AZ) Mooney (WV) Weber (TX) Conyers Kelly (IL) Rangel Clyburn Himes Napolitano Frelinghuysen Mullin Webster (FL) Cooper Kennedy Rice (NY) Cohen Hinojosa Neal Gibbs Mulvaney Wenstrup Costa Kildee Richmond Connolly Honda Nolan Gibson Murphy (PA) Westerman Costello (PA) Kilmer Ros-Lehtinen Conyers Hoyer Norcross Gohmert Neugebauer Westmoreland Courtney Kind Roybal-Allard Cooper Huffman O’Rourke Goodlatte Newhouse Whitfield Crowley Kirkpatrick Ruiz Costa Israel Pallone Gosar Noem Williams Cuellar Kuster Ruppersberger Costello (PA) Jackson Lee Pascrell Gowdy Nugent Wilson (SC) Cummings Langevin Rush Courtney Jeffries Pelosi Granger Nunes Wittman Curbelo (FL) Larsen (WA) Ryan (OH) ´ Crowley Johnson (GA) Perlmutter Graves (GA) Olson Womack Davis (CA) Larson (CT) Sanchez, Linda Cuellar Johnson, E. B. Peters Graves (LA) Palazzo Woodall Davis, Danny Lawrence T. Cummings Jones Pingree Graves (MO) Palmer Yoder DeFazio Lee Sanchez, Loretta Curbelo (FL) Kaptur Pocan Grothman Paulsen Yoho DeGette Levin Sarbanes Davis (CA) Keating Polis Guinta Payne Young (IA) Delaney Lewis Schakowsky Davis, Danny Kelly (IL) Price (NC) Guthrie Pearce Young (IN) DeLauro Lieu, Ted Schiff Davis, Rodney Kennedy Quigley Hanna Perry Zeldin DelBene Lipinski Schrader DeFazio Kildee Rangel Hardy Peterson Zinke DeSaulnier LoBiondo Scott (VA) DeGette Kilmer Rice (NY) Dingell Loebsack Scott, David Delaney Kind Richmond NOT VOTING—6 Doggett Lowenthal Serrano DeLauro Kirkpatrick Rogers (AL) Doyle, Michael Lowey Sewell (AL) DelBene Kuster Ros-Lehtinen Culberson Griffith Rogers (KY) F. Lujan Grisham Sherman Denham Lance Ross Deutch Lofgren Stivers Duckworth (NM) Simpson

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Sinema Titus Walz ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Takai Van Hollen Wasserman Sires Tonko Wasserman The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Takano Vargas Schultz Slaughter Torres Schultz Thompson (CA) Veasey Waters, Maxine Smith (WA) Tsongas Waters, Maxine There is 1 minute remaining. Thompson (MS) Vela Watson Coleman Speier Van Hollen Watson Coleman Titus Vela´ zquez Welch Swalwell (CA) Vargas Welch b 1750 Tonko Visclosky Wilson (FL) Takai Veasey Wilson (FL) Torres Walz Yarmuth Takano Vela Yarmuth So the amendment was rejected. Tsongas Thompson (CA) Vela´ zquez The result of the vote was announced NOES—245 Thompson (MS) Visclosky as above recorded. Abraham Grothman Pearce AMENDMENT NO. 35 OFFERED BY MR. CARSON OF Aderholt Guinta Perry NOES—237 INDIANA Allen Guthrie Peterson Abraham Guinta Perry The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Amash Hanna Pittenger Aderholt Guthrie Pittenger Amodei Hardy Pitts Allen Hanna Pitts business is the demand for a recorded Babin Harper Poe (TX) Amash Hardy Poe (TX) vote on the amendment offered by the Barletta Harris Poliquin Amodei Harper Poliquin gentleman from Indiana (Mr. CARSON) Barr Hartzler Pompeo Barton Heck (NV) Posey Babin Harris Pompeo on which further proceedings were Barletta Hartzler Posey Benishek Hensarling Price, Tom Barr Heck (NV) Price, Tom postponed and on which the noes pre- Bilirakis Herrera Beutler Ratcliffe Bishop (MI) Hice, Jody B. Reed Barton Hensarling Ratcliffe vailed by voice vote. Bishop (UT) Hill Reichert Benishek Herrera Beutler Reed The Clerk will redesignate the Black Holding Renacci Bilirakis Hice, Jody B. Reichert amendment. Blackburn Hudson Ribble Bishop (MI) Hill Renacci The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blum Huelskamp Rice (SC) Bishop (UT) Holding Ribble ment. Bost Huizenga (MI) Rigell Black Hudson Rice (SC) Boustany Hultgren Roby Blackburn Huelskamp Rigell RECORDED VOTE Brady (TX) Hunter Roe (TN) Blum Huizenga (MI) Roby The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brat Hurd (TX) Rogers (AL) Bost Hultgren Roe (TN) Bridenstine Hurt (VA) Rogers (KY) Boustany Hunter Rogers (AL) has been demanded. Brooks (AL) Issa Rohrabacher Brady (TX) Hurd (TX) Rogers (KY) A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (IN) Jenkins (KS) Rokita Brat Hurt (VA) Rohrabacher The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Buchanan Jenkins (WV) Rooney (FL) Bridenstine Issa Rokita minute vote. Buck Johnson (OH) Ros-Lehtinen Bucshon Johnson, Sam Roskam Brooks (AL) Jenkins (KS) Rooney (FL) The vote was taken by electronic de- Brooks (IN) Jenkins (WV) Roskam Burgess Jolly Ross Buchanan Johnson (OH) Ross vice, and there were—ayes 186, noes 245, Byrne Jones Rothfus Bucshon Johnson, Sam Rothfus not voting 2, as follows: Calvert Jordan Rouzer Carter (GA) Joyce Royce Burgess Jolly Rouzer [Roll No. 414] Carter (TX) Katko Russell Byrne Jones Royce Chabot Kelly (MS) Ryan (WI) Calvert Jordan Russell AYES—186 Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Salmon Adams Ellison Lynch Carter (GA) Joyce Ryan (WI) Clawson (FL) King (IA) Sanford Aguilar Engel Maloney, Carter (TX) Katko Salmon Coffman King (NY) Scalise Ashford Eshoo Carolyn Chabot Kelly (MS) Sanford Cole Kinzinger (IL) Schweikert Bass Esty Maloney, Sean Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Scalise Collins (GA) Kline Scott, Austin Beatty Farr Matsui Clawson (FL) King (IA) Schweikert Collins (NY) Knight Sensenbrenner Becerra Fattah McCollum Coffman King (NY) Scott, Austin Comstock Labrador Sessions Bera Foster McDermott Cole Kinzinger (IL) Sensenbrenner Conaway LaMalfa Shimkus Beyer Frankel (FL) McGovern Collins (GA) Kline Sessions Cook Lamborn Shuster Bishop (GA) Fudge McNerney Collins (NY) Knight Shimkus Costello (PA) Lance Simpson Blumenauer Gabbard Meeks Comstock Labrador Shuster Cramer Latta Smith (MO) Bonamici Gallego Meng Crawford LoBiondo Smith (NE) Conaway LaMalfa Smith (MO) Boyle, Brendan Garamendi Moore Crenshaw Long Smith (NJ) Cook Lamborn Smith (NE) F. Graham Moulton Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Smith (TX) Cramer Lance Smith (NJ) Brady (PA) Grayson Murphy (FL) Davis, Rodney Love Stefanik Crawford Latta Smith (TX) Brown (FL) Green, Al Nadler Denham Lucas Stewart Crenshaw Long Stefanik Brownley (CA) Green, Gene Napolitano Dent Luetkemeyer Stivers Davis, Rodney Loudermilk Stewart Bustos Grijalva Neal DeSantis Lummis Stutzman Denham Love Stivers Butterfield Gutie´rrez Nolan DesJarlais MacArthur Thompson (PA) Dent Capps Hahn Norcross Lucas Stutzman Diaz-Balart Marchant Thornberry Capuano Hastings O’Rourke DeSantis Luetkemeyer Thompson (PA) Dold Marino Tiberi Ca´ rdenas Heck (WA) Pallone DesJarlais Lummis Thornberry Donovan Massie Tipton Carney Higgins Pascrell Diaz-Balart MacArthur Tiberi Duffy McCarthy Trott Carson (IN) Himes Payne Dold Marchant Tipton Duncan (SC) McCaul Turner Cartwright Hinojosa Pelosi Donovan Marino Trott Duncan (TN) McClintock Upton Castor (FL) Honda Perlmutter Duffy Massie Turner Ellmers (NC) McHenry Valadao Castro (TX) Hoyer Peters Duncan (SC) McCarthy Upton Emmer (MN) McKinley Wagner Chu, Judy Huffman Pingree Duncan (TN) McCaul Valadao Farenthold McMorris Walberg Cicilline Israel Pocan Ellmers (NC) McClintock Wagner Fincher Rodgers Walden Clark (MA) Jackson Lee Polis Emmer (MN) McHenry Fitzpatrick McSally Walker Walberg Clarke (NY) Jeffries Price (NC) Farenthold McKinley Fleischmann Meadows Walorski Walden Clay Johnson (GA) Quigley Fincher McMorris Fleming Meehan Walters, Mimi Walker Cleaver Johnson, E. B. Rangel Fitzpatrick Rodgers Flores Messer Weber (TX) Walorski Clyburn Kaptur Rice (NY) Forbes Mica Webster (FL) Fleischmann Meadows Walters, Mimi Cohen Keating Richmond Fortenberry Miller (FL) Wenstrup Fleming Meehan Weber (TX) Connolly Kelly (IL) Roybal-Allard Foxx Miller (MI) Westerman Flores Messer Webster (FL) Conyers Kennedy Ruiz Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Westmoreland Forbes Mica Wenstrup Cooper Kildee Ruppersberger Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Whitfield Fortenberry Miller (FL) Costa Kilmer Rush Westerman Garrett Mullin Williams Foxx Miller (MI) Courtney Kind Ryan (OH) Westmoreland Gibbs Mulvaney Wilson (SC) Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Crowley Kirkpatrick Sa´ nchez, Linda Whitfield Gibson Murphy (PA) Wittman Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Cuellar Kuster T. Williams Gohmert Neugebauer Womack Garrett Mullin Cummings Langevin Sanchez, Loretta Wilson (SC) Goodlatte Newhouse Woodall Gibbs Mulvaney Davis (CA) Larsen (WA) Sarbanes Wittman Gosar Noem Yoder Davis, Danny Larson (CT) Schakowsky Gibson Murphy (PA) Womack Gowdy Nugent Yoho DeFazio Lawrence Schiff Gohmert Neugebauer Woodall Granger Nunes Young (AK) DeGette Lee Schrader Goodlatte Newhouse Yoder Graves (GA) Olson Young (IA) Delaney Levin Scott (VA) Gosar Noem Yoho Graves (LA) Palazzo Young (IN) DeLauro Lewis Scott, David Gowdy Nugent Young (AK) Graves (MO) Palmer Zeldin Granger Nunes DelBene Lieu, Ted Serrano Young (IA) Griffith Paulsen Zinke Graves (GA) Olson DeSaulnier Lipinski Sewell (AL) Young (IN) Graves (LA) Palazzo Deutch Loebsack Sherman NOT VOTING—2 Zeldin Graves (MO) Palmer Dingell Lowenthal Sinema Zinke Culberson Lofgren Griffith Paulsen Doggett Lowey Sires Doyle, Michael Lujan Grisham Slaughter Grothman Pearce ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR F. (NM) Smith (WA) Duckworth Luja´ n, Ben Ray Speier The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). NOT VOTING—4 Edwards (NM) Swalwell (CA) There is 1 minute remaining. Buck Deutch Culberson Lofgren

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The unfinished Aderholt Grothman Perry gentleman from Iowa (Mr. LOEBSACK) business is the demand for a recorded Allen Guinta Peterson on which further proceedings were vote on the amendment offered by the Amash Guthrie Pittenger postponed and on which the noes pre- Amodei Hanna Pitts gentlewoman from California (Ms. Babin Hardy Poe (TX) vailed by voice vote. BROWNLEY) on which further pro- Barletta Harper Poliquin The Clerk will redesignate the ceedings were postponed and on which Barr Harris Pompeo amendment. the noes prevailed by voice vote. Barton Hartzler Posey Benishek Heck (NV) Price, Tom The Clerk redesignated the amend- The Clerk will redesignate the Bilirakis Hensarling Ratcliffe ment. amendment. Bishop (MI) Herrera Beutler Reed RECORDED VOTE The Clerk redesignated the amend- Bishop (UT) Hice, Jody B. Reichert Black Hill Renacci The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote ment. Blackburn Holding Ribble has been demanded. RECORDED VOTE Blum Hudson Rice (SC) A recorded vote was ordered. Bost Huelskamp Rigell The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Boustany Huizenga (MI) Roby The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- has been demanded. Brady (TX) Hultgren Roe (TN) minute vote. A recorded vote was ordered. Brat Hunter Rogers (AL) The vote was taken by electronic de- Bridenstine Hurd (TX) Rogers (KY) vice, and there were—ayes 218, noes 213, The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Brooks (AL) Hurt (VA) Rohrabacher minute vote. Brooks (IN) Issa Rokita not voting 2, as follows: The vote was taken by electronic de- Buchanan Jenkins (KS) Rooney (FL) [Roll No. 416] vice, and there were—ayes 191, noes 239, Buck Jenkins (WV) Roskam Bucshon Johnson (OH) Ross AYES—218 not voting 3, as follows: Burgess Johnson, Sam Rothfus Adams Ellison Lujan Grisham [Roll No. 415] Byrne Jolly Rouzer Aguilar Engel (NM) Calvert Jones Royce Ashford Eshoo Luja´ n, Ben Ray AYES—191 Carter (GA) Jordan Russell Bass Esty (NM) Adams Eshoo Maloney, Carter (TX) Joyce Ryan (WI) Beatty Farr Lynch Aguilar Esty Carolyn Chabot Kelly (MS) Salmon Becerra Fattah Maloney, Ashford Farr Maloney, Sean Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Sanford Bera Fitzpatrick Carolyn Bass Fattah Marchant Clawson (FL) King (IA) Scalise Beyer Foster Maloney, Sean Beatty Foster Matsui Coffman King (NY) Schweikert Bishop (GA) Frankel (FL) Marino Becerra Frankel (FL) McCollum Cole Kinzinger (IL) Scott, Austin Blum Fudge Matsui Bera Fudge McDermott Collins (GA) Kline Sensenbrenner Blumenauer Gabbard McCollum Beyer Gabbard McGovern Collins (NY) Knight Sessions Bonamici Gallego McDermott Bishop (GA) Gallego McNerney Comstock Labrador Shimkus Bost Garamendi McGovern Blumenauer Garamendi McSally Conaway LaMalfa Shuster Boyle, Brendan Gibson McKinley Bonamici Gibson Meeks Cook Lamborn Simpson F. Graham McNerney Boyle, Brendan Graham Meng Costello (PA) Lance Smith (MO) Brady (PA) Graves (MO) McSally Cramer F. Grayson Moore Latta Smith (NE) Brown (FL) Grayson Meeks Crawford LoBiondo Smith (NJ) Brady (PA) Green, Al Moulton Brownley (CA) Green, Al Meng Crenshaw Long Smith (TX) Brown (FL) Green, Gene Murphy (FL) Burgess Green, Gene Mooney (WV) Brownley (CA) Nadler Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Stefanik Bustos Grijalva Griffith Moore Bustos Napolitano Davis, Rodney Love Stewart Butterfield Grijalva Moulton Gutie´rrez Butterfield Neal Denham Lucas Stivers Capps Gutie´rrez Murphy (FL) Hahn Capps Nolan Dent Luetkemeyer Stutzman Capuano Hahn Nadler Hastings Capuano Norcross DeSantis Lummis Thompson (PA) Ca´ rdenas Hanna Napolitano Heck (WA) Ca´ rdenas O’Rourke DesJarlais MacArthur Thornberry Carney Hastings Neal Higgins Carney Pallone Diaz-Balart Marino Tiberi Carson (IN) Heck (WA) Nolan Himes Carson (IN) Pascrell Dold Massie Tipton Cartwright Herrera Beutler Norcross Hinojosa Cartwright Payne Donovan McCarthy Trott Castor (FL) Higgins O’Rourke Honda Castor (FL) Pelosi Duffy McCaul Turner Castro (TX) Himes Pallone Hoyer Castro (TX) Perlmutter Duncan (SC) McClintock Upton Chu, Judy Hinojosa Pascrell Huffman Chu, Judy Peters Duncan (TN) McHenry Valadao Cicilline Honda Payne Cicilline Israel Pingree Ellmers (NC) McKinley Wagner Clark (MA) Hoyer Pearce Clark (MA) Jackson Lee Pocan Emmer (MN) McMorris Walberg Clarke (NY) Huffman Pelosi Clarke (NY) Jeffries Polis Farenthold Rodgers Walden Clay Israel Perlmutter Clay Johnson (GA) Price (NC) Fincher Meadows Walker Cleaver Jackson Lee Peters Cleaver Johnson, E. B. Quigley Fitzpatrick Meehan Walorski Clyburn Jeffries Peterson Clyburn Kaptur Rangel Fleischmann Messer Walters, Mimi Cohen Jenkins (WV) Pingree Cohen Katko Rice (NY) Fleming Mica Weber (TX) Connolly Johnson (GA) Pocan Connolly Keating Richmond Flores Miller (FL) Webster (FL) Conyers Johnson, E. B. Polis Conyers Kelly (IL) Ros-Lehtinen Forbes Miller (MI) Wenstrup Cooper Kaptur Price (NC) Cooper Kennedy Roybal-Allard Fortenberry Moolenaar Westerman Costa Katko Quigley Costa Kildee Ruiz Foxx Mooney (WV) Whitfield Costello (PA) Keating Rangel Courtney Kilmer Ruppersberger Franks (AZ) Mullin Williams Courtney Kelly (IL) Reichert Crowley Kind Rush Frelinghuysen Mulvaney Wilson (SC) Crowley Kennedy Rice (NY) Cuellar Kirkpatrick Ryan (OH) Garrett Murphy (PA) Wittman Cuellar Kildee Richmond Cummings Kuster Sa´ nchez, Linda Gibbs Neugebauer Womack Cummings Kilmer Rooney (FL) Davis (CA) Langevin T. Gohmert Newhouse Woodall Davis (CA) Kind Roybal-Allard Davis, Danny Larsen (WA) Sanchez, Loretta Goodlatte Noem Yoder Davis, Danny Kirkpatrick Ruiz DeFazio Larson (CT) Sarbanes Gosar Nugent Yoho Davis, Rodney Kuster Ruppersberger DeGette Lawrence Schakowsky Gowdy Nunes Young (AK) DeFazio Langevin Rush Delaney Lee Schiff Granger Olson Young (IA) DeGette Larsen (WA) Ryan (OH) DeLauro Levin Schrader Graves (GA) Palazzo Young (IN) Delaney Larson (CT) Sa´ nchez, Linda DelBene Lewis Scott (VA) Graves (LA) Palmer Zeldin DeLauro Lawrence T. DeSaulnier Lieu, Ted Scott, David Graves (MO) Paulsen Zinke DelBene Lee Sanchez, Loretta Deutch Lipinski Serrano Dent Levin Sarbanes Dingell Loebsack Sewell (AL) NOT VOTING—3 DeSaulnier Lewis Schakowsky Doggett Lowenthal Sherman Deutch Lieu, Ted Schiff Culberson Lofgren Westmoreland Doyle, Michael Lowey Sinema Dingell Lipinski Schrader F. Lujan Grisham Sires Doggett LoBiondo Scott (VA) Duckworth (NM) Slaughter ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Doyle, Michael Loebsack Scott, David Edwards Luja´ n, Ben Ray Smith (WA) F. Lowenthal Serrano Ellison (NM) Speier The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Duckworth Lowey Sewell (AL) Engel Lynch Swalwell (CA) There is 1 minute remaining. Edwards Lucas Sherman

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.103 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4929 Simpson Thompson (MS) Walz The result of the vote was announced Vargas Walz Welch Sinema Thompson (PA) Wasserman as above recorded. Veasey Wasserman Wilson (FL) Sires Titus Schultz Vela Schultz Yarmuth Slaughter Tonko Waters, Maxine AMENDMENT NO. 41 OFFERED BY MR. POLIS Vela´ zquez Waters, Maxine Zeldin Smith (WA) Torres Watson Coleman The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Visclosky Watson Coleman Speier Tsongas Welch Stefanik Van Hollen Whitfield business is the demand for a recorded NOES—224 Stivers Vargas Wilson (FL) vote on the amendment offered by the Abraham Grothman Pitts Swalwell (CA) Veasey Yarmuth gentleman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS) Aderholt Guinta Poe (TX) Takai Vela Young (AK) Allen Guthrie Poliquin Takano Vela´ zquez Young (IA) on which further proceedings were Amash Hardy Pompeo Thompson (CA) Visclosky Zinke postponed and on which the noes pre- Amodei Harper Posey NOES—213 vailed by voice vote. Babin Harris Price, Tom The Clerk will redesignate the Barletta Hartzler Ratcliffe Abraham Grothman Perry amendment. Barr Heck (NV) Reed Aderholt Guinta Pittenger Barton Hensarling Reichert Allen Guthrie Pitts The Clerk redesignated the amend- Benishek Herrera Beutler Renacci Amash Hardy Poe (TX) ment. Bilirakis Hice, Jody B. Ribble Amodei Harper Poliquin Bishop (MI) Hill Rice (SC) RECORDED VOTE Babin Harris Pompeo Bishop (UT) Holding Rigell Barletta Hartzler Posey The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Black Hudson Roby Barr Heck (NV) Price, Tom has been demanded. Blackburn Huizenga (MI) Roe (TN) Barton Hensarling Ratcliffe A recorded vote was ordered. Blum Hultgren Rogers (AL) Benishek Hice, Jody B. Reed Bost Hunter Rogers (KY) Bilirakis Hill Renacci The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- Boustany Hurd (TX) Rohrabacher Bishop (MI) Holding Ribble minute vote. Brady (TX) Issa Rokita Bishop (UT) Hudson Rice (SC) The vote was taken by electronic de- Brat Jenkins (KS) Rooney (FL) Black Huelskamp Rigell Bridenstine Johnson (OH) Roskam Blackburn Huizenga (MI) Roby vice, and there were—ayes 205, noes 224, Brooks (AL) Johnson, Sam Ross Boustany Hultgren Roe (TN) not voting 4, as follows: Brooks (IN) Jolly Rothfus Brady (TX) Hunter Rogers (AL) Buchanan Jones Rouzer Brat Hurd (TX) [Roll No. 417] Rogers (KY) Buck Jordan Royce Bridenstine Hurt (VA) Rohrabacher AYES—205 Bucshon Joyce Russell Brooks (AL) Issa Burgess Kelly (MS) Ryan (WI) Brooks (IN) Jenkins (KS) Rokita Adams Esty McDermott Ros-Lehtinen Aguilar Farr McGovern Byrne Kelly (PA) Salmon Buchanan Johnson (OH) Calvert King (IA) Sanford Buck Johnson, Sam Roskam Ashford Fattah McKinley Ross Bass Foster McNerney Carter (GA) Kinzinger (IL) Scalise Bucshon Jolly Carter (TX) Kline Schweikert Byrne Jones Rothfus Beatty Frankel (FL) McSally Rouzer Becerra Fudge Meeks Chabot Knight Scott, Austin Calvert Jordan Chaffetz Labrador Royce Bera Gabbard Meng Sensenbrenner Carter (GA) Joyce Clawson (FL) LaMalfa Sessions Russell Beyer Gallego Miller (MI) Carter (TX) Kelly (MS) Coffman Lamborn Shimkus Ryan (WI) Bishop (GA) Garamendi Moore Chabot Kelly (PA) Cole Lance Shuster Salmon Blumenauer Gibson Moulton Chaffetz King (IA) Collins (GA) Latta Smith (MO) Sanford Bonamici Graham Murphy (FL) Clawson (FL) King (NY) Collins (NY) Long Smith (NE) Scalise Boyle, Brendan Grayson Nadler Coffman Kinzinger (IL) Comstock Loudermilk Smith (NJ) Cole Kline Schweikert F. Green, Al Napolitano Brady (PA) Green, Gene Neal Conaway Love Smith (TX) Collins (GA) Knight Scott, Austin Cook Lucas Stefanik Collins (NY) Labrador Sensenbrenner Brown (FL) Grijalva Nolan ´ Cramer Luetkemeyer Stewart Comstock LaMalfa Sessions Brownley (CA) Gutierrez Norcross Bustos Hahn O’Rourke Crawford Lummis Stivers Conaway Lamborn Shimkus Butterfield Hanna Pallone Crenshaw MacArthur Stutzman Cook Lance Shuster Capps Hastings Pascrell Denham Marchant Thompson (PA) Cramer Latta Smith (MO) Capuano Heck (WA) Payne DeSantis Marino Thornberry Crawford Long Smith (NE) Ca´ rdenas Higgins Pelosi DesJarlais Massie Tiberi Crenshaw Loudermilk Smith (NJ) Carney Himes Perlmutter Diaz-Balart McCarthy Tipton Curbelo (FL) Love Smith (TX) Duffy McCaul Trott Denham Luetkemeyer Carson (IN) Hinojosa Peters Stewart Cartwright Honda Peterson Duncan (SC) McClintock Turner DeSantis Lummis Stutzman Duncan (TN) McHenry Upton DesJarlais MacArthur Castor (FL) Hoyer Pingree Thornberry Castro (TX) Huffman Pocan Ellmers (NC) McMorris Valadao Diaz-Balart Marchant Tiberi Emmer (MN) Rodgers Wagner Dold Massie Chu, Judy Israel Polis Tipton Cicilline Jackson Lee Price (NC) Farenthold Meadows Walberg Donovan McCarthy Trott Fincher Meehan Walden Duffy McCaul Clark (MA) Jeffries Quigley Turner Clarke (NY) Jenkins (WV) Rangel Fitzpatrick Messer Walker Duncan (SC) McClintock Upton Fleischmann Mica Walorski Duncan (TN) McHenry Clay Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Valadao Fleming Miller (FL) Walters, Mimi Ellmers (NC) McMorris Cleaver Johnson, E. B. Richmond Wagner Flores Moolenaar Weber (TX) Emmer (MN) Rodgers Clyburn Kaptur Ros-Lehtinen Walberg Forbes Mooney (WV) Webster (FL) Farenthold Meadows Cohen Katko Roybal-Allard Walden Fortenberry Mullin Wenstrup Fincher Meehan Connolly Keating Ruiz Walker Foxx Mulvaney Westerman Fleischmann Messer Conyers Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger Walorski Cooper Kennedy Rush Franks (AZ) Murphy (PA) Westmoreland Fleming Mica Frelinghuysen Neugebauer Whitfield Flores Miller (FL) Walters, Mimi Costa Kildee Ryan (OH) ´ Garrett Newhouse Williams Forbes Miller (MI) Weber (TX) Costello (PA) Kilmer Sanchez, Linda Webster (FL) Courtney Kind T. Gibbs Noem Wilson (SC) Fortenberry Moolenaar Gohmert Nugent Wittman Foxx Mullin Wenstrup Crowley King (NY) Sanchez, Loretta Westerman Cuellar Kirkpatrick Sarbanes Goodlatte Nunes Womack Franks (AZ) Mulvaney Gosar Olson Westmoreland Cummings Kuster Schakowsky Woodall Frelinghuysen Murphy (PA) Gowdy Palazzo Yoder Williams Curbelo (FL) Langevin Schiff Garrett Neugebauer Granger Palmer Yoho Wilson (SC) Davis (CA) Larsen (WA) Schrader Gibbs Newhouse Graves (GA) Paulsen Young (AK) Wittman Davis, Danny Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Gohmert Noem Graves (LA) Pearce Young (IA) Womack Davis, Rodney Lawrence Scott, David Goodlatte Nugent Graves (MO) Perry Young (IN) Woodall DeFazio Lee Serrano Gosar Nunes Griffith Pittenger Zinke Gowdy Olson Yoder DeGette Levin Sewell (AL) Delaney Lewis Sherman Granger Palazzo Yoho NOT VOTING—4 Graves (GA) Palmer Young (IN) DeLauro Lieu, Ted Simpson Graves (LA) Paulsen Zeldin DelBene Lipinski Sinema Culberson Hurt (VA) Dent LoBiondo Sires Huelskamp Lofgren NOT VOTING—2 DeSaulnier Loebsack Slaughter Deutch Lowenthal Smith (WA) Culberson Lofgren ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Dingell Lowey Speier ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Doggett Lujan Grisham Swalwell (CA) The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Dold (NM) Takai There is 1 minute remaining. The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Donovan Luja´ n, Ben Ray Takano There is 1 minute remaining. Doyle, Michael (NM) Thompson (CA) F. Lynch Thompson (MS) b 1804 b 1801 Duckworth Maloney, Titus Mr. YOUNG of Iowa changed his vote Edwards Carolyn Tonko So the amendment was rejected. Ellison Maloney, Sean Torres from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Engel Matsui Tsongas The result of the vote was announced So the amendment was agreed to. Eshoo McCollum Van Hollen as above recorded.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:56 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.047 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 AMENDMENT NO. 43 OFFERED BY MR. THOMPSON NOES—241 vote on the amendment offered by the OF MISSISSIPPI Abraham Guinta Pearce gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Aderholt Guthrie Perry WALKER) on which further proceedings Allen Hanna Pittenger were postponed and on which the ayes business is the demand for a recorded Amash Hardy Pitts vote on the amendment offered by the Amodei Harper Poe (TX) prevailed by voice vote. gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Babin Harris Poliquin The Clerk will redesignate the THOMPSON) on which further pro- Barletta Hartzler Pompeo amendment. Barr Heck (NV) Posey ceedings were postponed and on which Barton Hensarling Price, Tom The Clerk redesignated the amend- the noes prevailed by voice vote. Benishek Herrera Beutler Ratcliffe ment. Bilirakis Hice, Jody B. The Clerk will redesignate the Reed RECORDED VOTE Bishop (UT) Hill Reichert amendment. Black Holding Renacci The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blackburn Hudson Ribble has been demanded. Blum Huelskamp Rice (SC) A recorded vote was ordered. ment. Bost Huizenga (MI) Rigell The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- RECORDED VOTE Boustany Hultgren Roby Brady (TX) Hunter Roe (TN) minute vote. The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brat Hurd (TX) Rogers (AL) The vote was taken by electronic de- has been demanded. Bridenstine Hurt (VA) Rogers (KY) vice, and there were—ayes 195, noes 235, A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (AL) Issa Rohrabacher Brooks (IN) Jenkins (KS) Rokita not voting 3, as follows: The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- Buchanan Jenkins (WV) Rooney (FL) [Roll No. 419] minute vote. Buck Johnson (OH) Ros-Lehtinen Bucshon Johnson, Sam AYES—195 The vote was taken by electronic de- Roskam Burgess Jolly Ross Abraham Griffith Paulsen vice, and there were—ayes 189, noes 241, Byrne Jones Rothfus Aderholt Grothman Pearce not voting 3, as follows: Calvert Jordan Rouzer Allen Guinta Perry Carter (GA) Joyce Royce Amash Guthrie Pittenger [Roll No. 418] Carter (TX) Katko Russell Amodei Harper Pitts Chabot Kelly (MS) Ryan (WI) Babin Harris Poe (TX) AYES—189 Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Salmon Barletta Hartzler Pompeo Clawson (FL) King (IA) Adams Fudge Neal Sanford Barr Hensarling Posey Coffman King (NY) Aguilar Gabbard Nolan Scalise Barton Hice, Jody B. Price, Tom Cole Kinzinger (IL) Ashford Gallego Norcross Schweikert Bilirakis Hill Ratcliffe Collins (GA) Kline Bass Garamendi O’Rourke Scott, Austin Bishop (MI) Holding Collins (NY) Knight Renacci Beatty Gibson Pallone Sensenbrenner Bishop (UT) Hudson Comstock Labrador Ribble Becerra Graham Pascrell Sessions Black Huelskamp Conaway LaMalfa Rice (SC) Bera Grayson Payne Shimkus Blackburn Huizenga (MI) Cook Lamborn Rigell Beyer Green, Al Pelosi Shuster Blum Hultgren Bishop (GA) Green, Gene Costello (PA) Lance Boustany Hunter Roby Perlmutter Simpson Bishop (MI) Grijalva Cramer Latta Brady (TX) Hurd (TX) Roe (TN) Peters Smith (MO) Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Crawford LoBiondo Brat Hurt (VA) Rogers (AL) Peterson Smith (NE) Bonamici Hahn Crenshaw Long Bridenstine Issa Rohrabacher Pingree Smith (NJ) Boyle, Brendan Hastings Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Brooks (AL) Jenkins (KS) Rooney (FL) Pocan Smith (TX) F. Heck (WA) Davis, Rodney Love Brooks (IN) Jenkins (WV) Roskam Polis Stefanik Brady (PA) Higgins Denham Lucas Buck Johnson (OH) Ross Stewart Brown (FL) Himes Price (NC) Dent Luetkemeyer Bucshon Johnson, Sam Rothfus Stutzman Brownley (CA) Hinojosa Quigley DeSantis Lummis Burgess Jolly Rouzer Thompson (PA) Bustos Honda Rangel DesJarlais MacArthur Byrne Jones Royce Thornberry Butterfield Hoyer Rice (NY) Diaz-Balart Marchant Calvert Jordan Ryan (WI) Capps Huffman Richmond Dold Marino Tiberi Carter (GA) Joyce Salmon Capuano Israel Roybal-Allard Donovan Massie Tipton Carter (TX) Kelly (MS) Sanford Ca´ rdenas Jackson Lee Ruiz Duffy McCarthy Trott Chabot Kelly (PA) Scalise Carney Jeffries Ruppersberger Duncan (SC) McCaul Turner Chaffetz King (IA) Schweikert Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Rush Duncan (TN) McClintock Upton Clawson (FL) Kinzinger (IL) Scott, Austin Cartwright Johnson, E. B. Ryan (OH) Ellmers (NC) McHenry Valadao Coffman Labrador Sensenbrenner Wagner Castor (FL) Kaptur Sa´ nchez, Linda Emmer (MN) McKinley Collins (GA) LaMalfa Sessions Walberg Castro (TX) Keating T. Farenthold McMorris Collins (NY) Lamborn Shimkus Walden Chu, Judy Kelly (IL) Sanchez, Loretta Fincher Rodgers Comstock Latta Smith (MO) Walker Cicilline Kennedy Sarbanes Fitzpatrick McSally Conaway Long Smith (NE) Walorski Clark (MA) Kildee Schakowsky Fleischmann Meadows Cook Loudermilk Smith (NJ) Walters, Mimi Clarke (NY) Kilmer Schiff Fleming Meehan Cramer Love Smith (TX) Weber (TX) Clay Kind Schrader Flores Messer Crawford Luetkemeyer Stewart Forbes Webster (FL) Cleaver Kirkpatrick Scott (VA) Mica Crenshaw Lummis Stivers Fortenberry Miller (FL) Wenstrup Clyburn Kuster Scott, David DeSantis Marchant Stutzman Foxx Miller (MI) Westerman Cohen Langevin Serrano DesJarlais Marino Thornberry Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Westmoreland Connolly Larsen (WA) Sewell (AL) Diaz-Balart Massie Tiberi Conyers Larson (CT) Sherman Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Whitfield Duffy McCarthy Williams Tipton Cooper Lawrence Sinema Garrett Mullin Duncan (SC) McCaul Gibbs Wilson (SC) Trott Costa Lee Sires Mulvaney Duncan (TN) McClintock Gohmert Murphy (PA) Wittman Wagner Courtney Levin Slaughter Ellmers (NC) McHenry Goodlatte Neugebauer Womack Walberg Crowley Lewis Smith (WA) Emmer (MN) McMorris Gosar Newhouse Woodall Walker Cuellar Lieu, Ted Speier Farenthold Rodgers Gowdy Noem Yoder Walorski Cummings Lipinski Swalwell (CA) Fincher McSally Davis (CA) Loebsack Granger Nugent Yoho Fleischmann Meadows Walters, Mimi Takai Davis, Danny Lowenthal Graves (GA) Nunes Young (AK) Fleming Messer Weber (TX) Takano DeFazio Lowey Graves (LA) Olson Young (IA) Flores Mica Webster (FL) Thompson (CA) DeGette Lujan Grisham Graves (MO) Palazzo Young (IN) Forbes Miller (FL) Wenstrup Thompson (MS) Delaney (NM) Griffith Palmer Zeldin Fortenberry Moolenaar Westerman Titus DeLauro Luja´ n, Ben Ray Grothman Paulsen Zinke Franks (AZ) Mooney (WV) Westmoreland Tonko Williams DelBene (NM) NOT VOTING—3 Frelinghuysen Mullin DeSaulnier Lynch Torres Garrett Mulvaney Wittman Deutch Maloney, Tsongas Culberson Lofgren Stivers Gibbs Neugebauer Womack Dingell Carolyn Van Hollen Gohmert Newhouse Woodall ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Doggett Maloney, Sean Vargas Goodlatte Noem Yoder Doyle, Michael Matsui Veasey The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Gosar Nugent Yoho F. McCollum Vela There is 1 minute remaining. Gowdy Nunes Young (IA) Duckworth McDermott Vela´ zquez Granger Olson Young (IN) Edwards McGovern Visclosky b 1808 Graves (GA) Palazzo Zeldin Ellison McNerney Walz Graves (LA) Palmer Zinke Engel Meeks Wasserman So the amendment was rejected. Eshoo Meng Schultz The result of the vote was announced NOES—235 Esty Moore Waters, Maxine as above recorded. Adams Beatty Beyer Watson Coleman Farr Moulton AMENDMENT NO. 46 OFFERED BY MR. WALKER Aguilar Becerra Bishop (GA) Fattah Murphy (FL) Welch Ashford Benishek Blumenauer Foster Nadler Wilson (FL) The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Bass Bera Bonamici Frankel (FL) Napolitano Yarmuth business is the demand for a recorded

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:56 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.110 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4931 Bost Hahn Payne Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. Rokita Sires Walters, Mimi Boyle, Brendan Hanna Pelosi 419, had I been present, I would have voted Rooney (FL) Smith (MO) Waters, Maxine F. Hardy Perlmutter Roskam Smith (NJ) Weber (TX) Brady (PA) Hastings Peters ‘‘yes.’’ Ross Smith (TX) Webster (FL) Brown (FL) Heck (NV) Peterson AMENDMENT NO. 47 OFFERED BY MR. SALMON Rothfus Stefanik Westerman Brownley (CA) Heck (WA) Rouzer Stewart Pingree The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Westmoreland Buchanan Herrera Beutler Pocan Royce Stivers Whitfield Bustos Higgins Poliquin business is the demand for a recorded Russell Stutzman Williams Butterfield Himes Ryan (OH) Thompson (PA) Polis vote on the amendment offered by the Wilson (SC) Capps Hinojosa Ryan (WI) Thornberry Price (NC) gentleman from Arizona (Mr. SALMON) Wittman Capuano Honda Quigley Salmon Tiberi Womack Ca´ rdenas Hoyer Rangel on which further proceedings were Sanford Tipton Woodall Carney Huffman Reed postponed and on which the ayes pre- Scalise Trott Yoder Carson (IN) Israel Reichert vailed by voice vote. Schweikert Upton Cartwright Jackson Lee Scott, Austin Valadao Yoho Rice (NY) The Clerk will redesignate the Castor (FL) Jeffries Richmond Sensenbrenner Wagner Young (AK) Castro (TX) Johnson (GA) Rogers (KY) amendment. Sessions Walberg Young (IA) Chu, Judy Johnson, E. B. Rokita The Clerk redesignated the amend- Shimkus Walden Young (IN) Cicilline Kaptur Ros-Lehtinen ment. Shuster Walker Zeldin Clark (MA) Katko Roybal-Allard Simpson Walorski Zinke Clarke (NY) Keating RECORDED VOTE Ruiz NOES—178 Clay Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Cleaver Kennedy Rush has been demanded. Adams Foster Norcross Clyburn Kildee Russell Aguilar Frankel (FL) Nugent Cohen Kilmer Ryan (OH) A recorded vote was ordered. Ashford Fudge O’Rourke Cole Kind Sa´ nchez, Linda The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- Barletta Gabbard Pallone Connolly King (NY) T. minute vote. Bass Gallego Pascrell Conyers Kirkpatrick Beatty Garamendi Payne Sanchez, Loretta The vote was taken by electronic de- Cooper Kline Sarbanes Becerra Green, Al Pelosi Costa Knight Schakowsky vice, and there were—ayes 251, noes 178, Bera Green, Gene Perlmutter Costello (PA) Kuster Schiff not voting 4, as follows: Beyer Griffith Peters Courtney Lance Schrader Bishop (GA) Grijalva Pingree Crowley Langevin [Roll No. 420] Scott (VA) Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Pocan Cummings Larsen (WA) Scott, David AYES—251 Bonamici Hahn Polis Curbelo (FL) Larson (CT) Boyle, Brendan Hanna Price (NC) Serrano Abraham Fleming Love Davis (CA) Lawrence F. Hastings Quigley Sewell (AL) Aderholt Flores Lowey Davis, Danny Lee Brady (PA) Heck (WA) Rangel Sherman Allen Forbes Lucas Davis, Rodney Levin Brown (FL) Higgins Richmond Shuster Amash Fortenberry Luetkemeyer DeFazio Lewis Brownley (CA) Himes Ros-Lehtinen Simpson Amodei Foxx Lujan Grisham DeGette Lieu, Ted Bustos Hinojosa Roybal-Allard Sinema Babin Franks (AZ) (NM) Delaney Lipinski Butterfield Honda Ruiz Sires Barr Frelinghuysen Luja´ n, Ben Ray DeLauro LoBiondo Capps Hoyer Ruppersberger Slaughter Barton Garrett (NM) DelBene Loebsack Ca´ rdenas Huffman Rush Smith (WA) Benishek Gibbs Lummis Denham Lowenthal Carney Jackson Lee Sa´ nchez, Linda Speier Bilirakis Gibson Maloney, Sean Dent Lowey Carson (IN) Jeffries T. Stefanik Bishop (MI) Gohmert Marchant DeSaulnier Lucas Cartwright Johnson (GA) Sanchez, Loretta Swalwell (CA) Bishop (UT) Goodlatte Marino Deutch Lujan Grisham Castor (FL) Johnson, E. B. Sarbanes Takai Black Gosar Massie Dingell (NM) Castro (TX) Kaptur Schakowsky Takano Blackburn Gowdy McCarthy Doggett Luja´ n, Ben Ray Chu, Judy Keating Schiff Thompson (CA) Blum Graham McCaul Dold (NM) Cicilline Kelly (IL) Schrader Thompson (MS) Bost Granger McClintock Donovan Lynch Clark (MA) Kelly (PA) Scott (VA) Thompson (PA) Boustany Graves (GA) McCollum Doyle, Michael MacArthur Clarke (NY) Kennedy Scott, David Titus Brady (TX) Graves (LA) McHenry F. Maloney, Clay Kildee Serrano Brat Graves (MO) McKinley Duckworth Carolyn Tonko Cleaver Kilmer Sewell (AL) Bridenstine Grayson McMorris Edwards Maloney, Sean Torres Clyburn Kind Sherman Brooks (AL) Grothman Rodgers Ellison Matsui Tsongas Connolly Kuster Sinema Brooks (IN) Guinta McSally Engel McCollum Turner Conyers Langevin Slaughter Buchanan Guthrie Meadows Eshoo McDermott Upton Cooper Larsen (WA) Smith (WA) Buck Hardy Meehan Esty McGovern Valadao Costa Larson (CT) Speier Bucshon Harper Messer Farr McKinley Van Hollen Courtney Lawrence Swalwell (CA) Burgess Harris Mica Fattah McNerney Vargas Crowley Lee Takai Byrne Hartzler Miller (FL) Fitzpatrick Meehan Veasey Cuellar Levin Takano Calvert Heck (NV) Miller (MI) Foster Meeks Vela Cummings Lewis Thompson (CA) Capuano Hensarling Moolenaar Foxx Meng Vela´ zquez Curbelo (FL) Lieu, Ted Thompson (MS) Carter (GA) Herrera Beutler Mooney (WV) Frankel (FL) Miller (MI) Visclosky Davis (CA) Lipinski Titus Carter (TX) Hice, Jody B. Mullin Fudge Moore Walden Davis, Danny Loebsack Tonko Chabot Hill Mulvaney Gabbard Moulton Walz DeGette Lowenthal Torres Chaffetz Holding Murphy (FL) Gallego Murphy (FL) Wasserman Delaney Lynch Tsongas Clawson (FL) Hudson Murphy (PA) Garamendi Murphy (PA) Schultz DelBene MacArthur Turner Coffman Huelskamp Neugebauer Gibson Nadler Waters, Maxine DeSaulnier Maloney, Van Hollen Cohen Huizenga (MI) Newhouse Graham Napolitano Watson Coleman Deutch Carolyn Vargas Cole Hultgren Noem Graves (MO) Neal Welch Dingell Matsui Veasey Collins (GA) Hunter Nunes Grayson Nolan Whitfield Doggett McDermott Vela Collins (NY) Hurd (TX) Olson Green, Al Norcross Wilson (FL) Doyle, Michael McGovern Vela´ zquez Comstock Hurt (VA) Palazzo Green, Gene O’Rourke Wilson (SC) F. McNerney Visclosky Conaway Issa Palmer Grijalva Pallone Yarmuth Duckworth Meeks Walz Cook Jenkins (KS) Paulsen Gutie´rrez Pascrell Young (AK) Edwards Meng Wasserman Costello (PA) Jenkins (WV) Pearce Ellmers (NC) Moore Schultz Cramer Johnson (OH) Perry NOT VOTING—3 Engel Moulton Watson Coleman Crawford Johnson, Sam Peterson Eshoo Nadler Welch Cuellar Culberson Lofgren Crenshaw Jolly Pittenger Esty Napolitano Wenstrup Davis, Rodney Jones Pitts Farr Neal Wilson (FL) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR DeFazio Jordan Poe (TX) Fattah Nolan Yarmuth The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). DeLauro Joyce Poliquin There is 1 minute remaining. Denham Katko Pompeo NOT VOTING—4 Dent Kelly (MS) Posey Culberson Lofgren DeSantis King (IA) Price, Tom Israel Smith (NE) b 1811 DesJarlais King (NY) Ratcliffe Diaz-Balart Kinzinger (IL) Reed ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR So the amendment was rejected. Dold Kirkpatrick Reichert Donovan Kline Renacci The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). The result of the vote was announced Duffy Knight Ribble There is 1 minute remaining. as above recorded. Duncan (SC) Labrador Rice (NY) Duncan (TN) LaMalfa Rice (SC) b 1814 Stated for: Ellison Lamborn Rigell Mr. POLIQUIN. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. Emmer (MN) Lance Roby So the amendment was agreed to. 419, I mistakenly voted ‘‘no’’ on the Walker Farenthold Latta Roe (TN) The result of the vote was announced Fincher LoBiondo Rogers (AL) Amendment. I should have and would have Fitzpatrick Long Rogers (KY) as above recorded. voted ‘‘yes.’’ Fleischmann Loudermilk Rohrabacher Stated for:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:56 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.050 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4932 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. SchultzWaters, Watson Coleman Wilson (FL) The Acting CHAIR. There being no 420, I mistakenly voted ‘‘no’’ on the Salmon Maxine Welch Yarmuth further amendments under the rule, Amendment. I meant to vote ‘‘yes.’’ NOES—244 the Committee rises. AMENDMENT NO. 44 OFFERED BY MR. SCOTT OF Abraham Grothman Pearce Accordingly, the Committee rose; Aderholt Guinta VIRGINIA Perry and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Allen Guthrie Pittenger WOMACK) having assumed the chair, The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Amash Hanna Pitts Mr. YODER, Acting Chair of the Com- business is the demand for a recorded Amodei Hardy Poe (TX) vote on the amendment offered by the Babin Harper Poliquin mittee of the Whole House on the state Barletta Harris Pompeo of the Union, reported that that Com- gentleman from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT) Barr Hartzler Posey mittee, having had under consideration on which further proceedings were Barton Heck (NV) Price, Tom the bill (H.R. 5) to support State and postponed and on which the noes pre- Benishek Hensarling Ratcliffe Bilirakis Herrera Beutler local accountability for public edu- vailed by voice vote. Reed Bishop (MI) Hice, Jody B. Reichert cation, protect State and local author- The Clerk will redesignate the Bishop (UT) Hill Renacci ity, inform parents of the performance amendment. Black Holding Ribble Blackburn of their children’s schools, and for The Clerk redesignated the amend- Hudson Rice (SC) Blum Huelskamp Rigell other purposes, and, pursuant to House ment. Bost Huizenga (MI) Roby Resolution 125, he reported the bill, as Boustany Hultgren RECORDED VOTE Roe (TN) amended by that resolution, back to Brady (TX) Hunter Rogers (AL) The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brat Hurd (TX) Rogers (KY) the House with sundry further amend- has been demanded. Bridenstine Hurt (VA) Rohrabacher ments adopted in the Committee of the A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (AL) Issa Rokita Whole. Brooks (IN) Jenkins (KS) Rooney (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Buchanan Jenkins (WV) Ros-Lehtinen minute vote. Buck Johnson (OH) Roskam the rule, the previous question is or- Bucshon Johnson, Sam Ross dered. The vote was taken by electronic de- Burgess Jolly vice, and there were—ayes 187, noes 244, Rothfus Is a separate vote demanded on any Byrne Jones Rouzer further amendment reported from the not voting 2, as follows: Calvert Jordan Royce Committee of the Whole? If not, the Carter (GA) Joyce Russell [Roll No. 421] Carter (TX) Katko Ryan (WI) Chair will put them en gros. Chabot Kelly (MS) AYES—187 Salmon The amendments were agreed to. Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Sanford The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Adams Foster Moulton Clawson (FL) King (IA) Scalise Aguilar Frankel (FL) Murphy (FL) Coffman King (NY) question is on the engrossment and Schweikert Ashford Fudge Nadler Cole Kinzinger (IL) Scott, Austin third reading of the bill. Bass Gabbard Napolitano Collins (GA) Kline Sensenbrenner The bill was ordered to be engrossed Beatty Gallego Neal Collins (NY) Knight Sessions and read a third time, and was read the Becerra Garamendi Nolan Comstock Labrador Shimkus Bera Graham Norcross Conaway LaMalfa third time. Beyer Grayson Shuster O’Rourke Cook Lamborn MOTION TO RECOMMIT Bishop (GA) Green, Al Simpson Pallone Costello (PA) Lance Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, I have a mo- Blumenauer Green, Gene Pascrell Cramer Latta Smith (MO) Bonamici Grijalva Payne Crawford LoBiondo Smith (NE) tion to recommit at the desk. ´ Boyle, Brendan Gutierrez Pelosi Crenshaw Long Smith (NJ) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the F. Hahn Perlmutter Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Smith (TX) gentlewoman opposed to the bill? Brady (PA) Hastings Peters Davis, Rodney Love Stefanik Brown (FL) Heck (WA) Stewart Ms. ESTY. I am in its current form. Peterson Denham Lucas The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Brownley (CA) Higgins Pingree Dent Luetkemeyer Stivers Bustos Himes Pocan DeSantis Lummis Stutzman Clerk will report the motion to recom- Butterfield Hinojosa Polis DesJarlais MacArthur Thompson (PA) mit. Capps Honda Price (NC) Diaz-Balart Marchant Thornberry The Clerk read as follows: Capuano Hoyer Quigley Dold Marino Tiberi Ca´ rdenas Huffman Ms. Esty moves to recommit the bill H.R. Rangel Donovan Massie Tipton Carney Israel Rice (NY) Duffy McCarthy Trott 5 to the Committee on Education and the Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Richmond Duncan (SC) McCaul Turner Workforce with instructions to report the Cartwright Jeffries Roybal-Allard Duncan (TN) McClintock Upton same back to the House forthwith with the Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Ruiz Ellmers (NC) McHenry Valadao following amendment: Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Ruppersberger Emmer (MN) McKinley Wagner Page 25, after line 14, insert the following: Chu, Judy Kaptur Rush Farenthold McMorris Walberg Cicilline Keating ‘‘(F) GUARANTEEING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTU- Ryan (OH) Fincher Rodgers Walden Clark (MA) Kelly (IL) NITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, IN- Sa´ nchez, Linda Fitzpatrick McSally Walker Clarke (NY) Kennedy CLUDING STUDENTS WITH AUTISM, DOWN SYN- T. Fleischmann Meadows Walorski Clay Kildee DROME, AND OTHER DISABILITIES.—Each State Sanchez, Loretta Fleming Meehan Walters, Mimi Cleaver Kilmer Sarbanes Flores Messer Weber (TX) plan shall demonstrate that the development Clyburn Kind Forbes Mica Webster (FL) and adoption of the academic content stand- Cohen Kirkpatrick Schakowsky Schiff Fortenberry Miller (FL) Wenstrup ards and academic achievement standards Connolly Kuster Foxx Miller (MI) Westerman Conyers Langevin Schrader under this paragraph does not— Scott (VA) Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Westmoreland ‘‘(i) result in lower academic standards for Cooper Larsen (WA) Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Whitfield Costa Larson (CT) Scott, David children with disabilities than the standards Serrano Garrett Mullin Williams Courtney Lawrence Gibbs Mulvaney Wilson (SC) adopted for students without disabilities; Crowley Lee Sewell (AL) ‘‘(ii) deny students with disabilities, in- Sherman Gibson Murphy (PA) Wittman Cuellar Levin Gohmert Neugebauer Womack cluding students with the most significant Cummings Lewis Sinema Sires Goodlatte Newhouse Woodall cognitive disabilities, access to a regular Davis (CA) Lieu, Ted Gosar Noem Yoder Davis, Danny Lipinski Slaughter secondary school diploma; Smith (WA) Gowdy Nugent Yoho ‘‘(iii) deny any parent the right to give in- DeFazio Loebsack Granger Nunes Young (AK) DeGette Lowenthal Speier formed consent before determining whether Swalwell (CA) Graves (GA) Olson Young (IA) Delaney Lowey Graves (LA) Palazzo Young (IN) to apply alternate achievement standards to DeLauro Lujan Grisham Takai the assessment of his or her child or any rel- Takano Graves (MO) Palmer Zeldin DelBene (NM) Griffith evant information needed to make such de- Thompson (CA) Paulsen Zinke DeSaulnier Luja´ n, Ben Ray termination; Deutch (NM) Thompson (MS) NOT VOTING—2 Dingell Lynch Titus ‘‘(iv) otherwise lower expectations or aca- Culberson Lofgren Doggett Maloney, Tonko demic achievement for students with disabil- Doyle, Michael Carolyn Torres ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR ities, including students with the most sig- Tsongas F. Maloney, Sean The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). nificant cognitive disabilities; or Duckworth Matsui Van Hollen ‘‘(v) deny educational opportunities for Edwards McCollum Vargas There is 1 minute remaining. students or any subgroup of students de- Ellison McDermott Veasey scribed in section 1111(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II), includ- Engel McGovern Vela b 1819 ing racial and ethnic minority students who Eshoo McNerney Vela´ zquez So the amendment was rejected. Esty Meeks Visclosky are identified for special education services Farr Meng Walz The result of the vote was announced at a rate disproportionately higher than Fattah Moore Wasserman as above recorded. their peers.’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.053 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4933 Add at the end the following: amendment would protect children Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw SEC. 802. PROTECTING CHILDREN WITH DISABIL- with disabilities from abusive seclusion my reservation of a point of order. ITIES FROM ABUSIVE SECLUSION and restraint practices. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The res- AND RESTRAINT PRACTICES. Last year, I met with a group of stu- ervation of the point of order is with- (a) PURPOSE.— The purpose of this section dents from the FOCUS Center for Au- is to ensure a safe learning environment and drawn. to protect each elementary and secondary tism in Canton, Connecticut, in my dis- Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in op- school student from physical or mental trict. They were incredible students, position to the motion to recommit. abuse, aversive behavioral interventions that who bravely advocated for themselves The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- compromise student health and safety, or and bluntly talked about the chal- tleman from Minnesota is recognized any physical restraint or seclusion when lenges they face in the classroom. for 5 minutes. there is no imminent threat of physical in- According to the Centers for Disease Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, we know jury or in a manner otherwise inconsistent Control, 1 in 68 American children is this is a procedural attempt, a usual with the purposes of the Elementary and now on the autism spectrum, a tenfold Secondary Education Act of 1965 (21 U.S.C. procedural attempt, at the eleventh increase in the last 40 years. In Con- hour to derail this legislation. It is un- 6301 et seq.). necticut, too many students, particu- (b) REGULATION.—Not later than 180 days fortunate because the American people after the date of the enactment of this Act, larly students who are on the autism have waited long enough for Congress the Secretary of Education shall promulgate spectrum, face unnecessary and dan- to fix the problems plaguing our ele- regulations providing, at minimum, that gerous seclusion and restraint. mentary and secondary education sys- school personnel shall be prohibited from im- According to the Connecticut State tem. posing on any elementary or secondary Department of Education and the Of- My colleagues, because it has been school student the following: fice of the Child Advocate, there were months since we have debated the un- (1) Mechanical restraints. 35,000 incidents of children being re- (2) Chemical restraints. derlying bill and the challenge we face, strained or placed in seclusion last I want to remind my colleagues of (3) Physical restraint or physical escort school year. Over 80 percent of these that restricts breathing. what is at stake here. children were boys; the majority of (4) Aversive behavioral interventions that It has been more than 7 years since them children of color, many of them compromise health and safety such as exces- No Child Left Behind expired—7 years. were in elementary school—even as sive pain, use of heat or cold, spraying That means, for 7 years, this Congress young as preschool—and many of them bleach infused water in faces, and depriving has failed to meet its basic responsi- students of food and bathroom access for were on the autism spectrum. bility to replace the law. Each year we hours on end. Earlier this year, the Office of the fail to act is another year States are Ms. ESTY (during the reading). Mr. Child Advocate in Connecticut released a report showing that, in the last 3 tied to flawed policies and students are Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to trapped in failing schools. No Child dispense with the reading. years, more than 1,300 Connecticut schoolchildren were injured during Left Behind continues as the law. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Education is a deeply personal issue objection to the request of the gentle- such restraint or seclusion. Nation- wide, the nonpartisan Government Ac- for many Americans. It is a topic dis- woman from Connecticut? cussed around kitchen tables, whether There was no objection. countability Office found hundreds of cases of alleged child abuse, including it is a child’s report card, a change tak- Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a ing place in a local school district, or point of order. at least 20, that is 20 deaths of children related to the use of these harmful perhaps even policy changes being de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point bated by Federal officials. of order is reserved. methods during the last two decades. These stories are truly horrific: a 7- We were reminded of this reality just The gentlewoman from Connecticut a few months ago. is recognized for 5 minutes. year-old dying after being held face Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, this is the down for hours by school staff, 5-year- b 1830 olds with broken arms and bloody final amendment to the bill which will In February, we were making noses after being tied to chairs with not kill the bill or send it back to com- progress in advancing the Student Suc- bungee cords and duct tape by their mittee. If adopted, the bill will imme- cess Act, and we witnessed just how teacher, and a 13-year-old who hung diately proceed to final passage as frustrated the American people are himself in the seclusion room after amended. with the Federal role in K–12 education prolonged confinement. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with seri- This is absolutely unacceptable. and how that frustration has grown ous concerns. While Congress surely should not worse under this administration. Today, we are voting on a bill that micromanage discipline in local Rather than work with Congress to guts education funding; fails to provide schools, we should—we should—step up replace the law, the Obama administra- adequate support for our hard-working to set standards to ensure that all our tion has spent years imposing its agen- teachers; and turns our back on our children are safe, and we should fully da on schools through pet projects and schools, our communities, and our chil- fund IDEA to ensure support for all conditional waivers. dren. children with disabilities. Just listen to the national debate Mr. Speaker, today, we are not fixing Now, let me be clear. Many teachers raging over Common Core and you will No Child Left Behind, which has long do an outstanding job in what can quickly learn about the backlash needed to be fixed, but instead, we are often be a challenging classroom envi- against the Federal Government that moving in the wrong direction. As a ronment. Having children with disabil- has taken place under this administra- room parent, as a PTA mom, I strongly ities in the classroom can be a reward- tion. believe that every child deserves the ing experience for the child and for Because of this administration’s un- opportunity for a quality education, their classmates. precedented overreach, public anxiety and every child deserves to be treated Children with learning disabilities and opposition to Federal intrusion is with dignity and respect. will learn and excel with the right sup- greater than it has ever been. The sim- The amendment I am offering today port. It is just not acceptable to say ple fact that Congress was considering provides us the opportunity to live up that we don’t have enough time or changes to the law led countless indi- to those goals. My amendment would enough money to provide that support. viduals to speak out and raise con- guarantee continued funding for the In- Today, let’s fully fund IDEA, support cerns. dividuals with Disabilities Education special education and services for all Unfortunately, some of those con- Act, known as IDEA. children with disabilities, and restrict cerns were based on misinformation, Just today, I met with school super- the dangerous practices of seclusion but they ultimately stem from a strong intendents from Connecticut who em- and restraint. We can do better; we skepticism about the Federal role in phasize the critical role of Federal must do better for our children. education, a skepticism that I and funding for IDEA, which provides im- I ask all House Members to join me many others share. portant support for students with au- to vote for this amendment, and I yield Teachers, principals, parents, and tism and cognitive disabilities, and my back the balance of my time. education leaders desperately want

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.055 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4934 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 Congress to replace No Child Left Be- Gabbard Lowey Ruppersberger Perry Royce Upton hind, but they are not just concerned Gallego Lujan Grisham Rush Pittenger Russell Valadao Garamendi (NM) Ryan (OH) Pitts Ryan (WI) Wagner with getting rid of a bad law, they also Graham Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sa´ nchez, Linda Poe (TX) Salmon Walberg deeply care about what replaces it. The Grayson (NM) T. Poliquin Sanford Walden public response we witnessed earlier Green, Al Lynch Sanchez, Loretta Pompeo Scalise Walker Posey Schweikert this year made that clear. We are here Green, Gene Maloney, Sarbanes Walorski Grijalva Carolyn Schakowsky Price, Tom Scott, Austin Walters, Mimi today because we are listening to the Hahn Maloney, Sean Schiff Ratcliffe Sensenbrenner Weber (TX) American people. Hastings Matsui Schrader Reed Sessions Webster (FL) Reichert Shimkus Heck (WA) McCollum Scott (VA) Wenstrup The Student Success Act is a strong Renacci Shuster Higgins McDermott Scott, David Westerman proposal to replace No Child Left Be- Himes McGovern Serrano Ribble Simpson Westmoreland Hinojosa McNerney Sewell (AL) Rice (SC) Smith (MO) hind. It would eliminate dozens of inef- Whitfield Honda Meeks Sinema Rigell Smith (NE) fective and duplicative programs, re- Williams Hoyer Meng Sires Roby Smith (NJ) peal Federal mandates dictating State Huffman Moore Slaughter Roe (TN) Smith (TX) Wilson (SC) spending, teacher quality, account- Israel Moulton Smith (WA) Rogers (AL) Stefanik Wittman ability, and school improvement, and Jackson Lee Murphy (FL) Speier Rogers (KY) Stewart Womack Jeffries Nadler Swalwell (CA) Rohrabacher Stivers Woodall provide parents vital support to hold Johnson (GA) Napolitano Takai Rokita Stutzman Yoder schools accountable and rescue chil- Johnson, E. B. Neal Takano Rooney (FL) Thompson (PA) Yoho dren from underperforming schools. Kaptur Nolan Thompson (CA) Ros-Lehtinen Thornberry Young (AK) Throughout this legislative process, Keating Norcross Thompson (MS) Roskam Tiberi Young (IA) Kelly (IL) O’Rourke Titus Ross Tipton Young (IN) we have adopted bipartisan improve- Kennedy Pallone Tonko Rothfus Trott Zeldin ments to the bill, thanks to the work Kildee Pascrell Torres Rouzer Turner Zinke of both Republican and Democrat Kilmer Payne Tsongas Kind Pelosi Van Hollen NOT VOTING—4 Members. Now it is time to move for- Kirkpatrick Perlmutter Vargas Culberson Lofgren ward. Kuster Peters Veasey Gutie´rrez Sherman We have an urgent responsibility to Langevin Peterson Vela Larsen (WA) Pingree Vela´ zquez b 1838 replace a flawed law with bold solu- Larson (CT) Pocan Visclosky tions that will help provide every child Lawrence Polis Walz So the motion to recommit was re- in every school an excellent education. Lee Price (NC) Wasserman jected. That responsibility grows more urgent Levin Quigley Schultz Lewis Rangel Waters, Maxine The result of the vote was announced each day. Lieu, Ted Rice (NY) Watson Coleman as above recorded. I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on Lipinski Richmond Welch Stated for: the motion to recommit and to vote Loebsack Roybal-Allard Wilson (FL) Lowenthal Ruiz Yarmuth Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. ‘‘yes’’ on the Student Success Act. 422, had I been present, I would have voted I yield back the balance of my time. NOES—244 ‘‘yes.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Abraham Duncan (SC) Jordan The SPEAKER pro tempore. The objection, the previous question is or- Aderholt Duncan (TN) Joyce question is on the passage of the bill. dered on the motion to recommit. Allen Ellmers (NC) Katko The question was taken; and the Amash Emmer (MN) Kelly (MS) There was no objection. Amodei Farenthold Kelly (PA) Speaker pro tempore announced that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Babin Fincher King (IA) the ayes appeared to have it. question is on the motion to recommit. Barletta Fitzpatrick King (NY) RECORDED VOTE The question was taken; and the Barr Fleischmann Kinzinger (IL) Barton Fleming Kline Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Speaker pro tempore announced that Benishek Flores Knight I demand a recorded vote. the noes appeared to have it. Bilirakis Forbes Labrador A recorded vote was ordered. Bishop (MI) Fortenberry LaMalfa RECORDED VOTE Bishop (UT) Foxx Lamborn The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Black Franks (AZ) Lance 5-minute vote. recorded vote. Blackburn Frelinghuysen Latta The vote was taken by electronic de- Blum Garrett LoBiondo vice, and there were—ayes 218, noes 213, A recorded vote was ordered. Bost Gibbs Long The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Boustany Gibson Loudermilk not voting 3, as follows: ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, Brady (TX) Gohmert Love [Roll No. 423] Brat Goodlatte Lucas this 5-minute vote on the motion to re- Bridenstine Gosar Luetkemeyer AYES—218 commit will be followed by 5-minute Brooks (AL) Gowdy Lummis Abraham Collins (NY) Gowdy votes on the passage of the bill, if or- Brooks (IN) Granger MacArthur Aderholt Comstock Granger dered, and agreeing to the Speaker’s Buchanan Graves (GA) Marchant Allen Conaway Graves (GA) Buck Graves (LA) Marino Amodei Cook Griffith approval of the Journal, if ordered. Bucshon Graves (MO) Massie Babin Costello (PA) Grothman The vote was taken by electronic de- Burgess Griffith McCarthy Barletta Cramer Guinta vice, and there were—ayes 185, noes 244, Byrne Grothman McCaul Barr Crawford Guthrie Calvert Guinta McClintock Barton Crenshaw Hanna not voting 4, as follows: Carter (GA) Guthrie McHenry Benishek Curbelo (FL) Hardy [Roll No. 422] Carter (TX) Hanna McKinley Bilirakis Davis, Rodney Harper Chabot Hardy McMorris Bishop (MI) Denham Harris AYES—185 Chaffetz Harper Rodgers Bishop (UT) Dent Hartzler Adams Carson (IN) DeFazio Clawson (FL) Harris McSally Black Diaz-Balart Heck (NV) Aguilar Cartwright DeGette Coffman Hartzler Meadows Blackburn Dold Hensarling Ashford Castor (FL) Delaney Cole Heck (NV) Meehan Blum Donovan Herrera Beutler Bass Castro (TX) DeLauro Collins (GA) Hensarling Messer Boehner Duffy Hill Beatty Chu, Judy DelBene Collins (NY) Herrera Beutler Mica Bost Duncan (SC) Holding Becerra Cicilline DeSaulnier Comstock Hice, Jody B. Miller (FL) Boustany Duncan (TN) Hudson Bera Clark (MA) Deutch Conaway Hill Miller (MI) Brady (TX) Ellmers (NC) Huizenga (MI) Beyer Clarke (NY) Dingell Cook Holding Moolenaar Brat Emmer (MN) Hultgren Bishop (GA) Clay Doggett Costello (PA) Hudson Mooney (WV) Bridenstine Farenthold Hunter Blumenauer Cleaver Doyle, Michael Cramer Huelskamp Mullin Brooks (IN) Fincher Hurd (TX) Bonamici Clyburn F. Crawford Huizenga (MI) Mulvaney Buchanan Fitzpatrick Hurt (VA) Boyle, Brendan Cohen Duckworth Crenshaw Hultgren Murphy (PA) Bucshon Fleischmann Issa F. Connolly Edwards Curbelo (FL) Hunter Neugebauer Burgess Flores Jenkins (KS) Brady (PA) Conyers Ellison Davis, Rodney Hurd (TX) Newhouse Byrne Forbes Jenkins (WV) Brown (FL) Cooper Engel Denham Hurt (VA) Noem Calvert Fortenberry Johnson (OH) Brownley (CA) Costa Eshoo Dent Issa Nugent Carter (GA) Foxx Johnson, Sam Bustos Courtney Esty DeSantis Jenkins (KS) Nunes Carter (TX) Franks (AZ) Jolly Butterfield Crowley Farr DesJarlais Jenkins (WV) Olson Chabot Frelinghuysen Katko Capps Cuellar Fattah Diaz-Balart Johnson (OH) Palazzo Chaffetz Garrett Kelly (MS) Capuano Cummings Foster Dold Johnson, Sam Palmer Coffman Gibbs Kelly (PA) Ca´ rdenas Davis (CA) Frankel (FL) Donovan Jolly Paulsen Cole Goodlatte King (IA) Carney Davis, Danny Fudge Duffy Jones Pearce Collins (GA) Gosar King (NY)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.121 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4935 Kinzinger (IL) Olson Shuster Rush Sires Veasey The Clerk read the title of the bill. Kline Palazzo Simpson Ryan (OH) Slaughter Vela The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- Knight Palmer Smith (MO) Sa´ nchez, Linda Smith (WA) Vela´ zquez Labrador Paulsen Smith (NE) T. Speier Visclosky mittee of the Whole rose earlier today, LaMalfa Pearce Smith (NJ) Sanchez, Loretta Stutzman Walz an amendment offered by the gen- Lamborn Perry Smith (TX) Sanford Swalwell (CA) Wasserman tleman from Nevada (Mr. HARDY) had Lance Pittenger Stefanik Sarbanes Takai Schultz been disposed of, and the bill had been Latta Pitts Stewart Schakowsky Takano Waters, Maxine Schiff Thompson (CA) read through page 132, line 24. Long Poe (TX) Stivers Watson Coleman Loudermilk Poliquin Thompson (PA) Schrader Thompson (MS) Welch AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. ELLISON Love Pompeo Thornberry Scott (VA) Titus Wenstrup Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I have Lucas Posey Tiberi Scott, David Tonko Luetkemeyer Price, Tom Tipton Sensenbrenner Torres Wilson (FL) an amendment at the desk. Lummis Ratcliffe Trott Serrano Tsongas Yarmuth The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- MacArthur Reed Turner Sewell (AL) Van Hollen Yoho port the amendment. Marchant Reichert Upton Sinema Vargas The Clerk read as follows: Marino Renacci Valadao McCarthy Ribble Wagner NOT VOTING—3 At the end of the bill (before the short McCaul Rice (SC) Walberg Culberson Lofgren Sherman title), insert the following: McClintock Rigell Walden SEC. ll. None of the funds made available McHenry Roby Walker b 1848 in this Act may be used to enter into a con- McKinley Roe (TN) Walorski tract with any person whose disclosures of a McMorris Rogers (AL) Walters, Mimi Mr. ROGERS of Alabama changed his proceeding with a disposition listed in sec- Rodgers Rogers (KY) Weber (TX) vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ tion 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States Code, McSally Rokita Webster (FL) So the bill was passed. in the Federal Awardee Performance and In- Meehan Rooney (FL) Westerman The result of the vote was announced tegrity Information System include the term Messer Ros-Lehtinen Westmoreland Mica Roskam Whitfield as above recorded. ‘‘Fair Labor Standards Act’’ and such dis- Miller (MI) Ross Williams A motion to reconsider was laid on position is listed as ‘‘willful’’ or ‘‘repeated’’. Moolenaar Rouzer Wilson (SC) the table. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Mooney (WV) Royce Wittman House Resolution 333, the gentleman Mullin Russell Womack Stated against: Mulvaney Ryan (WI) Woodall Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. from Minnesota and a Member opposed Murphy (PA) Salmon Yoder 423, had I been present, I would have voted each will control 5 minutes. Neugebauer Scalise Young (AK) ‘‘no.’’ The Chair recognizes the gentleman Newhouse Schweikert Young (IA) from Minnesota. Noem Scott, Austin Young (IN) f Nugent Sessions Zeldin Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, before Nunes Shimkus Zinke THE JOURNAL I discuss my amendment, which is to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- prevent wage theft from violators who NOES—213 finished business is the question on commit acts that are repeated and Adams Doggett Larson (CT) agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of willful and to stop such actors from Aguilar Doyle, Michael Lawrence partaking of Federal procurement in Amash F. Lee the Journal, which the Chair will put Ashford Duckworth Levin de novo. this bill, I would like to set the table Bass Edwards Lewis The question is on the Speaker’s ap- just a little bit. Beatty Ellison Lieu, Ted In 1980, Mr. Chair, CEO-to-worker Becerra Engel Lipinski proval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- pay ratio for Fortune 500 companies Bera Eshoo LoBiondo was 20 to 1. Today it is 204 to 1, accord- Beyer Esty Loebsack nal stands approved. Bishop (GA) Farr Lowenthal ing to Bloomberg. At the same time, Blumenauer Fattah Lowey f the buying power of the minimum wage Bonamici Fleming Lujan Grisham is now less than it was in the 1960s. Boyle, Brendan Foster (NM) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, F. Frankel (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED The Economic Policy Institute found Brady (PA) Fudge (NM) AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS that, in total, the average low-wage Brooks (AL) Gabbard Lynch ACT, 2016 worker loses a stunning $2,634 per year Brown (FL) Gallego Maloney, in unpaid wages, representing about 15 Brownley (CA) Garamendi Carolyn GENERAL LEAVE Buck Gibson Maloney, Sean percent of their earned income. It is Bustos Gohmert Massie Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask particularly egregious in the fast-food Butterfield Graham Matsui unanimous consent that all Members sector. A recent study by Hart Re- Capps Graves (LA) McCollum may have 5 legislative days in which to search of fast-food workers found that Capuano Graves (MO) McDermott revise and extend their remarks and to Ca´ rdenas Grayson McGovern about 89 percent reported some form of Carney Green, Al McNerney include extraneous material on H.R. wage theft. Carson (IN) Green, Gene Meadows 2822. Lastly, in this case, I would like to Cartwright Grijalva Meeks The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there point out, Mr. Chair, that the recent Castor (FL) Gutie´rrez Meng Castro (TX) Hahn Miller (FL) objection to the request of the gen- report by the Committee on Health, Chu, Judy Hastings Moore tleman from California? Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Cicilline Heck (WA) Moulton There was no objection. U.S. Senate revealed that 32 percent of Clark (MA) Hice, Jody B. Murphy (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Clarke (NY) Higgins Nadler the largest Department of Labor pen- Clawson (FL) Himes Napolitano ant to House Resolution 333 and rule alties for wage theft were levied Clay Hinojosa Neal XVIII, the Chair declares the House in against Federal contractors. Cleaver Honda Nolan the Committee of the Whole House on As I bring this amendment before the Clyburn Hoyer Norcross Cohen Huelskamp O’Rourke the state of the Union for the further body today, Mr. Chairman, it is simply Connolly Huffman Pallone consideration of the bill, H.R. 2822. to recognize that the hard work and Conyers Israel Pascrell Will the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. the work that workers do who work for Cooper Jackson Lee Payne HULTGREN) kindly take the chair. Federal contractors must be recog- Costa Jeffries Pelosi nized. We are not debating today over Courtney Johnson (GA) Perlmutter b 1855 Crowley Johnson, E. B. Peters increasing or decreasing the minimum Cuellar Jones Peterson IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE wage. We are just saying the people Cummings Jordan Pingree Accordingly, the House resolved Davis (CA) Joyce Pocan who work hard ought to get the money Davis, Danny Kaptur Polis itself into the Committee of the Whole that they earned. DeFazio Keating Price (NC) House on the state of the Union for the I would hope that everyone in this DeGette Kelly (IL) Quigley further consideration of the bill (H.R. body would be willing to say wage theft Delaney Kennedy Rangel DeLauro Kildee Rice (NY) 2822) making appropriations for the De- is not okay. No hard-working Amer- DelBene Kilmer Richmond partment of the Interior, environment, ican should ever have to worry that her DeSantis Kind Rohrabacher and related agencies for the fiscal year employer will refuse to pay her when DeSaulnier Kirkpatrick Rothfus ending September 30, 2016, and for she works overtime or take money out DesJarlais Kuster Roybal-Allard Deutch Langevin Ruiz other purposes, with Mr. HULTGREN of her paycheck, especially if she Dingell Larsen (WA) Ruppersberger (Acting Chair) in the chair. works for a Federal contractor.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY7.062 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4936 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 8, 2015 This practice, as I mentioned al- minimum wage. At the very least, we The Chair recognizes the gentleman ready, is called wage theft. Right now, should take steps to ensure that these from Colorado. Federal contractors who violate the employers don’t receive new Federal Mr. BUCK. Mr. Chair, my amendment Fair Labor Standards Act are still al- contracts. appropriates up to $50,000 from the re- lowed to apply for Federal contracts. This amendment would ensure that tention bonuses of Senior Executive Service personnel at the EPA to con- b 1900 lawbreaking contractors don’t get re- warded for stealing from their employ- duct a study of whether Agricola This amendment seeks to ensure that ees. Americus, the American farmer, should funds may not be used to enter into a I support this amendment, and I ask be classified as an endangered species. contract with a government contractor for an ‘‘aye’’ vote. This money should be used to deter- that willfully or repeatedly violates Mr. CALVERT. I would just, again, mine whether there is crucial habitat the Fair Labor Standards Act—will- oppose this amendment. I urge my col- that is essential for the conservation of fully or repeatedly. leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on this amend- the species and acting in accordance It is important, Mr. Chairman, to ment, and I yield back the balance of with 16 U.S.C. chapter 35 if such a find- point out that it is not easy to get a my time. ing is made. violation. You have got to work at it. Mr. ELLISON. Members, this has The Federal Government is no There is a database called the nothing to do with debarment. Debar- stranger to using its regulatory powers FAPISS database, to begin with, in ment is a quasi-judicial process in to interfere in important national which contractors have to report all which evidence is gathered and findings issues, so it came as a surprise when I their violations. Just because a wage are made. This is saying that, after discovered that the Federal Govern- and hour complaint comes to your somebody has been found to engage in ment had overlooked the most endan- door, it doesn’t necessarily mean you repeated and willful violations of the gered species in America. get a violation. In order to get a viola- Fair Labor Standards Act, such per- The Fish and Wildlife Service has tion in the database, you have to have sons are not the kind of people we want been so thorough in designating ani- a criminal conviction, a civil pro- to reward through our procurement mals as endangered all around farms, ceeding with a finding of fault, or an system. This is totally different from but for some reason hasn’t seen the administrative proceeding with a find- debarment. plight of the American farmer. ing of fault or a penalty of $5,000 or What it is really saying is it reflects Paul Harvey recognized, in 1978, that more or damages of $100,000 or more. our values as a body and reflects our God made Agricola Americus with a You have got to really work at it. In value of the dignity of work and that a unique set of characteristics essential other words, if you are found to owe dollar earned is a dollar that must be to our Nation, so I am troubled that back wages and you agree to pay them, paid. And we should never be the kind the number of farmers in America has there is not going to be a case for you of body that says: ‘‘Commit willful vio- steadily declined over the last six dec- to have to report. lations all you want; take workers’ ades. This amendment ensures that those money away; you can still get another Not only has the number of American in violation of the law do not get tax- contract if you please.’’ That is not the farmers shrunk, but so has the number payer support. And we should reward kind of body that we are, and I urge a of farms. Those lost have mainly been good actors. ‘‘yes’’ vote on the amendment. family farms, passed down through I reserve the balance of my time. I yield back the balance of my time. generations of hard work and built up Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise The Acting CHAIR. The question is with years of sweat equity. They have in opposition to the gentleman’s on the amendment offered by the gen- faced numerous manmade obstacles amendment. tleman from Minnesota (Mr. ELLISON). that interfere with their environment The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman The question was taken; and the Act- and encroach on their natural terri- from California is recognized for 5 min- ing Chair announced that the noes ap- tory. They have been subject to the utes. peared to have it. ravages of wolves released by the very Mr. CALVERT. The amendment Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I de- agency that should be tasked with pro- doesn’t recognize the suspension and mand a recorded vote. tecting this essential American spe- debarment process that is already in The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to cies. place for Federal contractors. It does clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- Yet the Department of the Interior not provide exceptions for critical, ur- ceedings on the amendment offered by does not have a monopoly on society’s gent, or compelling needs or allow for the gentleman from Minnesota will be invasion of the American farmer and the consideration of mitigating factors. postponed. the habitat. Family farms have been I am concerned that this amendment AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. BUCK destroyed by the death tax, regulated would impose strict legal triggers and Mr. BUCK. Mr. Chairman, I have an out of business by FDA and EPA man- take away the ability for Federal agen- amendment at the desk. dates, and forced to dump crops by out- cies to investigate and determine ap- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- dated government programs that even propriate remedies. I am also con- port the amendment. now are being struck down by the Su- cerned that it would deny the due proc- The Clerk read as follows: preme Court. ess that the current suspension and de- How much more of this regulatory At the end of the bill (before the short barment system provides. And finally, title), insert the following: onslaught can the Agricola Americus this is an issue that should be thor- take before we recognize the harm of STUDY oughly vetted through the authoriza- our actions and work to make sure tion process, not through the appro- SEC. ll. Of the amounts made available that we are not complicit in its dis- by this Act to pay retention bonuses to Sen- priation process. ior Executive Service personnel at the Envi- appearance? We cannot leave the farm- I would urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this ronmental Protection Agency, not more er alone in the eye of this regulatory amendment, and I reserve the balance than $50,000 shall be made available to be storm. of my time. used by the Department of the Interior to I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. ELLISON. I yield 1 minute to the conduct a study on whether Agricola Americus POINT OF ORDER gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. should be classified as an endangered species. Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I MCCOLLUM). Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I re- make a point of order against the Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I rise in serve a point of order on the gentle- amendment because it provides an ap- support of the amendment from the man’s amendment. propriation for an unauthorized pro- gentleman from Minnesota. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order gram and, therefore, violates clause 2 Every worker is entitled to receive is reserved. of rule XXI. Clause 2 of rule XXI states pay for the hours they work; however, Pursuant to House Resolution 333, in pertinent part: there are employers that refuse to pay the gentleman from Colorado and a ‘‘An appropriation may not be in for overtime, make their employees Member opposed each will control 5 order as an amendment for an expendi- work off the clock, or refuse to pay minutes. ture not previously authorized by law.’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.127 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4937 Mr. Chairman, the amendment pro- which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, once poses to appropriate funds. The amend- tyrannical. again, voting for this amendment and ment, therefore, violates clause 2 of In this case, businesses and individ- having it move forward would be com- rule XXI. uals are being sued by the government pletely irresponsible. This amendment I ask for a ruling from the Chair. for violating environmental regula- is bad public policy, bad for environ- The Acting CHAIR. Does any other tions, and then as part of the settle- ment, and it is bad for the taxpayer. I Member wish to be heard on the point ment, they have to make payments to urge defeat of this amendment, and I of order? the environmental organizations that yield back the balance of my time. Mr. BUCK. Mr. Chairman, I ask engage in advocacy supporting the reg- The Acting CHAIR. The question is unanimous consent to withdraw the ulations. This power grab is abhorrent. on the amendment offered by the gen- amendment. Please support my amendment and tleman from Colorado (Mr. BUCK). The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection stop these agencies from funneling The amendment was agreed to. to the request of the gentleman from court settlement funds to radical envi- AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. BUCK Colorado? ronmentalists. Mr. BUCK. Mr. Chairman, I have an I reserve the balance of my time. There was no objection. amendment at the desk. Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. BUCK rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- Mr. BUCK. Mr. Chairman, I have an The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman port the amendment. amendment at the desk. from Minnesota is recognized for 5 min- The Clerk read as follows: The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- utes. At the end of the bill (before the short port the amendment. Ms. MCCOLLUM. The fact is that this title), insert the following: The Clerk read as follows: is a very broadly written amendment SEC. ll. None of the funds made available At the end of the bill (before the short that would prevent the Federal Gov- by this Act may be used to pay a Federal em- title), insert the following: ernment from requiring polluters to ployee for any period of time during which such employee is using official time under SEC. ll. None of the funds made available pay for cleanup costs. Specifically, I section 7131 of title 5, United States Code. in this Act may be used to pay the salaries would point out that the EPA is in- and expenses of personnel or any other enti- volved in numerous consent decree ne- The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to ty to negotiate or conclude a settlement gotiations that result in payments to House Resolution 333, the gentleman with the Federal Government that includes from Colorado and a Member opposed terms requiring the defendant to donate or the Federal Government by responsible parties. each will control 5 minutes. contribute funds to an organization or indi- The Chair recognizes the gentleman vidual. The ability of the Federal Govern- ment to recoup these funds from pol- from Colorado. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to luters is an essential part of maintain- Mr. BUCK. Mr. Chair, my amendment House Resolution 333, the gentleman ing good environmental policy and pro- would prohibit paying any Federal em- from Colorado and a Member opposed tecting public health and protecting ployee for the time spent not working each will control 5 minutes. taxpayers, not polluters. For example, for the taxpayers but working for a The Chair recognizes the gentleman some Superfund sites that the EPA third party, a labor union. This prac- from Colorado. may spend Superfund trust moneys up tice is known as ‘‘official time.’’ Mr. BUCK. Mr. Chair, my amendment front to initiate the cleanup of a poten- bars the EPA and the Department of b 1915 tial responsible party are not yet iden- the Interior and any of its agencies Unlike any other type of third-party tified or the cleanup order or settle- from requiring mandatory donations to organization, labor unions have been ment agreement with the identified third-party groups as part of any set- granted the privilege of being able to parties is not yet finalized. tlement agreements the agencies enter In the event that the EPA does ex- have taxpayer-funded employees do into. pend Superfund moneys at a site with their business on duty time, instead of In agencies across the government, veritable parties, reimbursements may doing the taxpayers’ work. settlement funds are being funneled to be included in the terms of any settle- Like any other type of private enti- third-party groups, contravening con- ment agreement that may be entered ty, labor unions should pay for their gressional budget authority. A recent into with the parties. However, this own employees to work for them. The investigation by the House Judiciary amendment would prevent the EPA taxpayers should not be picking up the and Financial Services Committees from receiving such reimbursements tab for this practice. found as much as half a billion dollars from the responsible parties in such an According to the U.S. Office of Per- had been diverted by the Department instance. sonnel Management, this practice costs of Justice to third parties as a result of There are also times when defendants taxpayers approximately $156 million these settlements in the past year. in settlement negotiations seek pay- per year. That is assuming that the This is inexcusable, and it is not ments to third parties rather than the agencies are correctly reporting the unique to the Department of Justice. Federal Government. One such example amounts spent, and there have been in- The Department of the Interior, the is the settlement negotiations that fol- dications that this number actually Environmental Protection Agency, and lowed the catastrophe at the Deep- underreports the total cost. the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rou- water Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mex- In some instances, we are not talking tinely sue and then enter into settle- ico. about just a few minutes here and ments with businesses and individuals As part of the criminal settlements there for an agency employee who is a who are then forced to make donations that BP and Transocean reached with union official to confer with manage- to third-party groups. the Federal Government, the National ment about a workplace issue. Some- This is all made possible because Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a con- times, the agency employee is actually community service is expressly allowed gressionally chartered nonprofit, re- working full time for the labor union, as a condition of probation by the ceived the funds to undertake the all the while being paid by the tax- United States Criminal Code. In addi- projects to help remedy the harm that payers for this union work. tion, the United States sentencing occurred in the Gulf of Mexico—some- For instance, the IRS has more than guidelines allow community service thing I would agree all needed to hap- 200 employees working full time for where it is reasonably designed to re- pen—yet under this amendment, those labor unions; the VA has over 250 em- pair the harm caused by the offense. payments would have been prohibited. ployees working full time for labor This results in settlement funds being It would be completely irresponsible. unions—this at a time when there is a directed to supposed ‘‘community serv- This amendment is bad for the tax- significant backlog of cases to be proc- ice’’ groups. This is a practice that payer, bad for public policy, and very essed. must be brought to an end. bad for the environment. One of these employees doesn’t even As Thomas Jefferson once wrote: I reserve the balance of my time. work in a VA facility but, instead, To compel a man to furnish contributions Mr. BUCK. I yield back the balance works remotely from a private office in of money for the propagation of opinions of my time. D.C.

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Mr. Chair, once American Samoa is also facing severe lion just for those personnel who are again, this amendment would serve no infrastructure deficiency, which has working full time for their union. purpose but to erode the collective bar- caused undue hardship to both our peo- Some agencies, such as the Depart- gaining rights of civil service Federal ple and businesses that rely upon our ment of Transportation, have numer- employees, hard-working Americans. roads, airport, and port. ous employees making over $170,000 per For that reason, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote, In fact, the recent decision by the year, while working full time for the and I yield back the balance of my NOAA National Weather Service to ter- union. This is more than almost all time. minate weather observation service in Federal employees make, higher than The Acting CHAIR. The question is American Samoa, which our local air- the salaries of many Senate-confirmed on the amendment offered by the gen- port relies upon for flight operations, Assistant Secretaries. tleman from Colorado (Mr. BUCK). has prompted the need for the con- My amendment would not prohibit The question was taken; and the Act- struction of a tower at Pago Pago this practice, but would make certain ing Chair announced that the ayes ap- International Airport. This facility that the right party pays for this work, peared to have it. would serve as a standard control the labor union. It is not right to force Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I de- tower and would also contain the our taxpayers to pay the bill to sub- mand a recorded vote. weather monitoring service after sidize these private organizations any The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to NOAA ceases operations in American more than it would be right to force clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- Samoa. them to subsidize other private organi- ceedings on the amendment offered by Mr. Chairman, my home district was zations such as the National Rifle As- the gentleman from Colorado will be devastated by a tsunami on September sociation or the Sierra Club. postponed. 29, 2009, that killed many of our people. Like any business, labor unions Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I I was there at the time. If it hadn’t should pay the cost for their own em- move to strike the last word. been for the fact that I had a scheduled ployees, not taxpayers. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman meeting at that very time and was al- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance from California is recognized for 5 min- ready awake, I could have been killed of my time. utes. by the wave. We lost our tuna cannery Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I rise in Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield the day after the tsunami, which was strong opposition to this amendment. to the gentlewoman from American half of our private sector employment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman Samoa (Mrs. RADEWAGEN) for the pur- We also are suffering from the pro- from Minnesota is recognized for 5 min- pose of a colloquy. longed recession here in the States and utes. Mrs. RADEWAGEN. Mr. Chair, I suffered another setback with the re- Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, this would like to commend Chairman CAL- cent longshoremen’s strike that ex- amendment clearly would serve no pur- posed just how dependent we are on pose but to erode collective bargaining VERT, Ranking Member MCCOLLUM, and the Appropriations Committee staff for outside resources. rights for civil service employees and Chairman CALVERT, I encourage the their efforts in bringing this important may violate collective bargaining committee that, when considering bill to the floor. agreements negotiated between work- funding levels for the territories, to I would also like to congratulate ers and these agencies. keep in mind our economic and geo- Chairman CALVERT on his leadership in Federal unions are legally required graphic isolation and the extreme dis- overseeing this measure and his contin- to provide representation to all mem- parity in opportunities for growth be- ued success as chairman of the sub- bers of bargaining units, whether or tween these regions and the States. not those workers elect to pay vol- committee. Mr. Chairman, I look forward to untary union dues. Representation for I want to take this opportunity to working with the committee to in- employees working their way through highlight just a small portion of the crease funding for the territories which the administrative procedures is a needs and shortfalls that the terri- will help alleviate the many issues we cost-effective process for adminis- tories are facing. In particular, I want are facing. trating and adjudicating agency poli- to bring to your attention some of the Mr. CALVERT. As someone who has cies. funding issues facing American Samoa. always had the utmost respect for our The alternative for official time is Each year, the Office of Insular Af- fellow countrymen from the terri- for the government agencies to pay for fairs provides grant funds to American tories, I look forward to working with costly third-party attorney and arbi- Samoa for the operation of local gov- the gentlewoman from American tration fees. Eliminating official time ernment, including the judiciary, De- Samoa, and I want to thank her for her would increase costs, and it would in- partment of Education, and the local efforts to inform the committee on the crease more time and effort for agen- hospital. The purpose of this program issues of the insular areas. cies to work out any conflicts with em- is to fund the difference between budg- I am well aware of just how dedicated ployees. That drives up the cost for et needs and local revenues. to our country the people of American taxpayers. Mr. Chairman, the world has changed Samoa are, as displayed by their ex- Official time is essential to main- much since the inception of this pro- tremely high rate of enlistment in our taining workplace safety. Union rep- gram to assist American Samoa gov- Nation’s Armed Forces. resentation uses official time to set ernment operations, and additional Your membership in this body is procedures to protect employees from needs have arisen. highly valued, and the appointment as on-the-job hazards. Official time is Local revenues have remained rel- vice chairman of the Indian, Insular, used to allow employees to participate atively constant; the infrastructure and Alaska Native Affairs Sub- in work groups with management has become dated and in disrepair, and committee as a first-term member is a teams to improve the process and im- outside influences, particularly China, testament to the perspective and lead- prove performance outcomes. have begun to make inroads into the ership you bring to Congress. Under current law, official time may region with the development of a port Through your leadership, your people not be used to solicit membership, may in the neighboring independent Samoa are well respected and have found not be used to conduct internal union and future plans for a naval base in the themselves a champion for their cause. meetings, may not be used to elect same area. Mrs. RADEWAGEN. At a time when union officers, may not be used to en- We have also seen a dramatic spike we are faced with the need to reduce gage in any partisan activities, and the in world conflict since the inception of funding in many areas of government, I notion that official time is used for any the program. This increased military thank the committee for preserving of these purposes is false. activity by both friendly and hostile the budgetary assistance to American I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the amend- nations has simultaneously created the Samoa. ment, and I reserve the balance of my need for increased border security, an I want to thank the chairman for his time. element severely lacking in American kind words and continued leadership,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.135 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4939 and I look forward to working with air monitor right on Lake Michigan, an air quality notice for all 72 Wis- him to ensure that the territories are due to the effect the sun has on the consin counties this week. State air given the same opportunity as the water, you might get disproportion- quality monitors are recording ele- States. ately high readings and wind up having vated concentrations of fine particles Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield to put your individuals and businesses at several locations around the State, back the balance of my time. in a situation which they are in non- particularly across northern and west- AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GROTHMAN attainment. ern Wisconsin. Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chairman, I This is particularly onerous because, And some sites are recording values have an amendment at the desk. sometimes, whether or not you have a in the ‘‘unhealthy for sensitive’’ cat- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- high ozone rating or not has nothing egory, which includes children, elderly port the amendment. whatsoever to do with anything that is people, individuals with respiratory The Clerk read as follows: going on within your county. and cardiac problems, and people en- At the end of the bill (before the short My district, for example, is maybe 70 gaged in strenuous activities for pro- title), insert the following: miles from Chicago, where most of the longed periods of time. SEC. ll. None of the funds made available pollutants come from; so here you are, This amendment would stop a trans- by this act may be used to regulate the loca- stuck trying to make your air cleaner parent, science-based process to locate tion of the placement of a monitor of pollut- and cleaner, and there is very little monitors where they will provide the ants under the clean air act in any county you can do to affect it anyway. most useful information about air provided such county has at least one mon- In any event, it seems fair that you quality. itor. should be able to put an air monitor Mr. Chairman, I don’t think it is ap- The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to anywhere within that county. You propriate to dictate a nationwide mor- House Resolution 333, the gentleman shouldn’t have a situation in which, in atorium on air quality monitoring in from Wisconsin and a Member opposed the past, an air monitor was placed at response to what appears to be a local each will control 5 minutes. an area where you got a disproportion- issue perhaps in the gentleman’s State The Chair recognizes the gentleman ately high reading. of Wisconsin. from Wisconsin. The purpose of this amendment is to This amendment is harmful to local Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chairman, say that the Environmental Protection governments that depend on EPA’s right now, the Environmental Protec- Agency, that I am sure has a budget technical expertise when determining tion Agency makes the determination tight as a drum, should not have to the best location for an air monitor whether a county is what they call a waste any time worrying about where placement. I urge my colleagues to op- nonattainment zone based on readings, that air monitor is and where we are pose the amendment. the amount of ozone that various mon- determining whether or not we have an I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, first of itors come up with. If you are a non- ozone problem in a county. all, the gentlewoman from Maine attainment zone, it results in problems Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance makes a point not about this amend- for both individuals and business. of my time. Individuals in counties in my area ment specifically, but about the over- have two problems. First of all, if you b 1930 all program. are nonattainment, you might have to Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Chair, I claim the And that is you have a situation have gasoline that is probably a little time in opposition to this amendment. right now in which, apparently, the De- bit inferior in quality, as well as more The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman partment of Natural Resources is mak- expensive. from Maine is recognized for 5 minutes. ing a determination that we have un- I always think the price of gasoline is Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Chair, the amend- safe air based upon fires that are hun- an important thing because it doesn’t ment offered by the gentleman from dreds of miles away that the local peo- matter; either wealthy or poor, it is Wisconsin would prohibit funds for reg- ple can’t do anything about. something you have to be able to af- ulating the location of air monitors in Secondly, the gentlewoman says it is ford. If you are knocking up your price counties. tying the hands of local units of gov- of gasoline by 5 or 10 cents a year, that The Clean Air Act requires every ernment. That is not true. Under this can be a very damaging thing for some- State to establish a network of air amendment, the local units of govern- one who doesn’t have that great a sal- monitoring stations for criteria pollut- ment have more flexibility. ary. ants, using criteria set by the EPA for The question is can the Federal Gov- Secondly, if you are a nonattainment their location and operation. ernment tie the hands of local units of zone, every car has to be checked for EPA’s ambient air monitoring net- government, which they shouldn’t be emissions. Maybe there are some work assessment guidance provides able to do. So it is a good amendment. I think it wealthy environmentalists that it is no States and counties with information is something that is going to, in the big deal—if their car fails the emis- about the assessment of technical as- long term, benefit American business sions test, they can afford to spend an- pects of ambient air monitoring net- and, even more, benefit American indi- other $900 on a catalytic converter or works. The guidance is designed to be viduals, particularly poor people, who something wildly more expensive. For flexible and expandable. It does not don’t have a lot of extra money, are somebody not well off, it maybe puts dictate specific locations for placement stuck spending a lot more money on you in a position which you have to for air monitors. their cars because of determinations buy a whole new car. The amendment would block EPA made by Federal bureaucrats in far- It is another problem for businesses. oversight of air quality monitoring, away cities who probably have enough Manufacturing is very important to making possible a scenario in which money to be able to afford to deal with this country. If you crack down on a counties could game the system by lo- these problems anyway. business and say that you have to do cating monitors in places that show I yield back the balance of my time. different things to affect the amount of the lowest amount of pollution rather Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Chair, I will just ozone that may be emitted from your than where they get the best represent- reiterate the points I made before and factory, it can be very cost prohibitive ative data. urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. and put American business at a com- Let us look no further than today’s I yield back the balance of my time. petitive disadvantage. paper to understand why we need to en- The Acting CHAIR. The question is These determinations are made by sure the proper collection of air quality on the amendment offered by the gen- air monitors. In every county, the data. tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. amount of ozone that is detected by A headline in the Wisconsin Ag Con- GROTHMAN). these monitors may vary greatly from nection reads: Canadian Wildfires The question was taken; and the Act- one part of the county to another part Prompt State to Issue Air Quality No- ing Chair announced that the noes ap- of the county. tice. peared to have it. It is our opinion that sometimes in The article reports that the Depart- Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chairman, I de- the past, in my district, if you put an ment of Natural Resources has issued mand a recorded vote.

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Continental U.S. We are talking about It doesn’t say: We will forever not The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- a 5-month supply. These communities have offshore drilling in sale 260. port the amendment. are saying a 5-month supply versus a What it says is: For the next 5 years, The Clerk read as follows: lifetime impact in a place like Saint why don’t we allow for more public At the end of the bill (before the short Helena Sound. input and more voice, given the fact title), insert the following: If you look at the ACE Basin, it has that there are lifetime impacts and been nationally recognized as a treas- really long-lasting impacts in certain LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE 260 IN LEASING PROGRAM ure. It is about 250,000 acres on the pristine and/or developed areas along coast of South Carolina. The Federal the coast of South Carolina or other SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for oil and gas lease Government put a lot of money into coastal areas along the block of 260. sale 260 included in the Draft Proposed Outer preserving it, as did State and private I reserve the balance of my time. Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing interests. Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I will just Program for 2017–2022 (DPP), or in any subse- And what people are saying is: Given restate my opposition to this amend- quent proposed or final iteration of such Pro- the amount of industrialization that ment. And I would hope that the gen- gram. has to take place to support the off- tleman could work with his colleagues The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to shore rigs, do you bring those pipes and in South Carolina and work all this House Resolution 333, the gentleman that supply in through a place like out. But I must oppose the amendment. from South Carolina and a Member op- Saint Helena Sound? I yield back the balance of my time. posed each will control 5 minutes. Again, what people have said along Ms. PINGREE. Will the gentleman The Chair recognizes the gentleman the coast of South Carolina is: Let’s yield? from South Carolina. pause and reflect on that. And that is Mr. SANFORD. I yield to the gentle- Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Chair, I rise in what this amendment does. woman from Maine. utter respect for my colleague from With that, I reserve the balance of Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Chair, I just California and his colleagues and the my time. wanted to rise in support of the amend- Interior bill that they created and all Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I must rise ment offered by the gentleman from the good that it does. in reluctant opposition to this amend- South Carolina. This is, in essence, just a very small ment. I was here last night and had a refining amendment that, as was de- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman chance to speak against the Hudson scribed in the reading, would simply from California is recognized for 5 min- amendment for the very reasons that prohibit the Department of the Interior utes. he is articulating. from moving forward on sales within Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, this Coming from Maine and being from a block 260. I think that this is impor- amendment is the mirror opposite, as State where people take very seriously tant for a number of different reasons the gentleman knows, of the Hudson our waterfronts, our fisheries, our live- that I will enumerate. amendment that is currently pending lihood that we make on the water, But I want to be clear. This is not an via a rollcall vote. there are deep concerns about the chal- amendment about a belief in there The Hudson amendment would allow lenges that might come up with oil and being dangers with regard to tech- lease 260 to move forward under the De- gas leases. nology that is used and employed off- partment of the Interior’s next 5-year And I think everyone in many coast- shore. I have been quite impressed in offshore leasing plan for 2017 through al States wants to just make sure we all the studies I have done in the tech- 2022. go through the most thorough process nological advancements that have The Sanford amendment would pre- possible. So I heartily support the con- taken place. vent lease 260 from moving forward cerns that he is raising, and I support Nor is it an amendment about the be- under the next 5-year plan. And given this amendment. lief that we shouldn’t be using fossil the competing amendments, I must op- Mr. SANFORD. I yield back the bal- fuels. I think that fossil fuels are very pose this amendment, since we accept- ance of my time. important in the mix with regard to ed the other amendment last night. The Acting CHAIR. The question is energy independence in this country. So I would ask for a ‘‘no’’ vote on on the amendment offered by the gen- What this amendment is simply this amendment. tleman from South Carolina (Mr. SAN- about is the age-old notion that Wash- I reserve the balance of my time. FORD). ington doesn’t always know best, that Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Chair, again, I The question was taken; and the Act- the Founding Fathers were really de- respect the Solomon’s wisdom that ing Chair announced that the noes ap- liberate in their belief in this notion of would be required by the chairman and peared to have it. Federalism; that they divided power others on the committee in dividing Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Chair, I demand not only laterally, but vertically; that the different interests, and that is why a recorded vote. there was a Federal Government, but I think the Founding Fathers had it The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to there was also a State and a local gov- right. clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- ernment; and those municipalities or They said that, ultimately, nobody in ceedings on the amendment offered by those States should have a voice, too. Washington can have Solomon’s wis- the gentleman from South Carolina It is about recognizing that there is a dom when you talk about local per- will be postponed. difference between comment and con- spective and local interests, that there Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I move trol. And what municipalities, what was a real value to local voice, those to strike the last word. people back home in South Carolina nine communities. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman along the coast, are saying is: We want If you think about Saint Helena from Minnesota is recognized for 5 min- to have more than just a comment. We Sound as the example that I just cited, utes. want to have control over our destiny the little town south of there, Beau- Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, there are in the way that the coast develops. fort, drew up a resolution, and the many of us here in Congress who want For that reason, nine communities in county and the city council moved for- to build a better America, a stronger my district alone as well as 65 commu- ward, saying: We don’t want to move America, a healthier America. And nities up and down the eastern sea- forward with this. there are many of us here who are will- board have added comments, saying: The little town to the east, Edisto ing to work and fight to move our We want to push the pause button here. Beach, moved forward with the resolu- country in that direction forward,

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The American people ex- VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of from California is recognized for 5 min- 2005. pect Congress to protect the public’s (b) CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN FUNDS.— utes. health from polluters who are all too The aggregate amount otherwise provided by Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield willing to reap larger and larger profits this Act for ‘‘Environmental Protection myself such time as I may consume. as they pump poison into our air and Agency–State and Tribal Assistance Mr. Chairman, I know a lot about the water. Grants’’, and the amount provided under DERA program, obviously, from south- We hear all too often the cries of such heading for grants under title VII, sub- ern California, probably the most con- ‘‘burdensome regulation’’ from those title G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, are trolled air quality area in the United each hereby reduced by $50,000,000. who defend the polluters. But rarely do States, and there are a lot of things in we hear the cries of ‘‘burdensome asth- The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to EPA that don’t work. There are a lot of ma’’ or ‘‘burdensome cancer’’ from av- House Resolution 333, the gentleman things that EPA does to regulate, to from Alabama and a Member opposed erage Americans who all too often suf- create paperwork, and to create head- each will control 5 minutes. fer in silence when they are sick be- aches for small- and large-business peo- The Chair recognizes the gentleman cause the air, water, or land they need ple. We have included a great number from Alabama. of policy provisions to address this has been poisoned. Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield EPA regulatory overreach in this bill. My Republican colleagues are very myself such time as I may consume. content to cut funding and place riders Mr. Chairman, my amendment limits We have cut the EPA budget dramati- on the enforcement of environmental the funding of the EPA’s Diesel Emis- cally, as the gentlewoman just referred standards to make life easier for the sions Reduction Program. The Diesel to. However, I believe this specific polluters. Emissions Reduction Program is part amendment targets a program that ac- But what about the families and the of the National Clean Diesel Campaign. tually yields great benefits. communities put at risk? What about This grant program was created in 2005 Many counties across the Nation are the children who are at risk because as a short-term effort to assist States currently in nonattainment with avoiding environmental regulations to and local government to meet new die- EPA’s existing standards for the par- pump up profits is more important sel emissions standards for older diesel ticulate matter and ozone. We are not than public health? engines. talking about the standards that are The role of the Environmental Pro- According to the Obama administra- being talked about. We are talking tection Agency is to protect the public, tion, the overall impact of the program about the standards that were put in to protect our health, to protect our has been marginal. Currently, there are place in 2008. water, to protect our air, to protect our 14 grant and loan programs at the De- In many instances, these counties land from polluters who are all too partment of Energy, the Department of have been in nonattainment for years, willing to cut corners, enabling them Transportation, and the U.S. Environ- and those communities need help to to reap larger profits. mental Protection Agency, plus three improve their air quality. The Diesel Investing in environmental regula- tax activities that have as a goal re- Emission Reduction Program, or tion to protect the American people is ducing mobile source diesel emissions. DERA, is a proven, cost-effective pro- a government function that is not bur- In addition, each of the 14 programs, gram that provides grants to States to densome. It is essential. according to the GAO, overlaps with at retrofit old diesel engines. So it is a program that supports manufacturing b 1945 least one other program in the specific activities they fund, the program jobs while reducing pollution. We should all want to protect the goals, or the eligible recipients of fund- Another benefit is that these grants public’s health and the vital role that ing. are highly leveraged, producing $13 of the Environmental Protection Agency GAO also identified several instances economic benefit for every Federal plays on behalf of the American people, of duplication where more than one grant dollar. Today’s newer engines but this bill fails to protect the Amer- program provided grant funding to the produce 90 percent—let me say that ican people. It fails to protect the same recipient for the same type of ac- again—90 percent less toxic emissions public’s health, and it fails to provide tivities. One example identified by than the older diesel engines. Remem- the tools necessary to hold polluters GAO showed a nonprofit organization ber, I have experience with trucks, and accountable for poisoning our air, our received $1.1 million from EPA’s Diesel these independent truck drivers, those water, and our land. If this bill ever Emissions Reduction Act program to who have those trucks, get a lot of finds its way to the President’s desk, install emission reduction and idle re- miles out of those trucks, sometimes President Obama will veto it. duction technologies on 1,700 trucks, as well over a million miles off a truck. Mr. Chairman, this is an important well as $5.6 million from a State infra- However, only 30 percent of the trucks bill, and the investments we make to- structure bank established under and heavy-duty vehicles have gether in this Interior-Environmental DOT’s program to equip trucks and transitioned to cleaner technologies, Appropriations bill speak to our values truck fleets with emissions control and typically because especially these as a nation. We are the stewards of a idle reduction devices—essentially the small truck companies just can’t afford bounty of resources, the inheritors of a same thing. to get this new technology. We need to nation of natural treasures; and there Mr. Chairman, the Federal Govern- follow the science and accelerate the are 300 million Americans who depend ment has become so large, it is impos- replacement of older engines with on this Congress to ensure those re- sible to grasp its true size and scope to these new, clean engines, which, by the sources, including our clean air and pay for its cost. With the country fac- way, get better mileage and, at the clean water, are protected. ing unprecedented levels of debt, tax- same time, clean up the air consider- Sadly, Mr. Chairman, very sadly, this payers expect the Federal Government ably. bill lets them down. So I will urge my to run more efficiently, guarding This is a program that is actually colleagues at the end of the day to vote against careless waste of precious re- working. We have seen significant—I against final passage, and I yield back sources. It is essential that Congress, know the Obama administration the balance of my time. the administration, and Federal agen- doesn’t like this program. They don’t AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. PALMER cies do everything in their power to cut like programs that actually work. Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I have spending, reduce duplication, and rein They want to get rid of the programs an amendment at the desk. in waste, fraud, and abuse. My amend- that work and have money be put into The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- ment does just that, and it would have these esoteric climate change studies port the amendment. an annual savings of $50 million. and so forth and so on, and I can tell

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Mr. Chairman, I yield Mr. Chairman, I strongly urge Mem- ment Committee a number of years myself such time as I may consume. bers to vote ‘‘no’’ on the gentleman’s ago, we had done significant studies on Mr. Chairman, the Environmental amendment, and I reserve the balance the increase in asthma. The gentleman Protection Agency spends more than of my time. is correct on income levels. $45 million a year to fund a criminal Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I thank The lower income folks are suffering enforcement division that employs al- my distinguished colleague from Cali- from asthma at greater numbers pri- most 200 armed Federal agents. These fornia for his remarks, and I yield my- marily because of indoor pollution. One agents have been involved in a number self such time as I may consume. of the reasons, if we can get into the of troubling raids in Alaska, Idaho, Mr. Chairman, since 1984, the EPA specifics of why that has occurred, is Wyoming, Montana, Massachusetts, has lowered the amount of pollutants because we have carpets now and North Carolina, and in my own State of from diesel engines by more than 98 drapes and we don’t use linoleum and Alabama. percent. Since 1980, despite the fact so forth that we used to have, and so In Alaska, EPA agents wearing flak that the gross domestic product has we have the growth of indoor air pollu- jackets and carrying M–16s showed up grown by over 460 percent, vehicle tion, and kids don’t get outside as to review paperwork at a family-owned miles have increased by 94 percent, the much as they used to. mining operation. In North Carolina, population has grown 38 percent, en- So I think we sometimes blame other armed EPA agents visited Larry Keller ergy production 32 percent, emissions factors for asthma, and sometimes the after he sent an email to the regional have gone down 50 percent. In regard to other factors are more to blame. But administrator. In my home State of the impact of these programs, you have this program, DERA, is a program that Alabama, armed EPA agents took over 14 programs that the GAO has identi- works, continues to work; and I know two waste treatment facilities in fied as overlapping. It will do little it has in my area, and I know it has in Dothan, Alabama. These agents were harm to the overall effort for air qual- other areas throughout the United posted at each entrance to the plant ity to eliminate one program that is States. and recorded identification informa- clearly a duplication in several in- So, Mr. Chairman, I oppose this tion of all those going in and going out. stances identified by the GAO. amendment, and I yield back the bal- In addition, Mr. Chairman, in regard Mr. Chairman, more than 70 Federal ance of my time. departments now employ armed per- to air quality, while air quality has im- Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield proved dramatically—emissions are sonnel, most of which most Americans myself such time as I may consume. would never associate with law en- down 50 percent since 1980—respiratory Mr. Chairman, I would just like to illnesses such as asthma have gone up, forcement. These agencies include the again point out that it was a study EPA, the National Oceanic and Atmos- and that is largely a byproduct of in- from the University of California, Los come. So I would commend to you that pheric Administration, the Federal Re- Angeles that pointed out that children serve Board, and the National Insti- we need to reduce the number of regu- from low-income households suffer dis- lations, the cost of regulations, to tutes of Health. proportionately from asthma, and as Mr. Chairman, my amendment would allow more economic activity and pro- we continue to overregulate our econ- vide better job opportunities for peo- prohibit funding for these activities at omy and reduce the economic opportu- EPA. I urge my colleagues to support ple, which will have a direct impact on nities for people, we are going to con- their overall welfare, including their it, and I reserve the balance of my tinue to see these high rates of res- time. health. piratory illnesses. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise My final point is that we are not in opposition to the amendment. of my time. eliminating this clean diesel program. Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman We are eliminating one program out of myself such time as I may consume, from California is recognized for 5 min- 14. and I thank the gentleman. utes. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues Again, Mr. Chairman, I think this is Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this amendment, and a program that has worked, continues myself such time as I may consume. I yield back the balance of my time. to work, and has had significant im- Mr. Chairman, I understand that we The Acting CHAIR. The question is provement in my area in California have taken a lot of shots at the EPA on the amendment offered by the gen- and, I know, throughout the United for their overreach, and I am one of tleman from Alabama (Mr. PALMER). them; however, this amendment States, where we have a program that The question was taken; and the Act- reaches just a little too far. We may actually does work. ing Chair announced that the noes ap- Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as not always agree on where it is appro- peared to have it. she may consume to the gentlewoman Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I de- priate to draw the line on environ- from Minnesota (Ms. MCCOLLUM), my mand a recorded vote. mental laws and regulations. Some ranking member, who has a couple of The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to think standards are too stringent; oth- comments. clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- ers will say they are not tough enough. Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I ceedings on the amendment offered by That is a fair policy debate, and we rise in support of the gentleman from the gentleman from Alabama will be have it. California’s opposition to this amend- postponed. Back in 1968 when the Environmental ment. Protection Agency was created, we had AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. PALMER It has been used in my State and rivers that would light on fire. We had Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I have States all over to improve air quality, air that was so thick, back when I and, yes, pollutants have been cut. But an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- played football, you couldn’t see the as I just pointed out, Mr. Chairman, we other goalposts on the other end of the still have a long way to go before we port the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: football field. So we have made a lot of can turn to our children and say that gains. we did everything we could to make At the end of the bill (before the short sure that respiratory illness is de- title), insert the following: b 2000 SEC. ll. None of the funds made available creased and that the air quality in this by this Act may be used by the Environ- At the same time, as it has been dis- country is better. mental Protection Agency to carry out the cussed, I think the EPA has gone way So I strongly oppose this amend- powers granted under section 3063 of title 18, too far. We get to the point where we ment, and I thank the gentleman from United States Code. start regulating smaller and smaller

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Mr. Chairman, I sideration the bill (H.R. 2822) making willingly and knowingly trying to find will just be short and sweet. I support appropriations for the Department of ways around the law. As such, EPA the gentleman from California’s strong the Interior, environment, and related needs to have the ability to look into objection to this amendment and would agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- criminal activity, whether it is illegal encourage people not to vote for it. tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes, dumping of waste, which unfortunately Let me conclude with this: an EPA had come to no resolution thereon. happens; negligent dumping of toxics law enforcement official deserves the f or oil, which unfortunately happens; right to come home to their families and the illegal transportation or im- safe at night, and so they should have REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- portation of products from other coun- the tools that they need in order to do VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF tries by those who would choose to ig- that. H.R. 6, 21ST CENTURY CURES nore U.S. law. Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I oppose ACT We can debate the laws and what is this amendment. Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee appropriate, but we can’t give crimi- I yield back the balance of my time. on Rules, submitted a privileged report nals a free pass to ignore the law or the Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, how (Rept. No. 114–193) on the resolution (H. laws that are on the books. Res. 350) providing for consideration of Again, I’m sorry. I must oppose the much time do I have remaining? the bill (H.R. 6) to accelerate the dis- amendment and strongly urge my col- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman 1 covery, development, and delivery of leagues to do the same. from Alabama has 2 ⁄4 minutes remain- I reserve the balance of my time. ing. 21st century cures, and for other pur- Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, with Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I appre- poses, which was referred to the House all due respect to my colleague from ciate the gentlewoman from Min- Calendar and ordered to be printed. California, no one is in favor of allow- nesota’s response. I, too, agree that f every Federal official deserves to be ing criminals to commit crimes at any DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, able to go home safe and sound to their level of the Federal Government or any ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED family. part of the country. AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS That, though, does not address the I do think it should be troubling to ACT, 2016 every Member of this body that we specific issue here in regard to what is have gone over the line in regard to be- going on with the EPA. If there is a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- coming what could be viewed as a po- need for armed intervention with a ant to House Resolution 333 and rule lice state. business or, in this case, with a munici- XVIII, the Chair declares the House in In regard to the raid on the Dothan pality, there should be a clear threat the Committee of the Whole House on wastewater treatment facility, that is assessment. There isn’t any. There was the state of the Union for the further a city facility; that is the Federal Gov- no reason for anyone to think that consideration of the bill, H.R. 2822. ernment sending armed agents in full they needed to go in, in full body Will the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. body armor with weapons to a munic- armor, with weapons drawn. HULTGREN) kindly resume the chair. ipal facility. I would beg the question: I think that that is part of what is b 2009 What was the threat assessment? going on here that a lot of American This is going on in other parts of the IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE citizens are concerned about, is the Accordingly, the House resolved country as well, and I think we have a overreach of the government and par- responsibility to draw a line where law itself into the Committee of the Whole ticularly in regard to 70 Federal agen- House on the state of the Union for the enforcement is involved. If there is a cies having armed agents in their em- threat assessment that would indicate further consideration of the bill (H.R. ployment. 2822) making appropriations for the De- the need to have armed officers assist I agree with the gentleman from the EPA in an investigation or a raid, partment of the Interior, environment, California; this needs to be a broader and related agencies for the fiscal year there is ample law enforcement avail- discussion. In that regard, I think we able to do that. ending September 30, 2016, and for should have that. In that regard, I think this is an area other purposes, with Mr. HULTGREN In respect to my amendment, I think where the EPA has overreached in re- (Acting Chair) in the chair. spect to their responsibilities as regu- we need to divert this funding away The Clerk read the title of the bill. lators of the environment. from this armed agency that the EPA The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- I reserve the balance of my time. is deploying, I think, without proper mittee of the Whole rose earlier today, Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, this is course. a request for a recorded vote on an an important debate. I recognize that In that regard, I urge my colleagues amendment offered by the gentleman we have had Federal agencies that have to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this. from Alabama (Mr. PALMER) had been had overreach and have done things Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- postponed, and the bill had been read that go beyond their training and pos- ance of my time. through page 132, line 24. sibly should be done by other agencies. The Acting CHAIR. The question is Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I I won’t disagree with that; but doing on the amendment offered by the gen- move to strike the last word. this in an appropriation bill is not the tleman from Alabama (Mr. PALMER). The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman right place to do this. The question was taken; and the Act- from California is recognized for 5 min- The authorizers should have this de- ing Chair announced that the noes ap- utes. bate, and we shouldn’t be making these peared to have it. Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I want determinations with an appropriations Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I de- to thank Chairman ROGERS for his bill which just broadly states that we mand a recorded vote. leadership and support. Under his guid- are going to get rid of a whole swath of The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to ance, the Appropriations Committee is law enforcement, whether they are clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- again setting the standard for getting good or bad. It doesn’t determine that ceedings on the amendment offered by things done in the House. This is the because we can’t do that in this type of the gentleman from Alabama will be seventh of the appropriation bills that legislative process. postponed. have come to the floor that we, hope- Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentle- Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I fully, will be able to pass tomorrow. woman from Minnesota (Ms. MCCOL- move that the Committee do now rise. I also want to thank my good friend LUM). The motion was agreed to. and Ranking Member MCCOLLUM for

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Senate will act on a bill soon, and we Even though we may have differences Overall, funding for EPA was reduced will be able to get back to regular of opinion within this bill, I greatly ap- by $718 million or 9 percent from fiscal order, which is, I think, the hope for preciate the members’ constructive year 2015 enacted levels. both sides. contributions, and I mean that sin- Members of the Great Lakes region In closing, I want to thank the staffs cerely. The committee has made some will be pleased to know that the Great on both sides for their hard work on very difficult choices in preparing this Lakes restoration initiative is main- this bill. On the minority side, I would bill. tained at fiscal year 2015 enacted level like to thank Rick Healy, Rita Culp, As reported by the Appropriations of $300 million. Rural water technical Joe Carlile, as well as Rebecca Taylor. Committee, the fiscal year 2016 Interior assistance grants and many categorical They played an integral role in the Appropriations bill is funded at $30.17 grants, including radon grants, are process, and their efforts are very billion, which is $246 million below the level funded at the fiscal year 2015 en- much appreciated. On the majority fiscal year 2015 enacted level and $3 bil- acted level. side, I would like to thank sub- lion below the budget request. We have Again, this year, there is a great deal committee staff Kristin Richmond, made a sincere effort to prioritize the of concern over a number of regulatory Jackie Kilroy, Betsy Bina, Jason Gray, needs within our 302(b) allocation. actions being pursued by EPA, which Darren Benjamin, and Dave LesStrang. I would like to point out some of the we have discussed over the last day and On my personal staff, I would also like highlights of the bill. Again, this year, the absence of legislation without clear to thank Ian Foley, Rebecca Keightley, the committee has provided robust congressional direction. Alexandra Berenter, and Tricia Evans wildland fire funding, fire suppression For this reason, the bill includes a for their great work. Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill, and accounts. The Department of the Inte- number of provisions to stop unneces- I have enjoyed the debate over the last rior and Forest Service are fully funded sary and damaging regulatory over- at the 10-year average level. The haz- couple of days. reach by the agency. One thing I also want to talk about ardous fuel program was increased by b 2015 under my 5 minutes is on the wildfire $75 million to $526 million in fiscal year and hazardous fuel management pro- 2015 enacted, and that increase has I would like to address the Endan- gram. It was mentioned earlier in the been maintained in this bill. gered Species Act. We have had a num- debate that we are attempting to work The bill also continues critical in- ber of amendments over the last day out an agreement on both sides so that vestments in Indian Country, a non- about this subject. Certainly, this com- we can move Mr. SIMPSON’s language partisan priority of this committee. mittee has no interest in interfering forward in his hazardous wildfire bill, Building upon the bipartisan work, with science or in letting any species H.R. 167. We are looking for cosponsors former subcommittee chairman MIKE go extinct, but we are concerned about of the bill, and we hope to get more SIMPSON, Jim Moran, Norm Dicks, and, Federal regulatory actions lacking in support for that bill as we move this certainly, my friend Ms. MCCOLLUM, basic fairness and common sense. The provisions in this bill address problems process forward. the bill continues to make investments As I mentioned earlier, we did fund created by the ESA—not by science but in education, public safety, and health the bill to the 10-year average, but this by court orders—that drain limited programs in Indian Country. is still not going to be sufficient if we agency resources and force depart- Overall funding for the Indian Health have the significant wildfire year that ments to cut corners to meet arbitrary Service has increased by $145 million or we expect. A catastrophic fire can lit- deadlines. 3 percent, while funding for the Bureau erally burn through any amounts of Nowhere is this more evident than of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian money that we may have set aside, and Education is increased by $165 million with the sage-grouse. States are right- it causes disruptions within the De- or 6 percent from fiscal year 2015 levels, fully concerned that a listing or unnec- partment of the Interior and the De- the largest percentage increase in this essary restricted Federal land use partment of Forestry in how they man- bill. plans will jeopardize existing conserva- age those accounts, which we also dis- The bill provides full funding for fis- tion partnerships with States and pri- cussed, which is not good management cal year 2016 for payments in lieu of vate landowners. These partnerships on our part. So I would hope we can are necessary to save both sagebrush taxes, or the PILT program. PILT pay- move ahead with Mr. SIMPSON’s bill as ments are made to 49 of the 50 States, ecosystems and local economies. So quickly as possible. as well as the District of Columbia, long as sage-grouse are not under im- We also discussed the Endangered Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the minent threat of extinction, coopera- Species Act, and we continue to talk commonwealth of Puerto Rico. tive conservation must be given a about the States and the difficulties The bill provides $2.7 billion for the chance to work. that they are having in working with National Park Service, included more The Acting CHAIR. The time of the the Fish and Wildlife Service and with than $60 million in new funding relat- gentleman has expired. other agencies in trying to work out ing to the centennial of the National Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I their State plans that deal with these Park Service. move to strike the last word. significant issues. As we look at our We have also addressed a number of The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman sage-grouse strategy, we have 11 States priorities within the Fish and Wildlife from California is recognized for 5 min- involved in this program. We are doing Service accounts. The bill funds pop- utes. everything we can to have a coopera- ular cost-shared grant programs above Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, as I tive program with private landowners, fiscal year 2015 enacted levels. It also mentioned, so long as sage-grouse are the State land, and the Federal land to provides for additional funds to combat not under imminent threat of extinc- make sure that we continue to have international wildlife trafficking, pro- tion, cooperative conservation must be sage-grouse. We want to make sure tects fish hatcheries from cuts and clo- given a chance to work. That is why that the sage-grouse persists, and that sures, continues funding to fight this bill maintains a 1-year delay in is why we funded both the BLM and the invasive species, and reduces the back- any decision to list the sage-grouse Fish and Wildlife Service to the re- log of species that are recovered but along with full funding to implement quested amounts in order to make sure not yet delisted. conservation efforts. that we have the resources available to The bill provides $248 million for the House consideration of this bill is the do that. land and water conservation fund, pro- next step in a long legislative process. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gen- grams that enjoy broad bipartisan sup- I hope, over the coming months, we tleman from Illinois (Mr. RODNEY port. Some Members would prefer more will come together, as we do each year, DAVIS).

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This is greatly needed, from administratively creating new member, Ms. MCCOLLUM, for her ef- especially now, because these fires are wilderness areas; we provide the full forts. burning hotter, fire seasons are grow- funding of $452 million for payments in I sat in that chair last night where ing longer, and more communities are lieu of taxes, which is extremely im- you are, Mr. Chairman, and presided at risk. portant to almost every State in the over many different amendments. Our forests need to be managed, Mr. Union; and we increase the forest prod- There was much discussion on a wide Chairman. The Forest Service esti- ucts account by $16 million so that the variety of issues, but it is what we mates that up to 2 million acres of land Forest Service can increase timber came here to do in this institution—to need to be actively managed. In the harvests. debate the issues and to work in a Rocky Mountains alone, 45 million We lost a lot of the timber operations process that I call our constitutional acres have been affected by the bark in the West after the issue with the appropriations process. If we are to re- beetle. We have seen results of the bark spotted owl. After that 20-year experi- gain the power of the purse here in the beetle back in my area of southern ment that most people realize was a House, we ought to be able to work California where thousands of acres failure, we now have forests that have through the appropriations process have been devastated by this beetle become overgrown, especially in the that so many hard-working colleagues that attacks weakened trees, which West, and we have poorly managed of mine, like Chairman CALVERT, have certainly exposes a problem to wildfire some of those forests. We need to go put so much effort into. conditions. Once those wildfires start, back and thin those forests out. There The Acting CHAIR. The time of the then those fires quickly become cata- are two ways to thin a forest, Mr. gentleman has expired. strophic as we have seen just recently Chairman. Either God does it, or we Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I in a fire in the San Bernardino Na- allow for good timbering operations move to strike the last word. tional Forest. that are done in a new scientific man- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman We were fortunate that the 2014 fire ner that help clear out that forest in a from California is recognized for 5 min- season was well below the normal with healthy way, that bring back animals utes. just 87 percent of the 10-year average. that sometimes have abandoned the re- Mr. CALVERT. I yield to the gen- We are praying that that is going to gion because of overgrowth—operations tleman from Illinois (Mr. RODNEY occur in the 2015 fire season, but we that make for a healthier forest in the DAVIS). can’t be sure. Most people believe that long run. Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. that is not going to occur and that, be- These are good goals. We want to Chairman, this is an opportunity for us cause of the drought, especially in the work with the Department of Forestry to begin the process, once again, of West, we could have catastrophic con- to make sure that they continue to prioritizing how Washington spends ditions and that we could have make progress on this, and we will con- money, which I remember not too long wildfires that can certainly grow out of tinue to do that. ago was the way Washington spent control. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- money, Mr. Chairman, when Wash- ance of my time. ington was not nearly as broken. We Mr. Chairman, 2 percent of the AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. CALVERT have an opportunity to come here to wildfires cost more money than the Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I have the floor to debate the issues and to other 98 percent, so that is why we an amendment at the desk. get an up-or-down vote. When our need to continue to invest resources The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- amendments may not pass, that wisely and to make sure that we get port the amendment. doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t regain rid of hazardous materials, that we The Clerk read as follows: the power that Congress has been given manage our forests properly in order in our Constitution, and that is by sup- for us not to have these catastrophic At the end of the bill (before the short fires. These figures are combined with title), insert the following: porting great bills like this. SEC.ll. Notwithstanding any other provi- I congratulate the chairman. I look the fact that California, my home State, suffers through this exceptional sion of this Act, none of the funds made forward to supporting his bill. I had a available by this Act may be used to prohibit great time in presiding over the debate drought. Other parts of the country, in- the display of the flag of the United States yesterday, and I look forward to con- cluding Minnesota, have the potential or the POW/MIA flag, or the decoration of tinuing to work with the chairman in for above normal wildfire activity in graves with flags in the National Park Serv- the future. the next few months, and that is ex- ice national cemeteries as provided in Na- Mr. CALVERT. I thank the gen- tremely, extremely worrisome. tional Park Service Director’s Order No. 61 or to contravene the National Park Service tleman. I would like to talk a little bit about the Land and Water Conservation memorandum dated June 24, 2015, with the Mr. Chairman, next week, we will be subject line containing the words ‘‘Imme- having other bills in front of us. We are Fund. I know we would have liked to diate Action Required, No Reply Needed’’ looking forward to having the Finan- have appropriated more money for the with respect to sales items. Land and Water Conservation Fund, cial Services bill on the floor next The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to but we are acting under these alloca- week, and I believe we will have other House Resolution 333, the gentleman tions, and we were just restricted on appropriations bills for the balance of from California and a Member opposed what we could do. Yet what we wanted the month. As we get back to regular each will control 5 minutes. to do was to focus back to the original order, we want to have all 12 bills The Chair recognizes the gentleman intent of the Land and Water Conserva- brought to the floor and debated. The from California. chairman has done a great job of mov- tion Fund, which was recreation and ing this committee back to its historic State and local acquisitions. In this b 2030 importance in this institution, and we bill, the administration is directed to Mr. CALVERT. This amendment will appreciate your continued support in prioritize limited Federal acquisitions codify existing National Park Service that process. in which opportunities for recreation policy and directives with regard to the As I mentioned on the Forest Service and local and State congressional sup- declaration of cemeteries and conces- funding allocations, we are continuing port are the strongest. sion sales. I urge adoption of my to work to make sure that moneys are The Acting CHAIR. The time of the amendment. available to fund Forest Service re- gentleman has expired. Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I rise in search and development and to make Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I opposition to the gentleman’s amend- sure that the analysis and inventory move to strike the last word. ment.

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GROSSMENT OF H.R. 5, STUDENT the Confederate flag to be displayed or 2822, I want to take this opportunity to SUCCESS ACT sold in national parks. congratulate my subcommittee chair- Mr. CURBELO of Florida. Mr. Speak- Mr. Chair, just yesterday, this House man, KEN CALVERT, for getting this bill er, I ask unanimous consent that the passed amendment after amendment to this point. Clerk be authorized to make technical supporting the removal of the symbol It has not been an easy process, as we corrections in the engrossment of H.R. of racism from our national parks, just realized a few moments ago. We 5, to include corrections in section which are visited every day by Ameri- have had to consider nearly twice as numbers, section headings, cross ref- cans and foreign visitors of every race. many amendments as any other appro- erences, punctuation, and indentation, We have read about the divisive tac- priations bill taken up in the House and to make any other technical and tics happening in the South Carolina this year. conforming change necessary to reflect statehouse as they debate the removal While I have not agreed with a con- the actions of the House. of the Confederate flag after the mur- siderable number of the amendments The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there der of nine Black parishioners. that have been made to the bill, I do objection to the request of the gen- I never thought that the U.S. House appreciate that the chairman and I tleman from Florida? of Representatives would join those have been able to disagree when nec- There was no objection. who would want to see this flag flown essary without ever being disagreeable. by passing an amendment to ensure the My working relationship with Chair- f continuing flying of the Confederate man CALVERT has been first rate. I ap- NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS WITH flag. I strongly urge every Member to preciate the hard work and effort he IRAN stand with the citizens of all races and has put into the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under to remove this symbol of hatred from Let me also express my sincere the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- our National Park Service. thanks to the committee staff on both uary 6, 2015, the gentlewoman from I reserve the balance of my time. sides of the aisle, as well as the per- Florida (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) is recog- Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I urge sonal staff in both of our respective of- nized for 60 minutes as the designee of adoption of the amendment. fices for their work on the bill. They the majority leader. I yield back the balance of my time. put in long hours to smooth a way for Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I want to consideration of this bill, and I appre- GENERAL LEAVE restate: On June 25 when National ciate their efforts. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. I ask unani- Park Service Director Jon Jarvis re- Once again, I want to say that we mous consent, Mr. Speaker, that all quested that Confederate flag sales be have had a good working relationship, Members may have 5 legislative days removed from national park bookstores Mr. Chair, but I cannot hide my sur- in which to revise and extend their re- and gift shops, he also followed a deci- prise and my outrage that we find our- marks and include extraneous mate- sion by several large national retail- selves here tonight attempting to over- rials on the topic of our Special Order. ers—Walmart, Amazon, and Sears—to turn the National Park Service recent The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there stop selling items with Confederate policy change to stop allowing the Con- objection to the request of the gentle- flags on them, and I agreed with these federate flag to be displayed or sold at woman from Florida? decisions. I commend those for their our national parks. There was no objection. prompt action. Mr. CALVERT. Will the gentle- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I While in certain and very limited cir- woman yield? would like to thank all of my col- cumstances, it might be appropriate in Ms. MCCOLLUM. I yield to the gen- leagues who are here tonight at this a national park to display the image of tleman from California. late hour to talk about the weak nego- the Confederate flag in a historical Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I just want tiations that are taking place in Vi- context—and I say that as a social to say that I enjoyed and continue to enna on the nuclear deal with Iran. studies teacher—the general display or enjoy working with the gentlewoman We have a number of distinguished sale of Confederate flag items is inap- as we move this process forward and speakers tonight who will address this propriate and divisive. I support lim- appreciate her courtesy and kindness. looming topic that is of great urgency. iting their use. As I say, we will continue to work at Let me begin by yielding to the gen- I strongly oppose this amendment, this process as we move ahead. tleman from Ohio (Mr. JOHNSON). which is an attempt to negate amend- Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I yield Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, ments which were approved yesterday back the balance of my time. I thank my colleague for yielding. without any opposition to limit the The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will Trusting that Iran, the world’s larg- displaying of the Confederate flag, and read. est state sponsor of terrorism, has sud- so we should make sure that we uphold The Clerk read as follows: denly had a change of heart in its dec- what this House stood for yesterday, This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department ades-long quest to obtain a nuclear which is to say no to racism, which is of the Interior, Environment, and Related weapon is just simply naive at best. to say no to hate speech. Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. Legislation that was signed into law Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I move in May would allow Congress to review ance of my time. that the Committee do now rise. and vote on any deal that the adminis- The Acting CHAIR. The question is The motion was agreed to. tration makes with Iran. Those I rep- on the amendment offered by the gen- Accordingly, the Committee rose; resent believe Congress should have the tleman from California (Mr. CALVERT). and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. final say on any deal, and I couldn’t The question was taken; and the Act- POLIQUIN) having assumed the chair, agree more. ing Chair announced that the ayes ap- Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Acting America’s national security, as well peared to have it. Chair of the Committee of the Whole as global security, will be jeopardized Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I demand House on the state of the Union, re- if the administration gets this wrong. a recorded vote. ported that that Committee, having We must ensure it doesn’t. The stakes The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to had under consideration the bill (H.R. are simply too high. clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- 2822) making appropriations for the De- If Iran is actually serious about re- ceedings on the amendment offered by partment of the Interior, environment, engaging with the global community,

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Steps to dismantle its nuclear infra- military confrontation, immediately Of course, the world would be a much structure, a commitment to a robust release all detained U.S. citizens, and safer place if Iran were to neutralize inspections regime, and a cease to its provide any information it possesses their nuclear production facilities, if dubious terror-related activities must regarding any U.S. citizens that have they would allow inspections at any- be included in any agreement. disappeared within its borders. time, if they would disclose all mili- The entire world will be watching, The fact that the Iranian regime tary implications of their nuclear pro- not only the 315 million people of this won’t even do these basic actions indi- gram, or if Iran were to demonstrate a country, but certainly the people in cates to me that counting on them to better record on human rights. the Middle East, which is extremely honor commitments they make around b 2045 dangerous. a negotiating table can’t be taken seri- This matter of great consequence ously. Unfortunately, these are just what- will have far-reaching ramifications, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chair, I ifs that have failed to happen today and certainly, I hope that the Presi- thank Mr. JOHNSON for his comments. I and I am afraid will never happen dent, the Secretary of State, and the think he highlighted the basic prob- under this proposed deal. administration will heed the bipartisan lems that we have in dealing with a Mr. Speaker, this is a bad deal. concerns that exist here in Congress. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. DAVIS, I rogue regime like Iran that cannot be The President reluctantly signed the trusted, that has not been dealing with quite agree with you. The more we know about this deal, legislation that reached his desk. That us in a straight manner. I thank the was an expression of the will of the gentleman very much for his leadership Mr. Speaker, the more we know it is a weak, dangerous, bad deal. American people through elected Rep- on this issue. resentatives here and in the other Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield to Thank you, Mr. DAVIS, for sharing your insight with us. House of Congress, overwhelming in its the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. ROD- I yield to Mr. LANCE of New Jersey, nature; and certainly, I hope that the NEY DAVIS) to address this threat as who has long been speaking about the President and Secretary of State and well. the administration will recognize that Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. dangers of a nuclear Iran. Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I congratu- the American people are deeply con- Speaker, I rise today to voice my con- late the distinguished gentlewoman cerned about what appears to be the cerns over the potential deal regarding from Florida for her magnificent serv- parameters of an agreement. Iran’s nuclear program, and I stand ice regarding the foreign policy of this There is still time to reach a better here thanking my colleague from the country and her continued expertise agreement. Let me repeat, no agree- great State of Florida for putting this that is of benefit to the entire Nation. ment is superior to a bad agreement, as Special Order together on such a very In the coming days, the American Prime Minister Netanyahu stated in important and timely issue. people and those of us in Congress will this Chamber this spring. I want to read a quote: be able to scrutinize an anticipated I hope that Iran will come meaning- They will freeze and then dismantle their agreement between Iran and the P5+1 fully to the table. I hope that Iran will nuclear program. Our other allies will be bet- cease its terrorist activities across the ter protected. The entire world will be safer countries and Iran’s nuclear weapons as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. program. globe. I hope Iran will recognize that, if The United States and international inspec- Congress will debate and consider the it were to achieve nuclear weapons, it tors will carefully monitor them to make administration’s proposal, and I will be would be the beginning of a situation sure it keeps its commitments. looking to ensure that any agreement with unintended consequences for the Sound familiar, Mr. Speaker? That is achieves the paramount goal that Iran Middle East, the most dangerous part what President Clinton told the Amer- will never get nuclear weapons. of the world; terrible consequences for ican people about the North Korean nu- A nuclear Iran would fundamentally our friend and ally, a country that be- clear deal in 1994. Today, North Korea change the international dynamic and lieves in democracy, Israel; terrible has anywhere from 10 to 20 nuclear put the United States and our allies, consequences for other Arab nations, weapons in their arsenal, and that including Israel, in extreme peril. The including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and number is expected to grow to 50 in the balance of power in the world would places beyond that; and that we want next 5 years. slip away from those who have given to live in peace with the Iranian peo- Now, we are hearing this same type blood and treasure in the fight for free- ple. of posturing from this administration dom and justice, while rewarding the The Iranian people are a great peo- about the Iran negotiations. The perpetrators of some of the most hei- ple, a talented people, a well-educated United States seems destined to repeat nous crimes against humanity. people; and certainly, I hope that the history, unwilling to hold their ground, The principle of peace through deter- people of Iran recognize that it is not and granting Iran extension after ex- rence would be compromised and the in their best interest that their leaders tension and concession after conces- Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty would develop nuclear weapons. sion. be a footnote in history as rival and re- Again, I commend with every breath As a strong supporter of increasing gional powers race to acquire their own I take the superb work of the gentle- sanctions against Iran, which brought nuclear weapons. A nuclear arms race woman from Florida. I am pleased to Iran to the negotiating table in the will be yet another element of unpre- be able to join with her and with others first place, it is common sense that ad- dictability in the world’s most volatile this evening to caution that we must ditional sanctions could even put more region. ensure a strong agreement and, if that pressure on them when they are al- I do not oppose any agreement; I op- is not possible, then no agreement at ready hurting from the low price of pose a bad agreement. Sanctions all. their most prized commodity, oil. brought Iran to the table, and sanc- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Thank you Nobody believes Iran when they say tions will keep Iran there. Any deal very much, Mr. LANCE. May it be so; their nuclear infrastructure is in place that needlessly surrenders that valu- from your words to God’s ears, may we for peaceful purposes. If that were the able leverage in the name of taking get this strong deal that can truly be case, they would have no need to en- Iran’s word is a bad agreement. There verified. rich uranium past 3.5 percent. Iran has is simply not the trust that state spon- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman a record filled with lies, deceit, spon- sors of terror will suddenly and from Florida (Mr. CURBELO), my col- sored terrorism, human rights viola- uncharacteristically prove to be hon- league, a man with whom I have had tions, and the list goes on and on. est. the honor of talking about this issue, Just as North Korea couldn’t be As Ronald Reagan famously said, the danger that a nuclear Iran imposes trusted two decades ago, neither should ‘‘Trust, but verify.’’ That was true for the stability of the world, not just

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This is a government that a nuclear Iran, if it is 20 years league for her steadfast leadership on that, again, has pledged to annihilate from now, is better than what a nu- this issue, but really on all issues hav- the only democracy in the Middle East, clear Iran is now? Mr. President, you ing to do with foreign relations in this our best ally in the world, the country have got to listen to what you are say- Chamber for so many years. She has that stands with us no matter what, ing. set the example and a very high bar for our friends in Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ex- all of us who serve in this Chamber. Some in this administration have un- plained to President Obama that the Mr. Speaker, I want to start by reit- justly criticized Prime Minister Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action erating just how serious the security Netanyahu. For what? It is for simply ‘‘threatens the survival of the State of threat Iran is to the United States and wanting his country to survive and his Israel.’’ It threatens the survival of the to our allies. people to live in peace and security. State of Israel. As my colleagues have expressed This is the same government that I believe that Congress should not be here, Iran can never attain nuclear ca- when the Ayatollah sent their rep- party to any agreement that fails to pabilities. Any deal reached must en- resentative—then Mr. Ahmadinejad—to protect the vital interest of Israel and sure that the Iranian regime com- Cuba in 2007, he pledged that, together other allies in the region. That is why I voted ‘‘no’’ on the Iran Nuclear pletely abandons its nuclear ambitions with Cuba’s dictators and the rest of and dismantles its nuclear infrastruc- Agreement Review Act. their rogue allies throughout the I am not in disagreement with Con- ture. world, they would bring the United gress providing oversight of a final It is absolutely critical that the States to its knees. I know my col- comprehensive deal, but a horrible deal Obama administration be unyielding league recalls that. isn’t something Congress should even when dealing with Iran. Additional What kind of a world do we want to have to consider. concessions are simply not an option. live in? It is still not too late to walk I have previously stated and will say A weak deal that gives the regime an away from this table and to tell the again that I have always made the se- opening to obtain nuclear weapons mullahs that they will never acquire curity of our strongest ally in the Mid- down the road is not good for the nuclear weapons as long as the United dle East a priority and will not support United States or its allies, especially States is the greatest superpower in any deal that allows Iran the oppor- Israel. It isn’t good for the entire the world and a beacon for democracy, tunity to develop a nuclear weapon. world. for peace, and for opportunity for all Though a final deal has not been yet Even while nuclear negotiations be- people. announced, we know, based off the de- tween the P5+1 and Iran took place, I, once again, thank my colleague for tails of the JCPOA announced in April, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei this special opportunity to highlight of the potential for a bad deal. Under openly supported the destruction of an issue that is of vital importance for the framework announced in April, Israel and supported Hamas’ attacks the entire Nation and for the entire Iran will be able to maintain over 6,000 against Israel from Gaza. He also world. centrifuges they possess. Of the 6,000 boasted Iranian technology was being Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. CURBELO, centrifuges, 5,000 of those will continue used by Hamas to attack Israel and you certainly have been a leader in this to enrich uranium. openly called for all Palestinians in the fight. b 2100 West Bank to join Hamas in Gaza in an It is interesting that you should armed rebellion against Israel, prom- bring up the dangerous clown, Five thousand, what part of not hav- ising to arm those who participated. Khamenei, because he has been re- ing a nuclear Iran are we kidding our- We cannot continue to view Iran’s placed by an equally murderous, sadis- selves here with? And then his wonderful snap back nuclear program as existing in a vacu- tic thug, Rouhani; but now, the inter- provisions. I am one of those that said um. It would be irresponsible to ignore national community likes to call him we shouldn’t have a snap back. They the regime’s continued support for ter- the ‘‘moderate’’ leader, where they should have never gone away in the rorism, its pursuit of ballistic missiles, have had more executions in Iran under process. and its failure to comply with the the so-called moderate then ever. Why are we talking about snap back International Atomic Energy Agency. The ‘‘Death to America,’’ ‘‘Death to provisions when this body has clearly Moving forward, several things must Israel’’ chants continue, just as they spoken that the sanctions should stay be present in an acceptable deal, in- continued during Ahmadinejad’s time. and, if anything, they should get tight- cluding a robust inspection regime and Whether it is Ahmadinejad, whether it er? But we are now talking about snap the resolution of issues of past and is a moderate Rouhani, it is a Supreme back provisions. What a world we live present concern. Only then could a deal Leader who calls the shots. in. even begin to be considered as accept- Nothing in Iran, sadly, has changed. If they don’t fulfill their commit- able. They are calling for the destruction of ment, sanctions will magically snap Snapback sanctions relief could be our ally, and they are calling for de- back. When I read that, it just amazes difficult to implement and is not in the struction of this great country. me, Mr. Speaker, that if they don’t best interests of the United States. We Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman keep their commitments—why do we must protect the sanctions infrastruc- from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS). believe they are going to keep any ture that this body put in place rather Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- commitments? than rely on reactive tactics if the Ira- er, I want to thank Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, This is just an amazing thought to nian regime does not comply with the who was chairwoman when I was on the me. It took several years of U.S. pres- terms of the agreement. Foreign Affairs Committee. She has suring for our European allies before Mr. Speaker, when it comes to an stepped up and always been a voice, es- they started seriously enforcing the agreement with Iran, we need to ask pecially in this area. I also want to U.N. Security Council sanctions cur- ourselves: Does this agreement prevent thank Mr. CURBELO and also Mr. DAVIS. rently in place. Iran from achieving nuclear capabili- For a moment, I want to just stop While a U.S. President can unilater- ties and keep the United States and its here, and let’s put some things in per- ally reinstitute sanctions that were allies safe? Anything other than that is spective. It has been said over and previously waived, the European Union totally unacceptable. over—but we are going to talk about has to receive support from all 28 mem- The central question here, Mr. this—a bad deal is worse than no deal. bers for reimposition of former sanc- Speaker, is: What kind of a world do we I am going to say it again. A bad deal tions. Think about that. That is some- want to live in? What kind of a world is worse than no deal. thing we ought to talk about.

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How about win- thinking about this, actually believe bonds of a civil society, in a civil ning a prize in the hearts of the free- that will actually happen? Do you be- world, and Iran’s leadership is not that dom-loving people all across the world lieve that would? I don’t. person. and walking away from a bad deal? China and Russia, both permanent We are fooling ourselves. This admin- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- members of the U.N. Security Council, istration has become just completely bers are reminded to address their re- have the most to gain from having un- tunnel-visioned toward legacy. When marks to the Chair. fettered access to Iranian markets. It you have a domestic agenda that has Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Thank you has been widely reported that Russia is been as terrible as this administration, very much, Mr. COLLINS. I think you moving forward with the selling of S– I don’t blame you for looking overseas. laid it out in a thoughtful manner. No 300s, the antiaircraft weapon, to Iran. But your domestic agenda is no com- deal is better than a bad deal. Such a weapon system makes the po- parison to the failure of a foreign pol- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman tential for Israeli or American air- icy, when world leaders ask what is from New York (Mr. ZELDIN). strikes against Iranian nukes just that America’s role because they don’t even Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank much more difficult to carry out. know. the gentlewoman from Florida for her Russia, whose own economy is hurt- Tonight I hope the crescendo of leadership on this important issue, ing as a result of the sanctions, is look- voices in this Chamber reaches across your leadership with America’s foreign ing to diversify its investments in the ocean to Vienna. The last words I policy. I know that my constituents all other economies that show strong po- would like Secretary Kerry to hear be- the way up in New York are more se- tential for growth. China is always fore he sits down with the Iranians are cure and free due to your work through looking for new sources of energy, and ‘‘a bad deal is worse than no deal.’’ the years here in the Halls of Congress. with the elimination of international ‘‘Death to America,’’ not shouted on I thank you for your leadership. sanctions, Iran will have the ability to the streets here in Washington, not This past weekend we celebrated the sell more oil on the international mar- shouted on the streets in New York Fourth of July, 239 years since America ket. City or San Francisco or Atlanta. It declared its independence. What makes Then there is the issue of possible was shouted in the Parliament of Iran America great is what we stand for: military dimensions. To receive an ac- just recently, when they said we are freedom and liberty. curate picture of Iran’s nuclear capa- not going to allow inspections. And we And then there is Iran, the world’s bilities, it is imperative to know how are sitting down to negotiate with largest state sponsor of terror, a nation close they got to developing or have them? overthrowing foreign governments, un- gotten to developing a nuclear weapon. ‘‘Death to America’’? And we are sit- justly imprisoning United States citi- It is only after we can determine if ting down negotiating with them as if zens, including a United States Marine. Iran ever developed a nuclear warhead they are reasonable people? Iran blows up mock U.S. warships, or triggering mechanism that the Have we lost our focus? Have we lost develops ICBMs. They pledge to wipe international community can actually our vision of being the shining light to Israel off the map. And in their streets, know Iran’s breakout time. Iran’s the world for freedom and hope, and de- in their halls, they are chanting, PMDs must be made known to the cided that it is much better off, maybe ‘‘Death to America.’’ international community prior— for our political world, or maybe our And none of what I just described is prior—to any permanent sanction re- personal achievements, to sit down even part of the negotiations. Think lief being instituted. with a government that says Israel about that. You know, this pending bad deal should not even have the right to exist, The President says the only alter- makes the region and the greater na- and if we could, we would annihilate native to whatever deal he presents us tional community worse off. them tomorrow? with is war. I reject that. The deal the What I have heard in this Chamber We are going to continue funding President is finalizing may actually tonight is very disturbing. What I have those who have lobbed bombs on inno- pave the path to more instability in heard from leaders in this administra- cent men and women in Israel and who the Middle East and a nuclear arms tion is even more disturbing. They will sit down at a negotiating table and race triggered in the region. have willingly determined, in my mind, say: We are not going to allow you to Will the agreement be accurately to throw Israel under the bus and, I be- inspect wherever you want; we are translated between both languages? lieve, maybe for a peace prize. going to keep what we want to keep. If the President presents Americans Mr. Kerry, maybe you didn’t make a And, by the way, even the adminis- with a version in English and the Ira- mark in the Senate. Mr. Kerry, maybe tration’s own belief is we are going to nians are interpreting any different you didn’t make a mark as Secretary keep 5,000 spinning, centrifuges spin- terms refuting our interpretation of of State. Maybe you are looking for a ning, 5,000 spinning. that agreement in English, then there peace prize. Your peace prize should be You know what? Some have said is no agreement. There is no meeting of come home now and walk away from a time is Iran’s friend. I agree. As long as the minds. bad deal. If you want to be recognized they can keep our Secretary of State Will Iran continue spinning cen- in the world for standing up for what is at that table, those centrifuges spin. trifuges, enriching uranium and main- right, then walk away from a bad deal. As long as they keep us tied up debat- taining any of their nuclear infrastruc- No one wants Iran to have a nuclear ing this in this administration, the ture? weapon. They are not capable of han- centrifuges spin. As long as we keep Will weapons inspectors have unfet- dling one. They are the biggest sup- doing this, the centrifuges spin. tered access to Iran’s nuclear infra- pliers to terrorism around the world. It is time to put sanctions back in structure? Honestly, I doubt it. And yet we are talking about talking place because they are spinning. It is I believe that we are propping up the to a country that says just recently, time to tighten the screws on Iran be- wrong regime in Iran. just in the last 2 days, their leader has cause those centrifuges are spinning. It Six years ago, the Green Revolution, said it is now time for us to spout ha- is time for us not to let up because the millions of Iranians took to the streets tred at the Zionists. centrifuges are spinning. protesting after an undemocratic elec- And we are negotiating with them? And I do not want to see a world in tion. The economy in Iran was doing They don’t want to say Israel has which my children grow up and the better at that time than it is today. even a right to exist, and we are sitting people in Israel grow up knowing that Oil, twice the value as today.

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Thank you so 100 deaths and over 300 injured people— we have a responsibility to protect our much to the gentleman from New Iran was doing this at the time when country. York. the sanctions were on them, and they We must fight on behalf of our great Mr. Speaker, I yield to my colleague were supposed to be under this great Nation, which generations before us from Florida, Dr. YOHO. economic stress—but they were doing have fought and sacrificed so much to b 2115 that because they were funneling protect. And that is how we celebrate money through Venezuela and getting another 239 years of American Mr. YOHO. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate money for fuel plus armaments that exceptionalism. my very dear colleague from Florida they were selling. During this time, The President, when sitting down at for bringing this very important topic when we think our sanctions are work- the negotiating table, inherits the to light. This is something the Amer- ing, Iran is working against us. ican people need to weigh in on; and 1 goodwill of generations, centuries of I have been here in the House for 2 ⁄2 men and women who have come before this is something, as you heard the years, and I sit on the Committee on passion tonight, the people talking 1 them that sacrificed so much to make Foreign Affairs. During those 2 ⁄2 years, America the greatest Nation in the about how this is not a good deal. This we have had experts come in, over and world. When someone says they want is not a good deal for anybody but Iran. over again, telling us about the threat to run to be President of the United I would like to do a chronological an- of Iran creating new clear weapons. States, with that, you inherit all of thology of Iran’s nuclear weapons pro- Over and over again, they said that that goodwill, all of that American gram. If you go back 30 years ago, they Iran would have enough nuclear-en- exceptionalism. were working on gaining the tech- riched material to have enough mate- And when sitting at the table, you nology and the material to develop nu- rial within 6 months to a year to have have no business trying to equalize clear weapons. five to six atomic bombs. That was yourself with the person you are nego- John Bolton, in his book ‘‘Surrender over 2 years ago, so one could only rea- tiating with. That isn’t your goodwill is Not an Option,’’ talked about the sonably expect that Iran has enough to expend. cat-and-mouse game that Iran had material for five to six nuclear bombs. It is important for American great- played over the last 30 years of saying, This was backed up by Henry Kis- ness to grow. And I am concerned that No, we are not developing nuclear singer and George Shultz in The Wall we are on pace to enter into a bad deal weapons; and they wouldn’t allow the Street Journal editorial about 3 with Iran. inspectors in. months ago, that they claim that Iran Here, with the leadership of col- The U.N. had resolutions and sanc- was about 21⁄2 months to 3 months from leagues like the gentlewoman from tions, and eventually, the IAEA inspec- having nuclear material. Florida, who I am very grateful for tors—the International Atomic Energy Then we moved down to the negotia- putting together this Special Order to- Agency—was allowed to come in. They tion. The negotiation was started—if night, and other colleagues, like the caught Iran redhanded, developing nu- people will go back and research the gentleman from Florida, who will be clear weapons. news—from the administration, from speaking right after me, there is so They apologized. They said: I am John Kerry. He said negotiations have much passion amongst my colleagues sorry. You are right. We were bad. We started and that the whole purpose was for wanting to do the right thing to are not going to do it again. Iran cannot and will not be permitted protect our Nation, understanding that Then it started over again and then to have a nuclear weapon. Now, we are it is a fundamental basic that the over again and over again. For 30 just going to delay them for 10 years. United States strengthens our relation- years, we have been playing the cat- As my colleague from Georgia (Mr. ships with our allies and treats our en- and-mouse game. It hasn’t gone away. COLLINS) brought up, the snapback, if emies for exactly who they are. Their mission is to get nuclear weap- they break any part of this deal, there I used the analogy a couple of weeks ons. is going to be snapback. I mean, you ago of playing Texas Hold’em, and the When I look at George Bush, when he have got to be from another planet to President inherits pocket aces every put sanctions in the 2000s on Iran to think that that is going to happen be- time he sits down at the table. The Ira- say enough is enough, the sanctions cause we are going to rely on China nians may inherit the 7–2 off suit, the were in place, and they started. To and Russia to say: Yes, we are with worst hand that you could possibly President Obama’s credit, he tightened you. have in poker. them up, and it put more pressure on Russia has already sold $800 million The President, for whatever reason, Iran, and then it brought them to the worth of antimissile defense systems. as a negotiating style, will offer to negotiation table. In addition, during this period, when switch hands. We saw it in Cuba, where When you negotiate on a deal—any Iran had all these tough sanctions dozens of good-faith concessions were deal—there should be mutual benefits blocking their economy, Iran has been made asking for nothing in return. to both sides. At the end of this, you developing an ICBM program. Why is that? will see there is no benefit to America, An ICBM program stands for an For one, the President isn’t a very to the Middle East, and to world peace intercontinental ballistic missile sys- good negotiator. He still has a year and because, when those negotiations start- tem. That is not for their neighbors. a half left on his second term in office, ed, as my colleague from New York That is for Europe. That is for the and I want him to strengthen his hand. (Mr. ZELDIN) brought up, there was no United States. It is for people way out- He has it. He inherits it. That is what negotiation to release our four Amer- side of Iran. They have done this with comes with being the President of the ican hostages. the economic sanctions. United States. That is what he signed If you think that the sanctions were In addition, there is evidence that up for. bad enough to put Iran in this great they have detonated a trigger device And what did we sign up for here in economic tragedy or pressure that was for a nuclear weapon. They have gone the Halls of Congress? To hold this just crippling Iran and they couldn’t do through expensive remediation, cov- President’s feet to the fire if he chooses anything and they came to the table to ering up the site, covering up the soil, to sign a bad deal with Iran. release the sanctions so that they paving it, and not allowing our inspec- I thank, again, the gentlewoman could move on, but during that time tors to go in there and inspect that— from Florida for her leadership. I am period—this is what the American peo- the IAEA inspectors that we are sup- looking forward to hearing Mr. YOHO ple need to know—during that time pe- posed to depend on to prove that what and his passionate words to follow. riod, Iran was extending their arm and they are doing is for peaceful purposes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JY7.158 H08JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4951 Then I look at what Iran has done Order to discuss Iran’s nuclear negotia- There is also a serious and dangerous over the years, when we have been in tions that are going on in Vienna as we issue of the possible military dimen- the Middle East, with our brave young speak. After missing deadline after sions, PMD, and Iran’s past nuclear ac- men and women in the Middle East, deadline and allowing for extension tivity. fighting for security for this country after extension, we are now hearing Just 3 weeks ago, Secretary Kerry and for the neighbors in the Middle that these negotiations may be open- confirmed what we long suspected, that East. Seventy percent of the wounds to ended. disclosure of past nuclear activity is no our soldiers have come from IEDs. It is our job in Congress to conduct longer a must-have for this administra- Ninety percent of those IEDs were cre- proper oversight on any proposed deal tion in this nuclear deal. and to reject any deal that is not in the ated by Iran. How would any agreement that Then, as we talked about in this nu- best interests of our national security doesn’t demand that Iran at least come clear negotiation, Iran has got to be or the security and stability of the en- clean about the extent of its program limited to the amount of centrifuges tire region. going to be a good deal, Mr. Speaker? for their peaceful nuclear program. As current law stipulates, if a deal is Now, get this, for a peaceful nuclear submitted for congressional review be- Don’t forget that the Supreme Leader program, you need tens of thousands of fore tomorrow, then Congress only has has also repeatedly stated that Iran’s centrifuges to produce nuclear mate- a 30-day review period. However, if this military sites would not be accessible rial to run nuclear reactors; yet, in deal is submitted after tomorrow, we to international inspectors. this deal, we are only limiting them to will have 60 days to review the terms of Let’s not forget one of the most im- 5,000 centrifuges. You only need a few the agreement. portant things here, the ultimate gift thousand centrifuges to create nuclear Why should the administration fear we have given Iran. This deal will help weapons. It just doesn’t match up. an additional 30 days of review? If this legitimize this rogue regime that will As we talked about, in a negotiation, deal is so good, as the administration not only allow Iran to be viewed as a there should be a mutual benefit. I see keeps telling us, then it should be responsible nation, but it is no longer no benefit for America. strong enough to stand up to congres- going to be the pariah state. We are Again, talking to the experts in For- sional review and congressional scru- going to say it is a trusted member of eign Affairs, I asked them this ques- tiny; but the administration knows the international community, and we tion: With our negotiation with Iran, just how weak this deal will be. have done that. We have granted that where we have given into everything Mr. Speaker, let’s review, as my col- legitimacy with these conversations. and we have got nothing—keep in leagues have done, how far back we Also, the reports indicate—and I mind, we are supposedly the lone su- have slid from conditions that we don’t hear any words to the contrary— perpower of the world—when you go placed on Iran when we started and that Iran may receive a $50 billion into a negotiation like this and you are how much the P5+1 countries have signing bonus, as if this is the NFL operating from a level of weakness and caved through its concessions to this draft, a signing bonus which it will not strength, how does that affect us rogue and dangerous regime. then use to support terror, which it around the world community? Let’s start with this: there are six will use to foment instability, which it The experts told me that it has weak- United Nations Security Council reso- will use to stoke sectarian tensions, ened America’s standing in the world. lutions against Iran and its nuclear which it will use to continue to threat- It has weakened our negotiation power program. Each one of those resolutions en Israel, which it will continue to un- in the world. It has weakened and puts restrictions on Iran and calls for a dermine U.S. national security inter- threatened our security in the Western complete stop on uranium enrichment, ests. Hemisphere. a complete stop. I agree with Mr. COLLINS. I hope the The Supreme Leader argued that it President is listening, but I am sure he had a right to enrich under the non- b 2130 is not; I hope Mr. Kerry is listening, proliferation treaty, the NPT, to which Mr. Speaker, that is what their sign- but I am sure he is not, but I hope this it is a signatory, but of course, all of ing bonus will do. That is what sanc- message gets to them—that, if they are these alleged rights should have been tions relief will do. If the United States going to negotiate for America, they forfeited once it was discovered that is willing to overlook all of these should negotiate from a point of Iran had been in violation of the non- transgressions, all of these crimes, and strength, a point for what is right, not proliferation treaty and other inter- negotiate a deal with Iran without just for our country, but for the Middle national obligations for decades be- pressing for changes in its actions, East and for the rest of the world be- cause it has been operating a covert then it will be seen as an endorsement cause, if America is not strong and if nuclear program; yet the P5+1 coun- of those actions. we do not stand strong, there is not a tries inexplicably ceded the so-called Mr. Speaker, we have every indica- secure world. right to Iran. I thank my colleague from Florida In fact, in 2009, the President clearly tion that we are not going to get what for bringing this up because this is a stated: ‘‘Iran must comply with U.N. any of us would remotely consider to debate the American people need to Security Council resolutions and make be even a halfway good deal. The re- hear. I hope they put pressure on the clear it is willing to meet its respon- quirements for a good deal went out people in charge of this and bring this sibilities as a member of the commu- the window when the negotiators al- negotiation—as they have said over nity of nations.’’ lowed Iran to maintain its entire nu- and over again, a bad deal they will not That ended up not being true, as the clear infrastructure and continue to stand for—this is a bad deal, and this is President has caved on that commit- enrich uranium. something they need to walk away ment. The President has repeatedly It is our obligation, then, to conduct from. stated in the past that Iran doesn’t our proper oversight and review and re- We, in the House of Representatives, need to have a fortified underground ject any nuclear deal that we feel is need to block this in any way that we facility in Fordo, a heavy water reac- not in the best interests of our U.S. na- can. I will not, I shall not, and I cannot tor in Arak, or some of the other ad- tional security. If we do that, we must support this because what I see is we vanced centrifuges that they currently move swiftly to reimpose any sanctions are trying to prevent that which we possess in order to have a peaceful nu- that have been suspended, any sanc- can’t, instead of preparing for that clear program; yet where are we now? tions that have been waived against which will be. Well, Iran will maintain Fordo and the regime, and to ensure that all sanc- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. I thank you, its capacity to produce and store heavy tions are fully and vigorously enforced. Dr. YOHO, and I think you laid out the water while continuing to not just op- Then we must move to enact additional chronology of the long timetable of the erate advanced centrifuges, Mr. Speak- sanctions on the regime until it meets deceit that Iran has been dealing with er, but to also test and conduct re- its international obligations and aban- in terms of their nuclear program. search and development on them as dons its pursuit of an illicit nuclear I thank all of my colleagues, Mr. well—how far we have moved those weapons program. Once upon a time, Speaker, who joined tonight’s Special goalposts. that was the goal.

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The Iranian sanctions States Code, to direct the Secretary of Vet- thing tangible, only to break off when were designed to force the region to erans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran they no longer need what we have been abandon completely its nuclear weap- identification cards to certain veterans. giving them. ons ambitions, to give up its enrich- f I wrote this op-ed on October 19, 2012, ment, and to dismantle its nuclear pro- ADJOURNMENT gram. ‘‘Ros-Lehtinen: Obama Still Trying to Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I Sweet-Talk Iran Out of Building the I should know, Mr. Speaker, because I am the author of several Iran sanc- move that the House do now adjourn. Bomb,’’ and I was talking about the The motion was agreed to; accord- North Korea deal and how that dove- tions bills, including the toughest set of sanctions against this terrible re- ingly (at 9 o’clock and 37 minutes tails with the Iranian deal. I wrote of p.m.), under its previous order, the the dangers of the Obama administra- gime that are currently on the books right now. Sanctions, I might remind House adjourned until tomorrow, tion’s naive view that if we keep talk- Thursday, July 9, 2015, at 10 a.m. for ing, if we keep engaging with this my colleagues and the American peo- ple, that the Obama administration morning-hour debate. rogue regime, then Iran will stop its f drive for nuclear capability. fought us every step of the way or until I stated then, and I believe now, that it was clear that the administration EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, this is what we are witnessing today, could not stop our sanctions from be- ETC. Mr. Speaker, that the Iranians will coming law, and then they said, Okay, Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive give the impression that a deal will be we will accept them. So there is an al- communications were taken from the likely only to then pull away, that Iran ternative to these misguided talks. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: That is how I am going to conclude benefits from dragging out the negotia- my Special Order tonight, Mr. Speaker. 2062. A letter from the Congressional Re- tions as long as possible because, as view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health We must abandon these talks that are Inspection Service, Department of Agri- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia said, the cen- just patently a farce. We immediately trifuges are still spinning, and they culture, transmitting the Department’s final reinstate all sanctions against Iran rule — Importation of Beef From a Region in want to provide its nuclear program that have been eased, that have been Argentina [Docket No.: APHIS-2014-0032] extra time in order to convince the waived, that have been lifted, and that (RIN: 0579-AD92) received July 7, 2015, pursu- world that an agreement is possible, have been ignored by the Obama ad- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public leaving the administration and the EU ministration and enact even tougher Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on to quietly ease sanctions enough to re- sanctions on the regime. Agriculture. vive the stagnant Iranian economy 2063. A letter from the Congressional Re- We were on the brink until Iran re- view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health that had been on the brink of collapse ceived the lifeline that it needed. We Inspection Service, Department of Agri- thanks to the sanctions that Congress gave it to them, and now we are the culture, transmitting the Department’s final placed on them; because that was the ones dangling on it as Iran’s economy rule — Importation of Beef From a Region in intent and the purpose and the objec- is being brought back to life because of Brazil [Docket No.: APHIS-2009-0017] (RIN: tive of the sanctions, not to get them sanctions relief, and the regime has 0579-AD41) received July 7, 2015, pursuant to to negotiate, but to collapse their been gaining concession after conces- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law economy so that they could not pour 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Agri- sion while never once making any culture. money into their terrorist activities change that would substantially and 2064. A letter from the Program Manager, and their covert nuclear program. significantly set back its nuclear ambi- BioPreferred Program, Office of Procure- But what we are seeing now is the ad- tions. ment and Property Management, Depart- ministration and other P5+1 countries So, Mr. Speaker, in the end, I will ment of Agriculture, transmitting the De- will allow the terms of the JPOA and, conclude with this: Reinstating and partment’s final rule — Guidelines for Desig- thus, the easing of sanctions to con- strengthening these sanctions, coupled nating Biobased Products for Federal Pro- with the credible threat that all op- curement (RIN: 0599-AA23) received July 1, tinue to be in place despite having 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added overextended several deadlines. Iran tions are on the table, including the by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- never had any intention of coming to a military option, could act as the deter- mittee on Agriculture. real agreement, and we would be fool- rent, but only if Iran recognizes that 2065. A letter from the Senior Procurement hardy to believe that it does now, not we are in a position of strength. That Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- when it is already getting everything it is why it is important that this body eral Services Administration, transmitting wants. Why should they concede any- speak up. That is why it is important the Administration’s final rule — Federal that we reject any deal we find to be Acquisition Regulation; Prohibition on Con- thing now? tracting with Inverted Domestic Corpora- Mr. Speaker, the only way that Iran insufficient, but we must also not let tions — Representation and Notification will say yes to a deal is if it is so bad billions of dollars flow to the Iranian [FAC 2005-83; FAR Case 2015-006; Item II; and so weak that Iran would be stupid regime. We must start passing legisla- Docket No.: 2015-0006, Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: and silly to walk away from it. Yet tion that would impose tougher sanc- 9000-AM85) received July 2, 2015, pursuant to that is precisely what we are looking tions. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law This is a matter of utmost concern to 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Armed at right now, Mr. Speaker. Either Iran Services. keeps dangling an agreement in front our national security. I urge my col- leagues to remain engaged on this 2066. A letter from the Senior Procurement of the P5+1 and continues to get more Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- issue. sanctions relief, or the P5+1 completely eral Services Administration, transmitting Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance and utterly capitulates to Iranian de- the Administration’s final rule — Federal of my time. mands. Acquisition Regulation; Prohibition on Con- So it is incumbent upon us, Mr. f tracting with Inverted Domestic Corpora- tions [FAC 2005-83; FAR Case 2014-017; Item Speaker, to reject any deal that we LEAVE OF ABSENCE V; ; Docket No.: 2014-0017, Sequence No.: 1] view to be weak, any deal that we per- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- (RIN: 9000-AM70) received July 2, 2015, pursu- ceive to be a bad deal, any deal that is sence was granted to: ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public not in the interests of our U.S. na- Mr. CULBERSON (at the request of Mr. Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on tional security interests. MCCARTHY) for July 7 and today on ac- Armed Services. 2067. A letter from the Counsel, Legal Divi- We must also continue to push back count of a family obligation. on this false binary notion that tells sion, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec- f tion, transmitting the Bureau’s final rule — you that it is either this deal—no mat- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED Defining Larger Participants of the Auto- ter how bad it is—or going to war. That mobile Financing Market and Defining Cer- has been a fundamental misunder- Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, tain Automobile Leasing Activity as a Fi- standing of the purpose of the Iranian reported and found truly enrolled a bill nancial Product or Service [Docket No.:

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A letter from the Director, Regu- transmitting a certification, pursuant to Suspension of Community Eligibility; Maine: latory Management Division, Environmental Sec. 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, Alna, Town of Lincoln County [Docket ID: Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Transmittal No.: DDTC 14-114; to the Com- FEMA-2015-0001] [Internal Agency Docket cy’s final rule — Revisions to the California mittee on Foreign Affairs. No.: FEMA-8387] received July 2, 2015, pursu- State Implementation Plan, Butte County 2086. A letter from the Assistant Director ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Air Quality Management District [EPA-R09- for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Foreign As- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on OAR-2015-0037; FRL-9928-50-Region 9] re- sets Control, Department of the Treasury, Financial Services. ceived July 2, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. transmitting the Department’s final rule — 2069. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Venezuela Sanctions Regulations received for Legislation, Department of Health and Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and July 7, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Human Services, transmitting the 35th An- Commerce. Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the nual Report to Congress on the Implementa- 2078. A letter from the Director, Regu- Committee on Foreign Affairs. tion of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 latory Management Division, Environmental 2087. A letter from the Senior Vice Presi- (the Age Act) for Fiscal Year 2014, pursuant Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- dent and Chief Financial Officer, Federal to Sec. 308(b) of the Age Act; to the Com- cy’s final rule — S-metolachlor; Pesticide Home Loan Bank of Dallas, transmitting the mittee on Education and the Workforce. Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0284; FRL- Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas 2014 man- 2070. A letter from the General Counsel, 9927-85] received July 2, 2015, pursuant to 5 agement report and financial statements, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106; to the Committee transmitting the Corporation’s final rule — 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy on Oversight and Government Reform. 2088. A letter from the Human Resources Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer and Commerce. Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Sin- 2079. A letter from the Director, Regu- Specialist, Drug Enforcement Administra- gle-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions latory Management Division, Environmental tion, Department of Justice, transmitting for Valuing and Paying Benefits received Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- three reports pursuant to the Federal Vacan- cies Reform Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-277; to July 1, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation the Committee on Oversight and Govern- Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ne- braska; Update to Materials Incorporated by ment Reform. Committee on Education and the Workforce. 2089. A letter from the Senior Procurement 2071. A letter from the Assistant General Reference [EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0106; FRL- Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- 9926-49-Region 7] received July 2, 2015, pursu- eral Services Administration, transmitting ergy Efficiency, Office of the General Coun- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public the Administration’s small entity compli- sel, Department of Energy, transmitting the Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on ance guide — Federal Acquisition Regula- Department’s final rule — Energy Conserva- Energy and Commerce. tion; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83; tion Program: Test Procedures for Conven- 2080. A letter from the Director, Regu- Small Entity Compliance Guide [Docket No.: latory Management Division, Environmental tional Ovens [Docket No.: EERE-2012-BT-TP- FAR 2015-0051; Sequence No.: 3] received July Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 0013] (RIN: 1904-AC71) received July 6, 2015, 2, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Kan- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- Committee on Oversight and Government mittee on Energy and Commerce. sas; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reform. 2072. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Reference [EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0104; FRL- 2090. A letter from the Senior Procurement for Legislation, Department of Health and 9926-48-Region 7] received July 2, 2015, pursu- Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- Human Services, transmitting a report enti- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public eral Services Administration, transmitting tled ‘‘Review of Federal Drug Regulations Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on the Administration’s final rule — Federal with Regard to Medical Gases’’, pursuant to Energy and Commerce. Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amend- Sec. 1112(a)(2) of the Food and Drug Adminis- 2081. A letter from the Director, Regu- ments [FAC 2005-83; Item VII; Docket No.: tration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012, latory Management Division, Environmental 2015-0052, Sequence No.: 2] received July 2, Pub. L. 112-144; to the Committee on Energy Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added and Commerce. cy’s final rule — National Emissions Stand- by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- 2073. A letter from the Director, Regula- ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Min- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, eral Wool Production and Wool Fiberglass form. Department of Health and Human Services, Manufacturing [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-1041 and 2091. A letter from the Senior Procurement transmitting the Department’s final rule — EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-1042; FRL-9928-71-OAR] Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- Revocation of General Safety Test Regula- (RIN: 2060-AQ90) received July 2, 2015, pursu- eral Services Administration, transmitting tions That Are Duplicative of Requirements ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public the Administration’s final rule — Federal in Biologics License Applications [Docket Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Acquisition Regulation; Permanent Author- No.: FDA-2014-N-1110] received July 7, 2015, Energy and Commerce. ity for Use of Simplified Acquisition Proce- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by 2082. A letter from the General Counsel, dures for Certain Commercial Items [FAC Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 2005-83; FAR Case 2015-010; Item VI; Docket mittee on Energy and Commerce. transmitting the Commission’s final rule — No.: 2015-0010, Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000- 2074. A letter from the Director, Regu- Revised Exhibit Submission Requirements AN06) received July 2, 2015, pursuant to 5 latory Management Division, Environmental for Commission Hearings [Docket No.: RM15- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 5-000; Order No.: 811] received July 7, 2015, 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Oversight cy’s final rule — Polychlorinated Biphenyls pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by and Government Reform. (PCBs): Revisions to Manifesting Regula- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- 2092. A letter from the Senior Procurement tions; Item Number [EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011- mittee on Energy and Commerce. Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- 0524; FRL-9929-92-OSWER] received July 2, 2083. A letter from the Director, Inter- eral Services Administration, transmitting 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added national Cooperation, Acquisition, Tech- the Administration’s final rule — Federal by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- nology, and Logistics, Office of the Under Acquisition Regulation; Clarification on Jus- mittee on Energy and Commerce. Secretary of Defense, Department of De- tification for Urgent Noncompetitive Awards 2075. A letter from the Director, Regu- fense, transmitting notification of the De- Exceeding One Year [FAC 2005-83; FAR Case latory Management Division, Environmental partment of Defense’s intent to sign the 2014-020; Item IV; Docket No.: 2014-0020, Se- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- agreement between the Department of De- quence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AM86) received July cy’s final rule — Modification of Significant fense of the United States of America and 2, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0649; FRL-9928-93] (RIN: Spain for Research, Development, Test, Committee on Oversight and Government 2070-AB27) received July 2, 2015, pursuant to Evaluation, and Prototyping Projects, pursu- Reform. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law ant to Sec. 27(f) of the Arms Export Control 2093. A letter from the Senior Procurement 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy Act and Executive Order 13637, Transmittal Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- and Commerce. No. 01-15; to the Committee on Foreign Af- eral Services Administration, transmitting 2076. A letter from the Director, Regu- fairs. the Administration’s final rule — Federal latory Management Division, Environmental 2084. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Acquisition Regulation; Update to Product Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, and Service Codes [FAC 2005-83; FAR Case cy’s direct final rule — Revisions to the Cali- transmitting a letter regarding commit- 2015-008; Item III; Docket No.: 2015-0008, Se- fornia State Implementation Plan, Feather ments in the Joint Plan of Action, pursuant quence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AN08) received July

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A bill to amend the Individuals f Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- with Disabilities Education Act to provide eral Services Administration, transmitting REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON certain exceptions to the maintenance of ef- the Administration’s summary presentation PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS fort requirement for local educational agen- of final rules — Federal Acquisition Regula- cies, and for other purposes; to the Com- tion; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83; In- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of mittee on Education and the Workforce. troduction [Docket No.: FAR 2015-0051; Se- committees were delivered to the Clerk By Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself quence No.: 3] received July 2, 2015, pursuant for printing and reference to the proper and Mrs. NOEM): to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law calendar, as follows: H.R. 2966. A bill to amend the purposes of 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Over- Mr. BURGESS: Committee on Rules. House TANF to include reducing poverty by in- sight and Government Reform. Resolution 350. Resolution providing for con- creasing employment entry, retention, and 2095. A letter from the Senior Procurement sideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to accelerate advancement; to the Committee on Ways and Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Gen- the discovery, development, and delivery of Means. eral Services Administration, transmitting 21st century cures, and for other purposes By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana: H.R. 2967. A bill to develop a database of the Administration’s final rule — Federal (Rept. 114–193). Referred to the House Cal- projects that are proven or promising in Acquisition Regulation; Inflation Adjust- endar. ment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds terms of moving welfare recipients into [FAC 2005-83; FAR Case 2014-022; Item I; f work; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Docket No.: 2014-0022, Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana: 9000-AM80) received July 2, 2015, pursuant to H.R. 2968. A bill to provide for the conduct 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law Under clause 2 of rule XII, public of demonstration projects to provide coordi- 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Over- bills and resolutions of the following nated case management services for TANF sight and Government Reform. titles were introduced and severally re- recipients; to the Committee on Ways and 2096. A letter from the Director, Office of ferred, as follows: Means. Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- By Mr. HOLDING: By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, fice’s report on Federal agencies’ use of the H.R. 2969. A bill to eliminate the separate Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. physicians’ comparability allowance pro- participation rate for 2-parent families re- BUTTERFIELD, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- gram, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5948(j) and Execu- ceiving TANF assistance; to the Committee fornia, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- tive Order 12109; to the Committee on Over- on Ways and Means, and in addition to the fornia, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. sight and Government Reform. Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2097. A letter from the Chairwoman, Vice TAKANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RICH- for a period to be subsequently determined Chair, and Commissioner, United States MOND, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Election Assistance Commission, transmit- DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BLU- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- ting the 2014 Election Assistance Commis- MENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. risdiction of the committee concerned. sion’s (EAC) Election Administration and BORDALLO, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. NEAL, Voting Survey (EAVS) Comprehensive Re- Pennsylvania, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. Mr. RANGEL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. LAR- port; to the Committee on House Adminis- CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachu- SON of Connecticut, Mr. MCDERMOTT, tration. setts, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, and 2098. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. Mr. LEVIN): trator for Procurement, Office of Procure- FATTAH, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. AL GREEN of H.R. 2970. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ment, National Aeronautics and Space Ad- Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on ´ ministration, transmitting the Administra- GUTIERREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HONDA, domestic manufacturing income to 20 per- tion’s final rule — NASA FAR Supplement Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIL- cent; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Regulatory Review No. 3 (RIN: 2700-AE19) re- MER, Mr. KIND, Mr. LARSON of Con- By Mr. RICE of South Carolina: ceived July 7, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. necticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. H.R. 2971. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, LEWIS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, enue Code of 1986 to bring certainty to the ´ Sec. 251; to the Committee on Science, Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico, funding of the Highway Trust Fund, and for Space, and Technology. Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 2099. A letter from the Chief, Publications MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NOR- and Means. and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue CROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PLASKETT, By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. SCHA- Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only Mr. POCAN, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ROYBAL- KOWSKY, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SLAUGH- rule — Clarifications to the Requirement in ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. TER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE, Ms. the Treasury Regulations Under Sec. 501(r)(4) LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, that a Hospital Facility’s Financial Assist- SCHIFF, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SWALWELL Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. ELLI- ance Policy Include a List of Providers [No- of California, Mr. TAKAI, Mrs. SON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. FARR, Mr. CON- tice 2015-46] received July 7, 2015, pursuant to TORRES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WILSON YERS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. BEYER, CLARKE of New York, Mr. BLU- 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DELANEY, and Mr. MENAUER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. and Means. KEATING): CA´ RDENAS, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- 2100. A letter from the Director, Office of H.R. 2962. A bill to provide greater access fornia, Mr. NADLER, Ms. DELAURO, Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social to higher education for America’s students; Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Security Administration, transmitting the to the Committee on Education and the Georgia, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Administration’s final rule — Extension of Workforce. Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BROWN of Effective Date for Temporary Pilot Program By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Florida, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. BEYER, Setting the Time and Place for a Hearing Be- LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. NEAL, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of fore an Administrative Law Judge [Docket Mr. BECERRA, Mr. KIND, Mr. ISRAEL, California, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. BONAMICI, No.: SSA-2015-0010] (RIN: 0960-AH75) received Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, July 2, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); TAKANO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. ESTY, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. CLARK of Massa- Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. chusetts, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. RYAN Committee on Ways and Means. NORTON, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. BRADY of Ohio, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 2101. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of Pennsylvania): DESAULNIER, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Mr. for Legislation, Department of Health and H.R. 2963. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ISRAEL, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. Human Services, transmitting a report enti- enue Code of 1986 to encourage domestic FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. tled ‘‘Plan for Expanding Data in the Annual insourcing and discourage foreign outsourc- PINGREE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TONKO, Mr. Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) ing; to the Committee on Ways and Means. ENGEL, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. BASS, Mr. Report’’, pursuant to Sec. 517 of the Medi- By Mrs. BLACKBURN: CUMMINGS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, care Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of H.R. 2964. A bill to provide for enhanced Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 2015, Pub. L. 114-10; jointly to the Commit- Federal, State, and local assistance in the MALONEY of New York, Mr. PRICE of tees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and enforcement of the immigration laws, to North Carolina, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. Means. amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, POCAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. EDWARDS, 2102. A letter from the Assistant Secretary to authorize appropriations to carry out the Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. for Legislation, Department of Health and State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, O’ROURKE, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ADAMS, Human Services, transmitting a report enti- and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mr. WELCH, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. tled ‘‘The Medicare Secondary Payer Com- the Judiciary. COHEN, Ms. BROWNLEY of California,

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Mr. KILMER, and Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN Mr. FATTAH, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, States, and the Nation; to the Committee on GRISHAM of New Mexico): Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Mr. Natural Resources, and in addition to the H.R. 2972. A bill to ensure affordable abor- HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Committees on the Budget, Science, Space, tion coverage and care for every woman, and Mr. HONDA, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, and Technology, Transportation and Infra- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. structure, Energy and Commerce, the Judici- ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the KEATING, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. ary, Ways and Means, and Armed Services, Committees on Ways and Means, and Over- KUSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. LAW- for a period to be subsequently determined sight and Government Reform, for a period RENCE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- to be subsequently determined by the Speak- MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- er, in each case for consideration of such pro- Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MCDERMOTT, risdiction of the committee concerned. visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. committee concerned. MOORE, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. KINZINGER of By Mrs. BLACK: POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. Illinois, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MOULTON, H.R. 2973. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ROYCE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT of Vir- Mr. KEATING, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. CLARK enue Code of 1986 to require for purposes of ginia, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. of Massachusetts, Mr. WELCH, Ms. education tax credit that the student be law- THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMP- KUSTER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CICILLINE, fully present and that the taxpayer provide SON of California, Mrs. WATSON COLE- Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CAPUANO, and the social security number of the student MAN, Mr. WELCH, and Mrs. BUSTOS): Ms. TSONGAS): and the employer identification number of H.R. 2978. A bill to require the Treasury to H.R. 2984. A bill to amend the Federal the educational institution, and for other mint coins in commemoration of the Sesqui- Power Act to provide that any inaction by purposes; to the Committee on Ways and centennial Anniversary of the adoption of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Means. the Thirteenth Amendment to the United that allows a rate change to go into effect By Ms. BROWNLEY of California (for States Constitution, which officially marked shall be treated as an order by the Commis- herself and Mr. BENISHEK): the abolishment of slavery in the United sion for purposes of rehearing and court re- H.R. 2974. A bill to amend the Veterans Ac- States; to the Committee on Financial Serv- view; to the Committee on Energy and Com- cess, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ices, and in addition to the Committee on merce. to increase the duration of follow-up care the Budget, for a period to be subsequently By Mr. LYNCH: provided under the Veterans Choice Pro- determined by the Speaker, in each case for H.R. 2985. A bill to require Federal law en- gram; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- consideration of such provisions as fall with- forcement agencies to report to Congress se- fairs. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- rious crimes, authorized as well as unauthor- By Ms. BROWNLEY of California (for cerned. ized, committed by their confidential in- herself and Mr. DESAULNIER): By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. formants; to the Committee on the Judici- H.R. 2975. A bill to amend title 38, United ELLISON, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. ISRAEL, ary. States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Mr. TAKAI, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. NOR- By Mr. LYNCH: Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits TON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CAPUANO, H.R. 2986. A bill to amend title 28, United of veterans with fiduciaries; to the Com- Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, States Code, with respect to certain tort mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. Mr. KILDEE, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- claims arising out of the criminal mis- By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. BEYER, fornia, and Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN conduct of confidential informants, and for Ms. DELBENE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. GRISHAM of New Mexico): other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- FARR, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. JACKSON H.R. 2979. A bill to allow the Bureau of diciary. LEE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. Consumer Financial Protection to provide By Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Mr. KING MCCOLLUM, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, greater protection to servicemembers; to the of New York, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO- Ms. NORTON, Mr. SMITH of Wash- Committee on Financial Services. NEY of New York, and Mr. LUETKE- ington, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, By Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Mr. MEYER): Mr. LEVIN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. THOMPSON CRAMER): H.R. 2987. A bill to amend the Financial of California, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. BERA, H.R. 2980. A bill to require the Secretary of Stability Act of 2010 to clarify the treatment Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. the Treasury to mint coins in commemora- of certain debt and equity instruments of GRIJALVA, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. ENGEL, tion of the 400th anniversary of arrival of the smaller institutions for purposes of capital and Mr. HONDA): Pilgrims; to the Committee on Financial requirements, and for other purposes; to the H.R. 2976. A bill to replace references to Services. Committee on Financial Services. ‘‘wives’’ and ’’husbands’’ in Federal law with By Mr. HUELSKAMP: By Ms. MOORE (for herself, Mr. PRICE references to ‘‘spouses’’, and for other pur- H.R. 2981. A bill to amend title 38, United of North Carolina, Ms. LEE, Mr. GRI- poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. States Code, to provide that congressional JALVA, and Mr. POCAN): By Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. testimony by Department of Veterans Af- H.R. 2988. A bill to amend the Elementary NADLER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. TAKANO, fairs employees is official duty, and for other and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to es- Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. purposes; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- tablish a grant program to fund additional JACKSON LEE, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, fairs. school social workers and retain school so- Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- By Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself and Mr. cial workers already employed in high-need gia, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HECK of Washington): local educational agencies; to the Committee DESAULNIER, and Mr. GRAYSON): H.R. 2982. A bill to amend title I of the Na- on Education and the Workforce. H.R. 2977. A bill to ensure the privacy and tional Housing Act to modify premium By Mr. ROONEY of Florida (for him- security of sensitive personal information, to charges and the dollar amount limitation on self, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. prevent and mitigate identity theft, to pro- loans for financing alterations, repairs, and LEE, and Mr. FORTENBERRY): vide notice of security breaches involving improvements to, or conversion of, existing H.R. 2989. A bill to encourage the warring sensitive personal information, and to en- structures, including energy efficiency or parties of South Sudan to resolve their con- hance law enforcement assistance and other water conserving home improvements, and flict peacefully, and for other purposes; to protections against security breaches, fraud- for other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad- ulent access, and misuse of personal informa- nancial Services. dition to the Committee on the Judiciary, tion; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and By Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. for a period to be subsequently determined in addition to the Committees on Energy and FARR, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Commerce, Financial Services, and the DESAULNIER, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Budget, for a period to be subsequently de- fornia, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, risdiction of the committee concerned. termined by the Speaker, in each case for Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania consideration of such provisions as fall with- TAKAI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, (for himself and Mr. LANGEVIN): in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. H. Res. 349. A resolution supporting the cerned. SWALWELL of California, Ms. LOF- goals and ideals of Family, Career and Com- By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois GREN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. O’ROURKE, Ms. munity Leaders of America; to the Com- (for himself, Mr. SHIMKUS, Ms. BASS, LEE, Mr. BERA, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. mittee on Education and the Workforce. Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER (for her- Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BRADY of Penn- GRIJALVA, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of self, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. sylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. PIN- NEWHOUSE, Mr. REICHERT, and Mrs. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. GREE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. TITUS, MCMORRIS RODGERS): CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. H. Res. 351. A resolution expressing the Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, RUIZ, Mrs. DAVIS of California, and sense of the House of Representatives regard- Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CON- Ms. BROWNLEY of California): ing hydroelectric power; to the Committee YERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, H.R. 2983. A bill to provide drought assist- on Energy and Commerce. Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. ance and improved water supply reliability By Mr. PITTS (for himself and Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FARR, to the State of California, other western MCGOVERN):

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States Constitution, to ‘‘provide for the com- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mrs. mon Defence and general Welfare of the Article I, Section 8. ‘‘The Congress shall NAPOLITANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. United States.’’ have the power . . . to coin Money, regulate SWALWELL of California, Mr. By Mr. KIND: the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and DESAULNIER, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- H.R. 2970. fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;’’ fornia, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. HUELSKAMP: Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. HONDA, Mrs. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2981. TORRES, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. LANGEVIN, Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. FARR, Mr. RUIZ, ‘‘All Bills for raising Revenue shall lation pursuant to the following: and Mr. MCGOVERN): orginate in the House of Representatives’’ Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of H. Res. 353. A resolution honoring the ac- By Mr. RICE of South Carolina: the United States. complishments and legacy of Juan Felipe H.R. 2971. By Mr. HUFFMAN: Herrera; to the Committee on House Admin- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2982. istration. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress lation pursuant to the following: f shall have the Power To lay and collect Article I, Section 8 Clause 18: To make all CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay Laws which shall be necessary and proper for STATEMENT the Debts and provide for the common carrying into Excution the foregoing Powers, By Ms. LEE: and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of H.R. 2972. tion in the Government of the United States, the Rules of the House of Representa- Congress has the power to enact this legis- or in any Department or office thereof. tives, the following statements are sub- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. HUFFMAN: mitted regarding the specific powers This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 2983. granted to Congress in the Constitu- granted to Congress under Article I of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion to enact the accompanying bill or United States Constitution and its subse- lation pursuant to the following: joint resolution. quent amendments, and further clarified and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress interpreted by the Supreme Court of the shall have power to lay and collect taxes, du- By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: United States. ties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts H.R. 2962. By Mrs. BLACK: and provide for the common defense and gen- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2973. eral welfare of the United States; but all du- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- ties, imposts and excises shall be uniform Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: throughout the United States. tion Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate By Mr. PASCRELL: The Congress shall have the Power to lay commerce with foreign nations, and among H.R. 2963. and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Ex- the several states, and with the Indian tribes Congress has the power to enact this legis- cises, to pay the Debts and provide for the Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all lation pursuant to the following: common Defense and general Welfare of the laws which shall be necessary and proper for Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States; but all Duties, Imposts and carrying into execution the foregoing pow- lation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Excises shall be uniform throughout the ers, and all other powers vested by this Con- Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. United States. stitution in the government of the United By Mrs. BLACKBURN: States, or in any department or officer H.R. 2964. By Ms. BROWNLEY of California: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2974. thereof lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No money Article I, Section 8 ‘‘necessary and proper’’ lation pursuant to the following: shall be drawn from the treasury, but in con- clause. Article 1, Section 8 sequence of appropriations made by law; and By Mr. WALBERG: By Ms. BROWNLEY of California: a regular statement and account of receipts H.R. 2965. H.R. 2975. and expenditures of all public money shall be Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- published from time to time. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. KENNEDY: Article 1, Section 8. Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 2984. Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with for- By Mrs. CAPPS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- eign Nations, and among the several States, H.R. 2976. lation pursuant to the following: and with the Indian tribes; Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8—to provide for the gen- Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be lation pursuant to the following: eral welfare, and to regulate commerce necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the among the states. cution the foregoing Powers, and all other Constitution and section 5 of Amendment By Mr. LYNCH: Powers vested by this Constitution in the XIV to the Constitution. H.R. 2985. Government of the United States, or in any By Mr. CICILLINE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Department or Officer thereof. H.R. 2977. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. SMITH of Missouri: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 H.R. 2966. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. LYNCH: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8 H.R. 2986. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United H.R. 2978. lation pursuant to the following: States Constitution, to ‘‘provide for the com- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 mon Defense and general Welfare of the lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. MEEKS: United States.’’ Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 H.R. 2987. By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana: The Congress shall have Power to coin Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2967. Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights According to Aricle I Section 8 of the U.S. lation pursuant to the following: and Measures. Constitution, ‘‘The Congress shall have Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United By Ms. DUCKWORTH: Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be States Constitution, to ‘‘provide for the com- H.R. 2979. necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- mon Defence and general Welfare of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- cution the foregoing Powers, and all other United States.’’ lation pursuant to the following: Powers vested by this Constitution in the By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana: ‘‘The constitutional authority of Congress Governance of the United States, or in any H.R. 2968. to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- Department or Office thereof.’’ Under Article Congress has the power to enact this legis- cle I, section 8, clause 18 of the United States 1 Section 8 clauses 2 and 5 of the Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: Constitution which gives Congress the au- tion, Congress possesses the authority to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United thority to ‘‘make all Laws which shall be ‘‘borrow Money on the credit of the United States Constitution, to ‘‘provide for the com- necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- States,’’ and ‘‘coin money, regulate the mon Defence and general Welfare of the cution the foregoing Powers, and all other value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the United States.’’ Powers vested by this Constitution in the standards of weights and measures’’. Given By Mr. HOLDING: Government of the United States, or in any the Congressional authorities enumerated H.R. 2969. Department or Officer thereof.’’ above, I submit the attached legislation.

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By Ms. MOORE: of Illinois, Mr. ROKITA, and Mr. SAM JOHNSON H.R. 2285: Mr. KATKO. H.R. 2988. of Texas. H.R. 2287: Mrs. BUSTOS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1100: Mr. WALKER, Mr. CARSON of Indi- H.R. 2293: Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: ana, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MOORE, Article 1, Section 8 KATKO. and Mr. TAKANO. By Mr. ROONEY of Florida: H.R. 1112: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LYNCH, and H.R. 2302: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. H.R. 2989. Mr. NOLAN. H.R. 2304: Mr. PETERS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1130: Mr. HONDA and Miss RICE of New H.R. 2315: Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: York. LANCE, and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Article 1, Section 8—to regulate commerce H.R. 1148: Mr. YODER. H.R. 2335: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. with foreign nations, & among the several H.R. 1174: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, H.R. 2342: Mr. HECK of Washington. states, and with indian tribes; to make all Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. GENE GREEN of H.R. 2355: Mr. LEVIN and Ms. TITUS. laws which shall be necessary & proper for Texas, and Mr. PIERLUISI. H.R. 2361: Mr. PETERS. carrying into execution the foregoing pow- H.R. 1178: Mr. WELCH, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. H.R. 2398: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. ers— LANCE. H.R. 2403: Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. H.R. 1197: Mr. O’ROURKE. H.R. 2404: Mr. COHEN. f H.R. 1215: Mr. BYRNE. H.R. 2407: Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. H.R. 1270: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. BARR, and Mr. ROONEY of Florida. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS DAMS APPS GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. JONES, Mr. H.R. 2410: Ms. A and Mrs. C . H.R. 2429: Ms. LEE, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors ROTHFUS, Mr. FLORES, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl- COHEN. were added to public bills and resolu- vania, and Mr. RENACCI. H.R. 2441: Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 1288: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ROSS, tions, as follows: H.R. 2449: Mr. KEATING, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. WALKER, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. H.R. 167: Mr. COURTNEY and Mr. MOULTON. Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SMITH of PETERSON, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. LARSEN H.R. 169: Mr. COHEN. Washington, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of of Washington, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. H.R. 210: Mr. ALLEN. Washington, Mr. HIMES, Mr. LARSON of Con- FARENTHOLD, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. H.R. 213: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- necticut, and Ms. MOORE. MASSIE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, and Ms. vania. H.R. 2450: Mr. MURPHY of Florida. ADAMS. H.R. 251: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 2466: Mr. DESANTIS and Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 1299: Mr. MEADOWS. H.R. 291: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 2500: Mr. PERLMUTTER. H.R. 1301: Mr. KLINE. H.R. 318: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. H.R. 2520: Mr. HARRIS. H.R. 1378: Mr. HONDA. H.R. 320: Mr. HONDA. H.R. 2521: Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. JEFFRIES, and H.R. 1427: Mr. VEASEY, Ms. TSONGAS, Mrs. H.R. 348: Mr. MESSER. Mr. BLUMENAUER. BEATTY, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. ROONEY of Flor- H.R. 353: Mr. PERRY and Mr. KIND. H.R. 2526: Mr. BENISHEK. ida, and Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of H.R. 423: Mr. STIVERS. H.R. 2551: Mr. TROTT. New Mexico. H.R. 456: Mr. WALKER. H.R. 2557: Mr. MCKINLEY. H.R. 1448: Ms. BROWN of Florida. H.R. 465: Mr. BURGESS, Mr. SMITH of Ne- H.R. 2590: Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. H.R. 1475: Mr. GIBSON and Ms. KUSTER. braska, and Mr. HARRIS. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. H.R. 1478: Mr. CRAMER. H.R. 508: Ms. PINGREE. H.R. 2604: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 1479: Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. H.R. 510: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2606: Mr. HURT of Virginia. H.R. 1528: Mr. BOST. H.R. 540: Mr. RUSSELL and Mr. LUCAS. H.R. 2610: Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 1559: Mr. VEASEY, Mr. VALADAO, and H.R. 556: Ms. TSONGAS and Ms. BROWNLEY H.R. 2646: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. of California. BERA, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. COLLINS of New H.R. 1600: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H.R. 602: Ms. JENKINS of Kansas and Mr. York. H.R. 1604: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. LAMBORN. H.R. 2653: Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. HARPER, and H.R. 1610: Mr. MOULTON. H.R. 625: Ms. KUSTER. Ms. FOXX. H.R. 1625: Mr. LANCE. H.R. 2654: Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. H.R. 680: Mr. THOMPSON of California. H.R. 1627: Mrs. BLACKBURN. O’ROURKE, and Mr. NORCROSS. H.R. 692: Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. COLLINS of H.R. 1655: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa and Mrs. H.R. 2658: Mr. ISRAEL. Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. KELLY BEATTY. H.R. 2659: Mr. PERLMUTTER. of Pennsylvania, Mr. LATTA, Mr. NEUGE- H.R. 1671: Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia. H.R. 2675: Mr. GROTHMAN and Mr. BUCK. BAUER, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, and Mr. WALBERG. H.R. 1683: Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 2698: Mr. SHIMKUS and Mr. KING of H.R. 699: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. H.R. 1684: Mr. ZELDIN. Iowa. H.R. 700: Mr. VEASEY and Mr. LARSEN of H.R. 1686: Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 2713: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. Washington. H.R. 1688: Mr. KILDEE and Mrs. BUSTOS. TORRES, Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. CONYERS. H.R. 703: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BROOKS of Ala- H.R. 1717: Mr. NADLER, Mrs. DINGELL, and H.R. 2742: Mr. POCAN and Mr. BEYER. bama, Mr. CULBERSON, and Mr. WILLIAMS. Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mex- H.R. 2749: Mr. GOSAR. H.R. 704: Mr. JONES. ico. H.R. 2752: Mrs. BUSTOS. H.R. 748: Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 1733: Ms. SLAUGHTER and Mrs. NAPOLI- H.R. 2769: Mr. HILL. H.R. 767: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. TANO. H.R. 2799: Mr. COLLINS of New York. H.R. 768: Mr. VEASEY. H.R. 1737: Mr. PETERSon, Mrs. TORRES, and H.R. 2800: Mrs. WAGNER. H.R. 771: Mr. JEFFRIES. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. H.R. 2802: Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WESTERMAN, H.R. 785: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 1814: Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. SIRES, Mr. Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BARTON, Mr. BISHOP H.R. 799: Mr. COLLINS of New York. DEFAZIO, Ms. ESTY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, of Michigan, Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, Mr. H.R. 824: Mr. HARRIS. Mrs. TORRES, and Mr. BERA. PERRY, Mr. WALKER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. H.R. 840: Ms. CLARKE of New York. H.R. 1836: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. ROBY, and Mr. GOODLATTE. H.R. 842: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of H.R. 1853: Ms. DELBENE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. H.R. 2805: Mr. CARNEY and Miss RICE of New Mexico. HARRIS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU New York. H.R. 879: Mr. ROE of Tennessee. of California, and Mr. RUSSELL. H.R. 2811: Mr. KILMER. H.R. 885: Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. H.R. 1861: Mr. HULTGREN. H.R. 2815: Mr. GRAYSON. H.R. 953: Mr. CICILLINE and Mr. LANCE. H.R. 1884: Mr. DONOVAN. H.R. 2817: Mr. FORTENBERRY. H.R. 969: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. H.R. 1921: Mr. TROTT. H.R. 2824: Mr. HASTINGS and Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 985: Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CARTER of Texas, H.R. 1926: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 2849: Ms. SLAUGHTER and Ms. and Mr. PETERS H.R. 1942: Mr. SANFORD and Mr. ZELDIN. BROWNLEY of California. H.R. 986: Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia. H.R. 1969: Mrs. BUSTOS and Ms. SINEMA. H.R. 2850: Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. H.R. 997: Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 1977: Ms. ADAMS. POCAN, Mr. DOLD, and Mr. HIMES. H.R. 1002: Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. H.R. 1986: Mr. WESTERMAN. H.R. 2863: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida and Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. GRAHAM, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and H.R. 2005: Ms. TITUS. DEUTCH. Mr. RENACCI. H.R. 2009: Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. H.R. 2866: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. H.R. 1027: Mr. COHEN and Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. H.R. 2016: Mr. TED LIEU of California. VEASEY, and Ms. TITUS. H.R. 1086: Mrs. BLACKBURN. H.R. 2030: Mr. RANGEL. H.R. 2867: Mr. POLIS, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. H.R. 1087: Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. H.R. 2041: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. DELBENE. H.R. 1089: Mr. POCAN. H.R. 2083: Ms. CLARKE of New York and Mr. H.R. 2878: Mr. HUELSKAMP. H.R. 1094: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, CARSON of Indiana. H.R. 2903: Mr. NOLAN. Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. H.R. 2110: Mr. PETERS. H.R. 2905: Mr. SANFORD, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. WALKER, Mr. H.R. 2130: Mr. RATCLIFFE. GOHMERT, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BROOKS of Ala- BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. H.R. 2138: Mrs. WAGNER. bama, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. PITTS, DOLD, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. YODER, Mr. ROE of H.R. 2221: Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. SALMON, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Tennessee, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS H.R. 2259: Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. MESSER.

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H.R. 2909: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H.J. Res. 55: Mr. GUTHRIE and Mr. GRIF- H. Res. 24: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. H.R. 2920: Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. FITH. H. Res. 112: Mrs. BUSTOS. DELBENE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. COHEN, Ms. H. Con. Res. 17: Mr. WEBER of Texas. H. Res. 235: Mr. JEFFRIES. EDWARDS, Mr. LANCE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. H. Con. Res. 40: Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. BASS, H. Res. 282: Mr. VEASEY. LANGEVIN, and Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. COOPER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H. Res. 293: Mr. DESANTIS. H.R. 2937: Mr. KATKO, Mr. BARLETTA, and Texas, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. H. Res. 294: Mr. SIRES, Ms. CLARK of Massa- ´ Mr. KLINE. CARDENAS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. chusetts, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. QUIGLEY, CAPUANO, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, H.R. 2941: Mr. ABRAHAM. JUDY CHU of California, and Ms. FRANKEL of and Mr. VARGAS. H.J. Res. 9: Mr. KING of Iowa and Mr. BOU- Florida. H. Res. 310: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN and Mr. TED STANY. H. Con. Res. 50: Ms. GABBARD and Mr. LIEU of California. H.J. Res. 14: Mr. BRAT. MCGOVERN. H. Res. 337: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. H.J. Res. 22: Mr. NEAL and Mr. POLIS. H. Con. Res. 57: Ms. ESTY. H. Res. 344: Mr. VAN HOLLEN.

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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 No. 105 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was namic. We thought it was time for bi- Instead of more Federal control, the called to order by the President pro partisan action instead. That is why we bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act tempore (Mr. HATCH). are taking up the Every Child Achieves aims to empower teachers, parents, and f Act today. It is bipartisan legislation students to improve education where drafted by a Republican former Edu- they live. It would restore responsi- PRAYER cation Secretary, Senator ALEXANDER, bility and accountability to States and The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- and a Democratic former preschool local school districts. It would give fered the following prayer: teacher, Senator MURRAY. It passed them increased flexibility to design Let us pray. through committee with the support of and implement their own education Eternal God, Your mercies endure every single Democrat and every single standards and programs. This bipar- forever. You continue to protect us Republican. tisan bill would also allow States to de- with Your loving kindness, putting our Just think about it. From third rail velop their own accountability models enemies to shame. Be a shield for our to unanimous bipartisan support, now to include other measures beyond test- Senators, preparing them for every that is an impressive achievement. It ing to determine student achievement challenge and fortifying them for every shows how a functioning committee and school quality and to determine adversity. Lord, use them to show process and a functioning Senate can, the best ways to turn around underper- forth all Your marvelous works, con- with hard work from Senators such as forming schools. tinuing to be their high tower in trou- ALEXANDER and MURRAY, break Nothing out of Washington could through the gridlock. It is another en- bled times. May they not forget to ever solve all of our education chal- couraging sign for Americans who like serve all the people, including the op- lenges overnight, but the Every Child what they are seeing from a new Con- pressed, the marginalized, the lost, the Achieves Act takes positive steps for- gress that is back to work and back on lonely, the last, and the least. Inspire ward. It recognizes that your local them to live lives that show Your good- their side. The American people know education school board shouldn’t, in effect, be run ness to our Nation and world. from hundreds or even thousands of We pray in Your great Name. Amen. is an issue that touches almost every single person in our country. They miles away. It recognizes that States f know how critical it is to our chil- and parents are going to know far more PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE dren’s future and many are upset with about the needs of their schools and their students than some detached bu- The President pro tempore led the an education system in desperate need reaucrat in Washington. There are Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: of reform. Although No Child Left Behind was ideas both parties should support and, I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the in fact, there are ideas both parties United States of America, and to the Repub- well intentioned and laid the ground lic for which it stands, one nation under God, work for important reform to our edu- just did support unanimously in com- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. cation system, it is now clear that mittee. If Senators have changes they would f some of its requirements have become unachievable. For instance, basically like to see in the bill, now is the time RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY every school is now considered failing for colleagues to work with the bill LEADER under the law, and because the law has managers to get their amendments The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. become so broken, the administration moving. We already have several lined COATS). The majority leader is recog- has found ways to effectively dictate up. nized. education policy from the executive This is a good debate for the country, f branch. That is not the right approach so let’s continue working cooperatively for our kids. The White House across the aisle to empower States and EVERY CHILD ACHIEVES ACT shouldn’t be trying to run your local parents, instead of Federal bureau- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, Re- school board. crats, to enact the education policies publicans and Democrats have long The Every Child Achieves Act would that actually work for their students. agreed that the No Child Left Behind put an end to that kind of control from law is broken and needs to be fixed, but thousands of miles away. It would do f the Senate didn’t do anything about it so by eliminating onerous Federal for 7 long years, missing its deadlines mandates and reining in the power of RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY repeatedly. the executive branch so States cannot LEADER The new majority in Congress be coerced into adopting measures such The PRESIDING OFFICER. The thought it was time to change that dy- as Common Core. Democratic leader is recognized.

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Don’t just take my word for it. cational agencies to use parent and family kin, if he were here, would be on the There are Republicans in the House engagement funds for financial literacy ac- floor taking issue with what the Re- who believe the time for games and tivities. publican leader just said. brinkmanship should be over. The New Alexander (for Rounds/Udall) amendment Tom Harkin tried very hard to have York Times today reports that high- No. 2078 (to amendment No. 2089), to require a reauthorization of the elementary ranking Republicans in the House are the Secretary of Education and the Sec- calling for negotiations again now: retary of the Interior to conduct a study re- and secondary education bill. Why garding elementary and secondary education didn’t he get it? Because Republicans Senior House Appropriations Committee in rural or poverty areas of Indian country. blocked us from doing it. So it is nice members, including the panel’s chairman, Murray (for Reed/Cochran) amendment No. that my friend the Republican leader Representative Harold Rogers of Kentucky, 2085 (to amendment No. 2089), to amend the comes and talks about all the great have already told Republican leaders that Elementary and Secondary Education Act of things being done in Congress now, but the time to negotiate a way out of the im- 1965 regarding school librarians and effective passe is now, not in the shadow of a papal the fact is it could have been done school library programs. visit or a government shutdown on October Murray (for Warner) amendment No. 2086 many years ago had we had a little bit 1. (to amendment No. 2089), to enable the use of of cooperation from the Republicans. There is also in this same article, in certain State and local administrative funds The new Republican majority has ig- the last paragraph, something that is for fiscal support teams. nored upcoming deadlines and ne- quite important. Toomey amendment No. 2094 (to amend- glected to address urgent problems fac- ment No. 2089), to protect our children from ing our great country. I am saying ‘‘The reality is we still live in a divided convicted pedophiles, child molesters, and that—and that is just an understate- government,’’ Mr. Cole said. other sex offenders infiltrating our schools ment. Instead, they have governed He is one of the senior Members of and from schools ‘‘passing the trash’’ helping through a series of last-minute, manu- the House Republican caucus. pedophiles obtain jobs at other schools. factured crises that increase uncer- ‘‘It’s not as if the Democrats can be shut The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tainty and impose unnecessary and out. . . .’’ ator from Tennessee. wasteful costs on our country. In just a And we proved that with a vote on Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, as few minutes, we are going to debate the Democratic response to the efforts the Democratic leader leaves the floor, the education matter, as we should. to move to Defense appropriations. I thank him again for his cooperation But as important as that is, it is ex- Continuing: and that of Senator MURRAY of Wash- ington in creating an environment in tremely important we don’t take our ‘‘It’s not as if the Democrats can be shut eye off the prize. And what is that? Be- out, but they can’t dictate to us any more which we can move ahead on this bill. cause in just a few months, the govern- than we can dictate to them. It’s time to sit I greatly appreciate that and so do ment is going to run out of money. Un- down and see if we can make a deal.’’ other Senators. That is demonstrated less we can reach a bipartisan budget We can reach a deal. with the fact that we have had dozens agreement, our Nation will be faced So I urge Republicans to follow the of Senators who have come forward with yet another ridiculous and dam- leadership of Chairman ROGERS and with amendments. Dozens of amend- aging government shutdown. long-time Representative COLE and ments have been agreed to, and Sen- Now, my Republican colleagues un- work to get this process going now. ator MURRAY and I will be recom- derstand what I just said because they Let’s not wait yet another week. Cer- mending to the full Senate that we are the ones who created the last gov- tainly we shouldn’t wait any longer. adopt those amendments soon. ernment shutdown. It was a crushing Let’s move forward. Let’s not wait I wish to take a moment to reflect on blow to our economy. Sadly, the only until the last minute. Let’s not risk what we are doing in the Senate today. reason we were able to reopen the gov- another shutdown. Let’s sit down and We spent a lot of time on national de- ernment is because Democrats voted talk to each other and reach a bipar- fense issues. The distinguished Senator almost unanimously to reopen the gov- tisan budget agreement on behalf of who is presiding today is a member of ernment. Sadly, to just take one exam- the American people. The President our Intelligence Committee. He hears a ple, well over half of the Republicans, and his people would be happy to be en- great deal about ISIS, Iran, and the nu- about two-thirds of the Republicans in gaged any time on this. clear deal we might have and about the House, voted to keep the govern- I certainly hope we can move forward what is going on in Syria and Lebanon, ment closed. How about that. and not have another repeat of what and we want to do our best to be strong So another government shutdown the Republicans did to this country militarily so we can defend ourselves would be unacceptable. But remember, just a short time ago and close it down. in the world. We also want to be strong it has been done before—with joy—by at home. We want to make sure we my Republican colleagues. Sequestra- f have a strong country. tion is another thing they seem to like. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME Almost all of us agree that the single So having had that as a historical most important thing we can do to en- background, we ought to be able to get The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under sure our future is to make sure our together, compromise, and reach a bi- the previous order, the leadership time children and our adults continue to de- partisan solution for our country in a is reserved. velop their educational skills, that timely, responsible way. You would f they learn what they need to know and think so. be able to do. EVERY CHILD ACHIEVES ACT OF As happened here before we left for I know in my home State of Ten- 2015 the July 4th recess, there was an effort nessee we are trying to compete with made to move to the Defense appro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the whole world. We are making cars, priations bill, and that was stopped be- the previous order, the Senate will re- guns, trucks, all sorts of computers, cause we believe that what we need to sume consideration of S. 1177, which and all sorts of manufactured goods fund more than defense is we need to the clerk will now report. that we sell not only in the United fund the whole government. We stand The senior assistant legislative clerk States, but we sell them around the ready to work with Republicans to read as follows: world. You walk into the Nissan plant reach a bipartisan solution. Unfortu- A bill (S. 1177) to reauthorize the Elemen- in Tennessee, which has 7,000 or 8,000 nately, it seems as if Republican lead- tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to employees today, it is the largest auto ership shows no interest in com- ensure that every child achieves. plant in North America, the most effi- promise. Democrats have urged them Pending: cient, and very important to our State. to come to the table now, and they Alexander/Murray amendment No. 2089, in It has helped to raise our family in- have refused. the nature of a substitute. comes more than almost anything that

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In other were going. The States were going in committee, as the majority leader has words, they have to do well in schools, the direction of better teaching, higher said. It has on it some of the most lib- and they have to do well in postsec- standards, and real accountability. eral Democrats and some of the most ondary education, which is a separate Mainly because of the advantage of conservative Republicans. So you discussion. age, I happened to have been in the would think we would have a hard time So we are talking today on the Sen- middle of all that. I was Governor when getting together, but we did pretty ate floor—and the House is talking to- ‘‘A Nation at Risk’’ came out in 1983 well. We listened to each other, and we morrow—about what we can do as the and Terrel Bell, President Reagan’s adjusted our views. We considered a lot Congress to create an environment in Secretary of Education, said if a for- of amendments, and we adopted 29. which our children can succeed in eign country had done to our schools When it came time to decide if we had schools. That is not always on the what we had done, we would consider it done well enough to bring it to the front pages in Washington, DC, but I an act of war. So Governors went to floor, the vote was unanimous. Every can guarantee it is on the front pages work on that. single Senator voted for that. at home. It is on the front pages in the In the mid-1980s, Governors worked So we are in a situation today where rural areas of New Mexico, Indiana, together for a whole year to try to get we have a chance to succeed. The and in the cities of New York and Ten- better results, and then throughout the House of Representatives, apparently, nessee because parents care about it, 1990s and then on into the last 10 or 15 will vote tomorrow on No Child Left students care about it, and it is about years. Now, what has been different Behind—on their version of the bill. If our future. about the last 10 or 15 years is that the things continue to proceed as they are The Federal Government has a lim- Federal Government has gotten more today, we should finish our work next ited role in elementary and secondary involved. In 2001, there was No Child week. Senator MURRAY and I have education. The bill we are debating Left Behind. The major contribution of stayed in touch with President Obama today is called the Elementary and No Child Left Behind was to say that and Secretary Duncan, and we know Secondary Education Act. It funds only we would like to know how the chil- that, in the end, if we get a result, we about 4 percent of what the Nation dren are doing—all 50 million of them. will need to have a Presidential signa- spends on kindergarten through 12th So they each were to take a test, two ture. We want a result. We are not here grade. The Federal Government funds in each year—third grade through the to make a political statement. The another 4 or 5 percent through dif- eighth grade, for example, and then lives of the children and the future of ferent programs, but States and local again in high school—in reading and our country are too important for that. governments fund about 90 percent of math, and then they would take three We are not here to play games. We can what goes on in the schools. science tests. Through their career, do that in other places. We are here to Not only is most of the funding ac- there were 17 tests. get a result and help move our country tion local, but so is most of the real The testimony before our education forward and do it together. work—most of the real work. We have committee says those tests should take I see Senator MURRAY is here. So I 100,000 public schools. We have 50 mil- about 2 hours each. It is not a lot of will conclude my remarks and give her lion children in those schools and 3.5 time. That should be publicly reported, a chance to say whatever she might like to say. I will conclude with these million teachers. No one is wise enough and then you disaggregate those tests thoughts. One of the questions we hear to know what to do about helping a by various groups so we can see if we is: Are the States really prepared to ac- third grader learn in a native village in are leaving children behind. Are we cept this much responsibility? Alaska, in the mountains of Tennessee, leaving the African-American kids be- Now, to a former Governor, such as I and in the center of Harlem at the hind? Are we leaving the White moun- am, that is a strange question. I look same time. The ones who are closest to tain kids behind? That is information up at Washington when I am home and the children have the most chance to that we need to know as a society. I say: Are you prepared to accept all of The bipartisan legislation we are de- make a difference. Now, does that this? I trust us. I trust the State much bating on the floor keeps those tests mean we have nothing to do here about more than Washington. But it is a le- because we need to know those meas- it? No, I don’t think it does. I think gitimate question. I would answer that, education is a national concern. But ures of achievement. But what our leg- No. 1, States are better prepared today that doesn’t mean it has to be a Fed- islation does that is different is it says than they were 15 years ago. eral concern run from Washington and we are going to do something different I ask unanimous consent to have the U.S. Department of Education. about what we do about the results of printed in the RECORD an op-ed from The first President Bush, in 1989, those tests. We are going to restore the Washington Post from last week- called all the Governors together and that responsibility to the States, the end written by Anne Holton, the Sec- established national education goals in classroom teachers, the school boards, retary of Education of Virginia. math, science, English, history, and ge- and to the parents. That is where that There being no objection, the mate- ography. But he didn’t pass a law about belongs, and that has produced a re- rial was ordered to be printed in the that. He just created a consensus about markable consensus. RECORD, as follows: that, and then he led the country in Newsweek magazine said this week [From the Washington Post, July 3, 2015] that No Child Left Behind is the edu- that direction, first through America REVISING—NOT ELIMINATING—TESTS TO MAKE 2000, which works State by State and cation law that everybody wants to VA. SCHOOLS BETTER community by community toward fix—a remarkable consensus about (By Anne Holton) those goals. That was in the early that. And that is true. We hear it from As the 12-year-old daughter of then-Gov. 1990s. everyone. But what is even more re- Linwood Holton Jr., I helped integrate our That was when we worked together markable is that there is also a con- formerly racially divided public schools here to create higher standards for States. sensus about how to fix it. That in Virginia. I have spent much of my work- If you are going to have goals, you emerged during our hearings this year, ing life focused on children and families at have to have standards. Where do you as Senator MURRAY, the Senator from the margin, with full appreciation of the cru- get those? Well, Governors worked to- Washington and the senior Democrat cial role education can and must play in gether to create them—voluntary na- on our Senate committee that deals helping young people escape poverty and be- come successful adults. tional standards. Then tests were de- with education, looked at the last two As Virginia’s education secretary, I over- veloped to see how you were doing on Congresses—as I did—and she said: see one of the strongest public education sys- the standards—voluntary tests. Then Well, you know, we haven’t done so tems in the nation. Our graduation rates are

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Standards of Learning (SOL) accountability aside partisan concerns, find commonalities I would encourage any Senator with system Virginia implemented in the 1990s. and take action this year to fix No Child another amendment to come to the The rest of the nation followed in Virginia’s Left Behind so that we can move all our chil- footsteps when No Child Left Behind was dren forward on the road to success. floor quickly and let us know about it, signed into law in 2001. Virginia led again Mr. ALEXANDER. Ms. Holton start- because other Senators have—and Sen- when we moved several years ago from as- ed out in a very prominent Republican ator MURRAY and I have agreed on—a sessing for minimum competency to our cur- family in Virginia, and she ended up in large number of amendments already rent college- and career-readiness standards, a very prominent Democratic family in that we are going to recommend the complete with rigorous, high-stakes testing. Senate adopt by consent. We will have Our successes have come with challenges. Virginia. But as she points out in her remarks, their work in education is bi- a vote probably around noon. We will Parents, educators and students resound- vote again this afternoon and again to- ingly tell us that our kids are over-tested partisan. She makes the point about and over-stressed. Eight- and 10-year-olds how much progress Virginia has made morrow morning. We want to finish as suffer through multi-hour tests that measure in terms of goals, standards, account- quickly as possible. Hopefully, the House will succeed, their endurance more than their learning. ability, and testing. It is very impres- and we will put our bills together and Barely verbal special education students sive, and most States can say the whose individualized education plans are fo- present the President with a bill he can same. cused on independent living skills are in- sign, and we will fix No Child Left Be- stead drilled incessantly on a handful of What has happened in the last 15 years is that Governors, school leaders, hind, which is the bill Newsweek maga- facts for a modified SOL exam. Teachers are zine said is the education law that ev- teaching to the tests. Students’ and teach- educators, and parents have worked to- gether and created standards, tests, erybody wants to fix. ers’ love of learning and teaching are sapped. I yield the floor. Most troublesome, Virginia’s persistent and now accountability systems. In achievement gaps for low-income students The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- other words, what do you do if things ator from Washington. have barely budged. We have done a good job aren’t working out the way they of identifying challenges but have been less Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, again, should? I really want to thank my colleague, successful in addressing them. An unin- Second, we have seen the limits of tended consequence of our high-stakes ap- the senior Senator from Tennessee, for proach is that it is now even harder to re- the Federal Government trying to do working with me on this bipartisan it. I think President George W. Bush cruit and retain strong educators in our bill. Senator ALEXANDER and I are both high-poverty communities. Many of the best and President Obama deserve credit for committed to fixing the current law opt instead for schools where demographics looking at our Nation and seeing this known as No Child Left Behind. guarantee better test scores; too often fine is an urgent problem and wanting to do I am glad we are having this very im- teachers leave the profession. more from here. That is an understand- In Virginia, we are ready to lead the na- portant debate on the Senate Floor. able impulse. But there are limits to Nearly everyone agrees that No Child tion again. Last year, Gov. Terry McAuliffe what you can do from here. We have (D) and our General Assembly took bipar- Left Behind is badly broken. As I have tisan action to reform the SOLs. We elimi- seen that in the backlash to common traveled around my home State of nated five end-of-course tests and created an core—the academic standard which was Washington over the past decade, I SOL Innovation Committee to recommend incentivized or mandated from Wash- have heard from so many of my con- further changes. This year—again with ington. We have seen that in the back- stituents—from teachers in the class- strong bipartisan support—we are moving to lash to teacher evaluation defined in room to moms in the grocery store to credit progress and growth more when we Washington. evaluate our schools. tech company CEOs—that we have to The truth is that too much Wash- fix this law. The parents, educators, school board mem- ington involvement in setting stand- bers, legislators and business leaders on the Our bipartisan bill, the Every Child Innovation Committee are looking more ards in States and evaluating teachers Achieves Act, is a good step in the broadly at what our graduates need for suc- in cities sets back teacher evaluation right direction. It gives our States cess as citizens and workers in the 21st cen- and higher standards, which to me are more flexibility while also including tury and at how we can best guide our the holy grail of K-through-12 edu- Federal guardrails to make sure all schools toward those outcomes. Business cation. The path to higher standards, students do have access to a quality leaders tell us they need students with skills the path to better teaching, the path to public education. I am looking forward such as oral communication, teamwork and real accountability is not through to improving and strengthening this problem-solving as much as substantive Washington, DC. It is through the knowledge. As we work to grow and diversify bill throughout the process on the Sen- our economy, our Innovation Committee is States. ate floor and beyond. I am going to looking at how our schools can better meet We can create an environment, we continue working on helping our strug- those needs. can make sure there is not discrimina- gling schools get the resources they This approach will probably generate even tion, and we can send some money that need, and I will be focused on making bolder proposals. Strong accountability will will help low-income children. All sure all our kids, especially our most continue to be a hallmark of our system, but those things we can do. But then we vulnerable students, are able to learn we have faith that, as has been said, ‘‘Re- need to show some humility and recog- sponsibility and delight can coexist.’’ and grow and thrive in the classroom. Students need congressional leaders to fol- nize, as Carol Burris, Principal of the This bill could not be more impor- low Virginia’s example of bipartisanship to Year from New York, said: Moms and tant for students across the country, enact common-sense changes to federal edu- pops, teachers, and school board mem- and it is critical for the future of our cation laws now. Those changes should focus bers cherish their children in their own Nation. When all students have the on enabling local and state educators to pre- communities, and you don’t really get chance to learn, we strengthen our fu- pare every child for success as adults and in- that much wiser and smarter by flying ture workforce, our country grows spire and encourage states. But they also to Washington and passing a law. stronger, and we empower the next should leave us sufficient flexibility to im- So this bill shows that humility. It generation of Americans to lead the prove our accountability systems, reintro- shows a consensus. It is a good example duce creativity into the classroom and bet- world. So I am looking forward to get- ter address persistent achievement gaps. of how the Senate can work together ting to work and hopefully moving for- Thankfully, leaders on Capitol Hill are on an important issue. As I said, I am ward on fixing No Child Left Behind also hearing calls for reform. Sens. Lamar grateful to the majority leader for put- and making sure all of our students Alexander (R–Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D– ting it on the floor. He had many can learn regardless of where they live Wash.) have co-sponsored legislation to reau- choices, but he saw the importance of or how they learn or how much money thorize No Child Left Behind. Republicans it. I am grateful to the Democratic their parents earn. and Democrats on the Senate Education leader for some work he has done be- I join with Senator ALEXANDER in en- Committee voted—unanimously—to send it to the full Senate for consideration; it is ex- hind the scenes to make it easier for us couraging our colleagues to file their pected to be taken up soon. The same spirit to succeed. I thank Senator REID for amendments so that we can continue of bipartisanship was demonstrated in the that. And I am especially grateful to making progress on this very impor- House recently when Reps. Bobby Scott (D- Senator MURRAY for caring about chil- tant piece of legislation.

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Mr. President, I ask ment would only apply to large school In the coming days, we will be dis- unanimous consent that the order for districts with over 1,000 AAPI students. cussing traditional public schools, pub- the quorum call be rescinded. Let me be clear—not districts with lic charter schools, and private schools. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 1,000 students total but districts with No matter where you stand on these objection, it is so ordered. 1,000 AAPI students. Currently, that is issues, parents deserve to know how Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, I rise only about 400 school districts out of their schools are serving the needs of today to urge my colleagues to support more than 16,000 school districts na- their kids so they can best help their the Hirono-Heller amendment No. 2109, tionwide. Less than 3 percent of school children succeed. which deals with Asian American and districts would have to do anything at Our amendment is endorsed also by Pacific Islander, or AAPI, student all. These districts should want to school choice advocates such as the Na- data. know how their students are doing so tional Association of Public Charter AAPIs are the fastest growing popu- they can help all students succeed. Schools. lation in the United States, but it is Currently, the following States Just like current law in the broader important to highlight that we are not would not be affected at all by our ESEA bill we are discussing, there is all the same. I know this from my per- amendment: Delaware, Maine, Mis- no reporting if a subgroup is too small sonal experience. sissippi, Montana, New Hampshire, to maintain student privacy. Just a few months ago, I attended the North Dakota, South Dakota, Our amendment was carefully crafted White House state dinner for Japanese Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. with the support of the National Coali- Prime Minister Abe. The next day, I have heard concerns that adding tion of Asians and Pacific Americans, there was a nice photo in the Wash- this AAPI data would be overly burden- the Mexican American Legal Defense ington Post with a caption that said, some. The bill we are considering today and Education Fund, National Council ‘‘Senator MAZIE HIRONO and her already adds new reporting on mili- of La Raza, the NAACP, and over 100 guest’’—except it wasn’t me. It was ac- tary-connected student achievement. other civil rights, educators, and wom- tually my good friend Congresswoman Districts can update their data systems en’s groups and the disability commu- DORIS MATSUI of California. to add checkboxes for military-con- nity. They worked together very close- In my time in Congress, I have often nected children and AAPI children at ly on the language and agreed that been mistaken for other AAPI mem- the same time. This is not overly bur- data disaggregation for AAPI sub- bers. Just a few months ago, during the densome. Just as we are adding a new groups is a top priority. budget debate, when I was on the floor field to cover military-connected stu- AAPI groups across the country are of the Senate, C–SPAN identified me as dents, adding new fields that include making their choices heard by posting Senator Daniel K. Inouye. I have been AAPI subgroups will be just upgrading photos of why they are more than just mistaken for JUDY CHU, who is Chinese, the software schools use. a large Asian population. They are and others. I may be the only AAPI in In fact, the Hawaii Department of posting these pictures on Tumbler, the Senate right now, but we are not Education, DOE, is a national leader in Twitter, and Facebook. In fact, I saw all the same. We come from different using AAPI data. Hawaii DOE collects one of those postings where students places and have vastly different back- AAPI data on student registration were holding up placards that say: I am grounds that make us who we are forms. They easily put the data in AAPI, but I am also Japanese. I am today. their computer systems, which all staff AAPI, but I am also Korean. The same is true in education. Our can access. Having AAPI subgroup data Join them at hashtag ‘‘All Students current law and the Every Child is helpful for Hawaii’s school adminis- Count.’’ Achieves Act use the broad ‘‘Asian trators and policymakers, who analyze I thank Senator HELLER and his staff Americans/Pacific Islander’’ category achievement gaps in college and career for their support and hard work on this to cover all AAPIs. This AAPI group readiness, set statewide strategy, and bipartisan compromise bill. I also includes Chinese, Japanese, Viet- then hire staff and target extra help to thank Senator REID of Nevada, Senator namese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Ko- the highest need students. Hawaii DOE BALDWIN, Senator BOXER, Senator rean, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, and also shares the data with the Univer- CANTWELL, Senator CASEY, Senator others. sity of Hawaii system to collaborate on FEINSTEIN, Senator FRANKEN, Senator When we look at averages, the AAPI student outcomes, such as credit com- MARKEY, and Senator SCHATZ for co- group does very well overall, but in pletion and reducing remedial ed. sponsoring my stand-alone bill, the All fact there is a model minority myth. Principals who learn that a certain Students Count Act, which goes fur- The current AAPI category hides big AAPI subgroup is doing poorly in their ther than this amendment we will be achievement gaps between subgroups. own school can choose to hire more voting on today. For example, 72 percent of Asian Indian staff for outreach to that community I urge my colleagues to support this adults have a bachelor’s degree or high- or can partner with community groups amendment because, in fact, all stu- er, but only 26 percent of Vietnamese on afterschool programs, et cetera. dents count. adults do, and only 14 percent of Teachers can spend more time on par- I yield the floor. Hmong adults do. This adult data ent outreach to help high-need stu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- comes from the 2010 census. But we dents in their classroom. That is why ator from Tennessee. don’t have data on how AAPI children the Hirono-Heller amendment has the Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I are doing. support of the National Association of ask unanimous consent that the time The Hirono-Heller amendment is Elementary School Principals, the Na- until 12 noon be equally divided be- simple. Today, we already have public tional Association of Secondary School tween the two managers or their des- report cards on how students in dif- Principals, and the National Education ignees; further, that at 12 noon, the ferent groups are doing. Parents can Association. Senate vote on the following amend- look up a school district online and see Districts in North Carolina, Cali- ments, with no second-degree amend- what percentage of its White or His- fornia, Washington, and others are ments in order to any of the amend- panic students are scoring well in read- doing similar work. Other districts ments prior to the votes: Reed amend- ing or math. With our amendment, dis- around the country can make the ap- ment No. 2085 on school libraries; War- tricts with large populations of AAPI propriate changes to their systems. ner amendment No. 2086 on fiscal sup- students will simply add a piece onto There are automatic software updates port teams; and Rounds amendment their report cards to show how AAPI for student data systems that can add No. 2078 on education in Indian Coun- subgroups are doing. Our amendment new data fields. try study.

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When No- passed, Senator MENENDEZ said: ‘‘For Mr. President, I suggest the absence vember 2014 came along, Iran got 6 me, the trend lines of the Iran talks of a quorum. more months to bully this administra- are deeply worrying; our red lines have The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tion into giving up even more ground. turned into green lights.’’ clerk will call the roll. The deadline has been pushed back That is from a Democratic Senator. The senior assistant legislative clerk time and time again. According to It was that kind of concern that led proceeded to call the roll. news reports today, it may be pushed Congress—this Senate—to pass a law in Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask back even further. May saying that Congress would be unanimous consent that the order for The Obama administration started able to review any deal with Iran be- the quorum call be rescinded. negotiating with Iran more than 5 fore the Obama administration could The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without years ago. In 2009, President Obama lift sanctions. Remember, the Obama objection, it is so ordered. said that we ‘‘will not continue to ne- administration fought that law—a law Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask gotiate indefinitely’’ with Iran specifi- with a bipartisan, veto-proof majority unanimous consent to speak as in cally. Secretary of State Hillary Clin- in this body. The President didn’t want morning business. ton said that same year that the win- Congress or the American people to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without dow of opportunity for Iran would ‘‘not have any say at all. Actually, the objection, it is so ordered. remain open indefinitely.’’ I would love White House said they were planning NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN to know what their definition of the to go directly to the Security Council Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, the word ‘‘indefinitely’’ is. of the United Nations before going to deadline for negotiators to strike a I think these missed deadlines are the elected representatives of the peo- deal with Iran on its illicit nuclear pro- embarrassing for the Obama adminis- ple of the United States. gram has been extended yet again. The tration. The administration’s willing- Any deal with Iran on its nuclear deadline was June 30. It was postponed ness to keep extending the talks make program would have a huge effect on until Tuesday, and that was put off it look desperate. You know what. The our security, and the American people again for a few more days. Iranians know it. That is a big prob- do get a say. If somehow the adminis- According to the Wall Street Jour- lem. tration manages to strike a deal and it nal, the chief negotiator said: Iran is now demanding that the arms sends over all the necessary materials, We are continuing to negotiate for the embargo be lifted as part of the nego- Congress—if it is done today—will get next couple of days. That does not mean we tiations. This recent last-minute de- 30 days to review it. That is time we are extending our deadlines, we are inter- mand shows that Iran knows how des- can use to make sure it really is in our preting [the deadline] in a flexible way. perately eager President Obama is for a country’s best interest. If the adminis- What does that mean? You either deal, any deal. This issue was supposed tration can’t get us the full text of an have a deadline or you don’t have a to have been settled already. In April, agreement before this Friday, the deadline. the White House said that ‘‘important timeline jumps up to 60 days to review By the end of the week, the White restrictions on conventional arms and it. That is what we said in the law we House could announce that it has ballistic missiles’’ will be a part of any passed in a bipartisan way this spring. struck a deal or it could say once again final agreement. Now Iran is seeing If our negotiators can reach a deal it needs more time. If there is a deal, that the President and Secretary Kerry with Iran, whenever that happens, Con- Congress will need to look very closely are desperate for an agreement to build gress will use the time to look very and carefully at what it actually says. their legacy, so it is bringing up the closely at every word. If our nego- There are some important things arms embargo again. tiators can reach a deal with Iran, that I will be looking for in any agree- According to news reports, our nego- whenever that happens, Congress will ment that is struck. First and fore- tiators have been willing to make a lot make sure that we look at every word most, any deal is going to have to dis- of concessions to get any deal. There and know what is in it. The goal—the mantle Iran’s nuclear weapons pro- was an article recently in the Wash- entire reason we are having these nego- gram. It is going to have to prevent ington Post about the negotiations. tiations—is not just to get Iran to say Iran from ever developing a path to a The headline was ‘‘In final hours, yes to something; the goal initially nuclear weapon. It is going to have to Kerry says Iran talks can go either was and should remain to stop Iran’s il- ensure that Iran completely discloses way.’’ The article said that negotiators licit nuclear program. its past work on nuclear weapons. Iran have ‘‘a general feeling that they have If the Obama administration allows is also going to have to submit to an come too far to fail.’’ Iran to continue with that program, inspection and verification regime that I want to be clear. Walking away the world will be less safe, less stable, is both extensive and long term—not from these negotiations without a deal and less secure. Any agreement our ne- just inspections when the Iranians is not a failure. Failure would be sign- gotiators come up with must be ac- want it, when they allow it, or where ing a bad deal. Failure would be lifting countable, must be enforceable, and they say it can occur. That is the only sanctions before Iran has shown that it must be verifiable. If that is not the way we can really confirm that Iran’s has begun dismantling its nuclear pro- case, then it is a bad deal, and the promises are more than empty words. gram. Failure would be a deal that does Obama administration must not strike America and other countries should not automatically reinstate sanctions a bad deal with Iran. This Nation and not suspend sanctions until all of these if it turns out Iran is not complying the world cannot afford that, and Con- conditions are met. So far, I have not with the deal. Failure would be a deal gress cannot allow it. seen much to indicate that our nego- that allows any money Iran gets from Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- tiators understand how important sanctions relief to end up continuing to sent that the quorum call be equally these goals are. support terrorism, which Iran does. divided. There appear to be a lot of questions Failure would be a world that is a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there that have not been resolved and a lot of much more dangerous place for all of objection? foot-dragging by Iran to try to get ad- us. Without objection, it is so ordered. ditional concessions. So far it seems as if this administra- Mr. BARRASSO. I thank the Pre- On Sunday, Secretary of State John tion is willing to make a deal at any siding Officer, and I suggest the ab- Kerry said: ‘‘We’re aiming to try to fin- cost. We have seen one point after an- sence of a quorum. ish this in the timeframe that we’ve other where the administration has ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The set out.’’ Well, that timeframe was 7 parently agreed to give the Iranians ex- clerk will call the roll.

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You are on your own, ordered. would never accept those odds for our and you have a 9-in-100 chance of get- Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, we are own children. The people in the Senate ting a degree that is actually going to here today to consider the Elementary would never ever accept those odds for allow you to compete in the global and Secondary Education Act, the bill our own children. If our kids faced the economy. that has been known for years as No odds of showing up to kindergarten One thing I know about kids who are Child Left Behind. It is a bill the Con- having heard 30 million fewer words born in this country, they don’t get to gress was supposed to reauthorize more than their peers and if you knew it was pick who their parents are. They don’t than 7 years ago. assured that your child had a 20-per- get to decide whether they are born When school kids come to visit me in cent chance of reading at grade level into a ZIP Code that is going to fill my office here, I often ask them: What when they got to elementary school, I that 30-million-word gap by the time would happen if you showed up and guarantee you would leave this place. they get to kindergarten or that is were told that your homework was 7 or You would leave the Senate, and you going to give them excellent school 8 years late? That is how long it has would go home and address the prob- choices or that will allow them to go to taken us to get to this place. college. As the Presiding Officer may know, lem. But when it comes to public edu- Today, while we are not talking before I came to the Senate, I had the about higher education, this is very honor of being the superintendent of cation—especially when it comes to our kids who are living in poverty in much a part of this K–12 conundrum the Denver Public Schools district, because college has become harder and which now has 95,000 children in it, 67 this country—we stop treating them as if they were our kids. We are treating harder to afford, even at a time when it percent of whom qualify for free and is much more important for people to reduced lunch. them as if they were someone else’s kids. We are leaving it to luck as to succeed. I should note that we got some sad I saw some data the other day that whether a kid can fill that 30-million- news in the last month or two. For the said that for the average cost of tuition word gap. first time in our country’s history—for in this country, the average cost of col- I am sure the Presiding Officer knows the first time in the history of the lege, a family in the bottom quartile of this. There are entire cities in this United States—over half of the chil- income earners, after you account for country and rural areas in this country dren attending public schools in our student loans, grants, and student aid, where school choice would be meaning- country qualify for free and reduced would have to consume 85 percent of less because there is not a good school lunch. That is due to two decades of their income to afford 1 year of college; to choose from. There is not a school in stagnant middle-class family incomes whereas, if you are in the top quartile, the neighborhood or in the city that and the effect of the worst recession it will cost you 15 percent of your in- anybody in this body would send their since the Great Depression. come. Is that fair? It didn’t used to be kid to. That is where we are. What people in Washington need to this way. In the 1970s, it wasn’t this Over the last decade or so, we made understand is that when it comes to way. In the 1970s, a Pell grant covered progress in many places across the education in this country right now, 76 percent of what it cost to go to the country. The Denver Public Schools is our kids don’t have a fair fight, espe- average college in this country. We are one of those places. It is the fastest cially our kids living in poverty. If you rolling up the carpet on the next gen- growing urban school district in the were born poor in the United States of eration of Americans, and I don’t think United States. America, you will have heard 30 mil- it is fair. I don’t think it is right. In 2005, the kids who attended Denver lion fewer words than your more afflu- We should be having a debate about ent peers when you show up for kinder- Public Schools were dead last in terms the size and scope of government. I be- garten. Ask any kindergarten teacher of student growth compared to any lieve that. We should have that debate. in the country whether that makes a school district of any size in the State But as we are having that debate, we difference, and they will tell you it of Colorado. For the last 3 years Den- should keep in mind that we have an does. ver Public Schools has led the State in obligation to fulfill to honor the obli- What are we doing as a country to terms of its student growth, both for gation our parents and grandparents fill that gap? Not much. By the time kids who receive free and reduced fulfilled for us, which is to make sure kids get to elementary school—their lunch and kids who do not receive free that if you were willing to work hard, early years—only one out of five is and reduced lunch. Thirty percent if you were willing to study hard, that reading proficiently of the kids who more kids graduated and went to col- college was going to be something that were born poor and 20 percent are read- lege this year than in 2005. was attainable and it wasn’t going to ing at grade level. Ask any middle or Now, I am the first to say that we strangle you in debt. high school teacher whether that is have a long, long way to go in Denver Too many families across Colorado going to make a difference when that to make sure that the ZIP Code you are facing this challenge, and the sad- child gets to middle school or high are born into doesn’t determine the dest thing I hear in my town is when school. educational outcome you get, but we somebody comes and says: We can’t af- Where does it end in the land of op- are making substantial progress. And I ford to send our kids to the best college portunity for kids who are born into say that if we could say as a country they got into. What a waste that is— poverty in this country? If you are that every single urban school district what a waste for that student, what a born poor in the United States of since 2005 showed a 30-percent increase waste for our society. So there is more America, your chances of getting a col- in kids going to college, we would be for us to do on college affordability. lege degree, or the equivalent of a col- feeling a lot better about where we are But today we are talking about the lege degree, is 9 in 100, which means— headed. Elementary and Secondary Education in this global economy of ours—that There is a lot of debate in this body Act. I think we actually make substan- every year becomes less and less for- about what tax policy ought to be and tial progress in this bill. I want to say giving to people who have less of an whether we ought to think about redis- how pleased I am with the leadership of education. And 91 out of 100 of our kids tributing wealth and who should pay Chairman ALEXANDER and the ranking are going to be constrained to the mar- what share of taxes. Some people view member PATTY MURRAY. They have gin of the economy and the margin of it as everything ought to be decided done an exceptional job of managing the democracy from the very outset. out there by the market. I understand this bill through our committee. There are 100 desks in this room. that point of view. But if that is your We have a very diverse committee. There are 100 chairs in this room. If we point of view, you better be doing ev- We have the junior Senator from

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Imagine that—around Today, because of the work that has the inequities in our educational sys- this place, where we can’t even agree been done in Colorado leading the way, tem. Now we understand how deep they on how to publish a report or what States all over the country now meas- are, how rooted they are, and we have time we should come to work, we have ure the growth of kids. What we ask is, to continue to build on the successes a committee in the U.S. Congress How did this year’s sixth graders do we have seen in high-quality schools where Republicans and Democrats compared to how they did as fifth grad- working in poor neighborhoods that unanimously agreed on a bill. Let me ers, compared to how they did as have actually delivered for kids all tell you, it wasn’t easy. If it were easy, fourth graders, and compared to every- over the country. we would have done it on time. We body else in the State who has a statis- This new bill—and I see the Senator would have done it 8 years ago when we tically similar test history? Why is from Texas is here and I will yield to were supposed to do it—when our that important? Because it allows you him as soon as he is ready. homework was due—but I suppose it is to establish growth or show growth. The new version of the Elementary better late than never, and I am very Then one can actually evaluate how and Secondary Education Act impor- pleased with the product. well a school is doing, because it used tantly empowers States to design their There is more I would like to add, to be in No Child Left Behind, under accountability systems, giving them but I think—I know the teachers, prin- adequate yearly progress—which asked more flexibility while ensuring that es- cipals, and school leaders across Colo- that long question of how did this sential information is included. I think rado need us to fix No Child Left Be- year’s fourth graders do compared to that is an important recognition, led hind, and I hope we can finally get it last year’s fourth graders—it used to be by Chairman ALEXANDER, that there done this time. we measured what was called status: was a real overreach in No Child Left This bill is a good starting point. It How proficient were the kids, how Behind. eliminates NCLB’s one-size-fits-all ap- lucky were those kids. You might have As a former school superintendent, I proach to education, which we know a school where kids were proficient but can say I used to wonder all the time will not work, and it re-empowers were actually losing ground in terms of why Washington was so mean to our those who are closest to our kids to academic proficiency, and we were re- teachers and to our kids. What I have make the decisions that need to be warding those schools. We were calling realized since coming here is that it is made for their benefit. This bill in- those schools blue ribbon schools. not that everybody here is mean. They cludes many key elements. Impor- There were also schools in poorer parts mean well. But this place is the far- tantly, it includes the requirement for of town where teachers were killing thest place in the universe—I mean annual assessment. I know testing is themselves, students were killing that literally, I don’t mean that figu- not popular. I have three kids in the themselves, and they weren’t proficient ratively—this is the farthest place in Denver Public Schools. My three because they started so far behind, but the universe from a classroom in the daughters go to those schools. I get an they were getting more than a grade Denver Public Schools or a classroom annual report on what the testing level or two grade levels of increased anywhere in this country, and I think looks like. I believe we are overtesting proficiency during the course of the No Child Left Behind in many ways our kids, but I don’t think that is be- year. Do you know what those schools was an overreach. The last thing I want cause of the Federal requirement. were called under No Child Left Be- to be told as a superintendent is how to I see the Senator from Tennessee. hind? Those schools were called failing Does the Senator want to speak? do my work in Denver. I want to insist Mr. ALEXANDER. Just listening. schools. We called those teachers fail- that we do the work. I want to insist Mr. BENNET. Thank you, Mr. Chair- ing teachers. We called those students that children all over this country man. failing students, those who were have a chance, no matter what State I think there is a lot we can do to achieving 2 years of growth. Their they are born into, no matter what streamline those tests, but it is not the more affluent peers might have been neighborhood they are born into, but I Federal requirement that is causing it, losing ground, and we were saying they don’t want people here telling people it is the way the Federal requirement were winners. We have moved past how to do that work. There is a dis- works with State assessments and dis- that. This bill now acknowledges that. tinction. trict assessments, and we have to do a I wish this bill required growth—which I have more to say about this, but I better job. I also think we ought to it doesn’t—but I believe States and dis- see my friend from Texas is here, so I think differently about the testing we tricts will use growth to measure data. will yield to him. Before I do, I just are doing for teaching and learning, The bill also continues to require congratulate the chairman of the com- which needs to be continuous, ongoing, that States and districts disaggregate mittee who is here on the floor, Sen- and inform a teacher’s instruction and data so we can actually understand ator ALEXANDER from Tennessee, for inform the principal’s leadership at the where kids are. That is really impor- his extraordinary leadership on this school. tant. Before No Child Left Behind ex- bill. The testing that is done for account- isted, we had absolutely no idea. Now Again, I remind my colleagues who ability should be a lot less. We heard we know. The hard truth is that kids of are listening to this, what a rare— testimony from the superintendent of color in this country aren’t doing near- rare—occurrence this is. This is a bill the Denver Public Schools, Tom ly as well as Anglo kids in this coun- that passed unanimously out of the Boasberg, who told us he thought that try. Kids living in poverty aren’t doing Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for accountability purposes, probably nearly as well as their middle-class or Committee, and that would not have all we need is 4 hours a year in reading more affluent peers. We need to do bet- happened without the leadership of and math. I know the Bennet girls ter. Senator LAMAR ALEXANDER and Sen- would settle for that. They would agree I run into people periodically who ator MURRAY, the Senator from Wash- with that. They would do that deal. say to me that you can’t fix it unless ington. But until somebody comes up with a you fix poverty. You can’t fix the edu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- better way of measuring where kids cation system unless you fix poverty. jority whip. are, we need the annual assessments. Don’t tell kids in my city who are liv- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I thank We have to have them because it is the ing in poverty that that is true. Out- the Senator from Colorado for his gra- only way you can show growth. side of every one of our schools it says ciousness. I come to the floor to speak When No Child Left Behind started, ‘‘school.’’ It doesn’t say ‘‘orphanage.’’ about this important topic of early ele- it asked and answered a completely ir- It says ‘‘school.’’ We need to make sure mentary education.

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National security is about education, the more people real- So this is a very hopeful develop- perhaps the preeminent one. But there ize you actually care about it. So I ac- ment, thanks to the innovation in the is a lot of benefit to getting some ex- tually think it is important to talk oil and gas industry and thanks to the periments at the State level, and then about it, that we think our way foresight and the genius, really, of the we can learn without imposing a one- through this legislation and figure out local school district there in Laredo, size-fits-all approach from Washington, what we can do to equip our children TX. DC. What works best? Then we can who are increasingly in a competitive This is a great example of how local then learn and be informed by those environment, not only locally in our communities and the economy can practices in a way that improves the States and Nation but globally. work to shape education and provide a result. I am thinking of criminal jus- One of the real joys of the job of a win-win opportunity for students, local tice reform as another example in my U.S. Senator is getting to visit with industries, and the greater community. State, where we were an early partici- students in our State, and I did so last United High School was able to create pant in prison reform, which now has week when I was back home. I met this program because it had the free- formed some of the basis for bipartisan with a group of middle-school students dom and flexibility to develop its own legislation that we are considering in Amarillo, way up in the Texas Pan- curriculum with tailored input from here in the Senate. handle, at the tail end of a camp teach- local leaders, teachers, parents, and in- Because of the successful laboratory ing students valuable skills in science, dustry leaders—the people who create experiments back in Texas and Rhode technology, engineering, and math, the jobs and who are looking for people Island and other States, we are now so-called STEM fields. I was very im- with discrete skills that they would taking those best practices and those pressed with what I saw. First of all, then bring to the table to provide the results and figuring out how we apply the instructors found out how to make workforce they need. those to the benefit of other parts of this fun, which is an important ele- This groundbreaking program in La- the country. ment in this education because some of redo was not thought up here in Wash- Under this legislation, States such as this stuff can be pretty dry and boring, ington, DC. It is a product of local in- Texas can decide how to use federally if my memory serves me correctly. genuity and a community response to mandated test results to assess per- They were literally building robots, the educational needs specific to its formance of students, schools, and and then they presented their final students. I think this type of mindset teachers. This gives the States much projects to parents and teachers in a is very important in education because, needed relief from pressure to teach to friendly competition. Needless to say, I as we have learned over the years, the the test—something I hear over and wish I had that kind of instruction. bureaucracy in Washington can’t tailor over again back home, that teachers Maybe I wouldn’t have veered into the programs that will suit the needs of are finding that rather than a program legal profession. I would have done children in a wide variety of school dis- where they teach STEM subjects using something more productive in a field of tricts across our States and across the robots and inspire young, creative science. I am saying that with a tongue country—not in Laredo, not in Ama- minds to engage and learn the science planted firmly in cheek, of course. But rillo, and not anywhere else in the they need in order to play these sorts I wish I had instructors who would country. of games in a competition with robots, have inspired me to learn more about That is why I am happy this week teachers are finding themselves in a those important topics by using these that the Senate is considering legisla- position of teaching to the test in sort sorts of tools. tion that will help return a large meas- of a mind-numbing process that nobody I also previously visited, for example, ure of the responsibility for our chil- would find particularly inspiring. So United High School in Laredo, where I dren’s education to those closest to this takes some pressure from that was able to meet with high school stu- them—their parents, their teachers, teach-to-the-test mentality and also dents who were taking part in a first- the local school boards—and not so gives States additional freedom to pro- of-its-kind program that teaches cur- much the Federal Government. The vide students with a well-rounded edu- riculum specific to the oil and gas in- Federal Government does have an in- cation. dustry in the region. Why is that? Well, terest and we as Americans all have an Put simply, with this legislation, because the shale plays in Texas are interest in being able to compete in a States can decide for themselves what the source—the reservoirs really—this global environment and in high stand- standards they need to adopt, and, im- huge volume of oil and natural gas is ards, those that will cause our students portantly, this legislation limits the being produced from. Lo and behold, it to strive to attain skills that they can power of the Secretary of Education to is not just producing income for the use to compete anywhere in the world. ensure that the Federal Government people who are drilling those wells and But in terms of its actual implementa- cannot dictate, direct, or control State completing them, it is creating a lot of tion, I am pleased that this legislation curriculum or standards. jobs. What these students and the will push more of those decisions out of How insulting is it to have the States school districts, such as United High Washington and back home to local come on bended knee to the Secretary School in Laredo, have discovered is school districts and parents. of Education and ask: Will you please that this is really an opportunity for This legislation is, of course, called let us have a waiver so we can try this these students in high school to begin the Every Child Achieves Act. It pro- creative or innovative way of deliv- to learn some of the basics of petro- vides a roadmap to ensure that our ering an education to our students leum engineering and other things that children receive and retain a quality back home? How insulting is that and will prepare them for good, well-paying education. By giving the responsibility how contrary to the original scheme of jobs later in life. for actually implementing programs our government as created by our This program included internships, that will help students achieve these Founders. training, and dual-credit courses at a high standards—it will give each State So this bill, which was unanimously local community college. These stu- and the districts the flexibility they passed out of committee—and I con- dents were going to high school, but need to design and implement their gratulate the chairman, Senator ALEX- they were actually getting college education programs and systems. ANDER, and the ranking member, Sen- credit at the same time at the local This is really sort of another applica- ator MURRAY, and all members of the community college. Of course, they tion of what Louis Brandeis called the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions were getting real-world skills that they ‘‘laboratories of democracy’’ when he Committee for voting out this bill need to succeed in a burgeoning indus- was referring to the State government. unanimously. This is a great bipartisan

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Effective school library programs are tions for teachers and school adminis- I look forward to continuing the essential supports to educational suc- trators and identify the limitations in great progress we have made in this cess. If you understand how to use the the funding source and flexibility for Senate by getting real education re- library in school, that is not a skill schools that receive these funds. It form passed soon. that goes away; in fact, it will be a would study and provide a strategy on I yield the floor. skill for the rest of your life that you how to increase high school graduation The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- will use time and time again, not only rates. ator from Rhode Island. for your pleasure but for your progress It is critical that we identify the lim- AMENDMENT NO. 2085 and the progress of your family. Know- itations and barriers which tribal Mr. REED. Mr. President, I come to ing how to find and use information is schools face and lay out a strategy to the floor today to urge all of my col- an essential skill for college, careers, fix those problems. I hope my col- leagues to support the Reed-Cochran and life in general. A good school li- leagues will join Senator UDALL and amendment to encourage States and brary, staffed by a trained school li- me in supporting this straightforward school districts to integrate school li- brarian, is where students develop and amendment to help our students in In- brary programs into their plans for im- hone those skills. dian Country. proving student academic achieve- The Reed-Cochran amendment will I yield the floor. ment. encourage States and school districts Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I sug- I would first like to thank Senator to ensure that students have access to gest the absence of a quorum. COCHRAN for his longstanding partner- effective school library programs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ship in supporting school libraries. He Once again, I thank my colleague, clerk will call the roll. has been a steadfast champion for en- Senator COCHRAN. The legislative clerk proceeded to suring that students have access to I urge my colleagues to vote yes on call the roll. these vital resources. this bipartisan amendment. Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I ask Fifty years ago, when President Lyn- I yield the floor. unanimous consent that the order for don Johnson urged Congress to enact The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the quorum call be rescinded. what would become the Elementary ator from South Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and Secondary Education Act, he spe- AMENDMENT NO. 2078 objection, it is so ordered. cifically called for an investment in Mr. ROUNDS. Mr. President, I rise Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, while school libraries, saying that school li- today to speak on my amendment to we wait on another colleague, I braries were simply ‘‘limping along’’ the Every Child Achieves Act, which is thought I would talk about another as- and insisting that we do better. Sadly, amendment No. 2078. I would like to pect of this bill that I think is very im- this ‘‘limping along’’ is still true for thank Senator UDALL for joining me in portant. too many communities in our United supporting this important amendment. For the first time in this country’s States. Since my time working in the South history, finally, the Elementary and This spring, the Washington Post ran Dakota State Legislature and also as Secondary Education Act is going to articles on the inequitable access to Governor of South Dakota, education require districts to report actual per- school libraries in public schools in our in Indian Country has faced incredible pupil expenditures, which will shed Nation’s Capital, reporting that one obstacles, especially in rural and high- light on extraordinary funding inequi- school library in a wealthy part of poverty areas. This is true not only in ties in this country. town had 28,000 books in a library that my State but across the entire Nation. We are one of three countries in the spanned two floors, while 12 miles Because of these barriers, 10 out of 13 OECD, because of the way we fund our away, in a school in a poorer part of Bureau of Indian Education high public schools in the United States, the town, the school library had only schools in South Dakota have gradua- that actually spends more money on 300 books along two walls. If that is not tion rates below 67 percent, and 6 of more affluent kids than we do on kids a stark example of one of the things we those schools have graduation rates at living in poverty. That is not well un- hope we can fix through this act, I can- or below 40 percent. Meanwhile, the na- derstood, but that is a fact. That is the not think of anything more direct and tional high school graduation rate is 80 truth. to the point. percent. These graduation rates must We need to be concerned with closing Recently, noted author James Pat- be changed, and my amendment will the achievement gap in the United terson made a pledge to help school li- help lay a foundation to fix the sys- States, because if we look at the aca- braries. More than 28,000 applications temic problems Indian Country faces. demic outcomes for kids in this coun- came in. To address these concerns as well as try and extrapolate those outcomes One librarian reported that school li- other States’ concerns, an analysis against the changing demographics in braries in her State had not received needs to be conducted to more closely the United States, we are not going to any funding for three-quarters of a dec- examine these educational downfalls. like what we see in the middle of the ade and that their collections and So today we are proposing an amend- 21st century if we don’t make these equipment were out of date and in dis- ment to the Every Child Achieves Act changes. One would think, if anything, repair. I suspect she is not alone in that would direct the Departments of that we would be spending more money making such a report. We see this ne- Interior and Education to both study on kids living in poverty, coming from glect despite the fact that evidence and create strategies to address these disadvantaged backgrounds than we do shows that effective school library pro- challenges. This amendment is being on kids coming from advantaged back- grams, staffed by a certified school li- supported by the National Indian Edu- grounds. But we do the opposite in the brarian, have a positive impact on stu- cation Association, the Great Plains United States, and the Congress, for dent achievement. Tribal Chairman’s Association, and the decades, has looked the other way. While I would like to see a much National Education Association. I believe we need to close this loop- more robust school library-focused ini- According to the Congressional Budg- hole. It is called the comparability tiative included in the reauthorization, et Office, amendment No. 2078 will have loophole. We don’t do that in this legis- along the lines of the bill I introduced no impact on Federal spending. lation, but at least the requirement with Senator COCHRAN, I am very This amendment would require the where we move to reporting based on pleased that the underlying bill in- Departments of Interior and Education actual rather than average expendi- cludes an authorization for competitive to conduct a study in rural and pov- tures is an important step in the right grants to help high-need school dis- erty-stricken areas of Indian Country direction. tricts strengthen and enhance effective in order to identify Federal barriers I yield the floor.

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Mr. President, I most inflexible, and we started to race ator is correct. come here today to speak about the for the tests instead of racing for the AMENDMENT NO. 2085 bill pending before us, the Every Child top. I believe the efforts of Senators Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am Achieves Act. This is the successor to ALEXANDER and MURRAY deal with the coming at this issue from a unique per- the No Child Left Behind Act, which is mistakes of No Child Left Behind and spective. Both of my parents were the successor to the reauthorization of move ahead to close that achievement schoolteachers. As I was growing up in the Elementary and Secondary Edu- gap. Mississippi, my father was county su- cation Act. I support the general framework of perintendent of education of the larg- Fifty years ago, in 1965, as part of this legislation. I am proud of the addi- est public school system in Mississippi Lyndon Johnson’s wanting to end pov- tions I have made to this bill, one of for several years. My mother was a erty in the United States of America which was to really make sure there mathematics educator, teacher. They and to lift people up, he asked Congress were allowable uses for something had both earned graduate degrees as to pass the Elementary and Secondary called wraparound or integrated serv- well as undergraduate degrees from Education Act. It was the first legisla- ices. While we insisted there be highly colleges and universities in our State tive act where the Federal Government qualified teachers in the classroom, the of Mississippi. My brother and I had was involved in education. Up until teachers cannot deal with poverty. the good fortune of growing up in this that time, education was thought of as They cannot deal with the fact that 30 environment of learning and reading. the purview of the States and local dis- percent of our children who come to So I have to confess I am biased in tricts. President Johnson agreed with school every day are homeless. They support of legislation that helps to that, as did the Congress, but at the have no home. The school is their edu- strengthen the capability of our Na- same time they knew there were chil- cational home. They need a social tion’s teachers and school administra- dren living in the abysmal situation of worker. They need a school nurse. The tors in providing opportunities for not poverty, and at a time of national pros- mental health challenges of many of only reading but complex learning at perity he wanted to lift those children our children are astounding. So we early ages, which would have been sur- up. were able to add that in. prising to those of that generation to Great legislation passed during the The other thing is we were over- look around and observe the great next 50 years ago, such as Head Start, looking a national treasure. I was a big strides we are making in education which continues to be a hallmark of supporter of something called the Jav- throughout America. early intervention to help our children. its bill. Senator Javits of New York Growing up with this perspective and Of course, programs such as Medicare many years ago realized we had an my appreciation of the importance of were also passed at that time. But it overlooked treasure in our commu- good teachers in our schools makes me was the Elementary and Secondary nities, and it was the gifted and tal- understand perhaps more than most Education Act, and particularly title I, ented children, children who are of ex- the importance that education serves that would bring additional Federal re- ceptional educational capacity. Again, coming back to the words of in the lives of students, their teachers, sources to our local communities. George Bush, there is that soft bigotry and their communities where they Again, this was focused on helping poor grow up. of low expectations. We often come children close the achievement gap and When I was a student, I went to the with a latent bias that we don’t believe giving them the ability to fully partici- library to check out a book. Now, there poor children are smart. We don’t be- pate in our society. are all kinds of ways to get in touch lieve—many times because of latent Well, that bill went on until 2001, with the written words. Today, our bias or overt bias—that they are capa- when President Bush said he wanted to school librarians are more often spe- ble of achieving. What I moved in this make sure that children were out of cialists with education and specific bill was, under title II, once again, ac- poverty. President George Bush said: I training that help students learn how knowledgment that in poor schools am a compassionate conservative. I am to access educational material in every with poor children, there are gifted and concerned about the soft bigotry of low manner in which education is available talented kids, many of whom have been expectations of poor children, particu- in an increasingly digital society. Chil- identified by outstanding programs—in larly poor children of color, and we dren who know how to read and are my own State, the Johns Hopkins have to do something about it. That comfortable using information tech- school for gifted and talented children. nology are more likely to grow up with brought about the experiments that oc- We were able to put that in the bill. a capacity to learn throughout their curred in the States relating to metrics I look forward to moving this bill for- lifetimes. and so on for highly qualified teachers, ward because I believe we support our The amendment I have offered with using words such as ‘‘evidence-based,’’ teachers, we once again deal with low- my good friend, the senior Senator and we passed No Child Left Behind. performing schools, and at the same from Rhode Island, seeks to help equip What happened, though, instead of time we provide administrative and school librarians to do an even better helping poor children—we had many local flexibility so that we minimize job. Our amendment would allow successes. We did face the fact that we national mandates and maximize local schools throughout the country to use did have low expectations. There was a achievement. Federal funds in the way they see fit to soft bigotry. We agreed with the won- I salute Senators MURRAY and ALEX- strengthen their libraries. My hope is derful comments of Secretary ANDER. I know there are some amend- that the use of these additional funds Condoleezza Rice that were spoken at ments which will be pending, such as will improve education and literacy the Republican National Convention Burr to title I, which I will oppose be- among children throughout America. when she said that education is the cause every county in my State loses It is my understanding the bill man- civil rights issue of this time. money and will lose up to $40 million. agers support this amendment. I appre- Now, what do we have here? We have I note that the hour of noon is arriv- ciate very much not only the good as- a bipartisan effort led by Senators ing and that a vote will soon be under- sistance and friendship of Senator ALEXANDER and MURRAY to come up way. I look forward to supporting the REED but his help specifically with this with yet one more reform of this his- bill, provided that the Burr amendment legislation. toric legislative framework. I support is not included. I suggest the absence of a quorum. their efforts. I want to salute their ef- I salute Senator ALEXANDER for his The PRESIDING OFFICER. The forts. What they were able to do in this leadership and for encouraging bipar- clerk will call the roll. bill was to focus again on helping poor tisan participation. I thank Senator

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Mr. President, I The amendment (No. 2085) was agreed agreement on No Child Left Behind—us thank the Senator from Maryland for to. talking about how proud we were of her remarks, her contributions to our VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2086 what we had done but more how we committee, her bipartisan leadership, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under knew that if we did not get it fixed by and her effective leadership both in the previous order, the question now the end of the sixth year, it would go higher education and in elementary occurs on agreeing to amendment No. from being a positive change in edu- and secondary education. 2086, offered by the Senator from Wash- cation to a negative. I enjoyed listening to the remarks of ington, Mrs. MURRAY, for Mr. WARNER. It is now 13 years later. We have gone the Senator from Colorado, the former The amendment (No. 2086) was agreed 7 years without a reauthorization. Denver school superintendant, who has to. What became a good goal of meeting added so much to our committee. VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2078 adequate yearly progress, setting I congratulate the Senator from Mis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under standards for schools, and remediating sissippi for his contribution to the the previous order, the question now schools that were in trouble has be- amendment on which we are about to occurs on agreeing to amendment No. come a bill where 80 percent of the vote. 2078, offered by the Senator from Ten- school systems in America have to ask We will have one rollcall vote on the nessee, Mr. ALEXANDER, for Mr. for waivers to even operate. It is a bill Reed-Cochran amendment, and then we ROUNDS. that no longer is doing what it was in- will have two votes following that, The amendment (No. 2078) was agreed tended to do for the education of our which will be voice votes. to. children. LEXANDER VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2085 f I commend Senator A and The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Senator MURRAY for the unbelievably RECESS good work they have done to bring the SASSE). Under the previous order, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under question now occurs on amendment No. new reform of the ESEA to the floor of the previous order, the Senate stands 2085, offered by the Senator from Wash- the Senate today. I participated in all in recess until 2:15 p.m. the hearings, as did the Presiding Offi- ington, Mrs. MURRAY, for Mr. REED. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:48 p.m., cer. The Presiding Officer knows what Mr. ALEXANDER. I ask for the yeas recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassem- I know: that we brought about com- and nays. bled when called to order by the Pre- promise and common sense. We created The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a siding Officer (Mr. SCOTT). a bill that is good for children, good for sufficient second? educators, and good for America. There appears to be a sufficient sec- f First and foremost, it gets us out of ond. EVERY CHILD ACHIEVES ACT OF the national school board business, The question is on agreeing to the 2015—Continued which is Chairman ALEXANDER’s favor- amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ite statement for the Department of The clerk will call the roll. ator from Georgia. Education. The bill clerk called the roll. Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask People forget that the U.S. Depart- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator unanimous consent that the distin- ment of Education is not mentioned is necessarily absent: the Senator from guished Senator from the State of anywhere in the Constitution of the Florida (Mr. RUBIO). Ohio, Mr. BROWN, be recognized at the United States. It is mentioned in two Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the conclusion of my remarks. places. One is in title I in the Civil Senator from Maine (Mr. KING) is nec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Rights Act of the 1960s when we pro- essarily absent. objection, it is so ordered. vided funds for free and reduced-price The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there TRAGEDY IN SOUTH CAROLINA lunches for poor students to give them any other Senators in the Chamber de- Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, before I a leg up and second in 1978 when, in the siring to vote? make my remarks, I would like to Carter administration, we passed what The result was announced—yeas 98, commend the Presiding Officer and was known as Public Law 94–192, which nays 0, as follows: Senator GRAHAM and the people of the created special needs children benefits [Rollcall Vote No. 222 Leg.] great State of South Carolina on the or what is known as the Individuals YEAS—98 way they have handled the terrible with Disabilities Act. Those are the Alexander Durbin McCaskill tragedy that took place in their State. only two places in statute that the Ayotte Enzi McConnell I know time and again we have all Federal Government has a role. Sen- Baldwin Ernst Menendez heard on the floor of the Senate and in ator MURRAY and Senator ALEXANDER Barrasso Feinstein Merkley Bennet Fischer Mikulski conversations we have had in private have seen to it that we recognize that Blumenthal Flake Moran the amazing mercy and grace shown by fact. Blunt Franken Murkowski the families of the victims of the ter- We enhance education where we are Booker Gardner Murphy rible tragedy that took place, but Boozman Gillibrand Murray supposed to, but we turn it back over Boxer Graham Nelson equally as well the great way in which to the States, where it belongs and Brown Grassley Paul the elected officials in the State of where it should be. Burr Hatch Perdue South Carolina, led by the Presiding Secondly, one of the big buzzwords in Cantwell Heinrich Peters Capito Heitkamp Portman Officer and Senator GRAHAM, have bad brand labels that have taken place Cardin Heller Reed caused a terrible event to be a learning in education is Common Core. Common Carper Hirono Reid experience for all of America and an Core is a lot of things to a lot of peo- Casey Hoeven Risch example for the way in which tragedy ple, but most importantly for many Cassidy Inhofe Roberts Coats Isakson Rounds should be dealt with. I want the Pre- people it is a Federal mandate of stand- Cochran Johnson Sanders siding Officer to know how much I per- ards, it is a homogenization of stand- Collins Kaine Sasse sonally appreciate it, but I know I ards, and it is a mandate the American Coons Kirk Schatz Corker Klobuchar Schumer speak on behalf of all of the people of people do not like. Cornyn Lankford Scott Georgia as well. This bill ensures there will be no Cotton Leahy Sessions Mr. President, I will speak briefly Common Core mandate by the Federal Crapo Lee Shaheen about two subjects. Government to the States and ensures Cruz Manchin Shelby Daines Markey Stabenow Mr. President, I am one of the two local control of curriculum from begin- Donnelly McCain Sullivan people left in the Congress who had ning to end.

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But what- On the question of testing, it does ing the newspaper, not by being ad- ever we do, we should not be telling the away with federally mandated tests vised by the Department of Defense, world we have problems but we are and says to systems: You develop the that we are going to lose 40,000 soldiers going to cut some more. test and the assessment mechanism over the next 2 years—Georgia is going It is time we made an investment in yourself. We just want you to have to lose 4,350 soldiers over the next 2 the security and peace of our country standards that are made good for stu- years. Nobody did the courtesy of call- and our military, and it is time we dents to improve and grow their edu- ing us. But on the day when they did worked together—the President and cation. But we want to make sure that not call us, they also send up for con- Congress alike—to do what is right for every student has the access they can firmation a legislative affairs official America, its defense and its freedom to be tested well and improve. For ex- for the U.S. Department of Defense in and its liberty, which we just cele- ample, we have done some creative the administration. brated over the past weekend on July things in this bill, such as give assisted I have a hold on that person for one the 4th. technology funding capability out of simple reason: I want to meet with Mr. President, I yield back the re- title I to handicapped children in title them and to see to it that if they in mainder of my time and defer to the I qualifications so they can use as- fact do get in control of congressional Senator from Ohio. sisted technology to take exams they liaison and congressional affairs, they The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- otherwise could not take. A student make sure we are the first to find out, ator from Ohio. with cerebral palsy, Duchenne, or not the last to find out. Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I always many other diseases does not have the Our military is critically important appreciate the words of Senator ISAK- coordination ability to take a paper- to my State, as it is to the Presiding SON, who was the cochair of the Ethics and-pencil test; yet they can be bright, Officer’s State. It is important that we Committee, where I served with him, they can be a genius. Because of tech- know what the government’s plans are, and now on the Veterans’ Affairs Com- nology that has been developed in and it is important that we have a mittee, and I appreciate his work and America, assisted technology can allow chance to have a say. I know the Presi- Senator BLUMENTHAL’s work on one of them to take that exam given the dis- dent does not like to use the legislative the most important committees in this abilities they have. It is only appro- body very much. He would rather regu- Senate. priate we authorize the use of title I late and do Executive orders. But when Mr. President, about a year and a funds to do that. you talk about our military and you half ago, on a cold January morning in Most importantly, though, we keep talk about the investment in our mili- Cleveland, where I live, at a Martin Lu- the parent in control of their child’s tary, every Member of this Senate, ther King breakfast, I heard a speaker life by giving them the permission to every Member of the House—all of us say: Your life expectancy is connected opt out of any State test that is man- ought to be together with all our oars to your ZIP Code. Think about that. dated where the State allows an opt in the water rowing in the same direc- Whether you grow up in Columbus or out, which means the parent is in con- tion, not in misdirection. trol of the testing, the State is in con- I want to make one note here. It is Canton or Appalachia, whether you trol of the assessment and the type of also ironic that last week the Presi- grow up in a city or a prosperous sub- model that takes place, and the Fed- dent for the first time went to the Pen- urb or a low-income suburb or a small eral Government is saying to the local tagon to talk about the strategy in the town or a rural area, so often your ZIP schools and State boards of education: Middle East, particularly with regard Code determines whether you have ac- You take our children to the next to ISIL. It took 18 months to go talk cess to quality health care, to good level. We will assist you, but we are about a situation that has grown from education, to good jobs, and to the so- not going to govern you, we are not being an irritant to a crisis. When we cial support necessary to succeed. That going to ruin you. left Iraq and left all the equipment is particularly true when it comes to I commend Senator ALEXANDER and that we had there and left the Iraqis to education. Senator MURRAY for bringing together fend for themselves, we created a vacu- The quality of our children’s edu- a bipartisan approach to education re- um. And what happened? In came ISIL. cation should not be determined by form that works. I thank the American And now they are in 16 countries in the their ZIP Code. Too often that is the Federation of Teachers, the national Levant and in the Middle East right case. Teachers and schools in far too association of educators, the National now. We created a vacuum that they many cases lack the resources nec- Association of School Superintendents, filled and are continuing to fill, and we essary to ensure students can grow and and the National Governors Associa- are talking about reducing our man- succeed. tion. Every vested organization in edu- power over the next 2 years to a point Achievement gaps persist between cation in the United States of America that we no longer can confront an economically disadvantaged students has endorsed this bill. They have be- enemy on two fronts; we are going to and their more advantaged peers. cause they know it is time for edu- have a tough time doing it on one. These gaps persist between Black stu- cation to be enhanced and improved A vulnerable and a weak American dents and White students, Latino stu- from the local level up. They know the defense and military allow and encour- dents and White students. They persist benefits that may have come from No age people who might have nefarious between native and non-native English Child Left Behind have long since goals and dreams to take advantage of language speakers. They persist be- passed. We are now disaggregating, we America’s weakness. We should be very tween students with disabilities and are now measuring, and we are doing careful about diminishing our re- those without. all the things we should have been sources and our military to levels that These achievement gaps inevitably, doing all along. Let’s take what is a are not in the best interest of the predictably almost always lead to op- good platform and make it even better American people or their security. portunity gaps. We know education is to ensure that every child learns, every I want to ask the administration to the surest path to success—we say that child progresses, and every child suc- be sure to give us information in ad- around here ad nauseam—regardless of ceeds. vance rather than after the fact, to in- where you come from. That is why MILITARY CUTS clude us wherever possible in the deci- closing these gaps is vital to ensure Mr. President, I want to make note sion, and to see to it that the Congress children—all children—have the oppor- of the announcement today by the De- is once again a partner with the Com- tunity to succeed. partment of Defense on the dramatic mander in Chief and to see to it that These achievement gaps are not cuts to our military—40,000 people over we confront our enemies and have the caused by failings in our students. the next 2 years. manpower and the troops to do it. They are usually not caused by failings

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Anybody who meets with school of policies that leave schools with mas- cess to the core resources needed for a administrators, teacher groups, par- sive resource gaps. quality education. ents or school boards realizes that peo- The U.S. Department of Education’s Unfortunately, instead of strength- ple for a long time have been looking Office of Civil Rights conducted a com- ening our public education system, for us to reauthorize the Elementary prehensive survey of schools across the some of my colleagues want to, as we and Secondary Education Act and to Nation. say around here, ‘‘voucherize’’ the pub- make reforms that are important and Some of the results they found were lic school system, privatize, spend re- that will return control and power to appalling. Black, Latino, Native Amer- sources elsewhere primarily. We have school districts, to parents, to teach- ican, Native Alaskan students, as well seen how so many of our public schools ers, and to administrators, rather than as first-time English learners attend serving vulnerable populations are al- having it here centralized in Wash- schools with much higher concentra- ready in dire need of resources, yet ington, DC. tions of inexperienced teachers. One in vouchers would divert more of these re- So I am pleased that we can have this five high schools in this country lacks sources away from public schools, re- debate. I am encouraged by the discus- a school counselor. Around 20 percent route those resources to for-profit sion that has already been held and by of high schools do not offer more than schools, in some cases, that simply are the willingness of both sides to work one of the typical core courses for high not accountable to the public. together to allow amendments to be school math and science, such as alge- Vouchers do not provide a real choice considered. This is an important bra I and II, geometry, biology, and for the majority of students. They may issue—how we educate our children, chemistry. cover some—but usually not all—of the equipping them, preparing them for the We cannot call our country ‘‘the land tuition of private schools, meaning the challenges that will be ahead of them. of opportunity’’ while we fail—we, pol- students who need help the most often There is no more important task that icymakers, communities, leaders, ac- get little choice at all. Study after we have. So to the degree that this leg- islation makes it more possible for our tivists—while we fail to provide too study shows that private school vouch- kids to learn at the very fastest rate many of our children with well- ers don’t improve student achievement. possible, this is something that this equipped schools. My State, by some rankings, is the The bipartisan opportunity dash- Senate ought to be focused on. next to worst—next to last in the coun- board of core resources amendment I am hopeful that we will be able to try—in the quality of charter schools will help us close these gaps. It will get through the amendment process and the accountability of charter strengthen transparency provisions in and be able to move this bill across the schools, in large part because there is a the Every Child Achieves Act so par- floor of the Senate and to the House, huge network of for-profit charter pri- ents and taxpayers know how schools and hopefully, eventually, to the Presi- vate schools in our State that simply are performing on key measures of suc- dent’s desk. But I think it is also an have not served students that well. cess—measures such as contact with ef- example of what happens when you get That is why I urge my colleagues to fective teachers, access to advanced people who are willing to open the Sen- vote against any proposal to coursework, and availability of career ate process up and allow legislation to voucherize our schools. Instead, we and technical opportunities and coun- be considered. need to strengthen our public school seling. It will ensure that States hold REPUBLICAN-LED SENATE system, which educates the vast major- schools accountable when inequities The Senate has now been under Re- ity of our children. That is why schools exist. publican control for a full 6 months. Reporting is an important and help- across the country, especially those Those months have been some of the ful tool but surely not enough. If this with high concentrations of poverty, most productive that the Senate has new data shows persistent disparities, need more funding—not less. For 50 seen in a long time. So far this year, States and school districts need to years, the Federal Government has the Republican-led Senate has passed take action. This amendment requires helped level the playing field for stu- more than 45 bipartisan bills, 22 of States to develop a plan to ensure that dents by directing funds to schools in which have been signed into law by the resources reach districts that are most areas that lack resources. Unfortu- President. Committees have been hard in need. States will have flexibility to nately, some of my colleagues are try- at work and have reported out more design these plans in a way that works ing to dismantle this system by taking than 150 bills for floor consideration by for local communities. The amendment away funding from high-priority the full Senate. In May, the Senate does not tell States how to address in- schools to more affluent schools, a bit passed the first 10-year balanced budg- equities; it just requires States to iden- of a reverse Robin Hood. et resolution in over a decade—over a tify those disparities and work with They call this proposal portability. decade. communities to fix them in whatever But no matter what you call it and One reason the Senate has been so way works for those communities in why you call it that, taking funding productive is because the Republican that State. away from the schools that need it majority has been committed to ensur- We must move beyond simply using most and sending it to the schools that ing that all Senators, whatever their test scores when we assess our schools. need it least is wrong. I will urge my party, have the opportunity to have Tests are an important benchmark of colleagues to oppose this effort. In our their voices heard. Under Democratic success, but they are by no means the country, all students should have ac- leadership, not only Republicans but only one. To succeed in life and in cess to a high-quality education, re- many rank-and-file Democrats were school, students need access to dedi- gardless of how much money their par- shut out of the legislative process in cated literacy programs, to music and ents make, regardless of how much the Senate. As an example of that, the the arts, to advanced classes, to college education their parents have, regard- Democratic leadership allowed just 15 and career counseling. We need to less of what ZIP Code they live in. We amendment rollcall votes in all of measure access to all of these opportu- must invest Federal resources in 2014—an entire year. That is barely nities, not only math and reading schools and districts that need the more than one amendment vote per scores. Improving access to core re- most and where they can make the month here in the Senate. sources will not close the achievement most difference. Republicans, by contrast, had al- gap overnight, but it puts us on the I yield the floor. lowed 15 amendment rollcall votes by right track. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the time we had been in charge here for Our amendment has the support of ator from South Dakota. merely 3 weeks. In all, Republicans teachers and civil rights organizations. Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I do want have allowed more than 136 amendment I want to thank Senators REED, KIRK, to compliment the HELP Committee rollcall votes so far in 2015. That is not and BALDWIN for their bipartisan help and Senator ALEXANDER, who chairs only more amendment rollcall votes and support in getting this amendment that committee, for the great work than in all of last year, but it is more to this place. they have done in bringing the Every amendment rollcall votes than the I urge my colleagues to adopt this Child Achieves Act legislation to the Senate took in 2013 and 2014 combined. amendment to ensure that all children, floor of the Senate. This is long over- We still have 6 months to go in 2015.

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This legisla- sponse on the part of the White House, ited school of their parents’ choice. tion, which was signed into law in May and it raises doubts about the Presi- This is a real answer to inequality in by the President, ensures that the dent’s commitment to achieving an America, giving more children more American people, through their rep- agreement that will shut down Iran’s opportunity to attend a better school. resentatives in Congress, will have a nuclear program. The stakes could not The Scholarships for Kids Act will voice in any final agreement with Iran. be higher on this agreement. At issue cost $24 billion a year, paid for by re- Specifically, the law requires the is whether a tyrannical, oppressive re- directing 41 percent of the dollars now President to submit any agreement gime that backs terrorists, has killed directly spent on Federal K-through-12 with Iran to Congress for review and American soldiers, and has announced education programs. Often those dol- prevents him from waiving sanctions its intention of wiping Israel off the lars are diverted to wealthier schools. on Iran until the congressional review map will get access to the most apoca- Scholarships for Kids would benefit period is complete. lyptic weapons known to man. only children of families that fit the The bill also requires the President Even as negotiations continue, Iran Federal definition of poverty, which is to evaluate Iran’s compliance every 90 continues to advance its nuclear pro- about one-fifth of all school children— days. I am particularly glad that this gram. If Iran continues its research about 11 million a year. legislation is in place because the ne- and development into more advanced Allowing Federal dollars to follow gotiation process so far has given cause centrifuges, the breakout period—the students has been a successful strategy for deep concern. The primary purpose time needed to produce enough nuclear in American education for over 70 of any deal with Iran is to prevent Iran material for a bomb—could be weeks— years. Last year, $31 billion in Federal from acquiring a nuclear weapon. But weeks instead of months or years. If we Pell grants, and $100 billion in loans the interim agreement the President fail to prevent Iran from acquiring a followed students to public and private unveiled in April casts serious doubt on nuclear weapon, we will not only be colleges. Since the GI bill began in facing a nuclear-armed Iran; we will be the administration’s determination to 1944, these vouchers have helped create facing a nuclear arms race in the Mid- achieve that goal. The framework does a marketplace of 6,000 autonomous dle East. That is what is at stake. not shut down a single nuclear facility higher education institutions, the best Every Member of Congress obviously in Iran. It does not destroy any single system of higher education in the would like to see the President success- centrifuge in Iran. It does not stop re- world. fully conclude a deal to prevent Iran search and development on Iran’s cen- Our elementary and secondary edu- from developing a nuclear weapon. But trifuges. It allows Iran to keep a sub- cation system is not performing as if it the President needs to remember that stantial part of its existing stockpile of were the best in the world. U.S. 15- a deal is only acceptable if it achieves enriched uranium. year-olds rank 28th in science and 36th that goal. We have heard the President in math. I believe one reason for this is It is not surprising that Members of say that he will walk away from a bad both parties are concerned about this that while more than 93 percent of Fed- deal. But each time we reach a dead- eral dollars spent for a higher edu- agreement. Again and again during the line, that deadline is extended. process, Secretary Kerry and the Presi- cation follows students to colleges of As negotiations continue, it is essen- their choice, Federal dollars do not dent have seemed to forget that the tial that negotiators push for a strong automatically follow K-through-12th- goal of negotiations is not a deal for its final deal that includes rigorous in- grade students to schools of their own sake but a deal that will actually spection of Iranian sites and full dis- choice. Instead, that money is sent di- stop Iran from developing a nuclear closure of all Iranian weapons research rectly to schools. Local government weapon. Administration negotiators to date. If the administration cannot monopolies run most schools and tell have repeatedly sacrificed American secure a sufficiently strong deal, then most students which schools to attend. priorities for the sake of getting an it should step back from the negotia- There is little choice and no K- agreement. tion table and reimpose the sanctions through-12 marketplace as there is in In the process, they have created a that were so successful in driving Iran very real risk that the deal that finally higher education. to the table in the first place. No deal Former Librarian of Congress Daniel emerges will be too weak to achieve its is better than a bad deal that will goal. A Washington Post editorial this Boorstin often wrote that American strengthen Iran’s position in the Mid- creativity is flourished during ‘‘fertile week declared that any agreement with dle East and pave the way for the de- Iran that emerges from the current verges,’’ times when citizens became velopment of a nuclear weapon. more self-aware and creative. talks ‘‘will be, at best, an unsatisfying For a deal to be acceptable to the In his book ‘‘Breakout,’’ Newt Ging- and risky compromise.’’ That is from American people, it must be verifiable, rich argues that society is on the edge the Washington Post. The editorial it must be enforceable, and it must be of such an era and cites computer board continues by saying: accountable. It also needs to promote handbook writer Tim O’Reilly’s sugges- Iran’s emergence as a threshold nuclear stability and security in the Middle tion for how the Internet could trans- power, with the ability to produce a weapon East and around the world. Any deal form government. ‘‘The best way for quickly, will not be prevented; it will be that does not reach that threshold is a government to operate,’’ Mr. O’Reilly postponed by 10 to 15 years. In exchange, bad deal. I hope the President will lis- Tehran will reap hundreds of billions of dol- says, ‘‘is to figure out what kinds of ten to the American people and reject lars in sanctions relief it can use to revive things are enablers of society and any agreement that falls short of that its economy and fund the wars it is waging make investments in those things. The goal. around the Middle East. same way that Apple figured out, ‘if we I yield the floor. Again, that is a quote from the edi- Mr. ALEXANDER. I suggest the ab- turn the iPhone into a platform, out- torial in the Washington Post from sence of a quorum. side developers would bring hundreds of yesterday. When Iran recently failed to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The thousands of applications to the comply with the provision of the in- clerk will call the roll. table.’ ’’ terim nuclear agreement currently in The senior assistant legislative clerk Already, 19 States have begun a vari- place, the Obama administration, in proceeded to call the roll. ety of innovative programs supporting the words of the Post editorial, ‘‘chose Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I private school choice. Private organi- to quietly accept it’’ and even ‘‘rush to ask unanimous consent that the order zations supplement those efforts. Al- Iran’s defense.’’ for the quorum call be rescinded. lowing $2,100 Federal scholarships to Again that is the quote from the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without follow 11 million children would enable Washington Post editorial. This is an objection, it is so ordered. other school choice innovations in the example of what the Post aptly de- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, same way developers rushed to provide scribes as ‘‘a White House proclivity to today I am offering an amendment to applications for the iPhone platform.

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It will also those 6 million children to the schools provisions included in this bill that promote mentorship opportunities and their parents believe provide the best have to do with STEM education— the building of partnerships with re- services. A student who is both low in- science, technology, engineering, and searchers and other professionals in come and has a disability could benefit math. This is an issue I have been these fields. under both of the programs, especially working on for a number of years— Again, one of the things we know when taken together with Senator really since I was Governor in the late about helping kids to stay in school, SCOTT’s proposal, Scholarships for Kids 1990s in New Hampshire. We know the getting them excited, is that if they constitutes the most ambitious pro- most critical jobs needed to compete in have a mentor, if they have someone posal ever to use existing Federal dol- the global economy are in the STEM who is really interested in what is lars to enable States to expand school fields, but data consistently shows our going on in their lives, who is sup- choice. American students are falling further porting them, then they are much Under Scholarships for Kids, States and further behind in these subjects. more likely to be successful. These pro- would still govern pupil assignment, One of the other challenges is that grams will give students firsthand ex- deciding, for example, whether parents we have an enormous gender gap in em- perience to see what careers in the could choose private schools. Schools ployment in these fields. Forty-eight STEM subjects can look like. chosen would have to be accredited. percent of the workforce in this coun- Now, the Every Child Achieves Act Federal civil rights rules would apply. try are women. Yet only 24 percent of also includes language based on a sec- The proposal does not affect the school the jobs in STEM fields are held by ond STEM-related bill that I first in- lunch program. So Congress can assess women. troduced when I got to the Senate back the effectiveness of this new tool for I had the opportunity last night to in 2009—the Innovation Inspiration innovation, there is an independent cohost a screening in the Capitol of an School Grant Program. This language evaluation after 5 years. important new documentary called would authorize Federal STEM edu- In the late 1960s, Ted Sizer, then Har- ‘‘Code: Debugging the Gender Gap.’’ cation grants to support the participa- vard University’s education dean, sug- This documentary tells a very powerful tion of low-income students in related gested a $5,000 scholarship in his Poor story about the lack of diversity in the competitive extracurricular activities, Children’s Bill of Rights. That is what technology industry, outlining the re- such as robotics competition. he called it. In 1992, when I was the sulting cost to our society, and it ex- I am particularly excited about this U.S. Education Secretary, President plores strategies that would solve the because in New Hampshire, inventor George H.W. Bush proposed a GI Bill problem. Dean Kamen—also the inventor of the for Kids, a half-billion-dollar Federal Last night we had more than 150 peo- insulin pump and the Segway—founded pilot program for States creating ple in attendance at the screening, a fantastic program called FIRST Ro- school choice opportunities. Yet de- which was cohosted by Representative botics Competition. It is now wildly spite its success in higher education, SUSAN DAVIS from California. The cre- successful. Nationwide, we have nearly ‘‘voucher’’ remains a bad word among ators of the movie were there, and U.S. 100,000 high school students who com- most of the K-through-12 education es- Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith. pete. It is sort of an ‘‘Einstein meets tablishment, and the idea hasn’t spread What followed the documentary was Michael Jordan’’ kind of competition. rapidly. even more impressive, and that was a Students have just 6 weeks to work in Equal opportunity in America should lengthy and very passionate discussion a team to design, construct, and pro- mean that everyone has the same about how much work we have to do on gram robots, and then they enter their starting line. There would be no better this front. robots in regional and championship way to help children move up from the We need to give the next generation competitions. back of the line than by allowing a stronger educational foundation in It is great fun to attend these events States to use Federal dollars to create these topics, and, most important, we because kids are so excited about work- 11 million new opportunities to choose need to get them engaged and excited ing with these robots and about the a better school. to be working in STEM fields. This ef- STEM subjects. They get excited about I thank the Presiding Officer, and I fort is going to require student engage- engineering, about science, about yield the floor. ment inside and outside the classroom. math, and technology, and you can see I suggest the absence of a quorum. It is critical our schools have the re- that in the students as they are build- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sources to offer STEM opportunities ing these robots. They are excited clerk will call the roll. during the schoolday. But of course as about accomplishing their goals, about The senior assistant legislative clerk most of us remember from our child- being creative. When there are last- proceeded to call the roll. hood, it is sometimes what happens minute problems with the robots, they Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I ask outside the classroom that is even have to work to adjust. But most of all, unanimous consent that the order for more important than what happens in- whether or not they win, you can see the quorum call be rescinded. side the classroom if we are going to the pride they feel for themselves, for The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without get kids excited about learning. their teammates that comes from suc- objection, it is so ordered. Afterschool programs allow students cessfully accomplishing their task: Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I am opportunities for more individualized building that robot and being success- here to discuss the Every Child instruction, for innovative experiences, ful in the competition. Achieves Act. I think it is significant and for opportunities to build their You can’t replicate this kind of expe- that for the first time in more than a leadership skills. Afterschool programs rience in a classroom. So I am very decade, the Senate is considering legis- can be especially successful in inspir- pleased that support for programs such lation to make significant changes to ing interest in groups that are tradi- as FIRST are now included in the bill our Nation’s elementary and secondary tionally underrepresented in STEM we are considering on the Senate floor. education system, and this conversa- fields, such as young women, students These are provisions that I think will tion is long overdue. of color, and students from low-income take very important strides toward in- As a former teacher, I appreciate the backgrounds. spiring future generations of scientists challenges our schools have, and I am So I especially appreciate Chairman and engineers, of mathematicians and very much looking forward to the de- ALEXANDER and Ranking Member MUR- experts dealing with technology. bate ahead. I want to applaud Senators RAY for working with me to include Again, I thank Chairman ALEXANDER ALEXANDER and MURRAY, the chair and language from my Supporting After- and Ranking Member MURRAY for their ranking member of the Committee on school STEM Act, which is in the un- work on these issues and for producing

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With free- want to thank the Senator from New A wealth of social data informs us dom from Federal mandates come more Hampshire for her remarks and thank that individuals who do not receive a responsibility, more transparency, and her especially for her contributions to quality education are disproportion- more accountability on the issues. the legislation and her persistent sup- ately prone to have low incomes, suffer It would also reduce the administra- port for STEM education. She has been from poverty, and land in prison. It is tive and compliance burdens on State a champion. As a former Governor, she clear that the Federal Government’s and local education agencies and en- is a great help as we seek to remind one-size-fits-none approach simply sure greater public transparency in ourselves that the path to real ac- isn’t working. student academic achievement and the countability, higher standards, and By increasing local control of our use of Federal education funds. better teaching really runs through the schools and lessening the influence of Increasing educational opportunities States and local governments, where Washington bureaucrats, we can pro- in Montana and across the country the creativity is and where people are vide States with the flexibility needed isn’t going to happen through Federal closer to the children. to meet the unique needs of our stu- mandates or these one-size-fits-nobody The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. dents and the unique needs of our regulations. We need to empower our TOOMEY). The Senator from Montana. States as well as our communities. States, our local school boards, our Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, I rise to Just last year, the New York Times teachers, and our parents to work to- speak about my amendment No. 2110. did an assessment of the ‘‘health and gether to develop solutions that best As a fifth-generation Montanan and a wealth’’ of every county in the Na- fit our kids’ unique needs. As a father product of Montana public schools and tion—every county. We might expect of four—and every parent knows this— because my wife is an elementary folks living in Silicon Valley to be I know that each one of my children is school teacher and I am the father of doing fairly well or perhaps see the very unique. And that is precisely what four children, and one of my children suburbs of New York City thriving. my A-PLUS amendment does. has a degree in elementary education What shocked me was seeing that 6 of Washington is the problem. We are as well, I truly understand how impor- the Nation’s top 10 wealthiest counties ground zero. The problem is here in tant a first-rate education is to our surround Washington, DC. This sends a Washington, DC, and we have the solu- kids’ future. pretty clear message about where tions in Montana and in our States As I meet with parents and educators Washington’s priorities really are. across the country. across Montana, they frequently share During the recession, while millions The A-PLUS amendment goes a long concerns about the one-size-fits-all stu- of Americans were struggling to make way toward returning the responsi- dent performance and teacher quali- ends meet amidst layoffs and economic bility for our kids’ education closer to fication metrics that currently dictate instability, Washington, DC, thrived. home and reduces the influence of the Federal funding as part of No Child The Federal Government poured mil- Federal Government over our class- Left Behind. While well-intended, lions of dollars into new Federal build- rooms. many of these metrics have proven dif- ings, and salaries kept growing. The I thank Senators GRASSLEY, CRUZ, ficult for schools—and particularly average Federal bureaucrat in the De- VITTER, JOHNSON, LEE, LANKFORD, schools in rural areas—to achieve. The partment of Education in Washington, BLUNT, CRAPO, RUBIO, and GARDNER for Federal funding tied to these policies DC, makes $107,000 a year. cosponsoring my A-PLUS amendment. has all too often forced States and It is time we stopped building bu- I ask my other Senate colleagues to school districts to adopt policies that reaucratic DC kingdoms and returned join us in empowering our schools to may not best fit the students’ and com- those dollars to the classrooms. That is serve their students, not a bunch of DC munities’ unique needs. why I am asking for support of the bureaucrats, and to support this impor- As the Senate debates the Every Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Suc- tant amendment. Child Achieves Act to reform our Na- cess—or A-PLUS—amendment to the I yield the floor. tion’s education policies, one of my pri- Every Child Achieves Act. This meas- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- orities will be fighting to increase local ure will help expand local control of ator from Vermont. control over academic standards and our schools and return Federal edu- DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH education policies and working to push cation dollars to where they belong— Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, as back against burdensome Federal regu- closer to the classroom. By shifting someone who travels around this coun- lations that often place our schools in control back to the States, individual try, I am always amazed by the huge a straitjacket. and effective solutions can be created disconnect that exists between what we For example, the U.S. Department of to address the multitude of unique do here in Congress and what the Education has incentivized States to challenges facing schools across the American people want us to do. The adopt common core standards by offer- country. Through these laboratories of simple truth, as poll after poll has ing exemptions from No Child Left Be- democracy, Americans can watch and shown, is that Congress is way out of hind regulations and making extra learn how students can benefit when touch as to where the American people Federal education funds accessible innovative reforms are implemented at are. Let me give a few examples before through programs such as Race to the the local level. I get to the thrust of my remarks. Top to States that adopt Common My amendment would give States Many of my Republican colleagues Core. Like many Montanans, I am greater flexibility in allocating Federal are still talking about cutting Social deeply concerned that the Federal Gov- education funding and ensuring aca- Security—a disastrous idea—but ac- ernment’s obvious efforts to back demic achievement in their schools. cording to a recent NBC News/Wall States into adopting such programs is With A-PLUS, States would be freed Street Journal poll, by a 3-to-1 margin an inappropriate interference in edu- from Washington’s unworkable teacher the American people want us to expand cational policy decisions that should be standards, States would be freed from Social Security benefits, not cut them. made by States, parents, teachers, and Washington-knows-best performance How out of touch can one be? local school boards because strength- metrics, and States would be freed About 2 weeks ago, the same poll told ening our education system is vitally from Washington’s failed testing re- us that while there is virtually no Re- important to our country’s future. quirements. Should this amendment be publican in the Senate who is prepared If we are serious about wanting to adopted, States would need to adhere to support raising the minimum wage make future generations as fortunate to all civil rights laws. They have to to $10.10 an hour, what the American as ours, it is critical that we prepare work toward advancing educational op- people want by a pretty solid majority

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DC childcare is probably the future of this country, not to men- Seattle, and other places around the more expensive than other parts of the tion for the future lives of millions of country. country, but millions of parents are our young people, we cannot continue Tragically, this Congress is way out struggling with childcare bills of to sweep the issue of youth unemploy- of touch with the American people on $15,000, $20,000 or $25,000 a year when ment under the rug. issue after issue, and it is high time we their income is $30,000, $40,000 or $50,000 Last month the Economic Policy In- started to get our act together and to a year. If you have two young kids, I stitute released a new study about the respond to the needs—the pressing don’t know how you manage. level of youth unemployment in this needs—of the American people. The truth of the matter is that while country. What they found should con- Between 1985 and 2013, there was a working families are desperately try- cern every Member of the Congress huge redistribution of wealth in Amer- ing to find quality childcare at an af- and, in fact, every person in our coun- ica. I know my Republican colleagues fordable cost, we are turning our backs try. The Economic Policy Institute get very nervous when people talk on those families. The result is that analyzed census data on unemployment about wealth distribution. Well, guess millions of children in this country are among young people who are jobless— what, over the last 30 years we have not receiving the quality childcare or who have no jobs—those who are work- had a huge degree of distribution of early education they need when the ing part time when they want to work wealth in America. Unfortunately, that psychologists tell us that ages 0 to 4 full time, and those who have given up redistribution went in the wrong direc- are the most important years of a looking for work altogether. This is tion. That redistribution, to the tune human being’s life in terms of intellec- what they found. From April 2014 to of trillions of dollars, went from the tual and emotional development. March 2015—a 1-year period—the aver- pockets of the middle-class and work- What sense is it that we ignore the age real unemployment rate for young, ing families of our country into the needs of millions of working families White high school graduates between hands of the top one-tenth of 1 percent. and their children? What sense is it to the ages of 17 and 20 was 33.8 percent. So if we want to understand economics tell working moms and dads that they The jobless rate for Hispanics in the in the last 30 years, the middle class cannot get the quality and affordable same age group was 36.1 percent. Unbe- shrank and one-tenth of 1 percent dou- childcare they need? What sense is it to lievably, the average real unemploy- bled the percentage of wealth they send many children into kindergarten ment rate for Black high school grad- own. and first grade already far, far behind uates and those who dropped out of Today the United States has more where they should be intellectually be- high school was 51.3 percent. wealth and income inequality than any cause they had inadequate childcare? I ask unanimous consent to have other major industrialized country on This is not what a great country is printed in the RECORD the EPI’s find- Earth. The top one-tenth of 1 percent supposed to be about. When we talk ings. now owns 22 percent of all the wealth about the future of America, we cannot There being no objection, the mate- in this country, while the bottom 90 be talking about turning our backs on rial was ordered to be printed in the percent owns 22.8 percent. In other the children of this country. That is RECORD, as follows: words, the top one-tenth of 1 percent why we should be doing in this country [From the Working Economics Blog, owns almost as much wealth as the what nations all over the world have Economic Policy Institute, June 8, 2015] bottom 90 percent, and the trend is to- done, and that is to invest in our kids YOUNG BLACK HIGH SCHOOL GRADS FACE ward more and more wealth and in- and move toward a universal pre-K ASTONISHING UNDEREMPLOYMENT come inequality. That is the economic education system for all of our chil- (By Alyssa Davis) reality we are looking at now. dren. Last week, I wrote about how high school But let me talk for a moment about I am glad that the Elementary and graduates will face significant economic another reality which saddens me very Secondary Educating Act is on the challenges when they graduate this spring. much and which we cannot continue to floor right now for debate. I want to High school graduates almost always experi- ignore. We are the wealthiest country thank Senator MURRAY and Senator ence higher levels of unemployment and in the history of the world. Yet we ALEXANDER for their hard work on this lower wages than their counterparts with a important bill. In Vermont and around college degree, and their labor market dif- have the highest rate of childhood pov- ficulties were particularly exacerbated by erty of any major industrialized nation this country—and I have had town the Great Recession. Despite officially end- on Earth, with almost 20 percent of our meetings on this issue in Vermont ing in June 2009, the recession left millions kids living in poverty. where hundreds of teachers, parents, unemployed for prolonged spells, with recent In recent years we have seen a pro- and kids come out—they understand workforce entrants such as young high liferation of millionaires and billion- that No Child Left Behind has failed, school grads being particularly vulnerable. aires in this country. Yet over 50 per- and what we are doing now begins to Underemployment is one of the major cent of the children in our public address that failure and move us in a problems that young workers currently face. schools are so low-income that they very different direction. Approximately 19.5 percent of young high When we talk about the needs of school graduates (those ages 17–20) are unem- are eligible for the free or reduced- ployed and about 37.0 percent are under- price School Lunch Program. young people—something we very rare- employed. For young college graduates As a result of the collapse of the ly do—we should understand that it is (those ages 21–24) the unemployment rate is American middle class over the last 40 not just that we have a dysfunctional 7.2 percent and the underemployment rate is years, men and women in this country childcare and pre-K system which must 14.9 percent. Our measure of underemploy- are working longer and longer hours in be significantly improved, it is not just ment is the U–6 measure from the BLS, order to cobble together enough in- that No Child Left Behind must be re- which includes not only unemployed workers come to sustain their families. Yet formed, and it is not just that a college but also those who are part-time for eco- education is now unaffordable for mil- nomic reasons and those who are marginally while over 85 percent of male workers attached to the labor force. are working more than 40 hours a week lions of working-class and low-income When we look at the underemployment and over 66 percent of working women families. All of those are terribly im- data by race, we often see an even worse sit- are working more than 40 hours a portant issues that we must address. uation. As shown in the charts below, 23.0 week, we have a dysfunctional But I hope very much there is another percent of young black college graduates are childcare system which denies millions issue that we will finally start to pay currently underemployed, compared with of working families the ability to se- attention to. This country, this Sen- 22.4 percent of young Hispanic college grads cure high-quality and affordable ate, and the House of Representatives and 12.9 percent of white college grads. And as elevated as these rates are, the picture is childcare. must come to grips with the fact that bleakest for young high school graduates, Last week I spoke to a woman who today in America we have a horren- who are majority of young workers. lives right here in Washington, DC, and dous, horrendous level of youth unem- 51.3 percent of young black high school she told me that to get her 1-year-old ployment in this country. This is an graduates are underemployed, compared

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Today pub- jority of young black high school graduates the situation where our kids can leave lic schools across our country, and par- wish they could work more but can’t because school and lead productive lives and ticularly those schools with high con- of weak job opportunities. not have them arrested and incarcer- centrations of students in poverty, While there has been real progress in heal- ated. need more funding, not less. We can’t ing the damage inflicted on the labor market I have introduced legislation along afford to send scarce Federal resources by the Great Recession, these underemploy- ment rates among young high school grad- with Representative JOHN CONYERS in away from our public schools to benefit uates remain quite elevated relative to pre- the House that would provide $5.5 bil- private schools. recession levels. In order to correct these lion in immediate funding to States Secondly, vouchers would send Fed- high rates, we need to prioritize low rates of and cities throughout this country to eral taxpayer dollars to private schools unemployment and boost aggregate demand employ 1 million young Americans be- that are in no way accountable to the for workers. Last week, Senator Bernie tween the ages of 16 and 24 and to pro- public. Proposals to create vouchers do Sanders and Representative John Conyers vide job training opportunities to not require private schools to adopt introduced the Employ Young Americans young adults. strong academic standards or provide Now Act to help young Americans find path- ways to employment. This bill is a necessary Some people may say $5.5 billion is a students with disabilities the same first step to putting young high school grad- lot of money. It is. But it is a lot less services they have in public schools. uates back to work and to put our economy expensive to provide jobs and education Unlike public schools, private schools on the road to full employment. to our young people than to lock them do not need to serve all of our students. Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, today up and to destroy their lives. There is no guarantee that private in our country over 51⁄2 million young As we debate ESEA—again, I want to schools would make sure students have people have either dropped out of high thank Senator MURRAY and Senator access to State-licensed teachers, and school or have graduated high school ALEXANDER for their important work— they would not administer the same as- and do not have jobs. It is no great se- I want this issue to be on the table. I sessments as public schools, which cret to anyone that without work, intend to offer an amendment that would diminish our accountability of without education, and without hope says that in this country we are going Federal tax dollars. people get into trouble. They get into to put our young people to work and we I can tell you, as a former school destructive activity or self-destructive are going to get them an education board member, when people in my com- activity. The result of all of that is rather than lock them up. munity were unhappy with how their that, tragically, here in the United I yield the floor. taxpayer dollars were spent, they States today we have more people in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- would find me in the grocery store, at jail than any other country on Earth. ator from Washington. the school board meeting or call me at We have more people in jail than in the Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, since home at night. But if Federal tax dol- authoritarian Communist country of our Nation’s founding, the idea of a lars go to private schools, there is no China, with a population over three strong public education for every child elected official that a public citizen times our population. Today the has been part of the fabric of America. can call and say: I don’t like how you United States represents 4 percent of In the late 1770s, Thomas Jefferson in- are spending our tax dollars, and I the world’s population. Yet we have 22 troduced a bill in Virginia that out- want you to look at this. percent of the world’s prisoners. In- lined his plan for public schooling. At Many of our colleagues today demand credibly, over 3 percent of our coun- the time he wrote: ‘‘By far the most evidence and accountability in other try’s population is under some form of important bill in our whole code is that programs. I hope they do it in edu- correctional control. According to the for the diffusion of knowledge among cation as well. Some of my colleagues NAACP, from 1980 to 2012, the number the people.’’ on the other side of the aisle like to of people incarcerated in America Jefferson knew that educating chil- argue that vouchers create options for quadrupled from roughly 500,000 to over dren would strengthen our country. students and families. Well, that might 2 million people. That is still true today. Today a good be true for students of more affluent A study published in the journal education can provide a ticket to the families, but vouchers don’t provide a Crime & Delinquency found—this is middle class. When all students have real choice for the overwhelming ma- really quite unbelievable and quite the chance to learn, we strengthen our jority of students. Vouchers might tragic—that almost half of Black males future workforce and our economy. But cover some but usually not all of the in the United States are arrested by nearly everyone today agrees that the tuition of a private school. In some the age of 23. If current trends con- current education law—No Child Left cases a voucher would make just a tinue, one in four Black males born Behind—is badly broken. small dent in the full cost of a private today can expect to spend time in pris- The bipartisan bill we are debating school. That would enable students on during his lifetime. This is an un- on the floor today—the Every Child from more affluent families the ability speakable tragedy. It is something we Achieves Act—is a strong step in the to afford private schools because they cannot continue to ignore. But this cri- right direction to finally fix that law, personally have the means to make up sis is not just the destruction of human and it will help continue our Nation’s the difference. But students from low- life. It is also very, very costly to the tradition of making sure all students income backgrounds would still be taxpayers of our country. Locking peo- have access to a quality public edu- priced out of that choice. ple up in jail is a very expensive propo- cation. Vouchers only provide the illusion of sition. Some of our colleagues on the other choice to students from low-income In America we now spend nearly $200 side of the aisle are interested in backgrounds, and it is those low-in- billion on public safety, including $70 voucherizing the public school system. come students who ultimately lose out billion a year on correctional facilities. Instead of investing in our public when funds are siphoned away from the It is beyond comprehension that we as school system, they want to send Fed- public schools that they attend. Per- a nation have not focused attention on eral resources to private schools. That haps the most important reason I op- the fact that millions of young people would be a major step backward. pose private-school vouchers is because are unable to find work and begin their Vouchers undermine the basic goals of they do not improve student achieve- adult lives in a productive way. We public education by allowing funding ment. Study after study has shown cannot continue to turn our backs on that is designated for our most at-risk that vouchers do not pay out for stu- this national tragedy. students to be rerouted to private dents or for taxpayers. Let me be very clear. I think I speak schools. I urge my colleagues to oppose In 2012 researchers compared stu- for the vast majority of people in this any attempt to use Federal education dents enrolled in Milwaukee’s voucher country and I hope the majority of funds for private school vouchers. program compared with students in

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Each of Elementary and Secondary Education porting. I think it is a necessary but those studies concluded that the pro- Act into law 50 years ago, he described not quite sufficient measure. gram did not significantly improve education as the ‘‘only valid passport I am pleased to offer this opportunity reading or math achievement, and that from poverty.’’ He noted: dashboard of core resources amend- program came at the cost of funding From our very beginnings as a nation, we ment with Senators KIRK, BALDWIN, that could have helped improve local have felt a fierce commitment to the ideal of and BROWN. This amendment has the public schools. education for everyone. It fixed itself into support of dozens of national organiza- There are a number of reasons to op- our democratic creed. tions. pose any amendment that redirects I believe this amendment will help us Specifically, our amendment will re- Federal funds to private schools. Pub- stay true to that ideal. There are other quire States to develop and report on lic schools already have to deal with amendments we will consider that, measures of access to critical edu- scarce Federal resources. This would frankly, will do just the opposite, such cation resources, identify disparities in exasperate the problem. Private as those that would divert scarce re- access for districts, schools, and stu- schools would not be accountable for sources from public schools to private dent subgroups, develop plans with the Federal taxpayer dollars they get. schools through vouchers or so-called school districts to address disparities Vouchers do very little to expand portability amendments that Senator in access to critical educational re- choices for low-income families. Fi- MURRAY so eloquently spoke about. sources, and include the opportunity nally, as I said, studies have shown Rather than transferring resources dashboard of core resources on the that vouchers do not increase student away from our public education sys- State report card so everyone will achievement. tem, the passport to opportunity in our know where the resources are, where An amendment to allow public country, we should be doing more to they are going, and how we are making funds—taxpayer dollars—to flow to pri- ensure they have adequate resources. our commitment to an equitable and vate schools would be a step in the We have to do work to achieve real eq- excellent education for every American wrong direction. I strongly urge our uity in educational opportunity. child. colleagues to oppose any amendment Survey data from the Department of This amendment has bipartisan sup- that works to voucherize any of our Education’s Office of Civil Rights port, and, more importantly, broad Federal dollars. showed troubling disparities, such as support in the communities across the I believe that real improvement in the fact that Black, Latino, American Nation. I urge my colleagues to sup- student achievement comes when our Indian, Native Alaskan students, and port it when it comes to the floor for a teachers and school leaders have the English learners attend schools with vote. resources they need to help our stu- higher concentrations of inexperienced With that, I yield the floor. dents succeed. We have to work to- teachers. In fact, nationwide one in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- gether to strengthen our public school five high schools lacks a school coun- ator from Illinois. system, not dismantle it. selor, and between 10 and 25 percent of Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this I hope we can continue our bipartisan high schools across the Nation do not week the Senate is considering the Ele- work together—we have done well—to offer more than one of the core courses mentary and Secondary Education Act. help ensure all students have access to in the typical sequence of high school As we have heard from the previous a quality public education regardless of math and science, such as algebra I and speakers, the issues that are involved where they live or how they learn or II, geometry, biology, and chemistry. in this decision really go to the heart how much money they make. That Their curricula are very limited, and, of America and its future. should be our mission. indeed, perhaps inadequate. Public education is the avenue to op- I thank the Presiding Officer, and I The Education Law Center reports portunity for most children in Amer- yield the floor. that a majority of States have unfair ica, and if that avenue is blocked or if The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- funding systems with flat or regressive it is inadequate, that child will suffer, ator from Rhode Island. funding distribution. For these rea- the family will suffer, and the Nation Mr. REED. Mr. President, I come to sons, I introduced the Core Oppor- will suffer. There is hardly a bigger, the floor to speak about an amendment tunity Resources for Equity and Excel- more important assignment that could that I am offering with Senator KIRK, lence Act, or the CORE Act. Senators come our way than to consider elemen- Senator BROWN, and Senator BALDWIN, BROWN and BALDWIN were my cospon- tary and secondary education. which would establish an account- sors. This bill would establish an ac- We are fortunate that we have two ability mechanism for student access countability mechanism for resource good leaders on this issue—two of the to the core resources necessary for equity. This was the first education best in this Senate, Senator LAMAR learning. bill introduced in this Congress, and we ALEXANDER and Senator PATTY MUR- First, I wish to thank Senators KIRK, are very proud of that. RAY. Senator ALEXANDER is a Repub- BROWN, BALDWIN, and others for help- Holding our educational system ac- lican from Tennessee and a former Sec- ing with this very important matter. countable for both results and re- retary of Education. He takes this job More than 60 years after the land- sources is paramount. The No Child and assignment very seriously, and I mark decision of Brown v. Board of Left Behind Act looked at results, out- have spoken to him many times about Education, one of the greatest chal- comes, testing, and measurement. these issues. My colleague, friend, and lenges still facing this Nation is stem- What it failed to grasp is that we need fellow leader on the Democratic side, ming the tide of rising inequality. We resources also. We need the inputs. The Senator MURRAY of Washington, and have seen the rich—in fact, really the Every Child Achieves Act, the legisla- Senator ALEXANDER have done an ex- very rich—get richer while middle- tion we are discussing today, includes traordinary bipartisan job of bringing class and low-income families have lost important transparency on resource this measure to the floor. That is not ground. We see disparities in opportu- equity. I thank Senators ALEXANDER to say that I agree with every provi- nities starting at birth and growing and MURRAY for that. It requires States sion nor that any Senator does, but to over a lifetime. With more than one in to report on key measures of school have this reported unanimously from five school-age children living in fami- quality beyond student achievement on committee by both political parties lies in poverty and roughly half of our statewide assessments, including stu- with the political climate we have in public school population eligible for dent access to experienced and effec- Washington is nothing short of amaz- free or reduced-priced lunches because tive educators, access to rigorous and ing.

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We believed then, as I believe training station. should be made to this bill to enhance now, that kids from poor families don’t The bill also preserves the univer- accountability. We can have federally have a fighting chance if they don’t sally agreed upon triumph of No Child required accountability and interven- have the chance of a good education. Left Behind—to disaggregate data tion without federally prescribed ac- Title I was designed to send those dol- among subgroups of students. countability and intervention. lars to help those school districts edu- I remember back in 2002, when we Let me also say a word about vouch- cate those children. passed No Child Left Behind, I was rel- ers. The Senator from Washington just Now, the amendment that is pro- atively new to the Senate, and I sat spoke about vouchers. I asked her when posed by the Senator from North Caro- back there. Directly behind me was a No Child Left Behind was written and lina, Mr. BURR, would devastate low-in- Senator from Minnesota named Paul she told me 2002, and I think it was come students in my home State of Il- Wellstone. To say that Senator Paul somewhere around that period when we linois. It would reduce Illinois’s title I Wellstone hated No Child Left Behind passed the DC vouchers system. We are share by an estimated $180 million a is an understatement. Every time I got members of the Senate Appropriations year. That is a 28-percent reduction in up and appeared to be supporting it, he Committee. It was Senator DeWine of Federal assistance in my State of Illi- would be behind me whispering: Sen- Ohio who offered the DC voucher sys- nois to help poor, low-income, and mi- ator DURBIN, this is a mistake. Don’t tem as an amendment on an appropria- nority students—a 28-percent reduc- you vote for this. You will be sorry. tions bill. I offered three amendments tion. Chicago public schools alone Well, I voted for it. to his proposal. He proposed that Fed- would lose $68 million. I just have to As I reflect on it, many good things eral tax dollars be given to individual say for the record, they are struggling happened, but a lot of things happened parents in DC to choose the school even today to meet their budget needs that we didn’t expect to happen. We they wish, even if it was a private or and their pension requirements. This had testing, and I think testing is an religious school—not charter schools kind of cut would be devastating. important part of metrics and meas- per se but so-called DC opportunity or I think about the violence in the urement to see whether the students voucher schools. I offered three amend- great city of Chicago and many other are actually progressing. But some ments in committee to his proposal. cities as well. I think about the respon- parts of the bill went overboard by dis- Here is what they were: First amend- sibility of the Chicago public school qualifying schools and saying they ment, every teacher in a DC voucher system which educates almost 400,000 were not up to the job because their school had to have a college degree. students. A $70 million cut to Chicago test scores didn’t hit certain numbers. The amendment was defeated. The Re- would mean that these kids in low-in- Teachers would complain to me that publican majority said, no, we don’t come families would struggle and they went through all of this education want to limit the creativity here of many would not succeed in achieving a and had experience in teaching, but these new teachers in voucher schools. good education. Is that the best we can now they were just teaching to the The second amendment I offered said do? I think it is a mistake. test. They lost the thrill of being the students who attend the voucher I have to serve notice on my col- teachers and that diminished them in schools will take the same tests as the leagues. I don’t know what procedural their ability to help the children. students attending DC Public Schools tools are available to us, but when it We also know what happened when it so we can compare how they are doing. comes to an amendment that takes came to some of the other aspects of That amendment was also defeated by that kind of money away from criti- this bill. Some of the States started the majority in the Appropriations cally important school districts in my dumbing down their State standards so Committee. They didn’t want to be State, I am going to use every tool in schools would pass the test. It wasn’t a held to the same standards of testing the box to stop this from coming to the pretty sight. It is time to rewrite this and achievement. The third one was floor and passing. There is just too broken bill, and the bill that we have the most shocking. I said any building much at stake. I hope my colleagues before us attempts to do just that. used for a DC voucher school had to will join me in this effort to stop this No Child Left Behind made impor- pass the fire safety code in the District as well. tant advances in how we ensure that of Columbia. That, too, was defeated. Finally, let me talk about an issue all children are being served by public Years later, I sent staff out to take that is near and dear to all of us and education. As we debate the Every photos of some of the DC voucher especially to the Presiding Officer— Child Achieves Act this week, we must schools. It was depressing. Many of criminal background checks. In the resist the urge to go too far the other these schools were just schools in name State of Illinois, if you want to be a way. What happened with No Child only. They weren’t real schools. When teacher—before you can even be a stu- Left Behind was a political curiosity. we held a hearing before the Appropria- dent teacher—you have to go through a Here was a new Republican President, tions Committee, they couldn’t even criminal background check. What does George W. Bush, appealing to a Demo- explain what standards they were that consist of? Being fingerprinted cratic Congress to give the Federal teaching to. Is that the kind of system and having your fingerprints and per- Government more control when it we want to set up nationally and put sonal information turned over to our came to K–12 education. That was real- our tax dollars towards? Is that where State police and the FBI. We take this ly a new approach, and it is one that, families want to send their children? very seriously in Illinois, and we are frankly, surprised many of us. As a re- So I agree with Senator MURRAY. Be- not the only State. There are many sult, No Child Left Behind went in di- fore we start talking about voucher States that do exactly the same thing. rections and to degrees that many of us schools, let’s focus on our first respon- We don’t want anyone in the class- did not expect. Now we are getting a sibility; that is, public education. room, anyone in an unsupervised situa- pushback from those who say it went I also want to talk about an amend- tion with small children around, who is too far. The pendulum is about to ment that may be offered by Senator going to be a danger to those children, swing back in the other direction. This BURR of North Carolina on Title I for- period. bill allows States to develop their own mulas. Title I is the single largest There are two proposals before us. State education plan, set their own source of Federal funding for elemen- One is being offered by the Senator achievement goals, and hold them- tary and secondary education. It helps from Pennsylvania, and it is a criminal selves accountable. Every Child States and school districts address pov- background approach which I cannot Achieves does not require States to erty and the needs of low-income stu- support. The reason I cannot support it identify low-performing schools or dents. This was the inspiration for the is because it imposes new Federal

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If we don’t get this right, even though this AAPI group rep- to whether this potential teacher has many of the other things we do don’t resents students who come from a vari- anything in their background that is mean much. ety of different backgrounds—Chinese, worrisome or would disqualify that If we don’t provide that avenue of op- Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean—current teacher. It is already being done. The portunity to kids from lower-income, law and the Every Child Achieves Act amendment being offered by the Sen- impoverished families, they are not uses a broad ‘‘Asian-Pacific Islander’’ ator from Pennsylvania says now we likely to enjoy life as they might with category when reporting on student are going to make sure they go a good education and realize the Amer- achievement. Basically, if you are reg- through a second check, a federally ican dream. This is our step in the istering as a student, you have one cat- mandated criminal background check, right direction. I hope we can make it egory—one bubble—called Asian-Pa- which sends the school districts in Illi- even stronger as we consider amend- cific Islander, regardless of whether nois to the same agencies I just de- ments. you are Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, scribed; in other words, a second check I yield the floor. Korean. It doesn’t matter. It is a single which under Illinois law would be at The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- bubble. As a result of this single bub- the expense of the school district—that ator from Tennessee. ble, this student population as a whole Mr. ALEXANDER. I thank the Sen- goes to the State police, the FBI, and seems to perform well, but the broad ator from Illinois for his remarks. I others. Come on. Why would we waste AAPI category hides big achievement was thinking, as he was talking about our money—precious Federal money gaps between subgroups. The current Senator Kennedy, whom we all loved, I that we need for education—in dupli- census data gives us this evidence. cating background checks? It makes no think the mistake was that he was on According to the 2010 census, 72 per- sense whatsoever. a Republican no-fly list. That was the cent of Asian Indian adults have bach- So I commend the Senator from mistake. But he loved telling that elor degrees or higher; whereas, only 26 story and enjoyed it very much. It is Pennsylvania for being concerned percent of Vietnamese adults do. Steps nice to be reminded of him today be- about this. There isn’t a parent or should be taken to help close these cause he was chairman of this com- grandparent alive who doesn’t share achievement gaps and create an envi- mittee that is producing the fix for No his concern, but let’s not impose an ad- ronment where all students can suc- ditional Federal mandate on States Child Left Behind. ceed. This is critical to ensuring that that are already doing a professional He would make, in my view, the most our Nation’s children are preparing to job. If States say we have a background outrageous liberal speeches from the attend college or enter the workforce. check in place that conforms to what back of the Senate, and then he would That is why the Hirono-Heller amend- the standards are in Washington, why come to the front of the Senate and would work out a good bipartisan ment is so important. should they have to do it a second Our amendment simply requires agreement and get a good piece of leg- time? school districts with large populations Senator WHITEHOUSE of Rhode Island islation. He set a wonderful example of AAPI students to show how these makes that proposal. He has an alter- for us, and it is nice to be reminded of subgroups are performing. This amend- native amendment. He proposes that him. ment would also apply in large school the State background checks meet a Mr. President, Senator MURRAY and I list of Federal compliance require- have conferred, and I ask unanimous districts with over 1,000 AAPI students. ments, while explicitly ensuring that consent that the time until 4:30 p.m. This represents less than 3 percent of states would not need to duplicate today be equally divided between the the school districts nationwide. In fact, background checks for current employ- two managers or their designees and 11 States would not be affected at all ees who have already met these re- that it be in order to call up the fol- by the Hirono-Heller amendment. It is quirements and have been cleared. I lowing amendments: Hirono amend- also important to note that this think that is better. That eliminates ment No. 2109, Tester amendment No. amendment would only be used for pub- the duplication and eliminates the 2107, Alexander amendment No. 2139, lic reporting purposes. It would not re- wasted dollars on a second, unneces- Murray amendment No. 2124, Bennet quire accountability measures or inter- sary duplicative background check. amendment No. 2115; further, that at vention at any level. I might add that the Senator from 4:30 p.m. today, the Senate vote on the The bottom line is that having this Pennsylvania and the Senator from above amendments in the order listed, kind of subgroup data available equips Rhode Island addressed the concern with no second-degree amendments in parents and local officials with the about mistakes. If there is a name sent order to any of the amendments prior necessary information to determine in by mistake and a potential teacher to the votes and that the Alexander how their students are doing and how is disqualified and it turns out the in- amendment No. 2139 be subject to a 60- to better support students who need formation is erroneous, there is a due affirmative-vote threshold for adop- the most help. Isn’t that what these process provision in Senator TOOMEY’s tion; and that there be 2 minutes of de- school districts are all about, which is bill and one that I think is more com- bate equally divided between the votes. to try to identify those students and to plete in the bill offered by Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without better support students of those who WHITEHOUSE. objection, it is so ordered. need help. It wasn’t that many years ago, our Mr. ALEXANDER. For the informa- As a father of four and grandparent colleagues may remember, that our tion of all Senators, we expect a roll- of two, I think parents should have ac- colleague Senator Ted Kennedy ended call vote on three of these amendments cess to this kind of data, to know how up on a no-fly list. He kept saying: and that the rest will be adopted by schools are serving these children in Why am I on a no-fly list? It was a mis- voice vote. these specific subgroups, so they can take. It was a government mistake PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator make the right choice for their chil- that identified him as a danger to the from Nevada. dren. School choice advocates agree, country. Mistakes can be made. There Mr. HELLER. Mr. President, I rise in charter school advocates agree, and the needs to be a due process requirement support of amendment No. 2109, just truth is that school districts across the in here so those accused of something mentioned by the chairman, the Nation are already collecting and re- that they are not guilty of have a Hirono-Heller amendment which ad- porting this aggregated AAPI student chance to have their day to tell their dresses Asian-Pacific and Pacific Is- data. In fact, just this morning, I sat story as best they can. lander student data. down with several school superintend- The bottom line is that this bill is In my home State of Nevada, as in ents from all across my home State one of the most important we will con- many of my colleagues’ home States, who told me that access to this type of

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I have seen that first- GARDNER). The Senator from Ten- amendment is also supported by the hand in my own family. When I went to nessee. National Association of Elementary school, the atmosphere was a lot dif- AMENDMENT NO. 2139 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2089 School Principals, it is why this ferent than it is today. Back then, I (Purpose: To allow States to let Federal amendment is supported by the Na- could participate in just a very few funds for the education of disadvantaged tional Association of Secondary School sports, and it was simply unheard of children follow low-income children to the Principals, and why it is supported by for women athletes to receive athletic accredited or otherwise State-approved the National Education Association. I scholarships. public school, private school, or supple- am proud our amendment is also sup- Now, 15 years later, it was amazing mental educational services program they ported by over 100 AAPI, Latino, and to watch my own daughter choose to attend) African-American civil rights groups, play soccer, learning to be a part of a Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I educators, women’s groups, and the team and cheering each other on and ask to set aside the pending amend- disability community. learning how to be gracious in victory ment in order to call up amendment These groups agree with Senator and in defeat. The differences between No. 2139. HIRONO and me that AAPI subgroup my daughter’s generation and my own The PRESIDING OFFICER. The disaggregation is a top priority. I could not be more stark. clerk will report. thank Senator HIRONO for her leader- Today, more young women than ever The senior assistant legislative clerk ship on this issue and her dedication to are playing sports, but inequality still read as follows: serving the needs of all of our commu- exists and girls don’t have the same op- nities. I would also like to thank The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. ALEX- portunities to play sports as boys. In ANDER] proposes an amendment numbered Chairman ALEXANDER and ranking fact, if you add up all of the missed op- 2139 to amendment No. 2089. member Senator MURRAY for their ef- portunities across the country, young forts to not only put together a bipar- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I women have 1.3 million fewer chances ask unanimous consent that the read- tisan bill but also to move forward today to play sports in high school with an open amendment process dur- ing of the amendment be dispensed compared to boys. That is according to with. ing this debate. the National Federation of High School I encourage all of my colleagues to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Associations. So the amendment I am vote in support of the Hirono-Heller objection, it is so ordered. offering that we will be voting on amendment to ensure that parents (The amendment is printed in today’s shortly will help ensure that schools have choice and that school adminis- RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) simply report information about school trators alike are able to target stu- AMENDMENT NOS 2109 2107 2124 AND 2115 TO sports in elementary, middle, and high . , , , dents who need the most help. AMENDMENT NO. 2089 school. I yield the floor. Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I thank Senator MIKULSKI, who has been a champion for title IX, for work- unanimous consent to call up Hirono ator from Washington. amendment No. 2109, Tester amend- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, over ing with me on this amendment. Under our amendment, schools would report ment No. 2107, Murray amendment No. the weekend, we all cheered on the 2124, and Bennet amendment No. 2115, women’s national soccer team as they on both access to girls organized sports and the funding for girls sports. For as provided for under the previous beat Japan 5 to 2 in the World Cup. order, and ask that they be reported by Their teamwork and the skills they the first time, schools would need to show the public, show all of us, what number. displayed on the field were years in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without making. Many of the players on the they spend on travel expenses and equipment and uniforms for both boys objection, the clerk will report the women’s national team developed their amendments by number. skills and a love for soccer while at- and girls sports teams. This informa- The senior assistant legislative clerk tending their public schools growing tion will simply help us shine a light read as follows: up. on the persistent inequalities in sports In fact, before midfielder Carli Lloyd between men and women. The Senator from Washington [Mrs. MUR- shattered records in the World Cup Playing sports isn’t just good for a RAY] proposes amendments for other Sen- single sports season, it has a positive ators numbered 2109, 2107, 2124, and 2115 to finals on Saturday, she was the star of amendment No. 2089. the Delran High School soccer team in effect on and off the field. According to New Jersey. Unfortunately, not all the National Collegiate Athletic Asso- The amendments are as follows: young girls have the same opportuni- ciation, when young women play AMENDMENT NO. 2109 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2089 ties today as young boys do to partici- sports, they are more likely to have (Purpose: To amend section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) pate in school sports. In our Nation’s higher grades, and they are more likely to provide for additional disaggregation for schools, all girls should have equal op- to graduate from high school than non- local educational agencies with a total of portunities to pursue athletics, wheth- athletes. Research also shows that not less than 1,000 Asian and Native Hawai- er they just want to help their high girls who have opportunities to play ian or Pacific Islander students) school team have a winning season or sports have lower risk of obesity later On page 43, between lines 5 and 6, insert whether they dream of one day playing in life, lower incidence of depression, the following: and more positive body image than ‘‘(VI) for local educational agencies with in the World Cup final. not less than 1,000 total Asian and Native Today, I am offering an amendment nonathletes. Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students, the same to help close the opportunity gap in Congress can help ensure that girls race response categories as the decennial sports between young men and women. all over our country have the chance census of the population; and Back in 1972, Congress passed what is not only to improve their athletic abil- AMENDMENT NO. 2107 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2089 known as title IX. That is the law that ity but also to develop valuable skills (Purpose: To restore sections of the Elemen- bans discrimination in education on like teamwork and discipline and self- tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) the basis of gender. This law applies to confidence. Those skills lead to success On page 654, strike lines 7 through 10. all educational opportunities that have on and off the playing field. On page 683, lines 16 and 17, strike ‘‘7132, as had a huge impact on opening opportu- I urge our colleagues to vote for this redesignated by section 7001(2),’’ and insert nities for young women to play sports. important amendment. Let’s give ‘‘7135’’. For the first time, schools were re- young women and girls equal oppor- On page 683, line 18, strike ‘‘7132’’ and in- quired to provide equal opportunity to tunity in sports. So many girls across sert ‘‘7135’’.

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He is serving the under this part— the quorum call be rescinded. rest of his life in jail, as he should, but ‘‘(I) a listing of the school’s interscholastic The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sports teams that participated in athletic it was too late for Jeremy Bell. competition; objection, it is so ordered. The sad truth is this is not as iso- ‘‘(II) for each such team— AMENDMENT NO. 2094 lated an incident as we would like to ‘‘(aa) the total number of male and female Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I rise to think and as it should be. In fact, last participants, disaggregated by gender and speak on amendment No. 2094, which is year there were 459 arrests of school race; based on legislation I have introduced employees for sexual misconduct with ‘‘(bb) the season in which the team com- with Senator MANCHIN called the Pro- the kids they are supposed to be taking peted, whether the team participated in tecting Students from Sexual and Vio- care of. So far this year we are on postseason competition, and the total num- ber of competitive events scheduled; lent Predators Act. This has bipartisan track to have even more arrests than ‘‘(cc) the total expenditures from all support. This is a commonsense amend- last year. Keep in mind that these are sources, including expenditures for travel, ment that will protect children from the cases where the evidence is so clear uniforms, facilities, and publicity for com- child molesters and predators infil- the prosecution is confident in making petitions; and trating our schools. an arrest and pressing charges. How ‘‘(dd) the total number of coaches, train- We all know the overwhelming ma- many more cases are out there where ers, and medical personnel, and for each such jority of school employees would never we just don’t have enough certainty to individual an identification of such individ- harm a child in any way, but we also actually make the arrest and press the ual’s employment status, and duties other than providing coaching, training, or med- know pedophiles know where the chil- charges? There are many more. ical services; and dren are. They are in the schools. So So Senator MANCHIN and I decided we ‘‘(III) the average annual salary of the schools can be a magnet for the very would introduce legislation that would head coaches of boys’ interscholastic sports people we need to keep out of our take an important step towards the teams, across all offered sports, and the av- schools. I have been fighting this for goal of protecting our kids. Our legisla- erage annual salary of the head coaches of some time now—over a year and a tion has two big categories, two big girls’ interscholastic sports teams, across all half—since the legislation was first in- features that together would go a long offered sports. troduced. I am not going to stop fight- way toward ensuring greater security AMENDMENT NO. 2115 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2089 ing this. for our kids. (Purpose: To provide for a study on increas- There are a lot of good reasons to One is a Federal standard for crimi- ing the effectiveness of existing services make this fight happen, to secure the nal background checks. Let me just re- and programs intended to benefit children) protections for our school kids from spond to the comments made by the At the end of part B of title X, insert the these predators. For me, the reasons Senator from Illinois just a few min- following: begin with the three children I have, utes ago, suggesting that somehow my SEC. llll. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS OF who are 15, 14, and 5 years old. When I legislation requires a duplicative back- EXISTING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS put one of my children on a school bus ground check. That is factually and INTENDED TO BENEFIT CHILDREN. in the morning, I have every right to simply incorrect. There is no duplica- Not later than 2 years after the date of the believe I am sending my child to an en- tion. There is no redundancy. What we enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen- vironment where they are as safe as do in our legislation is to establish a eral shall provide to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of they can possibly be, and so does every Federal standard and say that all of the Senate and the Committee on Education other parent in Pennsylvania and every the major criminal databases must be and the Workforce of the House of Rep- other parent across the country. We in checked, but we don’t ask anyone to resentatives a report that includes— Congress have the obligation to make check it twice. I don’t know how that (1) a description and assessment of the ex- sure we are doing all we can to make idea occurred. The checks are a sen- isting federally funded services and pro- sure they will in fact be in the safest sible way to make sure nobody slips grams across all agencies that have a pur- possible environment. Sadly, we know through the cracks. pose or are intended to benefit or serve chil- that is just not always the case. We do require there be a periodic re- dren, including— (A) the purposes, goals, and organizational The motivation and the inspiration view, at the frequency established by and administrative structure of such services for this legislation that Senator the States, so we make sure we are and programs at the Federal, State, and MANCHIN and I introduced is a horren- checking up on school employees peri- local level; and dous story about a little boy named odically. That is not a redundancy. (B) methods of delivery and implementa- Jeremy Bell, and that story begins, The second fundamental aspect of tion; and sadly, at a school in Delaware County, our legislation, after the criminal (2) recommendations to increase the effec- PA, where one of the teachers was re- background checks, is that we would tiveness, coordination, and integration of peatedly molesting young boys, raping prohibit the practice of knowingly rec- such services and programs, across agencies ommending for hire a predator, a vio- and levels of government, in order to lever- one of the boys. age existing resources and better and more The administrators of the school fig- lent abuser, a pedophile. This, unfortu- comprehensively serve children. ured out what was going on. They re- nately, has its own name. This practice The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ported it to authorities, but the au- is called passing the trash. That rec- ator from New Jersey. thorities were never convinced they ommendation was exactly what al- Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, it is had enough evidence to mount a strong lowed Jeremy Bell’s killer to get a job fitting and appropriate, although it case. They couldn’t confidently charge as a teacher so that he could prey on was not coordinated, that I follow on the predator. So the school decided Jeremy Bell. Our legislation would for- to the comments of the distinguished they would dismiss this teacher for bid that. Senator from Washington State, the sexually abusing his students, but Both of these protections have broad ranking member of the committee, as shockingly, appallingly, they gave him bipartisan support. The House of Rep- she was talking about the importance a letter of recommendation to make resentatives, by the way, unanimously of the amendment about young women sure he could become someone else’s passed a bill that is virtually identical and athletic opportunities for them on problem. just in the last Congress. And just last an equal basis. Well, given that he was a pedophile fall the House and Senate combined, by (The further remarks of Mr. MENEN- and a predator, he surely did become a combined vote of 523 to 1, adopted the DEZ are printed in today’s RECORD someone else’s problem. He went to Child Care and Development Block under Morning Business.) West Virginia, became a teacher— Grant Act, which has the same lan- Mr. MENENDEZ. I yield the floor. based in part on the recommendation guage. It has the same provisions to

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I think that to challenge their being blocked from So in addition to the bipartisan sup- makes it abundantly clear that this is being hired. That does not exist in 45 port, our legislation has been endorsed a problem that transcends State lines. States right now. by many, many groups—child protec- There is nothing Nevada could have So you have to ask yourself: What tion groups, law enforcement groups, done about the dishonesty and the de- possible purpose could there be for prosecutors, the American Academy of ceit of the people in the Los Angeles mandating that States create these Pediatrics, the Pennsylvania School school district who allowed this to hap- minitrials, some little judicial mecha- Board Association. There is very broad pen. nism to challenge the notion that they support for this because it makes Let me sum this up. The Toomey- should be precluded from a job based on sense. Manchin bill offers a simple propo- their prior conviction for child abuse? Let me go a little bit more into de- sition. It says if a school district wants The only purpose would be to get an tail about these two aspects. to use Federal tax dollars, it has to exemption so they could be hired. Well, First, there is the criminal back- make sure those dollars are not being I am shocked Senator WHITEHOUSE ground check. Let’s be clear. Every used to pay pedophiles’ salaries. would propose legislation that would State does some kind of criminal back- I don’t think that is an unreasonable weaken the existing protections we ground check on hiring for schools. The demand. To do that, it says there are have in 45 States, but that is what he problem is many are woefully inad- two components. One is that you per- does. equate. In some cases they miss entire form a criminal background check that I would point out that in the case of databases, and so they miss convic- is rigorous enough to catch people who the Child Care and Development Block tions. have criminal backgrounds and a pro- Grant Act—which passed 523 to 1 and For instance, some States check only hibition against passing the trash. was supported by every Democrat in their State database. They do not Now, we have run into opposition on the House and the Senate, by the way, check the Federal database so they do this, as you know. In fact, there was a the one vote being for unrelated rea- not know about the criminal convicted letter signed by a number of organiza- sons—that language that protected two States over who moved into their tions led by the National Education kids did not have this mechanism of State postconviction. Association, the Nation’s largest creating a quasi-judicial entity so that Another fact is that many States teachers union group. The basic thrust convicted child abusers could neverthe- don’t require background checks for of the argument in the letter is that it less be hired. So if it wasn’t a good idea their contractors. In our legislation, if is unfair to exclude even a convicted you are an adult who has unsupervised admitted child abuser from being a then, when we were passing legislation contact with kids—whether you are a schoolteacher. Here is the quote from that pertains to daycares, it is not a bus driver, a sports coach or the jan- the letter: ‘‘Individuals who have been good idea now. So I hope we will oppose itor in the school—you have to have convicted of crimes and have com- the Whitehouse amendment. the background check. Some States pleted their sentences should not be I just want to underscore that there don’t require that. unnecessarily subjected to additional is urgency to this problem. Last year We establish a Federal standard so punishment because of these convic- alone there were 459 teachers arrested that we are protecting all kids uni- tions.’’ for sexual abuse or misbehavior with formly. So this whole background Under this logic, an admitted con- the children they are supposed to be check component is what I consider the victed child molester can finish their taking care of. We are on path so far, first part of the bill. prison term, walk out of a prison, go in the 6 months into this new calendar The second part, which is really a across the street to a school and be year, to have far more arrests than we distinct part but still every bit as cru- hired to be a first grade teacher. That had last year. Every one of these sto- cial, is this prohibition against passing is ridiculous. Our kids are not part of ries is not a statistic. Every one of the trash that I alluded to earlier. This some social experiment to see how these stories is a huge personal trag- is a provision that would have perhaps often convicted child molesters will re- edy—a shattered life, a stolen child- prevented the murder of Jeremy Bell. peat their crimes. I am not going to hood, often a family torn apart by grief We simply say if a school wishes to re- tolerate or risk trapping small children and misery. How many more of these ceive Federal funds, it has to ban this in a classroom with a convicted child kinds of arrests are we going to tol- practice. rapist. That is unbelievable. erate before we establish a better sys- This is so appalling—the idea that We have a national sex offender reg- tem for preventing this from happening someone would knowingly recommend istry for exactly this reason. As a soci- in the first place? for hire a predator who is preying on ety, we understand these people com- I think it is time for no more ex- children. It is so appalling that it is mit these crimes serially. Even after cuses. The House of Representatives hard to believe it happens, but the fact serving a prison sentence, very often has already passed this legislation is it does. Sometimes it happens across they go right back to their old ways. unanimously. All we need to do is pass State lines, and there is nothing any So I think it is perfectly acceptable—in this amendment on this bill, and it will State can do about the laws of a dif- fact, it is incumbent upon us—to say find its way to the President’s desk. It ferent State. This absolutely calls for a that when someone has been convicted will be signed, and kids across America Federal solution. of this type of crime they are disquali- will be more secure. For example, recently in Las Vegas, fied from being left in unsupervised I urge my colleagues to support the NV, a kindergarten teacher was ar- contact with children. Toomey-Manchin amendment—Pro- rested for kidnapping a 16-year-old girl The same letter from the National tecting Students from Sexual and Vio- and infecting her with a sexually trans- Education Association endorsed an al- lent Predators Act. mitted disease. That same teacher, it ternative amendment that has been I yield the floor. turns out, had molested six children— proposed by Senator WHITEHOUSE. He Mr. ALEXANDER. I suggest the ab- fourth and fifth graders—just several has proposed an alternative to my sence of a quorum. years before in Los Angeles, CA. Now, amendment, and I find it troublesome The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the Los Angeles school district knew because, among other problems, the clerk will call the roll. about the allegations. In fact, not only Whitehouse amendment actually would The senior assistant legislative clerk did they know about the allegations, weaken the protections in existing proceeded to call the roll. but they were so concerned that when State laws. Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, I ask a lawsuit was filed against them they There are 44 States that currently unanimous consent that the order for recommended settling. have a category of criminal conviction the quorum call be rescinded.

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If we put it in, ator has the time. sufficient second? these programs will continue to be au- AMENDMENT NO. 2109 There appears to be a sufficient sec- thorized and we can fight about fund- Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, I urge ond. ing later, but to take them out of an my colleagues to support the Hirono- The clerk will call the roll. authorization bill means these pro- The senior assistant legislative clerk Heller amendment No. 2109. grams are dead, and I think it would be called the roll. The current AAPI—American Asian a disservice to Indian Country. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator Pacific Islander—category hides huge I would appreciate a ‘‘yes’’ vote on is necessarily absent: the Senator from achievement gaps among subgroups, amendment No. 2107. Florida (Mr. RUBIO). i.e., Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Japanese, et cetera. With better sub- ator from Tennessee. Senator from Maine (Mr. KING) and the group data, teachers, parents, policy- Senator from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I makers, and community organizations are necessarily absent. urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. These programs have will know where they can target sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there not been funded for 20 years for a good port to the students who need the help any other Senators in the Chamber de- reason. It is because the money for most. siring to vote? these programs can come through Our amendment only applies to dis- The result was announced—yeas 47, other programs, such as the Workforce tricts with over 1,000 AAPI students. nays 50, as follows: Innovation Act. We are not talking about 1,000 students [Rollcall Vote No. 223 Leg.] This bipartisan bill consolidates 49 but 1,000 AAPI students, which means YEAS—47 programs that were authorized or fund- fewer than 3 percent of school districts ed through No Child Left Behind. This nationwide would be affected. That is Baldwin Gillibrand Murray Bennet Heinrich Nelson would take us in the direction of more about 400 out of over 16,000 school dis- Blumenthal Heitkamp Peters Federal programs, not fewer. tricts. Currently, Delaware, Maine, Booker Heller Reed I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote so that we can re- Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Boxer Hirono Reid Brown Kaine duce the amount of Federal programs North Dakota, South Dakota, Sanders Cantwell Kirk Schatz from Washington to the States, and Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming Cardin Klobuchar Schumer let’s use the existing dollars that we Carper Leahy have no districts that would be af- Shaheen have to help Indians, Native Ameri- Casey Manchin Tester fected. Coons Markey cans, and Alaska’s native education Udall Our amendment is endorsed by over Donnelly McCaskill programs. That is the most effective Warner 100 groups, including teachers, prin- Durbin Menendez way to do it. cipals, school choice and charter school Feinstein Merkley Warren Franken Mikulski Whitehouse I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. groups, not to mention a coalition of Gardner Murphy Wyden I ask unanimous consent that the AAPI, Latino, African American, wom- NAYS—50 votes following the first vote in this se- en’s, and disability rights groups. ries—that means this vote and the next Alexander Enzi Paul This is not an onerous requirement vote—be 10 minutes in length. on school districts. They already have Ayotte Ernst Perdue Barrasso Fischer Portman The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there the capacity to collect this kind of Blunt Flake Risch objection? what we call disaggregated data, which Boozman Graham Roberts Without objection, it is so ordered. will enable all of our schools to help Burr Grassley Rounds Capito Hatch The question is on agreeing to the kids who need the help the most. Sasse Cassidy Hoeven Scott amendment No. 2107. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Coats Inhofe Sessions Mr. CORKER. I ask for the yeas and Cochran Isakson ator’s time has expired. Shelby Collins Johnson nays. Ms. HIRONO. I urge my colleagues to Sullivan Corker Lankford The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Thune support this amendment. Cornyn Lee sufficient second? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cotton McCain Tillis There appears to be a sufficient sec- ator from Tennessee. Crapo McConnell Toomey Cruz Vitter ond. Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I Moran Daines Murkowski Wicker The clerk will call the roll. oppose the amendment. Instead of less- ening the national school board, this NOT VOTING—3 The legislative clerk called the roll. would make it more intrusive. This King Rubio Stabenow Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator amendment would say that instead of The amendment (No. 2109) was re- is necessarily absent: the Senator from schools reporting the academic results jected. Florida (Mr. RUBIO). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the of five major racial groups, they would AMENDMENT NO. 2107 Senator from Maine (Mr. KING) and the do it by country of origin. There are 196 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Senator from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) countries of origin. So if we apply the the previous order, there will now be 2 are necessarily absent. same thinking to White, Hispanic, minutes equally divided prior to a vote The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. LEE). Black, Native American, we would on amendment No. 2107, offered by the Are there any other Senators in the have an amazing mandate from Wash- Senator from Washington, Mrs. MUR- Chamber desiring to vote? ington to States about this amount of RAY, for Mr. TESTER. data. The Senator from Montana. The result was announced—yeas 56, The Senator’s argument should be Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I urge nays 41, as follows: made to a local school board, which my colleagues to support amendment [Rollcall Vote No. 224 Leg.] may do this if it wishes, or to a State No. 2107 to restore four title VII grant YEAS—56 board, which may make these aggrega- programs that were removed from the Baldwin Casey Gillibrand tions if it wishes, but this should not Every Child Achieves Act. These initia- Barrasso Coons Heinrich Bennet Crapo Heitkamp be a Washington mandate to increase tives will help Native American stu- Blumenthal Daines Heller from 5 to 16 the number of countries dents who are too often forgotten in Booker Donnelly Hirono mandated under Asian American and the debate about improving education Boxer Durbin Hoeven Pacific Islander and to set a precedent in America. Restoring these initiatives Brown Enzi Kaine Cantwell Feinstein Klobuchar for country-of-origin reports for 196 will help students in Indian Country Cardin Franken Leahy countries. develop the tools they need to succeed. Carper Gardner Markey

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Alexander Ernst Paul I know my colleague from Tennessee The amendment (No. 2124) was agreed Ayotte Fischer Perdue to. Blunt Flake Portman understands this is a nonstarter for me, Boozman Graham Roberts and I really urge my colleagues to op- VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2115 Burr Grassley Rounds Capito Hatch pose this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Sasse The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Cassidy Inhofe Scott the previous order, there will now be 2 Coats Isakson Sessions question is on agreeing to amendment minutes equally divided prior to a vote Cochran Johnson Shelby No. 2139. Collins Kirk on amendment No. 2115, offered by the Tillis Corker Lankford Mr. ALEXANDER. I ask for the yeas Senator from Washington, Mrs. MUR- Toomey Cornyn Lee and nays. RAY, for Mr. BENNET. Cotton Manchin Vitter The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Cruz McConnell Wicker Mrs. MURRAY. I yield back all time. sufficient second? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without NOT VOTING—3 There appears to be a sufficient sec- objection, it is so ordered. King Rubio Stabenow ond. The clerk will call the roll. The question occurs on agreeing to The amendment (No. 2107) was agreed The bill clerk called the roll. the amendment. to. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator The amendment (No. 2115) was agreed AMENDMENT NO. 2139 is necessarily absent: the Senator from to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Florida (Mr. RUBIO). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the previous order, there will now be 2 Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the ator from Tennessee. minutes of debate equally divided prior Senator from Maine (Mr. KING) and the Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, to a vote on amendment No. 2139, of- Senator from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) this has been a very good day. I appre- fered by the Senator from Tennessee, are necessarily absent. ciate Senators coming to the floor. It Mr. ALEXANDER. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there has been interesting to hear Senators’ The Senator from Tennessee. any other Senators in the Chamber de- differing opinions on some issues, but Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, if siring to vote? there is a consensus that runs through you really want to solve inequality in The result was announced—yeas 45, this debate, and it runs through the America by giving children an oppor- nays 52, as follows: Democratic side as well as the Repub- tunity to attend a better school, vote [Rollcall Vote No. 225 Leg.] lican side, which is that we have a con- yes because that would give any State YEAS—45 sensus about the need to fix No Child the opportunity to take 89 Federal pro- Alexander Ernst Perdue Left Behind and we have a consensus grams, consolidate them into $2,100 Barrasso Flake Portman about how to do it. scholarships, and give one of those Blunt Gardner Risch I thank the senior Democrat on the scholarships to every low-income child Boozman Graham Roberts education committee, Senator MUR- in the State—that is 20 percent of the Burr Grassley Rounds Cassidy Hatch Sasse RAY, for her excellent work, and I children—for that child to decide which Coats Hoeven Scott thank the majority leader and the school they would attend. It might be Cochran Inhofe Sessions Democratic leader, who have created public; it might be private. We would Corker Isakson Shelby Cornyn Johnson Sullivan an environment here where we can get be using the same policy that we used Cotton Lankford Thune quite a bit done. with colleges and universities. The Crapo Lee Tillis We have continued during the day to money follows the child to the school Cruz McCain Toomey agree to a large number of amend- that the parent decides that child Daines McConnell Vitter Enzi Paul Wicker ments. We have pretty well worked should attend. This is not a mandate; through some of the more contentious this is an opportunity. The schools NAYS—52 amendments we have had to deal with. would have to be accredited. Ayotte Franken Murphy We expect to have more amendments If you really want to create equality Baldwin Gillibrand Murray Bennet Heinrich Nelson tomorrow morning before lunch, al- in America by giving every child an op- Blumenthal Heitkamp Peters though it probably will be later to- portunity to be at the same starting Booker Heller Reed night, even in the morning, before we line, let the State decide to give a Boxer Hirono Reid Brown Kaine have an agreement on how to do that. $2,100 scholarship to follow a low-in- Sanders Cantwell Kirk Schatz So we will continue to work toward come child to the school that the fam- Capito Klobuchar Schumer Cardin Leahy that. ily decides the student should attend, Shaheen Carper Manchin Let me see if the Senator from Wash- public or private. Tester Casey Markey ington has any comments she would I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote. Collins McCaskill Udall The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Coons Menendez Warner like to make. ator from Washington. Donnelly Merkley Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Durbin Mikulski Whitehouse ator from Washington. Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, this Feinstein Moran Wyden amendment would retreat on our fun- Fischer Murkowski Mrs. MURRAY. Let me say to the Senator from Tennessee that his work damental commitment to make sure NOT VOTING—3 that every child has access to a quality on this has been really great. We are King Rubio Stabenow education, and it would do it by con- working hard on both sides of the aisle solidating almost every K–12 education The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under to get a bill to the President, and this program we have and turning that the previous order requiring 60 votes is part of that process. I concur with funding into a public or private school for the adoption of this amendment, him that we are working through this, voucher. It would cut programs for the amendment is rejected. and our hope is to get up some more STEM, for literacy, for afterschool— VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2124 amendments tomorrow morning. We priorities that are important to Mem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under should be able to announce that later bers across the aisle, and it would dis- the previous order, there will now be 2 tonight or tomorrow morning. mantle the important bipartisan work minutes equally divided prior to a vote Again, I thank the chairman of the we have done to fix this badly broken on amendment No. 2124, offered by the committee.

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Being a sanc- objection, it is so ordered. light, Kate was shot to death by an il- tuary city, however, San Francisco did The Senator from Alabama. legal alien. Kate’s mother, Liz Sul- not honor it. livan, described the horrific encounter Notably, within the same 24-hour pe- f to the San Francisco Chronicle, ex- riod, across the country in another SANCTUARY CITIES plaining that Kate just kept saying, sanctuary jurisdiction—Laredo, TX— ‘‘Dad, help me, help me.’’ Kate’s father Angelica Martinez was brutally mur- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I first performed CPR until the paramedics dered with a hammer by her husband, want to thank Senator ALEXANDER, arrived and took her to the hospital, Juan Francisco De Luna Vasquez, an and I have a few remarks to make where she fought for her life but ulti- illegal alien. He had been deported about sanctuary cities and how they mately passed away. from the United States four times. threaten the safety of our country. Her death was at the hands of Fran- Local police said this was the third vio- I am cosponsoring Senator COTTON’s cisco Sanchez, an illegal alien with lent encounter between this couple and amendment to this bill that would seven felony convictions who had been that Vasquez had also had a previous withhold Federal law enforcement deported to Mexico at least six sepa- driving-while-intoxicated charge and a funds to sanctuary jurisdictions. The rate times, most recently in 2009. Ac- charge for evading arrest. As a sanc- amendment, based largely on the provi- cording to information obtained by my tuary city, Laredo refused to even tell sions of the Michael Davis, Jr. and office, this individual’s criminal his- the Department of Homeland Security Danny Oliver in Honor of State and tory includes multiple criminal convic- of the arrest and denied Homeland Se- Local Law Enforcement Act, which we tions and lengthy Federal and State curity the ability to file a detainer introduced a few weeks ago, ensures prison sentences dating back to 1991, with their jurisdiction. They just de- that jurisdictions that choose to en- including felony heroin possession, fel- nied it. danger their communities and the pub- ony manufacture of narcotics, revoked These cases, colleagues, highlight the lic at large by adopting these reckless probation, and at least four convictions tragic and completely avoidable con- policies receive no Federal law enforce- for illegal reentry after deportation, sequences of sanctuary jurisdiction ment funding. among others. policies. Indeed, if not for sanctuary It is a fundamental principle of law In an interview with local media, this cities and the Obama administration’s enforcement that individuals who are individual admitted to shooting Kate. continued destruction in other areas of tried in one jurisdiction and who also In the same interview, the individual immigration enforcement, Kate and face charges in other jurisdictions are stated that he repeatedly returned to others surely would be alive today. Her held and turned over to the next juris- San Francisco because he knew San death could have been prevented, but diction before being released because it Francisco was a sanctuary city where the extreme open borders ideology that becomes an extremely dangerous prob- he would not be pursued by immigra- rejects even the deportation of crimi- lem if they are released before charges tion officials. nals—that is, people who commit are disposed of in another jurisdiction. Make no mistake—in essence, that is crimes other than the crime of enter- That is being violated deliberately and what a sanctuary city is. Not only do ing the country illegally—led to her openly by a number of cities in the they not honor detainers—the basic death, as it has led to the death of country as an act of defiance and dis- law enforcement requirement between many others. respect for those traditions of courtesy jurisdictions—but they send a signal Although sanctuary jurisdictions are between Federal and State jurisdic- that ‘‘No matter whether you are legal not a recent development, they have tions and even county and city juris- or illegal, you are safe in our city, and been allowed to flourish under this ad- dictions. we will do nothing to facilitate your ministration. Let me repeat that. This Congress has an obligation to ensure apprehension for violations of law.’’ administration has allowed sanctuary that limited taxpayer dollars are not Despite this extensive criminal his- cities to flourish. On a few occasions, given to those cities and counties that tory of approximately six prior depor- officials in the government have com- refuse to cooperate with basic Federal tations and no obligation to release plained, once about Chicago, Cook law enforcement efforts to remove this individual to local custody in San County, but no action was ever taken criminal aliens from the country. Francisco—a jurisdiction that is to pressure Cook County to change. I would like to take a few moments known to release illegal immigrants The administration has not only re- to talk about the life of Kate Steinle. back into the public—Federal authori- fused to stop cities from acting in this Kate was a 32-year-old young woman ties turned this individual over to San way but has emboldened them with who grew up approximately 40 miles Francisco on March 26. this systematic dismantling of immi- east of San Francisco in Pleasanton, I question whether the Federal Gov- gration enforcement. CA. She graduated from Amador Valley ernment should have ever turned him In fact, while this administration has High School and California Poly- over to San Francisco. Perhaps they taken legal action against State and technic State University. She worked should have deported him on the spot. local jurisdictions that have simply at- as a sales representative for a medical But, courtesy says, San Francisco indi- tempted to help the Federal Govern- device equipment company and was cated they had another criminal charge ment enforce our immigration laws, precisely the type of person every par- and they turned him over. The charge they sued them to block their efforts ent aspires for their child to become. apparently was for distribution of a to enforce the law or help the Federal Kate’s family described her as ‘‘loving, controlled substance. On April 15, for Government enforce the law—States smart and beautiful.’’ Kate’s brother reasons which at this point are un- and counties which have never at- said that ‘‘she was the most wonderful, clear, this individual was released from tempted to deport people, but they loving, caring person.’’ Kate’s friends San Francisco County Jail—an action have taken efforts when they capture described her as an ‘‘amazing, very that led directly to the death of Kate somebody for a crime or for a DUI and compassionate person’’ with an infec- Steinle on July 1. find out they are illegally in the coun- tious smile and the kind of friend who So San Francisco filed a detainer try—they would like to be able to turn was always there. with the Bureau of Prisons, which had them over to the Federal Government Last Wednesday, Kate had plans to this individual in custody, and the Bu- in some fashion so they can be de- visit her brother and his wife in reau of Prisons dutifully—according to, ported. Pleasanton with the hopes of learning it appears, normal procedures—turned This has been resisted by the Federal whether she would soon have a new him over to San Francisco for proc- Government, unfortunately. In 2010,

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Thus, while it had the time and re- ment was between the Federal law offi- Congress must take action now to sources to sue States like Arizona and cers and their supervisors—their politi- protect all Americans, including the litigate such cases all the way to the cally-appointed supervisors—they actu- millions of dutiful immigrants who are Supreme Court, this administration ally filed a lawsuit in Federal court in our country, many of them in high- has not spent a dime to take similar contending that their superiors were crime areas, to protect them from actions against sanctuary jurisdictions ordering them to violate their oath to criminal gangs and violent offenders. around the country, and the adminis- enforce the laws of the United States. Just recently, I, along with Senators tration was well aware of the dangers They sought relief in the Federal VITTER, PERDUE, COTTON, INHOFE, and posed by these policies. court. The district judge found merit in BOOZMAN, introduced the Michael Former ICE Executive Associate Di- their claims, but ruled against them on Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of rector of Enforcement and Removal a procedural issue. That case is now be- State and Local Law Enforcement Act, Operations Gary Mead said that sanc- fore the United States Court of Appeals a bill named for two sheriff’s deputies tuary cities—and in particular Cook for the Fifth Circuit. in California who were murdered by an County, IL—were ‘‘an accident waiting It is an incredible spectacle that law illegal alien with an extensive criminal to happen.’’ That was obviously a enforcement officers were suing their record, and, I thought, three deporta- sound prediction, and we have seen the supervisors—the political appointees of tions. Talking to the widows of these tragic results. the President—because they were being officers recently, I am told that he may Not only has the government failed ordered to violate the plain law they have been deported four times—and to stand up to sanctuary jurisdictions, had sworn to uphold. had an extensive criminal record. So this bill is a companion to the but two days ago—the White House is It is time to get our priorities House bill introduced earlier this year now claiming that if Congress had just straight. We need immigration reform by the chairman of the House Sub- passed the Gang of 8 bill, the com- all right but reform that serves the in- committee on Immigration and Border prehensive amnesty bill, then this terests of the American people—not Security TREY GOWDY. It is a good bill. international corporations, not anti- would never have happened. But the Our bill is similar. In addition to en- enforcement zealots, not the open bor- Gang of 8 bill the President pushed so hancing cooperation with States and hard for would have dramatically in- ders lobby. They don’t get to dictate to local law enforcement and eliminating creased incidents of criminal alien vio- America how laws should be enforced. loopholes that allow criminal aliens to lence, officially legalizing dangerous Immigration reform should mean im- obtain immigration benefits, this bill offenders while handcuffing immigra- proving immigration controls, not fur- would constitute a clear, strong, and tion officers from doing their jobs. Law ther weakening or eliminating them. responsible response to sanctuary ju- enforcement professionals told us the Just yesterday it was reported that a risdictions and other government ac- Gang of 8 bill would have undermined six-time deported illegal alien in Ari- tions. Specifically, it would withhold the rule of law in America, not zona was charged in a felony hit-and- Federal funding from sanctuary juris- strengthened it. These are the people run of a mother and her two young dictions that do not cooperate with the who know. children who were seriously injured in enforcement of Federal immigration Chris Crane and Ken Palinkas, presi- the crash—six times deported, he re- laws or do not honor Federal immigra- dents of the National ICE Council that turns. tion detainers, provide immunity to ju- represents all ICE officers, and the When they return, do they not go to risdictions that honor detainers and USCIS union, respectively—these two jail? Are we just going to continue to hold aliens until ICE can pick them up, leaders of these two important organi- deport them time after time with no and provide a general sense of Congress zations issued a statement on behalf of real consequence? that ‘‘the Department of Homeland Se- their officers—the key officers who en- Mr. President, 121 homicides have curity has probable cause to believe force immigration law in America. been committed by aliens who were re- that an alien is inadmissible or deport- This is what our Federal law officers leased from ICE custody over the last able when it issues a detainer’’ for an had to say about the President’s idea few years. People who were released alien. That would clear up one of the that the Gang of 8 bill would fix these after being held by Immigration and loopholes being cited here to excuse kinds of problems: Customs Enforcement officers, ille- some of these actions. The [Gang of Eight] proposal will make gally here—not deported but were re- By the way, I believe it is 300 sanc- Americans less safe and it will ensure more leased—have murdered 121 people. tuary cities and counties in the coun- illegal immigration—especially visa over- So over 170,000 criminal aliens with try out of 17,000 or so law enforcement stays—in the future. It provides legalization final orders of removal are walking our jurisdictions. Some of them are quite for thousands of dangerous criminals while streets. ICE releases tens of thousands large cities: Chicago, San Francisco, making it more difficult for our officers to of criminal aliens every year into our Los Angeles. identify public safety and national security communities. The policies of this ad- The passage of these sections alone threats. . . . ministration have effectively nullified could do more to combat sanctuary ju- They go on to say: law in a host of areas. That is plain risdictions and protect the people of The legislation was guided from the begin- fact. those communities and really the ning by anti-enforcement special interests I have talked to the officers person- country from criminal aliens than and, should it become law, will have the de- ally. I know what the policies are. I what this administration has accom- sired effects of these groups: Blocking immi- know the effects of these policies are gration enforcement. . . . plished in the 7 years or so it has been exactly what the administration want- in office. They go on to say: ed, exactly what the special interests It is time for Congress to make its [It is an] anti-public safety bill and an wanted, exactly what the ACLU want- first item of business the immediate anti-law enforcement bill. ed, exactly what La Raza wanted. That passage of legislation to cut off Federal Imagine if the country’s chief law en- is what they have been asking for. law enforcement moneys to sanctuary forcement officer—that is, the Presi- That is what this administration has cities. Not one more parent should lose dent of the United States—had spent delivered. a son or daughter because American that year trying to end sanctuary cit- Now, when a murder occurs which be- cities are harboring criminals. In any ies and deport criminal aliens and en- comes national news, they say that it State—like mine, I was attorney gen- force the laws of the United States in- is not our fault; it is Congress’s fault. eral of Alabama—one jurisdiction is stead of trying to empower open bor- These actions have effectively nul- prosecuting a person for a crime, and ders activists and fighting against law lified plain law. George Washington when that is completed and another enforcement and refusing to enforce University Law Professor Jonathan one has a warrant against them, they

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It started during clear: If we continue on our present in this country. the Bush administration and was con- path, we will leave our children and The Federal Government holds peo- tinued for a while under President grandchildren with a world very dif- ple for State jurisdictions and the Obama. Now they have undermined ferent from our own and not for the State jurisdictions hold people for the that. better. Federal Government. I was a Federal We need to protect the work site By denying the science, dismissing prosecutor for 12 years. It is done all with E-Verify. If a person can’t estab- the risks or simply by their silence, the time. It is shocking to me—abso- lish they are here lawfully with a law- Senate Republicans have effectively lutely shocking—that a great city of ful Social Security number, they don’t pledged allegiance to the fossil fuel the United States of America would need to be employed. companies—companies that make a lot not honor a detainer by the U.S. Gov- We need to curtail an oversupply of of money polluting the atmosphere ernment. foreign work visas to protect American with carbon emissions and that spend The Immigration and Customs En- jobs first. The only immigration meas- big on politics. forcement officers should not second- ures politicians should be discussing Outside this Chamber, however, the guess why it is issued or not. It is up to today are those that protect Ameri- American people want action. Ameri- that jurisdiction to try or acquit or cans, that protect American security cans overwhelmingly favor limits on treat responsibly the person they are and safety and American jobs and greenhouse gases and getting more now prepared to release to them. To ig- American communities. More than electricity from renewables. It is hap- nore that is a breach of the most fun- enough has been done for the special pening across the country. It is defi- damental relationships between Fed- interests. They have had their day. nitely true in Rhode Island, my home eral law enforcement, and it is done for They had their day too long. State, but it is not just Rhode Island- political reasons by political mayors, Whether we are talking about em- ers. Over this past recess, I went to Ten- generally, and city councils to try to ployees at Walt Disney in Florida, un- nessee. I found that people in the Vol- win votes, I suppose. It has no principle employed construction workers in Cali- unteer State see the effects, they see in fact. fornia or truck drivers in North Da- the risks, and they see the opportuni- I am also calling on Congress to kota, it is time for the needs of Ameri- move toward a series of measures, ties that come with climate change. cans who are out of work to come first. In Knoxville, I met with Mayor Mad- whether as stand-alone bills, in appro- We don’t have enough jobs for Ameri- eline Rogero, and I heard about the priations measures or in any other cans. We don’t need to bring in more great work she is doing. Knoxville is planned legislation, to establish immi- foreign workers. making their infrastructure more resil- gration reforms that serve the inter- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ient to flooding and storms and work- ests of all lawful residents of the PERDUE. The Senator’s time has ex- ing to reduce its greenhouse gas emis- United States living here today. These pired. sions, partnering with local utilities are some things we need to do: Mr. SESSIONS. I am sorry, Mr. and citizens groups. Greenhouse gas End the release of criminal aliens President. I ask unanimous consent for emissions from the city’s operations from Federal custody. We cannot just one additional minute to wrap up. were down 12 percent in 2014, compared let them go after having been con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to 2005. Their goal is to make it to 20 victed of a crime. They need to be de- objection, it is so ordered. percent. ported. The law says they shall be de- Mr. SESSIONS. There is no more Mayor Rogero told me about the ported. It has been ignored. basic need than ensuring that all risks climate change poses in Eastern Cut off visas to foreign countries Americans live in a safe, secure, and Tennessee: changes in the Smoky that will not repatriate their aliens. It peaceful community. I believe the leg- Mountains parks nearby, programs like is an absolute outrage that countries islation I have offered will take us in Round It Up that help people with util- like China refuse to take back people that direction. It is sound. It is respon- ity bills getting hammered by earlier, who are lawfully deported by the sible. It is consistent with American hotter summer weather. She told me United States. Yet they want us to give law. It is well within all of the con- Knoxville wasn’t alone. Even little visas to them. We should cut off fund- stitutional requirements. I hope my Ducktown, TN, built a 28-kilowatt ing. We should cut off their visas until colleagues will be able to study it as solar array. they agree to promptly take back these time goes by and pass it into law. I visited Oak Ridge National Labora- individuals. That is the whole basis of I yield the floor. tory, which is researching how climate international visa law. All nations The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- change will affect Tennessee and the know that. Most nations take their na- ator from Rhode Island. United States and the rest of the tionals back promptly. This refusal by Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I ask unanimous world. Let me tell you, they are not these countries backs up our system, consent to speak for up to 20 minutes doubting climate change at Oak Ridge. costs us millions of dollars in housing, in morning business. They are planning for it. They are and all kinds of other additional prob- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there modeling warming up to 18 degrees lems. It needs to end. We can end it objection? Fahrenheit in the vast boreal forest re- just like that if the President would Without objection, it is so ordered. gions of the Northern Hemisphere. take action. The law requires it. The Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I They are concerned about the phony President doesn’t really need a law to expect I will take less than the 20 min- science being propagated by the fossil fix that one. utes, just to reassure you, but I want fuel industry front groups—what I have Suspend visas to countries with high to reserve that much time. called the parallel science designed to overstay rates. Some of these countries f look like science without actually have this huge number that get a visa being peer-reviewed or meeting the and never return home and they reach CLIMATE CHANGE standards—and they are saddened to these higher rates. We don’t have to Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, see the public taken in and Congress keep giving visas to countries whose this is the 105th time I have come to stalled. They have a brilliant anima- residents don’t return like they are the Senate floor to urge my colleagues tion of industrial-era carbon emissions supposed to and at the time they are to wake up to the reality of climate climate. If I could use a monitor in- supposed to. change. I know the Presiding Officer is stead of this piece of cardboard I would We need to close the asylum loop- a veteran of several of these speeches. show it to you, but I can’t. So you will holes and eliminate fraud. This is a For far too long, far too many of us in have to find it. You can go to my huge issue and can be greatly abused. this Chamber have simply dismissed website where I have a link: white- We need to end the catch and release at the evidence of climate change. They house.senate.gov/climatechange.

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I she has to worry about a swarm of Precipitation has measurably in- urge anybody who is listening to this them getting on her children. Nor- creased in parts of Tennessee during to take 10 minutes and look at the fly mally, cold nights and winter freezes the last century, and as climate change fishing clip ‘‘Cold Waters’’ on the Con- limit the range of the fire ant. But this continues, heavy rains and extreme servation Hawk’s Web site. It is called invasive species has moved north into weather are expected to increase. For co2ldwaters.org, but the trick is there Tennessee with the warming tempera- fishermen, in addition to the warming is a ‘‘2’’ in the middle. The Web site is tures. of the stream water, streams that are co2ldwaters.org. One thing was crystal For those colleagues who believe the blown out by extreme rains are bad for clear from our panel and from the dis- only values that matter are those that trout fishing. cussion that followed, and that is this: can be monetized, the USDA estimates In Tennessee I also saw great hope Real outdoorsmen don’t deny climate that U.S. losses to the invasive fire ant for climate action. Mayor Rogero is change. If you don’t believe me, believe are almost $6 billion a year. working with Oak Ridge National Lab- legendary outdoorsman Yvon Fire ants aren’t the only invasive oratory to design a climate change sus- Chouinard. Look at the clip at pests that benefit from warmer nights tainability plan for Knoxville and the co2ldwaters.org. and winters. The threat of the invading area around it, including the lab cam- If we in this Chamber could wake up pus. The laboratory is also a leading emerald ash borer and the Asian and stop denying this problem, we research center for advanced nuclear longhorned beetle means that campers could do a lot to help. Real legislative technology, including small modular visiting Tennessee can’t bring their action, such as a price on carbon, could reactors that could help unlock low- own firewood into the Great Smoky unlock energy innovation and it could Mountains National Park anymore. As carbon energy with reduced risk of ac- cidents or proliferation. make the fat-cat, politician-buying of March 1, only heat-treated firewood polluters actually compete fair and is allowed, certified by the USDA or Tennessee is ripe with wind and solar potential, and the famous Tennessee square on a level playing field with the State. clean energy. Of course they would Climate change threatens the Great Valley Authority, after a slow start, is getting around to renewables invest- rather not. They would rather pollute Smoky Mountains with much more the world and rig the politics to rig the than invasive species. The national ments and supporting distributed gen- eration. The TVA has learned from competition so they can keep polluting park may lose up to 17 percent of the for free. mammals that presently live there as things such as having to derate power- If you think from my comments that climate change shifts their habitat and plants on the Tennessee River because I am mad about the disgraceful polit- changes the composition of the forest. the river grew too warm to cool the The Tennessee Wildlife Resource thermal load of the plant and seeing ical conduct of the oil and coal barons, Agency says that ‘‘Tennessee’s wildlife giant demand sways from 12,000 to well, you are right; I am. It is sick- and natural resources face a serious 35,000 megawatts. ening. It is a disgrace. And no, it is not threat from climate change.’’ The I met with University of Tennessee good enough to say just enough good professors who are helping the TVA agency did a comprehensive assess- things about climate change to get make the move. The University of Ten- ment of the potential effects climate through a cocktail party at Davos, nessee has entire programs on climate change would have on the State’s wild- while you keep your corporate money change. They are not denying it. They life. These are some of its key findings: flowing to the U.S. Chamber of Com- have professors such as Dean Rivkin at merce, the American Petroleum Insti- Tennessee’s forests are expected to under- the College of Law, Mary English at go changes in forest growth and composition. tute, and other denial front groups to . . . [S]ome high elevation forest types will the Howard Baker Center, and John stop progress at all costs. You can’t be dramatically impacted or lost entirely; Nolt, recently the head of the faculty have it both ways. I will know the Big brook trout populations are expected to de- senate, who has written on the moral Oil CEOs are serious when they pub- cline; migratory songbirds may alter their importance of counting climate casual- licly tell the Wall Street Journal edi- ranges, with some species disappearing from ties. By the way, Professor Nolt cites torial page that it is OK to knock off Tennessee altogether; and larger floods and studies showing global deaths from the the climate denial. longer droughts could cause increased ero- consequences of climate change every What I would like is to take their sion, reduced water supply, and the spread of year in the range of 140,000, 300,000 and invasive species. high-priced lobbyists, to take their 400,000. But why should we care? slippery lawyers, to take their paid-for Meeting with local environmental Private companies get it in Ten- bogus scientists and put them all up in leaders and advocates at the Southern nessee. I heard a lot about Wampler’s the high country for a week with Yvon Alliance for Clean Energy, I learned Farm Sausage, headquartered in Chouinard or someone like him who that air quality is another significant Lenoir City, which has invested in really loves and knows the country problem for the Volunteer State, espe- solar and biomass energy production to they are wrecking. It just might be cially in Eastern Tennessee. cut down on energy bills and provide good for their souls. Here is a map I got from them show- stability to its business. For them it is ing the counties that still get a D or an about business and the environment. Senator SCHATZ and I have a bill to F for air quality: Sullivan County, D; The company sees consumer demand level the energy playing field by lev- Knox County, D; Loudon County, D; ahead for sustainably produced prod- ying a carbon fee on fossil fuel emis- Jefferson County, D; Sevier County, F; ucts. In the words of company presi- sions. In our bill every nickel collected Blount County, F; Hamilton County, dent Ted Wampler, Jr., ‘‘being green is goes back to the American people, and which has Chattanooga in it, F; Cannon going to sell sausage.’’ most of it goes back through cutting County, D; Wilson County, F; I had a nice dinner with lovely people taxes. When it is time for Republicans Williamson County, F; Shelby County, from the Knoxville Garden Club. Some to break free of this filthy grip the fos- F. had come to Congress for the annual sil fuel industry has, we will be there. If you fix the carbon pollution from garden club trip to urge Congress to We will be there, and we will be wait- the coal plants, you will fix a lot of take action. They see in their garden ing. Take a look at our bill. It would be these air quality problems, too, and the changes that are reflected in the a win-win-win for the American people, these air quality problems in the fa- USDA plant hardiness zone for Knox- and it aligns with what so many Re- mous Great Smoky Mountains. They ville shifting in their very lifetimes. publicans outside of Congress are say- were smoky enough, I guess, to begin A highlight of the trip was the an- ing about the correct solution to the with. This is not helping. nual meeting of the Outdoor Writers climate problem.

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In Lesotho, women were fun- has left a lasting legacy in my office as cation bill to the floor and steering it damentally unequal citizens, unable to well as in her adopted State of Idaho. so far through this process, is a re- open a bank account without a man’s Linda retired from the Senate nearly nowned champion of clean energy re- permission. MCC made the Lesotho 7 years ago after providing 18 years of search and of electric vehicles. partnership contingent upon removing service to Idahoans. Linda was the first Tennessee’s junior Senator said in those barriers, and women now enjoy staff member to join my congressional 2009, when cap-and-trade ideas were economic freedoms unavailable to campaign as a member of my first swirling: them before. House campaign staff. She was promi- I wish we would just talk about a carbon nent and pivotal in my campaign and tax, 100 percent of which would be returned With 11 years under its belt and a quickly became one of the most reli- to the American people. So there’s no net proven record of success, the MCC is able and intuitive staff members. dollars that would come out of the American looking towards the future and assess- Linda then became my first regional people’s pockets. ing how it can amplify its already sig- director in Twin Falls, ID, serving Gentlemen, that is our bill. I am nificant effects on fighting poverty. throughout my service in the U.S. open to this discussion any time, but One way we can do that is to give MCC House of Representatives and into my let’s please not wait too long. As they the flexibility to coordinate its work service in the U.S. Senate. As State Di- know at Oak Ridge, as they know in on a regional basis. That is why I intro- rector of Constituent Services, she es- the mayor’s offices in Knoxville and duced S. 1605, the Millennium Com- tablished high constituent service Ducktown, as they know at the Univer- pacts for Regional Economic Integra- standards, ones that are still used in sity of Tennessee, and as the rangers tion Act, or the M-CORE Act, along my office, and she advocated strongly know up in the Great Smoky Moun- with Senators FLAKE, COONS, and ISAK- for military families and veterans. Her tains, time’s a wasting, and we need to SON on June 18, 2015. The M-CORE Act friendly nature, southern charm, and wake up. would enable MCC to establish concur- quick intellect helped defuse potential I yield the floor. rent compacts in eligible developing conflicts, and she represented the I suggest the absence of a quorum. countries, enhancing their ability to House and Senate offices with the ut- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The promote economic growth and cross- most professionalism. clerk will call the roll. border engagement between and among Whether she was working in Idaho or The senior assistant legislative clerk nations. Through the greater regional Washington, DC, her priority was to proceeded to call the roll. economic collaboration that MCC re- serve the people of Idaho, which she Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I gional compacts will achieve, countries carried out with the utmost care and ask unanimous consent that the order can address deficiencies in communica- diligence. Her lasting legacy will be for the quorum call be rescinded. tions, transportation, and energy net- her influence over domestic violence The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without works. MCC’s bilateral compacts have awareness and prevention. More than objection, it is so ordered. increased access to reliable power, 20 years ago, she arranged for me to f built highway corridors, and improved visit a local shelter for abused chil- business climates, thereby promoting dren. The visit inspired an immovable MILLENNIUM COMPACTS FOR RE- economic growth and cross-border en- commitment to increase awareness of GIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION gagement within MCC partner coun- domestic violence and to advocate for ACT tries. solutions and assistance for victims in Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I wish to Regional investments can have an every possible circumstance. Her inter- speak about the successes of the Mil- even greater rate of return. In Central est and advocacy in this matter also lennium Challenge Corporation, or America, for example, MCC’s work on spurred her into action when she recog- MCC, which is one of the U.S. Govern- road infrastructure could have had an nized the need for training public serv- ment’s newest and most potent re- even greater impact if the roads con- ants who worked on public lands in sources in the war against global pov- nected across borders. And in Africa, how to handle domestic violence situa- erty. neighboring countries could collabo- tions that arise when people are on MCC was founded by a bipartisan act rate on a regional power pool, connect public lands, not in their homes. With of Congress in 2004 as a new way to de- land-locked countries to transpor- my strong support, she worked with liver foreign assistance. While the U.S. tation infrastructure, or address other the appropriate individuals within the Agency for International Development, policy, institutional, and logistical U.S. Forest Service to initiate pro- USAID, remains a critical tool for challenges that hamper economic grams to train employees on domestic working with countries in need, MCC growth and development. violence prevention. This remarkable was given a very specific and focused achievement might be enough to most MCC has, by mandate, always focused goal: to reduce poverty through eco- people, but Linda was a force that con- on economic analysis and rigorous nomic growth. The countries receiving tinued to search for ways to improve data; and its approach to regional in- MCC grants would be partners with a the lives of others. strong say in how their money would vestments has been no exception. She touched the lives of many Idaho be spent. And, countries would need to MCC’s extensive analysis has concluded military families and youth. As an compete for MCC dollars—only the best that a regional approach to poverty re- Army wife herself, Linda had a per- governed countries that performed bet- duction, under the right cir- sonal understanding of military fami- ter than their peers on matters of eco- cumstances, can present opportunities lies. This experience gave her empathy nomic freedom, ruling justly, and in- to take advantage of higher rates of re- to advocate effectively and attentively vesting in their people, would be wor- turn on investment and larger scale re- on behalf of Idaho military members, thy of MCC funding. ductions in poverty. veterans, and their families. Linda also The MCC model is working. Coun- In short, MCC regional investments instituted and guided my military tries are taking a hard look at their have the potential to greatly enhance academy nomination process, helping problems and poring over their per- economic growth in well-governed re- countless Idaho youth on their path to formance scorecards so that they can gions of the developing world. I urge success. become MCC-eligible. Academics have my Senate colleagues to join me in She was observant, inspired, tactful, confirmed that the so-called ‘‘MCC Ef- supporting this commonsense legisla- and hard-working. Linda helped high- fect’’—MCC’s ability to incentivize sig- tion. light the unrecognized good deeds of

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I am very proud service of veterans and volunteers serv- foot manufacturing and distribution fa- to recognize and celebrate Ruth’s ing veterans. She also helped achieve cility in Leesburg employs over 600 birthday and her extraordinary con- hard-sought land access and conserva- Ohioans annually and the corporate tributions to the State. I wish Ruth tion policies. Linda was a nurse by headquarters in Blue Ash employs 70. and her family the best on this very training and profession, which is con- I congratulate Candle-lite and its special day and for many more years of sistent with her gift for helping and employees in making its first 175 years health and happiness.∑ caring for people, a behavior she dem- a success and extend my best wishes f onstrated repeatedly. The legacy that for the next 175 years. REMEMBERING LAURA MYERS she left upon her retirement remains f today in the Crapo office. ∑ Mr. HELLER. Mr. President, today, ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Since news of her unexpected passing we honor the life and legacy of Laura has reached my staff and former staff Myers, whose passing signifies a great loss to Nevada. I send my condolences members, remembrances of Linda have TRIBUTE TO RUTH GRIFFIN poured in. I would like to share a few and prayers to her family and friends ∑ with you: Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, today I during this time of hardship. Laura ‘‘Linda was a singular individual who wish to honor one of New Hampshire’s was an incredible person, committed to set the pace for constituent services in most revered and accomplished leaders, bringing joy to those around her Idaho. She cared for individuals and Ruth Lewin Griffin, as she celebrates through humanitarian service and fair- families, not ‘cases’. Her approach in- her 90th birthday. and-balanced news to residents across fluenced me and how I set up suc- Born in Fall River, MA, Ruth moved Nevada. She truly represented the best ceeding constituent services oper- to Portsmouth, NH, at a young age and of journalistic excellence. She will be ations. Her zealous care for people has continues to reside there today. Most sorely missed by the entire Nevada been emulated and has resulted in notably, she served as executive coun- family. thousands of Idahoans getting the help cilor for the third district of New Laura was born on August 26, 1961, in they deserve from their government.’’ Hampshire for 20 years. As a testament Las Vegas. She spent the majority of ‘‘Linda was truly an amazing, gen- to her continued commitment to the her childhood in northern Nevada, erous, and gracious lady. She truly was Granite State, Ruth currently serves where she received her education and beautiful both inside and out. Linda as chairman of the Portsmouth Hous- graduated from the University of Ne- made me feel so welcome on my first ing Authority. vada, Reno. She began her journalism trip to Idaho. She joked with people But Ruth’s career of service began career with the Reno Gazette-Journal that she introduced me to that I was long before her time on the executive in 1984 and took her first step in polit- from way, way Southern Idaho. We de- council. After graduating from Ports- ical coverage, reporting the Nevada cided that Lava Hot Springs would be mouth High School, Ruth went on to Legislature, in 1987. She was then hired my adopted hometown. Really being pursue a degree from Wentworth Hos- in 1988 by the Associated Press to cover from Louisiana, I loved that Linda and pital School of Nursing. Using the news in Carson City and later in the I shared strong Southern roots, and skills she learned as a registered nurse, San Francisco and San Jose, CA, areas. great wacky stories.’’ she dove headfirst into a career as a Over the next 20 years, Laura pursued ‘‘She has that southern mixture of public servant, holding office as a both her humanitarian and journalistic sweetness and sass with an underlying State senator and State representative passion, leaving and returning to the spirit and determination that was al- and serving on the Portsmouth Police AP several times and working with ways apparent.’’ Commission and board of education. Habitat for Humanity in Uganda, Mon- Beyond her professional accomplish- She also served as a delegate to two golia, and New York, alongside her day ments, Linda was a great friend. Not Constitutional Conventions and as a job throughout the 1990s and 2000s. only did she pay attention to my pro- Republican national committeewoman. Laura’s first departure from the AP fessional needs, but she also recognized Ruth has earned well-deserved praise was in 1992 after she joined the Peace when some personal time was needed. for her service to our State, including Corps, where she spent time working to Many times when I was working in her being named one of New Hampshire’s help a remote village in Togo, West Af- region, she built in time in the sched- Ten Most Powerful Women for 6 years rica. In 1995, Laura worked with the ule for a much needed clothes shopping in a row, and most recently, she re- American Refugee Committee, man- trip, a visit to the eye doctor, or just ceived the 2015 Granite State Legacy aging logistics at a refugee camp in the some down time with my family. My Award, which honors dedication to the Congo. Immediately after, she accepted wife, family, and I have all been State, its people, and way of life. another job offer from the AP with a blessed with her friendship. Linda will In addition to her tremendous service position covering politics, foreign af- be missed beyond measure, and I ex- to New Hampshire, Ruth has been fairs, the military, and national secu- tend deep condolences to family and blessed with a wonderful family, in- rity in Washington, DC. friends. Thank you for your service, cluding the late John Griffin, five chil- In 2003, Laura left the AP and ful- Linda. Rest in peace, dear friend. dren, five grandchildren, and two filled her passion for movies, studying f great-grandsons. Four generations of at the New York Film Academy. After- the Griffin family have lived on their wards, in 2006, Laura spent 10 months RECOGNIZING CANDLE-LITE COM- family farm, raising sheep, chickens, in North Africa and the Middle East as PANY ON ITS 175TH ANNIVER- and other livestock. As the matriarch a management consultant for Arabic- SARY of the family, Ruth strives to teach her and French-language newspapers. After Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today family members the values she learned filling another position with the AP in I wish to honor Candle-lite Company— on the farm—hard work, humility, and 2007, Laura worked for Food for All of the oldest continually operating candle perseverance. She will often tell you, Washington. From 1988 to 2008, her ex- company in the United States—as it invoking her family motto, that she traordinary hard work and good char- celebrates its 175th anniversary. lives her life ‘‘by courage, not by cun- acter maintained a good relationship Candle-lite Company was founded in ning.’’ with the AP, continuously preserving 1840 by Thomas Emery, who traveled Ruth embodies the spirit of a true an opportunity to return. In 2009, after door-to-door selling candles in Cin- New Hampshire leader. Her life is committing time to teaching English cinnati, OH. His venture continued to marked by her dedicated service and to adults in Egypt, Laura returned to grow and eventually his son, Thomas her devotion to making New Hamp- Nevada and was hired as the Las Vegas

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She born in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. sought to transcribe and bring an accu- The success of Mr. Samrick’s ap- RECOGNIZING HASPEL rate picture of her findings to her read- proach to management is evident in ∑ Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, small ers. Her insatiable appetite to uncover Mill Steel’s track record, especially businesses can often influence Amer- important news stories and bring Ne- during the past 5 years. The company’s ican culture and provide rich traditions vadans pertinent political information revenue first crossed the $100 million that we celebrate for decades to come. made her the incredible journalist that mark in the early 2000s. In 2010, Mill Born out of the unique features of their she was. She embodied the Battle Born Steel expanded outside the Midwest hometowns, these businesses have be- spirit of determination, fearlessness, with the purchase of the former Coated come an important part of our history. confidence, and resilience. She was a Steel facility in Birmingham, AL. Last The ‘‘Throwback Thursday’’ Small fierce competitor, bringing out the ab- year, it added a facility at the Port of Business of the Week, Haspel of New solute best of Nevada journalism. I Indiana to its holdings. This has al- Orleans, LA has created an all-Amer- worked with Laura for many years and lowed Mill Steel to become a promi- ican brand of clothing that has sup- have seen firsthand her unwavering nent player in the flat-roll steel mar- ported domestic enterprise and manu- dedication to her trade. Our relation- ket from Toronto to Texas. It antici- facturing. ship operated under an open-door pol- pates 700,000 tons of flat-rolled steel In 1909, Joseph Haspel Sr. created his icy, and I am grateful for everything will pass through the doors of Mill namesake seersucker brand to help she has done. Steel next year, with revenue expected Louisianians cope with the Mighty I extend my deepest sympathies to to exceed $600 million in 2015. Mississippi’s heat and humidity. Haspel her family. We will always remember Mill Steel’s success is due in no small recognized the need for versatile, light- Laura for her invaluable contribution part to the company’s hard work and weight clothing that could be worn to the local community and for her the loyalty displayed between it and during both the summer days and eve- compassion that touched so many lives its clients. Mr. Samrick’s patient and nings. He based the puckered cloth off around the globe. Her legacy of kind- trusting leadership has helped Mill of a similar design used by workers in ness, dedication, and true drive will Steel remain flexible during economic India, where the fabric was originally echo on for years to come in Nevada downturns. This flexibility is also illus- used to make overalls and laboring journalism. trated in the company’s commitment clothes. Haspel soon realized that a Laura fought to bring Nevada only to technology and service. In par- wide variety of folks could benefit from the most accurate journalism. Even in ticular, the company’s Rapid Response the innovative design—not simply just her final weeks, her dedication to those program allows it to regularly prepare the day laborers for which the design around her never faltered. I am hon- and ship an order within 4 hours of was initially intended. From here, the ored to commend her for her hard work being received. Mr. Samrick’s trust in seersucker business suit was born and and invaluable contribution to the Sil- his team allows Mill Steel to address quickly became a popular icon of the ver State. Today, I join the Las Vegas the dynamic needs of its customers, en- southern gentleman, worn at jazz con- community and citizens of the Silver couraging loyalty and trust across the certs and cocktail parties alike. The State to celebrate the life of an up- board. style spread farther north and eventu- standing Nevadan and friend, Laura Mr. Samrick’s successful approach to ally solidified its place as an emblem of Myers.∑ leadership is not only rooted in his sophistication, having outfitted nearly f confidence in the leadership and staff every President since Calvin Coolidge. of Steel Mill; it reflects his love for his Haspel is now in its fourth generation TRIBUTE TO DAVID SAMRICK family and a desire to lead a balanced as a family-owned business and con- ∑ Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, I wish lifestyle. Mr. Samrick is devoted to his tinues to provide lightweight and styl- to recognize Mr. David Samrick on the wife, two children and five grand- ish clothing across the country. occasion of his recognition as the 2014 children. He also embraces a culture of Joseph Haspel centered his brand on Service Center Executive of the Year philanthropy, demonstrated by his role the unique culture of New Orleans and by Metal Center News. Mr. Samrick as a national leader on the American southern Louisiana. In addition to pro- has worked at Mill Steel since 1965, and Israel Public Affairs Committee, and viding a cloth that would help people was named president in 1976 after his his longtime commitment to Big stay cool throughout the summer, he father stepped back from day-to-day Brothers and Big Sisters of Western was committed to crafting clothes that management of the family’s company. Michigan and its parent organization, were enjoyable to wear. To dem- Under his leadership, Mill Steel has D.A. Blodgett St. John’s of Michigan. onstrate his wash-and-wear fabric, grown from a single-location in Grand For almost 20 years, Mill Steel has Haspel supposedly jumped into the At- Rapids, MI into the 23rd largest service led the fundraising efforts of Big lantic Ocean in his suit, hung it up to center organization selling flat-rolled Brother and Big Sisters of Western dry, and wore it to an event later that steel from Canada to the gulf coast. I Michigan. The company took leader- evening. His commitment to durable, appreciate the opportunity to recog- ship of the organization’s annual golf comfortable clothing has attracted nize Mr. Samrick’s success as a busi- outing in 1996. Since that time, the loyal customers for over 100 years. This ness leader, as well as the contribu- event has raised nearly $1.7 million, wash-and-wear material is used today tions he has made to communities helping match 11,000 children with for everything from suits to shorts. throughout western Michigan. mentors. The annual golf outing cul- Congratulations again to Haspel for Mr. Samrick is the heart and soul of minates in a dinner where the Harry being selected as the ‘‘Throwback Mill Steel, the company founded by his Samrick Scholarship, named in honor Thursday’’ Small Business of the Week. parents in 1959. Its success is a testa- of Mr. Samrick’s father, is awarded. It Thank you for your continued embodi- ment to Mr. Samrick’s team-building is one of the many ways Mr. Samrick ment of Louisiana culture and dedica- skills and his confidence in the com- and Mill Steel supports children, in- tion to 100 percent made-in-America pany’s leadership. Each member of the cluding services projects at group quality clothing.∑ six-person leadership team has equity homes and visits to children hospitals. f in the company, and all share the re- Again, I would like to congratulate sponsibility of directing its operations. Mr. David Samrick on being recognized MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT The team reflects a diversity which is as the 2014 Service Center Executive of Messages from the President of the unique in the steel industry, a reflec- the Year by Metal Center News. I ap- United States were communicated to

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An act to improve defense co- Eligibility’’ ((44 CFR Part 64) (Docket No. As in executive session the Presiding operation between the United States and the FEMA–2015–0001)) received in the Office of Officer laid before the Senate messages Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; to the Com- the President of the Senate on June 25, 2015; from the President of the United mittee on Foreign Relations. to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and States submitting sundry nominations H.R. 1531. An act to amend title 5, United Urban Affairs. which were referred to the appropriate States Code, to provide a pathway for tem- EC–2130. A communication from the Acting committees. porary seasonal employees in Federal land Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, De- partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- (The messages received today are management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit ant to law, the report of a rule entitled printed at the end of the Senate pro- promotion procedures, and for other pur- ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone ceedings.) poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- Off Alaska; Greenland Turbot in the Aleu- f rity and Governmental Affairs. tian Islands Subarea of the of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area’’ f MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE (RIN0648–XD920) received in the Office of the RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT MEASURES PLACED ON THE President of the Senate on June 24, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED CALENDAR Transportation. Under the order of the Senate of Jan- The following bill was read the first EC–2131. A communication from the Assist- uary 6, 2015, the Secretary of the Sen- and second times by unanimous con- ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- ate, on June 26, 2015, during the ad- sent, and placed on the calendar: ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to journment of the Senate, received a H.R. 2576. An act to modernize the Toxic law, a report relative to section 36(c) of the message from the House of Representa- Substances Control Act, and for other pur- Arms Export Control Act (DDTC 14–114); to poses. the Committee on Foreign Relations. tives announcing that the Speaker pro EC–2132. A communication from the Assist- tempore (Mr. THORNBERRY) has signed f ant Secretary for Legislation, Department of the following enrolled bills: EXECUTIVE AND OTHER Health and Human Services, transmitting, H.R. 893. An act to require the Secretary of COMMUNICATIONS pursuant to law, an annual report relative to the Treasury to mint coins in commemora- the implementation of the Age Discrimina- tion of the centennial of Boys Town, and for The following communications were tion Act of 1975 for fiscal year 2014; to the other purposes. laid before the Senate, together with Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and H.R. 1295. An act to extend the African accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Pensions. Growth and Opportunity Act, the General- uments, and were referred as indicated: EC–2133. A communication from the Gen- ized System of Preferences, the preferential EC–2124. A communication from the Direc- eral Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor- duty treatment program for Haiti, and for tor of the Regulatory Management Division, poration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the other purposes. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Allocation of As- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- sets in Single-Employer Plans; Benefits Pay- Under the authority of the order of able in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; titled ‘‘Prohexadione calcium; Pesticide Tol- the Senate of January 6, 2015, the en- Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Pay- erances’’ (FRL No. 9927–25) received during rolled bills were signed on June 26, ing Benefits’’ (29 CFR Parts 4022 and 4044) re- adjournment of the Senate in the Office of ceived in the Office of the President of the 2015, during the adjournment of the the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; Senate on June 25, 2015; to the Committee on Senate, by the President pro tempore to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Mr. HATCH). and Forestry. EC–2134. A communication from the Board EC–2125. A communication from the Direc- f of Trustees, National Railroad Retirement tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 2015 annual report on the financial status of At 11:39 a.m., a message from the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- the railroad unemployment insurance sys- House of Representatives, delivered by titled ‘‘Cuprous oxide; Exemption From the tem; to the Committee on Health, Edu- Requirement of a Tolerance’’ (FRL No. 9929– cation, Labor, and Pensions. Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, 51) received during adjournment of the Sen- announced that the House has passed EC–2135. A communication from the Rail- ate in the Office of the President of the Sen- road Retirement Board, transmitting, pursu- the following bills, in which it requests ate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on Ag- ant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Twenty-Sixth the concurrence of the Senate. riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Actuarial Valuation of the Assets and Liabil- H.R. 907. An act to improve defense co- EC–2126. A communication from the Pro- ities Under the Railroad Retirement Acts as operation between the United States and the gram Manager of the BioPreferred Program, of December 31, 2013’’; to the Committee on Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Office of Procurement and Property Manage- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. H.R. 1531. An act to amend title 5, United ment, Department of Agriculture, transmit- EC–2136. A communication from the Direc- States Code, to provide a pathway for tem- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, porary seasonal employees in Federal land titled ‘‘Guidelines for Designating Biobased Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- management agencies to compete for vacant Products for Federal Procurement’’ ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- permanent positions under internal merit (RIN0599–AA23) received in the Office of the titled ‘‘Revising Underground Storage Tank promotion procedures, and for other pur- President of the Senate on June 24, 2015; to Regulations—Revisions to Existing Require- poses. the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, ments and New Requirements for Secondary and Forestry. Containment and Operator Training’’ The message also announced that the EC–2127. A communication from the Coun- ((RIN2050–AG46) (FRL No. 9913–64–OSWER)) House has agreed to the amendment of sel, Legal Division, Bureau of Consumer Fi- received during adjournment of the Senate the Senate to the bill (H.R. 91) to nancial Protection, transmitting, pursuant in the Office of the President of the Senate amend title 38, United States Code, to to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Defin- on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on Envi- direct the Secretary of Veterans Af- ing Larger Participants of the Automobile ronment and Public Works. fairs to issue, upon request, veteran Financing Market and Defining Certain EC–2137. A communication from the Direc- Automobile Leasing Activity as a Financial identification cards to certain vet- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Product or Service’’ (RIN3170–AA46) received Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- erans. during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED fice of the President of the Senate on June titled ‘‘Performance Specification 18—Per- At 2:36 p.m., a message from the 30, 2015; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- formance Specifications and Test Procedures House of Representatives, delivered by ing, and Urban Affairs. for Hydrogen Chloride Continuous Emission Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- EC–2128. A communication from the Sec- Monitoring Systems and Stationary retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- nounced that the Speaker has signed Sources’’ ((RIN2060–AR81) (FRL No. 9929–25– ant to law, a six-month periodic report on OAR)) received during adjournment of the the following enrolled bill: the national emergency with respect to Senate in the Office of the President of the H.R. 91. An act to amend title 38, United transnational criminal organizations that Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on States Code, to direct the Secretary of Vet- was declared in Executive Order 13581 of July Environment and Public Works. erans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran 24, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- EC–2138. A communication from the Direc- identification cards to certain veterans. ing, and Urban Affairs. tor of the Regulatory Management Division,

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A communication from the Staff Alabama’’ ((RIN2060–AS58) (FRL No. 9929–91– adjournment of the Senate in the Office of Director of the United States Commission on OAR)) received during adjournment of the the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; Civil Rights, transmitting, pursuant to law, Senate in the Office of the President of the to the Committee on Environment and Pub- a report relative to the United States Com- Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on lic Works. mission on Civil Rights renewing the charter Environment and Public Works. EC–2146. A communication from the Direc- of its federal advisory committee; to the EC–2139. A communication from the Direc- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Committee on the Judiciary. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–2157. A communication from the Direc- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- tor, Administrative Office of the United ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- titled ‘‘Modification of Significant New Uses States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to titled ‘‘Approval of Alabama’s Request to of Certain Chemical Substances’’ ((RIN2070– law, a report entitled ‘‘2014 Report of Statis- Relax the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure Gaso- AB27) (FRL No. 9928–93)) received during ad- tics Required by the Bankruptcy Abuse Pre- line Volatility Standard for Birmingham, journment of the Senate in the Office of the vention and Consumer Protection Act of Alabama’’ ((RIN2060–AS58) (FRL No. 9929–90– President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to 2005’’; to the Committee on the Judiciary. OAR)) received during adjournment of the the Committee on Environment and Public f Senate in the Office of the President of the Works. Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on EC–2147. A communication from the Assist- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Environment and Public Works. ant Secretary for Legislation, Department of EC–2140. A communication from the Direc- Health and Human Services, transmitting, The following reports of committees tor of the Regulatory Management Division, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Plan for were submitted: Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Expanding Data in the Annual Comprehen- By Mr. COCHRAN, from the Committee on ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- sive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Report’’; to Appropriations: titled ‘‘Technical Amendments to the Haz- the Committee on Finance. Special Report entitled ‘‘Further Revised ardous and Solid Waste Management Sys- EC–2148. A communication from the Direc- Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget To- tem; Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals tor, Office of Regulations and Reports Clear- tals from the Concurrent resolution for Fis- from Electric Utilities—Correction of the Ef- ance, Social Security Administration, trans- cal Year 2016’’ (Rept. No. 114–78). fective Date’’ ((RIN2050–AE81) (FRL No. 9928– mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 44–OSWER)) received during adjournment of entitled ‘‘Extension of Effective Date for f the Senate in the Office of the President of Temporary Pilot Program Setting the Time INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Com- and Place for a Hearing Before an Adminis- JOINT RESOLUTIONS mittee on Environment and Public Works . trative Law Judge’’ (RIN0960–AH75) received EC–2141. A communication from the Direc- during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- The following bills and joint resolu- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, fice of the President of the Senate on June tions were introduced, read the first Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 30, 2015; to the Committee on Finance. and second times by unanimous con- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–2149. A communication from the Chief sent, and referred as indicated: titled ‘‘Approval of Air Quality Implementa- of the Publications and Regulations Branch, By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. tion Plans; Sheboygan County, Wisconsin 8- Internal Revenue Service, Department of the KING): Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reason- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the S. 1715. A bill to require the Secretary of able Further Progress Plan’’ (FRL No. 9929– report of a rule entitled ‘‘Update of Weighted the Treasury to mint coins in commemora- 73–Region 5) received during adjournment of Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and tion of the 400th anniversary of arrival of the the Senate in the Office of the President of Segment Rates’’ (Notice 2015–42) received in Pilgrims; to the Committee on Banking, the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Com- the Office of the President of the Senate on Housing, and Urban Affairs. mittee on Environment and Public Works. June 24, 2015; to the Committee on Finance. EC–2142. A communication from the Direc- EC–2150. A communication from the Assist- By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ant Secretary for Legislation, Department of BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Health and Human Services, transmitting, MURPHY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Elder HEINRICH, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. STABENOW, titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- Justice Coordinating Council 2012–2014 Re- Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE): mentation Plans; Texas; Revision to Control port to Congress’’; to the Committee on Fi- S. 1716. A bill to provide access to higher Organic Compound Emissions From Storage nance. education for the students of the United Tanks and Transport Vessels’’ (FRL No. EC–2151. A communication from the Direc- States; to the Committee on Health, Edu- 9929–69–Region 6) received during adjourn- tor, Office of Personnel Management, trans- cation, Labor, and Pensions. ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- mitting, pursuant to law, the Office’s annual By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. dent of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the report on Federal agencies’ use of the Physi- PORTMAN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. BOOZ- Committee on Environment and Public cians’ Comparability Allowance (PCA) pro- MAN, Mr. VITTER, and Mr. COTTON): Works. gram; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- S. 1717. A bill to amend title 46, United EC–2143. A communication from the Direc- rity and Governmental Affairs. States Code, to exempt old vessels that only tor of the Regulatory Management Division, EC–2152. A communication from the Dis- operate within inland waterways from the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- trict of Columbia Auditor, transmitting, pur- fire-retardant materials requirement if the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- suant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Review of owners of such vessels make annual struc- titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- District of Columbia’s Compliance with the tural alterations to at least 10 percent of the mentation Plans; Mississippi; Memphis TN– Recommendations of the Task Force on areas of the vessels that are not constructed MS-AR Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8- Emergency Medical Services (The Rosen- of fire-retardant materials; to the Com- Hour Ozone Standard’’ (FRL No. 9929–84–Re- baum Task Force)’’; to the Committee on mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- gion 4) received during adjournment of the Homeland Security and Governmental Af- tation. Senate in the Office of the President of the fairs. By Mr. ROBERTS: Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on EC–2153. A communication from the Dis- S. 1718. A bill to provide for the repeal of Environment and Public Works. trict of Columbia Auditor, transmitting, pur- certain provisions of the Patient Protection EC–2144. A communication from the Direc- suant to law, a report entitled ‘‘ANC 8D Fi- and Affordable Care Act that have the effect tor of the Regulatory Management Division, nancial Operations Were Not Fully Compli- of rationing health care; to the Committee Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ant with Law’’; to the Committee on Home- on Finance. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- land Security and Governmental Affairs. By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- EC–2154. A communication from the Direc- BALDWIN, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. BENNET, mentation Plans; Arkansas; Prevention of tor, Administrative Office of the United and Ms. MIKULSKI): Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to S. 1719. A bill to provide for the establish- Plantwide Applicability Limit Permitting law, an annual report to Congress concerning ment and maintenance of a National Family Revisions’’ (FRL No. 9929–81–Region 6) re- intercepted wire, oral, or electronic commu- Caregiving Strategy, and for other purposes; ceived during adjournment of the Senate in nications; to the Committee on the Judici- to the Committee on Health, Education, the Office of the President of the Senate on ary. Labor, and Pensions. June 30, 2015; to the Committee on Environ- EC–2155. A communication from the Assist- By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. MI- ment and Public Works. ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative KULSKI, and Mr. CARDIN): EC–2145. A communication from the Direc- Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- S. 1720. A bill to require the Secretary of tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ting, pursuant to law, three (3) reports rel- the Treasury to redesign $10 Federal reserve Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ative to vacancies in the Department of Jus- notes so as to include a likeness of Harriet

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A bill to require the Secretary of names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. tain veterans who served in the vicin- Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af- MERKLEY), the Senator from West Vir- ity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for fairs to establish a joint uniform formulary ginia (Mr. MANCHIN), the Senator from other purposes. with respect to systemic pain and psycho- Missouri (Mrs. MCCASKILL), the Sen- S. 683 tropic drugs that are critical for the transi- ator from California (Mrs. BOXER), the At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the tion of an individual from receiving health Senator from California (Mrs. FEIN- name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. care services furnished by the Secretary of KING) was added as a cosponsor of S. Defense to health care services furnished by STEIN), the Senator from New Jersey the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for (Mr. MENENDEZ), the Senator from Min- 683, a bill to extend the principle of fed- other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- nesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR), the Senator eralism to State drug policy, provide erans’ Affairs. from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO), the Senator access to medical marijuana, and en- By Mr. ROUNDS: from North Dakota (Ms. HEITKAMP) and able research into the medicinal prop- S. 1722. A bill to amend the Dodd-Frank the Senator from Virginia (Mr. KAINE) erties of marijuana. Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protec- were added as cosponsors of S. 311, a S. 757 tion Act to repeal certain additional disclo- bill to amend the Elementary and Sec- At the request of Mr. NELSON, the sure requirements, and for other purposes; to name of the Senator from New Jersey the Committee on Banking, Housing, and ondary Education Act of 1965 to address Urban Affairs. and take action to prevent bullying (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- and harassment of students. sor of S. 757, a bill to modify the prohi- f S. 358 bition on recognition by United States SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the courts of certain rights relating to cer- SENATE RESOLUTIONS name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. tain marks, trade names, or commer- The following concurrent resolutions WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. cial names. and Senate resolutions were read, and 358, a bill to amend title 10, United S. 766 referred (or acted upon), as indicated: States Code, to ensure that women At the request of Mr. HOEVEN, the By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and members of the Armed Forces and name of the Senator from Arkansas Mr. GRAHAM): their families have access to the con- (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- S. Res. 217. A resolution designating Octo- traception they need in order to pro- sor of S. 766, a bill to limit the re- ber 8, 2015, as ‘‘National Hydrogen and Fuel mote the health and readiness of all trieval of data from vehicle event data Cell Day’’; to the Committee on the Judici- members of the Armed Forces, and for recorders, and for other purposes. ary. other purposes. S. 786 By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. S. 436 At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, COLLINS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. the name of the Senator from Min- BOOKER, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. SCHUMER, At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the LOBUCHAR Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. WARNER, Mr. name of the Senator from Connecticut nesota (Ms. K ) was added as a PERDUE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. MUR- (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor cosponsor of S. 786, a bill to provide KOWSKI, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. AYOTTE, of S. 436, a bill to promote youth ath- paid and family medical leave benefits Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. CAR- letic safety and for other purposes. to certain individuals, and for other PER, Mr. THUNE, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Ms. purposes. S. 491 HIRONO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. KAINE, Mr. S. 812 KING, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the At the request of Mr. MORAN, the Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. name of the Senator from Massachu- name of the Senator from South Caro- CASEY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. PETERS, setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon- Ms. WARREN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. sponsor of S. 491, a bill to lift the trade sor of S. 812, a bill to enhance the abil- TESTER, and Mr. WYDEN): embargo on Cuba. S. Res. 218. A resolution congratulating the ity of community financial institutions United States Women’s National Team for S. 578 to foster economic growth and serve winning the 2015 FIFA World Cup; considered At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the their communities, boost small busi- and agreed to. name of the Senator from Pennsyl- nesses, increase individual savings, and f vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- for other purposes. sponsor of S. 578, a bill to amend title S. 861 ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS XVIII of the Social Security Act to en- At the request of Mr. CARPER, the S. 149 sure more timely access to home name of the Senator from North Caro- health services for Medicare bene- At the request of Mr. HATCH, the lina (Mr. BURR) was added as a cospon- names of the Senator from South Caro- ficiaries under the Medicare program. sor of S. 861, a bill to amend titles lina (Mr. GRAHAM) and the Senator S. 598 XVIII and XIX of the Social Security from Arkansas (Mr. BOOZMAN) were At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in added as cosponsors of S. 149, a bill to name of the Senator from Louisiana the Medicare and Medicaid programs. amend the Internal Revenue Code of (Mr. VITTER) was added as a cosponsor S. 878 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical of S. 598, a bill to improve the under- At the request of Mr. SANDERS, the devices. standing of, and promote access to name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. S. 198 treatment for, chronic kidney disease, MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the and for other purposes. S. 878, a bill to establish a State resi- name of the Senator from Vermont S. 677 dential building energy efficiency up- (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the grades loan pilot program. of S. 198, a bill to amend the Internal name of the Senator from Minnesota S. 1020 Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. VITTER, the rules relating to inverted corporations. sor of S. 677, a bill to prohibit the ap- name of the Senator from North Caro- S. 280 plication of certain restrictive eligi- lina (Mr. BURR) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the bility requirements to foreign non- sor of S. 1020, a bill to amend title name of the Senator from North Da- governmental organizations with re- XVIII of the Social Security Act to en- kota (Ms. HEITKAMP) was added as a co- spect to the provision of assistance sure the continued access of Medicare sponsor of S. 280, a bill to improve the under part I of the Foreign Assistance beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging efficiency, management, and inter- Act of 1961. services, and for other purposes. agency coordination of the Federal per- S. 681 S. 1148 mitting process through reforms over- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, At the request of Mr. NELSON, the seen by the Director of the Office of the name of the Senator from Hawaii name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms.

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S. 1169 ment Relations Act, 1947 to address S. 1660 At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the slowdowns, strikes, and lock-outs oc- At the request of Mr. ROBERTS, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. curring at ports in the United States, name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. CORNYN) and the Senator from Illinois and for other purposes. MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. DURBIN) were added as cosponsors S. 1526 1660, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- of S. 1169, a bill to reauthorize and im- At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the enue Code of 1986 to modify and make prove the Juvenile Justice and Delin- name of the Senator from New Hamp- permanent bonus depreciation. shire (Ms. AYOTTE) was added as a co- quency Prevention Act of 1974, and for S. 1682 sponsor of S. 1526, a bill to amend title other purposes. At the request of Mr. KIRK, the name 10 and title 41, United States Code, to S. 1246 of the Senator from Florida (Mr. improve the manner in which Federal At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. names of the Senator from Wisconsin contracts for construction and design services are awarded, to prohibit the 1682, a bill to extend the Iran Sanctions (Ms. BALDWIN) and the Senator from Act of 1996 and to require the Secretary Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON) were added as use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements, to of the Treasury to report on the use by cosponsors of S. 1246, a bill to amend Iran of funds made available through the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to re- amend title 31 and 41, United States Code, to improve the payment protec- sanctions relief. vise the definition of municipal solid S. 1704 waste for purposes of the renewable tions available to construction con- At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the electricity production credit. tractors, subcontractors, and suppliers for work performed, and for other pur- name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. S. 1300 poses. MCCAIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the 1704, a bill to amend the Indian Tribal name of the Senator from South Caro- S. 1554 At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the Justice Act to secure urgent resources lina (Mr. GRAHAM) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Maryland vital to Indian victims of crime, and sponsor of S. 1300, a bill to amend the (Ms. MIKULSKI) was added as a cospon- for other purposes. section 221 of the Immigration and Na- sor of S. 1554, a bill to amend the Fed- S. RES. 211 tionality Act to provide relief for adop- eral Water Pollution Control Act and tive families from immigrant visa feeds At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the to direct the Secretary of the Interior in certain situations. name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. to conduct a study with respect to MCCAIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 1324 stormwater runoff from oil and gas op- Res. 211, a resolution expressing the At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the erations, and for other purposes. sense of the Senate regarding name of the Senator from Oklahoma S. 1562 Srebrenica. (Mr. LANKFORD) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the AMENDMENT NO. 1744 sor of S. 1324, a bill to require the Ad- names of the Senator from New Hamp- ministrator of the Environmental Pro- At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN), the Senator from tection Agency to fulfill certain re- name of the Senator from New York New Hampshire (Ms. AYOTTE), the Sen- quirements before regulating standards (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- ator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) and sor of amendment No. 1744 proposed to of performance for new, modified, and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appro- were added as cosponsors of S. 1562, a priations for fiscal year 2016 for mili- utility generating units, and for other bill to amend the Internal Revenue purposes. tary activities of the Department of Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alco- Defense, for military construction, and S. 1383 holic beverages. for defense activities of the Depart- At the request of Mr. PERDUE, the S. 1567 name of the Senator from Oklahoma ment of Energy, to prescribe military At the request of Mr. PETERS, the personnel strengths for such fiscal (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor name of the Senator from New York year, and for other purposes. of S. 1383, a bill to amend the Con- (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- AMENDMENT NO. 2096 sumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 sponsor of S. 1567, a bill to amend title At the request of Mr. KAINE, the to subject the Bureau of Consumer Fi- 10, United States Code, to provide for a nancial Protection to the regular ap- review of the characterization or terms name of the Senator from South Caro- propriations process, and for other pur- of discharge from the Armed Forces of lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon- poses. individuals with mental health dis- sor of amendment No. 2096 intended to be proposed to S. 1177, an original bill S. 1428 orders alleged to affect terms of dis- At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the charge. to reauthorize the Elementary and Sec- ondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. S. 1598 that every child achieves. LEE) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. LEE, the name 1428, a bill to amend the USEC Privat- of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. ISAK- AMENDMENT NO. 2109 ization Act to require the Secretary of SON) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Ms. HIRONO, the Energy to issue a long-term Federal ex- 1598, a bill to prevent discriminatory names of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. cess uranium inventory management treatment of any person on the basis of REID), the Senator from Massachusetts plan, and for other purposes. views held with respect to marriage. (Mr. MARKEY), the Senator from Wash- S. 1458 S. 1603 ington (Ms. CANTWELL) and the Senator At the request of Mr. COATS, the At the request of Mr. FLAKE, the from Wisconsin (Ms. BALDWIN) were names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. names of the Senator from North Caro- added as cosponsors of amendment No. MORAN), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. lina (Mr. TILLIS) and the Senator from 2109 proposed to S. 1177, an original bill HELLER), the Senator from Arkansas Louisiana (Mr. VITTER) were added as to reauthorize the Elementary and Sec- (Mr. COTTON) and the Senator from cosponsors of S. 1603, a bill to actively ondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure Alaska (Mr. SULLIVAN) were added as recruit members of the Armed Forces that every child achieves. cosponsors of S. 1458, a bill to amend who are separating from military serv- AMENDMENT NO. 2110 the Surface Mining Control and Rec- ice to serve as Customs and Border At the request of Mr. DAINES, the lamation Act of 1977 to ensure sci- Protection Officers. names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. entific transparency in the develop- S. 1632 RUBIO) and the Senator from Colorado ment of environmental regulations and At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the (Mr. GARDNER) were added as cospon- for other purposes. names of the Senator from West Vir- sors of amendment No. 2110 intended to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:18 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY6.023 S08JYPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with SENATE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4843 be proposed to S. 1177, an original bill and more than double the value of all ices. No new funding is authorized. to reauthorize the Elementary and Sec- paid long-term care. Like the National Alzheimer’s Project ondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure Family caregivers provide tremen- Act, it would sunset in fifteen years. that every child achieves. dous value, but they also face many Family caregivers are an invaluable AMENDMENT NO. 2119 challenges. While the typical family resource to our aging society. Chances are that, sooner or later, we will all ei- At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the caregiver is a 49-year old woman who names of the Senator from Arizona takes care of an older relative, 34 per- ther be family caregivers or someone who needs one. The RAISE Family (Mr. MCCAIN), the Senator from Ari- cent of family caregivers are aged 65 or Caregivers Act will launch a coordi- zona (Mr. FLAKE) and the Senator from older. Nearly one in ten is 75 or older. nated, national strategic plan that will Texas (Mr. CORNYN) were added as co- Many of these caregivers are putting sponsors of amendment No. 2119 in- their own health at risk, since care- help us to leverage our resources, pro- tended to be proposed to S. 1177, an givers experience high levels of stress mote innovation and promising prac- tices, and provide our nation’s family original bill to reauthorize the Elemen- and have a greater incidence of chronic caregivers with much-needed recogni- tary and Secondary Education Act of conditions like heart disease, cancer tion and support. Our bipartisan legis- 1965 to ensure that every child and depression. lation has been endorsed by AARP. I achieves. Most family caregivers are employed and struggle to balance their work and urge all of our colleagues to join us as f caregiving responsibilities. Nearly cosponsors. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED seven in ten caregivers report making Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS sacrifices in the workplace because of sent that a letter of support be printed their caregiving responsibilities. They in the RECORD. face financial hardships if they must There being no objection, the mate- By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. reduce their hours, change jobs, or rial was ordered to be printed in the BALDWIN, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. BEN- leave the workforce entirely because of RECORD, as follows: NET, and Ms. MIKULSKI): caregiving demands. Family caregivers AARP, S. 1719. A bill to provide for the es- age 50 and older who leave the work- Washington, DC, July 8, 2015. tablishment and maintenance of a Na- force to care for a parent lose, on aver- Hon. SUSAN COLLINS, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. tional Family Caregiving Strategy, and age, nearly $304,000 in wages and bene- for other purposes; to the Committee Hon. TAMMY BALDWIN, fits over their lifetime. U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- I am therefore introducing legisla- DEAR SENATORS COLLINS AND BALDWIN: sions. tion with my colleague from Wisconsin AARP is very pleased to endorse the Recog- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise to require the Secretary of Health and nize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage today to introduce legislation with my Human Services to develop a national (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act. Thank you colleague from Wisconsin, Senator strategy to recognize and support fam- for your efforts to work on a bipartisan basis to support family caregivers. Most of us are, BALDWIN, to require the Secretary of ily caregivers. Titled the Recognize, Health and Human Services to develop have been, or will be a family caregiver or Assist, Include, Support, and Engage, will need help to live independently. This is a national strategy to recognize and or RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the an ageless and nonpartisan issue. support the more than 40 million fam- legislation is based on a recommenda- Family caregivers are the backbone of ily caregivers in the United States. tion of the bipartisan Commission on services and supports in this country. They The U.S. population is aging. Accord- Long Term Care. It is modeled after a help make it possible for older adults and ing to Census Bureau projections, 21 law that I co-authored in 2010 with people with disabilities to live independently in their homes and communities. There are percent of our population will be 65 and then-Senator Evan Bayh that created a older by 2040, up from just under 14 per- about 40 million family caregivers currently coordinated strategic national plan to caring for adults. In 2009, family caregivers cent in 2012. combat Alzheimer’s disease. provided an estimated $450 billion in unpaid Every day, 10,000 baby boomers turn The RAISE Family Caregivers Act care to adults who needed help with daily ac- 65 years old, and as many as 90 percent directs the Secretary of Health and tivities such as bathing, dressing, meal prep- of them have one or more chronic Human Services to establish a National aration, and transportation, more than total health conditions. Americans 85 and Family Caregiving Project to develop Medicaid spending that year. Our country re- older—our oldest old—are the fastest and sustain a national strategy to sup- lies on the contributions family caregivers growing segment of our population. make and should recognize and support port family caregivers. The bill would them. Family caregivers take on physical, This is the population that is most at create a Family Caregiving Advisory emotional, and financial challenges in their risk of multiple and interacting health Council composed of relevant Federal caregiving roles. problems that can lead to disability agencies and non-federal members. It The RAISE Family Caregivers Act would and the need for round-the-clock care. would include representatives of family require the development of a national strat- At the very time that our population caregivers, older adults with long-term egy to support family caregivers. The bill is aging and the need for care and sup- care needs, individuals with disabil- would create an advisory body to bring to- port is increasing, declining birthrates ities, employers, health and social gether relevant federal agencies and others from the private and public sectors to advise mean that the population of profes- service providers, advocates for family and make recommendations. The strategy sional and informal caregivers is caregivers, state and local officials, would identify specific actions that govern- shrinking. Today, there are seven po- and others with expertise in family ment, communities, providers, employers, tential caregivers for each person over caregiving. and others can take to recognize and support 80 and at the highest risk of requiring The Advisory Council would be family caregivers and be updated annually. long-term care. By 2030, there will be charged with making recommendations By supporting family caregivers, we can four, and by 2050, the number drops to to the Secretary. The strategy and help people stay at home where they want to fewer than three. As a consequence, in plan would be updated annually to re- be, helping to delay or prevent more costly nursing home care and unnecessary hos- the future, more people will have to flect new developments. The plan pitalizations, and saving taxpayer dollars. rely on fewer caregivers. would include an initial inventory and We appreciate your bipartisan leadership and Families will likely continue to be assessment of federally-funded care- are committed to working with you to pass the most important source of support giver efforts. It would then identify the RAISE Family Caregivers Act this year. for people with long-term care needs. specific actions that government, com- If you have any questions, please feel free to We must do more to support the 43 mil- munities, employers, providers, and contact me, or have your staff contact lion family caregivers in the United others can take to support family care- Rhonda Richards on our Government Affairs States who, in 2009, provided an esti- givers. staff at (202) 434–3770 or [email protected]. Sincerely, mated $450 billion in uncompensated The Project would be funded from ex- JOYCE A. ROGERS, long-term care. This is an increase isting funding appropriated for the De- Senior Vice President, from $375 billion just 2 years earlier, partment of Health and Human Serv- Government Affairs.

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Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. MCCASKILL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BENNET, TESTER) submitted an amendment intended TIONAL HYDROGEN AND FUEL Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- CELL DAY’’ KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. DUR- mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and BIN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; Mr. GRAHAM) submitted the following PETERS, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, which was ordered to lie on the table. resolution; which was referred to the Mr. TESTER, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted SA 2124. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. the following resolution; which was MIKULSKI, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. BALDWIN, and Committee on the Judiciary: Mrs. BOXER) submitted an amendment in- S. RES. 217 considered and agreed to: tended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 Whereas hydrogen, which has an atomic S. RES. 218 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself mass of 1.008, is the most abundant chemical Whereas on July 5, 2015, in Vancouver, Can- and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra. substance in the universe; ada, the United States Women’s National SA 2125. Mr. SANDERS submitted an Whereas the United States is a world lead- Team won the FIFA Women’s World Cup; amendment intended to be proposed to er in the development and deployment of Whereas during the FIFA World Cup the amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; United States Women’s National Team fin- ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the Whereas hydrogen fuel cells played an in- ished first in its group before eliminating bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie strumental role in the United States space teams representing the Republic of Colom- on the table. program, helping the United States achieve bia, the People’s Republic of China, and the SA 2126. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. the mission of landing a man on the moon; Federal Republic of Germany in the knock- RUBIO) submitted an amendment intended to Whereas private industry, Federal and out stages to reach the final; be proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- State governments, national laboratories, Whereas the United States secured a re- mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and and universities continue to improve fuel sounding 5 to 2 victory over Japan in the Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; cell and hydrogen technologies to address highest scoring Women’s World Cup Final in which was ordered to lie on the table. our most pressing energy, environmental, history, which included the fastest hat trick SA 2127. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. and economic issues; in World Cup history by Carli Lloyd by the RUBIO, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) submitted an Whereas fuel cells utilizing hydrogen and 16th minute of the game; amendment intended to be proposed to hydrogen-rich fuels to generate electricity Whereas the run of the United States amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- are clean, efficient, resilient technologies Women’s National Team in the 2015 World ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the being sold for stationary and backup power, Cup included a record-tying 540 consecutive bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie zero-emission light duty motor vehicles and minutes without conceding a goal; on the table. buses, industrial vehicles, and portable Whereas the United States Women’s Na- SA 2128. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. power; tional Team became the first team to win AYOTTE, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CASEY, Mr. Whereas stationary fuel cells are being the FIFA Women’s World Cup 3 times; WARNER, and Mrs. BOXER) submitted an placed in service for continuous and backup Whereas all 23 players on the roster should amendment intended to be proposed to power to provide business and energy con- be congratulated, including captains Christie amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- sumers with reliable power in the event of Rampone and Abby Wambach, Golden Ball ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the grid outages; winner Carli Lloyd, Golden Glove winner bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie Whereas stationary fuel cells can help re- Hope Solo, as well as Shannon Boxx, Morgan on the table. duce water use compared to traditional Brian, Lori Chalupny, Whitney Engen, SA 2129. Mr. TESTER submitted an amend- power generation technologies; Ashlyn Harris, Tobin Heath, Lauren Holiday, ment intended to be proposed to amendment Whereas fuel cell electric light duty motor Julie Johnston, Meghan Klingenberg, Ali SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for vehicles and buses that utilize hydrogen can Krieger, Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan, himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, completely replicate the experience of inter- Alyssa Naeher, Kelley O’Hara, Heather supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2130. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amend- nal combustion vehicles including com- O’Reilly, Christen Press, Megan Rapinoe, ment intended to be proposed to amendment parable range and refueling times; Amy Rodriguez, and Becky Sauerbrunn; SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for Whereas hydrogen fuel cell industrial vehi- Whereas head coach Jill Ellis displayed ex- himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, cles are being deployed at logistical hubs and traordinary leadership, adjusting the team’s supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. warehouses across the country and are also starting lineup as the FIFA Women’s World SA 2131. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. ISAK- being exported to facilities in Europe and Cup progressed in order to promote team- SON, and Ms. WARREN) submitted an amend- Asia; work and capitalize on the talents of each ment intended to be proposed to amendment Whereas hydrogen is a non-toxic gas that player; and SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for can be derived from a variety of domesti- Whereas dedicated fans, including a group himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, cally-available traditional and renewable re- of supporters known as the American Out- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. sources, including solar, wind, biogas and the laws, and citizens across the United States SA 2132. Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, abundant supply of natural gas in the United showed their unmitigated support for the Mr. LEE, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SASSE, and Mr. VIT- States; United States Women’s National Team as TER) submitted an amendment intended to the team competed in Canada, and can now Whereas hydrogen and fuel cells can store be proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- energy to help enhance the grid and maxi- celebrate because the United States women mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and mize opportunities to deploy renewable en- are world champions again: Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; Now, therefore, be it ergy; which was ordered to lie on the table. Whereas the United States currently pro- Resolved, That the Senate— SA 2133. Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, duces and uses more than 11,000,000 metric (1) congratulates the United States Wom- Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. VITTER) submitted an en’s National Team for winning the 2015 tons of hydrogen per year; and amendment intended to be proposed to Whereas engineers and safety code and FIFA Women’s World Cup through teamwork amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- standard professionals have developed con- and determination; ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the (2) recognizes the achievements of all of sensus-based protocols for safe delivery, han- bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie the players, coaches, and staff who contrib- dling, and use of hydrogen: Now, therefore, on the table. uted to the FIFA World Cup winning team; be it SA 2134. Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, and Resolved, That the Senate designates Octo- Mr. HATCH, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. VITTER) sub- (3) celebrates the contributions of the mil- ber 8, 2015, as ‘‘National Hydrogen and Fuel mitted an amendment intended to be pro- lions of fans across the Nation who cheered Cell Day’’. posed by him to the bill S. 1177, supra; which the United States Women’s National Team was ordered to lie on the table. f to victory, and made the players the best SA 2135. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and supported team in the world. SENATE RESOLUTION 218—CON- Mr. PORTMAN) submitted an amendment in- GRATULATING THE UNITED f tended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2015 PROPOSED and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; FIFA WORLD CUP which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2122. Ms. STABENOW submitted an SA 2136. Mr. MURPHY submitted an Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. amendment intended to be proposed to amendment intended to be proposed to COLLINS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- BOOKER, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the

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bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie PHY, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. UDALL, himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, on the table. Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2137. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and MARKEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, SA 2167. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amend- Mr. COONS) submitted an amendment in- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. WARREN, Ms. ment intended to be proposed to amendment tended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 CANTWELL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself Mr. SANDERS) submitted an amendment in- himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; tended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. which was ordered to lie on the table. submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself SA 2168. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amend- SA 2138. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; ment intended to be proposed to amendment Mr. HOEVEN) submitted an amendment in- which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for tended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 SA 2153. Mr. REID (for Mr. KING (for him- himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself self and Mrs. CAPITO)) submitted an amend- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; ment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2169. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amend- which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for ment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2139. Mr. ALEXANDER submitted an himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for amendment intended to be proposed to supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- SA 2154. Mr. REID (for Mr. KING (for him- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the self and Mrs. CAPITO)) submitted an amend- SA 2170. Mr. BOOKER submitted an bill S. 1177, supra. ment intended to be proposed to amendment amendment intended to be proposed to SA 2140. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- amendment intended to be proposed by her himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the to the bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie to lie on the table. SA 2155. Mr. THUNE submitted an amend- SA 2141. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Ms. on the table. ment intended to be proposed to amendment AYOTTE) submitted an amendment intended SA 2171. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- amendment intended to be proposed to himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; SA 2156. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. which was ordered to lie on the table. bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie DURBIN) submitted an amendment intended SA 2142. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, on the table. to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- Mr. MURPHY, and Ms. CANTWELL) submitted SA 2172. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment intended to be proposed to Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- which was ordered to lie on the table. ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the SA 2157. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amend- bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie ment intended to be proposed to amendment on the table. on the table. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for SA 2143. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amend- SA 2173. Mr. BOOKER submitted an himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, ment intended to be proposed to amendment amendment intended to be proposed to supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- SA 2158. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amend- himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the ment intended to be proposed to amendment supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie SA 2144. Mr. WICKER submitted an amend- SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for on the table. ment intended to be proposed to amendment himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, SA 2174. Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for THUNE, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. TESTER) sub- SA 2159. Mr. BENNET submitted an himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, mitted an amendment intended to be pro- amendment intended to be proposed to supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. posed to amendment SA 2089 submitted by amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- SA 2145. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the BLUMENTHAL) submitted an amendment in- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; which was or- tended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie dered to lie on the table. on the table. submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself SA 2175. Mr. MARKEY submitted an SA 2160. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, supra; amendment intended to be proposed to amendment intended to be proposed to which was ordered to lie on the table. amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- SA 2146. Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the SESSIONS, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted an bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie amendment intended to be proposed to on the table. on the table. amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- SA 2176. Mr. MARKEY submitted an SA 2161. Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. REED, ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the amendment intended to be proposed to Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. BROWN) submitted an bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- amendment intended to be proposed to on the table. ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- SA 2147. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the Mr. WHITEHOUSE) submitted an amendment on the table. bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie intended to be proposed to amendment SA SA 2177. Mr. SANDERS submitted an on the table. 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for him- amendment intended to be proposed to SA 2162. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment self and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- intended to be proposed to amendment SA supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for him- SA 2148. Mr. MCCAIN submitted an amend- bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie self and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, ment intended to be proposed to amendment on the table. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, SA 2163. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment f supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. intended to be proposed to amendment SA SA 2149. Mr. UDALL submitted an amend- 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for him- TEXT OF AMENDMENTS ment intended to be proposed to amendment self and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, SA 2122. Ms. STABENOW submitted SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. an amendment intended to be proposed SA 2164. Mr. ISAKSON submitted an himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to amendment SA 2089 submitted by supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. amendment intended to be proposed to SA 2150. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. CORNYN, and Mr. GARDNER) submitted an ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- amendment intended to be proposed to bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie thorize the Elementary and Secondary amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- on the table. Education Act of 1965 to ensure that ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the SA 2165. Mr. ISAKSON submitted an every child achieves; which was or- bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie amendment intended to be proposed to dered to lie on the table; as follows: on the table. amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEX- SA 2151. Mr. CARPER submitted an amend- ANDER (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the At the end of the bill, add the following: ment intended to be proposed to amendment bill S. 1177, supra; which was ordered to lie SEC. 1020ll. EARLY PELL PROMISE ACT. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for on the table. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, SA 2166. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. cited as the ‘‘Early Pell Promise Act’’. supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. CASEY, and Mr. COONS) submitted an amend- (b) EARLY FEDERAL PELL GRANT COMMIT- SA 2152. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mrs. ment intended to be proposed to amendment MENT PROGRAM.—Subpart 1 of part A of title MURRAY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MUR- SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

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U.S.C. 1070a et seq.) is amended by adding at ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application shall in- duration of the students’ participation in the the end the following: clude— Program. ‘‘SEC. 401B. EARLY FEDERAL PELL GRANT COM- ‘‘(A) a description of the proposed targeted ‘‘(4) RESERVATION.—Each State educational MITMENT PROGRAM. information campaign for the Program and a agency receiving a grant under this section ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary copy of the plan described in subsection shall reserve $200,000 of the grant funds re- is authorized to carry out an Early Federal (e)(2); ceived each fiscal year to carry out the tar- Pell Grant Commitment Program (referred ‘‘(B) an assurance that the State edu- geted information campaign described in to in this section as the ‘Program’) under cational agency will fully cooperate with the this subsection. which the Secretary shall— ongoing evaluation of the Program; and ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(1) award grants to State educational ‘‘(C) such other information as the Sec- There are authorized to be appropriated to agencies to pay the administrative expenses retary may require. carry out this section such sums as may be incurred in participating in the Program; ‘‘(d) EVALUATION.— necessary.’’. and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appro- ‘‘(2) make a commitment to award Federal priated under subsection (f) for a fiscal year, SA 2123. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Pell Grants to eligible students in accord- the Secretary shall reserve not more than Mr. TESTER) submitted an amendment ance with this section. $1,000,000 to award a grant or contract to an intended to be proposed to amendment ‘‘(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Pro- organization outside the Department for an gram shall meet the following requirements: independent evaluation of the impact of the SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.— Program. (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A student shall be eligi- ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The grant or con- bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elemen- ble to receive a commitment from the Sec- tract shall be awarded on a competitive tary and Secondary Education Act of retary to receive a Federal Pell Grant early basis. 1965 to ensure that every child in the student’s academic career if the stu- ‘‘(3) MATTERS EVALUATED.—The evaluation achieves; which was ordered to lie on dent— described in this subsection shall consider the table; as follows: ‘‘(i) is in 8th grade; and metrics established by the Secretary that ‘‘(ii) is eligible for a free or reduced price emphasize college access and success, en- After section 9102, insert the following: lunch under the Richard B. Russell National couraging low-income students to pursue SEC. llll. RESERVATIONS FOR BUREAU OF IN- School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). higher education, and the cost effectiveness DIAN EDUCATION. ‘‘(2) FEDERAL PELL GRANT COMMITMENT.— of the program. Part A of title IX (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in ‘‘(4) DISSEMINATION.—The findings of the amended by adding at the end the following: subparagraph (B), each eligible student who evaluation shall be widely disseminated to ‘‘SEC. 9104. RESERVATIONS FOR BUREAU OF IN- participates in the Program shall receive a the public by the organization conducting DIAN EDUCATION. commitment from the Secretary to receive a the evaluation as well as by the Secretary. ‘‘(a) BIE RESERVATIONS FOR FORMULA- Federal Pell Grant during the first 2 aca- ‘‘(e) TARGETED INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.— BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— demic years that the student is in attend- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall en- ance at an institution of higher education as agency receiving a grant under this section sure that any formula-based education pro- an undergraduate student, if the student— shall, in cooperation with the participating gram provides a reservation, in the amount ‘‘(i) applies for Federal financial aid (via local educational agencies within the State described in paragraph (2), for the Bureau of the FAFSA) during the student’s senior year and the Secretary, develop a targeted infor- Indian Education to be used in accordance of secondary school and during the suc- mation campaign for the Program. with paragraph (3) on behalf of the schools or ceeding academic year; and ‘‘(2) PLAN.—Each State educational agency programs, as applicable, operated or funded ‘‘(ii) enrolls at such institution of higher receiving a grant under this section shall in- by the Bureau of Indian Education. education— clude in the application submitted under ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF RESERVATION.— ‘‘(I) not later than 3 years after such stu- subsection (c) a written plan for their pro- ‘‘(A) INCREASING BIE RESERVATIONS OF LESS dent receives a secondary school diploma or posed targeted information campaign. The THAN 0.5 PERCENT.—In the case of a formula- its recognized equivalent; or plan shall include the following: based education program that requires by ‘‘(II) if such student becomes a member of ‘‘(A) OUTREACH.—Outreach to students and law (including any regulation) reservation of the Armed Forces, not later than 3 years their families, at a minimum, at the begin- program funds for the Bureau of Indian Edu- after such student is discharged, separated, ning and end of each academic year. cation in an amount less than 0.5 percent of or released from the Armed Forces. ‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION.—How the State edu- the total amount available to carry out the ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION TO COMMITMENT.—If an eli- cational agency plans to provide the out- formula-based education program for a fiscal gible student receives a commitment from reach described in subparagraph (A) and to year, the Secretary shall increase the the Secretary to receive a Federal Pell Grant provide the information described in sub- amount of such reservation to 0.5 percent of during the first 2 academic years that the paragraph (C). such total amount for such year. student is in attendance at an institution of ‘‘(C) INFORMATION.—The annual provision ‘‘(B) MAINTAINING BIE RESERVATIONS EQUAL higher education as an undergraduate stu- by the State educational agency to all stu- TO OR GREATER THAN 0.5 PERCENT.—In the case dent and the student applies for Federal fi- dents and families participating in the Pro- of a formula-based education program that nancial aid (via the FAFSA) during the stu- gram of information regarding— requires by law (including any regulation) a dent’s senior year of secondary school or ‘‘(i) the estimated statewide average high- reservation of program funds for the Bureau during the succeeding academic year, and er education institution cost data for each of Indian Education in an amount equal to or the expected family contribution of the stu- academic year, which cost data shall be greater than 0.5 percent of the total amount dent for either of such years is more than 2 disaggregated by— available to carry out the formula-based times the threshold amount for Federal Pell ‘‘(I) type of institution, including— education program for a fiscal year, the Sec- Grant eligibility for such year, then such ‘‘(aa) 2-year public colleges; retary shall reserve the amount of funds re- student shall not receive a Federal Pell ‘‘(bb) 4-year public colleges; quired by such law for the Bureau for such Grant under this section for the succeeding ‘‘(cc) 4-year private colleges; and year. academic year. Such student shall continue ‘‘(dd) private, for-profit colleges; ‘‘(C) ESTABLISHING BIE RESERVATIONS FOR to be eligible for any other Federal student ‘‘(II) component, including— OTHER FORMULA-BASED EDUCATION PRO- financial aid for which the student is other- ‘‘(aa) tuition and fees; and GRAMS.—In the case of a formula-based edu- wise eligible. ‘‘(bb) room and board; cation program for which no funds are pro- ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT ‘‘(ii) Federal Pell Grants, including— vided or reserved by law (including any regu- REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section ‘‘(I) the maximum Federal Pell Grant for lation) by the Secretary for the Bureau of In- 401 shall apply to Federal Pell Grants award- each academic year; dian Education or for schools operated or ed pursuant to this section, except that with ‘‘(II) when and how to apply for a Federal funded by the Bureau, the Secretary shall re- respect to each eligible student who partici- Pell Grant; and serve 0.5 percent of the total amount avail- pates in the Program and is not subject the ‘‘(III) what the application process for a able to carry out the formula-based edu- exception under paragraph (2)(B), the Federal Pell Grant requires; cation program for the Bureau of Indian amount of each such eligible student’s Fed- ‘‘(iii) State-specific college savings pro- Education. eral Pell Grant only shall be calculated by grams; ‘‘(3) USE OF RESERVED FUNDS.—The Bureau deeming such student to have an expected ‘‘(iv) State-based financial aid, including of Indian Education shall use any funds re- family contribution equal to zero. State-based merit aid; and served under a formula-based education pro- ‘‘(c) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICA- ‘‘(v) Federal financial aid available to stu- gram for the purposes and uses provided TIONS.— dents, including eligibility criteria for the under such program. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational Federal financial aid and an explanation of ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE EDU- agency desiring to participate in the Pro- the Federal financial aid programs. CATION PROGRAMS.— gram shall submit an application to the Sec- ‘‘(3) ANNUAL INFORMATION.—The informa- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any com- retary at such time and in such manner as tion described in paragraph (2)(C) shall be petitive education program, the Secretary the Secretary may require. provided to eligible students annually for the shall deem the Bureau of Indian Education

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Bureau to use funds provided under the com- ‘‘(dd) the total number of coaches, train- (7) Parental and youth college savings are petitive education program to carry out the ers, and medical personnel, and for each such strong predictors of a youth’s expectations purposes and activities and services provided individual an identification of such individ- about attendance at an institution of higher by the program for the schools or programs, ual’s employment status, and duties other education. as applicable, operated or funded by the Bu- than providing coaching, training, or med- (8) Only 32 percent of parents who earn less reau. ical services; and than $35,000 a year are saving for their ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For each com- ‘‘(III) the average annual salary of the child’s education at an institution of higher petitive education program, the Secretary head coaches of boys’ interscholastic sports education. may reserve not more than 0.5 percent of the teams, across all offered sports, and the av- (9) According to the Center for Social De- total amount appropriated for the program erage annual salary of the head coaches of velopment, ‘‘wilt’’ occurs when a young per- for a fiscal year for technical assistance or girls’ interscholastic sports teams, across all son who expects to graduate from a 4-year capacity-building to assist the Bureau of In- offered sports. institution of higher education has not yet dian Education, and schools or programs op- attended such institution by the ages of 19 to erated or funded by the Bureau of Indian SA 2125. Mr. SANDERS submitted an 22. Education, in building the capacity and ex- amendment intended to be proposed to (10) Children who have savings dedicated pertise needed to compete and qualify for as- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. for attendance at an institution of higher education are 4 times more likely to attend sistance under the program. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘(3) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVI- a 4-year institution of higher education and RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize SIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision avoid ‘‘wilt’’. of law, the Bureau of Indian Education, when the Elementary and Secondary Edu- SEC. 10303. DEFINITIONS. applying for or receiving a grant, contract, cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every In this part: or assistance under a competitive education child achieves; which was ordered to lie (1) AMERICAN DREAM ACCOUNT.—The term program, shall not be subject to any provi- on the table; as follows: ‘‘American Dream Account’’ means a per- sonal online account for low-income students sion of the program that requires grant re- On page 69, strike lines 16 and 17 and insert that monitors higher education readiness cipients to contribute funds toward the costs the following: and includes a college savings account. of the grant program. dents; (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON- ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (N) how the State educational agency will GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees ‘‘(1) FORMULA-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAM.— support multiple postsecondary and career of Congress’’ means the Committee on The term ‘formula-based education program’ pathways aligned with workforce and eco- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the means any program administered by the Sec- nomic needs of the State; and Committee on Appropriations, and the Com- retary under this Act that— (O) any other information on how the ‘‘(A) awards grants, contracts, or other as- mittee on Finance of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce, sistance relating to early childhood, elemen- SA 2126. Mr. COONS (for himself and tary, or secondary education to States or the Committee on Appropriations, and the Mr. RUBIO) submitted an amendment Committee on Ways and Means of the House State educational agencies; and intended to be proposed to amendment ‘‘(B) allocates the program funds by statu- of Representatives, as well as any other tory or regulatory formula. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER Committee of the Senate or House of Rep- resentatives that the Secretary determines ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.— (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the The term ‘competitive education program’ bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elemen- appropriate. means any program administered by the Sec- tary and Secondary Education Act of (3) CHARTER SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter school’’ has the meaning given such term in retary under this Act that— 1965 to ensure that every child section 5110 of the Elementary and Sec- ‘‘(A) awards grants, contracts, or other as- achieves; which was ordered to lie on ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. sistance relating to early childhood, elemen- the table; as follows: 7221i). tary, or secondary education to States or At the end of the bill, add the following: (4) COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT.—The term State educational agencies on a competitive ‘‘college savings account’’ means a trust cre- basis; and PART C—AMERICAN DREAM ACCOUNTS ated or organized exclusively for the purpose ‘‘(B) does not contain any type of reserva- SEC. 10301. SHORT TITLE. of paying the qualified expenses of only an tion of funds for the Bureau of Indian Edu- This part may be cited as the ‘‘American individual who, when the trust is created or cation or the schools operated or funded by Dream Accounts Act’’. organized, has not obtained 18 years of age, the Bureau of Indian Education. SEC. 10302. FINDINGS. if the written governing instrument creating ‘‘(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—In the Congress finds the following: the trust contains the following require- event of a conflict between this section and (1) Only 9.8 out of every 100 individuals ments: any law regarding a formula-based education from low-income families will graduate from (A) The trustee is a Federally insured fi- program or competitive education program, an institution of higher education before nancial institution, or a State insured finan- this section shall control.’’. reaching the age of 24. cial institution if a Federally insured finan- (2) Lack of knowledge about how to apply cial institution is not available. SA 2124. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, to, and pay for, an institution of higher edu- (B) The assets of the trust will be invested Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. cation is a barrier for many low-income stu- in accordance with the direction of the indi- BALDWIN, and Mrs. BOXER) submitted dents and students who would be in the first vidual or of a parent or guardian of the indi- an amendment intended to be proposed generation in their families to attend an in- vidual, after consultation with the entity to amendment SA 2089 submitted by stitution of higher education. providing the initial contribution to the Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. (3) According to Public Agenda, most trust or, if applicable, a matching or other MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- young adults give secondary school coun- contribution for the individual. thorize the Elementary and Secondary selors fair or poor ratings for advice about (C) The assets of the trust will not be com- attending an institution of higher education, mingled with other property except in a Education Act of 1965 to ensure that including advice about how to decide what common trust fund or common investment every child achieves; as follows: institution of higher education to attend, fund. On page 82, between lines 23 and 24, insert how to pay for higher education, what ca- (D) Any amount in the trust that is attrib- the following: reers to pursue, and how to apply to an insti- utable to an account seed or matched deposit ‘‘(xviii) In the case of each coeducational tution of higher education. may be paid or distributed from the trust school in the State that receives assistance (4) More than 1,700,000 students fail to file only for the purpose of paying qualified ex- under this part— the Free Application for Federal Student Aid penses of the individual. ‘‘(I) a listing of the school’s interscholastic (FAFSA), and about one-third of such stu- (5) DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PRO- sports teams that participated in athletic dents would qualify for a Federal Pell Grant. GRAM.—The term ‘‘dual or concurrent enroll- competition; (5) During the last 2 decades, costs of at- ment program’’ means a program of study— ‘‘(II) for each such team— tending institutions of higher education (A) provided by an institution of higher ‘‘(aa) the total number of male and female have increased dramatically, but need-based education through which a student who has participants, disaggregated by gender and financial aid has not kept pace with such in- not graduated from high school with a reg- race; creasing costs. ular high school diploma (as defined in sec- ‘‘(bb) the season in which the team com- (6) In the 1990–1991 school year, the max- tion 200.19(b)(1)(iv) of title 34, Code of Fed- peted, whether the team participated in imum Federal Pell Grant covered 45 percent eral Regulations, as such section was in ef- postseason competition, and the total num- of the average cost of attendance at a public fect on November 28, 2008) is able to earn ber of competitive events scheduled; 4-year institution of higher education (in- postsecondary credit; and

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The term ‘‘early college high school pro- is authorized to award grants, on a competi- (11) A description of how the eligible entity gram’’ means a formal partnership between tive basis, to eligible entities to enable such will evaluate the grant program, including at least 1 local educational agency and at eligible entities to establish and administer by collecting, as applicable, the following least 1 institution of higher education that American Dream Accounts for a group of data about the students in the group de- allows participants, who are primarily low- low-income students. scribed in paragraph (1) during the grant pe- income students, to simultaneously com- (b) RESERVATION.—From the amounts ap- riod, or until the time of graduation from a plete requirements toward earning a regular propriated each fiscal year to carry out this secondary school, whichever comes first, high school diploma (as defined in section part, the Secretary shall reserve not more and, if sufficient grant funds are available, 200.19(b)(1)(iv) of title 34, Code of Federal than 5 percent of such amount to carry out after the grant period: Regulations, as such section was in effect on the evaluation activities described in section (A) Attendance rates. November 28, 2008) and earn not less than 12 10307. (B) Progress reports. transferable credits as part of an organized (c) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this (C) Grades and course selections. course of study toward a postsecondary de- part shall be for a period of not more than 3 (D) The student graduation rate, as defined years. The Secretary may extend such grant gree or credential. as the percentage of students who graduate for an additional 2-year period if the Sec- (7) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible from secondary school with a regular di- retary determines that the eligible entity entity’’ means— ploma in the standard number of years. has demonstrated significant progress, based (A) a State educational agency; (E) Rates of student completion of the Free (B) a local educational agency, including a on the factors described in section 10305(b)(11). Application for Federal Student Aid de- charter school that operates as its own local scribed in section 483 of the Higher Edu- SEC. 10305. APPLICATIONS; PRIORITY. educational agency; cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090). (a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity de- (C) a charter management organization or (F) Rates of enrollment in an institution of siring a grant under this part shall submit charter school authorizer; higher education. (D) an institution of higher education or a an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor- (G) Rates of completion at an institution Tribal College or University; of higher education. (E) a nonprofit organization; mation as the Secretary may require. (b) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica- (12) A description of what will happen to (F) an entity with demonstrated experi- the funds in the college savings account por- ence in educational savings or in assisting tion described in subsection (a) shall include the following: tion of the American Dream Accounts that low-income students to prepare for, and at- are dedicated to participating students de- tend, an institution of higher education; (1) A description of the characteristics of a group of not less than 30 low-income public scribed in paragraph (1) who have not ma- (G) a consortium of 2 or more of the enti- triculated at an institution of higher edu- ties described in subparagraphs (A) through school students who— cation at the time of the conclusion of the (F); or (A) are, at the time of the application, at- period of American Dream Account manage- (H) a consortium of 1 or more of the enti- tending a grade not higher than grade 9; and ment described in paragraph (9), including ties described in subparagraphs (A) through (B) will, under the grant, receive an Amer- how the eligible entity will give students (F) and a public school, a charter school, a ican Dream Account. this information. school operated by the Bureau of Indian Af- (2) A description of how the eligible entity (13) A description of how the eligible entity fairs, or a tribally controlled school. will engage, and provide support (such as tu- will ensure that participating students de- (8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The toring and mentoring for students, and scribed in paragraph (1) will have access to term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has training for teachers and other stakeholders) the Internet. the meaning given such term in section either online or in person, to— 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 (A) the students in the group described in (14) A description of how the eligible entity U.S.C. 1001(a)). paragraph (1); will take into consideration how funds in the college savings account portion of American (9) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term (B) the family members and teachers of ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning such students; and Dream Accounts will affect participating given such term in section 9101 of the Ele- (C) other stakeholders such as school ad- families’ eligibility for public assistance. mentary and Secondary Education Act of ministrators and school counselors. (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (3) An identification of partners who will this part, the Secretary shall give priority to (10) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low- assist the eligible entity in establishing and applications from eligible entities that— income student’’ means a student who is eli- sustaining American Dream Accounts. (1) are described in subparagraph (G) or (H) gible to receive a free or reduced price lunch (4) A description of what experience the el- of section 10303(7); under the Richard B. Russell National igible entity or the partners of the eligible (2) serve the largest number of low-income School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). entity have in managing college savings ac- students; (11) PARENT.—The term ‘‘parent’’ has the counts, preparing low-income students for (3) in the case of an eligible entity de- meaning given such term in section 9101 of postsecondary education, managing online scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section the Elementary and Secondary Education systems, and teaching financial literacy. 10303(7), provide opportunities for partici- Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (5) A demonstration that the eligible enti- pating students described in subsection (b)(1) (12) QUALIFIED EXPENSES.—The term ty has sufficient resources to provide an ini- to participate in a dual or concurrent enroll- ‘‘qualified expenses’’ means, with respect to tial deposit into the college savings account ment program or early college high school an individual, expenses that— portion of each American Dream Account. program at no cost to the student or the stu- (A) are incurred after the individual re- (6) A description of how the eligible entity dent’s family; or ceives a secondary school diploma or its rec- will help increase the value of the college (4) as of the time of application, have been ognized equivalent; and savings account portion of each American awarded a grant under chapter 2 of subpart 2 (B) are associated with attending an insti- Dream Account, such as by providing match- of part A of title IV of the Higher Education tution of higher education, including— ing funds or incentives for academic achieve- Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–21 et seq.) (com- (i) tuition and fees; ment. monly referred to as the ‘‘GEAR UP pro- (ii) room and board; (7) A description of how the eligible entity gram’’). (iii) textbooks; will notify each participating student in the SEC. 10306. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (iv) supplies and equipment; and group described in paragraph (1), on a semi- (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re- (v) Internet access. annual basis, of the current balance and sta- ceives a grant under this part shall use such (13) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ tus of the college savings account portion of grant funds to establish an American Dream means the Secretary of Education. the American Dream Account of the student. Account for each participating student de- (14) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term (8) A plan that describes how the eligible scribed in section 10305(b)(1), that will be ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning entity will monitor participating students in used to— given such term in section 9101 of the Ele- the group described in paragraph (1) to en- (1) open a college savings account for such mentary and Secondary Education Act of sure that the American Dream Account of student; 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). each student will be maintained if a student (2) monitor the progress of such student (15) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The in such group changes schools before grad- online, which— term ‘‘Tribal College or University’’ has the uating from secondary school. (A) shall include monitoring student data meaning given such term in section 316(b) of (9) A plan that describes how the American relating to— the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Dream Accounts will be managed for not less (i) grades and course selections; 1059c(b)). than 1 year after a majority of the students (ii) progress reports; and (16) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED SCHOOL.—The in the group described in paragraph (1) grad- (iii) attendance and disciplinary records; term ‘‘tribally controlled school’’ has the uate from secondary school. and

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Education Act of 1965 to ensure that tion, provided by teachers and family mem- (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF STUDENT INFOR- every child achieves; which was or- MATION.—An eligible entity that receives a bers, related to postsecondary education dered to lie on the table; as follows: readiness, access, and completion; grant under this part shall not use any stu- (3) provide opportunities for such students, dent-level information or data for the pur- At the end of the bill, add the following: either online or in person, to learn about fi- pose of soliciting, advertising, or marketing PART C—AMERICAN DREAM ACCOUNTS nancial literacy, including by— any financial or non-financial consumer SEC. 10301. SHORT TITLE. (A) assisting such students in financial product or service that is offered by such eli- This part may be cited as the ‘‘American planning for enrollment in an institution of gible entity, or on behalf of any other per- Dream Accounts Act’’. higher education; son. SEC. 10302. FINDINGS. (B) assisting such students in identifying (d) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF GRANT Congress finds the following: and applying for financial aid (such as loans, FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall not use (1) Only 9.8 out of every 100 individuals grants, and scholarships) for an institution grant funds provided under this part to pro- from low-income families will graduate from of higher education; and vide any deposits into a college savings ac- an institution of higher education before (C) enhancing student understanding of count portion of a student’s American reaching the age of 24. consumer, economic, and personal finance Dream Account. (2) Lack of knowledge about how to apply concepts; SEC. 10307. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. to, and pay for, an institution of higher edu- (4) provide opportunities for such students, (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year cation is a barrier for many low-income stu- either online or in person, to learn about after the Secretary has disbursed grants dents and students who would be in the first preparing for enrollment in an institution of under this part, and annually thereafter generation in their families to attend an in- higher education, including by providing in- until each grant disbursed under this part stitution of higher education. struction to students about— has ended, the Secretary shall prepare and (3) According to Public Agenda, most (A) choosing the appropriate courses to submit a report to the appropriate commit- young adults give secondary school coun- prepare for postsecondary education; tees of Congress, which shall include an eval- selors fair or poor ratings for advice about (B) applying to an institution of higher uation of the effectiveness of the grant pro- attending an institution of higher education, education; gram established under this part. including advice about how to decide what (C) building a student portfolio, which may (b) CONTENTS.—The report described in sub- institution of higher education to attend, be used when applying to an institution of section (a) shall— how to pay for higher education, what ca- higher education; (1) list the grants that have been awarded reers to pursue, and how to apply to an insti- (D) selecting an institution of higher edu- under section 10304(a); tution of higher education. cation; (2) include the number of students who (4) More than 1,700,000 students fail to file (E) choosing a major for the student’s post- have an American Dream Account estab- the Free Application for Federal Student Aid secondary program of education or a career lished through a grant awarded under sec- (FAFSA), and about one-third of such stu- path; and tion 10304(a); dents would qualify for a Federal Pell Grant. (F) adapting to life at an institution of (3) provide data (including the interest ac- (5) During the last 2 decades, costs of at- higher education; and crued on college savings accounts that are tending institutions of higher education (5) provide opportunities for such students, part of an American Dream Account) in the have increased dramatically, but need-based either online or in person, to identify skills aggregate, regarding students who have an financial aid has not kept pace with such in- or interests, including career interests. American Dream Account established creasing costs. through a grant awarded under section (b) ACCESS TO AMERICAN DREAM ACCOUNT.— (6) In the 1990–1991 school year, the max- 10304(a), as compared to similarly situated (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (3) imum Federal Pell Grant covered 45 percent and (4), and in accordance with applicable students who do not have an American of the average cost of attendance at a public Federal laws and regulations relating to pri- Dream Account; 4-year institution of higher education (in- vacy of information and the privacy of chil- (4) identify best practices developed by the cluding tuition, fees, room, and board), but dren, an eligible entity that receives a grant eligible entities receiving grants under this in the 2010–2011 school year, the maximum under this part shall allow vested stake- part; Federal Pell Grant covered only 34 percent of holders, as described in paragraph (2), to (5) identify any issues related to student such cost. have secure access, through an Internet privacy and stakeholder accessibility to (7) Parental and youth college savings are website, to an American Dream Account. American Dream Accounts; strong predictors of a youth’s expectations (6) provide feedback from participating (2) VESTED STAKEHOLDERS.—The vested about attendance at an institution of higher stakeholders that an eligible entity shall students and the parents of such students education. permit to access an American Dream Ac- about the grant program, including— (8) Only 32 percent of parents who earn less count are individuals (such as the student’s (A) the impact of the program; than $35,000 a year are saving for their teachers, school counselors, school adminis- (B) aspects of the program that are suc- child’s education at an institution of higher trators, or other individuals) that are des- cessful; education. ignated, in accordance with section 444 of the (C) aspects of the program that are not (9) According to the Center for Social De- General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. successful; and velopment, ‘‘wilt’’ occurs when a young per- 1232g, commonly known as the ‘‘Family Edu- (D) any other data required by the Sec- son who expects to graduate from a 4-year cational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’), by retary; and institution of higher education has not yet the parent of a participating student in (7) provide recommendations for expanding attended such institution by the ages of 19 to whose name such American Dream Account the American Dream Accounts program. 22. is held, as having permission to access the SEC. 10308. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE FEDERAL (10) Children who have savings dedicated STUDENT FINANCIAL AID. account. A student’s parent may withdraw for attendance at an institution of higher Notwithstanding any other provision of such designation from an individual at any education are 4 times more likely to attend law, any funds that are in the college savings time. a 4-year institution of higher education and account portion of a student’s American (3) EXCEPTION FOR COLLEGE SAVINGS AC- avoid ‘‘wilt’’. Dream Account shall not affect such stu- COUNT.—An eligible entity that receives a SEC. 10303. DEFINITIONS. dent’s eligibility to receive Federal student grant under this part shall not be required to In this part: financial aid, including any Federal student give vested stakeholders, as described in (1) AMERICAN DREAM ACCOUNT.—The term financial aid under the Higher Education Act paragraph (2), access to the college savings ‘‘American Dream Account’’ means a per- of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and shall not account portion of a student’s American sonal online account for low-income students be considered in determining the amount of Dream Account. that monitors higher education readiness any such Federal student aid. (4) ADULT STUDENTS.—Notwithstanding and includes a college savings account. SEC. 10309. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), if a participating (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON- TIONS. student is age 18 or older, an eligible entity GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees There are authorized to be appropriated to that receives a grant under this part shall of Congress’’ means the Committee on carry out this part such sums as may be nec- not provide access to such participating stu- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the essary for fiscal year 2016 and each of the 4 dent’s American Dream Account without the Committee on Appropriations, and the Com- succeeding fiscal years. student’s consent, in accordance with sec- mittee on Finance of the Senate, and the tion 444 of the General Education Provisions SA 2127. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Committee on Education and the Workforce, Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known as the the Committee on Appropriations, and the RUBIO, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) submitted ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Committee on Ways and Means of the House Act of 1974’’). an amendment intended to be proposed of Representatives, as well as any other (5) INPUT OF STUDENT INFORMATION.—Stu- to amendment SA 2089 submitted by Committee of the Senate or House of Rep- dent data collected pursuant to subsection Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. resentatives that the Secretary determines (a)(2)(A) shall be entered into an American MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- appropriate.

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(3) CHARTER SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter (8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The toring and mentoring for students, and school’’ has the meaning given such term in term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has training for teachers and other stakeholders) section 5110 of the Elementary and Sec- the meaning given such term in section either online or in person, to— ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 (A) the students in the group described in 7221i). U.S.C. 1001(a)). paragraph (1); (4) COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT.—The term (9) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term (B) the family members and teachers of ‘‘college savings account’’ means a trust cre- ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning such students; and ated or organized exclusively for the purpose given such term in section 9101 of the Ele- (C) other stakeholders such as school ad- of paying the qualified expenses of only an mentary and Secondary Education Act of ministrators and school counselors. individual who, when the trust is created or 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (3) An identification of partners who will organized, has not obtained 18 years of age, (10) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low- assist the eligible entity in establishing and if the written governing instrument creating income student’’ means a student who is eli- sustaining American Dream Accounts. the trust contains the following require- gible to receive a free or reduced price lunch (4) A description of what experience the el- ments: under the Richard B. Russell National igible entity or the partners of the eligible (A) The trustee is a Federally insured fi- School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). entity have in managing college savings ac- nancial institution, or a State insured finan- (11) PARENT.—The term ‘‘parent’’ has the counts, preparing low-income students for cial institution if a Federally insured finan- meaning given such term in section 9101 of postsecondary education, managing online cial institution is not available. the Elementary and Secondary Education systems, and teaching financial literacy. (B) The assets of the trust will be invested Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (5) A demonstration that the eligible enti- in accordance with the direction of the indi- (12) QUALIFIED EXPENSES.—The term ty has sufficient resources to provide an ini- vidual or of a parent or guardian of the indi- ‘‘qualified expenses’’ means, with respect to tial deposit into the college savings account an individual, expenses that— vidual, after consultation with the entity portion of each American Dream Account. (A) are incurred after the individual re- providing the initial contribution to the (6) A description of how the eligible entity ceives a secondary school diploma or its rec- trust or, if applicable, a matching or other will help increase the value of the college ognized equivalent; and contribution for the individual. savings account portion of each American (B) are associated with attending an insti- (C) The assets of the trust will not be com- Dream Account, such as by providing match- tution of higher education, including— mingled with other property except in a ing funds or incentives for academic achieve- (i) tuition and fees; common trust fund or common investment ment. (ii) room and board; fund. (7) A description of how the eligible entity (iii) textbooks; (D) Any amount in the trust that is attrib- will notify each participating student in the (iv) supplies and equipment; and utable to an account seed or matched deposit group described in paragraph (1), on a semi- (v) Internet access. may be paid or distributed from the trust annual basis, of the current balance and sta- only for the purpose of paying qualified ex- (13) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Education. tus of the college savings account portion of penses of the individual. the American Dream Account of the student. (14) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term (5) DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PRO- (8) A plan that describes how the eligible GRAM.—The term ‘‘dual or concurrent enroll- ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Ele- entity will monitor participating students in ment program’’ means a program of study— the group described in paragraph (1) to en- (A) provided by an institution of higher mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). sure that the American Dream Account of education through which a student who has each student will be maintained if a student not graduated from high school with a reg- (15) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘Tribal College or University’’ has the in such group changes schools before grad- ular high school diploma (as defined in sec- uating from secondary school. tion 200.19(b)(1)(iv) of title 34, Code of Fed- meaning given such term in section 316(b) of (9) A plan that describes how the American eral Regulations, as such section was in ef- the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Dream Accounts will be managed for not less fect on November 28, 2008) is able to earn 1059c(b)). than 1 year after a majority of the students postsecondary credit; and (16) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED SCHOOL.—The in the group described in paragraph (1) grad- (B) that shall consist of not less than 2 term ‘‘tribally controlled school’’ has the uate from secondary school. postsecondary credit-bearing courses and meaning given such term in section 5212 of (10) A description of how the eligible entity support and academic services that help a the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 will encourage students in the group de- student persist and complete such courses. (25 U.S.C. 2511). scribed in paragraph (1) who fail to graduate (6) EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.— SEC. 10304. GRANT PROGRAM. from secondary school to continue their edu- The term ‘‘early college high school pro- (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary cation. gram’’ means a formal partnership between shall establish a pilot program and award 10 at least 1 local educational agency and at grants to eligible entities to enable such eli- (11) A description of how the eligible entity least 1 institution of higher education that gible entities to establish and administer will evaluate the grant program, including allows participants, who are primarily low- American Dream Accounts for a group of by collecting, as applicable, the following income students, to simultaneously com- low-income students. data about the students in the group de- plete requirements toward earning a regular (b) RESERVATION.—From the amounts ap- scribed in paragraph (1) during the grant pe- propriated each fiscal year to carry out this high school diploma (as defined in section riod, or until the time of graduation from a part, the Secretary shall reserve not more 200.19(b)(1)(iv) of title 34, Code of Federal secondary school, whichever comes first, than 5 percent of such amount to carry out Regulations, as such section was in effect on and, if sufficient grant funds are available, the evaluation activities described in section November 28, 2008) and earn not less than 12 after the grant period: 10307. transferable credits as part of an organized (A) Attendance rates. (c) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this (B) Progress reports. course of study toward a postsecondary de- part shall be for a period of not more than 3 gree or credential. (C) Grades and course selections. years. The Secretary may extend such grant (D) The student graduation rate, as defined (7) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible for an additional 2-year period if the Sec- as the percentage of students who graduate entity’’ means— retary determines that the eligible entity from secondary school with a regular di- (A) a State educational agency; has demonstrated significant progress, based ploma in the standard number of years. (B) a local educational agency, including a on the factors described in section charter school that operates as its own local 10305(b)(11). (E) Rates of student completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid de- educational agency; SEC. 10305. APPLICATIONS; PRIORITY. scribed in section 483 of the Higher Edu- (C) a charter management organization or (a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity de- charter school authorizer; siring a grant under this part shall submit cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090). (D) an institution of higher education or a an application to the Secretary at such time, (F) Rates of enrollment in an institution of Tribal College or University; in such manner, and containing such infor- higher education. (E) a nonprofit organization; mation as the Secretary may require. (G) Rates of completion at an institution (F) an entity with demonstrated experi- (b) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica- of higher education. ence in educational savings or in assisting tion described in subsection (a) shall include (12) A description of what will happen to low-income students to prepare for, and at- the following: the funds in the college savings account por- tend, an institution of higher education; (1) A description of the characteristics of a tion of the American Dream Accounts that (G) a consortium of 2 or more of the enti- group of not less than 30 low-income public are dedicated to participating students de- ties described in subparagraphs (A) through school students who— scribed in paragraph (1) who have not ma- (F); or (A) are, at the time of the application, at- triculated at an institution of higher edu- (H) a consortium of 1 or more of the enti- tending a grade not higher than grade 9; and cation at the time of the conclusion of the ties described in subparagraphs (A) through (B) will, under the grant, receive an Amer- period of American Dream Account manage- (F) and a public school, a charter school, a ican Dream Account. ment described in paragraph (9), including school operated by the Bureau of Indian Af- (2) A description of how the eligible entity how the eligible entity will give students fairs, or a tribally controlled school. will engage, and provide support (such as tu- this information.

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(13) A description of how the eligible entity (b) ACCESS TO AMERICAN DREAM ACCOUNT.— through a grant awarded under section will ensure that participating students de- (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (3) 10304(a), as compared to similarly situated scribed in paragraph (1) will have access to and (4), and in accordance with applicable students who do not have an American the Internet. Federal laws and regulations relating to pri- Dream Account; (14) A description of how the eligible entity vacy of information and the privacy of chil- (4) identify best practices developed by the will take into consideration how funds in the dren, an eligible entity that receives a grant eligible entities receiving grants under this college savings account portion of American under this part shall allow vested stake- part; Dream Accounts will affect participating holders, as described in paragraph (2), to (5) identify any issues related to student families’ eligibility for public assistance. have secure access, through an Internet privacy and stakeholder accessibility to (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under website, to an American Dream Account. American Dream Accounts; this part, the Secretary shall give priority to (2) VESTED STAKEHOLDERS.—The vested (6) provide feedback from participating applications from eligible entities that— stakeholders that an eligible entity shall students and the parents of such students (1) are described in subparagraph (G) or (H) permit to access an American Dream Ac- about the grant program, including— of section 10303(7); count are individuals (such as the student’s (A) the impact of the program; (2) serve the largest number of low-income teachers, school counselors, school adminis- (B) aspects of the program that are suc- students; trators, or other individuals) that are des- cessful; (3) in the case of an eligible entity de- ignated, in accordance with section 444 of the (C) aspects of the program that are not scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. successful; and 10303(7), provide opportunities for partici- 1232g, commonly known as the ‘‘Family Edu- (D) any other data required by the Sec- pating students described in subsection (b)(1) cational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’), by retary; and to participate in a dual or concurrent enroll- the parent of a participating student in (7) provide recommendations for expanding ment program or early college high school whose name such American Dream Account the American Dream Accounts program. program at no cost to the student or the stu- is held, as having permission to access the SEC. 10308. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE FEDERAL dent’s family; or account. A student’s parent may withdraw STUDENT FINANCIAL AID. (4) as of the time of application, have been such designation from an individual at any Notwithstanding any other provision of awarded a grant under chapter 2 of subpart 2 time. law, any funds that are in the college savings of part A of title IV of the Higher Education (3) EXCEPTION FOR COLLEGE SAVINGS AC- account portion of a student’s American Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–21 et seq.) (com- COUNT.—An eligible entity that receives a Dream Account shall not affect such stu- monly referred to as the ‘‘GEAR UP pro- grant under this part shall not be required to dent’s eligibility to receive Federal student gram’’). give vested stakeholders, as described in financial aid, including any Federal student SEC. 10306. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. paragraph (2), access to the college savings financial aid under the Higher Education Act (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re- account portion of a student’s American of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and shall not ceives a grant under this part shall use such Dream Account. be considered in determining the amount of grant funds to establish an American Dream (4) ADULT STUDENTS.—Notwithstanding any such Federal student aid. Account for each participating student de- paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), if a participating SEC. 10309. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- scribed in section 10305(b)(1), that will be student is age 18 or older, an eligible entity TIONS. used to— that receives a grant under this part shall There are authorized to be appropriated to (1) open a college savings account for such not provide access to such participating stu- carry out this part such sums as may be nec- student; dent’s American Dream Account without the essary for fiscal year 2016 and each of the 4 (2) monitor the progress of such student student’s consent, in accordance with sec- succeeding fiscal years. online, which— tion 444 of the General Education Provisions (A) shall include monitoring student data Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known as the SA 2128. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. relating to— ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy AYOTTE, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CASEY, (i) grades and course selections; Act of 1974’’). Mr. WARNER, and Mrs. BOXER) sub- (ii) progress reports; and (5) INPUT OF STUDENT INFORMATION.—Stu- mitted an amendment intended to be dent data collected pursuant to subsection (iii) attendance and disciplinary records; proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- and (a)(2)(A) shall be entered into an American mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself (B) may also include monitoring student Dream Account only by a school adminis- data relating to a broad range of informa- trator or the designee of such administrator. and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to tion, provided by teachers and family mem- (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF STUDENT INFOR- reauthorize the Elementary and Sec- bers, related to postsecondary education MATION.—An eligible entity that receives a ondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure readiness, access, and completion; grant under this part shall not use any stu- that every child achieves; which was (3) provide opportunities for such students, dent-level information or data for the pur- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: pose of soliciting, advertising, or marketing either online or in person, to learn about fi- After section 5010, insert the following: nancial literacy, including by— any financial or non-financial consumer product or service that is offered by such eli- SEC. 5011. MIDDLE SCHOOL TECHNICAL EDU- (A) assisting such students in financial CATION PROGRAM. planning for enrollment in an institution of gible entity, or on behalf of any other per- Title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), as amended higher education; son. by section 5001, is further amended by insert- (B) assisting such students in identifying (d) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF GRANT ing after part I, as added by section 5010, the and applying for financial aid (such as loans, FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall not use following: grants, and scholarships) for an institution grant funds provided under this part to pro- of higher education; and vide any initial deposits into a college sav- ‘‘PART J—MIDDLE SCHOOL TECHNICAL (C) enhancing student understanding of ings account portion of a student’s American EDUCATION PROGRAM consumer, economic, and personal finance Dream Account. ‘‘SEC. 5951. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. concepts; SEC. 10307. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is (4) provide opportunities for such students, (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year to support the development of middle school either online or in person, to learn about after the Secretary has disbursed grants career exploration programs linked to career preparing for enrollment in an institution of under this part, and annually thereafter and technical education programs of study. higher education, including by providing in- until each grant disbursed under this part ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: struction to students about— has ended, the Secretary shall prepare and ‘‘(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION EX- (A) choosing the appropriate courses to submit a report to the appropriate commit- PLORATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘career and prepare for postsecondary education; tees of Congress, which shall include an eval- technical education exploration program’ (B) applying to an institution of higher uation of the effectiveness of the grant pro- means a program that is developed through education; gram established under this part. an organized, systemic framework and is de- (C) building a student portfolio, which may (b) CONTENTS.—The report described in sub- signed to aid students in making informed be used when applying to an institution of section (a) shall— plans and decisions about future education higher education; (1) list the grants that have been awarded and career opportunities and enrollment in (D) selecting an institution of higher edu- under section 10304(a); career and technical education programs of cation; (2) include the number of students who study. (E) choosing a major for the student’s post- have an American Dream Account estab- ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eli- secondary program of education or a career lished through a grant awarded under sec- gible partnership’ means an entity that— path; and tion 10304(a); ‘‘(A) shall include— (F) adapting to life at an institution of (3) provide data (including the interest ac- ‘‘(i) not less than 1 local educational agen- higher education; and crued on college savings accounts that are cy that receives funding under section 131 of (5) provide opportunities for such students, part of an American Dream Account) in the the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical either online or in person, to identify skills aggregate, regarding students who have an Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2351), or an or interests, including career interests. American Dream Account established area career and technical education school

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or educational service agency described in taged, low-performing, and urban and rural ‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.— such section; students; and ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.— ‘‘(ii) not less than 1 eligible institution ‘‘(10) a description of how the eligible part- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partner- that receives funding under section 132 of the nership will carry out the evaluation re- ship that receives a grant under this part Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu- quired under subsection (f). shall collect appropriate data or otherwise cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2352); and ‘‘(d) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.— document through records (in a manner that ‘‘(iii) not less than 1 representative of ei- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall de- complies with section 444 of the General Edu- ther a local or regional business, industry, termine, based on the peer review process de- cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g), com- nonprofit organization, or apprenticeship scribed in paragraph (3) and subject to the monly known as the ‘Family Educational program; and requirement in paragraph (4), which eligible Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’, and other ‘‘(B) may include other representatives of partnership applicants shall receive funding applicable Federal and State privacy laws) the community, including representatives of under this part, and the amount of the grant the information necessary to conduct an parents’ organizations, labor organizations, funding under this part that each selected el- evaluation of grant activities, including an nonprofit organizations, employers, and rep- igible partnership will receive. evaluation of— resentatives of local workforce development ‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNTS.—In determining the ‘‘(i) the extent of student participation in boards (established under subtitle A of title amount of each grant awarded under this the middle school career and technical edu- I of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- part, the Secretary shall— cation exploration program carried out tunity Act). ‘‘(A) ensure that all grants are of sufficient under this part; size, scope, and quality to be effective; and ‘‘(ii) the impact of the middle school career ‘‘SEC. 5952. CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM DE- ‘‘(B) take into account the total amount of VELOPMENT GRANTS. and technical education exploration program funds available for all grants under this part ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall carried out under this part on the students’ and the types of activities proposed to be create a pilot program to support the estab- transition to, or planned participation in, ca- carried out by the eligible partnership. lishment of career and technical education reer and technical programs of study (as de- ‘‘(3) PEER REVIEW PROCESS.— exploration programs. In carrying out the scribed in section 122(c)(1)(A) of the Carl D. ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF PEER REVIEW COM- pilot program, the Secretary shall award Perkins Career and Technical Education Act MITTEE.—The Secretary shall convene a peer of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2342(c)(1)(A)); and grants to eligible partnerships to enable the review committee to review applications for eligible partnerships to develop middle ‘‘(iii) any other measurable outcomes spec- grants under this part and to make rec- ified by the Secretary. school career and technical education explo- ommendations to the Secretary regarding ‘‘(B) RESOURCES OF THE ELIGIBLE PARTNER- ration programs that are aligned with career the selection of grantees. SHIP.—The evaluation described in this para- and technical education programs of study ‘‘(B) MEMBERS OF THE PEER REVIEW COM- graph shall reflect the resources and capac- described in section 122(c)(1)(A) of the Carl MITTEE.—The peer review committee shall ity of the local educational agency, area ca- D. Perkins Career and Technical Education include the following members: reer and technical education school, or edu- Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2342(c)(1)(A)). ‘‘(i) Educators who have experience imple- cational service agency that is part of the el- ‘‘(b) GRANT DURATION.—Grants awarded menting career and technical education pro- igible partnership in a manner determined under this part shall be for a period of not grams and career exploration programs. by the Secretary. more than 4 years. ‘‘(ii) Experts in the field of career and tech- ‘‘(2) REPORT.—The eligible partnership ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible partnership nical education. shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a seeking a grant under this section shall sub- ‘‘(4) RURAL OR SMALL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL report containing the results of the evalua- mit an application to the Secretary at such AGENCIES.—The Secretary shall set aside not tion described in paragraph (1).’’. time and in such manner as the Secretary less than 5 percent of the funds made avail- may require. Each application shall in- able to award grants under this part to Mr. TESTER submitted an clude— award grants to eligible partnerships that in- SA 2129. ‘‘(1) a description of the partner entities clude rural or small local educational agen- amendment intended to be proposed to comprising the eligible partnership, the roles cies, as defined by the Secretary. amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. and responsibilities of each partner, and a ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Each eligible partner- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- demonstration of each partner’s capacity to ship receiving a grant under this section RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize support the program; shall use grant funds to develop and imple- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ‘‘(2) a description of how the eligible part- ment a middle school career and technical cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every nership will use grant funds to carry out education exploration program that— each of the activities described under sub- ‘‘(1) shall— child achieves; which was ordered to lie section (e); ‘‘(A) include introductory courses or expe- on the table; as follows: ‘‘(3) a description of how the middle school riential activities, such as student appren- On page 38, beginning on line 15, strike ‘‘be career and technical education exploration ticeships or other work-based learning meth- administered—’’ and all that follows through program aligns to regional economies and ods and project-based learning experiences; line 19, and insert ‘‘be administered not less local emerging workforce needs; ‘‘(B) include the implementation of a plan than one time, during—’’ ‘‘(4) a description of how the new middle that demonstrates the transition from the ‘‘(aa) grades 3 through 5; school career and technical education explo- middle school career and technical education ‘‘(bb) grades 6 through 9; and ration program is linked to— exploration program to a career and tech- ‘‘(cc) grades 10 through 12; and’’. ‘‘(A) 1 or more career and technical edu- nical education program of study that is of- cation programs of study offered by the fered by the entity described in section SA 2130. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an agency or school described in section 5951(b)(2)(A)(i); amendment intended to be proposed to 5951(b)(2)(A)(i); and ‘‘(C) include programs and activities re- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ‘‘(B) 1 or more career and technical edu- lated to the development of individualized ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- cation programs of study offered by the post- graduation and career plans for students; RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize secondary institution described in section and the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 5951(b)(2)(A)(ii); ‘‘(D) offer career guidance and academic ‘‘(5) a description of the students that will counseling that— cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every be served by the middle school career and ‘‘(i) provides information about postsec- child achieves; which was ordered to lie technical education exploration program; ondary education and career options; and on the table; as follows: ‘‘(6) a description of how the middle school ‘‘(ii) provides participating students with On page 69, between lines 16 and 17, insert career and technical education exploration readily available career and labor market in- the following: program funded by the grant will be formation, such as information about em- ‘‘(N) if applicable, whether the State con- replicable; ployment sectors, educational requirements, ducts periodic assessments of the condition ‘‘(7) a description of how the eligible part- information on workforce supply and de- of elementary school and secondary school nership will disseminate information about mand, and other information on careers that facilities in the State, which may include an best practices resulting from the middle are aligned to State or local economic prior- assessment of the age of the facility and the school career and technical education explo- ities; and state of repair of the facility; ration program to similar career and tech- ‘‘(2) may include expanded learning time nical education programs of study, including activities that— SA 2131. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. such programs in urban and rural areas; ‘‘(A) focus on career exploration, including ISAKSON, and Ms. WARREN) submitted ‘‘(8) a description of how the middle school apprenticeships and internships; an amendment intended to be proposed career and technical education exploration ‘‘(B) are available to all students in a mid- to amendment SA 2089 submitted by program will be implemented; dle school; and ‘‘(9) a description of how the middle school ‘‘(C) take place during a time that is out- Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. career and technical education exploration side of the standard hours of enrollment for MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- program will provide accessibility to stu- students that are served by the local edu- thorize the Elementary and Secondary dents, especially economically disadvan- cational agency. Education Act of 1965 to ensure that

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FUNDS TO FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME requiring a local educational agency to re- CHILD STATE OPTION. serve funds, each local educational agency hibition is inconsistent with the religious te- Subpart 2 of part A of title I is amended by that receives funds under such paragraph nets or beliefs of the school; and inserting after section 1122 the following: shall distribute a portion of such funds to ‘‘(B) notwithstanding this paragraph or the public schools served by the local edu- any other provision of law, a parent may ‘‘SEC. 1123. FUNDS TO FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME choose, and a school may offer, a single-sex CHILD STATE OPTION. cational agency, which amount shall— school, class, or activity. ‘‘(a) FUNDS FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME ‘‘(A) be based on the number of eligible children enrolled in such schools and in- ‘‘(g) PROHIBITIONS ON CONTROL OF PARTICI- CHILD.—Notwithstanding any other provi- PATING PRIVATE SCHOOLS.—Notwithstanding cluded in the count submitted under para- sions in this title requiring a State to re- any other provision of law, a private school graph (1); and serve or distribute funds, a State may, in ac- that enrolls eligible children whose parents ‘‘(B) be distributed in a manner that cordance with and as permitted by State receive funds under this section— would, in the absence of such Federal funds, law, distribute funds under this subpart ‘‘(1) may be a school that is operated by, supplement the funds made available from among the local educational agencies in the supervised by, controlled by, or connected State based on the number of eligible chil- non-Federal resources for the education of to, a religious organization to exercise its dren enrolled in the public schools operated pupils participating in programs under this right in matters of employment consistent by each local educational agency and the part, and not to supplant such funds (in ac- with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 number of eligible children within each local cordance with the method of determination (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), including the exemp- educational agency’s geographical area described in section 1117). tions in that title; and whose parents elect to send their child to a ‘‘(5) DISTRIBUTION TO PARENTS.— ‘‘(2) consistent with the First Amendment private school, for the purposes of ensuring ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts allo- of the Constitution of the United States, that funding under this subpart follows low- cated under paragraph (3) and notwith- shall not— income children to the public school they at- standing any provisions in this title requir- ‘‘(A) be required to make any change in the tend and that payments will be made to the ing a local educational agency to reserve school’s teaching mission; parents of eligible children who choose to en- funds, each local educational agency that re- ‘‘(B) be required to remove religious art, roll their eligible children in private schools. ceives funds under such paragraph shall dis- icons, scriptures, or other symbols; or ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE CHILD.— tribute a portion of such funds, in an amount ‘‘(C) be precluded from retaining religious ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term equal to the amount described in paragraph terms in its name, selecting its board mem- ‘eligible child’ means a child aged 5 to 17, in- (2), to the parents of each eligible child with- bers on a religious basis, or including reli- clusive from a family with an income below in the local educational agency’s geo- gious references in its mission statements the poverty level on the basis of the most re- graphical area who elect to send their child and other chartering or governing docu- cent satisfactory data published by the De- to a private school and whose child is in- ments. partment of Commerce. cluded in the count of such eligible children ‘‘(h) EVALUATION.—Every 2 years, the Sec- ‘‘(2) CRITERIA OF POVERTY.—In determining under paragraph (1), which amount shall be retary shall conduct an evaluation of eligible the families with incomes below the poverty distributed in a manner so as to ensure that children whose parents receive funds under level for the purposes of this section, a State such payments will be used for the payment this section, which shall include an evalua- educational agency shall use the criteria of of tuition, fees, and transportation expenses tion of— poverty used by the Census Bureau in com- (if any). ‘‘(1) 4-year adjusted cohort graduation piling the most recent decennial census, as ‘‘(B) RESERVATION.—A local educational rates; and the criteria have been updated by increases agency described in this paragraph may re- ‘‘(2) parental satisfaction regarding the rel- in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban serve not more than 1 percent of the funds evant activities carried out under this sec- Consumers, published by the Bureau of available for distribution under subpara- tion. Labor Statistics. graph (A) to pay administrative costs associ- ‘‘(i) REQUESTS FOR DATA AND INFORMA- TION.—Each school that enrolls eligible chil- ‘‘(c) IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN; ated with carrying out the activities de- dren whose parents receive funds under this ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— scribed in such subparagraph. section shall comply with all requests for ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE CHIL- ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec- retary, in consultation with the Secretary of data and information regarding evaluations DREN.—On an annual basis, on a date to be conducted under subsection (h). determined by the State educational agency, Commerce, shall provide technical assist- ‘‘(j) RULES OF CONDUCT AND OTHER SCHOOL each local educational agency shall inform ance to the State educational agencies that choose to allocate grant funds in accordance POLICIES.—A school that enrolls eligible chil- the State educational agency of the number with subsection (a), for the purpose of assist- dren whose parents receive funds under this of eligible children enrolled in public schools ing local educational agencies and schools in section may require such children to abide served by the local educational agency and such States to determine an accurate meth- by any rules of conduct and other require- the number of eligible children within each odology to identify the number of eligible ments applicable to all other students at the local educational agency’s geographical area children under subsection (c)(1). school. whose parents elect to send their child to a ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Payments to ‘‘(k) REPORT TO PARENTS.— private school. parents under this subsection (c)(5) shall be ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each school that enrolls ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.— considered assistance to the eligible child eligible children whose parents receive funds ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph and shall not be considered assistance to the under this section shall report, at least once (B), the amount of payment for each eligible school that enrolls the eligible child. The during the school year, to such parents on— child described in this section shall be equal amount of any payment under this section ‘‘(A) their child’s academic achievement, to— shall not be treated as income of the child or as measured by a comparison with— ‘‘(i) the total amount allotted to the State his or her parents for purposes of Federal tax ‘‘(i) the aggregate academic achievement under this subpart; divided by laws or for determining eligibility for any of other students at the school who are eligi- ‘‘(ii) the total number of eligible children other Federal program. ble children whose parents receive funds in the State identified under paragraph (1). ‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING PRI- under this section and who are in the same ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In the case of a payment VATE SCHOOLS.—A private school that enrolls grade or level, as appropriate; and made to the parents of an eligible child who eligible children whose parents receive funds ‘‘(ii) the aggregate academic achievement elects to attend a private school, the amount under this section— of the student’s peers at the school who are

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PURPOSE. ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSURE OF PER- genuine independent choice of the appro- The purpose of this part is to amend the SONAL INFORMATION.—No report under this priate public or private school for their Scholarships for Opportunity and Results subsection may contain any personally iden- child, if the program— Act (Public Law 112–10, 125 Stat. 199) in order tifiable information, except that a student’s ‘‘(A) requires that the child be a child who to improve provisions concerning oppor- parent may receive a report containing per- has received an initial evaluation described tunity scholarships available for low-income sonally identifiable information relating to in section 614(a) and has been identified as a students in the District of Columbia. their own child.’’. child with a disability, in accordance with SEC. 11102. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SCHOLAR- part B; SHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RE- SA 2133. Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. ‘‘(B)(i) permits the parent to receive from SULTS ACT. CRUZ, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. VITTER) sub- the State funds to be used to pay some or all (a) CARRYOVER AMOUNTS.—Section 3014 of mitted an amendment intended to be of the costs of attendance at the selected division C of the Department of Defense and proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- school (which may include tuition, fees, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, transportation costs); or 2011 (Public Law 112–10, 125 Stat. 212) is mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself ‘‘(ii) permits persons to receive a State tax amended by adding at the end the following: and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to credit for donations to an entity that pro- ‘‘(c) CARRYOVER AMOUNTS.— reauthorize the Elementary and Sec- vides funds to parents of eligible students de- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated ondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure scribed in subparagraph (A), to be used by under this section shall remain available that every child achieves; which was the parents to pay some or all of the costs of until expended. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: attendance at the selected school (which ‘‘(2) USE OF CARRYOVER AMOUNTS.—Of the may include tuition, fees, and transportation funds appropriated under this section that After part A of title X, insert the fol- costs); are unobligated, are not expended in the fis- lowing: ‘‘(C) prohibits any school that agrees to cal year for which such funds are appro- PART B—EDUCATION PORTABILITY FOR participate in the program from discrimi- priated, and are not necessary for the con- INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES nating against eligible students on the basis tinuation of the scholarships already award- SEC. 10201. PURPOSE. of race, color, national origin, or sex, except ed, the Secretary shall, for the subsequent The purpose of this part is to provide op- that— fiscal year— tions to States to innovate and improve the ‘‘(i) the prohibition of sex discrimination ‘‘(A) use 2 percent of such funds to carry education of children with disabilities by ex- shall not apply to a participating school that out outreach and parental education and as- panding the choices for students and parents is operated by, supervised by, controlled by, sistance activities described in section under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- or connected to a religious organization to 3007(c) that are in addition to any such ac- cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). the extent that the application of such pro- tivities carried out by an eligible entity SEC. 10202. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIVIDUALS hibition is inconsistent with the religious te- under such section; and WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION nets or beliefs of the school; and ‘‘(B) use the remaining amount of such ACT. ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding this subparagraph or funds to provide opportunity scholarships to (a) CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE any other provision of law, a parent may eligible students who have not previously re- SCHOOLS BY THEIR PARENTS.—Section choose, and a school may offer, a single-sex ceived such a scholarship.’’. 612(a)(10)(A) of the Individuals with Disabil- school, class, or activity; (b) CLARIFICATION IN STUDENT ELIGI- ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(10)(A)) ‘‘(D) notwithstanding any other provision BILITY.—Section 3013(3) of division C of the is amended by adding at the end the fol- of law, allows any school participating in the Department of Defense and Full-Year Con- lowing: program that is operated by, supervised by, tinuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law ‘‘(viii) PARENT OPTION PROGRAM.—If a State controlled by, or connected to, a religious or- 112–10, 125 Stat. 211) is amended, in the mat- has established a program that meets the re- ganization to exercise its right in matters of ter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting quirements of section 663(c)(11) (whether employment consistent with title VII of the ‘‘, is enrolled, or will be enrolled for the next statewide or in limited areas of the State) Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et school year, in a public or private elemen- and that allows a parent of a child described seq.), including the exemptions in that title; tary school or secondary school,’’ after ‘‘Dis- in section 663(c)(11)(A) to use public funds, or ‘‘(E) allows a school to participate in the trict of Columbia’’. private funds in accordance with program without, consistent with the First PART B—EDUCATION PORTABILITY FOR 633(c)(11)(B)(ii), to pay some or all of the Amendment of the Constitution of the INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES costs of attendance at a private school— United States— SEC. 11201. PURPOSE. ‘‘(I) funds allocated to the State under sec- ‘‘(i) necessitating any change in the par- The purpose of this part is to provide op- tion 611 may be used by the State to supple- ticipating school’s teaching mission; tions to States to innovate and improve the ment such public or private funds, if the Fed- ‘‘(ii) requiring any private participating education of children with disabilities by ex- eral funds are distributed to parents who school to remove religious art, icons, scrip- panding the choices for students and parents make a genuine independent choice as to the tures, or other symbols; or under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- appropriate school for their child, except ‘‘(iii) precluding any private participating cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). that in no case shall the amount of Federal school from retaining religious terms in its SEC. 11202. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIVIDUALS funds provided under this subclause to a par- name, selecting its board members on a reli- WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ent of a child with a disability for a year ex- gious basis, or including religious references ACT. ceed the total amount of tuition, fees, and in its mission statements and other char- (a) CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE transportation costs for the child for the tering or governing documents; and SCHOOLS BY THEIR PARENTS.—Section year; ‘‘(F) requires a participating school se- 612(a)(10)(A) of the Individuals with Disabil- ‘‘(II) the authorization of a parent to exer- lected for a child with a disability to be— ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(10)(A)) cise this option fulfills the State’s obligation ‘‘(i) accredited, licensed, or otherwise oper- is amended by adding at the end the fol- under paragraph (1) with respect to the child ating in accordance with State law; and lowing: during the period in which the child is en- ‘‘(ii) academically accountable to the par- ‘‘(viii) PARENT OPTION PROGRAM.—If a State rolled in the selected school; and ent for meeting the educational needs of the has established a program that meets the re- ‘‘(III) a selected school accepting such student.’’. quirements of section 663(c)(11) (whether funds shall not be required to carry out any statewide or in limited areas of the State) of the requirements of this title with respect SA 2134. Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. and that allows a parent of a child described to such child.’’. CRUZ, Mr. HATCH, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. in section 663(c)(11)(A) to use public funds, or (b) RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TO IMPROVE VITTER) submitted an amendment in- private funds in accordance with SERVICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH tended to be proposed by him to the 633(c)(11)(B)(ii), to pay some or all of the DISABILITIES.—Section 663(c) of the Individ- bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elemen- costs of attendance at a private school— uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 tary and Secondary Education Act of ‘‘(I) funds allocated to the State under sec- U.S.C. 1463(c)) is amended— 1965 to ensure that every child tion 611 may be used by the State to supple- (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ achieves; which was ordered to lie on ment such public or private funds, if the Fed- after the semicolon; eral funds are distributed to parents who (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period the table; as follows: make a genuine independent choice as to the at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and At the end, add the following: appropriate school for their child, except (3) by adding at the end the following: TITLE XI—CHOICE ACT that in no case shall the amount of Federal ‘‘(11) supporting the post-award planning SECTION 11001. SHORT TITLE. funds provided under this subclause to a par- and design, and the initial implementation This title may be cited as the ‘‘Creating ent of a child with a disability for a year ex- (which may include costs for informing the Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and ceed the total amount of tuition, fees, and

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SEC. 11301. PURPOSE. dent attending secondary school— (b) RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TO IMPROVE The purpose of this part is to ensure high- (aa) $12,000 for the first full school year fol- SERVICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH quality education for children of military lowing the date of enactment of this part; or DISABILITIES.—Section 663(c) of the Individ- personnel who live on military installations (bb) the amount determined under subpara- uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 and thus have less freedom to exercise school graph (B) for each school year following such U.S.C. 1463(c)) is amended— choice for their children, in order to improve first full school year. (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ the ability of the Armed Forces to retain (B) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—For each after the semicolon; such military personnel. school year after the first full school year (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period SEC. 11302. MILITARY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. following the date of enactment of this part, at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: the amounts specified in subclauses (I) and (3) by adding at the end the following: (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘child’’, (II) of subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be adjusted ‘‘(11) supporting the post-award planning ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, to reflect changes for the 12-month period and design, and the initial implementation and ‘‘local educational agency’’ have the ending the preceding June in the Consumer (which may include costs for informing the meanings given the terms in section 9101 of Price Index for All Urban Consumers pub- community, acquiring necessary equipment the Elementary and Secondary Education lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of and supplies, and other initial operational Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). the Department of Labor. costs), during a period of not more than 3 (2) ELIGIBLE MILITARY STUDENT.—The term (4) PAYMENTS TO PARENTS.—The Secretary years, of State programs that allow the par- ‘‘eligible military student’’ means a child shall make scholarship payments under this ent of a child with a disability to make a who— section to the parent of the eligible military genuine independent choice of the appro- (A) is a military dependent student; student in a manner that ensures such pay- priate public or private school for their (B) lives on a military installation selected ments will be used for the payment of tui- child, if the program— to participate in the program under sub- tion, fees, and transportation expenses (if ‘‘(A) requires that the child be a child who section (b)(2); and any) in accordance with this section. has received an initial evaluation described (C) chooses to attend a participating (c) SELECTION OF SCHOLARSHIPS RECIPI- in section 614(a) and has been identified as a school, rather than a school otherwise as- ENTS.— child with a disability, in accordance with signed to the child. (1) RANDOM SELECTION.—If more eligible part B; (3) MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENT.—The military students apply for scholarships ‘‘(B)(i) permits the parent to receive from term ‘‘military dependent student’’ has the under the program under this section than the State funds to be used to pay some or all meaning given the term in section 572(e) of the Secretary can accommodate, the Sec- of the costs of attendance at the selected the National Defense Authorization Act for retary shall select the scholarship recipients school (which may include tuition, fees, and Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(e)). through a random selection process from transportation costs); or (4) PARTICIPATING SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘par- students who submitted applications by the ‘‘(ii) permits persons to receive a State tax ticipating school’’ means a public or private application deadline specified by the Sec- credit for donations to an entity that pro- elementary school or secondary school retary. vides funds to parents of eligible students de- that— (2) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY.— scribed in subparagraph (A), to be used by (A) accepts scholarship funds provided (A) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is se- the parents to pay some or all of the costs of under this section on behalf of an eligible lected to receive a scholarship under the pro- attendance at the selected school (which military student for the costs of tuition, gram under this section shall continue to re- may include tuition, fees, and transportation fees, or transportation of the eligible mili- ceive a scholarship for each year of the pro- costs); tary student; and gram until the individual— ‘‘(C) prohibits any school that agrees to (B) is accredited, licensed, or otherwise op- (i) graduates from secondary school or participate in the program from discrimi- erating in accordance with State law. elects to no longer participate in the pro- nating against eligible students on the basis (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ gram; of race, color, national origin, or sex, except means the Secretary of Defense. (ii) exceeds the maximum age for which that— (b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— the State in which the student lives provides ‘‘(i) the prohibition of sex discrimination (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made a free public education; or shall not apply to a participating school that available under subsection (g) and beginning (iii) is no longer an eligible military stu- is operated by, supervised by, controlled by, for the first full school year following the dent. or connected to a religious organization to date of enactment of this part, the Secretary (B) CONTINUED PARTICIPATION FOR MILITARY the extent that the application of such pro- shall carry out a 5-year pilot program to TRANSFERS.— hibition is inconsistent with the religious te- award scholarships to enable eligible mili- (i) TRANSFER TO PRIVATE NON-MILITARY nets or beliefs of the school; and tary students to attend the public or private HOUSING.—Notwithstanding subparagraph ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding this subparagraph or elementary schools or secondary schools se- (A)(iii), an individual receiving a scholarship any other provision of law, a parent may lected by the eligible military students’ par- under this section for a school year who choose, and a school may offer, a single-sex ents. meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) school, class, or activity; (2) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.— and (C) of subsection (a)(2) and whose family, ‘‘(D) notwithstanding any other provision (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall se- during such school year, moves into private of law, allows any school participating in the lect not less than 5 military installations to non-military housing that is not considered program that is operated by, supervised by, participate in the pilot program described in to be part of the military installation, shall controlled by, or connected to, a religious or- paragraph (1). In making such selection, the continue to receive the scholarship for use at ganization to exercise its right in matters of Secretary shall choose military installations the participating school for the remaining employment consistent with title VII of the where eligible military students would most portion of the school year. Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et benefit from expanded educational options. (ii) TRANSFER TO A DIFFERENT MILITARY IN- seq.), including the exemptions in that title; (B) INELIGIBILITY.—A military installation STALLATION.—Notwithstanding subparagraph ‘‘(E) allows a school to participate in the that provides, on its premises, education for (A)(iii), an individual receiving a scholarship program without, consistent with the First all elementary school and secondary school under this section for a school year whose Amendment of the Constitution of the grade levels through one or more Depart- family is transferred to a different military United States— ment of Defense dependents’ schools shall installation shall no longer be eligible to re- ‘‘(i) necessitating any change in the par- not be eligible for participation in the pro- ceive such scholarship beginning on the date ticipating school’s teaching mission; gram. of the transfer. Such individual may apply to ‘‘(ii) requiring any private participating (3) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS.— participate in any program offered under school to remove religious art, icons, scrip- (A) IN GENERAL.—The annual amount of this section for the new military installation tures, or other symbols; or each scholarship awarded to an eligible mili- for a subsequent school year, if such indi- ‘‘(iii) precluding any private participating tary student under this section shall not ex- vidual qualifies as an eligible military stu- school from retaining religious terms in its ceed the lesser of— dent for such school year. name, selecting its board members on a reli- (i) the cost of tuition, fees, and transpor- (d) NONDISCRIMINATION AND OTHER PROVI- gious basis, or including religious references tation associated with attending the partici- SIONS.—

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(1) NON-DISCRIMINATION.—A participating tion and the number of secondary school stu- for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall school shall not discriminate against pro- dents receiving such scholarships; and reallot the amount of the allotment to the gram participants or applicants on the basis (E) the results of a survey, conducted by remaining States in accordance with this of race, color, national origin, or sex. the Secretary, regarding parental satisfac- subsection. (2) APPLICABILITY AND SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS, tion with the scholarship program under this CLASSES, OR ACTIVITIES.— section. SA 2136. Mr. MURPHY submitted an (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— amendment intended to be proposed to There are authorized to be appropriated to other provision of law, the prohibition of sex amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. discrimination in paragraph (1) shall not carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- apply to a participating school that is oper- fiscal years 2016 through 2020. ated by, supervised by, controlled by, or con- (h) OFFSET IN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize nected to a religious organization to the ex- SALARIES.—Notwithstanding any other pro- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- tent that the application of paragraph (1) is vision of law, for fiscal year 2016 and each of cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every inconsistent with the religious tenets or be- the 4 succeeding fiscal years, the Secretary child achieves; which was ordered to lie liefs of the school. of Education shall return to the Treasury $10,000,000 of the amounts made available to on the table; as follows: (B) SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS, CLASSES, OR AC- the Secretary for salaries and expenses of On page 630, between lines 4 and 5, insert TIVITIES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or the Department of Education for such year. the following: any other provision of law, a parent may SEC. 5011. PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS. choose, and a participating school may offer, SA 2135. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for her- a single-sex school, class, or activity. Title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), as amended self and Mr. PORTMAN) submitted an (3) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Nothing by section 5001, is further amended by insert- in this section may be construed to alter or amendment intended to be proposed to ing after part I, as added by section 5010, the modify the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. following: cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘PART J—PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS (4) RULES OF CONDUCT AND OTHER SCHOOL RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize ‘‘SEC. 5910. SHORT TITLE. POLICIES.—A participating school, including the Elementary and Secondary Edu- the schools described in subsection (e), may cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every ‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2015’. require eligible students to abide by any child achieves; which was ordered to lie rules of conduct and other requirements ap- on the table; as follows: ‘‘SEC. 5911. PURPOSE. ‘‘The purpose of this part is to signifi- plicable to all other students at the school. Beginning on page 270, strike line 18 and cantly improve the academic and develop- (e) RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED SCHOOLS.— all that follows through line 16 on page 273 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any and insert the following: mental outcomes of children living in our other provision of law, a participating school ‘‘(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— Nation’s most distressed communities from that is operated by, supervised by, controlled ‘‘(1) HOLD HARMLESS.— birth through college and career entry, in- by, or connected to, a religious organization ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph cluding ensuring school readiness, high may exercise its right in matters of employ- (2), from the funds appropriated under sec- school graduation, and college and career ment consistent with title VII of the Civil tion 2003(a) for a fiscal year that remain readiness for such children, through the use Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), in- after the Secretary makes the reservations of data-driven decisionmaking and access to cluding the exemptions in that title. under subsection (a), the Secretary shall a community-based continuum of high-qual- (2) MAINTENANCE OF PURPOSE.—Notwith- allot to each State an amount equal to the ity services, beginning at birth. standing any other provision of law, funds total amount that such State received for ‘‘SEC. 5912. DEFINITIONS. made available under this title to eligible fiscal year 2001 under— ‘‘In this part: military students that are received by a par- ‘‘(i) section 2202(b) of this Act (as in effect ‘‘(1) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an in- ticipating school, as a result of their par- on the day before the date of enactment of dividual from birth through age 21. ents’ choice, shall not, consistent with the the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001); and ‘‘(2) COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.—The First Amendment of the Constitution of the ‘‘(ii) section 306 of the Department of Edu- term ‘college and career readiness’ means United States— cation Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted the level of preparation a student needs in (A) necessitate any change in the partici- into law by section 1(a)(1) of Public Law 106- order to meet the challenging State aca- pating school’s teaching mission; 554). demic standards under section 1111(b)(1). (B) require any private participating ‘‘(B) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the funds de- ‘‘(3) COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE.—The term school to remove religious art, icons, scrip- scribed in subparagraph (A) are insufficient ‘community of practice’ means a group of en- tures, or other symbols; or to pay the full amounts that all States are tities that interact regularly to share best (C) preclude any private participating eligible to receive under subparagraph (A) practices to address 1 or more persistent school from retaining religious terms in its for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall rat- problems, or improve practice with respect name, selecting its board members on a reli- ably reduce those amounts for the fiscal to such problems, in 1 or more neighbor- gious basis, or including religious references year. hoods. in its mission statements and other char- ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— ‘‘(4) COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL READINESS AS- tering or governing documents. ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph SESSMENT.—The term ‘comprehensive school (f) REPORTS.— (B), for any fiscal year for which the funds readiness assessment’ means an objective (1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than July appropriated under section 2003(a) and not tool that— 30 of the year following the year of the date reserved under subsection (a) exceed the ‘‘(A) screens for school readiness across do- of enactment of this part, and each subse- total amount required to make allotments mains, including language, cognitive, phys- quent year through the year in which the under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allot ical, motor, sensory, and social-emotional final report is submitted under paragraph (2), to each State the sum of— domains, and through a developmental the Secretary shall prepare and submit to ‘‘(i) an amount that bears the same rela- screening; and Congress an interim report on the scholar- tionship to 20 percent of the excess amount ‘‘(B) may also include other sources of in- ships awarded under the pilot program under as the number of individuals age 5 through 17 formation, such as child observations by par- this section that includes the content de- in the State, as determined by the Secretary ents and others, verbal and written reports, scribed in paragraph (3) for the applicable on the basis of the most recent satisfactory child work samples (for children aged 3 to 5), school year of the report. data, bears to the number of those individ- and health and developmental histories. (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days uals in all such States, as so determined; and ‘‘(5) DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING.—The term after the end of the pilot program under this ‘‘(ii) an amount that bears the same rela- ‘developmental screening’ means the use of a section, the Secretary shall prepare and sub- tionship to 80 percent of the excess amount standardized tool to identify a child who mit to Congress a report on the scholarships as the number of individuals age 5 through 17 may be at risk of a developmental delay or awarded under the program that includes the from families with incomes below the pov- disorder. content described in paragraph (3) for each erty line in the State, as determined by the ‘‘(6) EXPANDED LEARNING TIME.—The term school year of the program. Secretary on the basis of the most recent ‘expanded learning time’ means the activi- (3) CONTENT.—Each annual report under satisfactory data, bears to the number of ties and programs described in subpara- paragraph (1) and the final report under those individuals in all such States, as so de- graphs (A) and (B) of section 4201(b)(1). paragraph (2) shall contain— termined. ‘‘(7) FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.— (A) the number of applicants for scholar- ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—No State receiving an al- The term ‘family and community engage- ships under this section; lotment under subparagraph (A) may receive ment’ means the process of engaging family (B) the number, and the average dollar less than one-half of 1 percent of the total and community members in education mean- amount, of scholarships awarded; excess amount allotted under such subpara- ingfully and at all stages of the planning, (C) the number of participating schools; graph for a fiscal year. implementation, and school and neighbor- (D) the number of elementary school stu- ‘‘(3) REALLOTMENT.—If any State does not hood improvement process, including, at a dents receiving scholarships under this sec- apply for an allotment under this subsection minimum—

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PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. a unit of local government. term ‘family and student supports’ in- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(E) An Indian tribe or tribal organization, cludes— ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts as defined under section 4 of the Indian Self- ‘‘(A) health programs (including both men- appropriated to carry out this part, the Sec- Determination and Education Assistance Act tal health and physical health services); retary shall award grants, on a competitive (25 U.S.C. 450b). ‘‘(B) school, public, and child-safety pro- basis, to eligible entities to implement a ‘‘SEC. 5915. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. grams; comprehensive, evidence-based continuum of ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desir- ‘‘(C) programs that improve family sta- coordinated services and supports that en- ing a grant under this part shall submit an bility; gages community partners to improve aca- application to the Secretary at such time, in ‘‘(D) workforce development programs (in- demic achievement, student development, such manner, and containing such informa- cluding those that meet local business needs, and college and career readiness, measured tion as the Secretary may require. such as internships and externships); by common outcomes, by carrying out the ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—At a min- ‘‘(E) social service programs; activities described in section 5916 in neigh- imum, an application described in subsection ‘‘(F) legal aid programs; borhoods with high concentrations of low-in- (a) shall include the following: ‘‘(G) financial literacy education pro- come individuals and persistently low- ‘‘(1) A plan to significantly improve the grams; achieving schools or schools with an achieve- academic outcomes of children living in a ‘‘(H) adult education and family literacy ment gap. neighborhood that is served by the eligible entity, by providing pipeline services that programs; ‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT SIZE AND SCOPE.—Each ‘‘(I) parent, family, and community en- grant awarded under this part shall be of suf- address the needs of children in the neigh- gagement programs; and ficient size and scope to allow the eligible borhood, as identified by the needs analysis ‘‘(J) programs that increase access to entity to carry out the purpose of this part. described in paragraph (4) and supported by learning technology and enhance the digital ‘‘(b) DURATION.—A grant awarded under evidence-based practices. literacy skills of students. this part shall be for a period of not more ‘‘(2) A description of the neighborhood that ‘‘(9) FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘family than 5 years. the eligible entity will serve. member’ means a parent, relative, or other ‘‘(c) CONTINUED FUNDING.—Continued fund- ‘‘(3) Measurable annual goals for the out- adult who is responsible for the education, ing of a grant under this part, including a comes of the grant, including— care, and well-being of a child. grant renewed under subsection (b)(2), after ‘‘(A) performance goals, in accordance with ‘‘(10) INTEGRATED STUDENT SUPPORTS.—The the third year of the grant period shall be the metrics described in section 5918(a), for term ‘integrated student supports’ means contingent on the eligible entity’s progress each year of the grant; and wraparound services, supports, and commu- toward meeting the performance metrics de- ‘‘(B) projected participation rates and any nity resources, which shall be offered scribed in section 5918(a). plans to expand the number of children through a site coordinator for at-risk stu- ‘‘(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— served or the neighborhood proposed to be dents, that have been shown by evidence- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity re- served by the grant program. based research— ceiving a grant under this part shall con- ‘‘(4) An analysis of the needs and assets of ‘‘(A) to increase academic achievement and tribute matching funds in an amount equal the neighborhood identified in paragraph (2), engagement; to not less than 100 percent of the amount of including— ‘‘(B) to support positive child development; the grant. Such matching funds shall come ‘‘(A) a description of the process through and from Federal, State, local, and private which the needs analysis was produced, in- ‘‘(C) to increase student preparedness for sources. cluding a description of how parents, family, success in college and the workforce. ‘‘(2) PRIVATE SOURCES.—The Secretary— and community members were engaged in ‘‘(11) NEIGHBORHOOD.—The term ‘neighbor- ‘‘(A) shall require that a portion of the such analysis; hood’ means a defined geographical area in matching funds come from private sources; ‘‘(B) an analysis of community assets, in- which there are multiple signs of distress, and cluding programs already provided from Fed- demonstrated by indicators of need, includ- ‘‘(B) may allow the use of in-kind dona- eral and non-Federal sources, within, or ac- ing poverty, childhood obesity rates, aca- tions to satisfy the matching funds require- cessible to, the neighborhood, including, at a demic failure, and rates of juvenile delin- ment. minimum— quency, adjudication, or incarceration. ‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary may ad- ‘‘(i) early learning programs, including ‘‘(12) PIPELINE SERVICES.—The term ‘pipe- just the matching funds requirement for ap- high-quality child care, Early Head Start line services’ means a continuum of supports plicants that demonstrate high need, includ- programs, Head Start programs, and pre- and services for children from birth through ing applicants from rural areas or applicant kindergarten programs; college entry, college success, and career at- that wish to provide services on tribal lands. ‘‘(ii) the availability of healthy food op- tainment, including, at a minimum, strate- ‘‘(e) FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WAIVER.— tions and opportunities for physical activity; gies to address through services or programs ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ‘‘(iii) existing family and student supports; (including integrated student supports) the waive or reduce, on a case-by-case basis, the ‘‘(iv) locally owned businesses and employ- following: matching requirement described in sub- ers; and ‘‘(A) Prenatal education and support for section (d), for a period of 1 year at a time, ‘‘(v) institutions of higher education; expectant parents. if the eligible entity demonstrates signifi- ‘‘(C) evidence of successful collaboration ‘‘(B) High-quality early learning opportu- cant financial hardship. within the neighborhood; nities. ‘‘(2) PRIVATE SOURCES WAIVER.—The Sec- ‘‘(D) the steps that the eligible entity is ‘‘(C) High-quality schools and out-of- retary may waive or reduce, on a case-by- taking, at the time of the application, to ad- school-time programs and strategies. case basis, the requirement described in sub- dress the needs identified in the needs anal- ‘‘(D) Support for a child’s transition to ele- section (d) that a portion of matching funds ysis; and mentary school, including the administra- come from private sources if the eligible en- ‘‘(E) any barriers the eligible entity, public tion of a comprehensive school readiness as- tity demonstrates an inability to access such agencies, and other community-based orga- sessment. funds in the State. nizations have faced in meeting such needs. ‘‘(E) Support for a child’s transition from ‘‘SEC. 5914. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. ‘‘(5) A description of the data used to iden- elementary school to middle school, from ‘‘In this part, the term ‘eligible entity’ tify the pipeline services to be provided, in- middle school to high school, and from high means— cluding data regarding—

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The ‘‘(A) the number of children, by age, who ‘‘(C) Supporting access to a healthy life- will be served by each pipeline service; and preliminary memorandum of understanding style, which may include— shall describe, at a minimum— ‘‘(B) for each age group, the percentage of ‘‘(i) the provision of high-quality and nu- children (of such age group), within the ‘‘(1) each partner’s financial and pro- tritious meals; neighborhood, who the eligible entity pro- grammatic commitment with respect to the ‘‘(ii) access to programs that promote poses to serve, disaggregated by each service, strategies described in the application, in- physical activity, physical education, and and the goals for increasing such percentage cluding an identification of the fiscal agent; fitness; and over time. ‘‘(2) each partner’s long-term commitment ‘‘(iii) education to promote a healthy life- ‘‘(8) A description of how the pipeline serv- to providing pipeline services that, at a min- style and positive body image. ices will facilitate the coordination of the imum, accounts for the cost of supporting following activities: ‘‘(D) Providing social, health, and mental the continuum of supports and services (in- ‘‘(A) Providing high-quality early learning health services and supports, including refer- cluding a plan for how to support services opportunities for children, beginning pre- rals for essential care and preventative and activities after grant funds are no longer natally and extending through grade 3, by— screenings, for children, family, and commu- available) and potential changes in local ‘‘(i) supporting high-quality early learning nity members, which may include— government; opportunities that provide children with ac- ‘‘(i) dental services; ‘‘(3) each partner’s mission and the plan cess to programs that support the cognitive ‘‘(ii) vision care; and that will govern the work that the partners and developmental skills, including social ‘‘(iii) speech, language, and auditory do together; and emotional skills, needed for success in screenings and referrals. ‘‘(4) each partner’s long-term commitment elementary school; ‘‘(E) Supporting students and family mem- to supporting the continuum of supports and ‘‘(ii) providing for opportunities, through bers as the students transition from early services through data collection, moni- parenting classes, baby academies, home vis- learning programs into elementary school, toring, reporting, and sharing; and its, family and community engagement, or from elementary school to middle school, ‘‘(5) each partner’s commitment to ensure other evidence-based strategies, for families from middle school to high school, from high sound fiscal management and controls, in- and expectant parents to— school into and through college and into the cluding evidence of a system of supports and ‘‘(I) acquire the skills to promote early workforce, including through evidence-based personnel. learning, development, and health and safe- strategies to address challenges that stu- ‘‘SEC. 5916. USE OF FUNDS. ty, including learning about child develop- dents may face as they transition, such as ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity that ment and positive discipline strategies (such the following: receives a grant under this part shall use the as through the use of technology and public ‘‘(i) Early college high schools. grant funds to— media programming); ‘‘(ii) Dual enrollment programs. ‘‘(1) support planning activities to develop ‘‘(II) learn about the role of families and ‘‘(iii) Career academies. and implement pipeline services; expectant parents in their child’s education; ‘‘(iv) Counseling and support services. ‘‘(2) implement the pipeline services, as de- and ‘‘(v) Dropout prevention and recovery scribed in the application under section 5915; ‘‘(III) become informed about educational strategies. and opportunities for their children, including ‘‘(vi) Collaboration with the juvenile jus- ‘‘(3) continuously evaluate the success of differences in quality among early learning tice system and reentry counseling for adju- the program and improve the program based opportunities; dicated youth. on data and outcomes. ‘‘(iii) ensuring successful transitions be- ‘‘(vii) Advanced Placement or Inter- ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES.— tween early learning programs and elemen- national Baccalaureate courses. ‘‘(1) FUNDS FOR PIPELINE SERVICES.—Each tary school, including through the establish- ‘‘(viii) Teen parent classrooms. eligible entity that receives a grant under ment of memoranda of understanding be- ‘‘(ix) Graduation and career coaches. this part, for the first and second year of the tween early learning providers and local edu- ‘‘(9) A description of the strategies that grant, shall use not less than 50 percent of cational agencies serving young children and will be used to provide pipeline services (in- the grant funds to carry out the activities families; cluding a description of the process used to described in subsection (a)(1). ‘‘(iv) ensuring appropriate screening, diag- identify such strategies and the outcomes ‘‘(2) OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY.—Each eligi- nostic assessments, and referrals for children expected and a description of which pro- ble entity that operates a school in a neigh- with disabilities, developmental delays, or grams and services will be provided to chil- borhood served by a grant program under other special needs, consistent with the Indi- dren, family members, community members, this part shall provide such school with the viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 and children not attending schools or pro- operational flexibility, including autonomy U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), where applicable; grams operated by the eligible entity or its over staff, time, and budget, needed to effec- ‘‘(v) improving the early learning work- partner providers) to support the purpose of tively carry out the activities described in force in the community, including through— this part. the application under section 5915. ‘‘(I) investments in the recruitment, reten- ‘‘(10) An explanation of the process the eli- ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR EARLY tion, distribution, and support of high-qual- gible entity will use to establish and main- CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Funds ity professionals, especially those with cer- tain family and community engagement. under this part that are used to improve tification and experience in child develop- ‘‘(11) An explanation of how the eligible en- early childhood education programs shall ment; tity will continuously evaluate and improve not be used to carry out any of the following ‘‘(II) the provision of high-quality teacher the continuum of high-quality pipeline serv- activities: preparation and professional development; or ices, including— ‘‘(A) Assessments that provide rewards or ‘‘(III) the use of joint professional develop- ‘‘(A) a description of the metrics, con- sanctions for individual children or teachers. ment for early learning providers and ele- sistent with section 5918(a), that will be used ‘‘(B) A single assessment that is used as mentary school teachers and administrators; to inform each component of the pipeline; the primary or sole method for assessing pro- and and gram effectiveness. ‘‘(vi) enhancing data systems and data ‘‘(B) the processes for using data to im- ‘‘(C) Evaluating children, other than for sharing among the eligible entity, partners, prove instruction, optimize integrated stu- the purposes of improving instruction, class- early learning providers, schools, and local dent supports, provide for continuous pro- room environment, professional develop- educational agencies operating in the neigh- gram improvement, and hold staff and part- ment, or parent and family engagement, or borhood. ner organizations accountable. program improvement. ‘‘(B) Supporting, enhancing, operating, or ‘‘(12) An identification of the fiscal agent, ‘‘SEC. 5917. REPORT AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE expanding rigorous and comprehensive edu- which may be any entity described in section DATA. cation reforms designed to significantly im- 5914 (not including paragraph (2) of such sec- ‘‘(a) REPORT.—Each eligible entity that re- prove educational outcomes for children in tion). ceives a grant under this part shall prepare

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NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. improve student academic achievement in percentage of children in the neighborhood ‘‘From the amounts appropriated to carry science, technology, engineering, and mathe- who are served by the grant program, includ- out this part for a fiscal year, in addition to matics, including computer science, and pre- ing a description of the number and percent- the amounts that may be reserved in accord- pare more students to be ready for postsec- age of children accessing each support or ance with section 9601, the Secretary may re- ondary education and careers in such sub- service offered as part of the pipeline serv- serve not more than 8 percent for national jects. ices; activities, which may include— Beginning on page 384, strike line 3 and all ‘‘(2) information relating to the perform- ‘‘(1) research on the activities carried out that follows through line 23 on page 384 and ance metrics described in section 5918(a); and under this part; insert the following: ‘‘(3) other indicators that may be required ‘‘(2) identification and dissemination of ‘‘(c) EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT.—The by the Secretary, in consultation with the best practices, including through support for Secretary shall— Director of the Institute of Education a community of practice; ‘‘(1) acting through the Director of the In- Sciences. ‘‘(3) technical assistance, including assist- stitute of Education Sciences, and in con- ‘‘(b) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA.—Each eli- ance relating to family and community en- sultation with the Director of the National gible entity that receives a grant under this gagement and outreach to potential partner Science Foundation— part shall make publicly available, including organizations; ‘‘(A) evaluate the implementation and im- through electronic means, the information ‘‘(4) professional development, including pact of the activities supported under this described in subsection (a). To the extent development of materials related to profes- part, including progress measured by the practicable, such information shall be pro- sional development; and metrics established under subsection (a); and vided in a form and language accessible to ‘‘(5) other activities consistent with the ‘‘(B) identify best practices to improve in- parents and families in the neighborhood, purpose of this part. struction in science, technology, engineer- and such information shall be a part of state- ‘‘SEC. 5920. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- ing, and mathematics subjects; wide longitudinal data systems. TIONS. ‘‘(2) disseminate, in consultation with the ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated ‘‘SEC. 5918. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY National Science Foundation, research on AND EVALUATION. to carry out this part such sums as may be best practices to improve instruction in necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 ‘‘(a) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—Each eligible science, technology, engineering, and mathe- through 2021.’’. entity that receives a grant under this part matics subjects; ‘‘(3) ensure that the Department is taking shall collect data on performance indicators SA 2137. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself of pipeline services and family and student appropriate action to— and Mr. COONS) submitted an amend- supports and report the results to the Sec- ‘‘(A) identify all activities being supported retary, who shall use the results as a consid- ment intended to be proposed to under this part; and eration in continuing grants after the third amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ‘‘(B) avoid unnecessary duplication of ef- year and in awarding grant renewals. The in- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- forts between the activities being supported dicators shall, at a minimum, include the RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize under this part and other programmatic ac- following: the Elementary and Secondary Edu- tivities supported by the Department or by ‘‘(1) Evidence of increasing qualifications cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every other Federal agencies; and for staff in early care and education pro- child achieves; which was ordered to lie ‘‘(4) develop a rigorous system to— grams attended by children in the neighbor- on the table; as follows: ‘‘(A) identify the science, technology, engi- hood. neering, and mathematics education-specific On page 69, between lines 16 and 17, insert needs of States and stakeholders receiving ‘‘(2) With respect to the children served by the following: the grant— funds through subgrants under this part; ‘‘(N) how the State educational agency will ‘‘(B) make public and widely disseminate ‘‘(A) the percentage of children who are demonstrate a coordinated plan to ready for kindergarten, as measured by a programmatic activities relating to science, seamlessly transition students from sec- technology, engineering, and mathematics comprehensive developmental screening in- ondary school into postsecondary education strument; that are supported by the Department or by or careers without remediation, including a other Federal agencies; and ‘‘(B) the percentage of school-age children description of the specific transition activi- proficient in core academic subjects; ‘‘(C) develop plans for aligning the pro- ties that the State educational agency will grammatic activities supported by the De- ‘‘(C) evidence of narrowing student carry out, such as providing students with achievement gaps among the categories de- partment and other Federal agencies with access to early college high school or dual or the State and stakeholder needs. scribed in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi); concurrent enrollment opportunities; ‘‘(D) the percentage of children who are On page 106, line 3, insert ‘‘early college Mr. ALEXANDER submitted reading at grade level by the end of grade 3; high school or’’ after ‘‘access to’’. SA 2139. ‘‘(E) the percentage of children who suc- On page 314, between lines 21 and 22, insert an amendment intended to be proposed cessfully transition from grade 8 to grade 9; the following: to amendment SA 2089 submitted by ‘‘(F) for each school year during the grant ‘‘(C) providing teachers, principals, and Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. period, the percentage of students in pre- other school leaders with professional devel- MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- kindergarten, elementary school, and sec- opment activities that enhance or enable the thorize the Elementary and Secondary ondary school who miss more than 10 percent provision of postsecondary coursework Education Act of 1965 to ensure that of school days for any reason, excused or un- through dual or concurrent enrollment and every child achieves; as follows: excused, and the number and percentage of early college high school settings across a students who are suspended or expelled for local educational agency. On page 185, between lines 18 and 19, insert any reason, starting in prekindergarten; the following: ‘‘(G) the percentage of children who grad- SA 2138. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for her- SEC. 1011A. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS PROGRAM. uate with a high school diploma; self and Mr. HOEVEN) submitted an (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I (20 U.S.C. ‘‘(H) the percentage of children who enter amendment intended to be proposed to 6301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end postsecondary education and remain after 1 amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. the following: year; ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘Subpart 3—Scholarships for Kids Program ‘‘(I) the percentage of children who are healthy, as measured by a child-health index RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize ‘‘SEC. 1131. PURPOSE. that includes cognitive, nutritional, phys- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ‘‘The purpose of this subpart is to improve ical, social, mental-health, and emotional cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every the academic achievement of the disadvan- domains; child achieves; which was ordered to lie taged by encouraging State efforts to expand ‘‘(J) the percentage of children who feel on the table; as follows: the educational choices available to low-in- safe, as measured by a school climate survey; On page 370, between lines 18 and 19, insert come students. ‘‘(K) rates of student mobility and home- the following: ‘‘SEC. 1132. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS PROGRAM. lessness; ‘‘(3) STEM-FOCUSED SPECIALTY SCHOOL.— ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(L) opportunities for family members of The term ‘STEM-focused specialty school’ ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE CHILD.— children to receive education and job train- means a school, or a dedicated program with- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible child’ ing; and in a school, that engages students in rig- means a child residing in a participating ‘‘(M) the percentage of children who have orous, relevant, and integrated learning ex- State who— digital literacy skills and access to periences focused on science, technology, en- ‘‘(i) is not older than 21; broadband internet and a connected com- gineering, and mathematics, which include ‘‘(ii) is entitled to a free public education puting device at home and at school. authentic school-wide research. through grade 12; and ‘‘(b) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall On page 382, line 12, strike the period and ‘‘(iii)(I) is from a family with an income evaluate the implementation and impact of insert the following: ‘‘; and below the poverty level; or

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BILITY.—A participating State may elect to each eligible child, in the amount deter- ‘‘(II) To pay for all, or a portion, of any serve a child as an eligible child under an ap- mined under such subparagraph, that the fees required to attend another public school proved program under this section if— parents of the eligible child may use for any in the participating State. ‘‘(i) such child was an eligible child de- of the following purposes, as allowed by ‘‘(III) To pay for all, or a portion, of the scribed in subparagraph (A) during the pre- State law: tuition and fees to attend an accredited or vious fiscal year; ‘‘(I) To supplement the budget of any pub- otherwise State-approved private school. ‘‘(ii) such child is from a family with an in- lic school the eligible child is able to attend ‘‘(IV) To pay for all, or a portion, of the come that is not greater than 200 percent of without fees. fees required to participate in a supple- the poverty level on the basis of the most re- ‘‘(II) To pay for all, or a portion, of any mental educational services program. cent satisfactory data published by the De- fees required to attend another public school ‘‘(ii) A description of the procedures the partment of Commerce for the preceding in the participating State. State will implement to carry out the re- year; and ‘‘(III) To pay for all, or a portion, of the quirements of clause (i), including any ac- ‘‘(iii) the State educational agency has de- tuition and fees required to attend an ac- creditation or other method by which the termined that the child qualifies for con- credited or otherwise State-approved private State will approve private schools and pro- tinuing eligibility, as defined by the partici- school. viders of supplemental educational services pating State in its declaration of intent ‘‘(IV) To pay for all, or a portion, of the programs to accept grant funds under this under subsection (d). fees required to participate in a State-ap- section. ‘‘(C) CRITERIA OF POVERTY.—In determining proved supplemental educational services ‘‘(D) An assurance that the State will pub- if a family has an income below the poverty program. lish, in a widely read or distributed medium, level for purposes of this section, a State ‘‘(B) CALCULATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.— an annual report that contains— shall use the poverty threshold, for the most Each participating State shall calculate the ‘‘(i) the number of students, schools, and recently completed calendar year, most re- amount of the grant to be awarded to each cently published by the Bureau of the Cen- eligible child for each fiscal year by dividing providers of programs of supplemental edu- sus. the allocation to the participating State cational services that participated in the program assisted under this section; ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING STATE.—The term ‘par- under this subpart remaining after the par- ticipating State’ means a State whose dec- ticipating State reserves any funds under ‘‘(ii) information regarding the academic laration of intent to exercise the State op- paragraph (2) or (3), by the total number of progress of students receiving a grant under tion for a Scholarships for Kids program is eligible children, as determined by the par- this section in meeting challenging State approved by the Secretary as described in ticipating State. academic standards under section 1111(b)(1), subsection (d). ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A partici- if the State requires that students receiving ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each pating State may reserve not more than 3 a grant participate in the academic assess- of the several States of the United States, percent of its allocation under section 1122 ments administered under section 1111(b)(2); the District of Columbia, and the Common- for administrative costs associated with car- and wealth of Puerto Rico. rying out the participating State’s duties ‘‘(iii) such other information as the State ‘‘(4) SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES and functions under this section, including— may require. PROGRAM.—The term ‘supplemental edu- ‘‘(A) certifying the eligibility of children ‘‘(E) A description of how the State will de- cational services program’ means a program living in the participating State; fine continuing eligibility with respect to providing tutoring and other supplemental ‘‘(B) disseminating information to parents children who have participated in the State’s academic enrichment services that are— of eligible children about public schools, pri- Scholarships for Kids program for the pre- ‘‘(A) in addition to instruction provided vate schools, and programs of supplemental ceding year, in accordance with subsection during the school day; and educational services that are available to el- (a)(1)(B). ‘‘(B) are of high-quality, evidence-based, igible children in the participating State; ‘‘(F) An assurance that the State will as- and specifically designed to increase the aca- ‘‘(C) paying the costs of administering any sist each local educational agency, public demic achievement of eligible children, as tests required to be administered to eligible school, and participating private school af- determined by the State. children participating in the program; and fected by the State declaration of intent to ‘‘(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS PROGRAM AU- ‘‘(D) providing subgrants to local edu- meet the requirements of this section. THORIZED.— cational agencies in the participating State ‘‘(G) An assurance that the State will use ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any for any of these purposes. Federal funds awarded as grants to eligible other provision of law and to the extent per- ‘‘(3) TRANSPORTATION FOR ELIGIBLE CHIL- children under this section to supplement mitted under State law, a participating DREN.—A participating State may reserve any funds from non-Federal sources that State may use the funds made available not more than 2 percent of its allocation would, in the absence of such Federal funds, under subpart 2 to carry out a Scholarships under section 1122 to provide transportation be made available to such students or to the for Kids program in accordance with sub- for eligible children to the public school, pri- schools or programs of supplemental edu- section (c). vate school, or supplemental educational cational services the students attend, and ‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIRE- services program the eligible children attend not to supplant such funds. MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi- in accordance with paragraph (1)(A)(ii). ‘‘(H) An assurance that the State will com- sion of law, a participating State carrying ‘‘(d) STATE DECLARATION OF INTENT.— ply with the requirements of paragraphs (1) out a Scholarships for Kids program that ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out a and (2) of subsection (b), and subsection (d), meets the requirements of this section, and Scholarships for Kids program under this of section 1111. the local educational agencies in such State, section, a State educational agency shall ‘‘(I) An assurance that the State will par- shall not be required to meet any other re- submit a declaration of intent to exercise ticipate in biennial State academic assess- quirements under this Act or any other law, the State option for a Scholarships for Kids ments in grades 4 and 8 in reading and math- except as provided in paragraph (3), in order program to the Secretary that satisfies the ematics under the National Assessment of to receive funds under subpart 2. requirements of this subsection. Educational Progress carried out under sec- ‘‘(3) ACADEMIC STANDARDS, ACADEMIC AS- ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each declaration of intent tion 303(b)(3) of the National Assessment of SESSMENTS, AND REPORTING ON PERFORMANCE submitted under paragraph (1) shall provide Educational Progress Authorization Act if DISAGGREGATED BY STUDENT SUBGROUP.—A the following: the Secretary pays the costs of admin- participating State carrying out a Scholar- ‘‘(A) A description of the program to be ad- istering such assessments. ships for Kids program that meets the re- ministered under this section, including the ‘‘(3) REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE SEC- quirements of this section, and the local edu- per-student amount calculated under sub- RETARY.— cational agencies in such State, shall comply section (c)(1)(B) that will follow each eligible ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), child to the school or supplemental edu- ‘‘(i) establish a process to review the dec- and subsection (d), of section 1111, and with cational services program the eligible child larations of intent received from States the requirements of subpart 2 of part F of attends. under this subsection; and title IX (except for section 9521). ‘‘(B) An assurance that funds made avail- ‘‘(ii) by not later than 30 days after the ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— able under this section will be spent in ac- submission of a State declaration of intent, ‘‘(1) STUDENT GRANTS.— cordance with the requirements of this sec- approve the State declaration or, if the Sec- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each participating tion. retary clearly demonstrates that the State State shall use the funds made available ‘‘(C)(i) An assurance that the State will declaration of intent does not meet the re- under section 1122 and not reserved under provide a parent of each eligible child within quirements of this subsection, carry out the paragraph (2) or (3) to carry out a Scholar- the State who receives or is offered a grant requirements of paragraph (4). ships for Kids program, under which the under this section with the option to use ‘‘(B) STANDARD AND NATURE OF REVIEW.— State shall— grant funds for 1 (or more than 1 if the par- The Secretary shall conduct a good faith re- ‘‘(i) establish a per-pupil amount for the ent so chooses) of any of the following, as al- view of State declarations of intent in their grants under this section, based on the num- lowed by State law: totality and in deference to State and local

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States and the impact of such programs on ‘‘(D) provide technical assistance, upon re- ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— improving the academic achievement of low- quest of the State, in order to assist the ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any income children to meet the challenging State in meeting the requirements of this other provision of law, the prohibition of sex State academic standards adopted by the subsection; and discrimination in subparagraph (A) shall not participating States under section 1111(b)(1), ‘‘(E) provide an opportunity for a public apply to a participating school that is oper- based on the State academic assessments hearing not later than 30 days after receiving ated by, supervised by, controlled by, or con- adopted under section 1111(b)(2), to the ex- from the State a revised declaration of in- nected to a religious organization to the ex- tent applicable; tent, with public notice provided not less tent that the application of subparagraph (A) than 15 days before the hearing. ‘‘(B) the types of programs and services in is inconsistent with the religious tenets or participating States that have demonstrated ‘‘(5) STATE DECLARATION OF INTENT DIS- beliefs of the school. the greatest effectiveness in helping low-in- APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall have the au- ‘‘(ii) SINGLE-SEX SCHOOL, CLASS, OR ACTIV- thority to disapprove a State declaration of come students reach the challenging State ITY.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) or intent if— academic standards developed by the partici- any other provision of law, a parent may ‘‘(A) the State has been notified and of- pating States; and choose, and a school may offer, a single-sex fered an opportunity to revise and resubmit ‘‘(C) the effectiveness of States, local edu- school, class, or activity. the declaration of intent with technical as- cational agencies, schools, and other recipi- ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—Section 909 of the sistance, in accordance with paragraph (4); ents of assistance under this section in Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. and achieving the purposes of this section, by— ‘‘(B)(i) the State does not submit a revised 1688) shall apply to this section as if such ‘‘(i) improving the academic achievement declaration of intent; or section 909 were part of this section. of low-income children and their perform- ‘‘(ii) the State submits a revised declara- ‘‘(2) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Nothing ance on State assessments, where applicable, tion of intent that the Secretary determines, in this section shall be construed to alter or as compared with other children; and after an opportunity for a hearing conducted modify the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- ‘‘(ii) improving the participation of par- in accordance with paragraph (4)(E), does not cation Act. ents of low-income children in the education meet the requirements of this subsection. ‘‘(3) RULES OF CONDUCT AND OTHER SCHOOL of their children. POLICIES.—A participating school or provider ‘‘(6) RECOGNITION BY OPERATION OF LAW.—If ‘‘(3) SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND DATA the Secretary fails to take action on a dec- of supplemental educational services may re- COLLECTION.— laration of intent submitted by a State with- quire eligible children attending the school ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the as- in the time specified in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), or receiving the services, respectively, to sessment under this subsection, the Sec- the declaration of intent, as submitted, shall abide by any rules of conduct or other re- retary shall— be deemed to be approved. quirements applicable to all other students ‘‘(i) analyze existing data from States re- served by the school or the provider of sup- ‘‘(7) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary shall not quired for reports under this Act and the In- have the authority to require a State, as a plemental educational services. dividuals with Disabilities Education Act, condition of approval of the State declara- ‘‘(4) RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED SCHOOLS AND and summarize major findings from such re- tion of intent under this subsection, to— PROVIDERS OF SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL ports; and ‘‘(A) submit any standards for academic SERVICES.— ‘‘(ii) analyze data from the National As- content or student academic achievement ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any sessment of Educational Progress carried out for review or approval; other provision of law, a school or provider under section 303(b)(2) of the National As- ‘‘(B) enter into a voluntary partnership of supplemental educational services partici- sessment of Educational Progress Authoriza- with another State to develop and imple- pating in a program under this section that tion Act. ment academic assessments, challenging is operated by, supervised by, controlled by, ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—The information and State academic standards, and account- or connected to, a religious organization data used to prepare the assessment, as de- ability systems; may exercise its right in matters of employ- scribed in subparagraph (A), shall be derived ‘‘(C) include in, or delete from, such a dec- ment consistent with title VII of the Civil from existing State and local reporting re- laration of intent any criterion that speci- Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–1 et seq.), quirements and data sources. Nothing in this fies, describes, or prescribes any standard or including the exemptions in such title. paragraph shall be construed as authorizing, measure that the State uses to establish, im- ‘‘(B) MAINTENANCE OF PURPOSE.—Notwith- requiring, or allowing any additional report- plement, or improve— standing any other provision of law, funds ing requirements, data elements, or informa- ‘‘(i) the challenging State academic stand- made available under this section to eligible tion to be reported to the Secretary not oth- ards; students that are received by a participating erwise explicitly authorized by any other ‘‘(ii) assessments; school or supplemental educational services Federal law. ‘‘(iii) State accountability systems; provider, as a result of their parents’ choice, ‘‘(4) REPORTS.— ‘‘(iv) systems that measure student shall not, consistent with the first amend- ‘‘(A) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 3 growth; ment of the Constitution of the United years after the date of enactment of the ‘‘(v) measures of other academic indica- States— Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, the Sec- tors; or ‘‘(i) necessitate any change in the partici- retary shall transmit to the President, the ‘‘(vi) teacher and principal evaluation sys- pating school’s teaching mission; Committee on Education and the Workforce tems; or ‘‘(ii) require any participating school to re- of the House of Representatives, and the ‘‘(D) require the collection, publication, or move religious art, icons, scriptures, or Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and transmission to the Department of indi- other symbols; or Pensions of the Senate, an interim report on vidual student data that is not expressly re- ‘‘(iii) preclude any participating school the national assessment conducted under quired to be collected under this Act. from retaining religious terms in its name, this subsection. ‘‘(e) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACADEMIC selecting its board members on a religious ‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 5 years PROGRESS.—A participating State may re- basis, or including religious references in its after the date of enactment of the Every quire each eligible child receiving a grant mission statements and other chartering or Child Achieves Act of 2015, the Secretary under this section to take academic assess- governing documents. shall transmit to the President, the Com- ments implemented by the State educational ‘‘(g) NATIONAL PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.— mittee on Education and the Workforce of agency under section 1111(b)(2) or an alter- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting the House of Representatives, and the Com- native assessment approved by the State through the Director of the Institute of Edu- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and educational agency of the participating cation Sciences, shall carry out a national Pensions of the Senate, a final report on the

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Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted learning programming’ refers to evidence- ize the Secretary or any other officer or em- an amendment intended to be proposed based classroom instruction and schoolwide ployee of the Federal Government to man- by her to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize activities and initiatives that— date, direct, control, or exercise any direc- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ‘‘(A) integrate social and emotional learn- tion or supervision over the instructional ing into the school curriculum; content or materials, curriculum, program of cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves; which was ordered to lie ‘‘(B) provide systematic instruction where- instruction, challenging State academic by social and emotional skills are taught, standards, or academic assessments of a on the table; as follows: modeled, practiced, and applied so that stu- State, local educational agency, elementary At the end of part B of title X, add the fol- dents use the skills as part of the students’ school or secondary school, or provider of lowing: daily behavior; supplemental educational services.’’. SEC. 10234. REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE INSPEC- ‘‘(C) teach students to apply social and (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— TION AND GRADING PROGRAM. emotional skills to— Section 1002 (20 U.S.C. 6302), as amended by (a) FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY ACT ‘‘(i) prevent specific problem behaviors section 1002 of this Act, is further amended OF 2008.—Effective June 18, 2008, section 11016 such as substance use, violence, bullying, to read as follows: of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of and school failure; and ‘‘SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2130) is re- ‘‘(ii) promote positive behaviors in class, TIONS. pealed. ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out part A, school, and community activities; and (b) AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 2014.—Effective ‘‘(D) establish safe and caring learning en- there are authorized to be appropriated February 7, 2014, section 12106 of the Agricul- $23,837,351,000 for fiscal year 2016 and each of vironments that foster student participa- tural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79; 128 Stat. tion, engagement, and connection to learn- the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 981) is repealed. (c) PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION.— ing, the school, and the community.’’. (c) APPLICATION.—The Federal Meat In- (1) CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL On page 281, between lines 9 and 10, insert spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The following provi- the following: Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. sions are repealed: ‘‘(IV) programs that supplement, not sup- 1621 et seq.) shall be applied and adminis- (A) Section 1003 and parts B, C, D, and E of plant training for teachers, principals, other tered as if the provisions of law struck by title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- school leaders, or specialized instructional this section had not been enacted. cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). support personnel in practices that have demonstrated effectiveness in improving stu- (B) Titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the SA 2141. Mr. BENNET (for himself Elementary and Secondary Education Act of dent achievement, attainment, behavior, and and Ms. AYOTTE) submitted an amend- 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq., 6801 et seq., 7101 et school climate through addressing the social seq., 7301 et seq., 7401 et seq.). ment intended to be proposed to and emotional development needs of stu- (C) Clauses (iii) and (iv) of section amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. dents, such as through social and emotional 105(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of Free Associa- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- learning programming.’’. On page 302, between lines 17 and 18, insert tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the following: 1921d(f)(1)(B)(iii) and (iv)). the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ‘‘(vi) address the social and emotional de- (D) The Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every velopment needs of students to improve stu- nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et child achieves; which was ordered to lie dent achievement, attainment, behavior, and seq.). on the table; as follows: school climate such as through social and (E) Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney- emotional learning programming;’’. Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. On page 622, line 18, insert ‘‘such as 11431 et seq.). through entities administering shared serv- ices,’’ after ‘‘strategies,’’. SA 2143. Mr. DURBIN submitted an (F) The Educational Technical Assistance amendment intended to be proposed to Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). On page 624, line 9, insert ‘‘which may in- (G) Part A of title II of the Higher Edu- clude the use of shared services models’’ amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1022 et seq.). after ‘‘time in program’’. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- (H) Sections 402B and 402C of the Higher RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–12, SA 2142. the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 1070a–13). himself, Mr. MURPHY, and Ms. CANT- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every (I) Section 410 of the Agricultural Re- WELL) submitted an amendment in- child achieves; which was ordered to lie search, Extension, and Education Reform tended to be proposed to amendment on the table; as follows: Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7630). SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER At the end of title X, insert the following: (J) Section 1417(j) of the National Agricul- (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the tural Research, Extension, and Teaching bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elemen- PART C—PROTECTING STUDENT ATHLETES FROM CONCUSSIONS Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)). tary and Secondary Education Act of (K) Section 4101 of the Patient Protection SECTION 10301. SHORT TITLE. and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–4 1965 to ensure that every child This part may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting note). achieves; which was ordered to lie on Student Athletes from Concussions Act of (L) Section 9 of the National Science Foun- the table; as follows: 2015’’. dation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. On page 267, between lines 17 and 18, insert SEC. 10302. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS. 1862n). the following: (a) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—Each State (M) Section 399Z–1 of the Public Health ‘‘(2) SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING.—The that receives funds under the Elementary Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–5). term ‘social and emotional learning’ means and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 (N) Sections 14005, 14006, and 14007 of the the process through which children and U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) and does not meet the re- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of adults acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and quirements described in this section, as of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 282). skills associated with the core areas of social the date of enactment of this part, shall, not (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall and emotional competency, including— later than the last day of the fifth full fiscal take effect on October 1, 2016. ‘‘(A) self-awareness and self-management year after the date of enactment of this part (3) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— to achieve school and life success, such as— (referred to in this part as the ‘‘compliance (A) IN GENERAL.—After consultation with ‘‘(i) identifying and recognizing strengths, deadline’’), enact legislation or issue regula- the appropriate committees of Congress and needs, emotions, values, and self-efficacy; tions establishing the following minimum the Director of the Office of Management ‘‘(ii) emotion regulation, including impulse requirements: and Budget, each applicable Secretary shall control and stress management; (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY CONCUSSION prepare recommended legislation containing ‘‘(iii) self-motivation and discipline; and SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Each local technical and conforming amendments to re- ‘‘(iv) goal setting and organizational skills; educational agency in the State, in consulta- flect the changes made by this section. ‘‘(B) social awareness and interpersonal tion with members of the community in (B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later skills to establish and maintain positive re- which such agency is located, shall develop than 6 months after the date of enactment of lationships, such as perspective taking and and implement a standard plan for concus- this Act, each applicable Secretary shall respect for others, communication, working sion safety and management that— submit the recommended legislation referred cooperatively, negotiation, conflict manage- (A) educates students, parents, and school to under subparagraph (A) to the appropriate ment, and help-seeking; and personnel about concussions, through activi- committees of Congress. ‘‘(C) decisionmaking skills and responsible ties such as— (C) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE SECRETARY.— behaviors in personal, academic, and com- (i) training school personnel, including For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appli- munity contexts, such as situational anal- coaches, teachers, athletic trainers, related

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(2)HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.—The term (II) treatment plans; and (4)RETURN TO ATHLETICS.—If a student has ‘‘health care professional’’— (III) concussion prevention and post-injury sustained a concussion (regardless of wheth- (A) means an individual who has been observation and monitoring fact sheets; er or not the concussion occurred during trained in diagnosis and management of (B) encourages supports, where feasible, for school-sponsored activities, during school traumatic brain injury in a pediatric popu- a student recovering from a concussion (re- hours, on school property, or during an ath- lation; and gardless of whether or not the concussion oc- letic activity), before such student resumes (B) includes a physician (M.D. or D.O.), cer- curred during school-sponsored activities, participation in school-sponsored athletic tified athletic trainer, or physical therapist during school hours, on school property, or activities, the school shall receive a written who is registered, licensed, certified, or oth- during an athletic activity), such as— release from a health care professional, erwise statutorily recognized by the State to (i) guiding the student in resuming partici- that— provide such diagnosis and management. pation in athletic activity and academic ac- (A) states that the student is capable of re- (3)LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY; STATE.—The tivities with the help of a multi-disciplinary suming participation in such activities; and terms ‘‘local educational agency’’ and concussion management team, which may (B) may require the student to follow a ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given such terms include— plan designed to aid the student in recov- in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec- (I) a health care professional, the parents ering and resuming participation in such ac- ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). of such student, a school nurse, relevant re- tivities in a manner that— (4)RELATED SERVICES PERSONNEL.—The lated services personnel, and other relevant (i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with pe- term ‘‘related services personnel’’ means in- school personnel; and riods of cognitive and physical rest while dividuals who provide related services, as de- (II) an individual who is assigned by a pub- symptoms of a concussion persist; and fined under section 602 of the Individuals lic school to oversee and manage the recov- (ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical de- with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. ery of such student; and mands on such student on a progressive basis 1401). (ii) providing appropriate academic accom- only as such increases in exertion do not (5)SCHOOL-SPONSORED ATHLETIC ACTIVITY.— modations aimed at progressively reintro- cause the reemergence or worsening of symp- The term ‘‘school-sponsored athletic activ- ducing cognitive demands on the student; toms of a concussion. ity’’ means— (b)NONCOMPLIANCE.— and (A) any physical education class or pro- (1)FIRST YEAR.—If a State described in sub- (C) encourages the use of best practices de- gram of a school; section (a) fails to comply with subsection signed to ensure, with respect to concus- (B) any athletic activity authorized during sions, the uniformity of safety standards, (a) by the compliance deadline, the Sec- the school day on school grounds that is not treatment, and management, such as— retary of Education shall reduce by 5 percent an instructional activity; (i) disseminating information on concus- the amount of funds the State receives under (C) any extra-curricular sports team, club, sion safety and management to the public; the Elementary and Secondary Education or league organized by a school on or off and Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) for the first school grounds; and (ii) applying uniform best practice stand- fiscal year following the compliance dead- (D) any recess activity. ards for concussion safety and management line. to all students enrolled in public schools. (2)SUCCEEDING YEARS.—If the State fails to (2)POSTING OF INFORMATION ON CONCUS- so comply by the last day of any fiscal year SA 2144. Mr. WICKER submitted an SIONS.—Each public elementary school and following the compliance deadline, the Sec- amendment intended to be proposed to each public secondary school shall post on retary of Education shall reduce by 10 per- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. school grounds, in a manner that is visible to cent the amount of funds the State receives ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- students and school personnel, and make under the Elementary and Secondary Edu- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize publicly available on the school website, in- cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) for formation on concussions that— the following fiscal year. the Elementary and Secondary Edu- (A) is based on peer-reviewed scientific evi- (3)NOTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—Prior cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every dence (such as information made available to reducing any funds that a State receives child achieves; which was ordered to lie by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- under the Elementary and Secondary Edu- on the table; as follows: cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) in vention); At the end of part B of title X, add the fol- accordance with this subsection, the Sec- (B) shall include information on— lowing: (i) the risks posed by sustaining a concus- retary of Education shall provide a written sion; notification of the intended reduction of SEC. 10202. RESOURCES FOR IMPROVED SCIENCE (ii) the actions a student should take in re- funds to the State and to the appropriate EDUCATION. sponse to sustaining a concussion, including committees of Congress. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the the notification of school personnel; and SEC. 10303. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Environmental Protection Agency and the (iii) the signs and symptoms of a concus- Nothing in this part shall be construed to Administrator of the National Oceanic and sion; and affect civil or criminal liability under Fed- Atmospheric Administration shall provide (C) may include information on— eral or State law. States and local educational agencies with (i) the definition of a concussion; SEC. 10304. DEFINITIONS. balanced, objective resources on climate the- (ii) the means available to the student to In this part: ory to promote improved science education reduce the incidence or recurrence of a con- (1)CONCUSSION.—The term ‘‘concussion’’ for students in kindergarten through grade cussion; and means a type of mild traumatic brain injury 12, including materials regarding— (iii) the effects of a concussion on aca- that— (1) the natural causes and cycles of climate demic learning and performance. (A) is caused by a blow, jolt, or motion to change; (3)RESPONSE TO CONCUSSION.—If an indi- the head or body that causes the brain to (2) the uncertainties inherent in climate vidual designated from among school per- move rapidly in the skull; modeling; and sonnel for purposes of this part, one of whom (B) disrupts normal brain functioning and (3) the myriad factors that influence the shall attend every school-sponsored athletic alters the mental state of the individual, climate of the Earth. activity, suspects that a student has sus- causing the individual to experience— (b) RESOURCES.—The resources provided tained a concussion (regardless of whether or (i) any period of observed or self-reported— under subsection (a) shall be— not the concussion occurred during school- (I) transient confusion, disorientation, or (1) in addition to any climate theory re- sponsored activities, during school hours, on impaired consciousness; sources the Administrator of the Environ- school property, or during an athletic activ- (II) dysfunction of memory around the mental Protection Agency or the Adminis- ity)— time of injury; or trator of the National Oceanic and Atmos- (A) the student shall be— (III) loss of consciousness lasting less than pheric Administration are providing to (i) immediately removed from participa- 30 minutes; or States or local educational agencies on the tion in a school-sponsored athletic activity; (ii) any 1 of 4 types of symptoms, includ- day before the date of enactment of this Act; and ing— and (ii) prohibited from returning to partici- (I) physical symptoms, such as headache, (2) made available to promote open class- pate in a school-sponsored athletic activity fatigue, or dizziness; room discussion that builds student skills in on the day such student is removed from par- (II) cognitive symptoms, such as memory scientific reasoning, critical thinking, and ticipation; and disturbance or slowed thinking; independent thought.

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(e) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section be proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- may be construed to require law enforcement mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize officials from a State or a political subdivi- and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to the Elementary and Secondary Edu- sion of a State to report or arrest victims or reauthorize the Elementary and Sec- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every witnesses of a criminal offense. ondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure child achieves; which was ordered to lie (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall that every child achieves; which was on the table; as follows: take effect on the date of the enactment of ordered to lie on the table; as follows: this Act. On page 430, between lines 6 and 7, insert On page 403, strike line 15 and insert the the following: SA 2147. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself following: ‘‘(ix) designing and implementing evi- and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) submitted an ‘‘(B) intensified instruction, which may in- dence-based mental health awareness train- clude linguistically responsive materials; ing programs for the purposes of— amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. and ‘‘(I) recognizing the signs and symptoms of ‘‘(C) bilingual paraprofessionals, which mental illness; ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- may include interpreters and translators. ‘‘(II) providing education to school per- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize sonnel regarding resources available in the the Elementary and Secondary Edu- SA 2151. Mr. CARPER submitted an community for students with mental ill- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every nesses and other relevant resources relating amendment intended to be proposed to to mental health; or child achieves; which was ordered to lie amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ‘‘(III) providing education to school per- on the table; as follows: ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- sonal regarding the safe de-escalation of cri- On page 422, line 22, insert ‘‘recovery sup- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize sis situations involving a student with a port services,’’ after ‘‘referral,’’. the Elementary and Secondary Edu- mental illness; and On page 439, line 16, insert ‘‘recovery sup- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every port services,’’ after ‘‘mentoring,’’. child achieves; which was ordered to lie SA 2146. Mr. COTTON (for himself, on the table; as follows: Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted SA 2148. Mr. MCCAIN submitted an an amendment intended to be proposed amendment intended to be proposed to On page 287, between lines 8 and 9, insert to amendment SA 2089 submitted by amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. the following: ‘‘(J) A description of actions the State will Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- take to improve preparation programs and MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Edu- strengthen support for principals and other thorize the Elementary and Secondary school leaders based on the needs of the Education Act of 1965 to ensure that cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every State, as identified by the State educational every child achieves; which was or- child achieves; which was ordered to lie agency. dered to lie on the table; as follows: on the table; as follows: At the end of part B of title X, add the fol- On page 70, line 3, strike the period and in- SA 2152. Mr. CASEY (for himself, lowing: sert the following: ‘‘; and Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. DURBIN, SEC. 10204. SANCTUARY CITIES. ‘‘(iii) use funds under this part to imple- Mr. MURPHY, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. BALD- (a) SANCTUARY CITY DEFINED.—In this sec- ment statewide efforts to expand and rep- WIN, Mr. UDALL, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. MI- licate highly performing, low-income charter tion, the term ‘‘sanctuary city’’ means a KULSKI, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. State or a political subdivision of a State schools, magnet schools, and traditional pub- WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. that has in effect a statute, policy, or prac- lic schools. tice that prohibits law enforcement officers WYDEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. WARREN, Ms. of the State, or of the political subdivision, SA 2149. Mr. UDALL submitted an CANTWELL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHA- from assisting or cooperating with Federal amendment intended to be proposed to HEEN, and Mr. SANDERS) submitted an immigration law enforcement in the course amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. amendment intended to be proposed to of carrying out the officers’ routine law en- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. forcement duties. RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- (b) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS AND GRANTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—A sanctuary city shall not the Elementary and Secondary Edu- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize be eligible to receive, for a minimum period cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every the Elementary and Secondary Edu- of at least 1 year— child achieves; which was ordered to lie cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every (A) any of the funds that would otherwise on the table; as follows: child achieves; which was ordered to lie be allocated to the State or political subdivi- On page 799, between lines 17 and 18, insert on the table; as follows: sion under section 241(i) of the Immigration the following: At the end of title X, add the following: and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) or the SEC. 9114A. APPLICATION FOR COMPETITIVE PART C—UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN ‘Cops on the Beat’ program under part Q of GRANTS FROM THE BUREAU OF IN- title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and DIAN EDUCATION. Subpart A—Prekindergarten Access Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et Subpart 2 of part F of title IX (20 U.S.C. SEC. 10300. SHORT TITLE. seq.); or 7901 et seq.), as amended by sections 4001(3) This part may be cited as the ‘‘Strong (B) any other law enforcement or Depart- and 9114 and redesignated by section 9106(1), Start for America’s Children Act of 2015’’. ment of Homeland Security grant. is further amended by adding at the end the SEC. 10301. PURPOSES. (2) TERMINATION OF INELIGIBILITY.—A juris- following: The purposes of this subpart are to— diction that is found to be a sanctuary city ‘‘SEC. 9539. APPLICATION FOR COMPETITIVE (1) establish a Federal-State partnership to shall only become eligible to receive funds or GRANTS FROM THE BUREAU OF IN- provide access to high-quality public pre- grants under paragraph (1) after the Attor- DIAN EDUCATION. kindergarten programs for all children from ney General certifies that the jurisdiction is ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any low-income and moderate-income families to no longer a sanctuary city. other provision of this Act and subject to (c) ANNUAL DETERMINATION AND REPORT.— subsection (b), the Bureau of Indian Edu- ensure that they enter kindergarten pre- (1) ANNUAL DETERMINATION.—Not later cation may apply for, and carry out, any pared for success; than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of grant program awarded on a competitive (2) broaden participation in such programs Homeland Security shall determine which basis under this Act, as appropriate, on be- to include children from additional middle- States or political subdivisions of a State are half of the schools and the Indian children class families; sanctuary cities and shall report to Congress that the Bureau serves, and shall not be sub- (3) promote access to high-quality kinder- such determinations. ject to any provision of the program that re- garten, and high-quality early childhood (2) REPORTS.—The Attorney General shall quires grant recipients to contribute funds education programs and settings for chil- issue a report concerning the compliance of toward the costs of the grant program. dren; and any particular State or political subdivision ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—In the case of any com- (4) increase access to appropriate supports of a State at the request of the Committee petitive grant program described in sub- so children with disabilities and other chil- on the Judiciary of the Senate or the Com- section (a) that also provides a reservation of dren who need specialized supports can fully mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep- funds to the Bureau of Indian Education, the participate in high-quality early education resentatives. Bureau shall not, for any fiscal year, receive programs. (d) REALLOCATION.—Any funds that are not both a grant and a reservation under the SEC. 10302. DEFINITIONS. allocated to a sanctuary city, due to the ju- competitive grant program.’’. In this subpart:

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(1) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term (ii) have attained the legal age for State- teacher assistants by individuals trained in ‘‘child with a disability’’ means— funded prekindergarten. such observation and which may include evi- (A) a child with a disability, as defined in (B) Requires high qualifications for staff, dence-based coaching. section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil- including that teachers meet the require- (K) Meets the education performance ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401); or ments of 1 of the following clauses: standards in effect under section (B) an infant or toddler with a disability, (i) The teacher has a bachelor’s degree in 641A(a)(1)(B) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. as defined in section 632 of the Individuals early childhood education or a related field 9836a(a)(1)(B)). with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. with coursework that demonstrates com- (L) Maintains evidence-based health and 1432). petence in early childhood education. safety standards. (2) COMPREHENSIVE EARLY LEARNING AS- (ii) The teacher— (M) Maintains disciplinary policies that do SESSMENT SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘comprehen- (I) has a bachelor’s degree in any field; not include expulsion or suspension of par- sive early learning assessment system’’— (II) has demonstrated knowledge of early ticipating children, except as a last resort in (A) means a coordinated and comprehen- childhood education by passing a State-ap- extraordinary circumstances where— sive system of multiple assessments, each of proved assessment in early childhood edu- (i) there is a determination of a serious which is valid and reliable for its specified cation; safety threat; and purpose and for the population with which it (III) while employed as a teacher in the (ii) policies are in place to provide appro- will be used, that— prekindergarten program, is engaged in on- priate alternative early educational services (i) organizes information about the process going professional development in early to expelled or suspended children while they and context of young children’s learning and childhood education for not less than 2 are out of school. development to help early childhood edu- years; and (11) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘‘homeless cators make informed instructional and pro- (IV) not more than 4 years after starting child’’ means a child or youth described in grammatic decisions; and employment as a teacher in the prekinder- section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Home- (ii) conforms to the recommendations of garten program, enrolls in and completes a less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)). the National Research Council reports on State-approved educator preparation pro- (12) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— early childhood; and gram in which the teacher receives training The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organi- (B) includes, at a minimum— and support in early childhood education. (i) child screening measures to identify (iii) The teacher has bachelor’s degree with zation’’ have the meanings given the terms children who may need follow-up services to a credential, license, or endorsement that in 658P of the Child Care and Development address developmental, learning, or health demonstrates competence in early childhood Block Grant of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). needs in, at a minimum, areas of physical education. (13) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— health, behavioral health, oral health, child (C) Maintains an evidence-based maximum The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ development, vision, and hearing; class size. has the meaning given the term in section (ii) child formative assessments; (D) Maintains an evidence-based child to 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 (iii) measures of environmental quality; instructional staff ratio. U.S.C. 1002). and (E) Offers a full-day program. (14) LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT.—The (iv) measures of the quality of adult-child (F) Provides developmentally appropriate term ‘‘limited English proficient’’ has the interactions. learning environments and evidence-based meaning given the term in section 637 of the (3) DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNER.—The term curricula that are aligned with the State’s Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832). ‘‘dual language learner’’ means an individual early learning and development standards (15) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY; STATE who is limited English proficient. described in section 10305(1). EDUCATIONAL AGENCY; EDUCATIONAL SERVICE (4) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PRO- (G) Offers instructional staff salaries com- AGENCY.—The terms ‘‘local educational agen- GRAM.—The term ‘‘early childhood education parable to kindergarten through grade 12 cy’’, ‘‘State educational agency’’, and ‘‘edu- program’’ has the meaning given the term teaching staff. cational service agency’’ have the meanings under section 103 of the Higher Education (H) Provides for ongoing monitoring and given the terms in section 9101 of the Ele- Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). program evaluation to ensure continuous im- mentary and Secondary Education Act of (5) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘ele- provement. 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). mentary school’’ has the meaning given the (I) Offers accessible comprehensive services (16) MIGRATORY CHILD.—The term ‘‘migra- term in section 9101 of the Elementary and for children that include, at a minimum— tory child’’ has the meaning given the term Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. (i) screenings for vision, hearing, dental, in section 1309 of the Elementary and Sec- 7801). health (including mental health), and devel- ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6399). (6) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION DATE.—The opment (including early literacy and math (17) OUTLYING AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying term ‘‘eligibility determination date’’ means skill development) and referrals, and assist- area’’ means each of the United States Vir- the date used to determine eligibility for ance obtaining services, when appropriate; gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the public elementary school in the community (ii) family engagement opportunities that Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- in which the eligible local entity involved is take into account home language, such as lands, and the Republic of Palau, the Fed- located. parent conferences (including parent input erated States of Micronesia, and the Repub- (7) ELIGIBLE LOCAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eli- about their child’s development) and support lic of the Marshall Islands. gible local entity’’ means— services, such as parent education, home vis- (18) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty (A) a local educational agency, including a iting, and family literacy services; line’’ means the official poverty line (as de- charter school or a charter management or- (iii) nutrition services, including nutri- fined by the Office of Management and Budg- ganization that acts as a local educational tious meals and snack options aligned with et)— agency, or an educational service agency in requirements set by the most recent Child (A) adjusted to reflect the percentage partnership with a local educational agency; and Adult Care Food Program guidelines change in the Consumer Price Index for All (B) an entity (including a Head Start pro- promulgated by the Department of Agri- Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of gram or licensed child care setting) that car- culture as well as regular, age-appropriate, Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor ries out, administers, or supports an early nutrition education for children and their for the most recent 12-month period or other childhood education program; or families; interval for which the data are available; and (C) a consortium of entities described in (iv) programs in coordination with local (B) applicable to a family of the size in- subparagraph (A) or (B). educational agencies and entities providing volved. (8) FULL-DAY.—The term ‘‘full-day’’ means services and supports authorized under part (19) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec- a day that is— B and part C of the Individuals with Disabil- ondary school’’ has the meaning given the (A) equivalent to a full school day at the ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.; term in section 9101 of the Elementary and public elementary schools in a State; and 1431 et seq.) to ensure the full participation Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. (B) not less than 5 hours a day. of children with disabilities; 7801). (9) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ (v) physical activity programs aligned with (20) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the chief executive officer of a State. evidence-based guidelines, such as those rec- means the Secretary of Education. (10) HIGH-QUALITY PREKINDERGARTEN PRO- ommended by the Institute of Medicine, and (21) STATE.—Except as otherwise provided GRAM.—The term ‘‘high-quality prekinder- which take into account and accommodate in this subpart, the term ‘‘State’’ means garten program’’ means a prekindergarten children with disabilities; each of the 50 States, the District of Colum- program supported by an eligible local enti- (vi) additional support services, as appro- bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ty that includes, at a minimum, the fol- priate, based on the findings of the commu- each of the outlying areas. lowing elements based on nationally recog- nity assessment, as described in section (22) STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EARLY nized standards: 10311(b)(4); and CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE.—The term (A) Serves children who— (vii) on-site coordination, to the maximum ‘‘State Advisory Council on Early Childhood (i) are age 4 or children who are age 3 or 4, extent practicable. Education and Care’’ means the State Advi- by the eligibility determination date (includ- (J) Provides high-quality professional de- sory Council on Early Childhood Education ing children who turn age 5 while attending velopment for all staff, including regular in- and Care established under section 642B(b) of the program); or classroom observation for teachers and the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)).

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STATE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. below 200 percent of the poverty line; plement high-quality prekindergarten pro- A State is eligible to receive a grant under (B) develop or enhance a system for moni- grams, consistent with the purposes of this this subpart if the State demonstrates to the toring eligible local entities that are receiv- subpart described in section 10301. For each Secretary that the State— ing funds under this subpart for compliance fiscal year, the funds provided under a grant (1) has established or will establish early with quality standards developed by the to a State shall equal the allotment deter- learning and development standards that— State and to provide program improvement mined for the State under section 10304. (A) describe what children from birth to support, which may be accomplished through SEC. 10304. ALLOTMENTS AND RESERVATIONS OF kindergarten entry should know and be able the use of a State-developed system for qual- FUNDS. to do; ity rating and improvement; (a) RESERVATION.—From the amount made (B) are universally designed and develop- (C) if applicable, expand participation in available each fiscal year to carry out this the State’s high-quality prekindergarten subpart, the Secretary shall— mentally, culturally, and linguistically ap- propriate; programs to children from families with in- (1) reserve not less than 1 percent and not comes above 200 percent of the poverty line; more than 2 percent for payments to Indian (C) are aligned with the State’s chal- lenging academic content standards and (D) carry out the State’s comprehensive tribes and tribal organizations; early learning assessment system, or how (2) reserve one-half of 1 percent for the out- challenging student academic achievement standards, as adopted under section 1111(b)(1) the State plans to develop such a system, en- lying areas to be distributed among the out- suring that any assessments are culturally, lying areas on the basis of their relative of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)); and developmentally, and age-appropriate and need, as determined by the Secretary in ac- consistent with the recommendations from cordance with the purposes of this subpart; (D) cover all of the essential domains of school readiness, which address— the study on Developmental Outcomes and (3) reserve one-half of 1 percent for eligible Assessments for Young Children by the Na- local entities that serve children in families (i) physical well-being and motor develop- ment; tional Academy of Sciences, consistent with who are engaged in migrant or seasonal agri- section 649(j) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. (ii) social and emotional development; cultural labor; and 9844); (iii) approaches to learning, including cre- (4) reserve not more than 1 percent or (E) develop, implement, and make publicly ative arts expression; $30,000,000, whichever amount is less, for na- available the performance measures and tar- (iv) developmentally appropriate oral and tional activities, including administration, gets described in section 10309; written language and literacy development; technical assistance, and evaluation. (F) increase the number of teachers with and (b) ALLOTMENTS.— bachelor’s degrees in early childhood edu- (v) cognition and general knowledge, in- (1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount made cation, or with bachelor’s degrees in another cluding early mathematics and early sci- available each fiscal year to carry out this closely related field and specialized training entific development; subpart and not reserved under subsection and demonstrated competency in early child- (a), the Secretary shall make allotments to (2) has the ability or will develop the abil- hood education, including how institutions States in accordance with paragraph (2) that ity to link prekindergarten data with State of higher education will support increasing have submitted an approved application. elementary school and secondary school data the number of teachers with such degrees (2) ALLOTMENT AMOUNT.— for the purpose of collecting longitudinal in- and training, including through the use of (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph formation for all children participating in assessments of prior learning, knowledge, (B), the Secretary shall allot the amount the State’s high-quality prekindergarten and skills to facilitate and expedite attain- made available under paragraph (1) for a fis- program and any other federally funded ment of such degrees; cal year among the States in proportion to early childhood program that will remain (G) coordinate and integrate the activities the number of children who are age 4 who re- with the child through the child’s public edu- funded under this subpart with Federal, side within the State and are from families cation through grade 12; State, and local services and programs that with incomes at or below 200 percent of the (3) offers State-funded kindergarten for support early childhood education and care, poverty line for the most recent year for children who are eligible children for that including programs supported under this which satisfactory data are available, com- service in the State; and subpart, the Elementary and Secondary Edu- pared to the number of such children who re- (4) has established a State Advisory Coun- cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the side in all such States for that fiscal year. cil on Early Childhood Education and Care. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (B) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT AMOUNT.—No SEC. 10306. STATE APPLICATIONS. (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Head Start Act (42 State receiving an allotment under subpara- To receive a grant under this subpart, the U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the Community Services graph (A) may receive less than one-half of 1 Governor of a State, in consultation with the Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.), the percent of the total amount allotted under Indian tribes and tribal organizations in the Child Care and Development Block Grant such subparagraph. State, if any, shall submit an application to Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), the tem- (3) REALLOTMENT AND CARRY OVER.— the Secretary at such time, in such manner, porary assistance for needy families program (A) IN GENERAL.—If one or more States do and containing such information as the Sec- under part A of title IV of the Social Secu- not receive an allotment under this sub- retary may reasonably require. At a min- rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Race to section for any fiscal year, the Secretary imum, each such application shall include— the Top program under section 14006 of divi- may use the amount of the allotment for (1) an assurance that the State— sion A of the American Recovery and Rein- that State or States, in such amounts as the (A) will coordinate with and continue to vestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), fed- Secretary determines appropriate, for either participate in the programs authorized under erally funded early literacy programs, the or both of the following: section 619 and part C of the Individuals with maternal, infant, and early childhood home (i) To increase the allotments of States Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419; visiting programs funded under section 511 of with approved applications for the fiscal 1431 et seq.), the Child Care and Development the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711), year, consistent with subparagraph (B). Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et health improvements to child care funded (ii) To carry over the funds to the next fis- seq.), and the maternal, infant, and early under title XIX of the Social Security Act cal year. childhood home visiting programs funded (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the program under (B) REALLOTMENT.—In increasing allot- under section 511 of the Social Security Act subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento ments under subparagraph (A)(i), the Sec- (42 U.S.C. 711) for the duration of the grant; Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et retary shall allot to each State with an ap- (B) will designate a State-level entity seq.), the innovation fund program under proved application an amount that bears the (such as an agency or joint interagency of- section 14007 of the American Recovery and same relationship to the total amount to be fice), selected by the Governor, for the ad- Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), allotted under subparagraph (A)(i), as the ministration of the grant, which shall co- programs authorized under part E of title IV amount the State received under paragraph ordinate and consult with the State edu- of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et (2) for that fiscal year bears to the amount cational agency if the entity is not the State seq.), the Fostering Connections to Success that all States received under paragraph (2) educational agency; and and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public for that fiscal year. (C) will establish, or certify the existence Law 110–351), grants for infant and toddler (4) STATE.—For purposes of this subsection, of, program standards for all State pre- care through Early Head Start-Child Care the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 kindergarten programs consistent with the Partnerships funded under the heading States, the District of Columbia, and the definition of a high-quality prekindergarten ‘‘CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PRO- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. program under section 10302; GRAMS’’ under the heading ADMINISTRATION (c) FLEXIBILITY.—The Secretary may make (2) a description of the State’s plan to— FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES in title II of divi- minimal adjustments to allotments under (A) use funds received under this subpart sion H of the Department of Health and subsection (b), which shall neither lead to a and the State’s matching funds to provide Human Services Appropriations Act, 2014 significant increase or decrease in a State’s high-quality prekindergarten programs, in (Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 377–378), the pre- allotment determined under subsection (b), accordance with section 10307(d), with open school development grants program funded

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under the heading ‘‘INNOVATION AND IMPROVE- (R) coordinate the State’s activities sup- classroom observation by individuals trained MENT’’ in title III of division G of the Depart- ported by grants under this subpart with ac- in such observation, for such teachers, direc- ment of Education Appropriations Act, 2015 tivities in State plans required under the El- tors, principals, and teachers assistants to (Public Law 113–235; 128 Stat. 2496), and any ementary and Secondary Education Act of enable such teachers, directors, principals, other Federal, State, or local early child- 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Individuals and teachers assistants to carry out the ele- hood education programs used in the State; with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. ments of high-quality prekindergarten pro- (H) award subgrants to eligible local enti- 1400 et seq.), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. grams, which may include activities that ad- ties, and in awarding such subgrants, facili- 9831 et seq.), the Child Care and Development dress— tate a delivery system of high-quality pre- Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et (i) promoting children’s development kindergarten programs that includes diverse seq.), and the Adult Education and Family across all of the essential domains of early providers, such as providers in community- Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.); learning and development; based, public school, and private settings, (S) encourage eligible local entities to co- (ii) developmentally appropriate curricula and consider the system’s impact on options ordinate with community-based learning re- and teacher-child interaction; for families; sources, such as libraries, arts and arts edu- (iii) effective family engagement; (I) in the case of a State that does not have cation programs, appropriate media pro- (iv) providing culturally competent in- a State-determined funding mechanism for grams, family literacy programs, public struction; prekindergarten, use objective criteria in parks and recreation programs, museums, (v) working with a diversity of children awarding subgrants to eligible local entities nutrition education programs, and programs and families, including children with disabil- that will implement high-quality prekinder- supported by the Corporation for National ities and dual language learners; garten programs, including actions the State and Community Service; (vi) childhood nutrition and physical edu- will take to ensure that eligible local enti- (T) work with eligible local entities, in cation programs; ties will coordinate with local educational consultation with elementary school prin- (vii) supporting the implementation of evi- agencies or other early learning providers, as cipals, to ensure that high-quality pre- dence-based curricula; appropriate, to carry out activities to pro- kindergarten programs have sufficient and (viii) social and emotional development; vide children served under this subpart with appropriate facilities to meet the needs of and a successful transition from preschool into children eligible for prekindergarten; (ix) incorporating age-appropriate strate- kindergarten, which activities shall in- (U) support local early childhood coordi- gies of positive behavioral interventions and clude— nating entities, such as local early childhood supports; and (i) aligning curricular objectives and in- councils, if applicable, and help such entities (C) providing families with increased op- struction; to coordinate early childhood education pro- portunities to learn how best to support (ii) providing staff professional develop- grams with high-quality prekindergarten their children’s physical, cognitive, social, ment, including opportunities for joint-pro- programs to ensure effective and efficient de- and emotional development during the first 5 fessional development on early learning and livery of early childhood education program years of life. kindergarten through grade 3 standards, as- services; (2) NOT SUBJECT TO MATCHING.—The amount sessments, and curricula; (V) support shared services administering reserved under paragraph (1) shall not be (iii) coordinating family engagement and entities, if applicable; subject to the matching requirements under support services; and (W) ensure that the provision of high-qual- section 10310. (iv) encouraging the shared use of facilities ity prekindergarten programs will not lead (3) COORDINATION.—A State that reserves and transportation, as appropriate; to a diminution in the quality or supply of an amount under paragraph (1) shall coordi- (J) use the State early learning and devel- services for infants and toddlers or disrupt nate the use of such amount with activities opment standards described in section the care of infants and toddlers in the geo- funded under section 658G of the Child Care 10305(1) to address the needs of dual language graphic area served by the eligible local enti- and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 learners, including by incorporating bench- ty, which may include demonstrating that U.S.C. 9858e) and the Head Start Act (42 marks related to English language develop- the State will direct funds to provide high- U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). ment; quality early childhood education and care (4) CONSTRUCTION.—A State may not use (K) identify barriers, and propose solutions to infants and toddlers in accordance with funds reserved under this subsection to meet to overcome such barriers, which may in- section 10307(d); and the requirement described in 10302(10)(G). clude seeking assistance under section 10316, (X) encourage or promote socioeconomic, (b) SUBGRANTS FOR HIGH-QUALITY PRE- in the State to effectively use and integrate racial, and ethnic diversity in the classrooms KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.—A State that re- Federal, State, and local public funds and of high-quality prekindergarten programs, as ceives a grant under this subpart shall award private funds for early childhood education applicable; and subgrants of sufficient size to eligible local that are available to the State on the date (3) an inventory of the State’s higher edu- entities to enable such eligible local entities on which the application is submitted; cation programs that prepare individuals for to implement high-quality prekindergarten (L) support articulation agreements (as de- work in a high-quality prekindergarten pro- programs for children who— fined in section 486A of the Higher Education gram, including— (1) are described insection 10302(10)(A); Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1093a)) between public (A) certification programs; (2) reside within the State; and 2-year and public 4-year institutions of high- (B) associate degree programs; (3) are from families with incomes at or er education and other credit-bearing profes- (C) baccalaureate degree programs; below 200 percent of the poverty line. sional development in the State for early (D) masters degree programs; and (c) ADMINISTRATION.—A State that receives childhood teacher preparation programs and (E) other programs that lead to a speciali- a grant under this subpart may reserve not closely related fields; zation in early childhood education, or a re- more than 1 percent of the grant funds for (M) ensure that the higher education pro- lated field. administration of the grant, and may use grams in the State have the capacity to pre- SEC. 10307. STATE USE OF FUNDS. part of that reservation for the maintenance pare a workforce to provide high-quality pre- (a) RESERVATION FOR QUALITY IMPROVE- of the State Advisory Council on Early kindergarten programs; MENT ACTIVITIES.— Childhood Education and Care. (N) support workforce development, in- (1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a (d) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE cluding State and local policies that support grant under this subpart may reserve, for not PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS.— prekindergarten instructional staff’s ability more than the first 4 years such State re- (1) USE OF ALLOTMENT FOR INFANTS AND to earn a degree, certification, or other spe- ceives such a grant, not more than 20 percent TODDLERS.—An eligible State may apply to cializations or qualifications, including poli- of the grant funds for quality improvement use, and the appropriate Secretary may cies on leave, substitutes, and child care activities that support the elements of high- grant permission for the State to use, not services, including non-traditional hour quality prekindergarten programs. Such more than 15 percent of the funds made child care; quality improvement activities may include available through a grant received under this (O) hold eligible local entities accountable supporting teachers, center directors, and subpart to award subgrants to early child- for use of funds; principals in a State’s high-quality pre- hood education programs to provide, con- (P) ensure that the State’s early learning kindergarten program, licensed or regulated sistent with the State’s early learning and and development standards are integrated child care, or Head Start programs to enable development guidelines for infants and tod- into the instructional and programmatic such teachers, principals, or directors to dlers, high-quality early childhood education practices of high-quality prekindergarten earn a baccalaureate degree in early child- and care to infants and toddlers who reside programs and related programs and services, hood education, or a closely related field, within the State and are from families with such as those provided to children under sec- through activities which may include— incomes at or below 200 percent of the pov- tion 619 and part C of the Individuals with (A) expanding or establishing scholarships, erty line. Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419 and counseling, and compensation initiatives to (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to use the 1431 et seq.); cover the cost of tuition, fees, materials, grant funds as described in paragraph (1), the (Q) increase the number of children in the transportation, and release time for such State shall submit an application to the ap- State who are enrolled in high-quality kin- teachers; propriate Secretary at such time, in such dergarten programs and carry out a strategy (B) providing ongoing professional develop- manner, and containing such information as to implement such a plan; ment opportunities, including regular in- the Secretary may require. Such application

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shall, at a minimum, include a description of (B) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—The Sec- (8) providing high-quality nutrition serv- how the State will— retary of Education and the Secretary of ices, nutrition education, physical activity, (A) designate a lead agency which shall ad- Health and Human Services shall jointly ad- and obesity prevention programs. minister such funds; minister activities supported under this sub- (b) PROHIBITION OF MISDIAGNOSIS PRAC- (B) ensure that such lead agency, in coordi- section on such terms as such Secretaries TICES.—A State shall not, in order to meet nation with the State’s Advisory Council on shall set forth in an interagency agreement. the performance measures and targets de- Early Childhood Education and Care, will The Secretary of Health and Human Services scribed in subsection (a), engage in practices collaborate with other agencies in admin- shall be responsible for any final approval of or policies that will lead to the misdiagnosis istering programs supported under this sub- a State’s application under this subsection or under-diagnosis of disabilities or develop- section for infants and toddlers in order to that addresses the use of funds designated mental delays among children who are obtain input about the appropriate use of for services to infants and toddlers. served through programs supported under such funds and ensure coordination with pro- (C) APPROPRIATE SECRETARY.—In this sub- this subpart. grams for infants and toddlers funded under section, the term ‘‘appropriate Secretary’’ SEC. 10310. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS. the Child Care and Development Block Grant used with respect to a function, means the (a) MATCHING FUNDS.— Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), the Head Secretary designated for that function under (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) (including the interagency agreement. paragraph (2), a State that receives a grant any Early Learning Quality Partnerships es- SEC. 10308. ADDITIONAL PREKINDERGARTEN under this subpart shall provide matching tablished in the State under section 645B of SERVICES. funds from non-Federal sources, as described the Head Start Act, as added by section 202), (a) PREKINDERGARTEN FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS.— in subsection (c), in an amount equal to— the Race to the Top program under section Each State that certifies to the Secretary (A) 10 percent of the Federal funds pro- 14006 of division A of the American Recovery that the State provides universally avail- vided under the grant in the first year of and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law able, voluntary, high-quality prekinder- grant administration; 111–5), the maternal, infant, and early child- garten programs for 4-year-old children who (B) 10 percent of the Federal funds provided hood home visiting programs funded under reside within the State and are from families under the grant in the second year of grant section 511 of the Social Security Act (42 with incomes at or below 200 percent of the administration; U.S.C. 711), part C of the Individuals with poverty line may use the State’s allocation (C) 20 percent of the Federal funds provided Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et under section 10304(b) to provide high-quality under the grant in the third year of grant ad- seq.), and grants for infant and toddler care prekindergarten programs for 3-year-old ministration; through Early Head Start-Child Care Part- children who reside within the State and are (D) 30 percent of the Federal funds pro- nerships funded under the heading ‘‘CHILDREN from families with incomes at or below 200 vided under the grant in the fourth year of AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS’’ under the percent of the poverty line. grant administration; and heading ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND (b) SUBGRANTS.—In each State that has a (E) 40 percent of the Federal funds provided FAMILIES in title II of division H of the De- city, county, or local educational agency under the grant in the fifth year of grant ad- partment of Health and Human Services Ap- that provides universally available high- ministration. propriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76; 128 quality prekindergarten programs for 4-year- (2) REDUCED MATCH RATE.—A State that Stat. 377–378); old children who reside within the State and meets the requirements under subsection (b) (C) ensure that infants and toddlers who are from families with incomes at or below may provide matching funds from non-Fed- benefit from amounts made available under 200 percent of the poverty line the State may eral sources at a reduced rate. The full re- this subsection will transition to and have use amounts from the State’s allocation duced matching funds rate shall be in an the opportunity to participate in a high- under section 10304(b) to award subgrants to amount equal to— quality prekindergarten program supported eligible local entities to enable such eligible (A) 5 percent of the Federal funds provided under this subpart; local entities to provide high-quality pre- under the grant in the first year of grant ad- (D) in awarding subgrants, give preference kindergarten programs for 3-year-old chil- ministration; to early childhood education programs that dren who are from families with incomes at (B) 5 percent of the Federal funds provided have a written formal plan with baseline or below 200 percent of the poverty line and under the grant in the second year of grant data, benchmarks, and timetables to in- who reside in such city, county, or local edu- administration; crease access to and full participation in cational agency. (C) 10 percent of the Federal funds provided high-quality prekindergarten programs for SEC. 10309. PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TAR- under the grant in the third year of grant ad- children who need additional support, includ- GETS. ministration; ing children with developmental delays or (a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a (D) 20 percent of the Federal funds pro- disabilities, children who are dual language grant under this subpart shall develop, im- vided under the grant in the fourth year of learners, homeless children, children who are plement, and make publicly available the grant administration; and in foster care, children of migrant families, performance measures and targets for the ac- (E) 30 percent of the Federal funds provided children eligible for a free or reduced-price tivities carried out with grant funds. Such under the grant in the fifth year of grant ad- lunch under the Richard B. Russell National measures shall, at a minimum, track the ministration. School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), or State’s progress in— (b) REDUCED MATCH RATE ELIGIBILITY.—A children in the child welfare system; and (1) increasing school readiness across all State that receives a grant under this sub- (E) give priority to activities carried out domains for all categories of children, as de- part may provide matching funds from non- under this subsection that will increase ac- scribed in section 10313(b)(7), including chil- Federal sources at the full reduced rate cess to high-quality early childhood edu- dren with disabilities and dual language under subsection (a)(2) if the State, across cation programs for infants and toddlers in learners; all publicly funded programs (including lo- local areas with significant concentrations (2) narrowing school readiness gaps be- cally funded programs)— of low-income families that do not currently tween minority and nonminority children, (1)(A) offers enrollment in high-quality benefit from such programs. and low-income children and more advan- prekindergarten programs to not less than (3) ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS.—A State may use taged children, in preparation for kinder- half of children in the State who are— the grant funds as described in paragraph (1) garten entry; (i) age 4 on the eligibility determination to serve infants and toddlers only by work- (3) decreasing the number of years that date; and ing with early childhood education program children receive special education and re- (ii) from families with incomes at or below providers that— lated services as described in part B of the 200 percent of the poverty line; and (A) offer full-day, full-year care, or other- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (B) has a plan for continuing to expand ac- wise meet the needs of working families; and (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); cess to high-quality prekindergarten pro- (B) meet high-quality standards, such as— (4) increasing the number of programs grams for such children in the State; and (i) Early Head Start program performance meeting the criteria for high-quality pre- (2) has a plan to expand access to high- standards under the Head Start Act (42 kindergarten programs across all types of quality prekindergarten programs to chil- U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); or local eligible entities, as defined by the dren from moderate income families whose (ii) high-quality, demonstrated, valid, and State and in accordance with section 10302; income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty reliable program standards that have been (5) decreasing the need for grade-to-grade line. established through a national entity that retention in elementary school; (c) NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES.— accredits early childhood education pro- (6) if applicable, ensuring that high-quality (1) IN CASH.—A State shall provide the grams. prekindergarten programs do not experience matching funds under this section in cash (4) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.— instances of chronic absence among the chil- with non-Federal resources which may in- (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall bear dren who participate in such programs; clude State funding, local funding, or con- responsibility for obligating and disbursing (7) increasing the number and percentage tributions from philanthropy or other pri- funds to support activities under this sub- of low-income children in high-quality early vate sources, or a combination thereof. section and ensuring compliance with appli- childhood education programs that receive (2) FUNDS TO BE CONSIDERED AS MATCHING cable laws and administrative requirements, financial support through funds provided FUNDS.—A State may include, as part of the subject to paragraph (3). under this subpart; and State’s matching funds under this section,

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(ii) dual language learners; tities authorized under part B and part C of (d) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— (iii) children in foster care; the Individuals with Disabilities Education (1) IN GENERAL.—If a State reduces its com- (iv) children with disabilities; and Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.; 1431 et seq.); bined fiscal effort per student or the aggre- (v) migrant children. (D) ensure that the eligible local entity’s gate expenditures within the State to sup- (2) COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT.—A de- high-quality prekindergarten program works port early childhood education programs for scription of how the eligible local entity with appropriate entities to address the any fiscal year that a State receives a grant will— elimination of barriers to immediate and authorized under this subpart relative to the (A) coordinate, if applicable, the eligible continuous enrollment for homeless chil- previous fiscal year, the Secretary shall re- local entity’s activities with— dren; and (i) Head Start agencies (consistent with duce support for such State under this sub- (E) ensure access to and continuity of en- section 642(e)(5) of the Head Start Act (42 part by the same amount as the decline in rollment in high-quality prekindergarten U.S.C. 9837(e)(5))), if the local entity is not a State effort for such fiscal year. programs for migratory children, if applica- Head Start agency; (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ble, and homeless children, including (ii) local educational agencies, if the eligi- requirements of paragraph (1) if— through policies and procedures that re- ble local entity is not a local educational (A) the Secretary determines that a waiver quire— agency; would be appropriate due to a precipitous de- (i) outreach to identify migratory children cline in the financial resources of a State as (iii) providers of services under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education and homeless children; a result of unforeseen economic hardship or (ii) immediate enrollment, including en- a natural disaster that has necessitated Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.); (iv) programs carried out under section 619 rollment during the period of time when doc- across-the-board reductions in State serv- uments typically required for enrollment, in- ices, including early childhood education of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1419); and cluding health and immunization records, programs; or proof of eligibility, and other documents, are (B) due to the circumstances of a State re- (v) if feasible, other entities carrying out early childhood education programs and obtained; quiring reductions in specific programs, in- (iii) continuous enrollment and participa- cluding early childhood education, if the services within the area served by the local educational agency; tion in the same high-quality prekinder- State presents to the Secretary a justifica- (B) develop a process to promote con- garten program for a child, even if the child tion and demonstration why other programs tinuity of developmentally appropriate in- moves out of the program’s service area, if could not be reduced and how early child- structional programs and shared expecta- that enrollment and participation are in the hood programs in the State will not be dis- tions with local elementary schools for chil- child’s best interest, including by providing proportionately harmed by such State ac- dren’s learning and development as children transportation when necessary; tion. transition to kindergarten; (iv) professional development for high- (e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant (C) organize, if feasible, and participate in quality prekindergarten program staff re- funds received under this subpart shall be joint training, when available, including garding migratory children and homeless- used to supplement and not supplant other transition-related training for school staff ness among families with young children; Federal, State, and local public funds ex- and early childhood education program staff; and pended on public prekindergarten programs (D) establish comprehensive transition (v) in serving homeless children, collabora- in the State. policies and procedures, with applicable ele- tion with local educational agency liaisons SEC. 10311. ELIGIBLE LOCAL ENTITY APPLICA- mentary schools and principals, for the chil- designated under section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of TIONS. dren served by the eligible local entity that the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible local entity support the school readiness of children Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)), and local desiring to receive a subgrant under section transitioning to kindergarten, including the homeless service providers. 10307(b) shall submit an application to the transfer of early childhood education pro- (4) ACCESSIBLE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES.— State, at such time, in such manner, and gram records, with parental consent; A description of how the eligible local entity containing such information as the State (E) conduct outreach to parents, families, plans to provide accessible comprehensive may reasonably require. and elementary school teachers and prin- services, described in section 10302(10)(I), to (b) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted cipals to discuss the educational, develop- the children the eligible local entity serves. under subsection (a) shall include the fol- mental, and other needs of children entering Such description shall provide information lowing: kindergarten; on how the entity will— (1) PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.—A (F) help parents, including parents of chil- (A) conduct a data-driven community as- description of how the eligible local entity dren who are dual language learners, under- sessment in coordination with members of plans to engage the parents and families of stand and engage with the instructional and the community, including parents and com- the children such entity serves and ensure other services provided by the kindergarten munity organizations, or use a recently con- that parents and families of eligible chil- in which such child will enroll after partici- ducted data-driven assessment, which— dren, as described in clauses (i) and (ii) of pation in a high-quality prekindergarten (i) may involve an external partner with section 10306(2)(A), are aware of the services program; and expertise in conducting such needs analysis, provided by the eligible local entity, which (G) develop and implement a system to in- to determine the most appropriate social or shall include a plan to— crease program participation of underserved other support services to offer through the (A) carry out meaningful parent and fam- populations of eligible children, especially eligible local entity’s on-site comprehensive ily engagement, through the implementation homeless children, children eligible for a free services to children who participate in high- and replication of evidence-based or prom- or reduced-price lunch under the Richard B. quality prekindergarten programs; and ising practices and strategies, which shall be Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. (ii) shall consider the resources available coordinated with parent and family engage- 1751 et seq.), parents of children who are dual at the school, local educational agency, and ment strategies supported under the Individ- language learners, and parents of children community levels to address the needs of the uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 with disabilities. community and improve child outcomes; and U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), part A of title I and title (3) FULL PARTICIPATION OF ALL CHILDREN.— (B) have a coordinated system to facilitate V of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- A description of how the eligible local entity the screening, referral, and provision of serv- cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.; 7201 will meet the diverse needs of children in the ices related to health, nutrition, mental et seq.), and strategies in the Head Start community to be served, including children health, disability, and family support for Parent, Family, and Community Engage- with disabilities, dual language learners, children served by the eligible local entity. ment Framework, if applicable, to— children who need additional support, chil- (5) WORKFORCE.—A description of how the (i) provide parents and family members dren in the State foster care system, and eligible local entity plans to support the in- with the skills and opportunities necessary homeless children. Such description shall structional staff of such entity’s high-qual- to become engaged and effective partners in demonstrate, at a minimum, how the entity ity prekindergarten program, which shall, at their children’s education, particularly the plans to— a minimum, include a plan to provide high- families of dual language learners and chil- (A) ensure the eligible local entity’s high- quality professional development, or facili- dren with disabilities, which may include ac- quality prekindergarten program is acces- tate the provision of high-quality profes- cess to family literacy services; sible and appropriate for children with dis- sional development through an external (ii) improve child development; and abilities and dual language learners; partner with expertise and a demonstrated

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(C) enabling high-quality prekindergarten which such teachers and staff work (which SEC. 10314. PROHIBITION OF REQUIRED PARTICI- teachers and staff to acquire the knowledge settings shall include, at a minimum, Head PATION OR USE OF FUNDS FOR AS- and skills to provide instruction and appro- Start programs, public prekindergarten, and SESSMENTS. priate language and support services to in- child care programs) who received training (a) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRED PARTICIPA- crease the English language skills of dual or education during the period of the grant TION.—A State receiving a grant under this language learners; and remained in the early childhood edu- subpart shall not require any child to par- (D) enabling high-quality prekindergarten cation program field; ticipate in any Federal, State, local, or pri- teachers and staff to acquire the knowledge (5) data on the kindergarten readiness of vate early childhood education program, in- and skills to provide developmentally appro- children in the State; cluding a high-quality prekindergarten pro- priate instruction for children with disabil- (6) a description of the State’s progress in gram. ities; effectively using Federal, State, and local (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR AS- (E) promoting classroom management; public funds and private funds, for early SESSMENT.—A State receiving a grant under (F) providing high-quality induction and childhood education; this subpart and an eligible local entity re- support for incoming high-quality prekinder- (7) the number and percentage of children ceiving a subgrant under this subpart shall garten teachers and staff in high-quality pre- in the State participating in high-quality not use any grant or subgrant funds to carry kindergarten programs, including through prekindergarten programs, disaggregated by out any of the following activities: the use of mentoring programs and coaching race, ethnicity, family income, child age, (1) An assessment that provides rewards or that have a demonstrated track record of disability, whether the children are homeless sanctions for individual children, teachers, success; children, and whether the children are dual or principals. (G) promoting the acquisition of relevant language learners; (2) An assessment that is used as the pri- credentials, including in ways that support (8) data on the availability, affordability, mary or sole method for assessing program career advancement through career ladders; and quality of infant and toddler care in the effectiveness. and State; (3) Evaluating children, other than for the (H) enabling high-quality prekindergarten (9) the number of operational minutes per purposes of— teachers and staff to acquire the knowledge week and per year for each eligible local en- (A) improving instruction or the classroom and skills to provide culturally competent tity that receives a subgrant; environment; instruction for children from diverse back- (10) the local educational agency and zip (B) targeting professional development; grounds. code in which each eligible local entity that (C) determining the need for health, men- SEC. 10312. REQUIRED SUBGRANT ACTIVITIES. receives a subgrant operates; tal health, disability, or family support serv- (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible local entity (11) information, for each of the local edu- ices; that receives a subgrant under section cational agencies described in paragraph (10), (D) program evaluation for the purposes of 10307(b) shall use subgrant funds to imple- on the percentage of the costs of the public program improvement and parent informa- ment the elements of a high-quality pre- early childhood education programs that is tion; and kindergarten program for the children de- funded from Federal, from State, and from (E) improving parent and family engage- scribed in section 10307(b). local sources, including the percentages from ment. (b) COORDINATION.— specific funding programs; SEC. 10315. COORDINATION WITH HEAD START (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PARTNER- (12) data on the number and percentage of PROGRAMS. SHIPS WITH LOCAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDU- children in the State participating in public (a) INCREASED ACCESS FOR YOUNGER CHIL- CATION PROGRAMS.—A local educational agen- kindergarten programs, disaggregated by DREN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of cy that receives a subgrant under this sub- race, family income, child age, disability, enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the part shall provide an assurance that the whether the children are homeless children, Secretary of Health and Human Services local educational agency will enter into and whether the children are dual language shall develop a process— strong partnerships with local early child- learners, with information on whether such (1) for use in the event that Head Start hood education programs, including pro- programs are offered— programs funded under the Head Start Act grams supported through the Head Start Act (A) for a full day; and (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) operate in States or (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). (B) at no cost to families; regions that have achieved sustained uni- (2) ELIGIBLE LOCAL ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT (13) data on the number of individuals in versal, voluntary access to 4-year-old chil- LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—An eligible the State who are supported with scholar- dren who reside within the State and who are local entity that is not a local educational ships, if applicable, to meet the bachelor’s from families with incomes at or below 200 agency that receives a subgrant under this degree requirement for high-quality pre- percent of the poverty line to high-quality subpart shall provide an assurance that such kindergarten programs, as defined in section prekindergarten programs; and entity will enter into strong partnerships 10302; and (2) for how such Head Start programs will with local educational agencies. (14) information on— begin converting slots for children who are SEC. 10313. REPORT AND EVALUATION. (A) the rates of expulsion, suspension, and age 4 on the eligibility determination date to (a) IN GENERAL.—Each State that receives similar disciplinary action, of children in the children who are age 3 on the eligibility de- a grant under this subpart shall prepare an State participating in high-quality pre- termination date, or, when appropriate, con- annual report, in such manner and con- kindergarten programs, disaggregated by verting Head Start programs into Early taining such information as the Secretary race, ethnicity, family income, child age, Head Start programs to serve infants and may reasonably require. and disability; toddlers. (b) CONTENTS.—A report prepared under (B) the State’s progress in establishing (b) COMMUNITY NEED AND RESOURCES.—The subsection (a) shall contain, at a minimum— policies on effective behavior management process described in subsection (a) shall— (1) a description of the manner in which strategies and training that promote posi- (1) be carried out on a case-by-case basis the State has used the funds made available tive social and emotional development to and shall ensure that sufficient resources through the grant and a report of the ex- eliminate expulsions and suspensions of chil- and time are allocated for the development penditures made with the funds; dren participating in high-quality prekinder- of such a process so that no child or cohort (2) a summary of the State’s progress to- garten programs; and is excluded from currently available serv- ward providing access to high-quality pre- (C) the State’s policies on providing early ices; and kindergarten programs for children eligible learning services to children in the State (2) ensure that any conversion shall be for such services, as determined by the participating in high-quality prekinder- based on community need and not on the ag- State, from families with incomes at or garten programs who have been suspended. gregate number of children served in a State below 200 percent of the poverty line, includ- (c) SUBMISSION.—A State shall submit the or region that has achieved sustained, uni- ing the percentage of funds spent on children annual report prepared under subsection (a), versal, voluntary access to high-quality pre- from families with incomes— at the end of each fiscal year, to the Sec- kindergarten programs.

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(c) PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOTICE.—Not under section 10305 by not later than 3 years (2) by inserting after section 645A the fol- fewer than 90 days after the development of after the date the State first receives grant lowing: the proposed process described in subsection funds under this section. ‘‘SEC. 645B. EARLY LEARNING QUALITY PARTNER- (a), the Secretary and the Secretary of (2) DEVELOPMENT OF STATE APPLICATION.— SHIPS. Health and Human Services shall publish a In developing an application for a grant ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall notice describing such proposed process for under this section, a State shall consult with make grants to Early Head Start agencies to conversion in the Federal Register providing the State Advisory Council on Early Child- enable the Early Head Start agencies to form at least 90 days for public comment. The Sec- hood Education and Care and incorporate the early learning quality partnerships by retaries shall review and consider public Council’s recommendations, where applica- partnering with center-based or family child comments prior to finalizing the process for ble. care providers, particularly those that re- conversion of Head Start slots and programs. (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— ceive support under the Child Care and De- (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Concurrently (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a velopment Block Grant of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 with publishing a notice in the Federal Reg- grant under this section, a State shall con- et seq.), that agree to meet the program per- ister as described in subsection (c), the Sec- tribute for the activities for which the grant formance standards described in section retaries shall provide a report to the Com- was awarded non-Federal matching funds in 641A(a)(1) and Early Head Start standards mittee on Education and the Workforce of an amount equal to not less than 20 percent described in section 645A that are applicable the House of Representatives and the Com- of the amount of the grant. to the ages of children served with funding mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and (2) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—To satisfy the re- and technical assistance from the Early Pensions of the Senate that provides a de- quirement of paragraph (1), a State may Head Start agency. tailed description of the proposed process de- use— ‘‘(b) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— scribed in subsection (a), including a descrip- (A) non-Federal resources in the form of ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in tion of the degree to which Head Start pro- State funding, local funding, or contribu- paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall grams are providing State-funded high-qual- tions from philanthropy or other private award grants under this section in a manner ity prekindergarten programs as a result of sources, or a combination of such resources; consistent with section 645A(e). the grant opportunity provided under this or ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE PRIORITY.—In awarding subpart in States where Head Start pro- (B) in-kind contributions. grants under this section, the Secretary grams are eligible for conversion described (3) FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WAIVER.—The Sec- shall give priority to applicants— in subsection (a). retary may waive the requirement under ‘‘(A) that propose to create strong align- SEC. 10316. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PRO- paragraph (1) or reduce the amount of ment of programs with maternal, infant, and GRAM ADMINISTRATION. matching funds required under that para- early childhood home visiting programs as- In providing technical assistance to carry graph for a State that has submitted an ap- sisted under section 511 of the Social Secu- out activities under this subpart, the Sec- plication for a grant under this subsection if rity Act (42 U.S.C. 711), State-funded pre- retary shall coordinate that technical assist- the State demonstrates, in the application, a kindergarten programs, programs carried ance, in appropriate cases, with technical as- need for such a waiver or reduction due to out under the Child Care and Development sistance provided by the Secretary of Health extreme financial hardship, as determined by Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et and Human Services to carry out the pro- the Secretary. seq.), and other programs supported under grams authorized under the Head Start Act (f) SUBGRANTS.— this Act, to create a strong continuum of (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the Child Care and (1) IN GENERAL.—A State awarded a grant high-quality services for children from birth Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 under this section may use the grant funds to school entry; and U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), and the maternal, infant to award subgrants to eligible local entities, ‘‘(B) that seek to work with child care pro- and early childhood home visiting programs as defined in section 10302, to carry out the viders across settings, including center- assisted under section 511 of the Social Secu- activities under the grant. based and home-based programs. rity Act (42 U.S.C. 711). (2) SUBGRANTEES.—An eligible local entity ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.— SEC. 10317. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- awarded a subgrant under paragraph (1) shall ‘‘(A) RESERVATION.—From funds appro- TIONS. comply with the requirements of this section priated to carry out this section, the Sec- To carry out this subpart, there are au- relating to grantees, as appropriate. retary shall reserve— thorized to be appropriated, and there are (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To ‘‘(i) not less than 3 percent of such funds appropriated— carry out this section, there are authorized for Indian Head Start programs that serve (1) $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; to be appropriated, and there are appro- young children; (2) $3,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; priated, $750,000,000 for each of fiscal years ‘‘(ii) not less than 4.5 percent for migrant (3) $5,780,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 2016 through 2020. and seasonal Head Start programs that serve (4) $7,580,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and Subpart C—Early Learning Quality young children; and (5) $8,960,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. Partnerships ‘‘(iii) not less than 0.2 percent for programs Subpart B—Prekindergarten Development SEC. 10331. PURPOSES. funded under clause (iv) or (v) of section Grants The purposes of this part are to— 640(a)(2)(B). SEC. 10321. PREKINDERGARTEN DEVELOPMENT (1) increase the availability of, and access ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.—The Sec- GRANTS. to, high-quality early childhood education retary shall allocate funds appropriated to (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Edu- and care programming for infants and tod- carry out this section and not reserved under cation, in consultation with the Secretary of dlers; subparagraph (A) among the States propor- Health and Human Services, shall award (2) support a higher quality of, and in- tionally based on the number of young chil- competitive grants to States that wish to in- crease capacity for, such programming in dren from families whose income is below crease their capacity and build the infra- both child care centers and family child care the poverty line residing in such States. structure within the State to offer high- homes; ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN.—Partner- quality prekindergarten programs. (3) encourage the provision of comprehen- ships formed through assistance provided (b) ELIGIBILITY OF STATES.—A State that is sive, coordinated full-day services and sup- under this section may serve children not receiving funds under subpart A may ports for infants and toddlers; and through age 3, and the standards applied to compete for grant funds under this section if (4) increase access to appropriate supports children in subsection (a) shall be consistent the State provides an assurance that the so children with disabilities and other chil- with those applied to 3-year-old children State will, through the support of grant dren who need specialized supports can fully under this subchapter. funds awarded under this section, meet the participate in high-quality early education ‘‘(d) PARTNERSHIPS.—An Early Head Start eligibility requirements of section 10305 not programs. agency that receives a grant under this sec- later than 3 years after the date the State SEC. 10332. EARLY LEARNING QUALITY PARTNER- tion shall— first receives grant funds under this section. SHIPS. ‘‘(1) enter into a contractual relationship (c) GRANT DURATION.—The Secretary shall The Head Start Act is amended— with a center-based or family child care pro- award grants under this section for a period (1) by amending section 645A(e) (42 U.S.C. vider to raise the quality of such provider’s of not more than 3 years. Such grants shall 9840a(e)) to read as follows: programs so that the provider meets the pro- not be renewed. ‘‘(e) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The gram performance standards described in (d) APPLICATION.— Secretary shall award grants under this sec- subsection (a) through activities that may (1) IN GENERAL.—A Governor, or chief exec- tion on a competitive basis to applicants include— utive officer of a State that desires to re- meeting the criteria in subsection (d) (giving ‘‘(A) expanding the center-based or family ceive a grant under this section shall submit priority to entities with a record of pro- child care provider’s programs through fi- an application to the Secretary of Education viding early, continuous, and comprehensive nancial support; at such time, in such manner, and accom- childhood development and family services ‘‘(B) providing training, technical assist- panied by such information as the Secretary and entities that agree to partner with a ance, and support to the provider in order to of Education may reasonably require, includ- center-based or family child care provider to help the provider meet the program perform- ing, if applicable, a description of how the carry out the activities described in section ance standards, which may include sup- State plans to become eligible for grants 645B).’’; and porting program and partner staff in earning

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SENSE OF THE SENATE. tion, or lated field for working with infants and tod- It is the sense of the Senate that— ‘‘(ii) substantially all of the assets of, or dlers; and (1) from the prenatal period to the first day substantially all of the properties consti- ‘‘(C) blending funds received under the of kindergarten, children’s development rap- tuting a trade or business of, a domestic Child Care and Development Block Grant of idly progresses at a pace exceeding that of partnership, and 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) and the Early any subsequent stage of life; ‘‘(B) after the acquisition, more than 50 Head Start program carried out under sec- (2) as reported by the National Academy of percent of the stock (by vote or value) of the tion 645A in order to provide high-quality Sciences in 2001, striking disparities exist in entity is held— child care, for a full day, that meets the pro- what children know and can do that are evi- ‘‘(i) in the case of an acquisition with re- gram performance standards; dent well before they enter kindergarten; spect to a domestic corporation, by former ‘‘(2) develop and implement a proposal to (3) such differences are strongly associated shareholders of the domestic corporation by recruit and enter into a contract with a cen- with social and economic circumstances, and reason of holding stock in the domestic cor- ter-based or family child care provider, par- they are predictive of subsequent academic poration, or ticularly a provider that serves children who performance; ‘‘(ii) in the case of an acquisition with re- receive assistance under the Child Care and (4) research has consistently demonstrated spect to a domestic partnership, by former Development Block Grant of 1990 (42 U.S.C. that investments in high-quality programs partners of the domestic partnership by rea- 9858 et seq.); that serve infants and toddlers— son of holding a capital or profits interest in ‘‘(3) create a clear and realizable timeline (A) better positions those children for suc- the domestic partnership. to increase the quality and capacity of a cen- cess in elementary, secondary, and postsec- ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR CORPORATIONS WITH ter-based or family child care provider so ondary education; and SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN FOREIGN that the provider meets the program per- (B) helps those children develop the crit- COUNTRY OF ORGANIZATION.—A foreign cor- formance standards described in subsection ical physical, emotional, social, and cog- poration described in paragraph (2) shall not (a); and nitive skills that they will need for the rest be treated as an inverted domestic corpora- ‘‘(4) align activities and services provided of their lives; tion if after the acquisition the expanded af- through funding under this section with the (5) in 2011, there were 11,000,000 infants and filiated group which includes the entity has Head Start Child Outcomes Framework. toddlers living in the United States, and 49 substantial business activities in the foreign ‘‘(e) STANDARDS.—Prior to awarding grants percent of these children came from low-in- country in which or under the law of which under this section, the Secretary shall estab- come families with incomes at or below 200 the entity is created or organized when com- lish standards to ensure that the responsi- percent of the Federal poverty guidelines; pared to the total business activities of such bility and expectations of the Early Head (6) the Maternal, Infant, and Early Child- expanded affiliated group. For purposes of Start agency and the partner child care pro- hood Home Visiting program (referred to as subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii) and the preceding viders are clearly defined. ‘‘MIECHV’’) was authorized by Congress to sentence, the term ‘substantial business ac- ‘‘(f) DESIGNATION RENEWAL.—A partner facilitate collaboration and partnership at tivities’ shall have the meaning given such child care provider that receives assistance the Federal, State, and community levels to term under regulations in effect on May 8, through a grant provided under this section improve health and development outcomes 2014, except that the Secretary may issue shall be exempt, for a period of 18 months, for at-risk children, including those from regulations increasing the threshold percent from the designation renewal requirements low-income families, through evidence-based in any of the tests under such regulations for under section 641(c). home visiting programs; determining if business activities constitute (7) MIECHV is an evidence-based policy ‘‘(g) SURVEY OF EARLY HEAD START AGEN- substantial business activities for purposes initiative and the program’s authorizing leg- CIES AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Within one of this paragraph.’’. islation requires that at least 75 percent of year of the effective date of this section, the (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Secretary shall conduct a survey of Early funds dedicated to the program must support programs to implement evidence-based home (1) Clause (i) of section 7874(a)(2)(B) of such Head Start agencies to determine the extent Code is amended by striking ‘‘after March 4, of barriers to entering into early learning visiting models, which includes the home- based model of Early Head Start; and 2003,’’ and inserting ‘‘after March 4, 2003, and quality partnership agreements under this (8) Congress should continue to provide re- before August 1, 2015,’’. section on Early Head Start agencies and on sources to MIECHV to support the work of (2) Subsection (c) of section 7874 of such child care providers, and submit this infor- States to help at-risk families voluntarily Code is amended— mation, with suggested steps to overcome receive home visits from nurses and social (A) in paragraph (2)— such barriers, in a report to the Committee workers to— (i) by striking subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii) and on Education and the Workforce of the (A) promote maternal, infant, and child inserting ‘‘subsections (a)(2)(B)(ii) and House of Representatives and the Committee health; (b)(2)(B)’’, and on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of (B) improve school readiness and achieve- (ii) by inserting ‘‘or (b)(2)(A)’’ after the Senate, including a detailed description ment; ‘‘(a)(2)(B)(i)’’ in subparagraph (B), of the degree to which Early Head Start (C) prevent potential child abuse or neglect (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or agencies are utilizing the funds provided. and injuries; (b)(2)(B), as the case may be,’’ after ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (D) support family economic self-suffi- ‘‘(a)(2)(B)(ii)’’, There are authorized to be appropriated to ciency; (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘sub- carry out this section— (E) reduce crime or domestic violence; and section (a)(2)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- ‘‘(1) $1,430,376,000 for fiscal year 2016; and (F) improve coordination or referrals for sections (a)(2)(B)(ii) and (b)(2)(B)’’, and ‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for community resources and supports. (D) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘or in- each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.’’. Subpart F—Stop Corporate Inversions verted domestic corporation, as the case may be,’’ after ‘‘surrogate foreign corporation’’. Subpart D—Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 10361. MODIFICATIONS TO RULES RELATING for the Education of Children With Disabil- TO INVERTED CORPORATIONS. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments ities (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section made by this section shall apply to taxable SEC. 10341. PRESCHOOL GRANTS. 7874 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is years ending after July 31, 2015. Section 619(j) of the Individuals with Dis- amended to read as follows: (d) FUNDING.—Any increase in revenue at- ‘‘(b) INVERTED CORPORATIONS TREATED AS abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419(j)) is tributable to the amendments made by this DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.— amended to read as follows: section shall be allocated to carrying out ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— subparts A and B. There are authorized to be appropriated to 7701(a)(4), a foreign corporation shall be carry out this section $418,000,000 for fiscal treated for purposes of this title as a domes- tic corporation if— year 2016 and such sums as may be necessary SA 2153. Mr. REID (for Mr. KING (for ‘‘(A) such corporation would be a surrogate for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. himself and Mrs. CAPITO)) submitted an foreign corporation if subsection (a)(2) were amendment intended to be proposed to SEC. 10342. INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DIS- applied by substituting ‘80 percent’ for ‘60 ABILITIES. percent’, or amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Section 644 of the Individuals with Disabil- ‘‘(B) such corporation is an inverted do- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1444) is amend- mestic corporation. RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize ed to read as follows: ‘‘(2) INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATION.—For the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ‘‘SEC. 644. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. purposes of this subsection, a foreign cor- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this part, poration shall be treated as an inverted do- child achieves; which was ordered to lie there are authorized to be appropriated mestic corporation if, pursuant to a plan (or on the table; as follows: $508,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and such sums a series of related transactions)— as may be necessary for each succeeding fis- ‘‘(A) the entity completes after July 31, On page 630, between lines 4 and 5, insert cal year.’’. 2015, the direct or indirect acquisition of— the following:

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PURPOSES. ‘‘(5) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘high- nancial hardship. need school’ means a school served by an eli- ‘‘The purpose of this part is to support the ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant gible entity that— development, implementation, and evalua- under this section, an eligible entity shall tion of innovative strategies and methods to ‘‘(A) has a high percentage of students submit to the Secretary an application at improve out-of-school access to digital learn- aged 5 through 17 who— ing resources for eligible students in order ‘‘(i) are in poverty, as counted in the most such time and in such manner as the Sec- to— recent census data approved by the Sec- retary may reasonably require and con- ‘‘(1) increase student participation in the retary; taining the following: classroom, including the ability to complete ‘‘(ii) are eligible for a free or reduced ‘‘(1) A description of how the entity will— homework assignments and participate in in- priced lunch under the Richard B. Russell ‘‘(A) increase student access to digital novative digital learning models; National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et learning opportunities outside of the school ‘‘(2) improve student access to postsec- seq.); day, which may include providing access ondary education and workforce opportuni- ‘‘(iii) are in families receiving assistance technology for eligible students; ties by increasing the ability of students to under the State program funded under part ‘‘(B) integrate the out-of-school use of the apply for employment, postsecondary edu- A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 access technology into the school’s edu- cation, and financial aid opportunities; U.S.C. 601 et seq.); or cational curriculum and objectives; ‘‘(3) increase the education technology and ‘‘(iv) are eligible to receive medical assist- ‘‘(C) provide eligible students with the nec- digital learning resources options available ance under the Medicaid program under title essary training in digital literacy to ensure to educators to support student learning by XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 appropriate and effective use of the digital ensuring methods and resources used during et seq.); learning resources and access technology; the school day remain accessible during out- ‘‘(B) has a high percentage of students who ‘‘(D) ensure parents, educators, and stu- of-school hours; lack out-of-school Internet access; dents are informed of appropriate use of the ‘‘(4) increase student, educator, and parent ‘‘(C) is in need of improvement and or is digital learning resources and access tech- engagement by facilitating greater commu- among the State’s persistently lowest nology; and nication and connection between school and achieving schools; or ‘‘(E) have in place a policy that meets the home; and ‘‘(D) has significant gaps in achievement same requirements as described in para- ‘‘(5) increase the identification and dis- among the categories of students, as defined graphs (1) and (2) of section 9551. semination of strategies to support students in section 1111(b)(3)(A). ‘‘(2) A description of the eligible students lacking out-of-school access to digital learn- ‘‘(6) OUT-OF-SCHOOL INTERNET ACCESS.—The who will be served, disaggregated by— ing resources and the Internet, including un- term ‘out-of-school Internet access’ means a ‘‘(A) the categories of students, as defined derserved student populations and students service provided to an eligible student for in section 1111(b)(3)(A); and in rural and remote geographic areas. out-of-school use by wire or radio that pro- ‘‘(B) homeless students and children or ‘‘SEC. 5912. DEFINITIONS. vides the capability to transmit data to and youth in foster care. ‘‘In this part: receive data from all or substantially all ‘‘(3) In the case of an eligible entity that ‘‘(1) ACCESS TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘access Internet endpoints, including any capabili- wishes to award subgrants to local edu- technology’ means any service or device that ties that are incidental to and enable the op- cational agencies or local educational agen- provides out-of-school Internet access as its eration of the communications service, with cies in partnership with the entities de- primary function and does not include a a speed and capacity sufficient to enable the scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of computer device. use of digital learning resources, but exclud- section 5912(3)— ‘‘(2) DIGITAL LEARNING.—The term ‘digital ing— ‘‘(A) a description of how the eligible enti- learning’ means an educational practice that ‘‘(A) dial-up Internet access service; or ty will award such subgrants; and effectively uses technology to strengthen a ‘‘(B) Internet access service that is re- student’s learning experience within and ‘‘(B) an assurance that the eligible entity stricted by monthly data caps set lower than consulted with appropriate staff of partici- outside of the classroom and at home, in- 1 gigabyte. cluding— pating local educational agencies and the en- ‘‘SEC. 5913. DEMONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM tities described in subparagraphs (A) through ‘‘(A) interactive learning resources that AUTHORIZED. engage students in academic content; (F) of section 5912(3), as applicable, in the de- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall velopment of the eligible entity’s application ‘‘(B) access to online databases and pri- award grants to eligible entities, subject to mary source documents; under this subsection. meeting the application requirements in sub- ‘‘(4) A description of the process, activities, ‘‘(C) the use of data, data analytics, and in- section (e), to develop, implement, and formation to personalize learning and pro- and measures that the eligible entity will evaluate innovative strategies to increase use to evaluate the impact and effectiveness vide targeted supplementary instruction; out-of-school Internet access for eligible stu- of the grant funds awarded under this part ‘‘(D) student collaboration with content dents. for eligible students, including measures of experts, peers, and educators; ‘‘(b) DEMONSTRATION PERIOD.—Each eligi- ‘‘(E) digital learning content, video, soft- ble entity, in accordance with the applica- changes in— ware, or simulations; tion requirements in subsection (e), shall ‘‘(A) the percentage of students who lack ‘‘(F) access to online courses; and propose to the Secretary the period of time access to out-of-school Internet access; ‘‘(G) other resources that may be devel- over which it desires to exercise demonstra- ‘‘(B) student participation in the class- oped, as the Secretary may determine. tion authority, except that such period shall room, including the ability to complete ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible not exceed 2 years. homework and take part in innovative learn- entity’ means any of the following entities ‘‘(c) RURAL AREAS.—From the amounts ap- ing models; that serve a high-need school: propriated under section 5915 for a fiscal ‘‘(C) student engagement, through such ‘‘(A) A local educational agency. year, the Secretary shall reserve not less measures as attendance rates and chronic ‘‘(B) A State educational agency. than 35 percent for grants to eligible entities absenteeism; ‘‘(C) An educational service agency. that propose to carry out the activities de- ‘‘(D) student access to postsecondary edu- ‘‘(D) A consortium of State educational scribed in subsection (e)(1) in rural areas, as cation and workforce opportunities, includ- agencies, local educational agencies, or edu- described in section 6211(b)(1)(A)(ii). The Sec- ing the ability to apply for employment, cational service agencies. retary shall reduce the amount described in postsecondary education, and student finan- ‘‘(E) An Indian tribe or Indian organiza- this subsection if the Secretary does not re- cial aid programs; and tion. ceive a sufficient number of applications ‘‘(E) any other valid and reliable indicators ‘‘(F) A State educational agency, local that propose to carry out the activities de- of student, educator, or parent engagement educational agency, educational service scribed in subsection (e)(1) in rural areas or participation, as determined by the eligi- agency, Indian tribe, or Indian organization, that meet the requirements of subsection (e). ble entity. in partnership with— ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.— ‘‘(5) A description of the way in which the ‘‘(i) a nonprofit foundation, corporation, ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that is eligible entity will solicit and collect mean- institution, or association; a State educational agency or includes a ingful feedback from participating students, ‘‘(ii) a business; State educational agency, that receives a educators, parents, and school administra- ‘‘(iii) an after-school program or summer grant under this section shall provide match- tors on the effectiveness of the demonstra- program; ing funds, from non-Federal sources (which tion program. ‘‘(iv) a library; may be provided in cash or in-kind), in an ‘‘(6) A description of how the eligible enti- ‘‘(v) a community learning center; or amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of ty will procure the access technology and ‘‘(vi) other community or social services grant funds provided to the eligible entity to out-of-school Internet access necessary to organizations, as the Secretary may deter- carry out the activities supported by the carry out the demonstration program, in- mine. grant. cluding whether the entity will utilize bulk ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘eligible ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive purchasing or other strategies that make ef- student’ means a student who lacks out-of- the matching requirement under paragraph ficient use of program funds.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:37 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY6.050 S08JYPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S4874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 8, 2015 ‘‘(7) If the applicant is a State educational SEC. 1018. REPORT ON STUDENT HOME ACCESS (4) to all State educational agencies and agency or includes a State educational agen- TO DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES. other recipients of funds under part D of cy, an assurance that the applicant will pro- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months title IV of the Elementary and Secondary vide matching funds as required under sub- after the date of enactment of this Act, the Education Act of 1965. section (d). Director of the Institute of Education (c) DEFINITION OF DIGITAL LEARNING.—In ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—Each eligible entity Sciences, in consultation with relevant Fed- this section, the term ‘‘digital learning’’— receiving a grant under this part shall use eral agencies, shall complete a national (1) has the meaning given the term in sec- the funds awarded to develop, implement, study on the educational trends and behav- tion 5702 of the Elementary and Secondary and evaluate strategies and methods used to iors associated with access to digital learn- Education Act of 1965; and increase student access to digital learning ing resources outside of the classroom, which (2) includes an educational practice that resources at home through such practices shall include analysis of extant data and new effectively uses technology to strengthen a as— surveys about students and teachers that student’s learning experience within and provide— ‘‘(1) providing a targeted distribution of ac- outside of the classroom and at home, which (1) a description of the various locations cess technology to eligible students; may include the use of digital learning con- from which students access the Internet and ‘‘(2) educating and training students, par- tent, video, software, and other resources digital learning resources outside of the ents, and educators about the appropriate that may be developed, as the Secretary of classroom, including through an after-school use of access technology outside of the class- Education may determine. or summer program, a library, and at home; room; and (2) a description of the various devices and ‘‘(3) evaluating the effectiveness of the SA 2155. Mr. THUNE submitted an technology through which students access strategies and methods used under this part, the Internet and digital learning resources amendment intended to be proposed to through such means as student, educator, outside of the classroom, including through amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. and parent surveys. a computer or mobile device; ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘(g) RESTRICTION.—Funds awarded under (3) data associated with the number of stu- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize this part shall only be used to promote out- dents who lack home Internet access, of-school access to digital learning resources the Elementary and Secondary Edu- disaggregated by— for eligible students and shall not be used to cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every (A) each of the categories of students, as address the networking needs of an entity child achieves; which was ordered to lie defined in section 1111(b)(3)(A) of the Ele- that is eligible to receive support under the on the table; as follows: mentary and Secondary Education Act of E-rate program. 1965; At the end of title VII, insert the fol- ‘‘(h) RESERVATION FOR SUPPORT AND EVAL- (B) homeless students and children or lowing: UATION.— youth in foster care; and SEC. 7006. REPORT ON RESPONSES TO INDIAN ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity that (C) students in geographically diverse STUDENT SUICIDES. receives a grant under this section may re- (a) PREPARATION.— serve not more than 8 percent of the grant areas, including urban, suburban, and rural areas; (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Edu- amount for each fiscal year to provide tech- cation, in coordination with the Secretary of nical support to participating schools and for (4) data associated with the barriers to stu- dents acquiring home Internet access; the Interior and the Secretary of Health and the purposes of conducting the evaluation Human Services, shall prepare a report on ef- described in section 5914. (5) data associated with the proportion of educators who assign homework or imple- forts to address outbreaks of suicides among ‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—Not less than 50 percent elementary school and secondary school stu- of any amount reserved under paragraph (1) ment innovative learning models that re- quire or are substantially augmented by a dents (referred to in this section as ‘‘student shall be used for the purposes of conducting suicides’’) that occurred within 1 year prior the evaluation described in section 5914. student having home Internet access and the frequency of the need for such access; to the date of enactment of this Act in In- ‘‘(i) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—From the (6) a description of the learning behaviors dian country (as defined in section 1151 of amounts appropriated under section 5915, the title 18, United States Code). Secretary may reserve not more than 1 per- associated with students who lack home Internet access, including— (2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include in- cent for national activities to provide tech- formation on— nical assistance and support grantees. (A) student participation in the classroom, including the ability to complete homework (A) the Federal response to the occurrence ‘‘SEC. 5914. EVALUATION. and participate in innovative learning mod- of high numbers of student suicides in Indian ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the cri- els; country (as so defined); teria outlined in paragraphs (4) and (5) of (B) student engagement, through such (B) a list of Federal resources available to section 5913(e), the Secretary shall establish measures as attendance rates and chronic prevent and respond to outbreaks of student an evaluation template through which an el- absenteeism; and suicides, including the availability and use igible entity will record and submit the out- (C) a student’s ability to apply for employ- of tele-behavioral health care; comes and participant feedback associated ment, postsecondary education, and finan- (C) any barriers to timely implementation with the program carried out under this cial aid programs; of programs or interagency collaboration re- part. (7) an analysis of the how a student’s lack garding student suicides; ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION; DEADLINE.—Not later of home Internet access impacts the instruc- (D) interagency collaboration efforts to than 90 days after the termination of an eli- tional practice of educators, including— streamline access to programs regarding stu- gible entity’s demonstration authority under (A) the extent to which educators alter in- dent suicides, including information on how this part, the eligible entity shall submit to structional methods, resources, homework the Department of Education, the Depart- the Secretary the results of the evaluation. assignments, and curriculum in order to ac- ment of the Interior, and the Department of ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section commodate differing levels of home Internet Health and Human Services work together shall be construed to prohibit an eligible en- access; and on administration of such programs; tity from recording and submitting addi- (B) strategies employed by educators, (E) recommendations to improve or con- tional data or indicators associated with the school leaders, and administrators to address solidate resources or programs described in success of the program executed under the the differing levels of home Internet access subparagraph (B) or (D); and demonstration authority. among students; and (F) feedback from Indian tribes to the Fed- ‘‘SEC. 5915. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- (8) a description of the ways in which State eral response described in subparagraph (A). TIONS. (b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 days educational agencies, local educational agen- ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act, the cies, schools, and other entities, including to carry out this part such sums as may be Secretary of Education shall submit the re- through partnerships, have developed effec- necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 port described in subsection (a) to the appro- tive means to provide students with Internet through 2021.’’. priate committees of Congress. access outside of the school day. (b) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.—The Director of SA 2154. Mr. REID (for Mr. KING (for the Institute of Education Sciences shall SA 2156. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself himself and Mrs. CAPITO)) submitted an widely disseminate the findings of the study and Mr. DURBIN) submitted an amend- amendment intended to be proposed to under this section— ment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. (1) in a timely fashion; amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- (2) in a form that is understandable, easily ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize accessible, and publicly available and usable, RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Edu- or adaptable for use in, the improvement of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every educational practice; (3) through electronic transfer and other cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves; which was ordered to lie means, such as posting, as available, to the child achieves; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: website of the Institute of Education on the table; as follows: On page 264, between lines 11 and 12, insert Sciences, or the Department of Education; On page 82, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following: and the following:

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FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION ‘‘(B) statewide leadership; or in 2017, the cohort rate (in the aggregate, and PROGRAMS. ‘‘(C) systemic services for family engage- disaggregated for each category of students Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), as amended ment in education. defined in subsection (b)(3)(A), except that by sections 4001, 4004, and 4005, is further ‘‘(4) A description of the applicant’s dem- such disaggregation shall not be required in amended by adding at the end the following: onstrated experience in providing training, a case in which the number of students is in- ‘‘PART E—FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN information, and support to State edu- sufficient to yield statistically reliable infor- EDUCATION PROGRAMS cational agencies, local educational agen- mation or the results would reveal person- ‘‘SEC. 4501. PURPOSES. cies, schools, educators, parents, and organi- ally identifiable information about an indi- ‘‘The purposes of this part are the fol- zations on family engagement in education vidual student) at which students who grad- lowing: policies and practices that are effective for uate from the high school enroll, for the first ‘‘(1) To provide financial support to organi- parents (including low-income parents) and academic year that begins after the stu- zations to provide technical assistance and families, English learners, minorities, par- dents’ graduation— training to State and local educational agen- ents of students with disabilities, parents of ‘‘(I) in programs of public postsecondary cies in the implementation and enhancement homeless students, foster parents and stu- education in the State; and of systemic and effective family engagement dents, and parents of migratory students, in- ‘‘(II) if data are available and to the extent policies, programs, and activities that lead cluding evaluation results, reporting, or practicable, in programs of private postsec- to improvements in student development and other data exhibiting such demonstrated ex- ondary education in the State or programs of academic achievement. perience. postsecondary education outside the State; ‘‘(2) To assist State educational agencies, ‘‘(5) A description of the steps the appli- ‘‘(xix) if available and to the extent prac- local educational agencies, community-based cant will take to target services to low-in- ticable, for each high school in the State and organizations, schools, and educators in come students and parents. beginning with the report card released in strengthening partnerships among parents, ‘‘(6) An assurance that the applicant will— 2018, the remediation rate (in the aggregate, teachers, school leaders, administrators, and ‘‘(A) establish a special advisory com- and disaggregated for each category of stu- other school personnel in meeting the edu- mittee, the membership of which includes— dents defined in subsection (b)(3)(A), except cational needs of children and fostering ‘‘(i) parents, who shall constitute a major- that such disaggregation shall not be re- greater parental engagement. ity of the members of the special advisory quired in a case in which the number of stu- ‘‘(3) To support State educational agencies, committee; dents is insufficient to yield statistically re- local educational agencies, schools, edu- ‘‘(ii) representatives of education profes- liable information or the results would re- cators, and parents in developing and sionals with expertise in improving services veal personally identifiable information strengthening the relationship between par- for disadvantaged children; about an individual student) for students ents and their children’s school in order to who graduate from the high school at— ‘‘(iii) representatives of local elementary further the developmental progress of chil- schools and secondary schools, including stu- ‘‘(I) programs of postsecondary education dren. in the State; and dents; ‘‘(4) To coordinate activities funded under ‘‘(iv) representatives of the business com- ‘‘(II) programs of postsecondary education this subpart with parent involvement initia- outside the State; munity; and tives funded under section 1115 and other ‘‘(v) representatives of State educational provisions of this Act. SA 2157. Mr. FLAKE submitted an agencies and local educational agencies; ‘‘(5) To assist the Secretary, State edu- ‘‘(B) use not less than 65 percent of the amendment intended to be proposed to cational agencies, and local educational amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. funds received under this part in each fiscal agencies in the coordination and integration year to serve local educational agencies, ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- of Federal, State, and local services and pro- schools, and community-based organizations RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize grams to engage families in education. that serve high concentrations of disadvan- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ‘‘SEC. 4502. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. taged students, including English learners, cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every ‘‘(a) STATEWIDE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CEN- minorities, parents of students with disabil- child achieves; which was ordered to lie TERS.—From the amount appropriated under ities, parents of homeless students, foster on the table; as follows: section 4506, the Secretary is authorized to parents and students, and parents of migra- award grants for each fiscal year to state- On page 615, between lines 22 and 23, insert tory students; the following: wide organizations (or consortia of such or- ‘‘(C) operate a Statewide Family Engage- ganizations), to establish Statewide Family ‘‘(3) RESERVATION FOR EVALUATION.—From ment Center of sufficient size, scope, and Engagement Centers that provide com- the amounts appropriated under section 5903 quality to ensure that the Center is adequate prehensive training and technical assistance for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve to serve the State educational agency, local to State educational agencies, local edu- one-half of 1 percent to conduct, in consulta- educational agencies, and community-based cational agencies, schools identified by State tion with the Secretary of Health and organizations; educational agencies and local educational Human Services, an evaluation to determine ‘‘(D) ensure that the Statewide Family En- agencies, organizations that support family- whether grants under this part are— gagement Center will retain staff with the school partnerships, and other organizations (A) improving efficiency in the use of Fed- requisite training and experience to serve that carry out, or carry out directly, parent eral funds for early childhood education pro- parents in the State; education and family engagement in edu- grams; ‘‘(E) serve urban, suburban, and rural local (B) improving coordination across Federal cation programs. ‘‘(b) MINIMUM AWARD.—In awarding grants educational agencies and schools; early childhood education programs; and under this section, the Secretary shall, to ‘‘(F) work with— (C) increasing the availability of, and ac- the extent practicable, ensure that a grant is ‘‘(i) other Statewide Family Engagement cess to, high-quality early childhood edu- awarded for a Statewide Family Engagement Centers assisted under this subpart; and cation programs for eligible children. Center in an amount not less than $500,000. ‘‘(ii) parent training and information cen- ters and community parent resource centers SA 2158. Mr. FLAKE submitted an ‘‘SEC. 4503. APPLICATIONS. ‘‘(a) SUBMISSIONS.—Each statewide organi- assisted under sections 671 and 672 of the In- amendment intended to be proposed to dividuals with Disabilities Education Act; amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. zation, or a consortium of such organiza- tions, that desires a grant under this subpart ‘‘(G) use not less than 30 percent of the ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- shall submit an application to the Secretary funds received under this part for each fiscal RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize at such time, in such manner, and including year to establish or expand technical assist- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- the information described in subsection (b). ance for evidence-based parent education cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each application sub- programs; child achieves; which was ordered to lie mitted under subsection (a) shall include, at ‘‘(H) provide assistance to State edu- on the table; as follows: a minimum, the following: cational agencies and local educational agencies and community-based organizations Strike section 5007. ‘‘(1) A description of the applicant’s ap- proach to family engagement in education. that support family members in supporting SA 2159. Mr. BENNET submitted an ‘‘(2) A description of the support that the student academic achievement; amendment intended to be proposed to Statewide Family Engagement Center that ‘‘(I) work with State educational agencies, amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. will be operated by the applicant will have local educational agencies, schools, edu- from the State educational agency and any cators, and parents to determine parental ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- partner organization outlining the commit- needs and the best means for delivery of RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize ment to work with the center. services to address such needs; the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ‘‘(3) A description of the applicant’s plan ‘‘(J) conduct sufficient outreach to assist cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every for building a statewide infrastructure for parents, including parents who the applicant child achieves; which was ordered to lie family engagement in education, that in- may have a difficult time engaging with a on the table; as follows: cludes— school or local educational agency; and

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FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN INDIAN ‘‘(4) guidelines and training materials for ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grantees shall use grant SCHOOLS. the proper placement and use of life-saving funds received under this part, based on the ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior, in con- emergency equipment such as automatic ex- needs determined under section 4503, to pro- sultation with the Secretary of Education, ternal defibrillators (referred to in this sec- vide training and technical assistance to shall establish, or enter into contracts and tion and section 399V–7 as ‘AED’) and ways State educational agencies, local edu- cooperative agreements with local tribes, to obtain certification on AED usage; and cational agencies, and organizations that tribal organizations, or Indian nonprofit par- ‘‘(5) recommendations for how schools, support family-school partnerships, and ac- ent organizations to establish and operate childcare centers, and local youth athletic tivities, services, and training for local edu- Family Engagement Centers. organizations can develop and implement cational agencies, school leaders, educators, ‘‘SEC. 4506. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- cardiac emergency response plans, including and parents— TIONS. recommendations about how a local edu- ‘‘(1) to assist parents in participating effec- ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated cational agency (as defined in section 9101 of tively in their children’s education and to to carry out this part such sums as may be the Elementary and Secondary Education help their children meet State standards, necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 2021.’’. Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) can apply such re- such as assisting parents— sponse plans to all students enrolled in the ‘‘(A) to engage in activities that will im- SA 2160. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted public schools served by such local edu- prove student academic achievement, includ- an amendment intended to be proposed cational agency. ing understanding how they can support to amendment SA 2089 submitted by ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS AND RE- learning in the classroom with activities at Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. SOURCES.—The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall develop and update, as nec- home and in afterschool and extracurricular MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- essary and appropriate, the materials and re- programs; thorize the Elementary and Secondary ‘‘(B) to communicate effectively with their sources described in subsection (a) and, in children, teachers, school leaders, coun- Education Act of 1965 to ensure that support of such effort, the Secretary is en- selors, administrators, and other school per- every child achieves; which was or- couraged to establish an advisory panel that sonnel; dered to lie on the table; as follows: includes the following members: ‘‘(C) to become active participants in the At the end of title X, add the following: ‘‘(1) Representatives from national patient advocacy organizations, including— development, implementation, and review of PART C—SAFE PLAY school-parent compacts, family engagement ‘‘(A) not less than 1 organization dedicated in education policies, and school planning SEC. 10301. SHORT TITLE. to pediatrics; and improvement; This part may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting ‘‘(B) not less than 1 organization dedicated ‘‘(D) to participate in the design and provi- Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect to school-based wellness; sion of assistance to students who are not the Lives of Athletic Youth Act’’ or the ‘‘(C) not less than 1 organization dedicated making academic progress; ‘‘SAFE PLAY Act’’. to cardiac research, health, and awareness; ‘‘(E) to participate in State and local deci- SEC. 10302. EDUCATION, AWARENESS, AND TRAIN- and sionmaking; ING ABOUT CHILDREN’S CARDIAC ‘‘(D) not less than 1 organization dedicated ‘‘(F) to train other parents; and CONDITIONS TO INCREASE EARLY to advocacy and support for individuals with DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENT DEATH. ‘‘(G) to help the parents learn and use cognitive impairments or developmental dis- Part P of title III of the Public Health technology applied in their children’s edu- abilities. Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amend- cation; ‘‘(2) Representatives of medical profes- ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) to develop and implement, in partner- sional societies, including pediatrics, cardi- ship with the State educational agency, ‘‘SEC. 399V–6. MATERIALS AND EDUCATIONAL RE- ology, emergency medicine, and sports medi- statewide family engagement in education SOURCES TO INCREASE AWARENESS cine. OF CARDIOMYOPATHY AND OTHER ‘‘(3) A representative of the Centers for policy and systemic initiatives that will pro- HIGHER RISK CHILDHOOD CARDIAC vide for a continuum of services to remove CONDITIONS AMONG SCHOOL AD- Disease Control and Prevention. barriers for family engagement in education MINISTRATORS, EDUCATORS, ‘‘(4) Representatives of other relevant Fed- and support school reform efforts; and COACHES, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. eral agencies. ‘‘(3) to develop and implement parental in- ‘‘(a) MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.—Not later ‘‘(5) Representatives of schools, such as ad- volvement policies under this Act. than 18 months after the date of enactment ministrators, educators, sports coaches, and ‘‘(b) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANT RE- of the SAFE PLAY Act, the Secretary, act- nurses. NEWAL.—For each fiscal year after the first ing through the Director of the Centers for ‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF MATERIALS AND RE- fiscal year for which an organization or con- Disease Control and Prevention (referred to SOURCES.—Not later than 30 months after the sortium receives assistance under this sec- in this section as the ‘Director’) and in con- date of enactment of the SAFE PLAY Act, tion, the organization or consortium shall sultation with national patient advocacy and the Secretary, acting through the Director, demonstrate in the application that a por- health professional organizations experts in shall disseminate the materials and re- tion of the services provided by the organiza- cardiac health, including all forms of cardio- sources described in subsection (a) in accord- tion or consortium is supported through non- myopathy, shall develop public education ance with the following: Federal contributions, which may be in cash and awareness materials and resources to be ‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION BY STATE EDUCATIONAL or in-kind. disseminated to school administrators, edu- AGENCIES.—The Secretary shall make avail- ‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec- cators, school health professionals, coaches, able such written materials and resources to retary shall reserve not more than 2 percent families, and other appropriate individuals. State educational agencies (as defined in sec- of the funds appropriated under section 4506 The materials and resources shall include— tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary to carry out this part to provide technical ‘‘(1) information to increase education and Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) to dis- assistance, by competitive grant or contract, awareness of high risk cardiac conditions tribute— for the establishment, development, and co- and genetic heart rhythm abnormalities that ‘‘(A) to school administrators, educators, ordination of Statewide Family Engagement may cause sudden cardiac arrest in children, school health professionals, coaches, and Centers. adolescents, and young adults, including— parents, guardians, or other caregivers, the ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in ‘‘(A) cardiomyopathy; cardiomyopathy education and awareness this section shall be construed to prohibit a ‘‘(B) conditions such as long QT syndrome, materials and resources described in sub- Statewide Family Engagement Center Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic poly- section (a); from— morphic ventricular tachycardia, short QT ‘‘(B) to parents, guardians, or other care- ‘‘(1) having its employees or agents meet syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; givers, the cardiomyopathy and sudden car- with a parent at a site that is not on school and diac arrest risk assessment worksheets de- grounds; or ‘‘(C) other cardiac conditions, as deter- scribed in subsection (a)(2); ‘‘(2) working with another agency that mined by the Secretary; ‘‘(C) to school administrators, school serves children. ‘‘(2) sudden cardiac arrest and cardio- health professionals, and coaches— ‘‘(e) PARENTAL RIGHTS.—Notwithstanding myopathy risk assessment worksheets to in- ‘‘(i) the information and training materials any other provision of this section— crease awareness of warning signs and symp- described in subsection (a)(3); and ‘‘(1) no person (including a parent who edu- toms of life-threatening cardiac conditions ‘‘(ii) the guidelines and training materials cates a child at home, a public school parent, in order to prevent acute cardiac episodes described in subsection (a)(4); and or a private school parent) shall be required and increase the likelihood of early detec- ‘‘(D) to school administrators, educators, to participate in any program of parent edu- tion and treatment; coaches, and youth sports organizations, the cation or developmental screening under this ‘‘(3) information and training materials for recommendations described in subsection section; and emergency interventions such as (a)(5).

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‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION TO HEALTH DEPART- Heart Association, the American Red Cross, of the Elementary and Secondary Education MENTS AND PROFESSIONALS.—The Secretary or the National Safety Council, for instruc- Act of 1965 for the local educational agency shall make available such materials and re- tional, material, and equipment expenses as- is 20 percent or more of the total number of sources to State and local health depart- sociated with the training necessary to re- children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, served by the ments, pediatricians, hospitals, and other ceive CPR and AED certification in accord- eligible local educational agency. health professionals, such as nurses and first ance with the materials and resources devel- ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: responders. oped under section 399V–6(a)(3); or ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN- ‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ‘‘(2) if the local educational agency or an CY.—The term ‘eligible local educational THROUGH THE INTERNET.— eligible school served by such agency meets agency’ means a local educational agency, as ‘‘(A) CDC.— the conditions described under subsection defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting (c)(2), to purchase AED devices for eligible Secondary Education Act of 1965, that has es- through the Director, shall post the mate- schools and pay the costs associated with ob- tablished a plan to follow the guidelines and rials and resources developed under sub- taining the certifications necessary to meet carry out the recommendations described section (a) on the public Internet website of the guidelines established in section 399V– under section 399V–6(a) regarding cardiac the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- 6(a)(4). emergencies. tion. ‘‘(c) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.— ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL.—The term ‘eligible ‘‘(ii) MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION.—The ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive school’ means a public elementary, middle, Director shall maintain on such Internet a grant under this section, a local edu- or secondary school, including any public website such additional and updated infor- cational agency shall submit an application charter school that is considered a local edu- mation regarding the resources and mate- to the Secretary at such time, in such man- cational agency under State law, and which rials under subsection (a) as necessary to en- ner, and containing such information and is not an Internet- or computer-based com- sure such information reflects the latest certifications as such Secretary may reason- munity school. standards. ably require. ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(B) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—State ‘‘(2) AED TRAINING AND ALLOCATION.—To be There are authorized to be appropriated to educational agencies are encouraged to cre- eligible to use grant funds to purchase AED carry out this section such sums as may be ate Internet webpages dedicated to dissemi- devices as described in subsection (b)(2), an necessary for each of the fiscal years 2016 nating the information and resources devel- eligible local educational agency shall dem- through 2021. oped under subsection (a) to the general pub- onstrate to the Secretary that such local educational agency or an eligible school ‘‘SEC. 399V–8. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE CAR- lic, with an emphasis on targeting dissemi- DIAC CONDITIONS IN EXISTING RE- nation to families of students and students. served by such agency has or intends to im- SEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS. plement an AED training program in con- ‘‘(4) ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION.—The ‘‘The Director of the Centers for Disease junction with a CPR training program and information regarding the resources and ma- Control and Prevention shall develop data has or intends to implement an emergency terials under subsection (a) shall be made collection methods, to be included in the cardiac response plan as of the date of the available in a format and in a manner that is School Health Policies and Practices Survey submission of the grant application. readily accessible to individuals with cog- authorized under section 301, that are being nitive and sensory impairments. ‘‘(d) PRIORITY OF AWARD.—The Secretary carried out as of the date of enactment of ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than shall award grants under this section to eli- 3 years after the date of the enactment of gible local educational agencies based on 1 or the SAFE PLAY Act, to determine the de- this section, and annually thereafter, the more of the following priorities: gree to which school administrators, edu- Secretary shall submit to Congress a report ‘‘(1) A demonstrated need for initiating a cators, school health professionals, coaches, identifying the steps taken to increase pub- CPR or AED training program in an eligible families, and other appropriate individuals lic education and awareness of higher risk school or a community served by an eligible have an understanding of cardiac issues. cardiac conditions that may lead to sudden school, which may include— Such data collection methods shall be de- cardiac arrest. ‘‘(A) schools that do not already have an signed to collect information about— ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: automated AED on school grounds; ‘‘(a) the ability to accurately identify ‘‘(1) SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.—The term ‘‘(B) schools in which there are a signifi- early symptoms of a cardiac condition, such ‘school administrator’ means a principal, di- cant number of students on school grounds as cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrest, and sud- rector, manager, or other supervisor or lead- during a typical day, as determined by the den cardiac death; er within an elementary school or secondary Secretary; ‘‘(b) the dissemination of training de- school (as such terms are defined under sec- ‘‘(C) schools for which the average time re- scribed in section 399V–6(a)(3) regarding the tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary quired for emergency medical services (as de- proper performance of cardiopulmonary re- Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), State- fined in section 330J(f)) to reach the school is suscitation; and based early education program, or childcare greater than the average time required for ‘‘(c) the dissemination of guidelines and center. emergency medical services to reach other training described in section 399V–6(a)(4) re- ‘‘(2) SCHOOLS.—The term ‘school’ means an public facilities in the community; and garding the placement and use of automatic early education program, childcare center, ‘‘(D) schools that have not received funds external defibrillators.’’. or elementary school or secondary school (as under the Rural Access to Emergency De- SEC. 10303. GUIDELINES FOR EMERGENCY AC- such terms are so defined) that is not an vices Act (42 U.S.C. 254c note). TION PLANS FOR ATHLETICS. Internet- or computer-based community ‘‘(2) A demonstrated need for continued The Secretary of Health and Human Serv- school. support of an existing CPR or AED training ices, acting through the Director of the Cen- ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— program in an eligible school or a commu- ters for Disease Control and Prevention, and There are authorized to be appropriated to nity served by an eligible school. in consultation with the Secretary of Edu- carry out this section such sums as may be ‘‘(3) A demonstrated need for expanding an cation, shall work with stakeholder organi- necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 2021. existing CPR or AED training program by zations to develop recommended guidelines ‘‘SEC. 399V–7. GRANTS TO PROVIDE FOR CARDIAC adding training in the use of an AED. for the development of emergency action TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT IN PUB- ‘‘(4) Previously identified opportunities to plans for youth athletics. Such plans shall LIC ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND include the following: SECONDARY SCHOOLS. encourage and foster partnerships with and (1) Identifying the characteristics of an ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The among community organizations, including Secretary, in consultation with the Sec- emergency medical service providers, fire athletic, medical, or health emergency. retary of Education, shall award grants to and police departments, nonprofit organiza- (2) Procedures for accessing emergency eligible local educational agencies— tions, public health organizations, parent- communication equipment and contacting ‘‘(1) to enable such local educational agen- teacher associations, and local and regional emergency personnel, including providing di- cies to purchase AEDs and implement na- youth sports organizations to aid in pro- rections to the specific location of the ath- tionally recognized CPR and AED training viding training in both CPR and AED usage letic venue that is used by the youth athletic courses; or and in obtaining AED equipment. group or organization. ‘‘(2) to enable such local educational agen- ‘‘(5) Recognized opportunities to maximize (3) Instructions for utilizing appropriate cies to award funding to eligible schools that the use of funds provided under this section. first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation are served by the local educational agency to ‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— techniques and accessing and utilizing emer- purchase AEDs and implement nationally ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive gency equipment, such as an automatic ex- recognized CPR and AED training courses. a grant under this section, an eligible local ternal defibrillator. ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible local edu- educational agency shall provide matching SEC. 10304. GUIDELINES FOR SAFE ENERGY cational agency receiving a grant under this funds from non-Federal sources in an DRINK USE BY YOUTH ATHLETES. section, or an eligible school receiving grant amount equal to not less than 25 percent of (a) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES.—Not funds under this section through an eligible the total grant amount. later than 2 years after the date of enact- local educational agency, shall use the grant ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health funds— the requirement of paragraph (1) for an eligi- and Human Services, acting through the ‘‘(1) to pay a nationally recognized train- ble local educational agency if the number of Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in collabo- ing organization, such as the American children counted under section 1124(c)(1)(A) ration with the Director of the Centers for

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HEAT ADVISORY AND HEAT ACCLI- porting forms, recordkeeping forms, and lated Federal agencies, may— MATIZATION PROCEDURES. post-injury and prevention fact sheets about (1) develop information about the ingredi- ‘‘(a) MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.—The Sec- concussions; ents used in energy drinks and the potential retary, in consultation with the Secretary of ‘‘(B) supports for each student recovering side effects of energy drink consumption; Health and Human Services and the Sec- from a concussion, including— and retary of Commerce, acting through the Ad- ‘‘(i) guiding the student in resuming par- (2) recommend guidelines for the safe use ministrator of the National Oceanic and At- ticipation in school-sponsored athletic ac- of energy drink consumption by youth, in- mospheric Administration, shall develop tivities and academic activities with the cluding youth participating in athletic ac- public education and awareness materials help of a multidisciplinary concussion man- tivities. and resources to be disseminated to school agement team, which shall include— (b) DISSEMINATION OF GUIDELINES.—Not administrators, school health professionals, ‘‘(I) a health care professional, the parents later than 6 months after any information or coaches, families, and other appropriate in- of such student, and other relevant school guidelines are developed under subsection dividuals. The materials and resources shall personnel; and (a), the Secretary of Education, in coordina- include— ‘‘(II) an individual who is assigned by the tion with the Commissioner of Food and ‘‘(1) information regarding the health risks public school in which the student is en- Drugs, shall disseminate such information associated with exposure to excessive heat rolled to oversee and manage the recovery of and guidelines to school administrators, edu- and excessive humidity, as defined by the the student; cators, school health professionals, coaches, National Weather Service; ‘‘(ii) providing appropriate academic ac- families, and other appropriate individuals. ‘‘(2) tips and recommendations on how to (c) ENERGY DRINK DEFINED.—In this section commodations aimed at progressively re- avoid heat-related illness, including proper introducing cognitive demands on such stu- the term ‘‘energy drink’’ means a class of hydration and access to the indoors or cool- products in liquid form, marketed as either a dent; and ing stations; and ‘‘(iii) if the student’s symptoms of concus- dietary supplement or conventional food ‘‘(3) strategies for ‘heat-acclimatization’ under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic sion persist for a substantial period of time— that address the types and duration of ath- ‘‘(I) evaluating the student in accordance Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), for the stated pur- letic activities considered to be generally pose of providing the consumer with added with section 614 of the Individuals with Dis- safe during periods of excessive heat. abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1414) to de- physical or mental energy, and that contains ‘‘(b) IMPLANTATION OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AC- each of the following: termine whether the student is eligible for TION PLAN.—Public schools shall develop an services under part B of such Act (20 U.S.C. (1) Caffeine. ‘excessive heat action plan’ to be used during 1411 et seq.); or (2) At least 1 of the following ingredients: all school-sponsored athletic activities that ‘‘(II) evaluating whether the student is eli- (A) Taurine. occur during periods of excessive heat and gible for services under section 504 of the Re- (B) Guarana. humidity. Such plan shall— habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); and (C) Ginseng. ‘‘(1) be in effect prior to full scale athletic ‘‘(C) best practices, as defined by national (D) B vitamins such as cobalamin, folic participation by students, including any neurological medical specialty and sports acid, pyridoxine, or niacin. practices or scrimmages prior to the begin- health organizations, designed to ensure, (E) Any other ingredient added for the ex- ning of the school’s academic year; and with respect to concussions, the uniformity press purpose of providing physical or men- ‘‘(2) apply to days when an Excessive Heat of safety standards, treatment, and manage- tal energy, as determined during the devel- Watch or Excessive Heat Warning or Advi- ment, including— opment of guidelines in accordance with sub- sory has been issued by the National Weath- ‘‘(i) disseminating information on concus- section (a). er Service for the area in which the athletic (d) PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTION OF MAR- sion safety and management to the public; event is to take place.’’. KETING AND SALES OF ENERGY DRINKS.—Noth- and ing in this section shall be construed to pro- SEC. 9115B. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ‘‘(ii) applying best practice and uniform YOUTH ATHLETE CONCUSSIONS. vide the Commissioner of Food and Drugs standards for concussion safety and manage- Part F of title IX (20 U.S.C. 7881 et seq.), as with authority to regulate the marketing ment to all students enrolled in the public amended by sections 2001 and 4001, and redes- and sale of energy drinks, beyond such au- schools served by the local educational agen- ignated by section 9106, is further amended thority as such Commissioner has as of the cy. by adding at the end the following: date of enactment of this Act. ‘‘(2) POSTING OF INFORMATION ON CONCUS- SEC. 10305. RESEARCH RELATING TO YOUTH ATH- ‘‘Subpart 7—State Requirements for the SIONS.—Each public school in the State shall LETIC SAFETY. Prevention and Treatment of Concussions post on school grounds, in a manner that is (a) EXPANSION OF CDC RESEARCH.—Section ‘‘SEC. 9581. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS. visible to students and school personnel, and 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning for fiscal year make publicly available on the school U.S.C. 241) is amended by adding at the end 2016, as a condition of receiving funds under website, information on concussions that— the following: title IV for a fiscal year, a State shall, not ‘‘(A) is based on peer-reviewed scientific ‘‘(f) The Secretary, acting through the Di- later than July 1 of the preceding fiscal year, evidence or consensus (such as information rector of the Centers for Disease Control and certify to the Secretary in accordance with made available by the Centers for Disease Prevention, shall, to the extent practicable, subsection (b) that the State has in effect Control and Prevention); expand, intensify, and coordinate the activi- and is enforcing a law or regulation that, at ‘‘(B) shall include— ties of the Centers for Disease Control and a minimum, establishes the following re- ‘‘(i) the risks posed by sustaining a concus- Prevention with respect to cardiac condi- quirements: sion or multiple concussions; tions, concussions, and heat-related illnesses ‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY CONCUS- ‘‘(ii) the actions a student should take in among youth athletes.’’. SION SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Each response to sustaining a concussion, includ- (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 local educational agency in the State (in- ing the notification of school personnel; and years after the enactment of this Act, the cluding each public charter school that is Director of the Centers for Disease Control ‘‘(iii) the signs and symptoms of a concus- and Prevention and the Secretary of Edu- considered a local educational agency under sion; and cation shall prepare and submit a joint re- State law), in consultation with members of ‘‘(C) may include— port to Congress that includes information, the community in which the local edu- ‘‘(i) the definition of a concussion under with respect to the 5-year period beginning cational agency is located, and taking into section 9582(1); after the date of enactment of this Act, consideration the guidelines of the Centers ‘‘(ii) the means available to the student to about— for Disease Control and Prevention’s Pedi- reduce the incidence or recurrence of a con- (1) the number of youth fatalities that atric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline cussion; and occur while a youth is participating in an Workgroup, shall develop and implement a ‘‘(iii) the effects of a concussion on aca- athletic activity, and the cause of each of standard plan for concussion safety and man- demic learning and performance. those deaths; and agement for public schools served by the ‘‘(3) RESPONSE TO A CONCUSSION.—If any (2) the number of catastrophic injuries sus- local educational agency that includes— school personnel of a public school in the tained by a youth while the youth is partici- ‘‘(A) the education of students, school ad- State suspect that a student has sustained a pating in an athletic activity, and the cause ministrators, educators, coaches, youth concussion during a school-sponsored ath- of such injury. sports organizations, parents, and school letic activity or other school-sponsored ac- Between sections 9115 and 9116, insert the personnel about concussions, including— tivity— following: ‘‘(i) training of school personnel on evi- ‘‘(A) the student shall be— SEC. 9115A. HEAT ADVISORY AND HEAT ACCLI- dence-based concussion safety and manage- ‘‘(i) immediately removed from participa- MATIZATION GUIDELINES FOR SEC- ment, including prevention, recognition, tion in such activity; and ONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETICS. risk, academic consequences, and response ‘‘(ii) prohibited from resuming participa- Subpart 2 of part F of title IX (20 U.S.C. for both initial and any subsequent concus- tion in school-sponsored athletic activities— 7901 et seq.), as amended by sections 4001, sions; and ‘‘(I) on the day the student sustained the 9114, and 9115, and redesignated by section ‘‘(ii) using, maintaining, and disseminating concussion; and 9106, is further amended by adding at the end to students and parents release forms, treat- ‘‘(II) until the day the student is capable of the following: ment plans, observation, monitoring, and re- resuming such participation, according to

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and to whether the activity takes place on school ‘‘(O) how the State will develop plans with ‘‘(C) the concussion management team property or during the school day. local educational agencies, including a shall confirm and report to the parents of ‘‘(2) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.—The timeline with annual benchmarks, to address the student— term ‘health care professional’ means a phy- disparities identified under subparagraph (N) ‘‘(i) the type of injury, and the date and sician (including a medical doctor or doctor and, if a local educational agency does not time of the injury, suffered by the student; of osteopathic medicine), registered nurse, achieve the applicable annual benchmarks and athletic trainer, physical therapist, for two consecutive years, how the State will ‘‘(ii) any actions that have been taken to neuropsychologist, or other qualified indi- allocate resources and supports to such local treat the student. vidual— educational agency based on the identified ‘‘(4) RETURN TO ATHLETICS.—If a student ‘‘(A) who is registered, licensed, certified, needs; enrolled in a public school in the State sus- or otherwise statutorily recognized by the On page 82, between lines 23 and 24, insert tains a concussion, before the student re- State to provide medical treatment; and the following: sumes participation in school-sponsored ath- ‘‘(B) whose scope of practice and experi- ‘‘(xviii) Information on the indicators of letic activities, the relevant school per- ence includes the diagnosis and management student access to critical educational re- sonnel shall receive a written release from a of traumatic brain injury among a pediatric sources selected by the State, as described in health care professional, that— population. subsection (c)(1)(N), for all students and ‘‘(A) may require the student to follow a ‘‘(3) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’ means bi- disaggregated by each of the categories of plan designed to aid the student in recov- ological or adoptive parents or legal guard- students, as defined in subsection (b)(3)(A), ering and resuming participation in such ac- ians, as determined by applicable State law. for each local educational agency and each tivities in a manner that— ‘‘(4) PUBLIC SCHOOL.—The term ‘public school in the State and by the categories de- ‘‘(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with pe- school’ means an elementary school or sec- scribed in clause (vii). riods of cognitive and physical rest while ondary school (as such terms are so defined), On page 115, after line 25, add the fol- symptoms of a concussion persist; and including any public charter school that is lowing: ‘‘(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical considered a local educational agency under ‘‘(3) RESOURCE, SUPPORT, AND PROGRAM demands on the student on a progressive State law, and which is not an Internet- or AVAILABILITY.—A local educational agency basis so long as such increases in exertion do computer-based community school. that receives funds under this part shall no- not cause the re-emergence or worsening of ‘‘(5) SCHOOL PERSONNEL.—The term ‘school tify the parents of each student attending symptoms of a concussion; and personnel’ has the meaning given such term any school receiving funds under this part ‘‘(B) states that the student is capable of in section 4151, except that such term in- that the parents may request, and the agen- resuming participation in such activities cludes coaches and athletic trainers. cy will provide the parents on request (and once the student is asymptomatic. ‘‘(6) SCHOOL-SPONSORED ATHLETIC ACTIV- in a timely manner), information regarding ‘‘(5) RETURN TO ACADEMICS.—If a student ITY.—The term ‘school-sponsored athletic ac- the availability of critical educational re- enrolled in a public school in the State has tivity’ means— sources, supports, and programs, as described sustained a concussion, the concussion man- ‘‘(A) any physical education class or pro- in the State plan in accordance with section agement team (as described under paragraph gram of a public school; 1111(c)(1)(N). (1)(B)(i)) of the school shall consult with and ‘‘(B) any athletic activity authorized by a make recommendations to relevant school public school that takes place during the SA 2162. Mr. LEE submitted an personnel and the student to ensure that the school day on the school’s property; amendment intended to be proposed to student is receiving the appropriate aca- ‘‘(C) any activity of an extracurricular amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. demic supports, including— sports team, club, or league organized by a ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘(A) providing for periods of cognitive rest public school; and RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize over the course of the school day; ‘‘(D) any recess activity of a public ‘‘(B) providing modified academic assign- school.’’. the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ments; cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every ‘‘(C) allowing for gradual reintroduction to SA 2161. Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. child achieves; which was ordered to lie cognitive demands; and REED, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. BROWN) on the table; as follows: ‘‘(D) other appropriate academic accom- submitted an amendment intended to On page 52, strike line 3 and all that fol- modations or adjustments. be proposed to amendment SA 2089 sub- lows through line 9 and insert the following: ‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The mitted by Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself ‘‘(K) PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND OPT- certification required under subsection (a) OUT.— shall be in writing and include a description and Mrs. MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Sec- ‘‘(i) NOTIFICATION.—Each State receiving of the law or regulation that meets the re- funds under this part shall ensure that the quirements of subsection (a). ondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure parents of each child in the State who are ‘‘SEC. 9582. DEFINITIONS. that every child achieves; which was scheduled to take an assessment described in ‘‘In this subpart: ordered to lie on the table; as follows: this paragraph during the academic year are ‘‘(1) CONCUSSION.—The term ‘concussion’ On page 69, between lines 16 and 17, insert notified, at the beginning of that academic means a type of mild traumatic brain injury the following: year, about any such assessment that their that— ‘‘(N) how the State will measure and report child is scheduled to take and the following ‘‘(A) is caused by a blow, jolt, or motion to on indicators of student access to critical information about each such assessment: the head or body that causes the brain to educational resources and identify dispari- ‘‘(I) The dates when the assessment will move rapidly in the skull; ties in such resources (referred to for pur- take place. ‘‘(B) disrupts normal brain functioning and poses of this Act as an ‘Opportunity Dash- ‘‘(II) The subject of the assessment. alters the physiological state of the indi- board of Core Resources’) for each local edu- ‘‘(III) Any additional information that the vidual, causing the individual to experi- cational agency and each public school in State believes will best inform parents re- ence— the State in a manner that— garding the assessment their child is sched- ‘‘(i) any period of observed or self-re- ‘‘(i) provides data on each indicator, for all uled to take. ported— students and disaggregated by each of the ‘‘(ii) DELAYED OR CHANGED ASSESSMENT IN- ‘‘(I) transient confusion, disorientation, or categories of students, as defined in sub- FORMATION.—If any of the information de- altered consciousness; section (b)(3)(A); and scribed in clause (i) is not available at the ‘‘(II) dysfunction of memory around the ‘‘(ii) is based on the indicators described in beginning of the academic school year, or if time of injury; or clauses (v), (vii), (x), (xiii), and (xiv) of sub- the initial information provided at that time ‘‘(III) disruptions in gait or balance; and section (d)(1)(C) and not less than 3 of the is changed, the State shall ensure that a sub- ‘‘(ii) symptoms that may include— following: sequent notification is provided to parents ‘‘(I) physical symptoms, such as headache, ‘‘(I) access to qualified paraprofessionals, not less than 14 days prior to the scheduled fatigue, or dizziness; and specialized instructional support per- assessment, which shall include any new or ‘‘(II) cognitive symptoms, such as memory sonnel, who are certified or licensed by the changed information. disturbance or slowed thinking; State; ‘‘(iii) OPT-OUT.— ‘‘(III) emotional symptoms, such as irrita- ‘‘(II) availability of health and wellness ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the re- bility or sadness; or programs; quirement described in section

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Such an opt-out, or any action On page 58, line 19, insert ‘‘(excluding stu- (4) NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANT.—The related to that opt-out, may not be used by dents whose parent opts the student out of term ‘‘national service participant’’ means the Secretary, the State, any State or local assessments under paragraph (2) in accord- an individual described under part III of the agency, or any school leader or employee as ance with a State or local educational agen- National and Community Service Act of 1990 the basis for any corrective action, penalty, cy policy, procedure, or parental right re- (42 U.S.C. 12591 et seq.). or other consequence against the parent, the garding student participation in any man- (5) SCHOOL TURNAROUND CORPS PROJECT.— child, any school leader or employee, or the dated assessments for the student)’’ after The term ‘‘School Turnaround Corps school. ‘‘students,’’. project’’ means a project carried out by an ‘‘(II) FORM OF PARENTAL OPT-OUT RE- eligible entity that is a permissible use of QUEST.—Unless a State has implemented an SA 2166. Mr. BROWN (for himself, funds for a grant under this part. alternative process for parents to opt out of Mr. CASEY, and Mr. COONS) submitted (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ assessments as described in this subpara- an amendment intended to be proposed means the Secretary of Education. graph, a parent shall request to have their to amendment SA 2089 submitted by SEC. 10304. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR child opt out of an assessment by submitting Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. SCHOOL TURNAROUND GRANTS. such request to their child’s school in writ- MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- (a) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.— ing. (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi- ‘‘(iv) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements re- thorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that cer shall enter into an interagency agree- lating to notification and opt-out in this ment with the Secretary similar to an inter- subparagraph shall only apply to federally every child achieves; which was or- agency agreement described in section mandated assessments. A State may imple- dered to lie on the table; as follows: 121(b)(1) of the National and Community ment separate requirements for notification After part B of title X, insert the fol- Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)(1)) re- and opt-out relating to State and locally lowing: garding the grant program described in sec- mandated assessments.’’. PART C—AMERICORPS SCHOOL tion 10305, except that funds appropriated On page 58, on line 21, after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ TURNAROUND under this part may be used as if for the pur- insert ‘‘(except that such 95 percent require- poses for which funds may be provided ments shall exclude any student who, pursu- SEC. 10301. SHORT TITLE. through grants under section 121(a) of the ant to paragraph (2)(K), opts out of an assess- This part may be cited as the ‘‘AmeriCorps National and Community Service Act of 1990 ment)’’. School Turnaround Act of 2015’’ (42 U.S.C. 12571(a)). SEC. 10302. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (2) AMENDMENT TO THE NCSA.—Section SA 2163. Mr. LEE submitted an (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol- 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)) is amendment intended to be proposed to lowing: amended by adding at the end the following: amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. (1) Students are most successful when they ‘‘(6) SCHOOL TURNAROUND GRANT INTER- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- have personal, attentive support. AGENCY AGREEMENT.—Notwithstanding para- (2) Turning schools around requires col- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize graph (1), the Corporation shall enter into an laboration among teachers, administrators, the Elementary and Secondary Edu- interagency agreement similar to an inter- counselors, business leaders, the philan- agency agreement described in paragraph (1) cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every thropic sector, and community members. with the Secretary of Education under this child achieves; which was ordered to lie (3) National service provides valuable sup- subsection regarding the school turnaround on the table; as follows: port to elementary schools and secondary grant program described in section 10305 of After section 9115, insert the following: schools and has a record for improving stu- the AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of dent academic achievement. SEC. 9116. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING 2015.’’. TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL. (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part (b) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSI- Subpart 2 of part F of title IX (20 U.S.C. are to— TIONS.— 7901 et seq.), as amended by sections, 9114 and (1) strengthen and accelerate interventions (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi- 9115, and redesignated by section 9601, is fur- in the lowest-performing elementary schools cer shall approve positions for School Turn- ther amended by adding at the end the fol- and secondary schools; around Corps projects as approved national lowing: (2) provide financial support to eligible en- service positions in accordance with subtitle tities that serve low-performing schools; C of title I of the National and Community ‘‘SEC. 9539A. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARD- (3) significantly improve outcomes for stu- ING TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL. Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.). dents in persistently low-performing schools ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall authorize the (2) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE AND AP- by— Secretary to, or shall be construed to— PROVED POSITIONS UNAFFECTED.—Nothing in (A) providing opportunities for academic ‘‘(1) prohibit a child from traveling to and this part shall be construed to affect the dis- enrichment; from school on foot or by car, bus, or bike tribution of assistance or approved national (B) extending learning time; and when the parent of the child has given per- service positions under section 129 of the Na- (C) providing individual support for stu- mission; or tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 dents; and ‘‘(2) expose a parent to civil or criminal U.S.C. 12581). (4) improve high school graduation rates charges for allowing their child to respon- (c) TREATMENT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED.— and college readiness for the most disadvan- sibly and safely travel to and from school by (1) NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.—For purposes taged students. a means the parent believes is age appro- of section 145(a)(1) of the National and Com- priate.’’. SEC. 10303. DEFINITIONS. munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. In this part: 12601(a)(1)), a portion of the funds appro- SA 2164. Mr. ISAKSON submitted an (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—The term priated under this part, as determined by the amendment intended to be proposed to ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ means the Chief Chief Executive Officer based on the number Executive Officer of the Corporation for Na- of participants selected for School Turn- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. tional and Community Service appointed around Corps projects, shall be treated as ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- under section 193 of the National and Com- funds made available to carry out subtitle D RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651c). of title I of the National and Community the Elementary and Secondary Edu- (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.). cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every entity’’ means— (2) INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUNDS.—For pur- child achieves; which was ordered to lie (A) an elementary school or secondary poses of subsection (b) of section 145 of the on the table; as follows: school; or National and Community Service Act of 1990 (B) any of the following entities that serve (42 U.S.C. 12601), a portion of the funds appro- On page 44, strike lines 19 through 25. low-performing schools: priated under this part, as determined by the On page 47, lines 19 through 21, strike ‘‘, (i) Public or private nonprofit organiza- Chief Executive Officer based on the number consistent with the 1 percent limitation of tions, including faith-based and other com- of participants selected for School Turn- clause (i)(I)’’. munity organizations. around Corps projects, shall be treated as if (ii) Local educational agencies. appropriated to the Trust established under SA 2165. Mr. ISAKSON submitted an (iii) Institutions of higher education. such section. amendment intended to be proposed to (iv) Government entities within States. (3) RESERVE ACCOUNT.—For purposes of sec- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. (v) Indian Tribes. tion 149(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the National and Com- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- (vi) Labor organizations. munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

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(B) family resource mentors who connect that are not— 12681) and made available to carry out sub- the student, family, and school in an open ‘‘(i) baccalaureate degrees (or an equiva- title C or D of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. conversation about the student’s academic lent); or 12571 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.). situation. ‘‘(ii) master’s, professional, or other ad- (4) AUDITS.—For purposes of section 149(c) (4) COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND vanced degrees. of the National and Community Service Act GRADUATION COACHES.—The provision of indi- ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12606(c)), funds appropriated vidual graduation, postsecondary education, entity’ means a local educational agency, under this part shall be treated as appro- and career preparation guidance and assist- community college, or other entity deter- priated funds for approved national service ance by college or career planing advisors. mined appropriate by the Secretary. positions. (5) SCHOOLWIDE ACTIVITIES.—Carrying out ‘‘(4) QUALIFIED PROJECT.—The term ‘quali- SEC. 10305. SCHOOL TURNAROUND GRANT PRO- schoolwide activities, including— fied project’— GRAM. (A) establishing a school culture and envi- ‘‘(A) means the modernization, renovation, (a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made ronment that improves school safety, at- or repair of a facility that will be used to im- available under this part after the reserva- tendance, and discipline and addressing prove the quality and availability of science, tion described in subsection (b), the Chief other non-academic factors that impact stu- technology, engineering, mathematics, or Executive Officer, in consultation with the dent achievement, such as students’ social, career and technical education instruction Secretary, shall award grants, on a competi- emotional, and health needs; and to public elementary school or secondary tive basis, to eligible entities to enable such (B) carrying out activities to increase school, or community college, students, and eligible entities— graduation rates, such as early warning sys- that may include— (1) to improve the academic achievement tems, credit-recovery programs, and re-en- ‘‘(i) improving the energy efficiency of the of elementary school and secondary school gagement strategies. facility; students; and (6) ACCELERATING READING AND MATHE- ‘‘(ii) improving the cost-effectiveness of (2) to select national service participants MATICS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.—The provi- the facility in delivering quality education; and engage such participants’ in School sion of activities to accelerate students’ ac- ‘‘(iii) improving student, faculty, and staff Turnaround Corps projects. quisition of reading and mathematics knowl- health and safety at the facility; (b) AMOUNTS RESERVED.—The Chief Execu- edge and skills. ‘‘(iv) improving, installing, or upgrading tive Officer shall reserve not less than 1 per- educational technology infrastructure; cent, and not more than 2 percent, of the SEC. 10306. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt ‘‘(v) retrofitting an existing building for amount appropriated to carry out this part career and technical education purposes; and for each fiscal year to award grants under of any funds for a program under this part, each grantee shall agree to submit an annual ‘‘(vi) a one-time repair of serviceable this part to Indian tribes and organizations equipment at the facility, or replacement of serving tribal populations. report at such time, in such manner, and equipment at the facility that is at the end (c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this containing such information as the Chief Ex- part, the Chief Executive Officer, in con- ecutive Officer, in consultation with the Sec- of its serviceable lifespan, that will be used sultation with the Secretary— retary, may require. to further educational outcomes; and (1) shall give priority to eligible entities (b) CONTENT.—At a minimum, each annual ‘‘(B) does not include new construction or that will serve significant populations of report under this subsection shall describe— the payment of routine maintenance costs. low-income students; and (1) the degree to which progress has been ‘‘SEC. 5912. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEER- (2) may give priority to eligible entities made toward meeting the annual bench- ING, MATHEMATICS, CAREER, AND marks and long-term goals and objectives TECHNICAL FACILITIES IMPROVE- that— MENT. described in the grant recipient’s applica- (A) are located in low-income commu- ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From nities; tion; and amounts appropriated under subsection (g), (B) will serve communities with significant (2) demographic data about low-performing the Secretary shall carry out a program to populations of families with limited English schools, including the number of low-income improve science, technology, engineering, proficiency; and minority students, served in each pro- mathematics, or career and technical edu- (C) will place national service participants gram. cation facilities by— in urban or rural areas; or SEC. 10307. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- ‘‘(1) awarding grants to eligible entities to (D) will increase the ability of educators to TIONS. enable the eligible entities to carry out provide appropriate services and coordinate There are authorized to be appropriated to qualified projects; activities with State and local systems pro- carry out this part $25,000,000 for fiscal year ‘‘(2) guaranteeing loans made to eligible viding services under part B of the Individ- 2016, and such sums as may be necessary for entities for qualified projects; or uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. ‘‘(3) making payments of interest on bonds, U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) for children with develop- loans, or other financial instruments (other mental delays or disabilities, including such SA 2167. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an than a refinancing) that are issued to eligi- children in the child welfare system of the amendment intended to be proposed to ble entities for qualified projects. State. amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that (d) USE OF FUNDS.— ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- desires to receive a grant, loan guarantee, or (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize payment of interest under this part shall ceives a grant under this section shall use submit an application to the Secretary at the funds made available through the grant the Elementary and Secondary Edu- such a time, in such a manner, and con- to carry out 1 or more of the activities de- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every taining such information as the Secretary scribed in paragraphs (2) through (6), and child achieves; which was ordered to lie may require. The application shall include— shall engage national service participants to on the table; as follows: ‘‘(1) a detailed description of the qualified carry out such activities. At the end of title V, insert the following: project; (2) INCREASING HIGH-QUALITY, INDIVIDUAL- SEC. 5011. IMPROVING EDUCATION FACILITIES. ‘‘(2) in the case of a qualified project de- IZED LEARNING TIME.—Improving the quality Title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), as amended scribed in section 5911(4)(A)(vi), a description and frequency of individualized learning by section 5010, is further amended by adding of the educational outcomes to be furthered time provided to elementary school and sec- at the end the following: by the one-time repair of serviceable equip- ondary school students by providing individ- ment or replacement of equipment; ualized support, which may include increas- ‘‘PART J—SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGI- ‘‘(3) an indication as to whether the eligi- ing postsecondary education enrollment NEERING, MATHEMATICS, CAREER, AND ble entity prefers to receive a grant, loan rates through postsecondary education prep- TECHNICAL FACILITIES guarantee, or payment of interest; aration counseling assistance, including as- ‘‘SEC. 5911. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘(4) a description of the need for the quali- sistance with completing the Free Applica- ‘‘In this part: fied project; tion for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and ‘‘(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.— ‘‘(5) a description of how the eligible entity applications for institutions of higher edu- The term ‘career and technical education’ will ensure that the qualified project will be cation, and educating students and their has the meaning given the term in section 3 adequately maintained; families about financial literacy for postsec- of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical ‘‘(6) an identification of any public elemen- ondary education. Education Act of 2006, tary school or secondary school or commu- (3) OUT-OF-SCHOOL AND EXTENDED LEARNING ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com- nity college that will benefit from the quali- PROGRAMS.—Increasing personalized, out-of- munity college’ means— fied project;

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GRANTS FOR SCHOOL REPAIR, REN- States received under such part for such pre- cational outcomes at the facility, including OVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION. ceding fiscal year, except that no such State any opportunities to integrate project ac- ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: educational agency shall receive less than 0.5 tivities within the curriculum of such school ‘‘(1) CHARTER SCHOOL.—The term ‘charter percent of the amount allocated under this or community college; school’ has the meaning given the term in subsection. ‘‘(8) a description of how the facility sup- section 5110. ‘‘(c) WITHIN-STATE DISTRIBUTIONS.— ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER COSTS.— ported by the qualified project will be used ‘‘(2) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘CHPS Cri- ‘‘(A) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ADMINIS- for providing educational services in science, teria’ means the green building rating cri- TRATION AND OTHER COSTS.—Except as pro- technology, engineering, mathematics, or teria developed by the Collaborative for High vided in subparagraph (D), each State edu- career and technical education; Performance Schools. ‘‘(9) a description of how the eligible entity cational agency may reserve not more than ‘‘(3) EARLY LEARNING FACILITY.—The term 1 percent of the State educational agency’s will ensure that the modernization, renova- ‘early learning facility’ means a public facil- allocation under subsection (b) for the pur- tion, or repair supported by the qualified ity that— poses of administering the distribution of project meets Leadership in Energy and En- ‘‘(A) serves children who are not yet in grants under this subsection and awarding vironmental Design (LEED) building rating kindergarten; and standards, Energy Star standards, Collabo- grants under subparagraph (C)(v). ‘‘(B) is under the jurisdiction of a local rative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) ‘‘(B) REQUIRED USES.—The State edu- educational agency. criteria, Green Building Initiative environ- cational agency shall use a portion of the ‘‘(4) ENERGY STAR.—The term ‘Energy Star’ mental design and rating standards (Green funds reserved under subparagraph (A)— means the Energy Star program of the De- Globes), the Living Building Challenge cer- ‘‘(i) to provide technical assistance to local partment of Energy and the Environmental tification standards, or equivalent standards educational agencies; and Protection Agency. adopted by entities with jurisdiction over or ‘‘(ii) to establish or support a State-level ‘‘(5) GREEN GLOBES.—The term ‘Green related to the eligible entity; database of public school facility inventory, Globes’ means the Green Building Initiative ‘‘(10) a description of the fiscal capacity of condition, design, and utilization, which environmental design and rating system. the eligible entity; shall include for each school facility— ‘‘(11) the percentage of students enrolled in ‘‘(6) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN- ‘‘(I) the age of the facility; the public elementary school or secondary CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational ‘‘(II) the total square footage of the facil- school or community college to be served by agency’ has the meaning given the term in ity that is used for academic or technical the qualified project who are from low-in- section 2201(b)(2). classroom instruction; and come families; ‘‘(7) LEED GREEN BUILDING RATING SYS- ‘‘(III) the year of the last major renovation ‘‘(12) in the case of a qualified project at a TEM.—The term ‘LEED Green Building Rat- of the facility. facility that is used by students in a sec- ing System’ means the United States Green ‘‘(C) PERMISSIBLE USES.—The State edu- ondary school, the secondary school gradua- Building Council Leadership in Energy and cational agency may use a portion of the tion rates; and Environmental Design green building rating funds reserved under subparagraph (A) for— ‘‘(13) such additional information and as- system. ‘‘(i) developing a statewide public school surances as the Secretary may require. ‘‘(8) LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE.—The educational facility master plan; ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In making awards under term ‘Living Building Challenge’ means the ‘‘(ii) developing policies, procedures, and this part, the Secretary shall use not less Living Building Challenge building certifi- standards for high-quality, energy efficient than a total of 25 percent of the funds appro- cation program. public school facilities; priated under subsection (g) to eligible enti- ‘‘(9) PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITY.—The term ‘‘(iii) supporting interagency collaboration ties for qualified projects to benefit— ‘public school facility’ means a public ele- that will lead to broad community use of ‘‘(1) public elementary schools or sec- mentary or secondary school facility, includ- public school facilities, and school-based ondary schools served by high-need local ing a public charter school facility or an ex- services for students served by high-need educational agencies, as described in section isting facility planned for adaptive reuse as local educational agencies or rural local edu- 2202(b)(2)(A); or a public charter school facility. cational agencies; ‘‘(2) community colleges serving a substan- ‘‘(10) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— ‘‘(iv) helping to defray the cost of issuing tial number of rural students, as determined The term ‘rural local educational agency’ State bonds to finance public elementary by the Secretary. means a local educational agency that meets school and secondary school repair, renova- ‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds the eligibility requirements under— tion, and construction; and made available under this part shall be used ‘‘(A) section 6211(b) for participation in the ‘‘(v) awarding grants to State-operated or to supplement, and not supplant, other Fed- program described in subpart 1 of part B of State-supported schools, such as a State eral and State funds available to carry out title VI; or school for the deaf or for the blind, to enable the activities supported under this part. ‘‘(B) section 6221(b)(1) for participation in such schools to carry out school repair, ren- ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADMINIS- the program described in subpart 2 of part B ovation, and construction activities in ac- TRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary may reserve of title VI. cordance with subsection (d). not more than 3 percent of funds appro- ‘‘(11) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each ‘‘(D) STATE ENTITY ADMINISTRATION AND priated under subsection (g) for the adminis- of the several states of the United States, OTHER COSTS.—If the State educational agen- trative costs of this part and to provide tech- the District of Columbia, and the Common- cy transfers funds to a State entity described nical assistance to community colleges and wealth of Puerto Rico. in paragraph (2)(A), the State educational local educational agencies concerning best ‘‘(12) STATE ENTITY.—The term ‘State enti- agency shall transfer to such State entity practices in school facility renovation, re- ty’ has the meaning given the term in sec- not less than 75 percent of the amount re- pair, and modernization. tion 5103. served under subparagraph (A) for the pur- ‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— pose of carrying out the activities described than 1 year after funds are appropriated to ‘‘(1) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds appro- in subparagraph (C). carry out this part, and every 2 years there- priated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year, ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF COMPETITIVE SCHOOL after, the Secretary shall prepare and submit the Secretary shall reserve 1 percent to pro- REPAIR, RENOVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION to the appropriate committees of Congress a vide assistance to the outlying areas and for GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— report on the effect of the qualified projects payments to the Secretary of the Interior to ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated to supported under this part on improving aca- demic achievement. provide assistance to schools funded by the a State educational agency under subsection ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Bureau of Indian Education. Funds allocated (b) that are not reserved under paragraph (1), There are authorized to be appropriated to under this paragraph shall be reserved by the the State educational agency shall distribute carry out this part such sums as may be nec- Secretary for distribution among the out- 100 percent of such funds to local educational essary for each of fiscal years 2016 through lying areas and the Secretary of the Interior agencies or, if the State educational agency 2021.’’. on the basis of their relative need for public is not responsible for the financing of public elementary school and secondary school re- school facilities, the State educational agen- SA 2168. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an pair, renovation, and construction, as deter- cy shall transfer such funds to the State en- amendment intended to be proposed to mined by the Secretary. tity responsible for the financing of public amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION TO STATE EDUCATIONAL school facilities for distribution by such ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- AGENCIES.—From the funds appropriated State entity to local educational agencies in under subsection (i) for a fiscal year that are accordance with this paragraph, to be used, RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize not reserved under paragraph (1) for the fis- consistent with subsection (d), for public ele- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- cal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each mentary school or secondary school repair, cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every State educational agency serving a State an renovation, and construction. child achieves; which was ordered to lie amount that bears the same relation to the ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO LOCAL EDU- on the table; as follows: funds as the amount the State received CATIONAL AGENCIES.—The State educational On page 630, between lines 4 and 5, insert under part A of title I for the fiscal year pre- agency or State entity shall carry out a pro- the following: ceding the fiscal year for which the deter- gram to award grants, on a competitive

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Of the lic charter school lacks access to funding for printers; total amount available for distribution to school repair, renovation, and construction ‘‘(E) stadiums or other facilities primarily local educational agencies under this para- through the financing methods available to used for athletic contests or exhibitions or graph, the State educational agency or State other public schools or local educational other events for which admission is charged entity, shall, in carrying out the grant com- agencies in the State. to the general public; or petition— ‘‘(D) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— ‘‘(F) purchase of carbon offsets. ‘‘(i) award to high-need local educational ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State educational ‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A local agencies, in the aggregate, not less than an agency or State entity shall require local educational agency or State-operated or amount which bears the same relationship to educational agencies to match funds awarded State-supported school shall use Federal such total amount as the aggregate amount under this paragraph. funds subject to this subsection only to sup- such high-need local educational agencies re- ‘‘(ii) MATCH AMOUNT.—The amount of a plement the amount of funds that would, in ceived under part A of title I for the fiscal match described in clause (i) may be estab- the absence of such Federal funds, be made year preceding the fiscal year for which the lished by using a sliding scale that takes available from non-Federal sources for determination is made bears to the aggre- into account the relative poverty of the pop- school repair, renovation, and construction. gate amount received for such preceding fis- ulation served by the local educational agen- ‘‘(e) QUALIFIED BIDDERS; COMPETITION.— cal year under such part by all local edu- cy. Each local educational agency that receives cational agencies in the State; funds under subsection (c)(2) shall ensure ‘‘(ii) award to rural local educational agen- ‘‘(d) RULES APPLICABLE TO SCHOOL REPAIR, that, if the local educational agency carries cies in the State, in the aggregate, not less RENOVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION.—With re- out repair, renovation, or construction than an amount which bears the same rela- spect to funds made available under this sec- through a contract, any such contract proc- tionship to such total amount as the aggre- tion that are used for school repair, renova- ess ensures the maximum number of quali- gate amount such rural local educational tion, and construction, the following rules fied bidders, including small, minority, and agencies received under part A of title I for shall apply: women-owned businesses, through full and the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for ‘‘(1) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—School open competition. which the determination is made bears to repair, renovation, and construction shall be ‘‘(f) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Each local edu- the aggregate amount received for such pre- limited to 1 or more of the following: cational agency receiving funds under sub- ceding fiscal year under such part by all ‘‘(A) Upgrades, repair, construction, or re- section (c)(2)— local educational agencies in the State; and ‘‘(1) shall provide an opportunity for public placement of public elementary school or ‘‘(iii) award the remaining funds to local comment, and ensure that parents, edu- secondary school building systems or compo- educational agencies in the State that did cators, and all other interested members of nents to improve the quality of education not receive a grant award under clause (i) or the community in which the school to be as- and ensure the health and safety of students (ii), including to high-need local educational sisted is located have the opportunity to and staff, including— agencies and rural local educational agencies consult, on the use of the funds received ‘‘(i) repairing, replacing, or constructing that did not receive a grant award under under such subsection; early learning facilities at public elementary clause (i) or (ii). ‘‘(2) shall provide the public with adequate schools (including renovation of existing fa- ‘‘(C) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS.—In and efficient notice of the opportunity de- cilities to serve children under 5 years of awarding competitive grants under this scribed in paragraph (1) in a widely read and age); paragraph, a State educational agency or distributed medium; and ‘‘(ii) repairing, replacing, or installing State entity shall take into account the fol- ‘‘(3) shall provide the opportunity de- roofs, windows, doors, electrical wiring, lowing criteria: scribed in paragraph (1) in accordance with plumbing systems, or sewage systems; ‘‘(i) PERCENTAGE OF POOR CHILDREN.—The any applicable State and local law specifying ‘‘(iii) repairing, replacing, or installing percentage of children served by the local how the comments may be received and how heating, ventilation, or air conditioning sys- educational agency who are between 5 to 17 the comments may be reviewed by any mem- tems (including insulation); and years of age, inclusive, and who are from ber of the public. ‘‘(iv) bringing such public schools into families with incomes below the poverty ‘‘(g) REPORTING.— compliance with fire and safety codes. line. ‘‘(1) LOCAL REPORTING.—Each local edu- ‘‘(ii) NEED FOR SCHOOL REPAIR, RENOVATION, ‘‘(B) Public school facilities modifications cational agency receiving funds under sub- AND CONSTRUCTION.—The need of a local edu- necessary to render public school facilities section (c)(2) shall submit a report to the cational agency for school repair, renova- accessible in order to comply with the Amer- State educational agency, at such time as tion, and construction, as demonstrated by icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. the State educational agency may require, the condition of the public school facilities 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabili- describing the use of such funds for school of the local educational agency or the local tation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). repair, renovation, and construction. ‘‘(C) Improvements to the environmental educational agency’s need for such facilities. ‘‘(2) STATE REPORTING.—Each State edu- ‘‘(iii) GREEN SCHOOLS.—The extent to which conditions of public elementary school or cational agency receiving funds under sub- a local educational agency will make use, in secondary school sites, including asbestos section (b) shall submit to the Secretary, at the repair, renovation, or construction to be abatement or removal, and the reduction or such time as the Secretary may require, a undertaken, of green practices that are cer- elimination of human exposure to lead-based report on the use of funds received under this tified, verified, or consistent with any appli- paint, mold, or mildew. section and made available to local edu- cable provisions of— ‘‘(D) Measures designed to reduce or elimi- cational agencies (and, if applicable, to ‘‘(I) the LEED Green Building Rating Sys- nate human exposure to classroom noise and State-operated or State-sponsored schools) tem; environmental noise pollution. for school repair, renovation, and construc- ‘‘(II) Energy Star; ‘‘(E) Modifications necessary to reduce the tion. ‘‘(III) the CHPS Criteria; consumption of electricity, natural gas, oil, ‘‘(h) REALLOCATION.—If a State educational ‘‘(IV) the Living Building Challenge; water, coal, or land. agency does not apply for an allocation of ‘‘(V) Green Globes; or ‘‘(F) Upgrades or installations of edu- funds under subsection (b) for a fiscal year, ‘‘(VI) an equivalent program adopted by cational technology infrastructure to ensure or does not use the State educational agen- the State or another jurisdiction with au- that students have access to up-to-date edu- cy’s entire allocation for such fiscal year, thority over the local educational agency. cational technology. then the Secretary may reallocate the ‘‘(iv) FISCAL CAPACITY.—The fiscal capacity ‘‘(G) Measures that will broaden or im- amount of the State educational agency’s al- of a local educational agency to meet the prove the use of public elementary school or location (or the remainder thereof, as the needs of the local educational agency for re- secondary school buildings and grounds by case may be) for such fiscal year to the re- pair, renovation, and construction of public the community in order to improve edu- maining State educational agencies in ac- school facilities without assistance under cational outcomes. cordance with subsection (b). this section, including the ability of the ‘‘(2) IMPERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—No ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— local educational agency to raise funds funds received under this section may be There is authorized to be appropriated to through the use of local bonding capacity used for— carry out this section, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal and otherwise. ‘‘(A) payment of maintenance costs in con- year 2016, and such sums as may be necessary ‘‘(v) LIKELIHOOD OF MAINTAINING THE FACIL- nection with any projects constructed in for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. ITY.—The likelihood that a local educational whole or part with Federal funds provided ‘‘SEC. 5911. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION agency will maintain, in good condition, any under this section; STATISTICS STUDY. public school facility whose repair, renova- ‘‘(B) purchase or upgrade of vehicles; ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of tion, or construction is assisted under this ‘‘(C) improvement or construction of the National Center for Education Statistics section. stand-alone facilities whose purpose is not shall conduct a study of the condition of ‘‘(vi) CHARTER SCHOOL EQUITABLE ACCESS TO the education of children, including central public school facilities in the United States. FUNDING.—In the case of a local educational office administration or operations or ‘‘(b) ESTIMATES AND MEASURES.—In con- agency that proposes to fund a repair, ren- logistical support facilities; ducting the study, the Commissioner of the

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GRANTS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF the school community as necessary. and renovate all public elementary schools SCHOOLS AND MENTAL HEALTH SYS- ‘‘(4) An assurance that— and secondary schools in the United States TEMS. ‘‘(A) persons providing services under the to good overall condition; and ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is au- grant, contract, or cooperative agreement ‘‘(2) measure recent expenditures of Fed- thorized to award grants to, or enter into are adequately trained to provide such serv- eral, State, local, and private funds for pub- contracts or cooperative agreements with, ices; lic elementary school and secondary school State educational agencies, local edu- ‘‘(B) the services will be provided in ac- repair, renovation, and construction costs in cational agencies, Indian tribes or their trib- cordance with subsection (c); the United States. al education agency, a school operated by ‘‘(C) teachers, administrators, parents or ‘‘(c) ANALYSIS.—In conducting the study, the Bureau of Indian Education, or a Re- guardians, representatives of local Indian the Commissioner of the National Center for gional Corporation (as defined in section 3 of tribes, and other school personnel are aware Education Statistics shall examine trends in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 of the program; and expenditures of Federal, State, local, and U.S.C. 1602)) for the purpose of increasing ‘‘(D) parents or guardians of students par- private funds since fiscal year 2001 for repair, student access to quality mental health care ticipating in services under this section will renovation, and construction activities for and support by developing innovative pro- be engaged and involved in the design and public elementary schools and secondary grams to link local school systems with local implementation of the services. mental health systems, such as those under schools in the United States, including ex- ‘‘(5) An assurance that the applicant will the Indian Health Service. amining the differences between the types of support and integrate existing school-based ‘‘(b) DURATION.—With respect to a grant, schools assisted, and the types of repair, ren- contract, or cooperative agreement awarded services with the program in order to provide ovation, and construction activities con- or entered into under this section, the period appropriate mental health services for stu- ducted, with those expenditures. during which payments under such grant, dents. ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Commissioner of the contract or agreement are made to the re- ‘‘(6) An assurance that the applicant will National Center for Education Statistics cipient may not exceed 5 years. establish a program that will support stu- shall prepare and submit to Congress a re- ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that re- dents and the school in improving the school port containing the results of the study.’’. ceives a grant, contract, or cooperative climate in order to support an environment agreement under this section shall use conducive to learning. SA 2169. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amounts made available through such grant, ‘‘(e) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.— amendment intended to be proposed to contract, or cooperative agreement for the ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION OF LEAD AGENCY.—A re- amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. following: cipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall designate ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘(1) To enhance, improve, or develop col- laborative efforts between school-based serv- a lead agency to direct the establishment of RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize ice systems and mental health service sys- an interagency agreement among local edu- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- tems to provide, enhance, or improve preven- cational agencies, juvenile justice authori- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every tion, diagnosis, and treatment services to ties, mental health agencies, and other rel- child achieves; which was ordered to lie students. evant entities in the State, in collaboration on the table; as follows: ‘‘(2) To enhance the availability of crisis with local entities, such as Indian tribes. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The interagency agree- On page 76, line 13, insert ‘‘and for purposes intervention services and conflict resolution ment shall ensure the provision of the serv- of subclause (II), homeless status and status practices, such as those focused on decreas- ices described in subsection (c), specifying as a child in foster care,’’ after ‘‘(b)(3)(A),’’. ing rates of bullying, teen dating violence, suicide, trauma, and human trafficking (de- with respect to each agency, authority, or fined as an act or practice described in para- entity— SA 2170. Mr. BOOKER submitted an graph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Traf- ‘‘(A) the financial responsibility for the amendment intended to be proposed to ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 services; amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. U.S.C. 7102)), as well as provide appropriate ‘‘(B) the conditions and terms of responsi- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- referrals for students potentially in need of bility for the services, including quality, ac- RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize mental health services, and ongoing mental countability, and coordination of the serv- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- health services. ices; and ‘‘(3) To provide training and professional cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every ‘‘(C) the conditions and terms of reim- development for the school personnel and bursement among the agencies, authorities, child achieves; which was ordered to lie mental health professionals who will partici- or entities that are parties to the inter- on the table; as follows: pate in the program carried out under this agency agreement, including procedures for On page 623, strike line 8 and insert the fol- section. dispute resolution. lowing: ‘‘(4) To provide technical assistance and ‘‘(f) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall ‘‘(14) a description of how the State will consultation to school systems and mental evaluate each program carried out under this support, through the use of professional de- health agencies as well as to families partici- section and shall disseminate the findings velopment, early childhood education pro- pating in the program carried out under this with respect to each such evaluation to ap- grams that maintain disciplinary policies section. propriate public, tribal, and private entities. that do not include expulsion or suspension ‘‘(5) To provide linguistically appropriate ‘‘(g) DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS.—The Sec- of participating children, except as a last re- and culturally competent services. retary shall ensure that grants, contracts, sort in extraordinary circumstances where— ‘‘(6) To evaluate the effectiveness of the and cooperative agreements awarded or en- ‘‘(A) there is a determination of a serious program carried out under this section in in- tered into under this section are equitably safety threat; and creasing student access to quality mental distributed among the geographical regions ‘‘(B) policies are in place to provide appro- health services, and make recommendations of the United States and among tribal, priate alternative early educational services to the Secretary about the sustainability of urban, suburban, and rural populations. ‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in to expelled or suspended children while they the program. this section shall be construed— are out of school; and’’. ‘‘(7) To engage and utilize expertise pro- vided by institutions of higher education, ‘‘(1) to prohibit an entity involved with a program carried out under this section from SA 2171. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted such as a Tribal College or University, as de- fined in section 316(b) of the Higher Edu- reporting a crime that is committed by a an amendment intended to be proposed cation Act of 1965. student to appropriate authorities; or to amendment SA 2089 submitted by ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re- ‘‘(2) to prevent State and tribal law en- Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. ceive a grant, contract, or cooperative agree- forcement and judicial authorities from ex- MURRAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reau- ment under this section, an entity described ercising their responsibilities with regard to thorize the Elementary and Secondary in subsection (a) shall submit an application the application of Federal, tribal, and State Education Act of 1965 to ensure that to the Secretary at such time, in such man- law to crimes committed by a student. every child achieves; which was or- ner, and containing such information as the ‘‘(i) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Any Secretary may reasonably require, such as services provided through programs carried dered to lie on the table; as follows: the following: out under this section shall supplement, and On page 492, after line 22, insert the fol- ‘‘(1) A description of the program to be not supplant, existing mental health serv- lowing: funded under the grant, contract, or coopera- ices, including any services required to be SEC. 4006. GRANTS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF tive agreement. provided under the Individuals with Disabil- SCHOOLS AND MENTAL HEALTH SYS- ‘‘(2) A description of how such program ities Education Act. TEMS. will increase access to quality mental health ‘‘(j) CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES.—In Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), as amended services for students. carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary by sections 4001, 4004, and 4005, is further ‘‘(3) A description of how the applicant will shall, in a timely manner, meaningfully con- amended by adding at the end the following: establish a crisis intervention program or sult, engage, and cooperate with Indian

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tribes and their representatives to ensure no- cation exploration programs and to provide ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational tice of eligibility. information on available career and tech- agency that receives a grant under this part ‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— nical education programs and their impact shall use the grant funds to carry out any of There are authorized to be appropriated to on college and career readiness. the following: carry out this section such sums as may be ‘‘(2) To expand professional growth of, and ‘‘(A) Leasing, purchasing, upgrading, or necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 2021.’’. career opportunities for, students through adapting equipment related to the content of career and technical education exploration career and technical education exploration SA 2172. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an programs. program activities. amendment intended to be proposed to ‘‘(3) To enhance collaboration between edu- ‘‘(B) Program director, instructor, or other amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. cation providers and employers. staff expenses to coordinate or implement ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘(4) To develop or enhance career and tech- program activities. RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize nical education exploration programs with ‘‘(C) Consultation services with a direct the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ties to a career and technical education pro- alignment to the program goals. gram of study. ‘‘(D) Support of professional development cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every ‘‘(5) To evaluate students’ participation in programs aligned to the program goals. child achieves; which was ordered to lie coordinated middle school and high school ‘‘(E) Minor remodeling, if any, necessary to on the table; as follows: career and technical education exploration accommodate new equipment obtained pur- On page 101, between lines 16 and 17, insert programs. suant to subparagraph (A). the following: ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL ‘‘(F) Evaluating the access to career and ‘‘(11) how the local education agency will EDUCATION EXPLORATION PROGRAM.—In this technical education exploration programs implement strategies to facilitate effective part, the term ‘career and technical edu- and the impact such programs have on the transitions for students from middle school cation exploration program’ means a course transition to career and technical programs to high school and from high school to post- or series of courses that provides experien- of study (as described in section 122(c)(1)(A) secondary education, including a description tial learning opportunities in 1 or more pro- of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical of the specific transition activities the local grams of study (including after school and Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. education agency will take, such as pro- during the summer), as appropriate, and the 2342(c)(1)(A))), or other postsecondary pro- viding students with access to dual or con- opportunity to connect experiential learning grams of study, high school completion, and current enrollment opportunities that enable to education and career pathways that is of- the number of students who earn an indus- students during high school to earn postsec- fered to middle school students or high try-recognized credential, associate’s degree, ondary credit or an industry-recognized cre- school students, or both. bachelor’s degree, or other career and tech- ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT PROGRAM.— dential that meets any quality standards re- nical education related postsecondary credit ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall quired by the State or utilizing comprehen- in addition to a high school diploma. award grants to local educational agencies sive career counseling to identify student in- ‘‘(2) USE AND OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS OR to support career and technical education ex- terests and skills; EQUIPMENT.—Any materials or equipment ploration programs. ‘‘(12) if determined appropriate by the local purchased with grant funds awarded under ‘‘(2) GRANT DURATION.—Grants awarded education agency, how such agency will sup- this part shall be the property of the local under this part shall be 2 years in duration. port programs that promote integrated aca- educational agency. ‘‘(3) DISTRICT CAPACITY TAKEN INTO AC- demic and career and technical education ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A local edu- COUNT.—In awarding grants under paragraph content through coordinated instructional cational agency that receives a grant under (1), the Secretary shall take into account the strategies, which may incorporate experien- this part may use not more than 5 percent of resources and capacity of each local edu- tial learning opportunities;’’. the grant funds for administrative costs as- On page 714, line 21, insert ‘‘career and cational agency that applies for a grant. sociated with carrying out activities under ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—A local educational technical education,’’ after ‘‘music,’’. this part. agency that desires to receive a grant under On page 595, after line 21, add the fol- this part shall submit an application to the ‘‘(g) EVALUATIONS.— lowing: Secretary at such time, in such manner, and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational ‘‘PART J—CAREER AND TECHNICAL accompanied by such information as the Sec- agency that receives a grant under this part EDUCATION EXPLORATION PROGRAMS retary may require. shall develop an evaluation plan of grant ac- ‘‘SEC. 5910. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under tivities that shall include an evaluation of ‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Building this part, the Secretary shall give priority to specific outcomes, described in paragraph (2), Understanding, Investment, Learning, and grant proposals that— and progress toward meeting such outcomes Direction Career and Technical Education ‘‘(1) demonstrate— within the timeline of the grant that shall be Act of 2015’ or the ‘BUILD Career and Tech- ‘‘(A) that a partnership among the local measurable through collection of appro- nical Education Act of 2015’. educational agency and business, industry, priate data or documented through other records. Such evaluation shall reflect the re- ‘‘SEC. 5911. FINDINGS. labor, or institutions of higher education, sources and capacity of the local educational ‘‘Congress finds the following: where appropriate to the grant project, ex- agency. ‘‘(1) The average high school graduation ists and will participate in carrying out ‘‘(2) OUTCOMES.—The specific outcomes rate for students concentrating in career and grant activities under this part; shall clearly address the following areas: technical education programs is 93 percent. ‘‘(B) innovative and sustainable design; ‘‘(A) The extent of student participation in ‘‘(2) Students at schools with highly inte- ‘‘(C) a curriculum aligned with State di- career and technical education exploration grated rigorous academic and career and ploma requirements; programs. technical education programs have signifi- ‘‘(D) a focus on preparing students, includ- ‘‘(B) Improved rigor in technical or aca- cantly higher achievement in reading, math- ing special populations and nontraditional demic content aligned to diploma require- ematics, and science than do students at students, with opportunities to explore ca- ments and industry recognized technical schools with less integrated programs. reers and skills required for jobs in their standards. ‘‘(3) Four out of 5 graduates of secondary- State and that provide high wages and are in ‘‘(C) Improved alignment between career level career and technical education pro- demand; and technical education and other courses, grams who pursued postsecondary education ‘‘(E) a method of evaluating success; and including core academic subjects. after secondary school had earned a creden- ‘‘(F) that the programs to be assisted with ‘‘(D) The impact such programs have on tial or were still enrolled in postsecondary grant funds are not receiving assistance the transition to career and technical pro- education 2 years later. under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech- grams of study (as described in section ‘‘(4) Eighty percent of students taking a nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et 122(c)(1)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and college preparatory academic curriculum seq.); and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. with rigorous career and technical education ‘‘(2) include an assurance that— 2342(c)(1)(A))) and other postsecondary pro- programs met college and career readiness ‘‘(A) the local educational agency will fund grams of study. goals, compared to only 63 percent of stu- the operational costs of the activities de- ‘‘(3) SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT.—A dents taking the same academic core who did scribed in this part after the grant period ex- local educational agency that receives a not experience rigorous career and technical pires; and grant under this part shall submit evalua- education programs. ‘‘(B) if the local educational agency charges a fee to participate in the after tions conducted under this subsection to the ‘‘SEC. 5912. PILOT GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT Secretary. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU- school and summer components of the career CATION EXPLORATION PROGRAM IN and technical education exploration program ‘‘(h) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH to be carried out by the agency, the agency received under this part shall be used to sup- SCHOOLS. will implement such fee on a sliding scale ac- plement, and not supplant, funds that would ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part cording to income and established in a man- otherwise be used for activities authorized are the following: ner that makes participation financially fea- under this part. ‘‘(1) To provide students with opportunities sible for all students. ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— to participate in career and technical edu- ‘‘(f) USES OF FUNDS.— There are authorized to be appropriated to

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Mr. BOOKER submitted an (2) climate change is already impacting the ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- amendment intended to be proposed to United States with sea level rise, ocean RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. acidification, and more frequent or intense the Elementary and Secondary Edu- ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- extreme weather events such as heat waves, cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize heavy rainfalls, droughts, floods, and child achieves; which was ordered to lie wildfires; the Elementary and Secondary Edu- on the table; as follows: (3) the scientific evidence for human-in- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every duced climate change is overwhelming and child achieves; which was ordered to lie At the end of part B of title X, add the fol- lowing: undeniable as demonstrated by statements on the table; as follows: SEC. 10204. CLIMATE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION. from the National Academy of Sciences, the On page 306, after line 23, add the fol- (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— National Climate Assessment, and numerous lowing: (1) carbon pollution is accumulating in the other science professional organizations in ‘‘(V) conducting, and publicly reporting atmosphere, causing global temperatures to the United States; the results of, an annual assessment of edu- rise at a rate that poses a significant threat (4) the United States has a responsibility cator support and working conditions that— to the economy and security of the United to children and future generations of the ‘‘(i) evaluates supports for teachers, lead- States, to public health and welfare, and to United States to address the harmful effects ers, and other school personnel, such as— the global environment; of climate change; ‘‘(I) teacher and principal perceptions of (2) climate change is already impacting the (5) providing clear information about cli- availability of high-quality professional de- United States with sea level rise, ocean mate change, in a variety of forms, can en- velopment and instructional materials; acidification, and more frequent or intense courage individuals and communities to take ‘‘(II) timely availability of data on student extreme weather events, such as heat waves, action; academic achievement and growth; heavy rainfalls, droughts, floods, and (6) the actions of a single nation cannot ‘‘(III) the presence of high-quality instruc- wildfires; solve the climate crisis, so solutions that ad- tional leadership; and (3) the scientific evidence for human-in- dress both mitigation and adaptation must ‘‘(IV) opportunities for professional duced climate change is overwhelming and involve developed and developing nations growth, such as career ladders and men- undeniable, as demonstrated by statements around the world; toring and induction programs; from the National Academy of Sciences, the (7) investing in the development of innova- ‘‘(ii) evaluates working conditions for National Climate Assessment, and numerous tive clean energy and energy efficiency tech- teachers, leaders and other school personnel, other science professional organizations in nologies will— such as— the United States; (A) enhance the global leadership and com- ‘‘(I) school climate; (4) the United States has a responsibility petitiveness of the United States; and ‘‘(II) school safety; to children and future generations of the (B) create and sustain short and long term ‘‘(III) class size; United States to reduce the harmful effects job growth; ‘‘(IV) availability and use of common plan- of climate change; (8) implementation of measures that pro- ning time and opportunities to collaborate; (5) providing clear and scientifically accu- mote energy efficiency, conservation, and re- and rate information about climate change, in a newable energy will greatly reduce human ‘‘(V) community engagement; variety of forms, can increase climate lit- impact on the environment; and ‘‘(iii) is developed with teachers, leaders, eracy and encourage individuals and commu- (9) education about climate change is im- other school personnel, parents, students, nities to take action; portant to ensure the future generation of and the community; and (6) the actions of a single nation cannot leaders is well-informed about the challenges ‘‘(iv) includes the development and imple- solve the climate crisis, so solutions that ad- facing our planet in order to make decisions mentation, with the groups described in dress both mitigation and adaptation must based on science and fact. clause (iii), of a plan to address the results of involve developed and developing nations (c) AMENDMENT TO ESEA.—Title V of the the assessment described in this subpara- around the world; Elementary and Secondary Education Act of graph, which shall be publicly reported; and (7) education about climate change is im- 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), as amended by portant to ensure that the future generation section 5010, is further amended by adding at SA 2174. Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, of leaders is well-informed about the issues the end the following: Mr. THUNE, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. facing our planet in order to make decisions ‘‘PART J—CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION TESTER) submitted an amendment in- based on science and fact; ‘‘SEC. 5911. CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION PRO- tended to be proposed to amendment (8) the facts and reality of climate change GRAM. SA 2089 submitted by Mr. ALEXANDER are under attack by those who disagree with ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) to the the overwhelming consensus of scientific is to— bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elemen- agreement regarding the reality of climate ‘‘(1) broaden the understanding of human change and the human role in causing cli- induced climate change, possible long and tary and Secondary Education Act of mate to change; and short-term consequences, and potential solu- 1965 to ensure that every child (9) challenges to accurate presentation of tions; achieves; which was ordered to lie on climate science in classrooms have been pro- ‘‘(2) provide learning opportunities in cli- the table; as follows: posed in legislatures and school boards mate science education for all students At the end of the bill, insert the following: across the Nation. through grade 12, including those of diverse SEC. 1020ll. EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL LAND- (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense cultural and linguistic backgrounds; GRANT STATUS ACT OF 1994 AND of the Senate that instruction in climate ‘‘(3) emphasize actionable information to SMITH-LEVER ACT. science is important for all students and help students understand how to utilize new (a) EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL LAND-GRANT should not be prohibited by any unit of State technologies and programs related to energy STATUS ACT OF 1994.—Section 533 of the Eq- or local government. conservation, clean energy, and carbon pol- uity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act lution reduction; and of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) SA 2176. Mr. MARKEY submitted an ‘‘(4) inform the public of impacts to human is amended in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii) by amendment intended to be proposed to health and safety as a result of climate striking ‘‘(as added by section 534(b)(1) of amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. change. this part)’’ and inserting ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)) ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, and for programs for children, youth, and RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize in consultation with the National Oceanic families at risk and for Federally recognized the Elementary and Secondary Edu- and Atmospheric Administration, the Envi- ronmental Protection Agency, and the De- Tribes implemented under section 3(d) of cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every such Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d))’’. partment of Energy, shall establish a com- (b) SMITH-LEVER ACT.—Section 3(d) of the child achieves; which was ordered to lie petitive grant program to provide grants to Act of May 8, 1914 (commonly known as the on the table; as follows: States to— ‘‘Smith-Lever Act’’; 7 U.S.C. 343(d)), is At the end of title V, add the following: ‘‘(1) develop or improve climate science amended in the second sentence by inserting SEC. 5011. CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION. curriculum and supplementary educational ‘‘and in the case of programs for children, (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be materials for grades kindergarten through youth, and families at risk and for Federally cited as the ‘‘Climate Change Education grade 12; recognized Tribes, the 1994 Institutions (as Act’’. ‘‘(2) initiate, develop, expand, or imple- defined in section 532 of the Equity in Edu- (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— ment statewide plans and programs for cli- cational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 (1) carbon pollution is accumulating in the mate change education, including relevant U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382)),’’ before atmosphere, causing global temperatures to teacher training and professional develop- ‘‘may compete for’’. rise at a rate that poses a significant threat ment and multidisciplinary studies to ensure

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(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after to receive an allotment of funds under sub- ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- section (c), the Governor of the State shall 1 year after the date of enactment of this retary of Labor shall issue guidance regard- submit to the Secretary of Labor a State section, and annually thereafter, the Sec- ing the implementation of this section. plan modification, or other State request for retary shall transmit to Congress a report (2) PROCEDURES.—Such guidance shall, con- funds specified in guidance under subsection that evaluates the scientific merits, edu- sistent with this section, include procedures (b), in such form and containing such infor- cational effectiveness, and broader impacts for— mation as the Secretary may require. At a of activities under this section. (A) the submission and approval of State minimum, such State plan modification or ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— plan modifications, for such other forms of request shall include— There are authorized to be appropriated to requests for funds by the State as may be (A) a description of the strategies and ac- carry out this section such sums as may be identified in such guidance, for modifica- tivities to be carried out to provide summer necessary.’’. tions to local plans (referred to individually employment opportunities and year-round in this section as a ‘‘local plan modifica- employment opportunities, including link- SA 2177. Mr. SANDERS submitted an tion’’), or for such other forms of requests ages to training and educational activities, for funds by local areas as may be identified amendment intended to be proposed to consistent with subsection (f); in such guidance, that promote the expedi- (B) a description of the requirements the amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. tious and effective implementation of the ac- State will apply relating to the eligibility of ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. MUR- tivities authorized under this section; and low-income youth, consistent with section RAY) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize (B) the allotment and allocation of funds, 10302(4), for summer employment opportuni- the Elementary and Secondary Edu- including reallotment and reallocation of ties and year-round employment opportuni- cation Act of 1965 to ensure that every such funds, that promote such implementa- ties, which requirements may include cri- child achieves; which was ordered to lie tion. teria to target assistance to particular cat- (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise on the table; as follows: egories of such low-income youth, such as provided in the guidance described in para- youth with disabilities, consistent with sub- At the end of title X, insert the following: graph (1) and in this section and other provi- section (f); PART C—EMPLOYING YOUNG AMERICANS sions of this subpart, the funds provided for (C) a description of the performance out- Subpart 1—Youth Jobs activities under this section shall be admin- comes to be achieved by the State through istered in accordance with the provisions of the activities carried out under this section SEC. 10301. SHORT TITLE. subtitles A, B, and E of title I of the Work- and the processes the State will use to track This subpart may be cited as the ‘‘Employ force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 performance, consistent with guidance pro- Young Americans Now Act’’. U.S.C. 3111 et seq., 3151 et seq., 3241 et seq.) vided by the Secretary of Labor regarding SEC. 10302. ESTABLISHMENT OF EMPLOY YOUNG relating to youth activities. such outcomes and processes and with sec- AMERICANS FUND. (c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— tion 10305(b); (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established (1) IN GENERAL.—Using the funds described (D) a description of the timelines for im- in the Treasury of the United States an ac- in subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor plementation of the strategies and activities count that shall be known as the Employ shall allot to each State the total of the described in subparagraph (A), and the num- Young Americans Fund (referred to in this amounts assigned to the State under sub- ber of low-income youth expected to be subpart as the ‘‘Fund’’). paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2). placed in summer employment opportuni- (b) DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND.—Out of any (2) ASSIGNMENTS TO STATES.— ties, and year-round employment opportuni- amounts in the Treasury not otherwise ap- (A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—Using funds de- ties, respectively, by quarter; propriated, there is appropriated scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of (E) assurances that the State will report $5,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, which shall Labor shall assign to each State an amount such information, relating to fiscal, perform- be paid to the Fund, to be used by the Sec- equal to 1⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. ance, and other matters, as the Secretary retary of Labor to carry out this subpart. (B) FORMULA AMOUNTS.—The Secretary of may require and as the Secretary determines (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the Labor shall assign the remainder of the is necessary to effectively monitor the ac- amounts available to the Fund under sub- funds described in subsection (a) among the tivities carried out under this section; section (b), the Secretary of Labor shall— States by assigning— (F) assurances that the State will ensure (1) allot $4,000,000,000 in accordance with (i) 331⁄3 percent on the basis of the relative compliance with the requirements, restric- section 10303 to provide summer and year- number of individuals in the civilian labor tions, labor standards, and other provisions round employment opportunities to low-in- force who are not younger than 16 but young- described in section 10305(a); and come youth; and er than 25 in each State, compared to the (G) if a local board and chief elected offi- (2) award $1,500,000,000 in allotments and total number of individuals in the civilian cial in the State will provide employment competitive grants in accordance with sec- labor force who are not younger than 16 but opportunities with the link to training and tion 10304 to local entities to carry out work- younger than 25 in all States; educational activities described in sub- based training and other work-related and (ii) 331⁄3 percent on the basis of the relative section (f)(2)(B), a description of how the educational strategies and activities of dem- number of unemployed individuals in each training and educational activities will lead onstrated effectiveness to unemployed, low- State, compared to the total number of un- to the industry-recognized credential in- income young adults and low-income youth employed individuals in all States; and volved. to provide the skills and assistance needed to (iii) 331⁄3 on the basis of the relative num- (2) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF STATE obtain employment. ber of disadvantaged young adults and youth PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts in each State, compared to the total number (A) SUBMISSION.— appropriated under this subpart shall be of disadvantaged young adults and youth in (i) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall submit available for obligation by the Secretary of all States. the State plan modification or other State Labor, and shall be available for expenditure (3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a request for funds specified in guidance under by grantees (including subgrantees), until State does not submit a State plan modifica- subsection (b) to the Secretary of Labor not expended. tion or other State request for funds speci- later than 30 days after the issuance of such SEC. 10303. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR- fied in guidance under subsection (b) by the guidance. ROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI- date specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), or a (ii) PROCESS.—The Secretary shall— TIES FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH. State does not receive approval of such State (I) make copies of the State plan modifica- (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available plan modification or request, the amount the tion or request available to the public on the under section 10302(c)(1), the Secretary of State would have been eligible to receive Web site of the Department of Labor and Labor shall make an allotment under sub- pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be trans- through other electronic means, on the date section (c) to each State that has a modifica- ferred within the Fund and added to the on which the Governor submits the State tion to a State plan (referred to in this sec- amounts available for competitive grants plan modification or request under this sec- tion as a ‘‘State plan modification’’) (or under sections 2(c)(2) and 4(b)(2). tion; other State request for funds specified in (4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of para- (II) allow members of the public, including guidance under subsection (b)) approved graph (2), the term ‘‘disadvantaged young representatives of business, representatives under subsection (d), and recipient under sec- adult or youth’’ means an individual who is of labor organizations, and representatives of tion 166(c) of the Workforce Innovation and not younger than 16 but is younger than 25 educational institutions, to submit to the

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Each such local area the region and in the State); or fication or request, submitted to the Gov- shall receive a share of the total amount (B) an entity eligible to apply for a grant, ernor under subparagraph (B), any such com- available for reallocation under this para- contract, or agreement under section 166 of ments that represent disagreement with the graph, in accordance with the area’s share of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity plan modification or request. the total amount allocated under paragraph Act (29 U.S.C. 3221); and (B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor (1)(B) to such local areas. (2) may include, in combination with a shall approve the State plan modification or (f) USE OF FUNDS.— partnership or entity described in paragraph request submitted under subparagraph (A) (1) IN GENERAL.—The funds made available (1)— not later than 90 days after the submission under this section shall be used— (A) employers or employer associations; date, unless the Secretary determines that (A) to provide summer employment oppor- (B) adult education providers or postsec- the plan or request is inconsistent with the tunities for low-income youth, with direct ondary educational institutions, including requirements of this section. If the Secretary linkages to academic and occupational community colleges; has not made a determination with that 90- learning, and may be used to provide sup- (C) community-based organizations; day period, the plan or request shall be con- portive services, such as transportation or (D) joint labor-management committees; sidered to be approved. If the plan or request child care, that is necessary to enable the (E) work-related intermediaries; is disapproved, the Secretary may provide a participation of such youth in the opportuni- (F) labor organizations that sponsor train- reasonable period of time in which the plan ties; and ing or employment upgrade programs; and or request may be amended and resubmitted (B) to provide year-round employment op- (G) other appropriate organizations. for approval. If the plan or request is ap- portunities, which may be combined with (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall proved, the Secretary shall allot funds to the other activities authorized under section 129 submit to the Secretary of Labor (or to the State under subsection (c) within 90 days of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- State, if applying for a grant under sub- after such approval. tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164), to low-income section (b)(1)(B)) an application at such (3) MODIFICATIONS TO STATE PLAN OR RE- youth. QUEST.—The Governor may submit further time, in such manner, and containing such (2) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In administering modifications to a State plan modification information as the Secretary may require. the funds under this section, the local board At a minimum, the application shall— or other State request for funds specified and chief elected official shall give priority under subsection (b), consistent with the re- (1) describe the strategies and activities of to— quirements of this section. demonstrated effectiveness that the eligible (A) identifying employment opportunities (e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINIS- entity will carry out to provide unemployed, that are— TRATION.— low-income young adults and low-income (i) in emerging or in-demand occupations (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to youth with skills that will lead to employ- the State under subsection (c), the Gov- in the local area; or ment upon completion of participation in ernor— (ii) in the public or nonprofit sector and such activities; (A) may reserve not more than 5 percent of meet community needs; and (2) describe the requirements that will the funds for administration and technical (B) linking participants in year-round em- apply relating to the eligibility of unem- assistance; and ployment opportunities to training and edu- ployed, low-income young adults and low-in- (B) shall allocate the remainder of the cational activities that will provide such come youth, consistent with section 10302, funds among local areas within the State in participants an industry-recognized certifi- for activities carried out under this section, accordance with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of cate or credential (referred to in this subpart which requirements may include criteria to subsection (c)(2)(B), except that for purposes as an ‘‘industry-recognized credential’’). target assistance to particular categories of of such allocation references to a State in (3) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5 per- such adults and youth, such as individuals subsection (c)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ref- cent of the funds allocated to a local area with disabilities or individuals who have ex- erences to a local area and references to all under this section may be used for the costs hausted all rights to unemployment com- States shall be deemed to be references to all of administration of this section. pensation; local areas in the State involved. (4) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac- (3) describe how the strategies and activi- (2) LOCAL PLAN.— tivities funded under this section, in lieu of ties will address the needs of the target pop- (A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an al- meeting the requirements described in (be- ulations identified in paragraph (2) and the location under paragraph (1)(B), the local fore July 1, 2016) section 136 of the Workforce needs of employers in the local area; board, in partnership with the chief elected Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871) and (4) describe the expected outcomes to be official for the local area involved, shall sub- (after June 30, 2016) section 116 of the Work- achieved by implementing the strategies and mit to the Governor a local plan modifica- force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 activities; tion, or such other request for funds by local U.S.C. 3141), States and local areas shall pro- (5) provide evidence that the funds pro- areas as may be specified in guidance under vide such reports as the Secretary of Labor vided through the grant will be expended ex- subsection (b), not later than 30 days after may require regarding the performance out- peditiously and efficiently to implement the the submission by the State of the State comes described in section 10305(b)(5). strategies and activities; plan modification or other State request for SEC. 10304. WORK-BASED EMPLOYMENT STRATE- (6) describe how the strategies and activi- funds specified in guidance under subsection GIES AND ACTIVITIES OF DEM- ties will be coordinated with other Federal, (b), describing the strategies and activities ONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS. State and local programs providing employ- to be carried out under this section. (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available ment, education and supportive activities; (B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap- under section 10302(c)(2), the Secretary of (7) provide evidence of employer commit- prove the local plan modification or other Labor shall make allotments to States, and ment to participate in the activities funded local request for funds submitted under sub- award grants to eligible entities, under sub- under this section, including identification paragraph (A) not later than 30 days after section (b) to carry out work-based strate- of anticipated occupational and skill needs; the submission date, unless the Governor de- gies and activities of demonstrated effective- (8) provide assurances that the eligible en- termines that the plan or request is incon- ness. tity will report such information relating to sistent with requirements of this section. If (b) ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS.— fiscal, performance, and other matters, as the Governor has not made a determination (1) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES FOR GRANTS.— the Secretary of Labor may require and as within that 30-day period, the plan shall be (A) ALLOTMENTS.—Using funds described in the Secretary determines is necessary to ef- considered to be approved. If the plan or re- subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall fectively monitor the activities carried out quest is disapproved, the Governor may pro- allot to each State an amount equal to 1⁄2 of under this section; vide a reasonable period of time in which the 1 percent of such funds. (9) provide assurances that the eligible en- plan or request may be amended and resub- (B) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The tity will ensure compliance with the require- mitted for approval. If the plan or request is State shall use the funds to award grants, on ments, restrictions, labor standards, and approved, the Governor shall allocate funds a competitive basis, to eligible entities in other provisions described in section 10305(a); to the local area within 30 days after such the State. and approval. (2) DIRECT GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— (10) if the entity will provide activities de- (3) REALLOCATION.—If a local board and Using the funds described in subsection (a) scribed in subsection (f)(4), a description of chief elected official do not submit a local that are not allotted under paragraph (1), the how the activities will lead to the industry- plan modification (or other local request for Secretary of Labor shall award grants on a recognized credentials involved. funds specified in guidance under subsection competitive basis to eligible entities. (e) PRIORITY IN AWARDS.—In awarding (b)) by the date specified in paragraph (2), or (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to re- grants under this section, the Secretary of the Governor disapproves a local plan modi- ceive a grant under this section, an entity— Labor (or a State, under subsection (b)(1)(B)) fication (or other local request), the amount (1) shall include— shall give priority to applications submitted

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by eligible entities from areas of high pov- subpart and the number of such individuals (5) LOW-INCOME YOUTH.—The term ‘‘low-in- erty and high unemployment, as defined by who have completed such participation; come youth’’ means an individual who— the Secretary, such as Public Use Microdata (2) the expenditures of funds provided (A) is not younger than 16 but is younger Areas designated by the Bureau of the Cen- under this subpart; than 25; sus. (3) the number of jobs created pursuant to (B) meets the definition of a low-income (f) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives the activities carried out under this subpart; individual provided in section 3(36) of the a grant under this section shall use the funds (4) the demographic characteristics of indi- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act made available through the grant to support viduals participating in activities under this (29 U.S.C. 3102(36)), except that— work-based strategies and activities of dem- subpart; and (i) States and local areas, subject to ap- onstrated effectiveness that are designed to (5) the performance outcomes for individ- proval in the applicable State plans and provide unemployed, low-income young uals participating in activities under this local plans, may increase the income level adults and low-income youth with skills that subpart, including— specified in subparagraph (B)(i) of such sec- will lead to employment as part of or upon (A) for low-income youth participating in tion to an amount not in excess of 200 per- completion of participation in such activi- summer employment activities under sec- cent of the poverty line for purposes of deter- ties. Such strategies and activities may in- tions 3 and 4, performance on indicators con- mining eligibility for participation in activi- clude— sisting of— ties under section 10303; and (1) on-the-job training, registered appren- (i) work readiness skill attainment using (ii) eligible entities described in section ticeship programs, or other programs that an employer validated checklist; and 10304(c), subject to approval in the applicable combine work with skills development; (ii) placement in or return to secondary or applications for funds, may make such an in- (2) sector-based training programs that postsecondary education or training, or crease for purposes of determining eligibility have been designed to meet the specific re- entry into unsubsidized employment; for participation in activities under section quirements of an employer or group of em- (B) for low-income youth participating in 10304; and ployers in that sector and for which employ- year-round employment activities under sec- (C) is in one or more of the categories spec- ers are committed to hiring individuals upon tion 10303 or in activities under section 10304, ified in subparagraph (B)(iii) or (C)(iv) of sec- successful completion of the training; performance on indicators consisting of— tion 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation (3) training that supports an industry sec- (i) placement in or return to postsecondary and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)). tor or an employer-based or labor-manage- education; (6) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty ment committee industry partnership and (ii) attainment of a secondary school di- line’’ means a poverty line as defined in sec- that includes a significant work-experience ploma or its recognized equivalent; tion 673 of the Community Services Block component; (iii) attainment of an industry-recognized Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902), applicable to a (4) activities that lead to the acquisition of credential; and family of the size involved. industry-recognized credentials in a field (iv) entry into, retention in, and earnings (7) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— identified by the State or local area as a in, unsubsidized employment; and The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro- growth sector or in-demand industry in (C) for unemployed, low-income young gram’’ means an apprenticeship program reg- which there are likely to be significant job adults participating in activities under sec- istered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (com- opportunities in the short term; tion 10304, performance on indicators con- monly known as the ‘‘National Apprentice- (5) activities that provide connections to sisting of— ship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. immediate work opportunities, including (i) entry into, retention in, and earnings 50 et seq.). subsidized employment opportunities, or in, unsubsidized employment; and (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each summer employment opportunities for (ii) attainment of an industry-recognized of the several States of the United States, youth, that include concurrent skills train- credential. and the District of Columbia. ing and other supports; (c) ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO BE ADDI- (9) STATE PLAN.—The term ‘‘State plan’’ (6) activities offered through career acad- TIONAL.—Funds provided under this subpart means a State plan approved— emies that provide students with the aca- shall only be used for activities that are in (A) before July 1, 2016, under section 112 of demic preparation and training, such as paid addition to activities that would otherwise the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 internships and concurrent enrollment in be available in the State or local area in the U.S.C. 2822); or community colleges or other postsecondary absence of such funds. (B) after June 30, 2016, under section 102 or institutions, needed to pursue a career path- (d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec- 103 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- retary of Labor may establish such addi- way that leads to postsecondary credentials tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113). tional requirements as the Secretary deter- and in-demand jobs; and (10) UNEMPLOYED, LOW-INCOME YOUNG mines may be necessary to ensure fiscal in- (7) adult basic education and integrated ADULT.—The term ‘‘unemployed, low-income tegrity, effective monitoring, and the appro- basic education and training for low-skilled young adult’’ means an individual who— priate and prompt implementation of the ac- individuals who are not younger than 16 but tivities under this subpart. (A) is not younger than 18 but is younger are younger than 25, hosted at community (e) REPORT OF INFORMATION AND EVALUA- than 35; colleges or at other sites, to prepare individ- TIONS TO CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC.—The (B) is without employment and is seeking uals for jobs that are in demand in a local Secretary of Labor shall provide to the ap- assistance under this subpart to obtain em- area. propriate committees of Congress and make ployment; and (g) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ADMINISTRA- available to the public the information re- (C) meets the definition of a low-income TION.—The Secretary of Labor shall admin- ported pursuant to subsection (b). individual specified in section 3(36) of the ister this section in coordination with the SEC. 10306. DEFINITIONS. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Secretary of Education, the Secretary of In this subpart: (29 U.S.C. 3102(36)), except that eligible enti- Health and Human Services, and other ap- (1) CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL.—The term ties described in section 10304(c), subject to propriate agency heads, to ensure the effec- ‘‘chief elected official’’ means the chief approval in the applicable applications for tive implementation of this section. elected executive officer of a unit of local funds, may increase the income level speci- SEC. 10305. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. government in a local area or in the case in fied in subparagraph (B)(i) of such section (a) LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTIONS.— which such an area includes more than one 3(36) to an amount not in excess of 200 per- Activities provided with funds made avail- unit of general government, the individuals cent of the poverty line for purposes of deter- able under this subpart shall be subject to designated under an agreement described in mining eligibility for participation in activi- the requirements and restrictions, including section 107(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innova- ties under section 10304. the labor standards, described in section 181 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. Subpart 2—Carried Interest Fairness of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- 3122(c)(1)(B)). SEC. 10311. SHORT TITLE; ETC. tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3241) and the non- (2) LOCAL AREA.—The term ‘‘local area’’ (a) SHORT TITLE.—This subpart may be discrimination provisions of section 188 of has the meaning given the term in section 3 cited as the ‘‘Carried Interest Fairness Act such Act (29 U.S.C. 3248), in addition to other of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- of 2015’’. applicable Federal laws. tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). (b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Labor (3) LOCAL BOARD.—The term ‘‘local board’’ otherwise expressly provided, whenever in may require the reporting of information re- has the meaning given the term in section 3 this subpart an amendment or repeal is ex- lating to fiscal, performance and other mat- of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- pressed in terms of an amendment to, or re- ters that the Secretary determines is nec- tunity Act. peal of, a section or other provision, the ref- essary to effectively monitor the activities (4) LOCAL PLAN.—The term ‘‘local plan’’— erence shall be considered to be made to a carried out with funds provided under this (A) means a local plan approved, before section or other provision of the Internal subpart. At a minimum, recipients of grants July 1, 2016, under section 118 of the Work- Revenue Code of 1986. (including recipients of subgrants) under this force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833); SEC. 10312. PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TRANS- subpart shall provide information relating and FERRED IN CONNECTION WITH PER- to— (B) after June 30, 2016, means a local plan FORMANCE OF SERVICES. (1) the number of individuals participating as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Inno- (a) MODIFICATION TO ELECTION TO INCLUDE in activities with funds provided under this vation and Opportunity Act. PARTNERSHIP INTEREST IN GROSS INCOME IN

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YEAR OF TRANSFER.—Subsection (c) of sec- loss, with respect to any investment services respect to any investment services partner- tion 83 is amended by redesignating para- partnership interest for any taxable year, ship interest held by a partner, the partner graph (4) as paragraph (5) and by inserting shall be determined under section 1222, ex- receiving such property shall recognize gain after paragraph (3) the following new para- cept that such section shall be applied— equal to the excess (if any) of— graph: ‘‘(i) without regard to the recharacteriza- ‘‘(i) the fair market value of such property ‘‘(4) PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS.—Except as tion of any item as ordinary income or ordi- at the time of such distribution, over provided by the Secretary— nary loss under this section, ‘‘(ii) the adjusted basis of such property in ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any trans- ‘‘(ii) by only taking into account items of the hands of such partner (determined with- fer of an interest in a partnership in connec- gain and loss taken into account by the hold- out regard to subparagraph (C)). tion with the provision of services to (or for er of such interest under section 702 (other ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF GAIN AS ORDINARY IN- the benefit of) such partnership— than subsection (a)(9) thereof) with respect COME.—Any gain recognized by such partner ‘‘(i) the fair market value of such interest to such interest for such taxable year, and under subparagraph (A) shall be treated as shall be treated for purposes of this section ‘‘(iii) by treating property which is taken ordinary income to the same extent and in as being equal to the amount of the distribu- into account in determining gains and losses the same manner as the increase in such tion which the partner would receive if the to which section 1231 applies as capital as- partner’s distributive share of the taxable in- partnership sold (at the time of the transfer) sets held for more than 1 year. come of the partnership would be treated all of its assets at fair market value and dis- ‘‘(B) NET CAPITAL LOSS.—The term ‘net under subsection (a) if, immediately prior to tributed the proceeds of such sale (reduced capital loss’ means the excess of the losses the distribution, the partnership had sold by the liabilities of the partnership) to its from sales or exchanges of capital assets the distributed property at fair market value partners in liquidation of the partnership, over the gains from such sales or exchanges. and all of the gain from such disposition and Rules similar to the rules of clauses (i) were allocated to such partner. For purposes ‘‘(ii) the person receiving such interest through (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall apply of applying subsection (a)(2), any gain treat- shall be treated as having made the election for purposes of the preceding sentence. ed as ordinary income under this subpara- under subsection (b)(1) unless such person ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR DIVIDENDS.—Any graph shall be treated as an amount treated makes an election under this paragraph to dividend allocated with respect to any in- as ordinary income under subsection have such subsection not apply. vestment services partnership interest shall (a)(1)(A). ‘‘(B) ELECTION.—The election under sub- not be treated as qualified dividend income ‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENT OF BASIS.—In the case of paragraph (A)(ii) shall be made under rules for purposes of section 1(h). a distribution to which subparagraph (A) ap- similar to the rules of subsection (b)(2).’’. ‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED SMALL plies, the basis of the distributed property in (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments BUSINESS STOCK.—Section 1202 shall not the hands of the distributee partner shall be made by this section shall apply to interests apply to any gain from the sale or exchange the fair market value of such property. in partnerships transferred after the date of of qualified small business stock (as defined ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO MERG- the enactment of this Act. in section 1202(c)) allocated with respect to ERS, DIVISIONS, AND TECHNICAL TERMI- SEC. 10313. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PRO- any investment services partnership inter- NATIONS.—In the case of a taxpayer which VIDING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT est. satisfies requirements similar to the require- SERVICES TO PARTNERSHIPS. ‘‘(b) DISPOSITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP INTER- ments of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para- (a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter K of ESTS.— graph (3), this paragraph and paragraph chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end ‘‘(1) GAIN.— (1)(A)(ii) shall not apply to the distribution the following new section: ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any gain on the disposi- of a partnership interest if such distribution ‘‘SEC. 710. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PRO- tion of an investment services partnership is in connection with a contribution (or VIDING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT interest shall be— deemed contribution) of any property of the SERVICES TO PARTNERSHIPS. ‘‘(i) treated as ordinary income, and partnership to which section 721 applies pur- ‘‘(a) TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIVE SHARE OF ‘‘(ii) recognized notwithstanding any other suant to a transaction described in para- PARTNERSHIP ITEMS.—For purposes of this provision of this subtitle. graph (1)(B) or (2) of section 708(b). title, in the case of an investment services ‘‘(B) GIFT AND TRANSFERS AT DEATH.—In ‘‘(c) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP IN- partnership interest— the case of a disposition of an investment TEREST.—For purposes of this section— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section services partnership interest by gift or by ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment 702(b)— reason of death of the taxpayer— services partnership interest’ means any in- ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the net capital ‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply, terest in an investment partnership acquired gain with respect to such interest for any ‘‘(ii) such interest shall be treated as an in- or held by any person in connection with the partnership taxable year shall be treated as vestment services partnership interest in the conduct of a trade or business described in ordinary income, and hands of the person acquiring such interest, paragraph (2) by such person (or any person ‘‘(B) subject to the limitation of paragraph and related to such person). An interest in an in- (2), an amount equal to the net capital loss ‘‘(iii) any amount that would have been vestment partnership held by any person— with respect to such interest for any part- treated as ordinary income under this sub- ‘‘(A) shall not be treated as an investment nership taxable year shall be treated as an section had the decedent sold such interest services partnership interest for any period ordinary loss. immediately before death shall be treated as before the first date on which it is so held in ‘‘(2) RECHARACTERIZATION OF LOSSES LIM- an item of income in respect of a decedent connection with such a trade or business, ITED TO RECHARACTERIZED GAINS.—The under section 691. ‘‘(B) shall not cease to be an investment amount treated as ordinary loss under para- ‘‘(2) LOSS.—Any loss on the disposition of services partnership interest merely because graph (1)(B) for any taxable year shall not an investment services partnership interest such person holds such interest other than in exceed the excess (if any) of— shall be treated as an ordinary loss to the ex- connection with such a trade or business, ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi- tent of the excess (if any) of— and nary income under paragraph (1)(A) with re- ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi- ‘‘(C) shall be treated as an investment spect to the investment services partnership nary income under subsection (a) with re- services partnership interest if acquired interest for all preceding partnership taxable spect to such interest for all partnership tax- from a related person in whose hands such years to which this section applies, over able years to which this section applies, over interest was an investment services partner- ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as ordi- ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as ordi- ship interest. nary loss under paragraph (1)(B) with respect nary loss under subsection (a) with respect ‘‘(2) BUSINESSES TO WHICH THIS SECTION AP- to such interest for all preceding partnership to such interest for all partnership taxable PLIES.—A trade or business is described in taxable years to which this section applies. years to which this section applies. this paragraph if such trade or business pri- ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION TO ITEMS OF GAIN AND ‘‘(3) ELECTION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EX- marily involves the performance of any of LOSS.— CHANGES.—Paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall not the following services with respect to assets ‘‘(A) NET CAPITAL GAIN.—The amount treat- apply to the contribution of an investment held (directly or indirectly) by one or more ed as ordinary income under paragraph (1)(A) services partnership interest to a partner- investment partnerships referred to in para- shall be allocated ratably among the items ship in exchange for an interest in such part- graph (1): of long-term capital gain taken into account nership if— ‘‘(A) Advising as to the advisability of in- in determining such net capital gain. ‘‘(A) the taxpayer makes an irrevocable vesting in, purchasing, or selling any speci- ‘‘(B) NET CAPITAL LOSS.—The amount election to treat the partnership interest re- fied asset. treated as ordinary loss under paragraph ceived in the exchange as an investment ‘‘(B) Managing, acquiring, or disposing of (1)(B) shall be allocated ratably among the services partnership interest, and any specified asset. items of long-term capital loss and short- ‘‘(B) the taxpayer agrees to comply with ‘‘(C) Arranging financing with respect to term capital loss taken into account in de- such reporting and recordkeeping require- acquiring specified assets. termining such net capital loss. ments as the Secretary may prescribe. ‘‘(D) Any activity in support of any service ‘‘(4) TERMS RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS AND ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP PROP- described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). LOSSES.—For purposes of this section— ERTY.— ‘‘(3) INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Net capital gain, long- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any dis- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment term capital gain, and long-term capital tribution of property by a partnership with partnership’ means any partnership if, at the

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A partnership, becomes an investment services of the owner of such interest. partnership or any other entity (other than a partnership interest, the qualified capital in- ‘‘(B) LOOK-THROUGH OF CERTAIN WHOLLY corporation) shall be treated as a member of terest of the holder of such partnership in- OWNED ENTITIES FOR PURPOSES OF DETER- a controlled group of entities if such entity terest immediately after such change shall MINING ASSETS OF THE PARTNERSHIP.— is controlled (within the meaning of section not, for purposes of this subsection, be less ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of deter- 954(d)(3)) by members of such group (includ- than the fair market value of such interest mining the assets of a partnership under sub- ing any entity treated as a member of such (determined immediately before such paragraph (A)(i)— group by reason of this sentence). change). ‘‘(I) any interest in a specified entity shall ‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR CORPORATIONS.—For ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR TIERED PARTNER- not be treated as an asset of such partner- purposes of this paragraph, in the case of a SHIPS.—Except as otherwise provided by the ship, and corporation, the determination of whether Secretary, in the case of tiered partnerships, ‘‘(II) such partnership shall be treated as property is held in connection with a trade all items which are allocated in a manner holding its proportionate share of each of the or business shall be determined as if the tax- which meets the requirements of paragraph assets of such specified entity. payer were an individual. (1) to qualified capital interests in a lower- ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED ENTITY.—For purposes of ‘‘(4) SPECIFIED ASSET.—The term ‘specified tier partnership shall retain such character clause (i), the term ‘specified entity’ means, asset’ means securities (as defined in section to the extent allocated on the basis of quali- with respect to any partnership (hereafter 475(c)(2) without regard to the last sentence fied capital interests in any upper-tier part- referred to as the upper-tier partnership), thereof), real estate held for rental or invest- nership. any person which engages in the same trade ment, interests in partnerships, commodities ‘‘(5) EXCEPTION FOR NO-SELF-CHARGED or business as the upper-tier partnership and (as defined in section 475(e)(2)), cash or cash CARRY AND MANAGEMENT FEE PROVISIONS.— is— equivalents, or options or derivative con- Except as otherwise provided by the Sec- ‘‘(I) a partnership all of the capital and tracts with respect to any of the foregoing. retary, an interest shall not fail to be treat- profits interests of which are held directly or ed as satisfying the requirement of para- ‘‘(5) RELATED PERSONS.— indirectly by the upper-tier partnership, or graph (1)(A) merely because the allocations ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person shall be treat- ‘‘(II) a foreign corporation which does not ed as related to another person if the rela- made by the partnership to such interest do engage in a trade or business in the United tionship between such persons is described in not reflect the cost of services described in States and all of the stock of which is held subsection (c)(2) which are provided (directly section 267(b) or 707(b). directly or indirectly by the upper-tier part- or indirectly) to the partnership by the hold- ‘‘(B) ATTRIBUTION OF PARTNER SERVICES.— nership. er of such interest (or a related person). Any service described in paragraph (2) which ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING IF ‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR DISPOSITIONS.—In is provided by a partner of a partnership PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH TRADE OR the case of any investment services partner- shall be treated as also provided by such BUSINESS.— ship interest any portion of which is a quali- partnership. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- fied capital interest, subsection (b) shall not vided by the Secretary, solely for purposes of ‘‘(d) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL IN- apply to so much of any gain or loss as bears determining whether any interest in a part- TERESTS.— the same proportion to the entire amount of nership constitutes property held in connec- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any por- such gain or loss as— tion with a trade or business under subpara- tion of an investment services partnership ‘‘(A) the distributive share of gain or loss graph (A)(ii)— interest which is a qualified capital interest, that would have been allocated to the quali- ‘‘(I) a trade or business of any person close- all items of gain and loss (and any dividends) fied capital interest (consistent with the re- ly related to the owner of such interest shall which are allocated to such qualified capital quirements of paragraph (1)) if the partner- be treated as a trade or business of such interest shall not be taken into account ship had sold all of its assets at fair market owner, under subsection (a) if— value immediately before the disposition, ‘‘(II) such interest shall be treated as held ‘‘(A) allocations of items are made by the bears to by a person in connection with a trade or partnership to such qualified capital interest ‘‘(B) the distributive share of gain or loss business during any taxable year if such in- in the same manner as such allocations are that would have been so allocated to the in- terest was so held by such person during any made to other qualified capital interests vestment services partnership interest of 3 taxable years preceding such taxable year, held by partners who do not provide any which such qualified capital interest is a and services described in subsection (c)(2) and part. ‘‘(III) paragraph (5)(B) shall not apply. who are not related to the partner holding ‘‘(7) QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTEREST.—For pur- ‘‘(ii) CLOSELY RELATED PERSONS.—For pur- the qualified capital interest, and poses of this section— poses of clause (i)(I), a person shall be treat- ‘‘(B) the allocations made to such other in- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified cap- ed as closely related to another person if, terests are significant compared to the allo- ital interest’ means so much of a partner’s taking into account the rules of section cations made to such qualified capital inter- interest in the capital of the partnership as 267(c), the relationship between such persons est. is attributable to— is described in— ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO ‘‘(i) the fair market value of any money or ‘‘(I) paragraph (1) or (9) of section 267(b), or ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.—To the extent other property contributed to the partner- ‘‘(II) section 267(b)(4), but solely in the case provided by the Secretary in regulations or ship in exchange for such interest (deter- of a trust with respect to which each current other guidance— mined without regard to section 752(a)), beneficiary is the grantor or a person whose ‘‘(A) ALLOCATIONS TO PORTION OF QUALIFIED ‘‘(ii) any amounts which have been in- relationship to the grantor is described in CAPITAL INTEREST.—Paragraph (1) may be ap- cluded in gross income under section 83 with paragraph (1) or (9) of section 267(b). plied separately with respect to a portion of respect to the transfer of such interest, and ‘‘(D) ANTIABUSE RULES.—The Secretary a qualified capital interest. ‘‘(iii) the excess (if any) of— may issue regulations or other guidance ‘‘(B) NO OR INSIGNIFICANT ALLOCATIONS TO ‘‘(I) any items of income and gain taken which prevent the avoidance of the purposes NONSERVICE PROVIDERS.—In any case in into account under section 702 with respect of subparagraph (A), including regulations or which the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) to such interest, over other guidance which treat convertible and are not satisfied, items of gain and loss (and ‘‘(II) any items of deduction and loss so contingent debt (and other debt having the any dividends) shall not be taken into ac- taken into account. attributes of equity) as a capital interest in count under subsection (a) to the extent that ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT TO QUALIFIED CAPITAL IN- the partnership. such items are properly allocable under such TEREST.— ‘‘(E) CONTROLLED GROUPS OF ENTITIES.— regulations or other guidance to qualified ‘‘(i) DISTRIBUTIONS AND LOSSES.—The quali- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a con- capital interests. fied capital interest shall be reduced by dis- trolled group of entities, if an interest in the ‘‘(C) ALLOCATIONS TO SERVICE PROVIDERS’ tributions from the partnership with respect partnership received in exchange for a con- QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS WHICH ARE LESS to such interest and by the excess (if any) of tribution to the capital of the partnership by THAN OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Allocations shall the amount described in subparagraph any member of such controlled group would not be treated as failing to meet the require- (A)(iii)(II) over the amount described in sub- (in the hands of such member) constitute ment of paragraph (1)(A) merely because the paragraph (A)(iii)(I). property held in connection with a trade or allocations to the qualified capital interest ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF business, then any interest in such partner- represent a lower return than the allocations PROPERTY.—In the case of any contribution

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The preceding sentence such entity, and (b) APPLICATION OF SECTION 751 TO INDIRECT shall not apply to the extent the loan or ‘‘(C) the value of such interest (or pay- DISPOSITIONS OF INVESTMENT SERVICES PART- other advance is repaid before the date of the ments thereunder) is substantially related to NERSHIP INTERESTS.— enactment of this section unless such repay- the amount of income or gain (whether or (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section ment is made with the proceeds of a loan or not realized) from the assets with respect to 751 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of other advance described in the preceding which the investment management services paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of sentence. are performed, paragraph (2), and by inserting after para- graph (2) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(B) REDUCTION IN ALLOCATIONS TO QUALI- any income or gain with respect to such in- ‘‘(3) investment services partnership inter- FIED CAPITAL INTERESTS FOR LOANS FROM NON- terest shall be treated as ordinary income. ests held by the partnership,’’. SERVICE-PROVIDING PARTNERS TO THE PART- Rules similar to the rules of subsections (2) CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS TREATED AS NERSHIP.—For purposes of this subsection, (a)(5) and (d) shall apply for purposes of this any loan or other advance to the partnership subsection. SALES OR EXCHANGES.—Subparagraph (A) of made or guaranteed, directly or indirectly, ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub- section 751(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ by a partner not providing services described section— at the end of clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at in subsection (c)(2) to the partnership (or ‘‘(A) DISQUALIFIED INTEREST.— the end of clause (ii), and by inserting after any person related to such partner) shall be ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘disqualified clause (ii) the following new clause: taken into account in determining the quali- interest’ means, with respect to any invest- ‘‘(iii) investment services partnership in- fied capital interests of the partners in the ment entity— terests held by the partnership,’’. partnership. ‘‘(I) any interest in such entity other than (3) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULES IN THE ‘‘(9) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED FAMILY indebtedness, CASE OF TIERED PARTNERSHIPS.—Subsection PARTNERSHIPS.— ‘‘(II) convertible or contingent debt of such (f) of section 751 is amended— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any speci- entity, (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para- fied family partnership interest, paragraph ‘‘(III) any option or other right to acquire graph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of (1)(A) shall be applied without regard to the property described in subclause (I) or (II), paragraph (2), and by inserting after para- phrase ‘and who are not related to the part- and graph (2) the following new paragraph: ner holding the qualified capital interest’. ‘‘(IV) any derivative instrument entered ‘‘(3) an investment services partnership in- ‘‘(B) SPECIFIED FAMILY PARTNERSHIP INTER- into (directly or indirectly) with such entity terest held by the partnership,’’, and EST.—For purposes of this paragraph, the or any investor in such entity. (B) by striking ‘‘partner.’’ and inserting term ‘specified family partnership interest’ ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not in- ‘‘partner (other than a partnership in which means any investment services partnership clude— it holds an investment services partnership interest if— ‘‘(I) a partnership interest, interest).’’. ‘‘(i) such interest is an interest in a quali- ‘‘(II) except as provided by the Secretary, (4) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP IN- fied family partnership, any interest in a taxable corporation, and TERESTS; QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS.—Sec- ‘‘(ii) such interest is held by a natural per- ‘‘(III) except as provided by the Secretary, tion 751 is amended by adding at the end the son or by a trust with respect to which each stock in an S corporation. following new subsection: beneficiary is a grantor or a person whose re- ‘‘(B) TAXABLE CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘(g) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP IN- lationship to the grantor is described in sec- ‘taxable corporation’ means— TERESTS.—For purposes of this section— tion 267(b)(1), and ‘‘(i) a domestic C corporation, or ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment ‘‘(iii) all other interests in such qualified ‘‘(ii) a foreign corporation substantially all services partnership interest’ has the mean- family partnership with respect to which sig- of the income of which is— ing given such term by section 710(c). nificant allocations are made (within the ‘‘(I) effectively connected with the conduct ‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENTS FOR QUALIFIED CAPITAL meaning of paragraph (1)(B) and in compari- of a trade or business in the United States, INTERESTS.—The amount to which subsection son to the allocations made to the interest or (a) applies by reason of paragraph (3) thereof described in clause (ii)) are held by persons ‘‘(II) subject to a comprehensive foreign in- shall not include so much of such amount as who— come tax (as defined in section 457A(d)(2)). is attributable to any portion of the invest- ‘‘(I) are related to the natural person or ‘‘(C) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.— ment services partnership interest which is a trust referred to in clause (ii), or The term ‘investment management services’ qualified capital interest (determined under ‘‘(II) provide services described in sub- means a substantial quantity of any of the rules similar to the rules of section 710(d)). section (c)(2). services described in subsection (c)(2). ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR PUBLICLY TRADED PART- ‘‘(C) QUALIFIED FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.—For ‘‘(D) INVESTMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘in- NERSHIPS.—Except as otherwise provided by purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘quali- vestment entity’ means any entity which, if the Secretary, in the case of an exchange of fied family partnership’ means any partner- it were a partnership, would be an invest- an interest in a publicly traded partnership ship if— ment partnership. (as defined in section 7704) to which sub- ‘‘(i) all of the capital and profits interests ‘‘(f) EXCEPTION FOR DOMESTIC C CORPORA- section (a) applies— of such partnership are held by— TIONS.—Except as otherwise provided by the ‘‘(A) this section shall be applied without ‘‘(I) specified family members, Secretary, in the case of a domestic C cor- regard to subsections (a)(3), (b)(1)(A)(iii), and ‘‘(II) any person closely related (within the poration— (f)(3), and meaning of subsection (c)(3)(C)(ii)) to a spec- ‘‘(1) subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply ‘‘(B) such partnership shall be treated as ified family member, or to any item allocated to such corporation owning its proportionate share of the prop- ‘‘(III) any other person (not described in with respect to any investment services erty of any other partnership in which it is subclause (I) or (II)) if such interest is an in- partnership interest (or to any gain or loss a partner.

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‘‘(4) RECOGNITION OF GAINS.—Any gain with ‘‘(E) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—Subparagraph with respect to any investment services respect to which subsection (a) applies by (A) shall not apply to any taxable year of the partnership interest (as defined in section reason of paragraph (3) thereof shall be rec- partnership beginning before the date which 710(c)) or disqualified interest (as defined in ognized notwithstanding any other provision is 10 years after the date of the enactment of section 710(e)), the net of— of this title. this paragraph.’’. ‘‘(A) the amounts treated as ordinary in- ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH INVENTORY ITEMS.— (d) IMPOSITION OF PENALTY ON UNDERPAY- come or ordinary loss under subsections (b) An investment services partnership interest MENTS.— and (e) of section 710 with respect to such in- held by the partnership shall not be treated (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section terest, as an inventory item of the partnership. 6662 is amended by inserting after paragraph ‘‘(B) all items of income, gain, loss, and de- ‘‘(6) PREVENTION OF DOUBLE COUNTING.— (7) the following new paragraph: duction allocated to such interest, and Under regulations or other guidance pre- ‘‘(8) The application of section 710(e) or the ‘‘(C) the amounts treated as realized from scribed by the Secretary, subsection (a)(3) regulations or other guidance prescribed the sale or exchange of property other than shall not apply with respect to any amount under section 710(g) to prevent the avoidance a capital asset under section 751 with respect to which section 710 applies. of the purposes of section 710.’’. to such interest. ‘‘(7) VALUATION METHODS.—The Secretary (2) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.— ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR QUALIFIED CAPITAL IN- shall prescribe regulations or other guidance (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 6662 is amended TERESTS.—A rule similar to the rule of sec- which provide the acceptable methods for by adding at the end the following new sub- tion 710(d) shall apply for purposes of apply- valuing investment services partnership in- section: ing paragraph (1)(B).’’. terests for purposes of this section.’’. ‘‘(k) INCREASE IN PENALTY IN CASE OF PROP- (2) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 211(a) of ERTY TRANSFERRED FOR INVESTMENT MAN- the Social Security Act is amended by strik- (c) TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION AGEMENT SERVICES.—In the case of any por- ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by 7704.—Subsection (d) of section 7704 is tion of an underpayment to which this sec- striking the period at the end of paragraph amended by adding at the end the following tion applies by reason of subsection (b)(8), (16) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting new paragraph: subsection (a) shall be applied with respect after paragraph (16) the following new para- ‘‘(6) INCOME FROM CERTAIN CARRIED INTER- to such portion by substituting ‘40 percent’ graph: ESTS NOT QUALIFIED.— for ‘20 percent’.’’. ‘‘(17) Notwithstanding the preceding provi- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Specified carried inter- (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subpara- sions of this subsection, in the case of any est income shall not be treated as qualifying graph (B) of section 6662A(e)(2) is amended by individual engaged in the trade or business income. striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (i), or (k)’’. of providing services described in section ‘‘(B) SPECIFIED CARRIED INTEREST INCOME.— (3) SPECIAL RULES FOR APPLICATION OF REA- 710(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 For purposes of this paragraph— SONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—Subsection (c) of with respect to any entity, investment serv- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘specified car- section 6664 is amended— ices partnership income or loss (as defined in ried interest income’ means— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) section 1402(m) of such Code) shall be taken ‘‘(I) any item of income or gain allocated as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; into account in determining the net earnings to an investment services partnership inter- (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ in para- from self-employment of such individual.’’. est (as defined in section 710(c)) held by the graph (5)(A), as so redesignated, and insert- (f) SEPARATE ACCOUNTING BY PARTNER.— partnership, ing ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and Section 702(a) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ ‘‘(II) any gain on the disposition of an in- (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- at the end of paragraph (7), by striking the vestment services partnership interest (as so lowing new paragraph: period at the end of paragraph (8) and insert- defined) or a partnership interest to which ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR UNDERPAYMENTS AT- ing ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (in the hands of the partnership) section 751 TRIBUTABLE TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (8) the following: applies, and SERVICES.— ‘‘(9) any amount treated as ordinary in- ‘‘(III) any income or gain taken into ac- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not come or loss under subsection (a), (b), or (e) count by the partnership under subsection apply to any portion of an underpayment to of section 710.’’. (b)(4) or (e) of section 710. which section 6662 applies by reason of sub- (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR QUALIFIED CAPITAL IN- section (b)(8) unless— (1) Subsection (d) of section 731 is amended TERESTS.—A rule similar to the rule of sec- ‘‘(i) the relevant facts affecting the tax by inserting ‘‘section 710(b)(4) (relating to tion 710(d) shall apply for purposes of clause treatment of the item are adequately dis- distributions of partnership property),’’ after (i). closed, ‘‘to the extent otherwise provided by’’. ‘‘(C) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVI- ‘‘(ii) there is or was substantial authority (2) Section 741 is amended by inserting ‘‘or SIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to for such treatment, and section 710 (relating to special rules for part- any item described in paragraph (1)(E) (or so ‘‘(iii) the taxpayer reasonably believed ners providing investment management serv- much of paragraph (1)(F) as relates to para- that such treatment was more likely than ices to partnerships)’’ before the period at graph (1)(E)). not the proper treatment. the end. (3) The table of sections for part I of sub- ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN PARTNER- ‘‘(B) RULES RELATING TO REASONABLE BE- chapter K of chapter 1 is amended by adding SHIPS.— LIEF.—Rules similar to the rules of sub- ‘‘(i) CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS OWNED BY REAL section (d)(3) shall apply for purposes of sub- at the end the following new item: ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.—Subparagraph paragraph (A)(iii).’’. ‘‘Sec. 710. Special rules for partners pro- (A) shall not apply in the case of a partner- (e) INCOME AND LOSS FROM INVESTMENT viding investment management ship which meets each of the following re- SERVICES PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TAKEN services to partnerships.’’. quirements: INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING NET EARNINGS (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.— ‘‘(I) Such partnership is treated as publicly FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- traded under this section solely by reason of (1) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.— vided in this subsection, the amendments interests in such partnership being convert- (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1402(a) is amend- made by this section shall apply to taxable ible into interests in a real estate invest- ed by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph years ending after the date of the enactment ment trust which is publicly traded. (16), by striking the period at the end of of this Act. ‘‘(II) Fifty percent or more of the capital paragraph (17) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by (2) PARTNERSHIP TAXABLE YEARS WHICH IN- and profits interests of such partnership are inserting after paragraph (17) the following CLUDE EFFECTIVE DATE.—In applying section owned, directly or indirectly, at all times new paragraph: 710(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 during the taxable year by such real estate ‘‘(18) notwithstanding the preceding provi- (as added by this section) in the case of any investment trust (determined with the appli- sions of this subsection, in the case of any partnership taxable year which includes the cation of section 267(c)). individual engaged in the trade or business date of the enactment of this Act, the ‘‘(III) Such partnership meets the require- of providing services described in section amount of the net capital gain referred to in ments of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 710(c)(2) with respect to any entity, invest- such section shall be treated as being the 856(c). ment services partnership income or loss (as lesser of the net capital gain for the entire ‘‘(ii) CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS OWNING OTHER defined in subsection (m)) of such individual partnership taxable year or the net capital PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIPS.—Subpara- with respect to such entity shall be taken gain determined by only taking into account graph (A) shall not apply in the case of a into account in determining the net earnings items attributable to the portion of the part- partnership which meets each of the fol- from self-employment of such individual.’’. nership taxable year which is after such lowing requirements: (B) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP IN- date. ‘‘(I) Substantially all of the assets of such COME OR LOSS.—Section 1402 is amended by (3) DISPOSITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP INTER- partnership consist of interests in one or adding at the end the following new sub- ESTS.— more publicly traded partnerships (deter- section: (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 710(b) of such mined without regard to subsection (b)(2)). ‘‘(m) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP Code (as added by this section) shall apply to ‘‘(II) Substantially all of the income of INCOME OR LOSS.—For purposes of subsection dispositions and distributions after the date such partnership is ordinary income or sec- (a)— of the enactment of this Act. tion 1231 gain (as defined in section ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment (B) INDIRECT DISPOSITIONS.—The amend- 1231(a)(3)). services partnership income or loss’ means, ments made by subsection (b) shall apply to

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Without M. FERGUSON POST OFFICE MEET objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 1326) to designate the COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE facility of the United States Postal AFFAIRS Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I Service located at 2000 Mulford Road in Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Mulberry, Florida, as the ‘‘Sergeant ask unanimous consent that the Com- Committee on Intelligence be author- First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post mittee on Banking, Housing, and ized to meet during the session of the Office,’’ was ordered to a third reading, Urban Affairs be authorized to meet Senate on July 8, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. was read the third time, and passed. during the session of the Senate on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at 10 a.m., to objection, it is so ordered. conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘The Role HERMAN BADILLO POST OFFICE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME AND TERRORISM of the Financial Stability Board in the BUILDING U.S. Regulatory Framework.’’ Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I The bill (H.R. 1350) to designate the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ask unanimous consent that the Com- facility of the United States Postal objection, it is so ordered. mittee on the Judiciary; Sub- Service located at 442 East 167th Street committee on Crime and Terrorism, be COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC in Bronx, New York, as the ‘‘Herman WORKS authorized to meet during the session Badillo Post Office Building,’’ was or- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I of the Senate on July 8, 2015, at 2:15 dered to a third reading, was read the ask unanimous consent that the Com- p.m., in room SD–226 of the Dirksen third time, and passed. Senate Office Building, to conduct a mittee on Environment and Public f Works be authorized to meet during hearing entitled ‘‘Cyber Crime: Mod- the session of the Senate on July 8, ernizing our Legal Framework for the WISHING HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD–406 of the Information Age.’’ DALAI LAMA A HAPPY 80TH Dirksen Senate Office Building, to con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without BIRTHDAY ON JULY 6, 2015 duct a hearing entitled ‘‘Road to Paris: objection, it is so ordered. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Examining the President’s Inter- f ask unanimous consent that the Judi- national Climate Agenda and Implica- PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR ciary Committee be discharged from tions for Domestic Environmental Pol- further consideration of S. Res. 200 and icy.’’ Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I ask the Senate proceed to its immediate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without unanimous consent that Jessica consideration. objection, it is so ordered. Bowen, a fellow in my office, have floor The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS privileges for the remainder of this ses- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I sion. The clerk will report the resolution ask unanimous consent that the Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without by title. mittee on Foreign Relations be author- objection, it is so ordered. The senior assistant legislative clerk ized to meet during the session of the f read as follows: Senate on July 8, 2015, at 5 p.m., to THE CALENDAR A resolution (S. Res. 200) wishing His Holi- conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Depart- ness the 14th Dalai Lama a happy 80th birth- ment of Defense Maritime Activities Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I day on July 6, 2015, and recognizing the out- and Engagement in the South China ask unanimous consent that the Sen- standing contributions His Holiness has Sea.’’ ate proceed to the immediate consider- made to the promotion of nonviolence, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ation of Calendar Nos. 128, 129, 130, and human rights, interfaith dialogue, environ- objection, it is so ordered. 131 en bloc. mental awareness, and democracy. COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND There being no objection, the Senate There being no objection, the Senate GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS proceeded to consider the bills en bloc. proceeded to consider the resolution. Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- ask unanimous consent that the bills ask unanimous consent that the reso- mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- be read a third time and passed, the lution be agreed to, the preamble be ernmental Affairs be authorized to motions to reconsider be considered agreed to, and the motions to recon- meet during the session of the Senate made and laid upon the table, and that sider be considered made and laid upon on July 8, 2015, at 10 a.m., to conduct a any statements related to the bills be the table with no intervening action or hearing entitled ‘‘Stopping an Avian printed in the RECORD, all en bloc. debate. Influenza Threat to Animal and Public The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Health.’’ objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f The resolution (S. Res. 200) was objection, it is so ordered. agreed to. COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS SERGEANT FIRST CLASS WILLIAM The preamble was agreed to. Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I B. WOODS, JR. POST OFFICE (The resolution, with its preamble, is ask unanimous consent that the Com- The bill (H.R. 728) to designate the printed in the RECORD of June 11, 2015, mittee on Indian Affairs be authorized facility of the United States Postal under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) to meet during the session of the Sen- Service located at 7050 Highway BB in f ate on July 8, 2015, in room SD–628 of Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the ‘‘Sergeant CONGRATULATING THE UNITED the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled Office,’’ was ordered to a third reading, TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2015 ‘‘A Path Forward: Trust Modernization was read the third time, and passed. FIFA WORLD CUP and Reform for Indian Lands.’’ f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I objection, it is so ordered. FLORESVILLE VETERANS POST ask unanimous consent that the Sen- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY OFFICE BUILDING ate proceed to the immediate consider- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I The bill (H.R. 891) to designate the ation of S. Res. 218, submitted earlier ask unanimous consent that the Com- facility of the United States Postal today.

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Without There being no objection, the Senate Stars. objection, it is so ordered. proceeded to consider the resolution. More than 22 million Americans Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I watched Team USA—including a crowd suggest the absence of a quorum. rise as the coauthor, with Senator COL- of thousands gathering in Lincoln Park The PRESIDING OFFICER. The LINS, of this Senate resolution to honor in Chicago to watch the match on the clerk will call the roll. and congratulate an extraordinary big screens and cheer the U.S. women The senior assistant legislative clerk team on an extraordinary accomplish- to victory. This was not an easy road proceeded to call the roll. ment. The U.S. women’s national soc- for the United States team. Their met- Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I cer team and their triumphant 5-to-2 tle was tested against the best teams ask unanimous consent that the order victory over Japan at the 2015 FIFA in the world, including No. 1 ranked for the quorum call be rescinded. World Cup final was an extraordinary Germany in the semifinal. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without accomplishment and a great victory for These 23 athletes displayed the best objection, it is so ordered. them, for the United States, for wom- qualities of champions: depth, con- f en’s soccer, and women’s sports. fidence, selflessness, athleticism, and EVERY CHILD ACHIEVES ACT These inspiring athletes have spent unconquerable spirit. With a decisive 5– Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I the past months captivating audiences 2 victory over Japan, the U.S. Women’s want to thank all of my colleagues for around the globe with their determina- National Team showed the world that their hard work that has brought us to tion, tenacity, and sheer grit. It start- this is what legacy looks like. this point on the bipartisan Every ed with our national team winning the We will forever remember when this Child Achieves Act. My friend and col- so-called group of death against Aus- team of athletes brought the Nation to league from Tennessee, Chairman tralia, Sweden, and Nigeria. They went its feet, yelling, ‘‘I believe, I believe ALEXANDER, and my great colleague, on to beat powerhouse teams Colombia, that we will win.’’ And they did. Ranking Member MURRAY, of the China, and Germany on the way to the Mr. President, I congratulate all the HELP Committee have worked tire- final. players, coaches, and staff of the 2015 lessly to bring this bill to the floor. I All along the way, they tied a World U.S. women’s national soccer team. salute them for finding many points of Cup record by playing 540 consecutive Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I agreement that unite us in a very bi- minutes without conceding a single ask unanimous consent that the reso- partisan way in forming our approach goal. In the final, our national team lution be agreed to, the preamble be to high-stakes testing—an issue that came up strong, scoring four goals in agreed to, and the motions to recon- has bedeviled this body and our Nation the first 16 minutes, including three sider be considered made and laid upon for many years—and requiring in- goals from New Jersey’s own Carli the table with no intervening action or creased data collection and reporting, Lloyd. Fellow New Jerseyan Tobin debate. expanding access to early childhood Heath would add another goal, and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without education, increases in authorization team cruised to a resounding 5-to-2 vic- objection, it is so ordered. of funding, and finally, after 13 years, tory. All in all, in the entire tour- The resolution (S. Res. 218) was reauthorizing the Elementary and Sec- nament, our women’s national team agreed to. ondary Education Act. never lost a game. The preamble was agreed to. This bill is by no means perfect. Few We are all proud of them. I am espe- (The resolution, with its preamble, is measures approved by the Congress cially proud of fellow New Jerseyans printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- are. We work to come as close to per- Christie Rampone, Heather O’Reilly, mitted Resolutions.’’) fection as possible. But, as the saying Tobin Heath, and Golden Ball winner goes, we cannot let the perfect be the Carli Lloyd. But more than pride, we f enemy of the good. This bill is a good look to this team for inspiration. The bill. I personally would like to see ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 9, women’s World Cup final was the most some of the accountability provisions 2015 watched soccer game in American his- of the bill strengthened, ensuring that tory. The final game had my step- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I schools have real incentives to make children Jana, who is an avid player ask unanimous consent that when the reform. and a big women’s soccer fan, and her Senate completes its business today, it I have some very serious qualms brother Sonny, who was rooting the adjourn until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, about a proposal that would change the team on—they were both riveted at Thursday, July 9; that following the formula for allocating title I funding in what these women players were accom- prayer and pledge, the morning hour be a way that would take funding away plishing. This game showed them what deemed expired, the Journal of pro- from certain districts in Connecticut hard work and determination can do. ceedings be approved to date, and the and other States that serve low-income For Jana and every young girl who time for the two leaders be reserved for children. aspires to be the best, this victory their use later in the day; finally, that I am hoping that three of the amend- makes her dreams seem within reach. following leader remarks, the Senate ments I have written will make this Just as the 1999 U.S. World Cup team resume consideration of S. 1177. legislation stronger. motivated an entire generation to pur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without First, I am pleased to say that an sue their dreams, I am certain the per- objection, it is so ordered. amendment that I had led to make sure formance of this team will do the same schools and districts understand their and push this generation to dream big- f responsibility under title IX was adopt- ger, work harder, and achieve even ed in the underlying bill. I thank PROGRAM more than they have ever imagined. Chairman ALEXANDER and Ranking I congratulate our champions. I look Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, Member MURRAY for their commitment forward to the adoption of the resolu- Chairman ALEXANDER and Ranking on this important title IX provision tion. Member MURRAY intend to set up fur- that makes the bill better and guaran- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I want ther amendment votes tomorrow before tees that title IX will be enforced. to recognize the 2015 United States lunch, so Senators should expect a se- A lot of people think title IX affects Women’s National Soccer Team. Sun- ries of votes around 11:30 a.m. tomor- only athletic programs. In fact, it actu- day night, our athletes brought home row. ally covers all forms of gender-based

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All the spirit and legacy of Jesse Lewis students who exhibit these skills not kinds of discrimination are covered by himself—a brave young boy who had only perform better academically but title IX. emotional intelligence way beyond his are less likely to engage in problematic This landmark measure in our Fed- years and who was a victim of the un- behavior, such as alcohol and drug use, eral law requires every school to des- speakable, unimaginable, horrific trag- violence, truancy, and bullying. It ignate an employee to serve as a title edy that occurred in Newtown. I thank makes perfect common sense. Students IX coordinator, helping students and my colleagues, Senators MURPHY and who have that emotional intelligence staff to understand their rights and CANTWELL, for cosponsoring it. better adjust and avoid the pitfalls of their obligations. Unfortunately, a lot Jesse was one of the children who substance abuse, violence, bullying, of schools currently fail to designate lost their lives in the Sandy Hook trag- and conflict with fellow students. such a coordinator. edy. In those painful, aching days after We have an obligation to adopt so- In Connecticut, my friend Bill Howe Sandy Hook, I sat in the living room of cial—emotional learning as part of the has provided vitally important state- Scarlet Lewis, Jesse’s mom, and I saw curricula of our schools and to make wide title IX compliance training for firsthand through Jesse’s own words sure teachers are trained in how to im- years, but I know he often found it and photos the awe-inspiring courage part and inculcate those great talents very difficult to secure funding for his and caring of this boy—his empathy and gifts that are so important to the efforts and was sometimes forced to dip and resilience and the compassion he happiness of the young people who into his own pocket to keep these pro- demonstrated repeatedly throughout come through their classrooms, and I grams going. Bill Howe is a hero in his all-too-brief life. am hopeful this amendment will be- Connecticut for maintaining and sus- This amendment is directly shaped come part of this bill. taining a title IX training program. by the Sandy Hook Advisory Commis- My amendments recognize that edu- My amendment will give States the sion’s final report, which highlights cation is not only about reading, writ- resources they need to ensure their the importance of integrating social ing, and arithmetic, but learning re- schools are protecting and promoting and emotional learning concepts into quires an environment and a culture gender equity. No longer will Bill Howe our schools. The commission noted that cares for each student and pre- be forced to make that funding out of that social-emotional learning is an in- pares each person as an individual and his own pocket—Connecticut will have tegral part of education because stu- as a healthy, involved member of a it as well. dents must learn coping skills, such as larger community. I think that will be I am proud to join with Senator how to identify and name feelings and a legacy we can leave through this bill, AYOTTE in championing an amendment emotions such as frustration, anger, and I hope we will. that will provide critical training and sadness, and how to use their problem- I thank the Presiding Officer, and I resources to help educators recognize yield the floor. and respond to the earliest signs of solving skills to manage those difficult mental illness. This provision is really emotional and potentially conflictual f key because school personnel fre- situations. ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. Resolving conflict means under- quently see young people in many dif- TOMORROW standing the reasons for it. Social in- ferent situations, and therefore they telligence is the means to do it, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- are among the best positioned to see training teachers in how to teach it is ate stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. to- young people who are at risk of serious one of the great missions we need to morrow morning. mental illness and identify those risk Thereupon, the Senate, at 7:18 p.m., signs and provide mental health serv- make sure our schools serve. As much as the commission’s work, adjourned until Thursday, July 9, 2015, ices at critical times before those ill- this amendment really is formed by at 9:30 a.m. nesses become more serious. We know from our tragic and horrific Scarlet Lewis and Jesse. His example f experience—we in Connecticut know of emotional and social learning, of in- NOMINATIONS telligence in that sense, provides an ex- better than most—that violence and Executive nominations received by ample of what we should seek to emu- emergency situations can happen any- the Senate: where, including at the youngest ages late in our schools—demonstrating car- ing and concern for others, maintain- SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT in elementary and secondary schools. CORPORATION ing positive relationships, and making Resources must be made available for ANTHONY G. COLLINS, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER people to help deescalate crisis situa- responsible decisions and resolving OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE tions. These funds will help diffuse conflicts effectively. All of these are SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, VICE WILLIAM L. teachable and learnable skills. In fact, WILSON. those crises before they occur or while DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE they occur by providing critical mental they are essential to learn for partici- pating and contributing to society. The BRAD R. CARSON, OF OKLAHOMA, TO BE UNDER SEC- health services. RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS, Training programs are important for only question is, Where are young peo- VICE JESSICA GARFOLA WRIGHT, RESIGNED. teaching school professionals how to ple going to learn them? If they do not DEPARTMENT OF STATE safely deescalate a crisis, recognize the learn them at home, they need to be MARI CARMEN APONTE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- signs and symptoms of mental illness, taught in our schools. BIA, TO BE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ORGANIZATION OF and refer people to appropriate mental If students are surrounded by edu- AMERICAN STATES, WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR. health service providers at the early cators who understand these concepts PETER WILLIAM BODDE, OF MARYLAND, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF stages of mental illness, reducing the and who have the right tools and train- MINISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- number of crisis situations. ing to teach them, these students can DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO LIBYA. Some of the programs already in learn to demonstrate what intelligence CATHERINE EBERT–GRAY, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER place provide models of what kind of and emotional intelligence means in MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- training will be funded. They have practical, everyday terms—how it can DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES proven immensely successful. They are make people happier and make the peo- OF AMERICA TO THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITH- profoundly important, and they can ple around those young people happier. OUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EX- serve as models for other schools. Some Demonstrating the kinds of emotional TRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND of those models are in Connecticut— gifts and intelligence that Jesse had in- AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY training and education in helping to nately is itself a gift that can be OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU. diffuse and resolve crises and provide taught, and we have an obligation to DENNIS B. HANKINS, OF MINNESOTA, A CAREER MEM- for treating mental illness. teach it. BER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MIN- Third, I am perhaps most proud to Social and emotional learning is a ISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES offer the Jesse Lewis Empowering Edu- strategy that is strongly grounded in OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA.

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G. KATHLEEN HILL, OF COLORADO, A CAREER MEMBER CLAUDIA G. NOYOLA IN THE NAVY OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUN- JAMES A. NUCE SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND MARCO A. OCHOA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR TEMPORARY PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MARILYN V. OFIELD APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA. CHRISTOPHER J. OLIVER UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION ELISABETH I. MILLARD, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER MEM- CHRISTIAN K. OLSON 5721: BER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MIN- TRAVIS D. PAMENTER ISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- ANTHONY W. PATTERSON To be lieutenant commander DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES LORENZA L. PETERSON CHRISTOPHER N. ANDREWS OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN. LALINI PILLAY GLEN A. BARNETT JOSE M. PIZARROMATOS MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD RYAN L. BROOKS PAUL R. ROLEY MATTHEW A. BURMESTER MARK PHILIP COHEN, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER ANDREW T. SCHNAUBELT CHRISTOPHER D. CARAWAY OF THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD FOR THE STEPHANIE A. SIDO PATRICK C. CASHIN TERM OF SEVEN YEARS EXPIRING MARCH 1, 2021, VICE TRACY C. SMALLBROWN STEPHEN L. CLAGETT ANNE MARIE WAGNER, TERM EXPIRED. ROSE L. SMYTH PAUL M. DANOS SUSAN L. SPIAK EDWARD J. DAVIS, JR. IN THE ARMY VEASNA T. SREY TIMOTHY D. ERICKSON KIRSTEN F. SWANSON STEVEN E. GREY, JR. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT MATTHEW T. SWINGHOLM TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY CHARLES R. HALL TERESA M. TERRY ROGER A. HART VETERINARY CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS SABRINA R. THWEATT 624 AND 3064: RYAN C. LANGHAM WILLIAM A. TUDOR, JR. ANDREW J. LAWRENCE To be lieutenant colonel SORAYA TURNER JOSHUA E. LISTER JOLANDA L. WALKER JOSHUA LUDWIG NICHOLAS R. CABANO DAVID V. WALSH TIMOTHY S. MARSHALL BARBARA CLOUTIER FRED K. WEIGEL BRIAN D. MAXFIELD THOMAS H. EDWARDS MARC R. WELDE RYAN M. P. MCCABE MICHAEL D. HANSEN MICHAEL S. WHIDDON TIMOTHY L. MERRICK ERIN J. HAVERLY WILLIAM D. WHITAKER GREGORY A. MISCHLER GREGORY S. LAUGHLIN RACHEL J. WIENKE GWENDOLYN H. MURPHY JAMES W. PRATT EMILE K. WIJNANS JONATHAN S. OVREN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ROBERT V. WILLIAMS CHARLES C. POGUE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY GREGORY C. WILSON SHANE H. PRICE MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., D010268 RYAN W. ROBERTSON SECTIONS 624 AND 3064: D011713 CHRISTOPHER A. ROMNEK THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT MARK G. ROSTEDT To be lieutenant colonel TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ALEXANDER M. SAYERS KIMBERLY D. BRENDA NURSE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND MICHAEL A. SCHENK TED T. CHAPMAN 3064: DUSTIN T. SMITH ANDREW D. CONTRERAS JAMES P. STEBBINS MICHAEL A. DAVIDSON To be lieutenant colonel DEREK A. SUTTON LORIE L. FIKE JOSHUA D. THOMPSON JOHN L. AMENT CHRISTOPHER A. FLAUGH JOSHUA P. THURMAN MARIA O. P. ANGELES NICHELLE A. JOHNSON JOSHUA H. TILEY SARAH R. BELLENGER JAMES J. JONES CHRISTOPHER R. TOCKEY DAVID E. BENNETT DAVID LARRES BRIAN L. TRIBBITT DWIGHT R. BERRY DUSTIN S. MARTIN JON K. TURNIPSEED ALLAN J. BOUDREAUX MAE H. MIRANDA NICHOLAS A. TUUK SILVANA R. BOYD JOHNNY W. PAUL NICHOLAS J. VANDYKE LISA D. BRADFORD JULIE C. RYLANDER JODY A. BROWN IN THE COAST GUARD JAMES R. SCHMID KRISTAL R. BRYANT ENRIQUE V. SMITHFORBES THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT EDWARD F. BURKE ZACK T. SOLOMON IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD TO THE GRADE IN- GAIL M. CASLEYSAWYER CARRIE A. STORER DICATED UNDER TITLE 14, U.S.C., SECTION 211(A)(2): RICHARD CLARK THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT SHANNON M. COLE To be lieutenant commander TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY JACQUELIN COLEMANADAMS STEPHEN R. BIRD MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SEC- MICHAEL R. CORBIN TIONS 624 AND 3064: ROBERT L. CORSON FOREIGN SERVICE To be lieutenant colonel LESLIE A. CURTIS SHIRLEY DANIEL THE FOLLOWING–NAMED PERSONS OF THE DEPART- ERIC J. ANSORGE TERRY R. DICKINSON MENT OF STATE FOR APPOINTMENT AS FOREIGN SERV- JUSTIN AVERY BRENT L. DONMOYER ICE OFFICERS OF THE CLASSES STATED. AMY M. BIRD E E. DUNTON II FOR APPOINTMENT AS FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER OF MERBIN CARATTINI JENNIFER L. FLORENT CLASS ONE, CONSULAR OFFICER AND SECRETARY IN THE TELLIS L. CARR CLAUDE E. FOURROUX DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER- ANNETTE M. CARTER ROBERT K. FREDREGILL ICA: JOHN D. CARTER LAURA M. GALLAWAY JASON DOUGLAS KALBFLEISCH, OF ALASKA WENDY L. GRAY LAKISHIA T. CHEEFUS FOR APPOINTMENT AS FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER OF JOHN C. HANSON RICKEY CHRISTOPHER CLASS TWO, CONSULAR OFFICER AND SECRETARY IN WILLIAM R. HERRMANN CHRISTOPHER M. CHUNG THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF RENEE L. HOWELL SIDNEY M. COBB AMERICA: MICHAEL M. COE SARAH T. HUML MICHELLE COLACICCOMAYHUGH JENNIFER R. HUXEL ARLENE RENEE BARILEC, OF NEW YORK KYMBERLY A. DEBEAUCLAIR MARY E. ITTNER MARLAINA R. CASEY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MICHAEL R. DEVRIES KRISTIN D. JAUREGUI PHATHANIE S. CHAPMAN, OF VIRGINIA ERICA R. DIJOSEPH HYUN J. KANG REBECCA SCHWALBACH DALEY, OF VIRGINIA CHARLES A. DITUSA STEVEN S. KERTES LISA A. DERRICKSON, OF ALASKA LUCINDA DUNCAN ANN K. KETZ REBECCA EDWARDS, OF VIRGINIA LIQUORI L. ETHERIDGE LAURA O. KHAN PATRICK FENNING, OF VIRGINIA YUN H. FAN KIJA A. KOROWICKI FADI A. HADDAD, OF FLORIDA CHADWICK FLETCHER DAVID D. LAMBERT ALBERT JOHN JANEK III, OF VIRGINIA BRIAN T. FREIDLINE TRACY A. LITTLE DAVID H. LIBOFF, OF FLORIDA DAVID L. GLAD STEPHANIE K. MARTINSON GWENDOLYN LLEWELLYN, OF VIRGINIA TAMMY D. GLASCOE BILLIE J. MATTHEWS DALEY C. O’NEIL, OF FLORIDA BRYAN T. GNADE REBECCA K. MCARTHUR CHRISTOPHER W. VOLCIAK, OF PENNSYLVANIA ALEJANDRO GONZALES STEVEN T. MEYER FOR APPOINTMENT AS FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER OF MICHELLE J. GRADNIGO JOHN L. MITCHELL, JR. CLASS THREE, CONSULAR OFFICER AND SECRETARY IN ANDREW R. GREGORY IDA S. MONTGOMERY THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRENT W. GRUVER VINCENT B. MYERS AMERICA: TRACY J. OSTROM JIAN GUAN LIDIA AVAKIAN, OF VIRGINIA LILLIAN S. PERKINS CASEY E. HAINES CARRIE LYNN BASNIGHT, OF FLORIDA SAFIYA S. PETERSON VANESA D. HAMARD KARLA C. BROWN, OF CALIFORNIA BRENT K. RAMSEY TIFFANY N. HEADY TABATHA L. FAIRCLOUGH, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- DARRELL G. REAMER THWANA F. JOHNSON BIA COLLEEN M. REID DONALD C. JOHNSTON KWANG H. KIM, OF FLORIDA WILLIAM S. SEDGWICK ALAN A. JONES KEIJI D. TURNER, OF WYOMING NICOS KARASAVVA MARIA H. SHELTON PAUL J. KASSEBAUM CHRISTOPHER T. STAKE FOR APPOINTMENT AS FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER OF ALEXANDER K. KAYATANI RACHEL STRATMAN CLASS FOUR, CONSULAR OFFICER AND SECRETARY IN TODD M. KIJEK PAULINE A. SWIGER THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF CHRISTOPHER W. KISS LORI M. TAPLEY AMERICA: MELISSA LECCESE RUBY J. THOMAS NISHA ABRAHAM, OF TEXAS JASON D. LING JEFFREY D. THOMPSON MICHAEL KEITH AGNER, JR., OF FLORIDA HERBERT LORFILS SHEILA J. WEBB MEGAN AHEARN, OF PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT G. LOWEN MICHAEL W. WISSEMANN MAROOF P. AHMED, OF FLORIDA CLAUDIA S. LUNA WENDY G. WOODALL NADIA SHAIRZAY AHMED, OF VIRGINIA JAMES C. MAKER THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUAL FOR REGULAR DRU ALEJANDRO, OF FLORIDA DAVID R. MALDONADOLOPEZ APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE BRIAN DAVID ASCHER, OF FLORIDA DAMIAN G. MCCABE UNITED STATES ARMY NURSE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, RACHEL ATWOOD MENDIOLA, OF NORTH DAKOTA HARRY MCDONALD, JR. U.S.C., SECTIONS 531 AND 3064: OSCAR D. AVILA, OF FLORIDA RICHARD B. MCNEMEE, JR. KALA CARRUTHERS AZAR, OF VIRGINIA MARILYN M. MUELLER To be major ANDREW C. BAKER, OF CALIFORNIA JITTAWADEE MURPHY ANNA L. BALOGH, OF MASSACHUSETTS ALFRED H. NADER III LAURA M. HUDSON FRANCESCO CARLO BARBACCI, OF VIRGINIA

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ANDREW BARWIG, OF COLORADO KAMILAH MARESSA KEITH, OF GEORGIA CHRISTOPHER FREDERIC SMITH, OF TEXAS NICOLE C. BAYER, OF CALIFORNIA PHILIP R. KERN, OF WYOMING MARISSA L. SMITH, OF ARIZONA CALEB DANIEL BECKER, OF TEXAS AAMER ALAM KHAN, OF NEW JERSEY RACHEL ELIZABETH SMITH, OF CALIFORNIA BRANISLAVA BELL, OF NORTH CAROLINA UZMA FATIMAH KHAN, OF NORTH CAROLINA SEAN ROBERT SMITH, OF PENNSYLVANIA ANNIKA R. BETANCOURT, OF CONNECTICUT MIRA J. KIM, OF ILLINOIS THERESA ANN CARPENTER SONDJO, OF MARYLAND SHAILAJA BISTA, OF GEORGIA CHELSEA M. KINSMAN, OF NEW YORK LACHLYN M. SOPER, OF TEXAS D. JAMES BJORKMAN, OF VERMONT JENNIFER S. KLARMAN, OF FLORIDA JULIANA AURELIA SPAVEN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- BRIDGET BLAGOEVSKI–TRAZOFF, OF NEW YORK JOHN C. KNETTLES, OF WASHINGTON LUMBIA RICHMOND PAUL BLAKE, OF PENNSYLVANIA AHMED KOKON, OF NEW YORK SILVIA FREYRE SPRING, OF MARYLAND SEAN DANIEL BODA, OF FLORIDA JAN JERRY KRASNY, OF FLORIDA PAUL A. ST. PIERRE II, OF TENNESSEE MATTHEW ANTHONY BOULLIOUN, OF CALIFORNIA KAREN ANN KUZIS MEYER, OF WASHINGTON EVAN ROBERT STANLEY, OF FLORIDA MICHAEL DAVIDSON BOVEN, OF MICHIGAN VALERIE A. LABOY, OF TEXAS ANDREW STAPLES, OF WASHINGTON ROYCE MELBERT BRANCH II, OF TEXAS BORCHIEN LAI, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ADAM T. STEVENS, OF CONNECTICUT BRIAN JAMES BREUHAUS, OF NEW YORK JEFFREY R. LAKSHAS, OF WASHINGTON JACOB DARYL STEVENS, OF WASHINGTON LASEAN WADE BROWN, OF GEORGIA JIN–FONG YASUO LAM, OF FLORIDA KARYN M. STOVALL, OF ILLINOIS CAROLINE R. BUDDENHAGEN, OF FLORIDA MATTHEW COURTNEY LAMM, OF WASHINGTON LUCIJA BAJZER STRALEY, OF MINNESOTA KEVIN J. BURGWINKLE, OF VIRGINIA RENEE LYNN LARIVIERE, OF VERMONT ELISABETH CORBIN STRATTON, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- LAURA ALLISON BURNS, OF FLORIDA BENJAMIN ISAAC LAZARUS, OF NORTH CAROLINA LUMBIA ANDREW GEORGE BURY III, OF VIRGINIA BENEY JUHYON LEE, OF WASHINGTON TRACY M. STRAUCH, OF VIRGINIA JOHN W. BUSH II, OF FLORIDA DANIEL K. LEE, OF CALIFORNIA MARY M. STREETZEL, OF FLORIDA YANCY W. CARUTHERS, OF MISSOURI SCOTT T. LEO, OF CONNECTICUT AKASH R. SURI, OF CALIFORNIA JEFFREY PHILIP CERNYAR, OF TEXAS KRISTINA LESZCZAK, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SARAH HOWE SWATZBURG, OF NEVADA DEAN I. CHANG, OF PENNSYLVANIA STEVE DAVIS LEU, OF CALIFORNIA CODY W. SWYER, OF CALIFORNIA GRACE WOORI CHOI, OF CALIFORNIA KUAN–WEN LIAO, OF NEW YORK KAREN TANG, OF VIRGINIA YUSHIN CHOI, OF CALIFORNIA SHANNON LIBURD, OF NEW YORK SHAWN TENBRINK, OF OHIO ROGER VINCENT CHUANG, OF CALIFORNIA JOSEPH KUO LIN, OF CALIFORNIA JOHN THOMPSON, OF TEXAS D. MARKO CIMBALJEVICH, OF INDIANA DAVID LINFIELD, OF FLORIDA SEAN ANDREW THOMPSON, OF WASHINGTON SHOSHAUNA A. CLARK, OF COLORADO ALLISON WERNER LISTERMAN, OF NORTH CAROLINA BRIAN ANDREW TIMM–BROCK, OF MARYLAND VANESSA D. COLON, OF TEXAS PETER ALBERT LOSSAU, OF FLORIDA LESLIE M. TOKIWA, OF CALIFORNIA NATHAN J. COOPER, OF CALIFORNIA MY LU, OF CALIFORNIA GREGORY VINSON TOLLE, OF VIRGINIA JESSI MARIE COPELAND, OF VIRGINIA JACLYN LUO, OF TEXAS J. BARRETT TRAVIS, OF TEXAS JULIA HARTT KENTNOR CORBY, OF ARIZONA JENNIFER L. MAATTA, OF WASHINGTON AARON CHAUNCEY TRUAX, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ELISE S. CRANE, OF COLORADO EWAN JOHN MACDOUGALL, OF NEW YORK CAITLIN JANE TUMULTY, OF MASSACHUSETTS REID MILLER CREEDON, OF MICHIGAN DANIEL P. MADAR, OF SOUTH CAROLINA NICHOLAS TYNER, OF MASSACHUSETTS CATHERINE CROFT, OF WASHINGTON MATTHEW A. MALONE, OF MARYLAND DAVID MARK URBIA, OF MINNESOTA CHAD SPENCER CRYDER, OF INDIANA CRISTOPH ALEXIS MARK, OF CALIFORNIA ANNE M. VASQUEZ, OF FLORIDA CHANSONETTA C. CUMMINGS, OF VIRGINIA DAN MARK, OF WASHINGTON KARINA A. VERAS, OF NEW YORK DAVID JUDE CUMMINGS, OF COLORADO DOREEN VAILLANCOURT MARONEY, OF MARYLAND CHARLES F. VETTER, OF TEXAS ANDREW A. DAEHNE, OF TEXAS THOMAS PATRICK MAROTTA, OF FLORIDA VANJA VUKOTA, OF FLORIDA EDWARD FRANCIS DANOWITZ III, OF GEORGIA TRACY MARTIN, OF NEW YORK CYNTHIA H. WANG, OF CALIFORNIA CYNTHIA C. DAVILA, OF CALIFORNIA CATHERINE LIND MATHES, OF KANSAS RONALD P. WARD, OF FLORIDA STEWART E. DAVIS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BRIAN AARON MATTYS, OF NEW YORK JEFFREY M. WARNER, OF NEVADA JENNIFER L. DENHARD, OF FLORIDA PAUL A. MCDERMOTT, OF TEXAS EILEEN WEDEL, OF FLORIDA ANDREW R. DEVLIN, OF VIRGINIA KRISTINE R. MCELWEE, OF OREGON REBECCA WEIDNER, OF VIRGINIA DAISY A. DIX, OF VIRGINIA KARL W. MCNAMARA, OF SOUTH DAKOTA NELSON H. WEN, OF TEXAS ANDREW HARRINGTON DOEHLER, OF MARYLAND DAVID MCWILLIAMS, OF TEXAS KEITH E. WEST, OF FLORIDA CHRISTY S. DOHERTY, OF VIRGINIA KRISTIN ASHLEY MENCER, OF TENNESSEE ELIZABETH ANNE WEWERKA, OF FLORIDA KIRK EDWARD DONAHOE, OF PENNSYLVANIA SAUL MERCADO, OF NEW YORK EMILY BUTLER WHITE, OF CALIFORNIA CLARE E. DOWDLE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHANNON M. MERLO, OF VIRGINIA ZAINABU ZAWADI WILLIAMS, OF MARYLAND RICHARD L. DUBOIS III, OF KANSAS LITAH NICOLE MILLER, OF MISSOURI ERIC MICHAEL WILSON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MICHAEL DUBRAY, OF CALIFORNIA RYAN S. MILLER, OF OHIO ANDREW G. WINKELMAN, OF NORTH CAROLINA KARL DUCKWORTH, OF PENNSYLVANIA CHAD GREGORY MINER, OF LOUISIANA COURTNEY J. WOODS, OF ARKANSAS ANDREW WEBER DUFF, OF VIRGINIA KYLE JOHN MISSBACH, OF TEXAS STALLION EASE YANG, OF CALIFORNIA SUSAN L. DUNATHAN, OF WASHINGTON MICHAEL JOHN MITCHELL, OF MINNESOTA HYUN YOON, OF FLORIDA ANNA DUPONT, OF NEW YORK CHARLES L. MONTGOMERY, OF CALIFORNIA DENISE ROSALIND ZAVRAS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- SANDRA L. DUPUY, OF FLORIDA EVAN MORRISEY, OF WASHINGTON BIA JOEL DYLHOFF, OF ILLINOIS AMAL MOUSSAOUI HAYNES, OF NEW YORK LU ZHOU, OF CALIFORNIA DERRICK EDUARD ECKARDT, OF INDIANA SCOTT E. MURPHY, OF VIRGINIA MICHELLE ZIA, OF VIRGINIA TIMOTHY R. EDGE, OF CALIFORNIA NINA MURRAY, OF NEBRASKA RAFAELA ZUIDEMA–BLOMFIELD, OF PENNSYLVANIA WREN S. ELHAI, OF VIRGINIA KERRIE ANN NANNI, OF TEXAS THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSON OF THE DEPART- CHRISTOPHER CHARLES ELLIS, OF OREGON JOSEPH JOHN NARUS, OF OREGON MENT OF STATE FOR APPOINTMENT AS A FOREIGN MARY K. FANOUS, OF FLORIDA CRISTINA MARIE NARVAEZ, OF FLORIDA SERVICE OFFICER OF THE CLASS STATED: CHRISTOPHER R. FARLOW, OF FLORIDA WILLIAM E. O’BRYAN, OF NEBRASKA FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER OF CLASS FOUR, CON- JESSICA T. FARMER, OF MAINE RACHEL OREOLUWA OKUNUBI, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- SULAR OFFICER AND SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC MICHAEL JARED FELDMAN, OF MARYLAND LUMBIA SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EFFEC- JAMES P. FELDMAYER, OF VIRGINIA AMBER M. OLIVA, OF ALASKA TIVE JULY 6, 2010: DANIEL D. FENECH, OF TEXAS DAVID TODD PANETTI, OF MINNESOTA BETH RUSHFORD FERNALD, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JASON LEE PARK, OF NEW JERSEY DERRIN RAY SMITH, OF FLORIDA LIAM E. FITZGERALD, OF VIRGINIA JOO WEON JOHN PARK, OF VIRGINIA THE FOLLOWING–NAMED CAREER MEMBER OF THE SHARYN C. FITZGERALD, OF VIRGINIA TYLER J. PARTRIDGE, OF ARIZONA FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR ROBERT WILLIAM FOLLEY, OF WISCONSIN LEONARD K. PAYNE IV, OF FLORIDA PROMOTION WITHIN THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE TO AMIRA A. FOUAD, OF CALIFORNIA CASSANDRA J. PAYTON, OF FLORIDA THE CLASS INDICATED: SACHA FRAITURE, OF MARYLAND MIGAEL S. PENIX, OF NORTH CAROLINA CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE DAVID FREITAS, OF CALIFORNIA AMY PETERSEN, OF TEXAS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CLASS OF MIN- WILLIAM DAVID TUNGETT FROST, OF KENTUCKY NATALIE L. PETERSON, OF OHIO ISTER–COUNSELOR: GREGORY ROBERT GAEDE, OF CALIFORNIA SHANNON ELISABETH PETRY, OF TEXAS STUART MACKENZIE HATCHER, OF VIRGINIA JASON HOWARD GALLIAN, OF UTAH ROBERT MATTHEW PICKETT, OF OREGON EDUARDO GARCIA, OF TEXAS BRANDON NOBLE PIERCE, OF FLORIDA THE FOLLOWING–NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN LAUREN M. GIBSON, OF MARYLAND MATTHEW COLE PIERSON, OF VIRGINIA SERVICE TO BE CONSULAR OFFICERS AND SECRETARIES BRIAN A. GILLESPIE, OF TENNESSEE LISA N. PODOLNY, OF FLORIDA IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF DARROW SLADE GODESKI MERTON, OF NEW YORK KEVIN C. PRICE, OF VIRGINIA AMERICA: KESHAV GOPINATH, OF CALIFORNIA LAURA QUINN, OF NEW YORK JENNIFER ANN AMOS, OF TEXAS KAM J. GORDON, OF UTAH HEDAYAT KHALIL RAFIQZAD, OF VIRGINIA JENNIFER ANDERSON, OF ALASKA NICHOLAS GRAY, OF WISCONSIN CHRISTOPHER RAINS, OF CALIFORNIA PATRICK B. BAETJER, OF VIRGINIA LUKE S. GREICIUS, OF NEW YORK AMANJIT RAMESH, OF VIRGINIA LAUREN ELIZABETH BARROW, OF FLORIDA KAY TRENHOLME HAIRSTON, OF VIRGINIA SHANKAR RAO, OF CALIFORNIA JOHN CONNOR BIBA, OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDER FERRELL HALL, OF WASHINGTON KEDENARD MADEILLE RAYMOND, OF MARYLAND RANDALL E. BROWN, OF TEXAS JOHN RICHARD HALL, OF TEXAS JUSTIN REID, OF CALIFORNIA DAVID LUKE BRUNS, OF FLORIDA HAMMAD BASSAM HAMMAD, OF CALIFORNIA JAMES PATRICK REIDY, OF TEXAS MATTHEW THOMAS CALVIN, OF COLORADO JEFFREY HANLEY, OF PENNSYLVANIA REBECCA RESNIK, OF MARYLAND LEROY A. CAMPBELL, OF VIRGINIA MICHAEL HARKER, OF NORTH CAROLINA SALINA RICO, OF CALIFORNIA DANA LYNN CANDELL, OF VIRGINIA BRENDAN J. HARLEY, OF PENNSYLVANIA ARMANDO DIEGO RIVERA, OF ARIZONA MICHAEL P. CASSIN, OF VIRGINIA MARY K. HARRINGTON, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JOHN TIMOTHY ROBBINS, OF TEXAS JEFFREY LOUIS CHRISTY, OF VIRGINIA JENNIFER ANNE–MARIE HARWOOD, OF MARYLAND KAHINA MILDRANA ROBINSON, OF CALIFORNIA MARLYNN P. CIAVOLA, OF VIRGINIA KARLENE M. HENNINGER FRELICH, OF FLORIDA THAD W. ROSS, OF IDAHO APRIL L. CONWAY, OF GEORGIA YASMEEN HIBRAWI, OF CALIFORNIA JOHN RUNKLE, OF WASHINGTON MICHAEL L. COOK, OF VIRGINIA CARLTON JEROME HICKS, OF VIRGINIA RAOUL A. RUSSELL, OF TENNESSEE RUSSELL JAMES CORNELIA, OF MASSACHUSETTS CHRISTIANA MICHELLE HOLLIS, OF FLORIDA WILLIAM C. SANDS, OF TEXAS JENNIFER M. CROSSON, OF VIRGINIA REID STEVENSON HOWELL, OF OREGON SCOTT R. SANFORD, OF WYOMING JASON T. CUMMINGS, OF VIRGINIA MAIETA HOWZE, OF NEW YORK JOHN DAVID SARRAF, OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTNEY LYNN DE ANGELIS, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- RICHARD DANIEL HUGHES, OF NEW YORK BRIAN J. SAWICH, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE LUMBIA JONATHAN HWANG, OF CALIFORNIA JOANNA M. SCHENKE, OF TEXAS BLAKE NATHANIEL EBER, OF VIRGINIA ADAEZE J. IGWE, OF TEXAS MIRIAM S. SCHIVE, OF MARYLAND HOLLY TAING EBHARDT, OF VIRGINIA KUMI T. IKEDA, OF CALIFORNIA STEPHANIE LAURA SCHMID, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- NURIT SIVAN EINIK, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMIRAH TAREK ISMAIL, OF VIRGINIA LUMBIA PAUL DAVID JO ELY, OF OREGON AARON THEODORE JACKSON, OF CALIFORNIA CURTIS L. SCHMUCKER, OF FLORIDA HEATHER NALLEY FARRELL, OF VIRGINIA DANIEL ALEXANDER JACOBS–NHAN, OF GEORGIA GARY SCHUMANN, OF FLORIDA WILLIAM TROY FARRIS, OF VIRGINIA JESSICA LYNN JARCEV, OF WASHINGTON MATTHEW WILLIAM SCRANTON, OF DELAWARE ANNA T. FEATHER, OF NEVADA JOSANDA EVELYN JINNETTE, OF TEXAS JAMES JONAS SHEA, OF MARYLAND MICHAEL STEPHEN FLETCHER, OF VIRGINIA ELVIN JOHN, OF TEXAS MARY ANN SHEPHERD, OF COLORADO OWEN PATRICK FLETCHER, OF MARYLAND DOUGLAS MAYES JOHNSON, OF ARIZONA TIMOTHY SHRIVER, OF IOWA WILLIAM WEST FOLLMER, OF MARYLAND NADINE FARID JOHNSON, OF WASHINGTON JEFFREY HANCOCK SILLIN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- EVAN FOX, OF VIRGINIA ALLISON BARR JONES, OF MAINE BIA LLOYD DUNGAN FREEMAN, OF TENNESSEE BRITT JAMISON JONES, OF NORTH CAROLINA JOAN LOUISE SIMON BARTHOLOMAUS, OF WASHINGTON HENRY YU–HANG FUNG, OF FLORIDA DAVID JOSAR, OF PENNSYLVANIA KRISTEN MICHELLE EDIANN SMART, OF THE DISTRICT SEAN C. GARRETT, OF VIRGINIA JAMES JOSEPH KANIA, OF NEW JERSEY OF COLUMBIA STEPHANIE GIACOLETTO–STEGALL, OF UTAH ASHOK KAUL, OF NEVADA BENJAMIN J. SMITH, OF ARIZONA JENNIFER LYNNE GOOD, OF VIRGINIA

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TIMOTHY MICHAEL HAGERTY, OF VIRGINIA ANGELA EVE MALONEY, OF MARYLAND MICHAEL PATRICK SYKES, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- KATHERINE ANN HARBIN, OF MISSOURI CAROLINE JESSICA MANN, OF ILLINOIS BIA KATHERINE D. HARMON, OF VIRGINIA RICHARD WILLIAM MATTON, JR., OF VIRGINIA KYLE LEWIS TADKEN, OF VIRGINIA RICHARD BARNEY HATCH, OF VIRGINIA KEVIN WENG–YEW MAYNER, OF GEORGIA JESSICA L. TESORIERO, OF VIRGINIA MARY E. HAWKINS, OF MARYLAND JERRY P. MAYO, OF VIRGINIA KAYLA RICHELLE THOMAS, OF VIRGINIA RICHARD EDWARD HEATER, OF NEW YORK RYAN THOMAS MCCLELLAN, OF VIRGINIA DEVON VAN DYNE, OF WASHINGTON ROSEMARY NOTTOLI HIGGINS, OF ILLINOIS JOHNNY MEYER, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTOPHER L. VASQUEZ, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- SEAN D. HILL, OF VIRGINIA PAUL DAVID MIGNANO, OF NEW YORK BIA KEVIN LEE HUTTENBACH, OF VIRGINIA MONICA A. MIRELES, OF VIRGINIA KRISTEN ELAINE VATT, OF ARIZONA JEFFRY ALAN JACKSON, OF CONNECTICUT DAVID CARLTON MORRISON, OF IOWA ERIC THOMAS VOGEL, OF TEXAS KENNETH EDWARD JENSEN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- JAMES RICHARD NUTTALL, OF VIRGINIA REBECCA WALL, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LUMBIA JOHN THOMAS OCH, OF VIRGINIA JENNIFER DERNAY WHALEN, OF LOUISIANA WILLIAM G. JOHNSON, OF CALIFORNIA HOLLY ROTHE WIELKOSZEWSKI, OF VIRGINIA OLIVIA R. JORJANI, OF VIRGINIA ALEX OLIVIA O’MALLEY, OF VIRGINIA JOSHUA WESLEY PRICE KAMP, OF NEW YORK PATRICK JOSEPH PERRIELLO, JR., OF NEW YORK f JOHN HERMAN KAY, OF VIRGINIA NICHOLAS A. PSYHOS, OF VIRGINIA KENDRA J. KILLMER, OF VIRGINIA BELLA A. REID, OF VIRGINIA JAMES PETER KLAPPS, JR., OF VIRGINIA SCOTT ANDREW RISNER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WITHDRAWAL NOAH ADAM KLINGER, OF NEW YORK ANGELIA DELOIS ROBERTSON, OF FLORIDA CYNTHIA B. KNUTSEN, OF VIRGINIA JUSTIN J. RONNING, OF VIRGINIA Executive Message transmitted by OLENA ANNA KRAWCIW, OF VIRGINIA ADAM LELAND SCHICK, OF WASHINGTON the President to the Senate on July 8, KEVIN C. KREPLIN, OF ARIZONA CATHERINE ROSE SEAGRAVES, OF OKLAHOMA ABIGAIL CAROLINE LACKMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- CHAD JOSEPH SLANEY, OF VIRGINIA 2015 withdrawing from further Senate LUMBIA ELIZABETH M. SMITH, OF NEW YORK consideration the following nomina- KELLY STERLING LAURITZEN, OF TEXAS NICHOLAS MATHEW SMITH, OF VIRGINIA SCOTT SUNGWON LEE, OF MARYLAND SHANE SPELLMAN, OF MISSOURI tion: CARY O. LEWIN, OF VIRGINIA FREDRIC NICHOLAS STOKES, OF CONNECTICUT AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF BRIG. GEN. ROBERT N. MEGHAN LUCKETT, OF MICHIGAN TINA S. SULEIMAN, OF VIRGINIA POLUMBO, TO BE MAJOR GENERAL, WHICH WAS SENT TO LAURA ALLISON MACARTHUR, OF CALIFORNIA SHRAVAN SURENDRA, OF VIRGINIA THE SENATE ON APRIL 20, 2015.

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IN RECOGNITION OF MR. NICK nize the organization for its efforts to increase and defending American citizens. I congratu- MANGANARO ON HIS 90TH BIRTH- interest in the game, particularly among Afri- late her on her well-earned retirement after DAY can American communities. nearly 30 years of service, and I wish her and Sports often reflect the racial and social her family the very best the future has to offer. HON. LOU BARLETTA trends in the larger American society; and per- f OF PENNSYLVANIA haps no game illustrates the gradual progres- sion in race relations quite as clearly as golf. CONGRATULATING CURT FRYE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nearly 50 years ago, a small group of black Wednesday, July 8, 2015 students gathered in Lebanon, Pennsylvania HON. ADRIAN SMITH Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to establish the NNGA. Its history would be- OF NEBRASKA to recognize Mr. Nick Manganaro as he cele- come part of the greater ongoing struggle to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES brates his 90th birthday. Nick began working overcome a legacy of social exclusion. While Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at Medico Industries at the young age of 13, NNGA’s mission focuses on recreation, it has Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise and he has continually served my local com- become an agent for social change. today to congratulate Curt Frye of Wayne, Ne- munity in his duties at the company’s Hanover Today, NNGA has grown to over 200 mem- braska, on his recent retirement after 30 years Township facility. bers in seven chapters, including a chapter in The son of Italian immigrants, Nick was the 11th Congressional District of Ohio, my of service to the students and faculty at born on May 23, 1925, and graduated from home district. Its interest in diversity and inclu- Wayne State College. Mr. Frye taught for 18 years in Nebraska Pittston High School in 1943. He proudly went sion has inspired the association to raise hun- public schools before becoming Associate on to serve in the Navy during WWII and was dreds of thousands of dollars for the United Dean of Students at Wayne State in 1985. In stationed in Panama. Upon returning to Negro College Fund and has helped profes- the years following, he served in numerous Pittston in 1946, Nick immediately resumed sional African American golfers further their roles including Dean of Students, Vice Presi- his work at Medico Electric Motor Company. careers in this once exclusive sport. dent of Student Affairs, and Interim President To this day, Nick is still employed by Medico Over the course of its history, the fraternal before being named President in 2011. Industries, where he has worked for 77 years. spirit of the NNGA membership has positively Having served at the college longer than His work ethic is unparalleled. A wearer of impacted the lives of its members and future any of his predecessors, Mr. Frye is known for many hats, Nick has worked on the rigging generations of young golfers. Happy 50th An- his dedication to seeing Wayne State students crew, operated cranes, drove tractor trailers, niversary to the National Negro Golf Associa- succeed. I had the opportunity earlier this year and maneuvered all of the construction equip- tion. to visit the College Center in South Sioux City, ment. Within the company, Nick is considered f a unique partnership established under Mr. to be a father figure to many employees, al- Frye’s leadership to provide a high-quality, af- ways willing to provide support and guidance CONGRATULATING BRIGADIER fordable education to more students in the re- to those in need. He is admired by his cowork- GENERAL KRISTIN K. FRENCH gion. Despite his retirement, Mr. Frye’s vision ers and customers for his bright attitude, mod- ON HER RETIREMENT and tireless work for the college he loves will est demeanor, and dedication to the company. continue to benefit Wayne State students for Though he cannot perform all the job func- HON. CHERI BUSTOS years to come. tions he once could, Nick continues to work OF ILLINOIS On behalf of the people of Nebraska’s Third seven days per week—a habit that is indic- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES District, I thank Mr. Frye for his decades of ative of his tireless, hard-working character. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 service to Nebraska education and congratu- He still lives at the Manganaro family home- late him and his wife Dianne on the start of stead, where he resides next door to his sis- Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to this new chapter in their lives. ter, Maria Capolarella Montante. The two have congratulate Brigadier General Kristin K. one living brother, Joe Manganaro. Outside of French on her retirement from her long and f work, Nick is a member of St. Rocco’s Parish heroic service in the U.S. Armed Forces. STUDENT SUCCESS ACT in Pittston, and is a life-long member of the Completing her studies at the historic San Cataldo Society in Pittston, a social orga- grounds of West Point Military Academy in SPEECH OF nization that is united in celebrating its mem- 1986, Brig. Gen. French would later go on to ber’s Italian heritage, familial values, and reli- complete two masters degrees in Logistics HON. GENE GREEN gious principles. Management and Strategic Studies. After OF TEXAS Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recognize Mr. serving all over the world in operations such IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nick Manganaro on this important milestone, as Operation Desert Fox in Kuwait, Operation Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Joint Endeavor in Croatia, Operation Iraqi and I admire his diligent work ethic and sense The House in Committee of the Whole of commitment. I thank Nick for his service to Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Free- House on the state of the Union had under our country and community, and I hope that dom in Afghanistan, she assumed command consideration the bill (H.R. 5) to support he will celebrate this year in the company of of the Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle State and local accountability for public his family and friends. Management Command and Joint Munitions education, protect State and local authority, inform parents of the performance of their f Command at the Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, Illinois in July of 2013. children’s schools, and for other purposes: COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNI- A highly decorated officer, her awards in- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chair, I VERSARY OF THE NATIONAL clude the Defense Superior Service Medal, rise today to express my opposition to H.R. 5, NEGRO GOLF ASSOCIATION Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense the Student Success Act. This bill undermines Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Com- the fundamental purpose of the Elementary HON. MARCIA L. FUDGE mendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which OF OHIO and the Army Achievement Medal. Brig. Gen. was created to ensure that disadvantaged chil- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES French is married to Lieutenant Colonel Rick dren are provided a high-quality education that French, and together they have a daughter allows them to compete on a level playing Wednesday, July 8, 2015 and a son. field with their more-advantaged peers. Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Brigadier Among its many problematic provisions, this mark the 50th Anniversary of the National General Kristin French for her dedicated serv- bill cuts crucial education funding, fails to hold Negro Golf Association (NNGA) and to recog- ice in the Armed Forces, bravely protecting states and districts accountable for supporting

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In our report filed in 1980, flawed and must be reformed, and reauthor- memorate the 50th anniversary of ‘‘Bloody we recommended ‘‘the need for improved co- ization presents a tremendous opportunity to Sunday.’’ ordination of Bay-wide management to meet make much-needed improvements and bring Furthermore, there are also egregious policy the long-term needs of the people of both our education system into the 21st century. riders in this bill that would block clean air pro- Maryland and Virginia’’ and found that this However, instead of fixing the problems of tections, such as the EPA’s Clean Power was not an issue that Maryland and Virginia NCLB, the Student Success Act does not re- Plan. alone could solve. flect best practices and fails to strike the ap- Too many families, particularly those in low- Cleaning up the Bay required the coopera- propriate balance between flexibility and ac- income, vulnerable communities, already suf- tion of all states in the watershed. In 1983, countability. fer from poor air quality because of dirty car- Chesapeake Bay Watershed states signed the Reauthorization should support college and bon pollution. first Chesapeake Bay agreement to coordinate career-ready standards, address the overuse We know that communities of color are dis- their efforts on this issue, and in 2010 the of testing in teacher and school evaluations proportionately affected by pollution-related ill- EPA set pollution limits to reduce pollution, nu- that currently forces educators to substitute nesses, including asthma. According to the trients, and sediment flowing into the Bay. test preparation for instruction, and feature an American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Im- As a result of these efforts, the quality of the accountability system that includes meaningful munology, one in six African American and Chesapeake Bay has been significantly im- targets for improving student attainment that one in nine Latino children suffer from asthma. proved and states continue to invest millions gives schools and districts flexibility in how There are other toxic policy riders that of dollars in their Chesapeake Clean Water they achieve those goals. would block the protection of our imperiled Blueprint Plans. Just yesterday, a unanimous I urge my colleagues to vote against H.R. 5 wildlife under the Endangered Species Act, decision was issued by the Third Circuit Court and instead support reauthorization that re- like the Greater Sage Grouse population. of Appeals affirming the authority of the EPA stores our nation’s commitment to providing The Endangered Species Act is the only law under the Clean Water Act to set limits on pol- equal opportunity for all students regardless of that has safeguarded more than 2,000 plants lution in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. In their background and protect our country’s stu- and wildlife from extinction. This law enjoys the decision, the Court wrote that cleaning up dents including the most vulnerable, which broad support from nearly 85 percent of Amer- the Chesapeake Bay ‘‘will require sacrifice was the intention of this landmark civil rights icans. And yet here we are again, with a bill . . . but that is a consequence of the tremen- law. that seeks to undermine decades of animal dous effort it will take to restore health to the f protection and runs counter to vast public sup- bay.’’ port. I agree with the Court’s assessment: clean- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Mr. Chair, we need to continue to fight to ing up the Bay will take tremendous efforts ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED defend our environment, address climate and coordination between all six states in the AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS change, and make real, meaningful impacts Chesapeake Bay Watershed and the District ACT, 2016 on reducing greenhouse gas emissions so we of Columbia, and participating states should can protect our environment, our children and have the certainty that other states can be SPEECH OF our future. trusted to fulfill their obligations to help clean HON. BARBARA LEE Unfortunately, the bill before us does just up the Bay. OF CALIFORNIA the opposite. I believe that instead of offering amend- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hope that as this process moves forward, ments to undermine these efforts, we should we can address the insufficient funding alloca- be investing even more resources to ensure Thursday, June 25, 2015 tions and backwards policy riders that would that they are successful. I urge my colleagues The House in Committee of the Whole harm every American and put our precious en- to reject this amendment. House on the state of the Union had under vironment at risk. consideration the bill (H.R. 2822) making ap- f f propriations for the Department of the Inte- rior, environment, and related agencies for DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, RECOGNIZING LESLIE VELEZ AND the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED DANIEL HENRY for other purposes: AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS Ms. LEE. Mr. Chair, let me thank our Rank- ACT, 2016 HON. KEN BUCK ing Member, Congresswoman MCCOLLUM, for OF COLORADO her tremendous leadership of this Sub- SPEECH OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES committee. Mr. Chair, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Interior HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT Wednesday, July 8, 2015 and Environment bill before us would place OF VIRGINIA Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- health and safety of all Americans at risk. It IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ognize Leslie Velez and Daniel Henry for their dangerously cuts funding by $246 million from Tuesday, July 7, 2015 hard work and dedication to the people of FY 2015 levels and is $3.1 billion less than The House in Committee of the Whole Colorado’s Fourth District as interns in my the President’s FY2016 request. House on the state of the Union had under Washington, DC office for the Spring 2015 The deep cuts to this bill would undermine consideration the bill (H.R. 2822) making ap- session of Congress. our air quality, land, water and conservation propriations for the Department of the Inte- The work of this young man and woman funding and will have devastating impacts on rior, environment, and related agencies for has been exemplary and I know they both all communities in my home state of California the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and have bright futures. They served as tour and across the country. for other purposes: guides, interacted with constituents, and What’s worse—this bill slashes funding for Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair, I rise in learned a great deal about our nation’s legisla- the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by opposition to the amendment offered by my tive process. I was glad to be able to offer this more than 700 million dollars—from FY2015 colleague that would, in essence, prohibit the educational opportunity to these two and look levels and funds the agency at more than a EPA from spending any funds to ensure that forward to seeing them build their careers in billion dollars less than the President’s states fulfill their obligations under the Clean public service. FY2016 request. These profound cuts would Water Act to help clean up the Chesapeake Both of our interns have made plans to con- significantly harm the Clean Water Fund and Bay. If passed into law, this amendment would tinue their work next year with various organi- the Safe Drinking Water Fund—critical pro- endanger the progress we have made in re- zations in Washington. I am certain they will grams that ensure the safety of our drinking storing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and succeed in their new roles and wish them all water and our children. would put in jeopardy not only the Chesa- the best in their future endeavors. Mr. Speak- It also includes $40 million in cuts to the peake Bay itself, but also critical economic er, it is an honor to recognize Leslie Velez and Historic Preservation Fund (HPP), which contributions that the Bay provides. Daniel Henry for their service this spring.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor son High School for being named Pearland Mrs. Short and her husband were two of the the extraordinary life of Mr. Jose´ Duen˜as, Independent School District’s 2015 Secondary founders of the Memorial Hermann Katy Vol- former President and CEO of the Alameda Teacher of the Year. unteer Auxiliary when the hospital opened its County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Ward has always had a gift and talent doors in 1981. Since then, Mrs. Short has Known throughout the Bay Area as a fervent for teaching. After receiving degrees in both given more than 9,000 hours of her time to the Latino community leader, Mr. Duen˜as has left sociology and psychology, she sought a ca- Katy community and is the only remaining an undeniable mark on our community. With reer where she could help people and found original member of the Auxiliary. With her his passing on June 20, 2015, we look to a passion for teaching. In addition to her help, the volunteer program has expanded honor the outstanding quality of his life’s work. classroom excellence, Ms. Ward also coaches from 45 original members to 145 members Born in Mexico City, Mexico on February girls’ cross country, track and field, and bas- today. Now 91, Mrs. Short still volunteers 24, 1952, Mr. Duen˜as was raised in Oakland, ketball. She often takes time out of her day to twice a week and brings smiles to all the pa- California where he graduated from Fremont attend her students’ cheer, band, or sporting tients and the entire hospital staff. Hospital High School. He later attended California events. She has also implemented the Student staff and patients alike agree, it would not be State University, Hayward and St. Mary’s Col- Training in Teacher Leadership Program, the same place without her care and compas- lege of California. Upon receiving his Bach- which provides mentoring for students who are sion. elor’s Degree in Engineering, Mr. Duen˜as considering teaching for a career at Dawson On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- went on to pursue a career in public service High School. Her dedication to Dawson High sional District of Texas, congratulations again to develop and promote opportunities for the School doesn’t stop. to Mrs. Avadele Short for more than three greater Bay Area community. On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- decades of volunteer service to the Memorial During the earlier stages of his professional sional District of Texas, congratulations again Hermann Katy Hospital. Thank you for all that career, Mr. Duen˜as’ determination and hard to Melissa Ward for winning the Pearland you have done for our community. work led him to become a senior manager for Independent School District’s 2015 Secondary the Port of Oakland, the fourth largest port in f Teacher of the Year Award. North America. Shortly after, he was chosen f CONGRATULATING MADDY to lead the Bay Area World Trade Center as PETICOLAS Chief Executive Officer where he coordinated HONORING THE COUNTY OF trade missions to over 40 different countries. NAPA’S IF GIVEN A CHANCE HON. RODNEY DAVIS Afterwards, the Alameda County Hispanic PROGRAM OF ILLINOIS Chamber of Commerce (ACHCC) hired Mr. ˜ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Duenas to represent and provide assistance to HON. MIKE THOMPSON over 18,000 Hispanic owned firms. As Presi- Wednesday, July 8, 2015 OF CALIFORNIA dent and Chief Executive Officer at ACHCC, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speak- he led the charge of building a sustainable er, I rise today to congratulate my constituent, economic and financial foundation for Latino Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Maddy Peticolas of Godfrey, Illinois, on businesses to grow and prosper in the Bay Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, achieving the Congressional Award Silver Area. During his tenure, he also helped create I rise today to honor the valuable and tremen- Medal. a Latino Political Action Committee to help dous work of the Napa County organization, If The Congressional Award recognizes indi- promote Latino candidates and address key Given A Chance. For two decades, this group viduals for excellence in four areas: voluntary issues facing the Latino community and com- has provided scholarships and resilient high public service, personal development, physical munities of color. school graduates to overcome extraordinary fitness, and expedition. During her time at Furthermore, Mr. Duen˜as also ran his own challenges and troubled pasts. Principia High School, Maddy participated in a company, Global 8 Partners, which focuses on Since 1995, the If Given A Chance program number of activities that helped to improve her international trade, government affairs and has provided young people that have faced community. Hispanic business marketing. He is survived tremendous difficulties the opportunity to con- Maddy spent over two hundred hours volun- by his two children, Nicolas and Annalisa, tinue their education after high school and teering at a local day camp, staffing events three sisters and one brother. gain the work experience they need to suc- and led hikes for children. She also grew in I will always remember Jose´’s resiliency, his ceed. With support from local businesses and her faith of Christian Science by reading charisma, and passion for serving his commu- philanthropic organizations, the program ‘‘Prose Works’’, written by Mary Baker Eddy, a nity. Some of my most memorable moments awards more than $100,000 in scholarships, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Ad- with Jose´ were traveling to Mexico and Africa and graduates have gone on to get Masters ditionally, as a ukulele player, Maddy worked on the trade missions he helped organize. He and Ph.D. degrees at schools such as UCLA, to improve her memorization and sight reading truly understood the importance of inter- UC Davis, and Stanford University. skills. national trade to the Bay Area, and he shared If Given A Chance has supported hundreds She also spent many hours playing for her his knowledge with policy makers and the pri- of Napa Valley students in their efforts to pur- club soccer team, and began running to in- vate sector to help spur economic growth and sue college and vocational education. The re- crease speed and confidence as a player. She create jobs. His larger than life spirit will live markable young people that participate in If climbed a 14,000 foot mountain and com- forever and will continue to give us hope for Given a Chance have overcome gang affili- pleted a ropes course during her time on a the future. I will be forever grateful for his wise ation, addiction, injury, abuse and disease, yurt campground where she was also in counsel and friendship. and this program provides them the oppor- charge of meals. Today, California’s 13th Congressional Dis- tunity to make a better life for themselves and In all these things, Maddy demonstrated de- trict salutes an outstanding individual and their families. If Given A Chance is a testa- termination in improving both herself and her leader, Mr. Jose´ Duen˜as. Mr. Duen˜as’ con- ment to the significant and positive impact community. Whether it was through volun- tributions have truly impacted countless lives young people can have on their communities, teering, personal development, physical fit- throughout the Bay Area. I join all of Mr. and a true demonstration of the qualities that ness, or expedition, Maddy impacted the lives Duen˜as’ loved ones in celebrating his incred- make our country great. of many and I am proud to represent individ- ible life and offer my most sincere condo- Many have worked tirelessly to ensure the uals like her in my district. lences. success of If Given A Chance, and none

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Mr. Speaker, I rise generation and wish them good fortune in their The Tomball Chamber’s great success is before you today to honor the life and legacy next twenty years of service. due in no small part to the local business of Anthony Joseph ‘‘Tony’’ Narutowicz, a local leaders who over the years have worked so business owner, U.S. veteran and active com- f hard to make Tomball the great community it munity leader, who passed on October 14, HONORING SCENTSABILITY MICRO- is today. 2014, at the age of 81. ENTERPRISE, INC. Those men and women have been sup- A life-long resident of Baltimore County, Mr. ported by a tremendous group of Chamber ex- Narutowicz attended Saint Joseph Academy in HON. THEODORE E. DEUTCH ecutives including Pete Still, Doris Johnson, McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, Leonard Hall Academy in Leonardtown, Maryland, and OF FLORIDA Diane Holland and Bruce Hillegeist. Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I had the privilege of working firsthand with He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines for Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Diane and Bruce as a chamber executive my- two years before joining the Army for another self in nearby Montgomery County. Diane not two years during the Korean War as a cor- Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in only led the Tomball Chamber for 20 years but honor of ScentsAbility Micro-Enterprise, Inc. poral. was the first woman to hold the post of Chair- Mr. Narutowicz worked several jobs before as they are awarded the Platinum Business man of the Board of the Texas Chamber of Award at this year’s Connections luncheon, an landing in the family business, a tavern and Commerce Executives. Bruce, who currently package store called Mickey’s of Edgemere, in annual awards ceremony sponsored by Ca- serves as the Tomball Chamber’s President, reer Source Broward and Palm Beach Coun- 1963. He was eventually named president of held that same post in 2010 and is widely re- the company and managed it until his retire- ties. This award, presented by the South Flor- spected for his vision, energy, and leadership. ida Business Leadership Network, recognizes ment in 2001. Among his many claims to employers for disability-friendly practices and Continually advocating on behalf of its mem- fame, he once successfully fought two armed their commitment to training disabled Florid- bers, the Chamber was a driving force in the robbers outside a local bank. ians for employment opportunities. creation of the Tomball Tollway which has An extremely active and loyal Democratic ScentsAbility has made it its mission to do brought much needed relief from congested leader, Mr. Narutowicz was a founding mem- exactly that. Under the guidance of roadways. ber of the Baltimore County Seal Democratic ScentsAbility employees, disabled Floridians Additionally, the Chamber was a key player Club, serving several terms as president. He craft and sell homemade candles as well as in bringing the community college to the also served on the Democratic State Central learn important vocational and leadership skills Tomball community. Now known as Lone Star Committee from 1991 to 1998 in addition to that will allow them to succeed in a variety of College—Tomball, the college has become an launching his own bid for the Maryland House workplace settings. ScentsAbility’s care and integral part of the Tomball economic infra- of Delegates. commitment to this work has enabled count- structure with an enrollment of over 12,000 A prominent business owner, Mr. less Americans with special needs to live inde- students. Narutowicz sat on the Board of Directors at Bay-Vanguard Federal Savings and Loans for pendently and with confidence. Too often, Today, I want all of America to join with us Americans with intellectual and physical dis- 25 years. He also donated time as a member in celebrating 50 years of excellence. I cannot of the Edgemere-Millers Island Businessmen’s abilities are unable to find meaningful employ- wait to see what the future holds for the ment and earn a living. As a nation, it is im- Association for a decade. Greater Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce. Giving back to his community was always a portant we recognize and enable organiza- top priority for Mr. Narutowicz. An active pa- tions, such as ScentsAbility, that raise aware- f rishioner at St. Luke Catholic Church, he was ness of these critical issues and prioritize the an avid supporter of church and community diverse needs of our community. PEARLAND ISD ELEMENTARY programs that benefitted children and worked It is with great pleasure that I honor SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE for many years as treasurer of a charity golf ScentsAbility and its director, Ms. Bonnie YEAR—TAMMY NORMAN tournament to provide scholarships for local Schmidt. high school students. He was also a member f of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows IN HONOR OF THE GREATER HON. PETE OLSON North Point Lodge 4, an organization that op- TOMBALL AREA CHAMBER OF OF TEXAS erates under the principles of friendship, love COMMERCE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and truth. A dedicated family man, he was married to Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Verna Moore Narutowicz for an incredible 53 HON. KEVIN BRADY years. Together, the couple had four daugh- OF TEXAS Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ters, seven grandchildren and one great- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES congratulate Tammy Norman of Pearland’s grandchild. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Rogers Middle School for being named Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join with me Pearland Independent School District’s 2015 today to honor the life and memory of Mr. Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I stand Elementary Teacher of the Year. today to honor the 50th anniversary of The Tony Narutowicz. He was a valued member of Greater Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce Throughout her childhood, Ms. Norman was the Baltimore County Community who will be of Tomball, Texas. inspired and encouraged by her teachers. sorely missed but never forgotten. There is no doubt that the Tomball area is Today, she strives to have the same effect on f her students by helping them grow academi- experiencing exciting economic growth. The RECOGNIZING WARREN E. MOTTS cally and being a positive influence. Ms. Nor- area, once known for agriculture, oil, and the AND THE MOTTS MILITARY MU- man creates an engaging learning environ- railroad is now a bustling corridor home to SEUM tech start-ups and manufacturing firms. ment by supplementing her lessons with tech- Throughout this growth, one thing has stayed nology, humor, and fun activities. Ms. Norman HON. STEVE STIVERS constant—the Greater Tomball Area Chamber is truly making a lasting impact on the lives of OF OHIO of Commerce’s small town friendliness. her students. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Although the Chamber was not formally in- On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- corporated until 1965, it was first organized in sional District of Texas, congratulations again Wednesday, July 8, 2015 the 1920s when a group of local businessmen to Ms. Norman for being named Pearland Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to identifying themselves as the chamber sent a ISD’s 2015 Elementary Teacher of the Year. recognize Warren E. Motts, the founder of the

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Gulbranson of Stuart, Iowa, as he has been After moving, the museum began receiving named to Special Olympics Team USA and large donations from military families, which Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to will represent the United States at the 2015 allowed for the acquisition of military vehicles, congratulate Dr. Jennifer Morrow of Pearland’s Special Olympics World Summer Games in aircraft, and a World War II boat. In 2001, the Turner College and Career High School for Los Angeles, California. museum had the funds to break ground on a being named Pearland Independent School The 2015 World Games, which will take new wing to add even more military artifacts. District’s 2015 Elementary and Secondary place July 25th through August 2nd marks the The new wing of the museum was completed Principal of the Year. 14th Special Olympics World Summer Games. in 2006 and items are still being added to this Dr. Morrow has been working as principal at Every two years, the world comes together for section of the museum. this event, a flagship event of the Special Today, the Motts Military Museum has ex- Turner College and Career High School since 2012. She has helped create educational pro- Olympics movement, which promotes equality, hibits for the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, tolerance and acceptance through the power World War I, World War II, the Korean War, grams that allow students to earn associates degrees while becoming career certified. and joy of sport. This prominent world stage the Vietnam War, and Desert Storm. The mu- brings attention to the Special Olympics move- These higher learning programs fill an impor- seum also has some historical NASA artifacts, ment and the abilities of people with intellec- tant role in ensuring our communities have medals, and a POW exhibit. tual disabilities. Currently, more than 4.4 mil- well trained employees to meet specific indus- It is a testament to Warren Motts’ dedication lion Special Olympics athletes train and com- try needs. Dr. Morrow shows the innovation that The Motts Military Museum has grown pete year-round in 170 nations across the into an incredible facility for people all over and leadership that is deserving of this pres- globe. Ohio to learn about the rich history of Amer- tigious award. Patrick is one among a 491-member dele- ica’s armed services. I thank Warren for all of On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- gation representing the United States in com- his tremendous work in establishing this mu- sional District of Texas, congratulations again petition in 17 different sports. After earning a seum and ensuring it will continue to grow well to Dr. Jennifer Morrow for being named gold medal at the 2013 Special Olympics Iowa into the future for our community and visitors Pearland ISD’s Secondary Principal of the State Bowling Tournament, Patrick qualified to to enjoy. Year. apply for his spot on Special Olympics Team USA bowling. f f I commend Patrick for his dedication to the sport and I know that my colleagues in the CONGRATULATING THE RAIN- United States Congress will join me in con- WATER FAMILY AND THE CITY HONORING CARLI LLOYD OF gratulating him for qualifying to represent the OF CARROLLTON FOR RAIN- DELRAN Special Olympics Team USA at this year’s WATER LANE World Summer Games. It is an honor to serve HON. THOMAS MacARTHUR Iowans like Patrick, and I wish him the best of HON. KENNY MARCHANT luck at the 2015 Special Olympics World Sum- OF NEW JERSEY OF TEXAS mer Games and in all his future endeavors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Wednesday, July 8, 2015 COMMEMORATING THE 45TH ANNI- VERSARY OF PRESIDENT RICH- Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Mr. MACARTHUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ARD M. NIXON’S SPECIAL MES- in recognition of the city of Carrollton, Texas, to acknowledge the outstanding performance SAGE TO CONGRESS ON INDIAN located in my Congressional district, for re- and ultimate victory of the United States Wom- AFFAIRS naming Jamestown Lane to Rainwater Lane in en’s National Team during the FIFA Women’s commemoration of the Rainwater family, who have resided in the area since 1855. This World Cup. HON. TOM COLE change, proposed April 7th, was approved by On July 5, 2015, the women representing OF OKLAHOMA the city council on May 5th, and put into effect the United States of America soared to victory IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 6th. over Japan in the final game of the Women’s Wednesday, July 8, 2015 The Rainwaters are one of the oldest fami- World Cup. I would like to recognize the entire Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to com- lies in Carrollton, having lived there for over team for representing our country with a memorate the 45th anniversary of President 150 years. Carrollton has a history of honoring sweeping and courageous win. Richard M. Nixon’s Special Message to Con- important residents and families with street I would like to congratulate Carli Lloyd, who gress on Indian Affairs. names, and continues that tradition with Rain- grew up in Delran, New Jersey, for a truly he- For nearly two hundred years, Federal In- water Lane. The Rainwaters even worked on roic performance and the ultimate representa- dian policy has veered from one failed policy the plot of land where Carrollton City Hall is tion of her hometown in New Jersey’s third to another. Past policies have included treaty- currently placed. It is a long deserved honor to Congressional district. Ms. Lloyd’s brilliant play making, outright war and hostilities, land allot- name a street after one of the great Carrollton in the Women’s World Cup concluded with the ment, assimilation, and termination. On July 8, families. The newly renamed Rainwater Lane first hat trick in WWC Final history. Not only 1970, President Richard M. Nixon issued his is located behind Carrollton City Hall right in Special Message to Congress on Indian Af- did Ms. Lloyd win the Golden Ball Award, but the heart of Carrollton. As Carrollton mayor fairs. In the message, he acknowledged that she inspired our country with her passion, Matthew Marchant said on the subject, ‘‘The the state of Federal Indian policy was wholly leadership and fearless execution that led the Rainwater family is a very key part of the his- inadequate. President Nixon noted that the In- United States Women’s National Team to be- tory of the city of Carrollton and your legacy dians were the most deprived group of Ameri- come the first team to win three FIFA Wom- continues, even through today.’’ cans, ranking at the bottom of nearly every Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 24th Congres- en’s World Cup titles. economic and social measurement. He related sional District of Texas, I ask all my distin- Carli Lloyd continues to represent New Jer- that, despite inconsistent and often hostile guished colleagues to join me in honoring the sey’s third Congressional District with honor Federal treatment, the story of the American Rainwater family and the city of Carrollton on and distinction and I am proud to represent Indian was one of great struggle, but ulti- this commemoration. her in Congress. mately overcoming overwhelming challenges.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to colleagues, Congressmembers ANNA ESHOO Congress to repudiate and repeal the termi- congratulate Lunches of Love for serving its and MIKE HONDA, in memory of William ‘‘Bill’’ nation policy expressed in House Concurrent one millionth free lunch to the children of the Alfred Kindricks, who passed away on June 8, Resolution 108, and instead he promoted a Fort Bend County community. 2015. Bill was a leader in our community both policy that would allow Indian tribes to become in his public work with San Francisco BART Lunches of Love has been serving Fort and Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority, and part of the American fabric and participate in Bend County since 2012 by providing nutri- in his private life as an integral member of his their communities across this great nation, at tious lunches for children in need. On June church and mentor within the black community every level. 23, the organization handed out their millionth in Santa Clara County. The President’s message represented a fun- sack lunch and moved one step closer to end- Bill Kindricks, born the youngest of four sib- damental change to how the United States en- ing childhood hunger. We are extremely proud lings on July 24, 1946, on the campus of gages Indian tribal governments and their peo- of Lunches of Love’s dedication to our children Tuskegee University to Lewis and Salena and are grateful for every volunteer who has ple, proclaiming ‘‘the time has come to break Kindricks, grew up in Opelika, Alabama. He helped them reach this milestone. decisively with the past and to create the con- graduated from Alabama A&M University and the University of Virginia, Darden Graduate ditions for a new era in which the Indian future On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- sional District of Texas, thank you again to School of Business, and played professional is determined by Indian acts and Indian deci- football with the Cincinnati Bengals and Oak- sions.’’ Since then, the United States Indian Lunches of Love for serving the children of Fort Bend County and helping to eradicate land Raiders. policy has become one of Indian Self-Deter- childhood hunger. For most of his life, Bill resided and was an mination, without Termination. active member of his community in San Jose. Congress responded to the Nixon Adminis- f A devout man, Bill was baptized and attended tration’s initiative in 1975, by passing the In- church weekly throughout his life. During his dian Self-Determination and Education Assist- HONORING THE ST. HELENA career, Bill worked for General Motors and San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) ance Act, paving the way for the enactment in NATIVE SONS HALL and retired from the Santa Clara County Val- 1988 of the Tribal Self-Governance Program. ley Transit Authority (VTA) after 23 years of As a result of these enactments, Indian tribes HON. MIKE THOMPSON dedicated service. currently manage and administer one-half of Until his passing, Bill was a nurturing, sup- all programs and services offered by the Bu- OF CALIFORNIA portive leader and mentor in the 100 Black reau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Serv- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Men of America, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, ice. Inc., National Forum Black Public Administra- Wednesday, July 8, 2015 In an effort to further develop a relationship tors, Black Leadership Kitchen Cabinet of Santa Clara County, and NAACP, among oth- of trust and confidence between the Federal Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, ers. As the President of the Silicon Valley I rise today to honor the St. Helena chapter of government and Indian people, the President Chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Bill Native Sons of the Golden West, Parlor 53, on endorsed legislation to restore the Blue Lake contributed to the development of hundreds of the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its lands to the Taos Pueblo Indians. Previously, young adults. Compassionate and generous the United States had appropriated the land meeting hall. with his time, Bill was always available to self- for the purposes of creating a national forest. First opened on June 25, 1915, the St. Hel- lessly help those in need. The Pueblo held the land sacred and nec- ena Native Sons Hall has hosted events and Bill was a genuinely good human being. He essary to express their religious faith. The gatherings of all kinds and served as a valu- bettered the lives of others with his magnani- message also proposed reforms to Indian edu- able meeting space for the local community. mous presence and spirit. Many loved and re- cation, encouraged investment, economic de- Concerts, funerals, weddings, and auctions spected Bill, and his passing is mourned and velopment and job creation in tribal commu- have been held within its walls. Once an old deeply felt among those whose lives he has dance hall, the building was moved to its cur- touched. Together with my colleagues, I want nities, called for liberalizing land leases, and rent location on Spring Street in St. Helena in to express my sincerest condolences to Bill’s increasing support for Indian health. 1915. A century later, the hall remains a cor- family and fellow church members. Our hearts Since then, Congress and the Executive nerstone of the St. Helena community. are with them in this time of sorrow. Along Branch have collaborated to enact and imple- Founded in 1875, the Native Sons of the with Bill’s family, friends, former colleagues ment statutes to improve Indian education, Golden West is one of the oldest fraternal and our community, we will miss him. We health, housing, sacred site protection, energy service organizations in California. The organi- have been lucky to have him. and economic development, and international zation was initially established to preserve the f trade and tourism. Every President since state’s early history, including the events of OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL Nixon has embraced and implemented the the Gold Rush. Today, the Native Sons serve DEBT policy of Indian Self-Determination. This policy as a charitable organization and work to pur- is supported by the twin pillars of strong tribal chase, rehabilitate, and restore monuments from California’s pioneer days. Sutter’s Fort, HON. MIKE COFFMAN governments and vigorous tribal economies, OF COLORADO and continues to be the most successful In- the Franciscan Missions, and the Monterey Custom House were all preserved thanks to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dian doctrine to date. efforts of the Native Sons of the Golden West. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Mr. Speaker, I come before you now to Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct pleasure to Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January commemorate President Richard M. Nixon’s recognize the St. Helena chapter of the Native 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- Special Message to Congress on Indian Af- Sons of the Golden West for the 100th anni- fice, the national debt was fairs, affirm its support for the enduring truths versary of its hall, and for many years of dedi- $10,626,877,048,913.08. contained therein, and call for the policy of In- cation to the local community. I wish them all Today, it is $18,151,950,433,860.76. We’ve dian Self-Determination to be expanded and the best on this historical occasion, and look added $7,525,073,384,947.68 to our debt in 6 strengthened by this and future Congresses forward to another century of service and cele- years. This is over $7.5 trillion in debt our na- and Presidents. bration. tion, our economy, and our children could

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Despite OF ILLINOIS 1940, six-year-old Stefan Rozenfeld arrived on having faced incredible adversity, the the shores of the United States of America Rozenfeld family, with the help of the heroic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with his mother and father, after a long and Aristides de Sousa Mendes, survived and Wednesday, July 8, 2015 perilous journey from Poland. This week, he managed to thrive, embodying the very ethos will celebrate the 75th anniversary of his ar- of the American dream. Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rival. After Aristides de Sousa Mendes died in recognize the dedication of the Schustek Pond His journey, albeit encompassing a narrative disgrace in 1954, his name was largely forgot- in the Village of Willowbrook, Illinois. far too familiar for many American Jews, rep- ten. Many of the refugees whose lives he had On July 6, 1930, the wealthy heiress Mary resents a remarkable story of survival and singlehandedly saved were scattered around ‘‘Merry’’ Fahrney decided to try her hand at courage. the world. Yet after decades of hard work by skydiving for the first time without any prior When they fled their native Poland in Janu- his children, and with support from Congress, training or a qualified instructor to assist her. ary 1940, Stefan Rozenfeld and his mother the Portuguese diplomat eventually came to Upon exiting the airplane her parachute be- escaped certain death at the hands of the be known internationally as a hero. Named by came entangled on the plane’s wing, leaving Nazis. Only weeks after they departed their Israel in 1966 as Righteous Among the Na- her helplessly suspended hundreds of feet home in Lodz, the Jews of Lodz were rounded tions, he would later be honored in his native above the ground for over two hours. Charles up and crammed into a ghetto that served as Portugal, where Portugal’s president Mario Geiger and Bruno Schustek witnessed a staging ground for deportations to Nazi ex- Soares declared him ‘‘Portugal’s greatest hero Fahrney’s predicament from the ground and termination camps. The Rozenfelds made their of the twentieth century.’’ In 2004, after rep- decided to assist her. When he reached way to Belgium, where they reunited with Ste- arations were paid to his family and his name Farhney’s plane, Schustek climbed out of his fan’s father and secured American immigration restored, celebrations were held in over thirty own airplane, down a rope, and onto the wing visas. However, unable to obtain passage to nations to commemorate Sousa Mendes on of her aircraft freeing her parachute and allow- the United States before the Nazi invasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death. ing Merry to glide safely to the ground. Unfor- Belgium in May 1940, they narrowly evaded Aristides de Sousa Mendes recorded the tunately, Schustek was unable to climb back the Nazis once again, securing safety in names and visa numbers of the individuals he into his plane and fell to his death. France. But when France capitulated to the granted visas to in a ledger book which now Nazis in June, 1940, the Rozenfelds were lies in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry in Lis- Eighty-five years to the day after Bruno trapped. Denied entrance to their last two re- Schustek’s death, the North American Spine bon. I recently viewed images of Sousa maining hopes, Portugal and Spain, vulnerable Mendes’ list, and, although to some it may ap- Society unveiled a new plaque in his honor. and without anywhere else to turn, Stefan and Decades after his heroic act, Schustek’s mem- pear only as names and numbers, to me it his family seemed destined to fall into the represents promise and hope for the Jewish ory lives on thanks to Maria R. Traska, Joseph Nazis’ murderous hands. Kubal and Keith Yearman, amateur historians people and the heroism of one exceptionally Portugal, neutral throughout World War II, brave man. who discovered and publicized Schustek’s had closed its borders to Jewish refugees. It story. With the dedication of the Schustek The story of the Rozenfelds’ flight from Nazi was only the actions taken by an exceedingly persecution, the righteous actions taken by Pond, his selfless actions will continue to in- courageous diplomat, Aristides de Sousa spire and remind us of his sacrifice. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, and the Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, Rozenfelds’ successful passage and settle- which permitted the Rozenfelds, along with ment in America is important to recognize. I f tens of thousands of other refugees, to suc- am deeply grateful for Sousa Mendes and his cessfully flee the Nazis. Despite a government PEARLAND ISD PRINCIPAL OF THE actions, which allowed Stefan and thousands directive strictly prohibiting the issuing of visas YEAR—SHARON BRADLEY of other refugees to escape the evils of the to Jews, Sousa Mendes instructed his vice- Nazis and live a life of freedom and promise. consuls to issue Portuguese visas to anyone I am pleased to be able to share the story of HON. PETE OLSON who petitioned for one, regardless of nation- the Rozenfelds’ perseverance and courage, of ality or religion. Yet, in saving as many as Sousa Mendes’ heroic actions, of a case of OF TEXAS 30,000 lives, Sousa Mendes sacrificed his the United States fulfilling its role as a haven, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES own career and livelihood. Put on trial by the affording refugees welcome and freedom, and Portuguese government, the formerly high- Wednesday, July 8, 2015 of the refugees contributing their energy and ranking diplomat was convicted and forced industry to the United States, with the House Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to into retirement, tarnishing his reputation and of Representatives today. congratulate Sharon Bradley of Pearland’s leaving him impoverished. I wish Stefan Rozenfeld and his family well Jamison Middle School for being named While Sousa Mendes was unjustly as they celebrate this historic anniversary. blacklisted and punished, the Rozenfelds were Pearland Independent School District’s 2015 f Elementary and Secondary Principal of the able to escape to Portugal and then to the HONORING JAMES MONDO Year. United States, where they landed in Hoboken, New Jersey on July 12, 1940. Settling in Ms. Bradley has served as principle of Queens, New York, Stefan’s father started a HON. LOIS FRANKEL Jamison Middle School for ten years. Pre- company that dubbed and translated foreign viously, she taught multiple different grade lev- OF FLORIDA films for American audiences. The company IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES els including as a junior high assistant prin- became an important component of the Amer- cipal. She developed a passion for helping to ican film industry, most notably dubbing the Wednesday, July 8, 2015 guide her students into becoming strong lead- Vittorio De Sica film, ‘‘Two Women,’’ which Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ers through the school system. Ms. Bradley starred Sophia Loren. After graduating from rise today to celebrate James Mondo of has demonstrated great leadership and dedi- Stuyvesant High School in downtown Manhat- Ridge, New York who turned 100 years old on cation to her students and colleagues. tan and Perdue University in Indiana, Stefan July 4, 2015. On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- joined his father’s company. In 1958, he mar- James, who is commonly known as Jack sional District of Texas, congratulations again ried Linda Schoengold, a childhood friend he but more affectionately known as ‘‘pop’’, was to Sharon Bradley for winning the Pearland had known since he was eight years old and born in Brooklyn, New York. The youngest Independent School District’s 2015 Elementary with whom he had four children: Julie, Laurie, child of Italian Immigrants, Francis and Clara, and Secondary Principal of the Year Award. Paul, and Leah. After raising the children in James grew up with seven siblings. In 1933,

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Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Competitiveness Following the war, James and Anna moved Product Safety, Insurance, and Data To hold hearings to examine unlocking the family to Mineola, New York where he Security the cures for America’s most deadly drove trucks for the National Biscuit Company To hold hearings to examine the govern- for 30 years before retiring in 1978. He contin- diseases. SR–253 ance and integrity of international soc- ued to serve his community as an American Committee on Energy and Natural Re- cer. Legion Post chaplain for over 20 years and by sources SR–253 becoming a fourth degree knight in the To hold an oversight hearing to examine Joint Economic Committee Knights of Columbus. A die hard Yankee fan, islanded energy systems, focusing on To hold hearings to examine what lower he had witnessed all 40 of their American energy and infrastructure challenges labor force participation rates tell us League pennants and 27 World Champions and opportunities in Alaska, Hawaii about work opportunities and incen- and still cheers the team on today. James and and the United States Territories. tives. SD–366 SD–562 Anna settled down in Ridge, New York, where 2:30 p.m. they have resided to this day and enjoy seeing Committee on Small Business and Entre- JULY 16 their 8 grandchildren, and 12 great grand- preneurship 2 p.m. children. To hold hearings to examine challenges James is truly an exceptional man and I join and opportunities for small businesses Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with his friends and family in celebrating this engaged in energy development and en- ergy intensive manufacturing. Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and wonderful milestone. I wish him good health Federal Management and continued success in the coming years. SR–428A Select Committee on Intelligence To hold hearings to examine the Office of f To hold closed hearings to examine cer- Information and Regulatory Affairs’s SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS tain intelligence matters. role in the regulatory process. SH–219 SD–342 Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, 2:30 p.m. agreed to by the Senate of February 4, JULY 15 Select Committee on Intelligence 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- 9:30 a.m. To hold closed hearings to examine cer- tem for a computerized schedule of all Committee on Environment and Public tain intelligence matters. meetings and hearings of Senate com- Works SH–219 mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- To hold hearings to examine the nomina- 2:45 p.m. tees, and committees of conference. tions of Kristen Marie Kulinowski, of Committee on Energy and Natural Re- New York, to be a Member of the sources This title requires all such committees Chemical Safety and Hazard Investiga- to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, tion Board for a term of five years, and and Mining Digest—designated by the Rules Com- Gregory Guy Nadeau, of Maine, to be To hold hearings to examine S. 132, to mittee—of the time, place and purpose Administrator of the Federal Highway improve timber management on Or- of the meetings, when scheduled and Administration, Department of Trans- portation. egon and California Railroad and Coos any cancellations or changes in the Bay Wagon Road grant land, S. 326, to meetings as they occur. SD–406 10 a.m. amend the Healthy Forests Restora- As an additional procedure along Committee on Banking, Housing, and tion Act of 2003 to provide cancellation with the computerization of this infor- Urban Affairs ceilings for stewardship end result con- mation, the Office of the Senate Daily To hold hearings to examine the Con- tracting projects, and S. 1691, to expe- Digest will prepare this information for sumer Financial Protection Bureau’s dite and prioritize forest management printing in the Extensions of Remarks semi-annual report to Congress. activities to achieve ecosystem res- section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD SD–538 toration objectives. on Monday and Wednesday of each Committee on Commerce, Science, and SD–366 Transportation week. Business meeting to consider pending AUGUST 4 Meetings scheduled for Thursday, calendar business. 10 a.m. July 9, 2015 may be found in the Daily SR–253 Digest of today’s RECORD. Committee on Homeland Security and Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Governmental Affairs sources To hold hearings to examine the back- MEETINGS SCHEDULED To hold hearings to examine securing the border, focusing on understanding end of the nuclear fuel cycle and re- JULY 14 threats and strategies for the maritime lated legislation, including S. 854, to 9:30 a.m. border. establish a new organization to manage Committee on Armed Services SD–342 nuclear waste, provide a consensual To hold hearings to examine the nomina- 2:15 p.m. process for siting nuclear waste facili- tions of General Paul J. Selva, USAF, Committee on Indian Affairs ties, ensure adequate funding for man- to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs To hold an oversight hearing to examine aging nuclear waste. of Staff, and General Darren W. juvenile justice in Indian Country, fo- SD–366

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:42 Jul 09, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JY8.026 E08JYPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Daily Digest Senate U.S. Women’s National Team 2015 FIFA World Chamber Action Cup: Senate agreed to S. Res. 218, congratulating Routine Proceedings, pages S4805–S4899 the United States Women’s National Team for win- Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolu- ning the 2015 FIFA World Cup. Pages S4894–95 tions were introduced, as follows: S. 1715–1722, and Measures Considered: S. Res. 217–218. Pages S4840–41 Every Child Achieves Act—Agreement: Senate Measures Reported: continued consideration of S. 1177, to reauthorize Special Report entitled ‘‘Further Revised Alloca- the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of tion to Subcommittees of Budget Totals from the 1965 to ensure that every child achieves, taking ac- Concurrent resolution for Fiscal Year 2016’’. (S. tion on the following amendments proposed thereto: Rept. No. 114–78) Page S4840 Pages S4806–16, S4816–31 Adopted: Measures Passed: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 222), First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office: Murray (for Reed/Cochran) Amendment No. 2085 Senate passed H.R. 728, to designate the facility of (to Amendment No. 2089), to amend the Elemen- the United States Postal Service located at 7050 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the ‘‘Ser- school librarians and effective school library pro- geant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Of- grams. Pages S4806, S4816 fice.’’ Page S4894 Murray (for Warner) Amendment No. 2086 (to Floresville Veterans Post Office: Senate passed Amendment No. 2089), to enable the use of certain H.R. 891, to designate the facility of the United State and local administrative funds for fiscal support States Postal Service located at 141 Paloma Drive in teams. Pages S4806, S4816 Floresville, Texas, as the ‘‘Floresville Veterans Post Alexander (for Rounds/Udall) Amendment No. 2078 (to Amendment No. 2089), to require the Sec- Office Building’’. Page S4894 retary of Education and the Secretary of the Interior First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office: Sen- to conduct a study regarding elementary and sec- ate passed H.R. 1326, to designate the facility of the ondary education in rural or poverty areas of Indian United States Postal Service located at 2000 Mulford country. Pages S4806, S4816 Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the ‘‘Sergeant First By 56 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 224), Murray Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office’’. Page S4894 (for Tester) Amendment No. 2107 (to Amendment Herman Badillo Post Office: Senate passed H.R. No. 2089), to restore sections of the Elementary and 1350, to designate the facility of the United States Secondary Education Act of 1965. Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Pages S4827, S4830–31 Bronx, New York, as the ‘‘Herman Badillo Post Of- Murray/Mikulski Amendment No. 2124 (to Amendment No. 2089), to require schools to collect fice Building’’. Page S4894 and report data on interscholastic sports. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama 80th Birth- Pages S4827, S4831 day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged Murray (for Bennet) Amendment No. 2115 (to from further consideration of S. Res. 200, wishing Amendment No. 2089), to provide for a study on His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama a happy 80th increasing the effectiveness of existing services and birthday on July 6, 2015, and recognizing the out- programs intended to benefit children. standing contributions His Holiness has made to the Pages S4828, S4831 promotion of nonviolence, human rights, interfaith Rejected: dialogue, environmental awareness, and democracy, By 47 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 223), Murray and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S4894 (for Hirono/Heller) Amendment No. 2109 (to D790

VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:10 Mar 04, 2016 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\RECORD15\JUL 15\D08JY5.REC D08JY5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D791 Amendment No. 2089), to amend section G. Kathleen Hill, of Colorado, to be Ambassador 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) to provide for additional to the Republic of Malta. disaggregation for local educational agencies with a Elisabeth I. Millard, of Virginia, to be Ambas- total of not less than 1,000 Asian and Native Ha- sador to the Republic of Tajikistan. waiian or Pacific Islander students. Pages S4827, S4830 Mark Philip Cohen, of Maryland, to be a Member By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 225), Alexander of the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term Amendment No. 2139 (to Amendment No. 2089), of seven years expiring March 1, 2021. to allow States to let Federal funds for the education Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, Foreign of disadvantaged children follow low-income chil- Service, and Navy. Pages S4896–99 dren to the accredited or otherwise State-approved Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notifica- public school, private school, or supplemental edu- tion of withdrawal of the following nomination: cational services program they attend. (A unani- 1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general. mous-consent agreement was reached providing that Page S4899 the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirma- Messages from the House: Page S4839 tive votes, was not agreed to.) Pages S4827, S4831 Pending: Measures Referred: Page S4839 Alexander/Murray Amendment No. 2089, in the Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S4839 nature of a substitute. Page S4806 Executive Communications: Pages S4839–40 Alexander (for Fischer) Amendment No. 2079 (to Amendment No. 2089), to ensure local governance Additional Cosponsors: Pages S4841–43 of education. Page S4806 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Murray (for Peters) Amendment No. 2095 (to Pages S4843–44 Amendment No. 2089), to allow local educational Additional Statements: Pages S4837–38 agencies to use parent and family engagement funds Amendments Submitted: Pages S4844–94 for financial literacy activities. Page S4806 Toomey Amendment No. 2094 (to Amendment Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S4894 No. 2089), to protect our children from convicted Privileges of the Floor: Page S4894 pedophiles, child molesters, and other sex offenders Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. infiltrating our schools and from schools ‘‘passing (Total—225) Pages S4816, S4830–31 the trash’’—helping pedophiles obtain jobs at other schools. Page S4806 Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- journed at 7:18 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, viding for further consideration of the bill at ap- July 9, 2015. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks proximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July, 9, 2015. of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on page Page S4895 S4895.) Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- lowing nominations: Committee Meetings Anthony G. Collins, of New York, to be a Mem- (Committees not listed did not meet) ber of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Sea- way Development Corporation. THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL STABILITY Brad R. Carson, of Oklahoma, to be Under Sec- BOARD IN THE UNITED STATES retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to be Permanent Representative of the United States Committee concluded a hearing to examine the role of America to the Organization of American States, of the Financial Stability Board in the United States with the rank of Ambassador. regulatory framework, including S. 1484, a bill to Peter William Bodde, of Maryland, to be Ambas- improve accountability and transparency in the sador to Libya. United States financial regulatory system, protect ac- Catherine Ebert-Gray, of Virginia, to be Ambas- cess to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief sador to the Independent State of Papua New Guin- to financial institutions, after receiving testimony ea, and to serve concurrently and without additional from former Senator Dirk Kempthorne, American compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Council of Life Insurers, Eugene Scalia, Gibson, and Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu. Dunn and Crutcher LLP, Paul Schott Stevens, In- Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambas- vestment Company Institute, Peter J. Wallison, sador to the Republic of Guinea. American Enterprise Institute, and Adam S. Posen,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:10 Mar 04, 2016 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\RECORD15\JUL 15\D08JY5.REC D08JY5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE D792 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST July 8, 2015 Peterson Institute for International Economics, all of and reform for Indian lands, after receiving testi- Washington, D.C. mony from Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of PRESIDENT’S INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE the Interior for Indian Affairs; Ernest L. Stensgar, AGENDA Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Plummer, Idaho, on behalf of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians; and Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- Brenda Lintinger, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Marksville, mittee concluded a hearing to examine the Presi- Louisiana, on behalf of United South and Eastern dent’s international climate agenda and implications Tribes, Inc. for domestic environmental policy, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Bracewell and Giuliani, Karl Hausker, World Resources Institute ENCRYPTION, TECHNOLOGY, AND PUBLIC Climate Program, and Sarah O. Ladislaw, Center for SAFETY AND PRIVACY Strategic and International Studies Energy and Na- Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a tional Security Program, all of Washington, D.C.; hearing to examine going dark, focusing on David Bookbinder, Element VI Consulting, Middle- encryption, technology, and the balance between burg, Virginia; and Jeremy Rabkin, George Mason public safety and privacy, after receiving testimony University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia. from Sally Quillian Yates, Deputy Attorney General, SOUTH CHINA SEA and James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of In- Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a vestigation, both of the Department of Justice; Cyrus closed briefing on Department of Defense maritime R. Vance, Jr., New York County District Attorney, activities and engagement in the South China Sea New York, New York; Herbert Lin, Stanford Uni- from Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary of State versity Center for International Security and Co- for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and David B. operation, Stanford, California; and Peter Swire, Shear, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Pacific Security Affairs. Business, Atlanta. STOPPING AN AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT CYBER CRIME TO ANIMAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- fairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine and Terrorism concluded a hearing to examine cyber stopping an avian influenza threat to animal and crime, focusing on modernizing our legal framework public health, after receiving testimony from John for the information age, after receiving testimony Clifford, Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, from David M. Bitkower, Deputy Assistant Attorney Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Depart- General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; ment of Agriculture; Anne Schuchat, Director, Na- Wm. Douglas Johnson, American Bankers Associa- tional Center for Immunization and Respiratory Dis- tion, and Bill Wright, Symantec Corporation, both eases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of Washington, D.C.; and Jen Ellis, Rapid7, Boston, Department of Health and Human Services; Chris Massachusetts. Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office; Jack Gelb, Jr., COUNTERTERRORISM AND University of Delaware Avian Biosciences Center, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE Newark; and Scott Schneider, Nature Link Farm, Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a Jefferson, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Wisconsin hearing to examine counterterrorism, counterintel- Poultry and Egg Industries Association. ligence, and the challenges of ‘‘Going Dark’’, after TRUST MODERNIZATION AND REFORM receiving testimony from James B. Comey, Director, FOR INDIAN LANDS OVERSIGHT Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Jus- Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an tice. oversight hearing to examine trust modernization

VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:10 Mar 04, 2016 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\RECORD15\JUL 15\D08JY5.REC D08JY5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D793 House of Representatives Buck amendment that prohibits the use of funds Chamber Action to be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per- Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 28 pub- sonnel or any other entity to negotiate or conclude lic bills, H.R. 2962–2989; and 4 resolutions, H. a settlement with the Federal Government that in- Res. 349, 351–353, were introduced. Pages H4954–56 cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or Additional Cosponsors: Pages H4957–58 contribute funds to an organization or individual. Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: Page H4937 H. Res. 350, providing for consideration of the Rejected: bill (H.R. 6) to accelerate the discovery, develop- Garamendi amendment that was debated on June ment, and delivery of 21st century cures, and for 25 that sought to reduce funding for the Bureau of other purposes (H. Rept. 114–193). Page H4954 Land Management by $4,010,000 and increase fund- ing for the US Fish and Wildlife Service by Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he $3,902,000 (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 244 appointed Representative Holding to act as Speaker noes, Roll No. 393); Pages H4888–89 pro tempore for today. Page H4867 Capps amendment that was debated on June 25 Recess: The House recessed at 11:06 a.m. and re- that sought to increase funding by offset, for Inland convened at 12 noon. Page H4874 Oil Spill Programs, by $5,434,000 (by a recorded Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the vote of 184 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 394); Guest Chaplain, Reverend Shane Hall, First Southern Page H4889 Baptist Church, Del City, Oklahoma. Page H4874 Sablan amendment that was debated on June 25 Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker’s approval that sought to increase funding, by offset, for Insular of the Journal by voice vote. Pages H4874, H4935 Affairs by $5,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 245 noes, Roll No. 395); Pages H4889–90 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Castor (FL) amendment that was debated on June Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016: The 25 that sought to redirect funding within Environ- House continued consideration of H.R. 2822, mak- mental Programs and Management, by $1,913,000 ing appropriations for the Department of the Inte- (by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to 239 noes, Roll rior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal No. 396); Pages H4890–91 year ending September 30, 2016. Consideration Grijalva amendment that was debated on July 7 began on June 25th. Pages H4888–H4900, H4935–46 Agreed to: that sought to strike section 423, relating to stream Pearce amendment that was debated on July 7 buffers (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 239 noes, that prohibits the use of funds to increase the rate Roll No. 397); Page H4891 of any royalty required to be paid to the United Tsongas amendment that was debated on July 7 States for oil and gas produced on Federal land, or that sought to strike section 425, relating to the to prepare or publish a proposed rule relating to limitation on the use of funds for National Ocean such an increase (by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to Policy (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 238 noes, 198 noes, Roll No. 408); Pages H4898–99 Roll No. 398); Pages H4891–92 Hardy amendment that was debated on July 7 Grijalva amendment that was debated on July 7 that prohibits the use of funds to make a Presi- that sought to strike section 433, relating to the dential declaration by public proclamation of a na- availability of vacant grazing allotments (by a re- tional monument under chapter 3203 of title 54, corded vote of 178 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 399); United States Code in the counties of Mohave and Pages H4892–93 Cococino in the State of Arizona, in the counties of Polis amendment that was debated on July 7 that Modoc and Siskiyou in the State of California, in the sought to strike section 437, relating to the use of counties of Chaffee, Moffat, and Park in the State of funds for the social cost of carbon (by a recorded Colorado, in the counties of Lincoln, Clark, and Nye vote of 186 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 400); in the State of Nevada, in the county of Otero in Page H4893 the State of New Mexico, in the counties of Jackson, Edwards amendment that was debated on July 7 Josephine and Malheur in the State of Oregon, or in that sought to strike section 438, which provides for the counties of Wayne, Garfield, and Kane in the a limitation on the use of funds regarding ozone State of Utah (by a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 206 standards (by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 409); and Page H4899 noes, Roll No. 401); Pages H4893–94

VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:10 Mar 04, 2016 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\RECORD15\JUL 15\D08JY5.REC D08JY5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE D794 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST July 8, 2015 Lawrence amendment (No. 13 printed in the Con- Grothman amendment that seeks to prohibit the gressional Record of June 24, 2015) that was de- use of funds to regulate the location of the place- bated on July 7 that sought to strike section 439, ment of a monitor of pollutants under the Clean Air which provides for prohibitions regarding hydraulic Act in any county provided such county has at least fracturing (by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 250 one monitor; Pages H4939–40 noes, Roll No. 402); Pages H4894–95 Sanford amendment that seeks to prohibit the use Polis amendment that was debated on July 7 that of funds for oil and gas lease sale 260 included in sought to prohibit the use of funds in contravention the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of Public Law 94–579 (by a recorded vote of 192 oil and Gas Leasing program for 2017–2022 (DPP), ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 403); Page H4895 or in any subsequent proposed or final iteration of Tsongas amendment that was debated on July 7 such Program; Page H4940 that sought to prohibit the use of funds to imple- Palmer amendment that seeks to prohibit the use ment or enforce sections 117, relating to Sage- of funds for grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Grouse, section 121 relating to reissuance of rules Energy Policy Act of 2005 and to reduce funds for (wolves), and section 122 relating to the Northern EPA-State and Tribal Assistance Grants as well as Long Eared Bat (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Pol- 243 noes, Roll No. 404); Pages H4895–96 icy Act by $50,000,000 in each instance; Grijalva amendment that was debated on July 7 Pages H4941–42 that sought to prohibit the use of funds to imple- Palmer amendment that seeks to prohibit the use ment or enforce section 120, with respect to ivory of funds by the Environmental Protection Agency to (by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 244 noes, Roll carry out the powers granted under section 3063 of No. 405); Pages H4896–97 title 18, United States Code; and Pages H4942–43 Beyer amendment that was debated on July 7 that Calvert amendment that seeks to prohibit the use sought to prohibit the use of funds in contravention of funds to prohibit the display the flag of the of Executive Orders regarding climate change (by a United States or the POW/MIA flag, or the decora- recorded vote of 189 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. tion of graves with flags in the National Park Serv- 406); and Page H4897 ice national cemeteries as provided in National Park Blackburn amendment (No. 6 printed in the Con- Service Director’s order #61 or to contravene the Na- gressional Record of June 24, 2015) that was de- tional Park Service memorandum dated June 24, bated on July 7 that sought to reduce funds by 1 percent across-the-board (by a recorded vote of 168 2015 with the subject line containing the words ‘‘Immediate Action Required, No Reply Needed’’ ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 407). Pages H4897–98 with respect to sales items. Pages H4945–46 Withdrawn: H. Res. 333, the rule providing for consideration Buck amendment that was offered and subse- of the bills (H.R. 2822) and (H.R. 2042) was agreed quently withdrawn that would have prohibited the use of funds to pay retention bonuses to Senior Exec- to on June 24th. utive Service personnel at the Environmental Protec- Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules tion Agency; not more than $50,000 to be made and agree to the following measures: available to be used by the Department of the Inte- Calling for substantive dialogue, without pre- rior to conduct a study on whether Agricola Amer- conditions, in order to address Tibetan grievances icus should be classified as an endangered species. and secure a negotiated agreement for the Tibetan Pages H4936–37 people: H. Res. 337, amended, calling for sub- Proceedings Postponed: stantive dialogue, without preconditions, in order to Ellison amendment that seeks to prohibit the use address Tibetan grievances and secure a negotiated of funds to enter into contracts with any person agreement for the Tibetan people; and whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition Pages H4900–04 listed in United States Code, in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System in- Expressing the sense of the House of Representa- clude the term ‘‘Fair Labor Standards Act’’ and such tives regarding Srebrenica: H. Res. 310, expressing disposition is listed as ‘‘willful’’ or ‘‘repeated’’; the sense of the House of Representatives regarding Pages H4904–08 Pages H4935–36 Srebrenica. Buck amendment that seeks to prohibit the use of Student Success Act: The House passed H.R. 5, to funds to pay a Federal employee for any period of support State and local accountability for public edu- time during which such employee is using official cation, protect State and local authority, and inform time under United States Code; Pages H4937–38 parents of the performance of their children’s schools,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:10 Mar 04, 2016 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\RECORD15\JUL 15\D08JY5.REC D08JY5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 8, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D795 by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. ruary 26 that sought to provide for school dropout 423. Consideration began February 25th. prevention and re-entry and provide grants to raise Pages H4908–35 academic achievement levels for all students (by a re- Rejected the Esty motion to recommit the bill to corded vote of 192 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 413); the Committee on Education and the Workforce Pages H4926–27 with instructions to report the same back to the Carson (IN) amendment (No. 35 printed in part House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded B of H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on Feb- vote of 185 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 422. ruary 26 that sought to advance assessments of stu- Pages H4932–34 dent achievement and instructional practices, effec- Pursuant to H. Res. 125, it was made in order to tive teacher preparation and continuing professional consider the further amendments printed in part A development, education administration, and inter- of H. Rept. 114–192 as though they were the last national comparisons; the amendment supports de- further amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. velopment of a national research strategy to ensure 114–29. Page H4924 that students, particularly at risk students, have ef- Agreed to: fective teachers and are being prepared for the future Rokita amendment (No. 45 printed in part A of (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 245 noes, Roll H. Rept. 114–192) that sets the authorization from No. 414); Pages H4927–28 fiscal year 2016 through 2019; Pages H4908–10 Brownley (CA) amendment (No. 39 printed in Zeldin amendment (No. 30 printed in part B of part B of H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on February 26 February 26 that sought to create a grant program that allows a State to withdraw from the Common for states to create or expand biliteracy seal programs Core Standards or any other specific standards (by a to recognize student proficiency in speaking, read- recorded vote of 373 ayes to 57 noes, Roll No. 410); ing, and writing in both English and a second lan- Pages H4924–25 guage for graduating high school seniors (by a re- Hurd amendment (No. 31 printed in part B of H. corded vote of 191 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 415); Rept. 114–29) that was debated on February 26 that Page H4928 expresses the sense of Congress that students’ person- Polis amendment (No. 41 printed in part B of H. ally identifiable information is important to protect Rept. 114–29) that was debated on February 26 that as applied to current law and this act (by a recorded sought to authorize—but does not appropriate vote of 424 ayes to 2 noes, Roll No. 411); funds—for the Secretary of Education to provide Page H4925 grants for: early-childhood education scholarships, Loebsack amendment (No. 40 printed in part B of professional development and licensing credentials, H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on February 26 or increased compensation for educators who have at- that supports the expansion of the use of digital tained specific qualifications (by a recorded vote of learning through competitive grants to partnerships 205 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 417); Page H4929 to implement and evaluate the results of technology- Thompson (MS) amendment (No. 43 printed in based learning practices, strategies, tools, or pro- part B of H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on grams at rural schools (by a recorded vote of 218 February 27 that sought to require that The Student ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. 416); and Pages H4928–29 Success Act shall not go into effect until the Sec- Salmon amendment (No. 47 printed in part A of retary of Education determine that its enactment H. Rept. 114–192) that allows parents to opt their will not reduce the college and career readiness of ra- student out of the testing required under this bill cial or ethnic minority students, students with dis- and exempt schools from including students that abilities, English learners, and low-income students have opted out in the schools’ participation require- and provide written notification to Congress on such ments (by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 178 noes, determination (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 241 Roll No. 420). Pages H4912–13, H4931 noes, Roll No. 241); Page H4930 Rejected: Walker amendment (No. 46 printed in part A of Grayson amendment (No. 32 printed in part B of H. Rept. 114–192) that sought to add A-PLUS, H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on February 26 which would send funding under NCLB back to that sought to require the Secretary of Education to states in the form of block grants, and states would conduct an assessment of the impact of school start then be able to direct that funding to any education times on student health, well-being, and perform- purpose under state law (by a recorded vote of 195 ance (by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 228 noes, ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 419); and Roll No. 412); Page H4926 Pages H4910–12, H4930–31 Wilson (FL) amendment (No. 33 printed in part Scott (VA) amendment (No. 44 printed in part B B of H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on Feb- of H. Rept. 114–29) that was debated on February

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The rule provides one PATH FORWARD motion to recommit with or without instructions. Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on En- Testimony was heard from Chairman Upton and ergy and Mineral Resources held a hearing entitled Representatives DeGette, Griffith of Virginia, Scha- ‘‘The Helium Stewardship Act and the Path For- kowsky, Welch, Slaughter, Polis, Gosar, Jackson Lee, ward’’. Testimony was heard from Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick, Adams, and Brat. Fennell, Director, Natural Resources and Environ- ment Team, Government Accountability Office; Tim IS THE OPM DATA BREACH THE TIP OF Spisak, Senior Advisor for Minerals and Realty Man- THE ICEBERG? agement, Bureau of Land Management, Department Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Sub- of the Interior; and public witnesses. committee on Research and Technology; and Sub- MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES committee on Oversight, held a joint hearing enti- tled ‘‘Is the OPM Data Breach the Tip of the Ice- Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee began berg?’’. Testimony was heard from Michael R. Esser, a markup on H.R. 487, to allow the Miami Tribe Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Office of Per- of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands; H.R. sonnel Management; Charles Romine, Director, In- 959, the ‘‘Medgar Evers House Study Act’’; H.R. formation Technology Laboratory, National Institute 1554, the ‘‘Elkhorn Ranch and White River Na- of Standards and Technology; Gregory Wilshusen, tional Forest Conveyance Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1937, Director, Information Security Issues, Government the ‘‘National Strategic and Critical Minerals Pro- Accountability Office; and a public witness. duction Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1949, the ‘‘The Na- tional Liberty Memorial Clarification Act of 2015’’; THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM: H.R. 2223, the ‘‘Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act OVERSIGHT OF THE SBA’S DISASTER LOAN of 2015’’; H.R. 2791, the ‘‘Western Oregon Tribal PROGRAM Fairness Act’’; H.R. 2898, the ‘‘Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015’’; S. 501, the Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a ‘‘New Mexico Water Settlement Technical Correc- hearing entitled ‘‘The Calm Before the Storm: Over- tions Act’’; and H.R. 1138, the ‘‘Sawtooth National sight of the SBA’s Disaster Loan Program’’. Testi- Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Addi- mony was heard from Representative Smith of New tions Act’’. Jersey; James Rivera, Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance, Small Business Administra- 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT tion; William Shear, Director, Financial Markets and Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on Community Investment, Government Accountability H.R. 6, the ‘‘21st Century Cures Act’’. The com- Office. mittee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 6. The rule provides one hour of general debate A REVIEW OF VA’S VOCATIONAL equally divided and controlled by the chair and REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT ranking minority member of the Committee on En- PROGRAM ergy and Commerce. The rule waives all points of Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Eco- order against consideration of the bill. The rule pro- nomic Opportunity held a hearing entitled ‘‘A Re- vides that an amendment in the nature of a sub- view of VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employ- stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee ment Program’’. Testimony was heard from Jack Print 114–22 shall be considered as adopted and the Kammerer, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The Employment Service, Veterans Benefits Administra- rule waives all points of order against provisions in tion, Department of Veterans Affairs; Ralph Charlip, the bill, as amended. The rule makes in order only Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Man- those further amendments printed in the Rules agement, Veterans’ Employment and Training Serv- Committee report. Each such amendment may be of- ice, Department of Labor; and public witnesses.

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States District Judge for the Eastern District of Ten- Joint Meetings nessee, and Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., to be United No joint committee meetings were held. States District Judge for the Middle District of Ten- nessee, 10 a.m., SD–226. f Select Committee on Intelligence: business meeting to con- NEW PUBLIC LAWS sider pending calendar business, Time to be announced, Room to be announced. (For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D783) H.R. 533, to revoke the charter of incorporation House of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock that tribe. Signed on July 6, 2015. (Public Law and Foreign Agriculture, hearing entitled ‘‘U.S. Inter- 114–28) national Food Aid Programs: Oversight and Account- H.R. 615, to amend the Homeland Security Act ability’’, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth. of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Manage- Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Home- ment of the Department of Homeland Security to land Security, markup on Homeland Security Appropria- take administrative action to achieve and maintain tions Bill, FY 2016, 10 a.m., B–308 Rayburn. interoperable communications capabilities among the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on En- components of the Department of Homeland Secu- ergy and Power, hearing entitled ‘‘H.R. 702, Legislation rity. Signed on July 6, 2015. (Public Law 114–29) to Prohibit Restrictions on the Export of Crude Oil’’, 10 H.R. 893, to require the Secretary of the Treasury a.m., 2123 Rayburn. to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing of Boys Town. Signed on July 6, 2015. (Public Law entitled ‘‘The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Stable?’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. 114–30) Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing f entitled ‘‘Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, JULY 9, 2015 hearing entitled ‘‘The Gulf Cooperation Council Camp (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) David Summit: Any Results?’’, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Senate Human Rights, and International Organizations, hearing Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark entitled ‘‘Africa’s Displaced People’’, 2 p.m., 2200 Ray- up an original bill entitled, ‘‘State, Foreign Operations, burn. and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016’’, 10:30 Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory a.m., SD–106. Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing on the Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine ‘‘Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2015’’, 10 a.m., the nomination of General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., 2141 Rayburn. USMC, to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 9:30 Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, a.m., SH–216. hearing entitled ‘‘The State of Property Rights in Amer- Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam- ica Ten Years After Kelo v. City of New London’’, 2 ine the nominations of Michele Thoren Bond, of the Dis- p.m., 2141 Rayburn. trict of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup (Consular Affairs), and Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson, of the on H.R. 487, to allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to District of Columbia, to be Representative on the Eco- lease or transfer certain lands; H.R. 959, the ‘‘Medgar nomic and Social Council of the United Nations, with Evers House Study Act’’; H.R. 1554, the ‘‘Elkhorn Ranch the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Rep- and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of resentative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 2015’’; H.R. 1937, the ‘‘National Strategic and Critical United Nations, 10 a.m., SD–419. Minerals Production Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1949, the ‘‘Na- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: tional Liberty Memorial Clarification Act of 2015’’; H.R. to hold hearings to examine understanding America’s 2223, the ‘‘Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015’’; long-term fiscal picture, 10 a.m., SD–342. H.R. 2791, the ‘‘Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act’’; Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider H.R. 2898, the ‘‘Western Water and American Food Se- S. 1482, to improve and reauthorize provisions relating to curity Act of 2015’’; S. 501, the ‘‘New Mexico Water the application of the antitrust laws to the award of need- Settlement Technical Corrections Act’’; and H.R. 1138, based educational aid, S. 1300, to amend the section 221 the ‘‘Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide relief Wilderness Additions Act’’ (continued), 10 a.m., 1324 for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in certain Longworth. situations, and the nominations of Luis Felipe Restrepo, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Com- of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Construction Costs and Delays Third Circuit, Travis Randall McDonough, to be United at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul’’, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Com- of Veterans Affairs to signify the veteran status of a de- mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining EPA’s Regulatory ceased individual; H.R. 2605, the ‘‘Veterans Fiduciary Overreach’’, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Reform Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1302, the ‘‘VA Appeals Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Dis- Backlog Relief Act’’; H.R. 1338, the ‘‘Dignified Inter- ability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, markup on H.R. ment of Our Veterans Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1384, the 2214, the ‘‘Disabled Veterans’ Access to Medical Exams ‘‘Honor America’s Guard-Reserve Retirees Act’’; and Improvement Act’’; H.R. 800, ‘‘the Express Appeals H.R. 2691, the ‘‘Veterans’ Survivors Claims Processing Act’’; H.R. 1379, to amend title 38, United States Code, Automation Act of 2015’’, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon. to authorize the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to develop Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing evidence in appeal cases, and for other purposes; H.R. on promoting work opportunities for Social Security Dis- 1380, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand ability Insurance beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth. the eligibility for a medallion furnished by the Secretary

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Thursday, July 9 10 a.m., Thursday, July 9

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Thursday: Continue consideration of H.R. ation of S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act. 2822—Department of the Interior, Environment, and Re- lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016. Consideration of H.R. 2647—Resilient Federal Forests Act (Subject to a Rule).

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Deutch, Theodore E., Fla., E1016 Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E1019 Foster, Bill, Ill., E1019 Olson, Pete, Tex., E1015, E1015, E1016, E1017, E1018, Barletta, Lou, Pa., E1013 Frankel, Lois, Fla., E1019 E1019 Brady, Kevin, Tex., E1016 Fudge, Marcia L., Ohio, E1013 Ruppersberger, C.A. Dutch, Md., E1016 Buck, Ken, Colo., E1014 Green, Gene, Tex., E1013 Scott, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’, Va., E1014 Bustos, Cheri, Ill., E1013 Lee, Barbara, Calif., E1014, E1015 Smith, Adrian, Nebr., E1013 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1018 Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E1018 Stivers, Steve, Ohio, E1016 Cole, Tom, Okla., E1017 MacArthur, Thomas, N.J., E1017 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1015, E1018 Davis, Rodney, Ill., E1015 Marchant, Kenny, Tex., E1017 Young, David, Iowa, E1017

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